APCO Exam Questions And Answers
With Verified Solutions 100% Correct
(GRADED A+)
1. Master Street Address Guide (MSAG):
Answer: ✔✔ Essentially a "routing table" that identifies all street names, a range
of theoretically possible house numbers for each street and which unique set of law
enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services providers are responsible for
that address.
2. Mobile Data Computer (MDC):
Answer: ✔✔ A communications device that has information processing
capabilities. Typically built into the vehicles of law enforcement. Permits transfer
of information from the PSAP and first responders.
3. Mobile Data Terminal (MDT):
Answer: ✔✔ A communications device that, in most cases, has no information
processing capabilities. Permits transfer of information from the PSAP and the first
responders.
4. Mobile Radio:
Answer: ✔✔ A transmitter and receiver mounted in a vehicle requiring power
from the vehicle and an antenna mounted on the vehicle.
5. Mutual Aid:
Answer: ✔✔ A process of supplying supplemental personnel, equipment, or other
resources to an incident to assist agencies that may be in danger of becoming
overwhelmed in their response. These procedures are normally predetermined and
are spelled out in mutual aid agreements between response agencies.
,6. Mutual Response (also known as Automatic Aid):
Answer: ✔✔ A type of mutual aid response where an assisting agency
automatically responds with the requesting agency on the initial alarm.
7. National Incident Management System (NIMS):
Answer: ✔✔ An organized method to define roles, responsibilities, and standard
operating procedures used to unify multiple disciplines in order to manage
emergency operations under one functional organization.
8. Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1):
Answer: ✔✔ The term used to describe emerging technologies that may present 9-
1-1 calls through voice, text, and/or video.
9. Notification:
Answer: ✔✔ The process of alerting law, fire, and EMS of an incident requiring a
response. Some fire and EMS departments use an audible system of alert tones or
alarms to advise personnel of the type of call being dispatched. Alarms may be
broadcast over the radio, sounded over a station's public address system or both.
For law enforcement units, notification is typically by radio. Telematics and
monitored alarm systems may provide notification of events through their central
stations or telematics call centers. Mass notification systems provide alerts and
warnings to the public-at-large over a wide area. The IPAWS system is an
example.
10. P-ANI (Pseudo ANI):
Answer: ✔✔ A "fake" number used by wireless telephone carriers to route the call
and identify the cell site (and sector, if it's a sectored site) from which a wireless
call originates.
Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) - ANSWER✔✔A standardized set of words used to
associate the words with letters of the alphabet.
, Plain Language/Speech - ANSWER✔✔The use of plain speech and the avoidance
of codes (10-4, for example) in radio transmissions supports the goals of
interoperability between departments as codes could vary from location to location.
Incident Command system - ANSWER✔✔A standard, on-scene, all-hazard
incident management system that defines the operating characteristics,
management components, and structure of incident management organizations
throughout the life cycle of an incident.
Incident Commander - ANSWER✔✔The designated person "in charge" of the
incident who responsibility for maintaining the command function.
Incident Command Post - ANSWER✔✔The location of the tactical level on-scene
incident command and management organization where the incident is managed.
Integrated Public Alert Warning system (IPAWS) - ANSWER✔✔A federal
initiative to develop an integrated nationwide public all-hazard emergency
notification system, designed to use multiple technologies and transmission
platforms. Implementation is ongoing.
Interoperability - ANSWER✔✔The ability of systems, units or forces to provide
services to and accept services from other systems, units or forces, and to use the
services exchanged to enable them to operate more effectively together.
Integrated Public Alert and Warning system (IPAWS) - ANSWER✔✔A
modernization and integration of the nation's alert and warning infrastructure. The
system combines elements of local, regional and specialized warning systems.
With Verified Solutions 100% Correct
(GRADED A+)
1. Master Street Address Guide (MSAG):
Answer: ✔✔ Essentially a "routing table" that identifies all street names, a range
of theoretically possible house numbers for each street and which unique set of law
enforcement, fire, and emergency medical services providers are responsible for
that address.
2. Mobile Data Computer (MDC):
Answer: ✔✔ A communications device that has information processing
capabilities. Typically built into the vehicles of law enforcement. Permits transfer
of information from the PSAP and first responders.
3. Mobile Data Terminal (MDT):
Answer: ✔✔ A communications device that, in most cases, has no information
processing capabilities. Permits transfer of information from the PSAP and the first
responders.
4. Mobile Radio:
Answer: ✔✔ A transmitter and receiver mounted in a vehicle requiring power
from the vehicle and an antenna mounted on the vehicle.
5. Mutual Aid:
Answer: ✔✔ A process of supplying supplemental personnel, equipment, or other
resources to an incident to assist agencies that may be in danger of becoming
overwhelmed in their response. These procedures are normally predetermined and
are spelled out in mutual aid agreements between response agencies.
,6. Mutual Response (also known as Automatic Aid):
Answer: ✔✔ A type of mutual aid response where an assisting agency
automatically responds with the requesting agency on the initial alarm.
7. National Incident Management System (NIMS):
Answer: ✔✔ An organized method to define roles, responsibilities, and standard
operating procedures used to unify multiple disciplines in order to manage
emergency operations under one functional organization.
8. Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1):
Answer: ✔✔ The term used to describe emerging technologies that may present 9-
1-1 calls through voice, text, and/or video.
9. Notification:
Answer: ✔✔ The process of alerting law, fire, and EMS of an incident requiring a
response. Some fire and EMS departments use an audible system of alert tones or
alarms to advise personnel of the type of call being dispatched. Alarms may be
broadcast over the radio, sounded over a station's public address system or both.
For law enforcement units, notification is typically by radio. Telematics and
monitored alarm systems may provide notification of events through their central
stations or telematics call centers. Mass notification systems provide alerts and
warnings to the public-at-large over a wide area. The IPAWS system is an
example.
10. P-ANI (Pseudo ANI):
Answer: ✔✔ A "fake" number used by wireless telephone carriers to route the call
and identify the cell site (and sector, if it's a sectored site) from which a wireless
call originates.
Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) - ANSWER✔✔A standardized set of words used to
associate the words with letters of the alphabet.
, Plain Language/Speech - ANSWER✔✔The use of plain speech and the avoidance
of codes (10-4, for example) in radio transmissions supports the goals of
interoperability between departments as codes could vary from location to location.
Incident Command system - ANSWER✔✔A standard, on-scene, all-hazard
incident management system that defines the operating characteristics,
management components, and structure of incident management organizations
throughout the life cycle of an incident.
Incident Commander - ANSWER✔✔The designated person "in charge" of the
incident who responsibility for maintaining the command function.
Incident Command Post - ANSWER✔✔The location of the tactical level on-scene
incident command and management organization where the incident is managed.
Integrated Public Alert Warning system (IPAWS) - ANSWER✔✔A federal
initiative to develop an integrated nationwide public all-hazard emergency
notification system, designed to use multiple technologies and transmission
platforms. Implementation is ongoing.
Interoperability - ANSWER✔✔The ability of systems, units or forces to provide
services to and accept services from other systems, units or forces, and to use the
services exchanged to enable them to operate more effectively together.
Integrated Public Alert and Warning system (IPAWS) - ANSWER✔✔A
modernization and integration of the nation's alert and warning infrastructure. The
system combines elements of local, regional and specialized warning systems.
