1. States request assistance from other states through interstate mutual aid and assistance agreements such as:
A. Tiered Response
B. Economy Act or
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C. Emergency Management Assistance Compacts (EMACs)
D. Stafford Act
2. Select the FALSE statement from below:
A. The National Response Framework mandates that the private-sector entities responsible for critical infrastructure and key resources develop and exercise contingency plans.
B. The National Response Framework describes specific authorities.
C. The National Response Framework explains how, at all levels, the nation effectively manages all-hazards response.
D. The National Response Framework describes best practices for managing all types of disasters and emergencies.
3. The response protocols and structures described in the National Response Framework align with the NIMS, and all NIMS components support response.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
4. A guiding principle of the National Response Framework is that:
A. Readiness to act encourages response partners to self-dispatch to an incident scene.
B. Effective partnership relies on engaging all elements of the whole community.
C. Unity of effort results when responding agencies are willing to relinquish their authorities.
D. Response partners use nonstandard structures to allow for flexible and scalable responses.
5. Community Emergency Response Teams are an example of:
A. Federal coordinating structures
B. State coordinating structures
C. Local coordinating structures
D. Regional coordinating structures
6. The Unified Coordination Group:
A. Is a temporary Federal facility.
B. Provides coordination leadership at the Joint Field Office.
C. Directs the incident command structure established at the incident.
D. Is a state-level group comprised of the heads of each Emergency Support Function (ESF).
7. Select the FALSE statement below. The National Response Framework:
A. Describes key roles and responsibilities for integrating capabilities across the whole community.
B. Indicates the actions necessary to build and deliver the required capabilities.
C. Identifies capabilities that are essential for response.
D. Provides local, territorial, state, and Federal responders with specific operational plans for managing a wide range of incidents.
8. Communities apply NIMS principles to integrate response plans and resources across jurisdictions and departments, as well as with the private sector and NGOs.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
9. Select the TRUE statement:
A. In an ICS organization, the Command Staff typically includes the chiefs of the Planning, Operations, Logistics, and Finance and Administration sections.
B. ICS is primarily a Federal-level operations structure that is activated when a local jurisdiction requests an emergency declaration.
C. Under ICS, the Operations Section Chief has overall authority and responsibility for conducting incident operations.
D. ICS provides a structure for organizing field-level operations for a broad spectrum of incidents.
10. Which organization serves as the principal operations center for the Department of Homeland Security?
A. National Operations Center
B. Strategic Information and Operations Center
C. National Military Command Center
D. Disaster Response Center
11. In an ESF, who oversees the preparedness activities for the ESF and coordinates with its primary and support agencies?
A. Chief of Police
B. Emergency manager
C. First responder on the scene
D. ESF coordinator
12. How the Federal Government aligns resources and delivers core capabilities to reach our shared National Preparedness Goal is described in:
A. The National Operations Center
B. The Strategic Information and Operations Center
C. The Response Federal Interagency Operational Plan
D. Science and Technology
13. Whose duties include operation of the National Response Coordination Center, the effective support of all Emergency Support Functions, and, more generally, preparation for, protection against, response to, and recovery from all-hazards incidents?
A. DHS Director of Operations Coordination
B. Senior Federal Law Enforcement Official
C. Secretary of Homeland Security
D. FEMA Administrator
14. Which Response core capability involves providing life-sustaining and human services to the affected population, to include hydration, feeding, sheltering, temporary housing, evacuee support, reunification, and distribution of emergency supplies?
A. Public Health, Healthcare and Emergency Medical Services
B. Mass Search and Rescue Operations
C. Mass-Care Services
D. Infrastructure Systems
15. Coordination leadership at the Joint Field Office is provided by:
A. Unified Coordination Group
B. Joint Terrorism Taskforce
C. Unified Command
D. Secretary of Homeland Security
16. Which state government key player is responsible for ensuring that the state is prepared to deal with large-scale emergencies and for coordinating the statewide response to any such incident?
A. Director, State Emergency Management Agency
B. State Homeland Security Advisor
C. National Guard
D. State department and agency heads
17. Which of the following is activated as necessary to support local EOCs and to ensure that responders have the resources they need to conduct response activities?
A. State/tribal emergency operations center
B. Joint Field Office
C. Regional Response Center
D. Unified Coordination Group
18. Who is the principal Federal official for domestic incident management?
A. FEMA Administrator
B. Senior Federal Law Enforcement Official
C. Federal Coordinating Officer
D. Secretary of Homeland Security
19. Which of the following are core capabilities for response?
A. Supply chain integrity and security; risk and disaster resilience assessment; and infrastructure systems
B. Identity verification; interdiction and disruption; and long-term vulnerability reduction
C. Housing; forensics and attribution; and screening, search, and detection
D. Fire management and suppression; fatality management services; and environmental response/health and safety
20. What is the relationship between the National Response Framework and the National Incident Management System (NIMS)?
A. The NIMS relates to local, state, and territorial operations, whereas the NRF relates strictly to Federal operations.
B. The response protocols and structures described in the National Response Framework align with the NIMS, and all NIMS components support response.
C. The National Response Framework replaces the NIMS, which is now obsolete.
D. The NIMS and the National Response Framework cover different aspects of incident management—the NIMS is focused on tactical planning, and the National Response Framework is focused on coordination.
21. Which of the following are core capabilities for response?
A. Critical transportation; situation assessment; and mass care services
B. Interdiction and disruption; access control; and threats/hazards identification
C. Forensics and attribution; physical protective measures; and economic recovery
D. Cybersecurity; community resilience; and housing
22. The National Response Framework is a comprehensive guide to prevention, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
23. The SIOC acts as the FBI's worldwide Emergency Operations Center. Which of these is established by the FBI in response to significant threats or incidents involving Federal crimes under the criminal jurisdiction of the United States?
A. Disaster Response Center
B. National Military Command Center (NMCC)
C. The National Operations Center (NOC)
D. Joint Operations Center
24. A basic premise of the National Response Framework is that response structures and resources must be able to expand rapidly to meet needs associated with a given incident.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
25. Federal Coordinating Structures include:
A. Federal Law Enforcement
B. FEMA
C. Emergency Support Functions
D. National Guard
1. In order to help form a common operating picture of the incident and secure additional resources the Incident Commander relays requirements to:
A. State/tribal emergency operations
B. Unified Coordination Group
C. Local emergency operations center
D. Regional response coordination center
2. Federal Coordinating Structures include:
A. FEMA
B. Federal Law Enforcement
C. Emergency Support Functions
D. National Guard
3. Which organization is a multiagency coordination center generally staffed by ESFs in anticipation of or immediately following an incident?
A. Strategic Information and Operations Center
B. Federal Operations Center
C. Regional Response Coordination Center
D. Disaster Response Center
4. The response protocols and structures described in the National Response Framework align with the NIMS, and all NIMS components support response.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
5. A basic premise of the National Response Framework is that response structures and resources must be able to expand rapidly to meet needs associated with a given incident.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
6. What is the relationship between the National Response Framework and the National Incident Management System (NIMS)?
A. The response protocols and structures described in the National Response Framework align with the NIMS, and all NIMS components support response.
B. The NIMS relates to local, state, and territorial operations, whereas the NRF relates strictly to Federal operations.
C. The National Response Framework replaces the NIMS, which is now obsolete.
D. The NIMS and the National Response Framework cover different aspects of incident management—the NIMS is focused on tactical planning, and the National Response Framework is focused on coordination.
7. Whose duties include operation of the National Response Coordination Center, the effective support of all Emergency Support Functions, and, more generally, preparation for, protection against, response to, and recovery from all-hazards incidents?
A. Senior Federal Law Enforcement Official
B. DHS Director of Operations Coordination
C. Secretary of Homeland Security
D. FEMA Administrator
8. Which of the following are core capabilities for response?
A. Identity verification; interdiction and disruption; and long-term vulnerability reduction
B. Supply chain integrity and security; risk and disaster resilience assessment; and infrastructure systems
C. Housing; forensics and attribution; and screening, search, and detection
D. Fire management and suppression; fatality management services; and environmental response/health and safety
9. Select the TRUE statement:
A. ICS is primarily a Federal-level operations structure that is activated when a local jurisdiction requests an emergency declaration.
B. In an ICS organization, the Command Staff typically includes the chiefs of the Planning, Operations, Logistics, and Finance and Administration sections.
C. Under ICS, the Operations Section Chief has overall authority and responsibility for conducting incident operations.
D. ICS provides a structure for organizing field-level operations for a broad spectrum of incidents.
10. The Unified Coordination Group:
A. Provides coordination leadership at the Joint Field Office.
B. Is a temporary Federal facility.
C. Directs the incident command structure established at the incident.
D. Is a state-level group comprised of the heads of each Emergency Support Function (ESF).
11. Community Emergency Response Teams are an example of:
A. State coordinating structures
B. Federal coordinating structures
C. Local coordinating structures
D. Regional coordinating structures
12. In an ESF, who oversees the preparedness activities for the ESF and coordinates with its primary and support agencies?
A. Emergency manager
B. Chief of Police
C. First responder on the scene
D. ESF coordinator
13. Situational assessment, operational communications, and cybersecurity are core capabilities required for all five mission areas.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
14. Who is responsible for leading the Federal Government's response efforts to ensure that the necessary coordinating structures, leadership, and resources are applied quickly and efficiently to large-scale and catastrophic incidents?
A. The President
B. DHS Director of Operations Coordination
C. Secretary of Homeland Security
D. FEMA Administrator
15. Who is the principal Federal official for domestic incident management?
A. Senior Federal Law Enforcement Official
B. FEMA Administrator
C. Federal Coordinating Officer
D. Secretary of Homeland Security
16. Emergency Support Functions (ESFs):
A. Are always activated in incidents requiring Federal support.
B. Must be used by local jurisdictions as their primary coordinating structure.
C. May be selectively activated to support response activities.
D. Are appropriate only for Stafford Act incidents.
17. The potential contributions of all response partners to delivering core capabilities during incident response should be incorporated into planning efforts.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
18. Cross-cutting Capabilities include:
A. Forensics and attribution; physical protective measures; and economic recovery
B. Critical transportation; situation assessment; and mass care services
C. Planning; public information and warning; and operational coordination
D. Supply chain integrity and security; risk and disaster resilience assessment; and infrastructure systems
19. A guiding principle of the National Response Framework is that:
A. Effective partnership relies on engaging all elements of the whole community.
B. Readiness to act encourages response partners to self-dispatch to an incident scene.
C. Unity of effort results when responding agencies are willing to relinquish their authorities.
D. Response partners use nonstandard structures to allow for flexible and scalable responses.
20. Select the FALSE statement from below:
A. The National Response Framework describes specific authorities.
B. The National Response Framework mandates that the private-sector entities responsible for critical infrastructure and key resources develop and exercise contingency plans.
C. The National Response Framework explains how, at all levels, the nation effectively manages all-hazards response.
D. The National Response Framework describes best practices for managing all types of disasters and emergencies.
21. The National Response Framework is a comprehensive guide to prevention, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
22. When there is no Stafford Act declaration, the department or agency with primary legal authority may activate the coordinating structures appropriate to that authority.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
23. Coordination leadership at the Joint Field Office is provided by:
A. Joint Terrorism Taskforce
B. Unified Coordination Group
C. Unified Command
D. Secretary of Homeland Security
24. The term "response" as used in the National Response Framework includes:
A. Actions of private sector entities responsible for critical infrastructure but not actions of public service agencies.
B. Actions to save lives, protect property and the environment, stabilize communities, and meet basic human needs prior to an incident.
C. Actions to save lives, protect property and the environment, stabilize communities, and meet basic human needs following an incident.
D. Actions that relate to only to the emergency responders.
25. Which Response core capability includes delivering essential commodities, equipment, and services in support of impacted communities and survivors, to include emergency power and fuel support, as well as the coordination of access to community staples?
A. Environmental Response/Health and Safety
B. Mass-Care Services
C. Infrastructure Systems
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