PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NEWLY MODIFIED!!!
Which General Staff member directs all responses and tactical actions
to achieve the incident objectives? -- ANSWER--Operations Division
Director
Which General Staff member negotiates and monitors contracts,
maintains documentation for reimbursement, and oversees
timekeeping for incident personnel? -- ANSWER--
Finance/Administration Section Chief
One of the benefits of ICS is that it provides an orderly, systematic
_____ process. -- ANSWER--Planning
Which ICS functional area monitors costs related to the incident and
provides accounting, procurement, time recording, and cost analysis?
-- ANSWER--Finance/Administration
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,Check-in, Incident Action Planning, Personal Responsibility, and
Resource Tracking are all necessary to ensure: -- ANSWER--
Accountability
The Liaison Officer: -- ANSWER--Arranges for resources and needed
services to support the incident objectives.
To ensure efficient, clear, communication, the National Incident
Management System Characteristics recommend the use of: --
ANSWER--Common terminology
Which position is always staffed in ICS applications? -- ANSWER--
Incident Commander
In a Unified Command, members representing multiple jurisdictions
and agencies work together to establish: -- ANSWER--Incident
Objectives
Which ICS functional area sets the incident objectives, strategies, and
priorities, and has overall responsibility for the incident? --
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, ANSWER--Command
Which selection organizes, assigns, and supervises tactical response
resources? -- ANSWER--Operations
Which ICS functional area establishes tactics and directs all
operational resources to achieve the incident objectives? --
ANSWER--Operations
The Incident Command System (ICS) is: -- ANSWER--A
standardized approach to incident management that is applicable for
use in all hazards.
The Whole Community approach refers to different organizations
within the Federal Government. -- ANSWER--False
The Operations Section Chief: -- ANSWER--Develops and
implements strategies and tactics to achieve the incident objectives.
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