IS-800 Practice Test: The National Response Framework

41 practice questions on the National Response Framework: response principles, community lifelines and the Emergency Support Functions. We wrote them ourselves from FEMA's own NIMS and NRF documents, 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: 41 questions. Our own practice questions, written from FEMA's National Incident Management System (Third Edition, 2017) and National Response Framework (Fourth Edition, 2019), both U.S. government works. Not FEMA's exam questions. Free.

What's on the test

10 sample questions

1. What does the National Response Framework provide?

   • A.Only rules for federal agencies
   • B.A list of every shelter in the country
   • C.Foundational emergency management doctrine for how the Nation responds to all types of incidents
   • D.Funding rules for every disaster
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   C. Foundational emergency management doctrine for how the Nation responds to all types of incidents

   800-1 · The framework

2. Which of these is one of the NRF response doctrine principles?

   • A.Single-agency control
   • B.Federal first
   • C.Cost recovery
   • D.Tiered response
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   D. Tiered response

   800-16 · Response principles

3. What are community lifelines?

   • A.Federal funding streams
   • B.Services that let society function, like communications, power and transportation, that depend on each other
   • C.Evacuation routes only
   • D.Hotlines for the public
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   B. Services that let society function, like communications, power and transportation, that depend on each other

   800-9 · Community lifelines

4. Which Emergency Support Function did the 2019 NRF add?

   • A.ESF #9, Search and Rescue
   • B.ESF #1, Transportation
   • C.ESF #12, Energy and Critical Infrastructure Restoration
   • D.ESF #14, Cross-Sector Business and Infrastructure
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   D. ESF #14, Cross-Sector Business and Infrastructure

   800-4 · Emergency Support Functions

5. The NRF is built on which kind of concepts?

   • A.Fixed and identical for every incident
   • B.Federal-first
   • C.Scalable, flexible and adaptable
   • D.Cost-first
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   C. Scalable, flexible and adaptable

   800-2 · The framework

6. What does "tiered response" mean?

   • A.Most incidents begin and end locally, with more support added only as needed
   • B.The federal government responds first, then hands the incident down to the state and locals
   • C.Responders are ranked by pay grade, and the highest grade takes command on arrival
   • D.Every incident gets the same response
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   A. Most incidents begin and end locally, with more support added only as needed

   800-17 · Response principles

7. Why does the NRF warn that lifelines can fail in a chain?

   • A.They have no backups by law
   • B.They are all run by one federal agency, so a single bad decision there takes every lifeline down at once
   • C.They depend on each other, so damage to one (like power) can disrupt another (like communications)
   • D.They only fail in hurricanes
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   C. They depend on each other, so damage to one (like power) can disrupt another (like communications)

   800-10 · Community lifelines

8. Which ESF handles public messaging?

   • A.ESF #7, Logistics
   • B.ESF #15, External Affairs
   • C.ESF #2, Communications
   • D.ESF #5, Information and Planning
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   B. ESF #15, External Affairs

   800-5 · Emergency Support Functions

9. Which edition of the NRF came out in October 2019?

   • A.The Sixth Edition
   • B.The Fourth Edition
   • C.The Second Edition
   • D.The First Edition
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   B. The Fourth Edition

   800-3 · The framework

10. Which response principle calls for a forward-leaning posture?

    • A.Engaged partnership
    • B.Readiness to act
    • C.Tiered response
    • D.Unity of effort
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    B. Readiness to act

    800-18 · Response principles

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.