APCO Exam questions with complete
solutions graded A+ updated to pass
Master Street Address Guide (MSAG) - correct 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.
Mobile Data Computer (MDC) - correct answer ✔✔A communications device that
has information processing capabilities. Typically build into the vehicles of law
enforcement. Permit transfer of information from the PSAP and first responders.
Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) - correct answer ✔✔A communications device that,
in most cases, has no information processing capabilities. Permit transfer of
information from PSAP and the first responders.
Mobile radio - correct answer ✔✔A transmitter and receiver mounted in a vehicle
requiring power from the vehicle and an antenna mounted on the vehicle.
Mutual aid - correct 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.
,Mutual response (also known as Automatic aid) - correct answer ✔✔A type of
mutual aid response where an assisting agency automatically responds with the
requesting agency on the initial alarm.
National Incident Management System (NIMS) - correct 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.
Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) - correct answer ✔✔The term used to describe
emerging technologies that may present 9-1-1 calls through voice, text, and/or
video.
Notification - correct 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.
P-ANI (Pseudo ANI) - correct 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) - correct answer ✔✔A standardized set of words used to
associate the words with letters of the alphabet.
, Plain Language/Speech - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔The designated person "in charge" of
the incident who responsibility for maintaining the command function.
Incident Command Post - correct 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) - correct 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 - correct 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.
solutions graded A+ updated to pass
Master Street Address Guide (MSAG) - correct 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.
Mobile Data Computer (MDC) - correct answer ✔✔A communications device that
has information processing capabilities. Typically build into the vehicles of law
enforcement. Permit transfer of information from the PSAP and first responders.
Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) - correct answer ✔✔A communications device that,
in most cases, has no information processing capabilities. Permit transfer of
information from PSAP and the first responders.
Mobile radio - correct answer ✔✔A transmitter and receiver mounted in a vehicle
requiring power from the vehicle and an antenna mounted on the vehicle.
Mutual aid - correct 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.
,Mutual response (also known as Automatic aid) - correct answer ✔✔A type of
mutual aid response where an assisting agency automatically responds with the
requesting agency on the initial alarm.
National Incident Management System (NIMS) - correct 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.
Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) - correct answer ✔✔The term used to describe
emerging technologies that may present 9-1-1 calls through voice, text, and/or
video.
Notification - correct 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.
P-ANI (Pseudo ANI) - correct 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) - correct answer ✔✔A standardized set of words used to
associate the words with letters of the alphabet.
, Plain Language/Speech - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔The designated person "in charge" of
the incident who responsibility for maintaining the command function.
Incident Command Post - correct 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) - correct 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 - correct 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.
