NIMS IS-700.B (Lesson Work)Wh

Which of the following statements is accurate about a Joint Information Center (JIC)?

Manages Joint Information System (JIS) operations to ensure coordination and public messaging is occurring among all levels.

Which of the following statements about NIMS are correct?

NIMS is scalable, flexible, and adaptable for all incidents. NIMS is a set of concepts and principles for all threats.

Activities that are normal for the EOC when no incident or specific risk or hazard has been identified; routine watch and warning activities.

Normal Operations/Steady-State

Can effectively be transported, deployed, and integrated to enable support of incidents across jurisdictions.

Portable

Which of the following take place within the Track and Report stage of the resource management process?

Protects the safety and security of personnel and resources. Enables resource coordination and movement. Helps staff prepare to receive and use resources.

Which of the following are supporting elements of the JIS?

Public Information Officer Joint Information Center

When primary communication methods fail, duplicate systems enable continuity through alternate communication methods.

Redundant

Familiar to users, adaptable to new technology, and dependable in any situation.

Reliable

Systems can withstand and continue to perform after damage or loss of infrastructure.

Resilient

Standard mechanisms to identify resource requirements and to order, acquire, mobilize, activate, track and report, demobilize, reimburse for, and inventory resources such as personnel, equipment, teams, and facilities.

Resource Management

Expands to support situations, from small to large scale, and support the rapid increase in the number of system users.

Scalable

Access to sensitive or restricted information is controlled.

Secure

The NIMS guiding principle of ____ facilitates interoperability among organizations in incident response.

Standardization

Which of the following is associated with multijurisdictional or multiagency incident management?

Unified Command

Which of the following statements are accurate about an Area Command? Select all that apply.

Area Commands are frequently established as Unified Area Commands and use the same principles as a Unified Command. An Area Command organization oversees the management of multiple incidents or a very large or evolving situation. Area Command is particularly relevant to situations with several Incident Command Posts (ICPs) requesting similar, scarce resources.

Leadership roles, processes, and recommended organizational structures for incident management at the operational and incident support levels and how these structures interact to manage incidents effectively and efficiently.

Command and Coordination

Which of the following statements describes Data Interoperability?

Common communications protocols enable the dissemination of information among all incident management elements.

Systems to ensure that decision makers, incident managers, and incident personnel have the information needed to make and implement decisions.

Communications and Information Management

The role of the receiving jurisdiction for mutual aid includes which of the following?

Declining resources that do not meet needs.

"The orderly, safe, and efficient return of a resource to its original location and status" is the goal of which of the following?

Demobilize

Which of the following statements are correct about MAC Groups?

During incidents, MAC Groups make cooperative multiagency decisions. During incidents, MAC Groups support resource prioritization and allocation. During incidents, MAC Groups act as a policy-level body.

Certain EOC team members/organizations are activated to monitor a credible threat, risk, or hazard and/or to support the response to a new and potentially evolving incident.

Enhanced Steady-State/Partial Activation

When collecting data, personnel should do which of the following?

Follow data collection techniques and standards Conduct analysis of data

EOC team is activated, including personnel from all assisting agencies, to support the response to a major incident or credible threat.

Full Activation

Which of the following are Strategic Communications?

High-level directions, resource priority decisions, roles and responsibilities determinations, and incident management courses of action.

When an incident occurs, local emergency personnel manage response using which of the following?

ICS

Which of the following resource management key activities defines and categorizes incident resources by capability?

Identifying and Typing Resources

Typical designated ____________ include Incident Command Post (ICP), incident base, staging areas, camps, mass casualty triage areas, points-of-distribution, and emergency shelters.

Incident Facilities and Locations

Which Emergency Operations Center (EOC) structure may reflect an organization that focuses efforts on information, planning, and resource support?

Incident Support Model (ISM)

Which of the following NIMS Management Characteristics allow units from diverse agencies to connect, share information, and achieve situational awareness?

Integrated Communications

The capacity for emergency management and response personnel to interact and work well together.

Interoperable