CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER CORE EXAMS SET
2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔One purpose of providing training on the emergency plan is to ensure that
stakeholders are prepared to communicate and coordinate with others involved in
implementing the plan. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔In the emergency planning process outlined in CPG 101, generating, comparing,
and selecting possible courses of action to achieve desired outcomes is part of: -
✔✔Step 4, Develop the Plan
✔✔An effective way to test and evaluate plans, policies, procedures, and coordination
of decisionmaking is by: - ✔✔Conducting exercises.
✔✔Team planning is most effective when the group leader develops the overall plan
and then solicits feedback from the group - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔An emergency plan should be reviewed and updated: - ✔✔At least every 1 or 2
years and after key events or changes that impact emergency management.
✔✔Within THIRA, national capability targets are set for jurisdictions to implement -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔What role do nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play in emergency planning? -
✔✔NGOs' only role is providing volunteers during an emergency.
✔✔Diversity of the planning group: - ✔✔Often results in more comprehensive and
creative planning.
✔✔Which of the following presents an integrated set of guidance, programs, and
processes that enables the whole community to meet the National Preparedness Goal?
- ✔✔National Preparedness System
✔✔When possible, the planning team should build on existing assessments such
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments prepared by the States, major urban areas,
and other government entities. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔An emergency plan element that focuses on special planning needs generated by a
bioterrorism attack is an example of a/an: - ✔✔Threat/hazard/incident-specific annex.
✔✔What part of an emergency operations plan typically provides an overview of the
emergency management and response program? - ✔✔Basic plan
,✔✔Analyzing threat and hazard information enables the planning team to: - ✔✔Identify
capabilities needed to manage associated risks.
✔✔Select the TRUE statement: - ✔✔Analyzing threat/hazard and jurisdiction
information enables the planning team to identify capabilities needed to manage
associated risks.
✔✔The emergency operations plan establishes the overall authority, roles, and
functions performed during incidents. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔Evaluation of the effectiveness of an emergency plan: - ✔✔Involves a combination
of training events, exercises, and real-world incidents.
✔✔Exercises are a means of learning what works and what does not work as planned -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔The planning process set out in CPG 101: - ✔✔Is suitable for planning by all levels
of government.
✔✔A key planning principle is that plans are most coherent when developed by a single
emergency management professional and then presented to the response community
for approval - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Which of the following is a FALSE statement? - ✔✔Preparedness requires
development of a separate emergency plan for each identified threat and hazard.
✔✔When an emergency operations plan has been developed and approved, what step
remains to be done? - ✔✔Implement and maintain the plan.
✔✔An emergency operations plan delineates: - ✔✔How people and property will be
protected during an emergency.
✔✔People with political savvy make decisions that: - ✔✔Balance self-interest and
organizational interest.
✔✔You can learn a great deal about how your own beliefs, assumptions, background,
culture, and other influences affect how you _________ what others say and how you
interact with them. - ✔✔Influence others
✔✔The ability to ________________ is a key leadership competency. - ✔✔Influence
others
, ✔✔You are leading and influencing when you are doing all of the following EXCEPT: -
✔✔Inviting other members of the emergency management team to discuss common
goals.
✔✔All of the following are strategies for fostering leadership EXCEPT: - ✔✔Using
personal influence and political savvy to help achieve your personal vision and goals.
✔✔_______ involves talking with other people and learning from them -
✔✔Communication
✔✔You are leading and influencing when you are doing all of the following EXCEPT -
✔✔Refuse to listen to other points of view.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT something you would use the ladder of inference for?
- ✔✔To listen for directly observable data
✔✔To grow as a leader, you may need to let go of behaviors and beliefs about
leadership that are comfortable for you but that ________________________. - ✔✔Are
detrimental to your coworkers
✔✔Which of the following describes the "Why" of change? - ✔✔People need to
understand the purpose for the change, and how it relates to the organization's bigger
picture.
✔✔During the advocacy phase of a discussion, you should: - ✔✔Sell your idea or
position
✔✔uring times of change it is important for leaders to: - ✔✔Listen to and advocate for
both organizational and individual needs.
✔✔Accepting credit for someone else's work is an example of: - ✔✔Trust-inducing
behavior.
✔✔Delegating and mentoring are examples of: - ✔✔Strategies for developing leaders.
✔✔A leader can promote a team environment by doing all of the following EXCEPT: -
✔✔Establishing individual goals and individual rewards.
✔✔The most effective type of personal influence to use when buy-in is required is: -
✔✔Interpersonal influence.
✔✔To lead change effectively, leaders must do all of the following EXCEPT: - ✔✔Hide
the trust from their employees
2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔One purpose of providing training on the emergency plan is to ensure that
stakeholders are prepared to communicate and coordinate with others involved in
implementing the plan. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔In the emergency planning process outlined in CPG 101, generating, comparing,
and selecting possible courses of action to achieve desired outcomes is part of: -
✔✔Step 4, Develop the Plan
✔✔An effective way to test and evaluate plans, policies, procedures, and coordination
of decisionmaking is by: - ✔✔Conducting exercises.
✔✔Team planning is most effective when the group leader develops the overall plan
and then solicits feedback from the group - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔An emergency plan should be reviewed and updated: - ✔✔At least every 1 or 2
years and after key events or changes that impact emergency management.
✔✔Within THIRA, national capability targets are set for jurisdictions to implement -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔What role do nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) play in emergency planning? -
✔✔NGOs' only role is providing volunteers during an emergency.
✔✔Diversity of the planning group: - ✔✔Often results in more comprehensive and
creative planning.
✔✔Which of the following presents an integrated set of guidance, programs, and
processes that enables the whole community to meet the National Preparedness Goal?
- ✔✔National Preparedness System
✔✔When possible, the planning team should build on existing assessments such
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments prepared by the States, major urban areas,
and other government entities. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔An emergency plan element that focuses on special planning needs generated by a
bioterrorism attack is an example of a/an: - ✔✔Threat/hazard/incident-specific annex.
✔✔What part of an emergency operations plan typically provides an overview of the
emergency management and response program? - ✔✔Basic plan
,✔✔Analyzing threat and hazard information enables the planning team to: - ✔✔Identify
capabilities needed to manage associated risks.
✔✔Select the TRUE statement: - ✔✔Analyzing threat/hazard and jurisdiction
information enables the planning team to identify capabilities needed to manage
associated risks.
✔✔The emergency operations plan establishes the overall authority, roles, and
functions performed during incidents. - ✔✔TRUE
✔✔Evaluation of the effectiveness of an emergency plan: - ✔✔Involves a combination
of training events, exercises, and real-world incidents.
✔✔Exercises are a means of learning what works and what does not work as planned -
✔✔TRUE
✔✔The planning process set out in CPG 101: - ✔✔Is suitable for planning by all levels
of government.
✔✔A key planning principle is that plans are most coherent when developed by a single
emergency management professional and then presented to the response community
for approval - ✔✔FALSE
✔✔Which of the following is a FALSE statement? - ✔✔Preparedness requires
development of a separate emergency plan for each identified threat and hazard.
✔✔When an emergency operations plan has been developed and approved, what step
remains to be done? - ✔✔Implement and maintain the plan.
✔✔An emergency operations plan delineates: - ✔✔How people and property will be
protected during an emergency.
✔✔People with political savvy make decisions that: - ✔✔Balance self-interest and
organizational interest.
✔✔You can learn a great deal about how your own beliefs, assumptions, background,
culture, and other influences affect how you _________ what others say and how you
interact with them. - ✔✔Influence others
✔✔The ability to ________________ is a key leadership competency. - ✔✔Influence
others
, ✔✔You are leading and influencing when you are doing all of the following EXCEPT: -
✔✔Inviting other members of the emergency management team to discuss common
goals.
✔✔All of the following are strategies for fostering leadership EXCEPT: - ✔✔Using
personal influence and political savvy to help achieve your personal vision and goals.
✔✔_______ involves talking with other people and learning from them -
✔✔Communication
✔✔You are leading and influencing when you are doing all of the following EXCEPT -
✔✔Refuse to listen to other points of view.
✔✔Which of the following is NOT something you would use the ladder of inference for?
- ✔✔To listen for directly observable data
✔✔To grow as a leader, you may need to let go of behaviors and beliefs about
leadership that are comfortable for you but that ________________________. - ✔✔Are
detrimental to your coworkers
✔✔Which of the following describes the "Why" of change? - ✔✔People need to
understand the purpose for the change, and how it relates to the organization's bigger
picture.
✔✔During the advocacy phase of a discussion, you should: - ✔✔Sell your idea or
position
✔✔uring times of change it is important for leaders to: - ✔✔Listen to and advocate for
both organizational and individual needs.
✔✔Accepting credit for someone else's work is an example of: - ✔✔Trust-inducing
behavior.
✔✔Delegating and mentoring are examples of: - ✔✔Strategies for developing leaders.
✔✔A leader can promote a team environment by doing all of the following EXCEPT: -
✔✔Establishing individual goals and individual rewards.
✔✔The most effective type of personal influence to use when buy-in is required is: -
✔✔Interpersonal influence.
✔✔To lead change effectively, leaders must do all of the following EXCEPT: - ✔✔Hide
the trust from their employees
