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1. All elements of the community must be B. FALSE 6. A guiding principle of the National D. Effective
activated, engaged, and integrated to Response Framework is that: partnership relies
respond to a major or catastrophic A. Unity of effort results when on engaging all
incident. responding agencies are willing to elements of the
A. TRUE relinquish their authorities. whole community.
B. FALSE B. Readiness to act encourages
response partners to self-dispatch to
2. Communities apply NIMS principles to A. TRUE
an incident scene.
integrate response plans and resources
C. Response partners use nonstandard
across jurisdictions and departments, as
structures to allow for flexible and
well as with the private sector and
scalable responses.
NGOs.
D. Effective partnership relies on
A. TRUE
engaging all elements of the whole
B. FALSE
community.
3. Community Emergency Response Teams A. Local
7. he potential contributions of all A. TRUE
are an example of: coordinating
response partners to delivering core
A. Local coordinating structures structures
capabilities during incident response
B. Federal coordinating structures
should be incorporated into planning
C. Regional coordinating structures
efforts.
D. State coordinating structures
A. TRUE
4. Cross-cutting Capabilities include: A. Planning; B. FALSE
A. Planning; public information and public
8. In an ESF, who oversees the C. ESF coordinator
warning; and operational coordination information and
preparedness activities for the ESF and
B. Critical transportation; situation warning; and
coordinates with its primary and
assessment; and mass care services operational
support agencies?
C. Supply chain integrity and security; coordination
A. First responder on the scene
risk and disaster resilience assessment;
B. Chief of Police
and infrastructure systems
C. ESF coordinator
D. Forensics and attribution; physical
D. Emergency manager
protective measures; and economic
recovery
5. Emergency Support Functions (ESFs): A. May be
A. May be selectively activated to selectively
support response activities. activated to
B. Must be used by local jurisdictions as support response
their primary coordinating structure. activities.
C. Are appropriate only for Stafford Act
incidents.
D. Are always activated in incidents
requiring Federal support.
9. A MAC Group is:
A. The central location from
which off-scene activities
supported by the state or
tribal government are
coordinated.
B. FEMA's focal point for
national resource
coordination.
C. A coordination center that
expands to become an
interagency facility in
anticipation of a serious
incident or immediately
following an incident.
D. Composed of senior
officials, such as agency
administrators, executives, or
their designees, who are
authorized to represent or
commit agency resources and
funds in support of incident
activities.
10. The National Response
Framework is a
comprehensive guide to
prevention, protection,
response, recovery, and
mitigation.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
11. The National Response
Framework is:
A. Triggered following a
declaration by the Secretary
of Homeland Security.
B. In effect at all times and
applicable to all types and
sizes of incidents.
C. Focused on natural
disasters, whereas the
Protection and Prevention
Frameworks focus on
technological and human-
caused incidents.
D. Activated only after a
Presidential disaster
declaration.
D. Composed of senior 12.
officials, such as agency
administrators, executives,
or their designees, who are
authorized to represent or
commit agency resources
and funds in support of
incident activities.
13.
A. TRUE
14.
B. In effect at all times and
applicable to all types and
sizes of incidents.
15.
Select the FALSE statement from A. The National
below: Response
A. The National Response Framework Framework
explains how, at all levels, the nation explains how, at
effectively manages all-hazards all levels, the
response. nation effectively
B. The National Response Framework manages all-
mandates that the private-sector hazards response.
entities responsible for critical
infrastructure and key resources
develop and exercise contingency
plans.
C. The National Response Framework
describes best practices for managing
all types of disasters and emergencies.
D. The National Response Framework
describes specific authorities.
The SIOC acts as the FBI's worldwide C. Joint
Emergency Operations Center. Which Operations Center
of these is established by the FBI in
response to significant threats or
incidents involving Federal crimes
under the criminal jurisdiction of the
United States?
A. The National Operations Center
(NOC)
B. Disaster Response Center
C. Joint Operations Center
D. National Military Command Center
(NMCC)
Some nongovernmental organizations C. National
are officially designated as support Response
elements to national response Coordination
capabilities. Examples include all of the Center
following EXCEPT:
A. American Red Cross
B. National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children
C. National Response Coordination
Center
D. National Voluntary Organizations
Active in Disaster
States request assistance from other A. Emergency
states through interstate mutual aid and Management
assistance agreements such as: Assistance
A. Emergency Management Assistance Compacts
Compacts (EMACs) (EMACs)
B. Tiered Response
C. Stafford Act
D. Economy Act or other applicable
authorities
16. The Unified Coordination
Group:
A. Directs the incident
command structure
established at the incident.
B. Is a temporary Federal
facility.
C. Is a state-level group
comprised of the heads of
each Emergency Support
Function (ESF).
D. Provides coordination
leadership at the Joint Field
Office.
17. What is the relationship
between the National
Response Framework and the
National Incident
Management System (NIMS)?
A. The National Response
Framework replaces the
NIMS, which is now obsolete.
B. The NIMS relates to local,
state, and territorial
operations, whereas the NRF
relates strictly to Federal
operations.
C. The NIMS and the National
Response Framework cover
different aspects of incident
management—the NIMS is
focused on tactical planning,
and the National Response
Framework is focused on
coordination.
D. The response protocols
and structures described in
the National Response
Framework align with the
NIMS, and all NIMS
components support
response.
18. When there is no Stafford
Act declaration, the
department or agency with
primary legal authority may
activate the coordinating
structures appropriate to that
authority.
A. TRUE
B. FALSE
D. Provides coordination 19.
leadership at the Joint Field
Office.
20.
C. The NIMS and the
National Response
Framework cover different
aspects of incident
management—the NIMS is
focused on tactical
planning, and the National
Response Framework is
focused on coordination.
21.
22.
A. TRUE
Which of the following is activated as B. State/tribal
necessary to support local EOCs and to emergency
ensure that responders have the operations
resources they need to conduct center
response activities?
A. Regional Response Center
B. State/tribal emergency operations
center
C. Unified Coordination Group
D. Joint Field Office
Which Response core capability D. Environmental
includes conducting appropriate Response/Health
measures to ensure the protection of and Safety
the health and safety of the public and
workers, as well as the environment,
from all hazards in support of the
responder operations and the affected
community?
A. Public Health, Healthcare and
Emergency Medical Services
B. Fatality Management Services
C. On-scene Security, Protection, and
Law Enforcement
D. Environmental Response/Health and
Safety
Which Response core capability B. Operational
involves ensuring the capacity for Communications
timely communications in support of
security, situational awareness, and
operations by any and all means
available, among and between affected
communities in the impact area and all
response forces?
A. Infrastructure Systems
B. Operational Communications
C. Logistics and Supply Chain
Management
D. On-scene Security, Protection, and
Law Enforcement
Which Response core capability A. Mass-Care
involves providing life-sustaining and Services
human services to the affected
population, to include hydration,
feeding, sheltering, temporary housing,
evacuee support, reunification, and
distribution of emergency supplies?
A. Mass-Care Services
B. Public Health, Healthcare and
Emergency Medical Services
C. Infrastructure Systems
D. Mass Search and Rescue Operations
23. Who is responsible for leading the Federal Government's response efforts to ensure that the necessary D. The
coordinating structures, leadership, and resources are applied quickly and efficiently to large-scale and President
catastrophic incidents?
A. Secretary of Homeland Security
B. DHS Director of Operations Coordination
C. FEMA Administrator
D. The President
24. Who is the principal Federal official for domestic incident management? C. Secretary
A. Federal Coordinating Officer of Homeland
B. FEMA Administrator Security
C. Secretary of Homeland Security
D. Senior Federal Law Enforcement Official
25. Whose duties include operation of the National Response Coordination Center, the effective support of all C. FEMA
Emergency Support Functions, and, more generally, preparation for, protection against, response to, and Administrator
recovery from all-hazards incidents?
A. Secretary of Homeland Security
B. DHS Director of Operations Coordination
C. FEMA Administrator
D. Senior Federal Law Enforcement Official