ICS 100 Answers

 

To ensure a smooth transfer, the outgoing Incident commander should provide a(n)____________ to the new Incident Commander?

Briefing

Which item is included in the NIMS Management Characteristic of Accountability?

Check in? Check out of incident personnel

Which NIMS component includes the Incident Command System (ICS)?

Command and Coordination

If the Incident Commander designates personnel to provide public information, safety, and liaison services, the personnel are collectively referred to as the :

Command Staff

To ensure efficient, clear, communication, the National Incident Management Systems Characteristics recommend the use of:

Common Terminology

Qualification, Certification, and Credentialing personal are part of which NIMS Management Characteristic

Comprehensive Resource Management

Acquiring, Storing, and Inventorying Resources are a part of which NIMS Management Characteristic?

Comprehensive Resource Management

The Operations Section Chief

Develops and Implements strategies and tactics to achieve the incident objectives.

Command is:

Directing, ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit statutory regulatory, or delegated authority.

Which management characteristic refers to personnel requested through appropriate authorities and established resource management systems?

Dispatch/Deployment

Incident Command System(ICS) is only applicable to Large, Complex, incidents.

False

Chain of Command prevents personnel from directly communicating with each other to share information.

False

Which ICS function is responsible for documentation for mutual aid agreements?

Finance/Administration

Which ICS functional area monitors costs related to the incident and provides accounting, procurement, time recording, and cost analysis?

Finance/Administration

Which General Staff Member negotiates and monitors contracts, maintains documentation for reimbursement, and oversees timekeeping for incident personnel?

Finance/ Administration Section Chief

The Incident Commander or Unified Commander establishes incident objectives that include

Identifying strategies, tactics, tasks and activities to achieve the objectives

Depending on the incident size and complexity, various types of support facilities may be established by:

Incident Command

Which position is always staffed in ICS applications?

Incident Commander

Establishment of the ICS modular organization is the responsibility of the:
 

Incident Commander

Who has overall responsibility for managing the on-scene incident?

Incident Commander

Expansion of the ICS modular organization is the responsibility of the:

Incident Commander

Incident Objectives that drive incident operations are established by:

Incident Commander or Unified Commander

In a Unified Command, members representing multiple jurisdictions and agencies work together to establish:

Incident Objectives

Which NIMS Management Characteristics may include gathering ,analyzing, and Assessing weather service data from technical specialists.

Information and Intelligence Management

which NIMS management characteristic is necessary for achieving situational awareness and facilitating information sharing.

Integrated Communications

The Liaison Officer

Is the point of contact for other response organizations

Who Designates the Incident Commander and the process for transferring command?

The Jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident.

Selection of Incident Commanders is done by the:

Jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident

Which General Staff member is responsible for ensuring that assigned incident personnel are fed and have communications, medical support, and transportation as needed to meet the operational objective?

Logistics Section Chief

The number of subordinates that one supervisor can manage effectively during an incident is referred to as:

Manageable Span of Control

Manageable Span of Control

The number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can effectively manage during an incident.

Which ICS functional are establishes tactics and directs all operational resources to reach the incident objectives?

Operations

Which Section organizes, assigns, and supervises tactical response resources?

Operations

Which General Staff member directs all responses and tactical actions to achieve the incident objective?

Operations Section Chief

Major activities of the Logistics Section include:

 Ordering, obtaining, maintaining, and accounting for essential personnel, equipment, and supplies

Which ICS functional area tracks resources, collects and analyzes information, and maintains documentation?

Check-In, Incident Action Planning, Personal Responsibility, and Resource Tracking are all to ensure:

 Accountability

When command is transferred, the process should include a(n):

Briefing

To ensure a smooth transfer, the outgoing Incident commander should provide a(n)____________ to the new Incident Commander?

Briefing

Which item is included in the NIMS Management Characteristic of Accountability?

Check in / Check out of incident personnel

Which NIMS component includes the Incident Command System (ICS)?

Command and Coordination

If the Incident Commander designates personnel to provide public information, safety, and liaison services, the personnel are collectively referred to as the :

Command Staff

To ensure efficient, clear, communication, the National Incident Management Systems Characteristics recommend the use of:

Common Terminology

Qualification, Certification, and Credentialing personal are part of which NIMS Management Characteristic

Comprehensive Resource Management

Acquiring, Storing, and Inventorying Resources are a part of which NIMS Management Characteristic?

Comprehensive Resource Management

The Operations Section Chief

Develops and Implements strategies and tactics to achieve the incident objectives.

Command is:

Directing, ordering, or controlling by virtue of explicit statutory regulatory, or delegated authority.

Which management characteristic refers to personnel requested through appropriate authorities and established resource management systems?

Dispatch/Deployment

Incident Command System(ICS) is only applicable to Large, Complex, incidents.

False

Chain of Command prevents personnel from directly communicating with each other to share information.

False

Which ICS function is responsible for documentation for mutual aid agreements?

Finance/Administration

Which ICS functional area monitors costs related to the incident and provides accounting, procurement, time recording, and cost analysis?

Finance/Administration

Which General Staff Member negotiates and monitors contracts, maintains documentation for reimbursement, and oversees timekeeping for incident personnel?

Finance/ Administration Section Chief

The Incident Commander or Unified Commander establishes incident objectives that include:

Identifying strategies, tactics, tasks and activities to achieve the objectives

Depending on the incident size and complexity, various types of support facilities may be established by:

Incident Command

Which position is always staffed in ICS applications?

Incident Commander

Establishment of the ICS modular organization is the responsibility of the:

Incident Commander

Who has overall responsibility for managing the on-scene incident?

Incident Commander

Expansion of the ICS modular organization is the responsibility of the:

Incident Commander

Incident Objectives that drive incident operations are established by:

Incident Commander or Unified Commander

In a Unified Command, members representing multiple jurisdictions and agencies work together to establish:

Incident Objectives

Which NIMS Management Characteristics may include gathering ,analyzing, and Assessing weather service data from technical specialists.

Information and Intelligence Management

Which NIMS management characteristic is necessary for achieving situational awareness and facilitating information sharing.

Integrated Communications

The Liaison Officer

Is the point of contact for other response organizations

Who Designates the Incident Commander and the process for transferring command?

The Jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident.

Selection of Incident Commanders is done by the:

Jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident

Which General Staff member is responsible for ensuring that assigned incident personnel are fed and have communications, medical support, and transportation as needed to meet the operational objective?

Logistics Section Chief

The number of subordinates that one supervisor can manage effectively during an incident is referred to as:

Manageable Span of Control

The number of individuals or resources that one supervisor can effectively manage during an incident.

Manageable Span of Control

Which ICS functional are establishes tactics and directs all operational resources to reach the incident objectives?

Operations

Which Section organizes, assigns, and supervises tactical response resources?

Operations

Which General Staff member directs all responses and tactical actions to achieve the incident objective?

Operations Section Chief

Major activities of the Logistics Section include:

Ordering, obtaining, maintaining, and accounting for essential personnel, equipment, and supplies

Which ICS functional area tracks resources, collects and analyzes information, and maintains documentation?

Planning

One of the benefits of ICS is that it provides an orderly, systematic_____________ process.

Planning

Which General Staff Member prepares Incident Action Plans, manages information, and maintains situational awareness for the incident?

Planning Section Chief

Major activities of the Planning Section Include>

Preparing and Documenting Incident Action Plans.

At the incident scene, who handles media inquiries?

Public Information Officer

Which member of the Command and Staff interfaces with the other agencies to meet incident-related information requirements?

Public Information Officer

The NIMS Management Characteristics of Chain of Command and Unity of Command means that each person:

Reports to only one ICS Supervisor.

Which one of the following activities is an example of incident coordination?

Resolving critical resource issues

The Incident Command System (ICS) is:

A standardized approach to incident management that is applicable for use in all hazards.

Within the National Incident Management System Characteristics, the concept of common terminology covers all of the following EXCEPT:
 

Technical Specifications

The Incident Command System(ICS) can be used to manage any type of incident, including planned events.

True

An Incident Action Plan is captures and communicates overall operational and support activities for an incident.

True

The Whole Community approach means that solutions serve the affected community and a variety of resources are used as needed.

True

To be effective, the Incident Action Plan should cover a specific time frame.

true

To avoid overburdening the incident command, resources should not self-dispatch(spontaneously deploy).

True

The NIMS Management Characteristics of information and intelligence Management may include surveillance of disease outbreaks.

True

When partners representing multiple jurisdictions or agencies work together to establish the incident objectives, what type of Command is being used?

Unified Command

You are working in a complex incident. There are multiple incident Commanders representing multiple jurisdictions working together to establish incident objectives. What type of ICS structure is being used?

Unified Command