NIMS Preparedness 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A jurisdiction's Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) is intended to:
- Coordinate multi-agency response during a declared disaster
- Ensure essential government functions continue during and after a disruptive event (Correct answer)
- Establish public information protocols for large-scale emergencies
- Define the criteria for requesting a Presidential disaster declaration
Correct answer: Ensure essential government functions continue during and after a disruptive event
A COOP ensures that essential functions of government can continue to be performed during any situation that disrupts normal operations.
Question 2: Which of the following is NOT one of the five mission areas defined in the National Preparedness Goal?
- Prevention
- Mitigation
- Logistics (Correct answer)
- Recovery
Correct answer: Logistics
The five mission areas are Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery; Logistics is a function within NIMS but is not one of the five mission areas.
Question 3: Which activity is most closely associated with the 'Build and Sustain Capabilities' element of the National Preparedness System?
- Conducting community outreach and public information campaigns
- Identifying funding sources and developing training programs to close capability gaps (Correct answer)
- Coordinating mutual aid agreements with neighboring jurisdictions
- Publishing After Action Reports following major incidents
Correct answer: Identifying funding sources and developing training programs to close capability gaps
Building and sustaining capabilities involves identifying resources, funding, training, and other mechanisms needed to close the gaps identified in assessments.
Question 4: How does the National Incident Management System (NIMS) define 'preparedness'?
- A series of steps taken only during federally declared disasters
- A continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and improving (Correct answer)
- The stockpiling of emergency supplies at the local level
- A federal grant program for state and local emergency managers
Correct answer: A continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and improving
NIMS defines preparedness as a continuous improvement cycle involving planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action.
Question 5: Which of the following best describes the purpose of resource typing in NIMS preparedness?
- To determine which agencies have authority to deploy resources
- To categorize resources by capability so they can be ordered and deployed efficiently (Correct answer)
- To create a legal inventory of all government-owned emergency equipment
- To establish cost-sharing formulas for mutual aid deployments
Correct answer: To categorize resources by capability so they can be ordered and deployed efficiently
Resource typing categorizes resources by capability to ensure that when resources are requested, the receiving jurisdiction gets what it needs to perform the required tasks.
Question 6: When developing an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), planners should give FIRST priority to:
- Addressing the hazards most likely to occur and cause significant impact in the jurisdiction (Correct answer)
- Satisfying federal grant reporting requirements
- Aligning the plan with neighboring jurisdictions' formats
- Documenting all available personnel and equipment inventories
Correct answer: Addressing the hazards most likely to occur and cause significant impact in the jurisdiction
EOPs should prioritize the hazards that pose the greatest risk to the jurisdiction based on likelihood and potential impact, as informed by the THIRA process.
Question 7: The Integrated Preparedness Planning Workshop (IPPW) is designed to help jurisdictions:
- Train incident commanders on ICS protocols
- Align training and exercise programs with identified capability gaps and priorities (Correct answer)
- Conduct damage assessments following a disaster
- Develop public-facing emergency communication strategies
Correct answer: Align training and exercise programs with identified capability gaps and priorities
An IPPW helps jurisdictions build a multi-year training and exercise plan that addresses their specific capability gaps identified through assessments.
NIMS Preparedness 4
A jurisdiction's Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) is intended to: