FEMA National Incident Management System

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of the National Incident Management System (NIMS)?

Accepted Answer

To provide a consistent nationwide framework for government and private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate incidents

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To establish a federal chain of command that supersedes all state and local emergency management authorities

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To allocate FEMA grant funding to state and local governments for emergency preparedness

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To serve as the legal authority for federal intervention in state-declared disasters

Question 2

Which presidential directive established NIMS as a national standard?

Accepted Answer

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5)

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Presidential Policy Directive 8 (PPD-8)

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Executive Order 13407

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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8 (HSPD-8)

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the core components of NIMS?

Accepted Answer

Federal Disaster Relief Fund

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Command and Coordination

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Communications and Information Management

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Resource Management

Question 4

Under NIMS, what does the term 'Unified Command' allow?

Accepted Answer

Multiple agencies with jurisdictional authority or functional responsibility to jointly manage an incident without losing agency authority

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A single federal agency to assume full command over all state and local responders

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The incident commander to override elected officials during a declared emergency

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FEMA to take direct operational control of all resources at a disaster site

Question 5

In NIMS, 'scalability' means that the incident management system should:

Accepted Answer

Expand or contract as needed to meet the demands of the incident

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Always activate all components regardless of incident size

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Require federal authorization before local resources can be deployed

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Use only pre-approved resource types and kinds

Question 6

Which NIMS concept ensures that personnel only report to one supervisor during an incident?

Accepted Answer

Unity of Command

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Span of Control

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Modular Organization

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Unified Command

Question 7

According to NIMS, the recommended span of control for supervisors during emergency operations is:

Accepted Answer

One supervisor for every three to seven subordinates, with five being optimal

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One supervisor for every ten to fifteen subordinates

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One supervisor for every two subordinates regardless of incident type

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No limit, as long as the supervisor is experienced