B. Establishing and maintaining incident facilities.
C. Developing and documenting Incident Action Plans.
D. Providing technology to ensure efficient incident communications. -Answer C.
Develop and document the Incident Action Plans.
You are involved in a complex incident. Numerous Incident Commanders representing
various jurisdictions are working together in establishing incident objectives. What form
of ICS organization is being used?
A. Unified Command
B. Area Command
C. Mutual Command
D. Multiple Command -Answer A. Unified Command
The ability to communicate within ICS is absolutely critical. In order to ensure
communication is both effective and concise, ICS requires the use of:
A. Technical language.
B. Agency-specific codes.
C. Common terminology.
D. Radio codes. - Answer C. Common terminology.
When deployed and arriving to an incident, the first step for response personnel is to:
A. Record and report resource use.
B. Check in and receive an assignment.
, C. Locate and assist response personnel.
D. Search for incident survivors. - Answer B. Check in and receive an assignment.
The following is the difference between a Strike Team and a Task Force:
A. Strike Teams have a smaller span of control ratio than Task Forces.
B. Strike Teams are in the Operations Section, while the Task Forces are in the Planning
Section.
C. Strike Teams are made up of the same resources, while Task Forces are composed
of mixed resources.
d. Strike Teams report to an Officer while Task Forces report to a Leader. -Answer C.
Strike Teams have similar resources while Task Forces are comprised of mixed
resources.
The Liaison Officer:
A. Is the contact for other response organizations.
B. Maintains resource status and incident records.
C. Provides resources and service arrangements to support the incident objectives.
D. Provides information to the public. -Answer A. Is the point of contact for other
response organizations.
Deputy is the support position for all of the following positions, EXCEPT:
A. Public Information Officer
B. Incident Commander
C. Section Chief
D. Branch Director -Answer A. Public Information Officer
Span of control refers to:
A. The number of people or resources that one supervisor can effectively manage
during an incident.
B. To direct, order, or control by virtue of explicit statutory, regulatory, or delegated
authority.
C. A orderly line of authority that exists within the ranks of the incident management
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