Emergency Drills and Exercises questions for the CHST
CHST5 Domain 2: Emergency Preparedness, Incident Investigation, and Response (K2.2 Emergency action plans (drills, after-action)). 2 free questions below. Every answer quotes and links the regulation paragraph it rests on.
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Text pulled from the eCFR, current as of .
Question 1
A general contractor is running a tabletop exercise on its site emergency action plan for subcontractor foremen at an off-site conference center. The safety manager wants the foremen to leave with a record that lets the planning team follow up on after-action items with each person and their company. At the door, the team has foremen sign in. Which information should the sign-in sheet capture at a minimum?
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Answer: A. Name, jurisdiction/organization, telephone number, and e-mail address
The guidance says participants should provide at least their name, jurisdiction/organization, telephone number, and e-mail address, and the planning team keeps the sign-in sheets for follow-up correspondence. The other options collect data that does not support follow-up contact or leave out the contact details.
Answer A rests on
FEMA, Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Doctrine (2020), PDF p. 39(opens ecfr.gov in a new tab)“Participants should, at a minimum, provide their name, jurisdiction/organization, telephone number, and e-mail address. The exercise planning team retains copies of the sign-in sheets for follow-up correspondence.”
Question 2
A contractor is running a discussion-based tabletop exercise on its site emergency action plan. Midway through, the 24 participants will split into a crane/rigging group, an electrical group, and a site-logistics group, with each group working in its own breakout room. The safety manager, who is serving as the Lead Facilitator/Presenter, notes that she cannot be in three rooms at once and that discussion in each room must stay focused. What should the planning team have arranged for the breakout portion?
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Answer: D. A table facilitator/presenter assigned to each of the three breakout groups
The standard says that when participants divide into groups for part of conduct, a table facilitator/presenter is assigned to each group. Relying on the lead alone leaves two rooms unfacilitated, and media escorts and parking staff have different roles that do not include maintaining a focused discussion.
Answer D rests on
FEMA, Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Doctrine (2020), PDF p. 40(opens ecfr.gov in a new tab)“If participants divide into groups for part of conduct, assign a table facilitator/presenter to each group.”
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