Deck 20: National Incident Management System

Question 1

BIOPICKS, a component of the Strategic National Stockpile, establishes caches of antidotes for nerve agents and other toxins in selected cities.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The ____ established the Department of Homeland Security, which consolidated federal components into one system.

A) Stafford Act
B) Homeland Security Act of 2002
C) Posse Comitatus Act
D) Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act

Answer 2

Homeland Security Act of 2002

Question 3

The ____ required coordination of precautionary evacuations including people with disabilities, children, pets, and service animals.

A) Posse Comitatus Act
B) Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
C) Federal Response Plan
D) Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act

Answer 3

Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act

Question 4

The ____ describes the organization, concept of operations, and responsibilities of federal departments and agencies tasked to respond to a disaster.

A) National Response Framework
B) Response Support Act
C) Response Preparedness Guideline
D) Emergency Operation Standard

Question 5

Generally, official incident information is released by the Joint Field Office to the Joint Information Center, established by NIMS, where media representatives gather for press conferences and important messages.

Question 6

Community Emergency Response Teams can be a neighborhood, business, or government team that acts to augment responders.

Question 7

Prior to 2002, the ____ was the lead agency for federal emergency planning and response.

A) Federal Homeland Response Organization
B) Department of Homeland Security
C) Department of Interior Response
D) Federal Emergency Management Agency

Question 8

The ____ System is the system that coordinates emergency preparedness and responses between the local, state, and federal level.

A) National Command
B) National Incident Management
C) Joint Field
D) Stafford

Question 9

The ____ prevents the Army or Air Force from being used in a law enforcement capacity within the United States.

A) Posse Comitatus Act
B) Homeland Security Act
C) Stafford Act
D) Emergency Management Reform Act

Question 10

The Joint Field Office is set up in a local secure facility or site to give federal, state, local, and tribal executives a place to conduct business related to the disaster.

Question 11

The ____ is a flexible organizational structure that integrates personnel, facilities, procedures, and equipment to develop an effective response to emergencies.

A) Department of Security
B) Incident Command System
C) National Incident Management System
D) National Command System

Question 12

The ____ covers all hazards and defines the processes for federal provisions of disaster assistance.

A) Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act
B) Posse Comitatus Act
C) Stafford Act
D) Homeland Security Act

Question 13

The National Guard and active duty military wear the same uniforms, but can have different roles.

Question 14

The Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is designed to supplement and re-supply state and local public health agencies in the event of a national emergency.

Question 15

In 1992, the ____ was signed and implemented as the guideline for a coordinated federal disaster response. Today, it can be considered the foundation of modern federal disaster planning documents.

A) Unified Command Document
B) Incident Management Plan
C) Federal Response Plan
D) National Response Framework

Question 16

There are only five scenarios found in the National Preparedness Guidelines.

Question 17

Not all federal disaster authorities permit the federal government to push overwhelming resources into a local area.

Question 18

The National Response Plan identifies twenty-five Emergency Support Functions.

Question 19

The federal government has the authority to respond to catastrophic events that exceed local and state capability to mount an effective response.

Question 20

The Federal Response Plan evolved into the ____ in 2004 after the terrorist attacks in September of 2001 demonstrated a need to integrate local, state, and federal disaster management and response concepts.

A) Department of Defense
B) National Response Plan
C) Department of Homeland Security
D) Unified Command Document

Question 21

The National Response Plan is activated when a(n) ____ requests federal disaster resources.

A) congressman
B) governor
C) attorney general
D) senator

Question 22

The ____ provides hundreds of nurses to assist in mass vaccination programs or scenarios that overwhelm the nation's supply of nurses when responding to a disaster or terrorist event.

A) National Nurse Response Team
B) Strategic National Stockpile
C) Urban Search and Rescue Team
D) Incident Management Assist Team

Question 23

Generally, the ____ chooses the members of the Joint Field Office coordinating group.

A) Senior Federal Law Official
B) State Coordinating Officer
C) Principal Federal Officer
D) Federal Coordinating Officer

Question 24

The ____ serves as the Department of Defense's single point of contact at the Joint Field Office.

A) State Coordinating Officer
B) Defense Coordinating Officer
C) Federal Coordinating Officer
D) Principal Federal Official

Question 25

A ____ is a shared command where two or more organizations pool their resources to put together an emergency response.

A) Principal Investigation Center
B) Task Allocation Office
C) Logistical Operations Center
D) Joint Field Office

Question 26

To understand the priority of resource allocation after a catastrophic incident, NIMS provides information on planning for continuity of ____, which will maintain national services in the event of a catastrophe.

A) allocations
B) government
C) operations
D) unitizations

Question 27

The ____ is the centralized control facility responsible for emergency management in the case of a disaster.

A) Emergency Operations Center
B) Joint Operations Center
C) Logistics Office
D) Senior Law Office

Question 28

The ____ is the federal official responsible for incident management.

A) Secretary of Defense
B) Secretary of Homeland Security
C) President
D) Attorney General

Question 29

The National Response Plan contains a(n) ____ structure that provides the method for allocating federal resources during a disaster.

A) Coordinated Response Directive
B) Emergency Support Function
C) Presidential Security Directive
D) National Preparedness Guideline

Question 30

The chairperson of the Joint Field Office coordinating group is chosen by the ____.

A) Secretary for Homeland Security
B) Attorney General
C) Secretary of Defense
D) Secretary of State

Question 31

The ____ determines the federal medical resources required during a disaster based on stated shortfalls, situation reports, and ongoing assessments from local emergency managers.

A) Department of Homeland Security
B) Department of Defense
C) Department of Health and Human Services
D) National Operations Center

Question 32

The ____ task force contains local emergency services personnel who are equipped and trained to rescue patients of structural collapse as well as assist with other search and rescue missions.

A) Disaster Medical Assistance
B) Urban Search and Rescue
C) Incident Management Assist
D) National Pharmacy Response

Question 33

The ____ assist in chemoprophylaxis (vaccination activities) when a disease outbreak or biological attack occurs.

A) Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams
B) Incident Management Assist Teams
C) Community Emergency Response Teams
D) National Pharmacy Response Teams

Question 34

In anticipation of specific risks, the federal government is required under the National Response Plan to conduct plans for scenarios described in the ____.

A) Unified Command Document
B) Emergency Support Functions
C) Incident Management Plan
D) National Preparedness Guidelines

Question 35

The ____ samples the air as mail is sorted to identify anthrax spores.

A) Emergency Operations Center
B) Strategic National Stockpile
C) Mortuary Operational Response System
D) Biohazard Detection System