ICS 200 Exam Questions and Answers |
Comprehensive Study with Detailed
Explanations | Grade A+
• ________ allows agencies with different legal, geographic, and functional
authorities and responsibilities to work together effectively w/o affecting
individual agency authority, responsibility, or accountability -✓✓Unified
command
• ________ refers to the orderly line of authority within the ranks of the incident
management organization -✓✓Chain of command
• The command function must be clearly established from the beginning of an
incident. When command is transferred, the process must include -✓✓A briefing
that captures all essential information for continuing safe and effective operations
• Accountability means that incident personnel adhere to check-in/check-out,
incident action planning, unity of command, resource tracking, and other principles
-✓✓T
• An Incident Action Plan is an oral or written plan containing objectives that
address tactics and support activities for the planned operational period -✓✓T
• In a major incident, personnel and equipment should be dispatched even without
being requested -✓✓F
• Who is the point of contact for representatives of other governmental agencies,
nongovernmental organizations, and/or private entities -✓✓Liaison Officer
• Which Section collects, evaluates, and disseminates incident situation
information and intelligence -✓✓Planning section
• Which Section is responsible for all support requirements needed to facilitate
effective and efficient incident management, including ordering resources from
off-incident locations -✓✓Logistics section
, • Which Section would perform cost analysis and contracting services -
✓✓Finance/Administration Section
• Who handles media and public inquiries, emergency public information and
warnings, rumor monitoring and response, and media monitoring, and coordinates
the dissemination of information in an accurate and timely manner -✓✓Public
Information Officer
• Who is responsible for monitoring incident operations and advising the Incident
Commander on all matters relating to operational safety, including the health and
safety of emergency responder personnel -✓✓Safety Officer
• Scenario: The Command Staff consists of a Safety Officer and Public
Information Officer.
Which organizational structure for the General Staff uses correct ICS principles,
position titles, and features? -✓✓Two Branches that manage Medical (EMS and
Life Support) and Investigative (Police) resources under the supervision of a
Director
• Heavy rains are threatening to cause a dam break. One incident objective and its
strategy and tactics are as follows:
Objective: Decrease the probability of flooding by reducing the reservoir level to
35 feet by 0800 tomorrow.
Strategy: Pump water from reservoir.
Tactics: _____________________________ -✓✓Use truck-mounted pumps
working from the road into spillway, and portable pumps on the east side
discharging into Murky Creek
• Emergency Operations Plans should be consistent with the National Incident
Management System (NIMS) -✓✓T
• The operational period is a fixed 12-hour period within which tactics must be
completed -✓✓F
Comprehensive Study with Detailed
Explanations | Grade A+
• ________ allows agencies with different legal, geographic, and functional
authorities and responsibilities to work together effectively w/o affecting
individual agency authority, responsibility, or accountability -✓✓Unified
command
• ________ refers to the orderly line of authority within the ranks of the incident
management organization -✓✓Chain of command
• The command function must be clearly established from the beginning of an
incident. When command is transferred, the process must include -✓✓A briefing
that captures all essential information for continuing safe and effective operations
• Accountability means that incident personnel adhere to check-in/check-out,
incident action planning, unity of command, resource tracking, and other principles
-✓✓T
• An Incident Action Plan is an oral or written plan containing objectives that
address tactics and support activities for the planned operational period -✓✓T
• In a major incident, personnel and equipment should be dispatched even without
being requested -✓✓F
• Who is the point of contact for representatives of other governmental agencies,
nongovernmental organizations, and/or private entities -✓✓Liaison Officer
• Which Section collects, evaluates, and disseminates incident situation
information and intelligence -✓✓Planning section
• Which Section is responsible for all support requirements needed to facilitate
effective and efficient incident management, including ordering resources from
off-incident locations -✓✓Logistics section
, • Which Section would perform cost analysis and contracting services -
✓✓Finance/Administration Section
• Who handles media and public inquiries, emergency public information and
warnings, rumor monitoring and response, and media monitoring, and coordinates
the dissemination of information in an accurate and timely manner -✓✓Public
Information Officer
• Who is responsible for monitoring incident operations and advising the Incident
Commander on all matters relating to operational safety, including the health and
safety of emergency responder personnel -✓✓Safety Officer
• Scenario: The Command Staff consists of a Safety Officer and Public
Information Officer.
Which organizational structure for the General Staff uses correct ICS principles,
position titles, and features? -✓✓Two Branches that manage Medical (EMS and
Life Support) and Investigative (Police) resources under the supervision of a
Director
• Heavy rains are threatening to cause a dam break. One incident objective and its
strategy and tactics are as follows:
Objective: Decrease the probability of flooding by reducing the reservoir level to
35 feet by 0800 tomorrow.
Strategy: Pump water from reservoir.
Tactics: _____________________________ -✓✓Use truck-mounted pumps
working from the road into spillway, and portable pumps on the east side
discharging into Murky Creek
• Emergency Operations Plans should be consistent with the National Incident
Management System (NIMS) -✓✓T
• The operational period is a fixed 12-hour period within which tactics must be
completed -✓✓F
