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| What is the focus of operations-based exercises? | Action oriented activities |
| Which type of operations-based exercise is characterized by a real-time simulated environment, simulated deployment of resources and personnel, and the use of a Sim Cell and Master Scenario Events List (MSEL)? | Functional exercise |
| When should you engage your elected and appointed officials? | Throughout the planning process |
| What is the purpose of the training and exercise plan (TEP)? | To document exercise scenarios |
| Which discussion-based exercise type uses models of simulation? | A game |
| What are the four types of discussion based exercises? | Tabletop exercises, games, seminars, workshops |
| What are the types of operations-based exercises? | drills and functional exercises |
| What guidance enables a collaborative, whole community approach to national preparedness that engages individuals, families, communities, private and nonprofit, faith-based organizations, and all levels of governments? | National Preparedness Goal (NPG) |
| What role/s should be appointed to mitigate and/or respond to on-scene emergencies in an operations-based exercise? | Safety Controller |
| Key event injects as well as the delivery timeline are one outcome of what type of meeting? | Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) meeting |
| Which operations-based exercise is the most complex? | Full-scale exercise |
| This approach allows an organization to develop a multi-year exercise program that increases in complexity with the goal of eventual mastery. | Progressive approach |
| An effective exercise program should help an organization to maximize these four things | efficiency, resources, time, funding |
| How many mission areas are included in the National Preparedness Goal(NPG)? | 5 |
| How many core capabilities are included in the National Preparedness Goal(NPG)? | 32 |
| What is the name of the document that supports the scenario narrative in an operations-based exercise? | Situation Manual (SitMan) |
| What documentation is required for an operations-based exercise but not a discussion-based exercise? | MSEL |
| True or false: discussion based exercises are part of a progressive exercise approach? | True |
| What is the focus of the initial planning meeting (IPM)? | To develop exercise documentation |
| Focus of Master Scenario Events List (MSEL) meeting is to develop what? | MSEL |
| What are the components of the exercise cycle? | program management, design and development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning |
| T/F: the progressive planning approach uses various types of exercises | True |
| T/F: the progressive planning approach has a common set of program objectives | True |
| T/F: the progressive planning approach uses one consistent progression order for exercises | False |
| What is not a benefit of exercises? A. Identify opportunities for improvement B. Provide a better understanding of core capabilities C. Develop individual performance D. Clarify roles and responsibilities E. find resource gaps | B |
| What is the continual process where previous risk assessments and threat changes are analyzed to determine new preparedness goals to be evaluated in the next series of exercises? | Multi-year approach |
| A type of discussion-based exercise that uses no actual resources, may use pre-scripted messages, two or more teams, uses models and simulation | Game |
| A type of discussion-based exercise that is lecture based, casual atmosphere, minimal time constraints, facilitator-led | Seminar |
| A type of discussion-based exercise that requires an experienced facilitator, in-depth discussion, low-stress problem solving environment | Tabletop Exercise |
| A type of discussion-based exercise that is based on clear objectives/goals, break-out sessions, broad attendance by relevant stakeholders, participant discussion | Workshop |
| What are some exercise program priorities? | Determine the type and range of training/exercises; guide program planning and resource allocation |
| What is the purpose of the Training and Exercise Planning Workshop (TEPW)? | Engage elected and appointed officials in identifying exercise program priorities and planning a schedule for training and exercise events |
| Who should participate in the Training and Exercise Workshop (TEPW)? | everyone |
| T/F: the roles and responsibilities of the exercise planning team include designing and developing exercises, establishing exercise objectives, creating realistic scenarios | True |
| T/F: Discussion points for a Concepts and Objectives meeting include exercise scope, exercise planning timeline, proposed exercise objectives | True |
| T/F: Discussion points for a Concepts and Objectives meeting include relevant plans, policies, and procedures | False |
| What is the focus of the Initial Planning Meeting? | Define the exercise design requirements |
| What are the tools used in the Midterm Planning Meeting? | Agenda, draft documentation such as ExPlan, draft scenario timeline |
| What is not a tool used in the Midterm Planning meeting? A. C &O minutes B. agenda C. Draft documentation D. draft scenario timeline | A |
| A Master Scenario Events List Meeting should discuss: A. Event synopses B. Expected participant responses C. Objectives and core capabilities to be addressed D. Responsible personnel E. Specific injects F. All of above | F |
| T/F: The primary focus of the final planning meeting is to ensure all logistical requirements have been met, Assure all outstanding issues are identified and resolved, and to ensure Products are ready for printing. | True |
| T/F: The primary focus of the final planning meeting is to re-engage elected and appointed officials | False |
| Which activity does not occur prior to operations-based exercise conduct? A. Configure and evaluate all A/V equipment B. Mark exercise areas and their perimeters C. Perform a safety check walk throughout exercise premises D. Conduct participant briefs | D |
| The lead evaluator is responsible for ___________, which includes Exercise-specific information; Plans, policies, and procedures; Determining evaluator assignments; Developing instructions and Evaluation tools (EEGs) | Managing the evaluation process |
| T/F: Core capabilities, performance ratings, Critical tasks, and capability targets are contained in the Exercise Evaluation Guide (EEG)? | True |
| T/F: Evaluation tools are contained in the Exercise Evaluation Guide (EEG)? | False |
| T/F: An exercise evaluation plan contains exercise-specific information, Plans, policies, procedures, and agreements, Evaluation tools, Evaluator requirements and assignment, Evaluator instructions | True |
| T/F: An exercise evaluation plan contains capability targets. | False |
| T/F: An exercise evaluation plan contains plans, policies and procedures. | True |
| What is the the main focus of the After-Action Report (AAR)? | Analysis of core capabilities |
| What are the following? Distribute to exercise planners, participants, and stakeholders Track corrective actions to completion Ensure a system is in place to validate previous corrective actions | Steps to finalize improvement plan |
| T/F: Final consensus of draft corrective actions is part of finalizing the improvement plan? | False |
| _________ provides guiding principles for exercise programs and a consistent approach to program management and evaluation (flexible and scalable) | Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) |
| The fundamental principles of HSEEP (Homeland Security exercise and evaluation program) are ______. | Guided by elected and appointed officials, Capability based and objective driven |
| National Preparedness System Process | identify and assess risk, estimate capability requirements, build and sustain capabilities, plan to deliver capabilities, validate capabilities, review and update (risks, tools, and factors) |
| A secure and resilient nation with the capabilities required across the whole community to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk | National Preparedness Goal (NPG) |
| Which 3 core capabilities span all of the mission areas? | Planning, Public Information and Warning, and Operational Coordination |
| An operations-based exercise in which a coordinated and supervised activity used to validate a single function or capability within one agency. Commonly used to practice new equipment or procedure, or to refresh old procedure. Feedback is immediate | Drill |
| An operations-based exercise designed to validate and evaluate multiple capabilities or functions; focus is on plans, policies and procedures. Realistic, real-time environment. Deployment of resources is simulated | Functional Exercise |
| An operations-based exercise defined as a high-stress, multi agency and multi jurisdictional activity designed to test coordinated responses. Real time, realistic environment. Resources are mobilized | Full-scale exercise |
| Factors that drive the exercise design and development process | Exercise foundation |
| Examples of exercise foundations | THIRAor other risk assessments; Elected and appointed officials’ guidance; Multi-year Training and Exercise Program (TEP); Relevant AAR/IPs from real-world events and exercises; Organizational plans and procedures; Grant or cooperative agreements |
| What is the primary reference material for discussion-based exercises, which is provided to all participants | Situation Manual (SitMan) |
| What is included in the SitMan? | overview, the scenario, broken into modules, and discussion questions at the end of each module |
| What is included in the facilitator guide for discussion-based exercises? | instructions, key issues, background info |
| The _______ is used in operations based exercises as a summary of the planned exercise; distributed to all participating organizations. | Exercise plan (ExPlan) |
| Exercise scope, includes: objectives, core capabilities, participant roles, rules of conduct, safety and security policies, logistics, communication methods, maps and directions,duration, date, time, and schedule of events | Things the ExPlan should include |
| The _______________ contains detailed scenario and logistics information and a communications plan; meant for designated controllers and evaluators only | Controller and Evaluator handbook (C/E handbook) |
| chronological listing of events; spreadsheet format; includes contextual injects, expected action events (milestones), and contingency injects | Master Scenario events list (MSEL) |
| T/F: Multiple sites usually require a master control cell that oversees and coordinates venue control cells | True |
| A _______ is used to generate injects, receive player responses, and disseminate information in place of an organization that may not participate in the exercise but would be on the scene of the incident, if it were real | SimCell |
| What is control responsible for in operations-based exercises? | Communication and coordination; Roles and responsibilities; Safe and effective play; Simulation |
| Who are the most common participants in discussion-based exercises? | Senior level staff |
| Preparation for Discussion-based exercise includes: ___? | Touring the venue the day before to confirm room arrangement, test equipment and address any concerns. Delivering equipment/materials prior to exercise. |
| Who is the normal participant in an operations-based exercise? | Various levels of staff are involved |
| What does preparation for an operations-based exercise include that is not true for a discussion-based exercise? | marking exercise areas and reviewing from a safety perspective |
| T/F: A final check of communications should occur the same day of the exercise. | True |
| Senior Controller or Exercise Director role is usually filled by the __________. | Exercise planning team leader |
| Where is exercise data recorded? | Exercise Evaluation Guide (EEG) |
| immediately follow exercise conduct; short meetings conducted with the exercise planning team to discuss levels of satisfaction, concerns, and proposed improvements | Debriefings |
| An opportunity for players to discuss strengths and opportunities for improvement; these are facilitator-led; comments can be used to develop the After Action Report/Improvement Plan (AAR/IP) | Hot Wash |
| A forum for controllers and evaluators to review the exercise; facilitated by exercise planning team leader; takeaways are incorporated into the AAR/IP | Controller/Evaluator Debriefing |
| T/F: elected/Appointed Officials should be reengaged before exercise conduct to verify that the exercise, as designed, meets leadership expectations and intent | True |
| educate each participant group about their particular roles and responsibilities; often are multiple separate briefings for different participant groups | Orientation Briefings |
| Who attends the observer briefing? | Media representatives and VIPS |
| Performed without Challenge (P); Performed with Some Challenges (S); Performed with Major Challenges (M); Unable to be performed (U) | Scale used to rate core capabilities |
| Type of analysis used to identify why something happened or why it did not happen | Root-cause analysis: |
| document that summarizes key information related to the evaluation and provides an overview of performance related to each exercise objective and associated core capabilities; as well as a participant list and improvement plan | After-action report (AAR) |
| concrete, actionable steps intended to resolve capability shortfalls identified in exercises or real-world events. | Corrective actions |
| Forum to review the AAR and the draft improvement plan (IP) | After action meeting |
| Final consensus on draft corrective actions Develop deadlines for implementation of corrective actions Identify corrective action owners and assignees | Outcomes of the AAR |
| What is the first step of finalizing the improvement plan? | Distribution |
| T/F: the components of finalizing the improvement plan are distribution, tracking of previous corrective actions, suggested corrective actions tracked to completion | True |
| This principle is shown by identifying areas for improvement and building capabilities | Continuous improvement |
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