SHS Emergency Response & Preparedness 3

Question 1

Under NFPA 1600 (Standard on Continuity, Emergency, and Crisis Management), a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is primarily used to identify what?

Accepted Answer

Critical business functions and the impact of their disruption

Answer

A BIA identifies critical business functions, the interdependencies between them, and the operational and financial impacts of their disruption.

Question 2

Which decontamination zone in a HAZMAT response is where personnel enter and exit the hot zone and perform gross decontamination?

Accepted Answer

Contamination reduction zone (warm zone)

Answer

The warm zone (contamination reduction zone) is where decontamination operations take place between the hot zone and the clean cold zone.

Question 3

A Safety and Health Specialist is reviewing a facility's emergency response plan. The plan lacks a designated assembly area outside the 300-foot radius of the building. Which standard is MOST directly violated?

Accepted Answer

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.38 (Emergency Action Plans)

Answer

OSHA 29 CFR 1910.38 requires EAPs to include procedures for accounting for all employees after evacuation, which necessitates designated assembly areas.

Question 4

The 'span of control' principle in ICS recommends that one supervisor should manage how many subordinates?

Accepted Answer

3–7 individuals

Answer

ICS recommends a span of control of 3 to 7 subordinates per supervisor, with 5 being the optimal number.

Question 5

Which type of emergency drill is MOST effective for testing an organization's decision-making and coordination without activating physical resources?

Accepted Answer

Tabletop exercise

Answer

A tabletop exercise tests decision-making and coordination through discussion of a simulated scenario without deployment of actual resources.

(SHS) Safety and Health Specialist Certificate Practice Test

(SHS) Safety and Health Specialist Certificate Practice Test

SHS Emergency Response & Preparedness 3