CHEP Practice Questions
What ICS position serves as the primary contact among the agencies involved in the
emergency operations? - answer Incident Liaison Officer
What agency would assume authority of a situation designated as a National Security
Incident? - answerDepartment of Homeland Security
What is the key challenge for a hospital that is developing an EOP that specifies use of
an ICS? - answerfunctions
What agency would provide communication assistance and support to the healthcare
sector during a National Disaster? - answerFederal Communication Commission
What type of organization would be activated as needed to oversee the management of
complex multiple incidents that are each being handled by separate ICS organizations
or structures? - answerarea command
What Joint Commission management plan gives the accrediting facility the option to use
a strategy known as predictive maintenance to help ensure reliability and performance
of technology or equipment? - answerMedical Equipment Management
OSHA requires organizations to develop a specific emergency plan to address what
healthcare related hazardous substance release? - answerethylene oxide
What should be the principle value of incident reporting in healthcare? -
answermeasuring of performance
What Federal publication contains a compilation of governmental rules, standards and
guidelines published by the government? - answerCode of Federal Regulations (CFR)
What should emergency planners using NIMS develop to assist incident commanders
and key staff professionals in their decision making? - answerIncident Response Guides
What organization publishes general standards on storing hazardous material? -
answerNFPA
What was learned from the 1995 Sarin gas attack in Tokyo? - answerEnsuring PPE was
being worn by all personnel who may be exposed to the contaminated patients
How long does OSHA give employers to report the hospitalization of three or more
workers involved in a single accident or incident? - answer8 hours
, OSHA requires employers post injuries or illness events to the log within how many
days of receiving notification? - answer7 days
What agency developed "Publication 2002-139" to help building owners and facility
managers take appropriate actions to protect occupants from the dangers of chemical,
biological, or radiological attacks? - answerNIOSH
What planning approach is concerned about the ability to take a specific course of
action? - answerfunctional planning
What best describes the type of "foundational" information used when initially
developing NIMS? - answerbest practices related to the effectiveness of the unified
incident command concept
What was the overall philosophy and emphasis of the Food Safety Modernization Act of
2011? - answerprevention
What NFPA publication addresses testing of emergency and standby power systems? -
answerNFPA 110
What planning approach is used by the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation
Program? - answercapabilities-based planning
What is the Joint Field Office? - answera temporary Federal structure that serves as a
coordinating location for various responding agencies
What type of plan should be "strategy" based? - answermitigation
What refers to an "excursion" hazardous material exposure limit? - answershort term
exposure limit (STEL)
What hazards exposure poses the greatest risk to ED staff? - answerrisk of harm from
workplace violence and patient aggression
What must be addressed in a Joint Commission Security plan? - answerprocedures for
reporting all security related incidents
What is the publication that provides healthcare organizations with specific
recommendations for developing emergency plans in response to a Pandemic? -
answerDHHS Supplement 3
Who publishes the Threshold Limit Values (TLV)? - answerAmerican Conference of
Government Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
What level of PPE adequately provides protection from most hazardous spill incidents
occurring in a hospital? - answerLevel C
What ICS position serves as the primary contact among the agencies involved in the
emergency operations? - answer Incident Liaison Officer
What agency would assume authority of a situation designated as a National Security
Incident? - answerDepartment of Homeland Security
What is the key challenge for a hospital that is developing an EOP that specifies use of
an ICS? - answerfunctions
What agency would provide communication assistance and support to the healthcare
sector during a National Disaster? - answerFederal Communication Commission
What type of organization would be activated as needed to oversee the management of
complex multiple incidents that are each being handled by separate ICS organizations
or structures? - answerarea command
What Joint Commission management plan gives the accrediting facility the option to use
a strategy known as predictive maintenance to help ensure reliability and performance
of technology or equipment? - answerMedical Equipment Management
OSHA requires organizations to develop a specific emergency plan to address what
healthcare related hazardous substance release? - answerethylene oxide
What should be the principle value of incident reporting in healthcare? -
answermeasuring of performance
What Federal publication contains a compilation of governmental rules, standards and
guidelines published by the government? - answerCode of Federal Regulations (CFR)
What should emergency planners using NIMS develop to assist incident commanders
and key staff professionals in their decision making? - answerIncident Response Guides
What organization publishes general standards on storing hazardous material? -
answerNFPA
What was learned from the 1995 Sarin gas attack in Tokyo? - answerEnsuring PPE was
being worn by all personnel who may be exposed to the contaminated patients
How long does OSHA give employers to report the hospitalization of three or more
workers involved in a single accident or incident? - answer8 hours
, OSHA requires employers post injuries or illness events to the log within how many
days of receiving notification? - answer7 days
What agency developed "Publication 2002-139" to help building owners and facility
managers take appropriate actions to protect occupants from the dangers of chemical,
biological, or radiological attacks? - answerNIOSH
What planning approach is concerned about the ability to take a specific course of
action? - answerfunctional planning
What best describes the type of "foundational" information used when initially
developing NIMS? - answerbest practices related to the effectiveness of the unified
incident command concept
What was the overall philosophy and emphasis of the Food Safety Modernization Act of
2011? - answerprevention
What NFPA publication addresses testing of emergency and standby power systems? -
answerNFPA 110
What planning approach is used by the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation
Program? - answercapabilities-based planning
What is the Joint Field Office? - answera temporary Federal structure that serves as a
coordinating location for various responding agencies
What type of plan should be "strategy" based? - answermitigation
What refers to an "excursion" hazardous material exposure limit? - answershort term
exposure limit (STEL)
What hazards exposure poses the greatest risk to ED staff? - answerrisk of harm from
workplace violence and patient aggression
What must be addressed in a Joint Commission Security plan? - answerprocedures for
reporting all security related incidents
What is the publication that provides healthcare organizations with specific
recommendations for developing emergency plans in response to a Pandemic? -
answerDHHS Supplement 3
Who publishes the Threshold Limit Values (TLV)? - answerAmerican Conference of
Government Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
What level of PPE adequately provides protection from most hazardous spill incidents
occurring in a hospital? - answerLevel C
