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E/L/G 0400 Advanced Incident Command System for Complex Incidents, ICS 400 Final Exam (Students need to score at least a 75% or better to pass the Final Exam.) Page 1 of 5 Name: _________________________________ Date: _________________________ Instructions:
This is a multiple-choice test. Choose the letter next to the best answer to the question provided. 1) When an incident complex is established over several individual incidents, what happens to the previously identified incidents? a. The Emergency Operations Center establishes a specialized Planning Branch and begins directing planning activities. b. They become branches or divisions within the Operations Section of the incident complex. c. They become branches or divisions within the Planning Section of the incident complex. d. Technical specialists are added to the Planning Section to provide better support throughout the planning process. 2) Which of the following factors are characteristics of a complex incident? a. The incident involves a vehicle fire, an injured person, or a police traffic stop. b. No written IAP is required. c. The incident draws national media interest. d. The incident can be handled with one or two single resources with up to six personnel. 3) Why would an Area Command be activated during an incident? a. Because multiple incidents are competing for similar resources. b. Because multiple incidents do not have similar resource needs. c. Because an incident expands to a large geographic region. d. Because the incident is managed by several Incident Management Teams. 4) What is an advantage of using Area Command? a. An Area Command is informal yet flexible and based on oral agreements between jurisdictions. b. Allows the Incident Commanders to focus their attention on their incident objectives, strategies, and tactics. c. Embodies the concept by which each person within an organization reports to one and only one designated person. d. Serves as a Coordination Center from which to operate.
E/L/G 0400 Advanced Incident Command System for Complex Incidents, ICS 400 Final Exam (Students need to score at least a 75% or better to pass the Final Exam.) Page 2 of 5 5) Regarding EOC and MAC Groups, what is an advantage of activating Area Command? a. Increases responsibility b. Shares resources. c. Maintains shared situational awareness. d. Expands coordination efforts. 6) What type of activation should be considered when incidents will continue into the next Operational Period? a. Area Command b. Unified Command c. Level 4 d. Level 5 7) Which responsibility outlines an Area Command primary function? a. Provide federal authority for assigned incidents. b. Determine contingency plans. c. Establish critical medical priorities between various incidents. d. Coordinate development of incident objectives and strategies for each incident. 8) During an Area Command activation, whose responsibility is it to set broad objectives and coordinate effective data communications? a. EOC Director. b. Agency Administrator. c. Incident Commander. d. Area Commander. 9) What is the exchange of information systematically among principals who have or may have a need to know certain information to carry out specific incident management responsibilities? a. Coordination b. Command c. Delegation of authority d. Operational Period Planning Cycle (Planning P)
E/L/G 0400 Advanced Incident Command System for Complex Incidents, ICS 400 Final Exam (Students need to score at least a 75% or better to pass the Final Exam.) Page 3 of 5 10) In NIMS 2017, what term is broadened to include the Command and Coordination architecture for tactical coordination (ICS), operational support coordination (EOCs), policy level coordination (MAC Group) and their support through coordinated information (JIS)? a. Multiagency Coordination System (MACS) b. Resource Management c. Communication and Information Management d. Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) 11) Multiagency coordination is commonly accomplished at different levels. In this example, how is the MAC Group organized? Law enforcement agencies at local, State, and Federal levels establish a MAC Group to assist in coordinating response to major civil unrest or terrorist activity. a. functionally b. nationally c. federally d. geographically 12) Multiagency coordination is commonly accomplished at different levels. In this example, how is the MAC Group organized? During wildfire season, a national MAC Group convenes at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. a. functionally b. nationally c. federally d. geographically
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E/L/G 0400 Advanced Incident Command System for Complex Incidents, ICS 400 Final Exam (Students need to score at least a 75% or better to pass the Final Exam.) Page 4 of 5 13) Command and Coordination component of NIMS includes four NIMS Functional Groups: Emergency Operations Centers, Multiagency Coordination Groups, and Joint Information Systems. What is the fourth? a. Area of Command b. Incident Command System c. Incident Management Team d. Unified Command 14) What NIMS Functional Group consists of the processes, procedures, and tools to enable communication to the public, incident personnel, the media, and other stakeholders? a. Emergency Operations Centers b. Joint Information System c. Multiagency Coordination Groups d. Incident Command System 15) Of the agencies listed, what operations/support agency may provide multiagency coordination? a. Crisis action teams b. Policy committees c. Agency executives d. Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) 16) Which of these have the responsibility to support resource prioritization and allocation during incidents? a. Emergency Operations Center b. National Response Coordination Center c. MAC Group d. Joint Information Center 17) To improve interagency coordination, what organization within a Multi-Agency Coordination is applied when there is more than one agency with jurisdiction over an incident? a. Unified Command b. Area Command c. Unity of Command d. Unity of Effort
E/L/G 0400 Advanced Incident Command System for Complex Incidents, ICS 400 Final Exam (Students need to score at least a 75% or better to pass the Final Exam.) Page 5 of 5 18) MAC Groups are formed for their decision-making elements, while Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) are formed for ________________. a. public relations and political reasons b. resource allocations c. facilities and operations support d. command and coordination