FEMA ICS Exam Questions with CORRECT
Verified Answers (Updated 2025–2026)
Which General Staff member directs all responses and tactical actions to achieve the incident
objectives?
A. Planning Section Chief B. Operations Section Chief C. Tactics Section Chief D. Operations
Division Director
- CORRECT ANS-B. Operations Section Chief
Which General Staff member prepares Incident Action Plans, manages information, and
maintains situational awareness for the incident?
A. Planning Section Chief B. Operations Section Chief C. Logistics Section Chief D.
Finance/Administration Section Chief
- CORRECT ANS-A. Planning Section Chief
If the Incident Commander designates personnel to provide public information, safety, and
liaison services, the personnel are collectively referred to as the:
A. Director Staff B. Incident Staff C. Executive Staff D. Command Staff
- CORRECT ANS-D. Command Staff
How many NIMS Management Characteristics are there?
A. 12 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15
- CORRECT ANS-C. 14
Which ICS functional area sets the incident objectives, strategies, and priorities, and has overall
responsibility for the incident?
,A. Command B. Operations C. Logistics D. Finance/Administration
- CORRECT ANS-A. Command
Establishment of the ICS modular organization is the responsibility of the:
A. Operations Section B. Local Authorities C. Incident Commander D. Logistics Section -
CORRECT ANS-C. Incident Commander
Which General Staff member is responsible for ensuring that assigned incident personnel are
fed and have communications, medical support, and transportation as needed to meet the
operational objective?
A. Logistics Section Chief B. Safety Officer C. Public Information Officer D. Planning Section Chief
- CORRECT ANS-A. Logistics Section Chief
When command is transferred, the process should include a(n):
A. Award Ceremony B. Briefing C. Detailed Lesson Learned Report D. Intelligence Report -
CORRECT ANS-B. Briefing
Incident objectives that drive incident operations are established by the:
A. Planning Section Chief B. Operations Section Chief C. Incident Commander or Unified
Command D. Agency Administrator
- CORRECT ANS-C. Incident Commander or Unified Command
Acquiring, Storing, and Inventorying Resources are part of which NIMS Management
Characteristic?
A. Accountability B. Incident Facilities and Locations C. Comprehensive Resource Management
D. Unified Command
- CORRECT ANS-C. Comprehensive Resource Management
One of the benefits of ICS is that it provides an orderly, systematic process.
A. Deployment B. Safety C. Recovery D. Planning
, - CORRECT ANS-D. Planning
Which position is always staffed in ICS applications?
A. Public Information Officer B. Incident Commander C. Operations Section Chief D. Safety
Officer
- CORRECT ANS-B. Incident Commander
Which item is included in the NIMS Management Characteristic of Accountability?
A. Maintain an accurate inventory of resources B. Establish specific, measurable objectives C.
Conduct briefings as part of transfer of command D. Check-In/Check-Out of incident personnel -
CORRECT ANS-D. Check-In/Check-Out of incident personnel
who designates the process for transferring command?
a. the section chiefs
b. the incident commander for previous operational period
c. the jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident
d. the command staff
- CORRECT ANS-C. the jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident
Which ICS functional area monitors costs related to the incident and provides accounting,
procurement, time recording, and cost analysis?
a. command
b. operations
c. logistics
d. finance/administration
- CORRECT ANS-D. finance/administration
which ICS functional area establishes tactics and directs all operational resources to achieve the
incident objective?
Verified Answers (Updated 2025–2026)
Which General Staff member directs all responses and tactical actions to achieve the incident
objectives?
A. Planning Section Chief B. Operations Section Chief C. Tactics Section Chief D. Operations
Division Director
- CORRECT ANS-B. Operations Section Chief
Which General Staff member prepares Incident Action Plans, manages information, and
maintains situational awareness for the incident?
A. Planning Section Chief B. Operations Section Chief C. Logistics Section Chief D.
Finance/Administration Section Chief
- CORRECT ANS-A. Planning Section Chief
If the Incident Commander designates personnel to provide public information, safety, and
liaison services, the personnel are collectively referred to as the:
A. Director Staff B. Incident Staff C. Executive Staff D. Command Staff
- CORRECT ANS-D. Command Staff
How many NIMS Management Characteristics are there?
A. 12 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15
- CORRECT ANS-C. 14
Which ICS functional area sets the incident objectives, strategies, and priorities, and has overall
responsibility for the incident?
,A. Command B. Operations C. Logistics D. Finance/Administration
- CORRECT ANS-A. Command
Establishment of the ICS modular organization is the responsibility of the:
A. Operations Section B. Local Authorities C. Incident Commander D. Logistics Section -
CORRECT ANS-C. Incident Commander
Which General Staff member is responsible for ensuring that assigned incident personnel are
fed and have communications, medical support, and transportation as needed to meet the
operational objective?
A. Logistics Section Chief B. Safety Officer C. Public Information Officer D. Planning Section Chief
- CORRECT ANS-A. Logistics Section Chief
When command is transferred, the process should include a(n):
A. Award Ceremony B. Briefing C. Detailed Lesson Learned Report D. Intelligence Report -
CORRECT ANS-B. Briefing
Incident objectives that drive incident operations are established by the:
A. Planning Section Chief B. Operations Section Chief C. Incident Commander or Unified
Command D. Agency Administrator
- CORRECT ANS-C. Incident Commander or Unified Command
Acquiring, Storing, and Inventorying Resources are part of which NIMS Management
Characteristic?
A. Accountability B. Incident Facilities and Locations C. Comprehensive Resource Management
D. Unified Command
- CORRECT ANS-C. Comprehensive Resource Management
One of the benefits of ICS is that it provides an orderly, systematic process.
A. Deployment B. Safety C. Recovery D. Planning
, - CORRECT ANS-D. Planning
Which position is always staffed in ICS applications?
A. Public Information Officer B. Incident Commander C. Operations Section Chief D. Safety
Officer
- CORRECT ANS-B. Incident Commander
Which item is included in the NIMS Management Characteristic of Accountability?
A. Maintain an accurate inventory of resources B. Establish specific, measurable objectives C.
Conduct briefings as part of transfer of command D. Check-In/Check-Out of incident personnel -
CORRECT ANS-D. Check-In/Check-Out of incident personnel
who designates the process for transferring command?
a. the section chiefs
b. the incident commander for previous operational period
c. the jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident
d. the command staff
- CORRECT ANS-C. the jurisdiction or organization with primary responsibility for the incident
Which ICS functional area monitors costs related to the incident and provides accounting,
procurement, time recording, and cost analysis?
a. command
b. operations
c. logistics
d. finance/administration
- CORRECT ANS-D. finance/administration
which ICS functional area establishes tactics and directs all operational resources to achieve the
incident objective?
