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NIMS IS-700.b Final Exam with correct answers
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NIMS IS-700.b Final Exam with correctanswers
NIMS Guiding Principles - ANSWER: ➡ Flexibility
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Standardization
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Flexibility - ANSWER: ➡ Allows NIMS to be scalable from routine, local incidents through
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those requiring interstate mutual aid up to those requiring Federal assistance
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Standardization - ANSWER: ➡ Supports interoperability among multiple organizations in
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incident response
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Standard Organizational Structures - ANSWER: ➡ Improve integration and connectivity
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among organizations
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Standard Practices - ANSWER: ➡ Allow incident personnel and organizations to work together
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effectively
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Common Terminology - ANSWER: ➡ Enables effective communication
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Unity of Effort - ANSWER: ➡ Enables organizations with jurisdictional authority or functional
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responsibilities to support each other while allowing each participating agency to maintain its
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own authority and accountability
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3 Major Components of NIMS - ANSWER: ➡ 1. Resource Management
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2. Command and Coordination
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,3. Communications and Information Management
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Resource Management - ANSWER: ➡ Standard mechanisms to systematics manage resources,
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including personnel, equipment, supplies, teams, and facilities, both before and during
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incidents in order to allow organizations to more effectively share resources when needed
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Command and Communication - ANSWER: ➡ Describes leadership roles, processes, and
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recommended organizational structures for incident management at the operational and
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incident support levels and explains how these structures interact to manage incidents
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effectively and efficiently
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Communications and Information Management - ANSWER: ➡ Describes systems and g g g g g gg g g g
methods that help to ensure that incident personnel and other decision makers have the means
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and information they need to make and communicate decisions
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4 Key Activities of Resource Management Preparedness - ANSWER: ➡ 1. Identifying and typing
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resources
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2. Qualifying, certifying, and credentialing personnel
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3. Planning for resources
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4. Acquiring, storing, and inventorying resources
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Typing: Capability - ANSWER: ➡ The resources capability to perform its function in one or
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more of the five mission areas: Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery
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Typing: Category - ANSWER: ➡ The function for a which a resource would be most useful
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(firefighting, law enforcement, health and medical)
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Typing: Kind - ANSWER: ➡ A broad characterization, such as personnel, equipment, teams,
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and facilities
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, Typing: Type - ANSWER: ➡ A resources level of capability to perform its function based on size,
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power, capacity (for equipment), or experience and qualifications; Type 1 has greater capacity
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than Type 2, 3, or 4
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Qualifying - ANSWER: ➡ Personnel meet the minimum established standards (including
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training, experience, physical and medical fitness) to fill specific positions
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Certification - ANSWER: ➡ Recognition from an AHJ or a third party that an individual has
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completed qualification for a position
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Credentialing - ANSWER: ➡ Documentation- typically an ID card or badge- that identifies
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personnel and verifies their qualifications for a particular position
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Identify Requirements (Resource Management) - ANSWER: ➡ Identify:
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1. Type and quantity of resources needed
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2. Location where resources should be sent
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3. Who will receive and use resources
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Order and Acquire (RM) - ANSWER: ➡ Resource typing is designed for use here to ensure
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resources provided meet the mission needs
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Track and Report (RM) - ANSWER: ➡ -Tracks the location of resources
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-Helps staff prep to receive and use resources
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-Protects the safety and security of personnel, equipment, teams and facilities
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-Enables Resource coordination and movement
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Demobilization (RM) - ANSWER: ➡ The goal of demobilization is the orderly, safe, and g g g gg g g g g g g g g g
efficient return of a resource to its original location and status
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