NIMS 700

Which major NIMS component describes recommended organizational structures for incident management at the operational and incident support levels?

Command and Coordination

What can complicate information sharing among emergency personel?

Confidentiality

Which resource management activity identifies and verifies that personnel are qualified for a particular position?

Credentialing

Which resource management task determines the type, quantity, receiving location, and users of resources?

Identify Requirements

Which NIMS Management Characteristic includes documents that record and communicate incident objectives, tactics, and assignments for operations and support?

Incident Action Planning

Which NIMS Management Characteristic follows established processes for gathering, analyzing, assessing, sharing, and managing Data?

Information and Intelligence Management

Which NIMS Management Characteristic follows established processes for gathering, analyzing, assessing, sharing, and managing data?

Information and Intelligence Management

The capacity for emergency management and response personnel to interact and work well together describes which of the key communications and information systems principles?

Interoperability

Use of communications and information systems that are familiar to users is part of which key principle?

Interoperability

What is the central locations that houses Join Information System (JIS)?

Joint Information Center (JIC)

When only certain EOC team members or organizations are activated to monitor a credible threat, which Activation Level has been implemented?

Level 2 - Enhanced Steady-State

Which Command Staff member serves as the incident command's point of contact for organizations not included in the Incident Command or Unified Command?

Liaison Officer

EOCs receive senior level guidance from who?

MAC Groups

Which NIMS structure develops, recommends, and executes public information plans and strategies?

MAC Groups

Which NIMS structure makes cooperative multi-agency decisions?

MAC Groups

Which NIMS Management Characteristic involves using standardized names and definitions for major organizational functions and units?

Modular Organization

The ICS provides as standardized approach to the command, control, and coordination of what kind of emergency personnel?

On-scene

The Incident Action Plan is prepared by General Staff from which section?

Planning

Establishing mutual aid agreements to obtain resources from neighboring jurisdictions is an example of what resource management activity?

Planning for Resources

Which resource management activity establishes common definitions for capabilities of personnel, equipment, teams, supplies, and facilities?

Qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel

Which resource management task establishes and maintains the readiness of resources and ensures providers are paid in a timely manner?

Reimburse and Restock

Ensuring the uninterrupted flow of information' describes which key communications and information systems principle?

Resilience and Redundancy

Which type of ICS facility is used for temporarily position and account for personnel, supplies, and equipment awaiting assignment?

Staging Area

Using social media to support activities such as producing maps and incident visualization is an example of which communications standard?

Technology Use and Procedures

Which resource management task enables resource coordination throughout the incident?

Track and Report

EOCs can be fixed locations, temporary facilities, or virtual structures with staff participating remotely.

True

Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) is a state-to-state system for sharing resources during an emergency or disaster.

True

Full activation of an EOC can include personnel from assisting agencies.

True

In NIMS, resource inventorying refers to a preparedness activities conducted outside of incident response.

True

Incident Reports, such as situation Reports and Status Reports enhance situational awareness and ensure that personnel can access needed information.

True

Incident information is used across ICS, EOCs, MAC Groups, and JIS to aid in planning, determine incident costs, and identify safety issues.

True

NIMS Components are adaptable to planned events such as sporting events.

True

One EOC function is to provide coordinated support to incident command. on scene personnel, and other EOCs, if needed.

True

The MAC Group does not replace the primary functions of EOCs or other dispatch organizations.

True

When an incident occurs or threatens, local emergency personnel manage response using NIMS principles and ICS.. What is established if the incident is or becomes large complex?

Unified Command

In NIMS, when do managers plan and prepare for the demobilization process?

When transitions between operational periods

Manageable Span of Control

Which NIMS Management Characteristic refers to the number of subordinates that directly report to a supervisor?

Which NIMS Management Characteristic includes maintaining accurate and up to date inventories of personnel, equipment, teams, and supplies?

Comprehensive Resource Management

Which NIMS Command and Coordination structures are offsite locations where staff from multiple agencies come together?

Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs)

Which NIMS Management Characteristic includes developing and issuing assignments, plans, procedures, and protocols to accomplish tasks?

Management by Objectives

Which resource management task deploys or activates personnel and resources?

Mobilize

Which resource management task includes activating local resource requirements, if available?

Order and Acquire

Which organizations should be involved in communications planning?

Planning Section

Which NIMS guiding principle supports interoperability among multiple organizations?

Standardization

Planning, response, recovery

The three NIMS guiding principles are:

Which NIMS Management Characteristic involves using standardized names and definitions for major organizational functions and units?

Common Terminology

Which ICS structure enables different jurisdictions to jointly manage and direct incident activities with a single incident action plan?

Unified Command

Which communications management practice includes specifying all of the communications systems and platforms that parties will use to share information?

Agreements

Regarding resource typing, which of the following characteristics are typically used to categorize resources?

Capability

Which NIMS Management Characteristic helps to eliminate confusion caused by conflicting instructions?

Chain of Command and Unity of Command