IS-230 Practice Test: Fundamentals of Emergency Management

63 practice questions on the eight emergency management principles, the Stafford Act and other authorities, the partners and their roles, the EOP, resources, ICS, MAC Groups and the EOC. We wrote every one from FEMA's own IS-230.e course text, so you learn the material instead of memorizing an answer list. Practice tests are 25 questions at FEMA's 75% pass mark.

The real test: 25 questions. 19 right (76%) passes.

Here: 63 questions. Our own practice questions, written from the text of FEMA's free IS-230.e course (Fundamentals of Emergency Management), a U.S. government work. Not FEMA's exam questions. Free.

What's on the test

10 sample questions

1. How does the course define emergency management?

   • A.The fire department's job of commanding the scene, controlling traffic, running rescue operations and reopening roads during a disaster
   • B.The set of radio codes, call signs and dispatch procedures that responders from every agency use on an incident
   • C.A federal agency that pays for disaster damage after a declaration
   • D.The managerial function that creates the framework for communities to reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters
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   D. The managerial function that creates the framework for communities to reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters

   230-1 · Principles, authorities and doctrine · IS-230.e

2. Who offers the Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) credential?

   • A.Each State emergency management agency
   • B.FEMA's Emergency Management Institute
   • C.The American Red Cross national office
   • D.The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)
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   D. The International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)

   230-16 · Partners · IS-230.e

3. Which mitigation grant program helps after a Presidential disaster declaration?

   • A.Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)
   • B.Individual Assistance
   • C.The BRIC pre-disaster program
   • D.The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
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   D. The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)

   230-22 · Mission areas and core capabilities · IS-230.e

4. Who is responsible for coordinating all parts of the community's emergency management program?

   • A.The FEMA Regional Administrator
   • B.The State Governor
   • C.The local emergency manager
   • D.The American Red Cross chapter
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   C. The local emergency manager

   230-30 · Who does what · IS-230.e

5. What does an emergency operations plan (EOP) establish?

   • A.Building codes and zoning rules for new homes
   • B.The ratings evaluators give during exercises
   • C.The overall authority, roles and functions performed during incidents
   • D.The county's annual budget for emergency management and how each department will spend it
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   C. The overall authority, roles and functions performed during incidents

   230-36 · The emergency operations plan · IS-230.e

6. Resource typing, credentialing and inventorying happen when?

   • A.Only during an incident, once it begins
   • B.On a continual basis, before any incident
   • C.Once every five years, during plan review
   • D.Only after a Presidential declaration
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   B. On a continual basis, before any incident

   230-48 · Resources, ICS and coordination · IS-230.e

7. Which is a core function carried out during an emergency, rather than a day-to-day program function?

   • A.Laws and authorities
   • B.Mass care and emergency assistance
   • C.Threat and hazard analysis updates
   • D.Finance and administration
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   B. Mass care and emergency assistance

   230-60 · Program functions · IS-230.e

8. Integrated emergency management is described as more than a method. What else is it?

   • A.A plan that is used only during disasters, not day to day
   • B.A software system every county must buy
   • C.A rule that only government agencies may respond to disasters
   • D.A culture of unity of effort, treating emergency management as a joint enterprise
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   D. A culture of unity of effort, treating emergency management as a joint enterprise

   230-2 · Principles, authorities and doctrine · IS-230.e

9. When a federal disaster is declared, what is FEMA's role?

   • A.Paying every private loss in full once a declaration is made
   • B.Coordinating federal resources that support State, local, tribal and territorial efforts
   • C.Taking over total responsibility for the disaster from the State and running the response from Washington
   • D.Commanding local fire, police and EMS crews on the scene until the State emergency agency takes over
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   B. Coordinating federal resources that support State, local, tribal and territorial efforts

   230-17 · Partners · IS-230.e

10. Right after immediate life safety, what is one of the first response tasks?

    • A.A rapid situation assessment
    • B.A press conference
    • C.Applying for federal grants and loans for the damage
    • D.Writing the after-action report
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    A. A rapid situation assessment

    230-23 · Mission areas and core capabilities · IS-230.e

What the study guide does

• Short study rounds and flip cards.
• A practice test built like the real one: 25 questions, 19 to pass.
• Pass Meter: your chance of passing if you sat the test today, worked out from your own answers.
• An explanation for every answer.