Basic Test – Gwinnett ARES

Gwinnett ARES Basic Emergency Communications Test
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1. Processing written messages formally via Amateur Radio from one station to another is generally known as what?

E-mail

Traffic Handling

snail mail

pony express

2. Unless your transmission is longer than ten minutes, you are required to identify how often?

Only at the end of the transmission or exchange of information

At the beginning and end of each transmission

Only at the beginning and end of a net

None of the above

3. In Emergency Communications it is important to do which of the following?

Say as much as possible to convey all of the meaning

Say as little as possible, yet convey all of the meaning

Make yourself known even when no one is calling

Monitor only

4. A management tool designed to assist anyone who has the responsibility for the successful outcome of an incident is which of the following?

Incident Command System

National Traffic System

ARES

RACES

5. What is the correct pronunciation for the number 2064?

Two Thousand and Sixty Four

Twenty Sixty Four

Two Oh Six Four

Two Zero Six Four

6. What are the primary goals of the National Traffic System?

To train people and to move messages (traffic) rapidly to their destination

To train people and to declare emergencies

To train people and to provide communications for those directing traffic on sanctioned evacuation routes

None of the above

7. When are you permitted to reveal the existence or contents of a message passed from a served agency to the intended recipient?

Only after the operation has ended

Only if it really wasn’t important

Never

None of the above

8. During an event, if the authorities request you to move, what should you do?

Ask why and tell them you’re not allowed

Seek permission from the Net Control Station

Do so immediately and without comment

None of the above

9. What is the single quality in a person volunteering to provide their services as an Emergency Communications volunteer which makes the strongest initial impression on served agency officials?

Looks

Intelligence

Number of radios

Attitude

10. Who is the person charged with control of the information flow on the frequency used by a controlled net?

Incident Commander (IC)

Emergency Coordinator (EC)

Net Control Station (NCS)

None of the above

11. Which of the following is necessary when passing traffic on behalf of a served agency?

You must make it understandable

You must shorten it as much as possible

You must pass it exactly as it was written

All of the above

12. If your served agency is unable to provide workman’s compensation insurance, you may do which of the following?

Decline the assignment

Accept the assignment understanding the risk

Ask again to make sure it’s not available

Decline or Accept the assignment understanding the risk

13. What is the best way to ensure good relations with the public service agency professionals?

Be cooperative and do your job in the best way possible

Carry as many radios as you can

Impress them by telling them everything you know

Show them how to do their job right

14. What is the best way to verify the origin and timing of a message?

Ask the originator

Ask the intended recipient

Look in the log

None of the above

15. What is the standard ITU phonetic for the letter Q?

Queen

Quebec

Quit

Quota

16. Who should make all statements to the media about an event?

You

The Public Information Officer for the public service agency

The ARRL Section Manager

The ARES representative

17. What is the standard ITU phonetic for the letter U?

Unicorn

Unique

Uniform

Understood

18. Why is Public Service Communications different from Emergency Communications?

It is a scheduled event, as opposed to an unscheduled emergency event

It often uses the same operating techniques (controlled nets, informal & formal nets).

It requires activation by an emergency management agency

None of the above

19. Which of the following transmissions best exhibits the characteristics of good Emergency Communications?

“Uh, wow. Uh, like there’s a cool funnel cloud out here, and it’s like, uh, coming really close to the ground!”

“What are you doing sending me out here? A tornado is about to suck me up into the clouds, you idiot!”

“A funnel cloud is descending. It’s coming out of the cloud ceiling, swirling around a bit, bobbing and weaving, and may touch down very soon.”

“Funnel cloud sighted just northwest of Kohler’s Point.”

20. Why may the phone company not be able to operate during emergencies?

The telephone poles may be destroyed or down from heavy winds and lightening

Trees may be laying on the wires, pulling them to tight to carry impulses

Phone systems usually rely on copper or fiber optic cables which are prone to damage when exposed during high winds and storm conditions

All the lines may be full of static, rendering them useless

21. The reason Amateur Radio doesn’t experience the disruptions suffered by the telephone system is because?

Our equipment is more reliable

Our communications aren’t dependent upon wires to carry our signals from one station to another

We use less power

None of the above

22. What are the basics of emergency communications?

Brevity and clarity

Do not editorialize

Listen

All of the above

23. What is your number one priority when responding to an actual emergency?

Providing communications to the served agency

Your safety in the situation you are asked to serve in

Providing instructions to others in your team

None of the above

24. In the ICS model for operations, an ICS Logistics net corresponds to an ARES:

Tactical net

Taffic net

Directed net

Resource net

25. What should you have available when responding to an emergency?

ID Cards – ARES ID, operator license, other volunteer service ID cards you may have

Equipment – Radio(s), gain antenna, extra feedline, headphone, extra, charged batteries

Personal Items – food, water, first aid kit, flashlight, rain suit, hat, gloves, maps

All of the above