CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER

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CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER

UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM WITH

CORRECT SOLUTIONS.

National Preparedness Goal - correct answer- This defines the core capabilities necessary to prepare for the specific types of incidents that pose the greatest risk to the security of the Nation. It emphasizes actions aimed at achieving an integrated, layered, and all-of-Nation preparedness approach that optimizes the use of available resources.

National Planning System has three levels of planning - correct answer- Strategic, Operational, Tactical

Vertical Integration Planning - correct answer- Individual all the way through federal/national government

Horizontal Integration Planning - correct answer- Planning within the jurisdiction or level of organization.

Operational Planning - correct answer- A plan that defines roles and responsibilities, tasks, and actions during emergencies and 1 / 4

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that focuses on how activities of organizations in the jurisdiction will be coordinated.

Accessible - correct answer- Having the legally required features and/or qualities that ensure easy entrance, participation, and usability of places, programs, services, and activities by individuals with a wide variety of disabilities.

Agency Administrator/Executive - correct answer- The official responsible for administering policy for an agency or jurisdiction, having full authority for making decisions, and providing direction to the management organization for an incident.

Agency Dispatch - correct answer- The agency or jurisdictional facility from which resources are sent to incidents.

Agency Representative - correct answer- A person assigned by a primary, assisting, or cooperating Federal, State, tribal, or local government agency, or nongovernmental or private organization, that has been delegated authority to make decisions affecting that agency's or organization's participation in incident management activities following appropriate consultation with the leadership of that agency. 2 / 4

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All-Hazards - correct answer- Describing an incident, natural or manmade, that warrants action to protect life, property, environment, public health or safety, and minimize disruptions of government, social, or economic activities.

Area Command - correct answer- An organization established to oversee the management of multiple incidents that are each being handled by a separate Incident Command System organization or to oversee the management of a very large or evolving incident that has multiple incident management teams engaged.

Assessment - correct answer- The process of acquiring, collecting, processing, examining, analyzing, evaluating, monitoring, and interpreting the data, information, evidence, objects, measurements, images, sound, etc., whether tangible or intangible, to provide a basis for decision-making.

Allocated Resources - correct answer- Resources dispatched to an incident.

Assigned Resources - correct answer- Resources checked in and assigned work tasks on an incident. 3 / 4

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Assignment - correct answer- Task given to a personnel resource to perform within a given operational period that is based on operational objectives defined in the Incident Action Plan.

Assisting Agency - correct answer- An agency or organization providing personnel, services, or other resources to the agency with direct responsibility for incident management. Also, called Supporting Agency.

Available Resources - correct answer- Resources assigned to an incident, checked in, and available for a mission assignment, normally located in a Staging Area.

Badging - correct answer- The assignment of physical incident- specific credentials to establish legitimacy and limit access to various incident sites.

Branch - correct answer- The organizational level having functional or geographical responsibility for major aspects of incident operations. A Branch is organizationally situated between the Section Chief and the Division or Group in the Operations Section, and between the Section and Units in the

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