CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER 2026/2027 TEST
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Program Delivery Manager (PDMG) - ✔✔A customer service manager who works
with the applicant to resolve disaster-related needs and ensure that the applicant's
projects are processed as efficiently and expeditiously as possible. By being involved
from the declaration to the obligation of funds, the PDMG ensures continuity of service
throughout the delivery of the PA Program. A PDMG generally has responsibility for
more than one applicant.
✔✔Each General Staff members may also have one or more _______________. -
✔✔Deputies
✔✔Private Nonprofit Organization (PNP) - ✔✔Any non-governmental agency or entity
that currently has either an effective ruling letter from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service
granting tax exemption or satisfactory evidence from the State/Tribe that the non-
revenue producing organization or entity is a nonprofit one organized or operating under
State/Tribe law.
✔✔The operations section Chief is responsible for managing all ________________
operations at an incident - ✔✔tactical
✔✔Threat - ✔✔A natural or manmade occurrence, individual, entity, or action that has
or indicates the potential to harm life, information, operations, the environment, and/or
property. (NIPP, DHS Risk Lexicon)
✔✔Operations section consist of the following 3 components - ✔✔1. Ground or surface-
based tactical resources
2. aviation or air resources
3. staging areas
✔✔Vulnerability - ✔✔A physical feature or operational attribute that renders an entity
open to exploitation or susceptible to a given hazard. (NIPP, DHS Risk Lexicon)
✔✔The first component of the operations section is ground or surface resources which
consist of (3) - ✔✔1. Single resources
2. Task Forces
3. Strike Teams
✔✔Request for Public Assistance (RPA) - ✔✔The applicant's official notification to
FEMA of intent to apply for Public Assistance monies following declaration of a disaster.
It is a short form that asks for general identifying information about an applicant.
, ✔✔Depending on the need tactical resources can be placed into an operations
organization made up of (4 things) - ✔✔1. Resources, which report directly to the
incident commander or operations section chief
2. Divisions, which are used to divide an incident geographically
3. Groups, which are used to describe functional areas of operations
4. Branches , which can be either geographical or functional and are used in operations
when the number of division or groups exceed the span of control
✔✔Another organizational option for the operations section is the establishment of an
__________ and ____________ - ✔✔Information/ Intelligence
✔✔Resources - ✔✔Personnel and major items of equipment, supplies, and facilities
available or potentially available for assignment to incident operations and for which
status is maintained. Resources are described by kind and type and may be used in
operational support or supervisory capacities at an incident or at an Emergency
Operations Center. (NIMS)
✔✔Risk Assessment - ✔✔A product or process which collects information and assigns
values to risks for the purpose of informing priorities, developing or comparing courses
of action, and informing decision making. (DHS Risk Lexicon)
✔✔The use of aircraft whether tactical or logistical are assigned to the
___________________ Section - ✔✔Operations
✔✔Security - ✔✔The protection of the Nation and its people, vital interests, and way of
life. (NPG, PPD-8)
✔✔Staging area managers report to _____________ section cheif or to the ________
__________ if the _________ section chief positions has not been filled -
✔✔Operations/Incident Commander/Operations
✔✔Presidential Policy Directive 8 - ✔✔Established the National Preparedness Goal,
System, Whole Community, Annual National Preparedness Report
✔✔Divisions have ________ responsibility and groups have __________ responsibility
- ✔✔geographic / functional
✔✔A branch is the organizational level having ________ or __________ responsibility
for major parts of the Operations section or logistics section - ✔✔Geographic/functional
✔✔Preparedness Goal - ✔✔Capabilities: Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response,
Recovery
PAPER QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Program Delivery Manager (PDMG) - ✔✔A customer service manager who works
with the applicant to resolve disaster-related needs and ensure that the applicant's
projects are processed as efficiently and expeditiously as possible. By being involved
from the declaration to the obligation of funds, the PDMG ensures continuity of service
throughout the delivery of the PA Program. A PDMG generally has responsibility for
more than one applicant.
✔✔Each General Staff members may also have one or more _______________. -
✔✔Deputies
✔✔Private Nonprofit Organization (PNP) - ✔✔Any non-governmental agency or entity
that currently has either an effective ruling letter from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service
granting tax exemption or satisfactory evidence from the State/Tribe that the non-
revenue producing organization or entity is a nonprofit one organized or operating under
State/Tribe law.
✔✔The operations section Chief is responsible for managing all ________________
operations at an incident - ✔✔tactical
✔✔Threat - ✔✔A natural or manmade occurrence, individual, entity, or action that has
or indicates the potential to harm life, information, operations, the environment, and/or
property. (NIPP, DHS Risk Lexicon)
✔✔Operations section consist of the following 3 components - ✔✔1. Ground or surface-
based tactical resources
2. aviation or air resources
3. staging areas
✔✔Vulnerability - ✔✔A physical feature or operational attribute that renders an entity
open to exploitation or susceptible to a given hazard. (NIPP, DHS Risk Lexicon)
✔✔The first component of the operations section is ground or surface resources which
consist of (3) - ✔✔1. Single resources
2. Task Forces
3. Strike Teams
✔✔Request for Public Assistance (RPA) - ✔✔The applicant's official notification to
FEMA of intent to apply for Public Assistance monies following declaration of a disaster.
It is a short form that asks for general identifying information about an applicant.
, ✔✔Depending on the need tactical resources can be placed into an operations
organization made up of (4 things) - ✔✔1. Resources, which report directly to the
incident commander or operations section chief
2. Divisions, which are used to divide an incident geographically
3. Groups, which are used to describe functional areas of operations
4. Branches , which can be either geographical or functional and are used in operations
when the number of division or groups exceed the span of control
✔✔Another organizational option for the operations section is the establishment of an
__________ and ____________ - ✔✔Information/ Intelligence
✔✔Resources - ✔✔Personnel and major items of equipment, supplies, and facilities
available or potentially available for assignment to incident operations and for which
status is maintained. Resources are described by kind and type and may be used in
operational support or supervisory capacities at an incident or at an Emergency
Operations Center. (NIMS)
✔✔Risk Assessment - ✔✔A product or process which collects information and assigns
values to risks for the purpose of informing priorities, developing or comparing courses
of action, and informing decision making. (DHS Risk Lexicon)
✔✔The use of aircraft whether tactical or logistical are assigned to the
___________________ Section - ✔✔Operations
✔✔Security - ✔✔The protection of the Nation and its people, vital interests, and way of
life. (NPG, PPD-8)
✔✔Staging area managers report to _____________ section cheif or to the ________
__________ if the _________ section chief positions has not been filled -
✔✔Operations/Incident Commander/Operations
✔✔Presidential Policy Directive 8 - ✔✔Established the National Preparedness Goal,
System, Whole Community, Annual National Preparedness Report
✔✔Divisions have ________ responsibility and groups have __________ responsibility
- ✔✔geographic / functional
✔✔A branch is the organizational level having ________ or __________ responsibility
for major parts of the Operations section or logistics section - ✔✔Geographic/functional
✔✔Preparedness Goal - ✔✔Capabilities: Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response,
Recovery
