1. Which one of the following is a primary role of an emergency manager?
a. Incident commander.
b. Joint Information Center coordinator.
c. Program coordinator.
d. Shelter manager. - Answers- C
Sample Certification Exam Questions - The Emergency Manager
2. What would the emergency manager's role in mass care be?
a. Distributing emergency supplies.
b. Ensuring the proper organization provides meals.
c. Inspecting temporary housing facilities.
d. Supervising physical security for congregate shelters. - Answers- B
Sample Certification Exam Questions - The Emergency Manager
3. You are leading and influencing when you are doing all of the following except
__________:
a. Encouraging someone else to assume the leadership role in the group.
b. Establishing partnerships with neighboring communities to share resources.
c. Inviting other members of the emergency management team to discuss common
goals.
d. Telling them that it is your way or not at all. - Answers- D
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Leadership & Influence, Part 1
4. Effective delegation involves __________.
a. Determining that all credit goes to the team leader.
b. Ensuring that all tasks are equally distributed.
c. Ensuring that the person has the necessary authority to do the job properly.
d. Guaranteeing all employees have a chance to do the same task. - Answers- C
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Leadership & Influence, Part 1
5. What should a leader do when setting up implementation structures to facilitate
change?
a. Focus on interim systems because there will be time later to deal with long-term
impact.
b. Consider primarily long-term impacts because the short-term will take care of itself.
c. Include representatives of all key stakeholder groups.
d. Place the greatest emphasis on how the change will impact the highest levels of
management. - Answers- C
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Leadership & Influence, Part 2
6. During times of change, it is important for leaders to ____________:
a. Make sure that they put the right spin on the situation, especially when things are
going badly.
, b. Discourage stakeholders from expressing their misgivings.
c. Explain the situation once, then move on - don't dwell on it.
d. Communicate first through actions, then words. - Answers- D
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Leadership & Influence, Part 2
12. Anticipated emergency operations is a budget item consisting of estimates for
emergencies that may occur during the budget cycle. What type of data may be needed
to support these estimates?
a. Emergency operations plan.
b. Exercise training plan.
c. Historical records.
d. Weather reports. - Answers- C
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Program Management, Part 2
13. How is risk defined?
a. A predicted impact that a hazard would have on people, services, and specific
facilities in a community.
b. A specific point of vulnerability.
c. The magnitude, duration, seasonal pattern, and speed of onset of a hazard.
d. Typical weather patterns for a community. - Answers- A
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Planning, Part 1
14. Frequency, magnitude and potential intensity, and probable spatial extent are all
factors to consider when developing a(n):
a. Hazard profile.
b. Impact estimate.
c. Jurisdiction analysis.
d. Resource assessment. - Answers- A
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Planning, Part 1
15. Mutual aid and assistance agreements may provide ________ when invoked.
a. Change of command
b. Unity of command
c. Policy decisions
d. Equipment such as bulldozers or dump trucks - Answers- D
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Planning, Part 2
16. Standby contracts establish the price as that which is/was in effect:
a. on the day before the emergency event.
b. on the day of the emergency event.
c. on the day after an emergency event.
d. do not establish price for the resources provided during an emergency. - Answers- A
Sample Certification Exam Questions - Planning, Part 2
17. Which one of the following objectives is considered short-term?
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