EAS EAS Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) 2

Question 1

Which standard protocol enables interoperability between WEA, EAS, and other modern public alerting systems?

Accepted Answer

Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)

Answer

Simple Alert Markup Language (SAML)

Answer

Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL)

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Digital Alert Messaging Protocol (DAMP)

Question 2

What is the primary advantage of CAP over the older SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) EAS format?

Accepted Answer

CAP supports multilingual messages and multimedia content such as maps and images

Answer

CAP transmits faster over analog radio frequencies

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CAP bypasses the need for any broadcast infrastructure

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CAP is exclusively compatible with federal alerting systems

Question 3

By what date did the FCC require EAS participants to be capable of receiving CAP-formatted alerts?

Accepted Answer

June 30, 2012

Answer

June 30, 2007

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June 30, 2010

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June 30, 2015

Question 4

Which organization maintains and publishes the CAP standard used in public alerting?

Accepted Answer

OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards)

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FEMA Office of Emergency Communications

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

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National Weather Service (NWS)

Question 5

After an alert originator submits a CAP message to IPAWS, which entity actually transmits the WEA message to mobile phones?

Accepted Answer

Participating wireless carriers

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FEMA field offices in the affected area

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Local emergency management agencies

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The FCC's Emergency Alert Coordination Center

Question 6

What is IPAWS, and what role does it play in the WEA and EAS ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, which aggregates and distributes CAP alerts to WEA and EAS

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A NOAA satellite system that retransmits weather alerts to broadcast stations

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An FCC database of licensed EAS participants

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A backup transmission network operated by the Department of Defense

Question 7

Under FCC rules, how quickly must participating wireless carriers deliver a WEA message after receiving it from IPAWS?

Accepted Answer

Within 30 seconds

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Within 60 seconds

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Within 3 minutes

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Within 10 minutes