[24 Test Answers] FEMA IS-1023: Electrical Systems Considerations

Here are the FEMA test answers to IS-1023: Electrical Systems Considerations.

Overview: The FEMA IS-1023 course was published on 2/28/2019 to provide an overview of electrical systems in the context of Public Assistance grant funded projects.

By the end of the IS-1023 course, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Applicants and Recipients will be able to understand all aspects of electrical systems considerations and project eligibility.

FEMA IS-1023 test answers

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1. To be eligible, work must be the legal responsibility of the ________ requesting assistance. 
A. Attendant
B. Official
C. Officer
D. Applicant✅

2. A ______ is a tensioned cable designed to add stability to a free-standing structure. They are used commonly on ship masts, radio masts, wind turbines, utility poles, and tents. 
A. transformer
B. guy wire✅
C. utility pole cross-arm
D. conductor

3. _______ install surge suppressors and lightning arrestors. 
A. Guy wires
B. Utility pole cross-arms
C. Electrical power systems✅
D. Conductors

4. The ________ is a numerical expression of the “cost-effectiveness” of a project. 
A. Quantitative Needs Ratio (QNR)
B. Qualitative Needs Ration (QANR)
C. Allocation-Cost-Ratio(ACR)
D. Benefit-Cost-Ratio (BCR)✅

5. The following are the basic components of eligibility, EXCEPT: 
A. Applicant
B. Work
C. Disaster✅
D. Cost

6. Assisting with the cleanup of a personal residence would be considered this type of work by a Providing Entity: 
A. ineligible
B. efficient
C. inefficient
D. eligible✅

7. Training and exercises would be considered this type of work by a Providing Entity: 
A. ineligible✅
B. efficient
C. inefficient
D. eligible

8. Which of the following is an Applicant that provides educational, utility, emergency, medical, or custodial care, including for the aged or disabled, and other essential governmental-type services to the general public? 
A. Private-Nonprofit✅
B. Federal
C. Tribal
D. State

9. In 1969, Congress enacted the ______ in response to public concern about the deteriorating quality of the “human” environment and the inadequate consideration of the environmental impacts of major federal projects. 
A. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)✅
B. PKEMRA
C. National Incident Management System (NIMS)
D. Stafford Act

10. A _______ is a structure secured into the ground and used to provide overhead support for public utility equipment like power lines, telephone wires, other types of communication cables, streetlights, and traffic-related equipment. 
A. utility pole✅
B. transformer
C. utility pole cross-arm
D. conductor

11. _______ is the effort to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters. 
A. Determination
B. Mitigation✅
C. Moderation
D. Qualification

12. To document the pre-disaster condition of a conductor, the Applicant should provide the following information, except: 
A. maintenance records
B. contract documents
C. purchase receipts✅
D. inspection logs

13. Work plans demonstrating the utility’s past practices and current and future projects are provided during this process: 
A. Inspection
B. Maintenance
C. Conditioning
D. Documentation✅

14. This is an example of a system that qualifies as a facility. 
A. water distribution system
B. utility system
C. conducting system
D. electrical current system✅

15. Pre-disaster condition records would include all of the following, except: 
A. maintenance records
B. inspection logs
C. purchase receipts✅
D. contract documents

16. A _______ is an object or type of material that permits the flow of electric charges in one or more directions. 
A. transformer
B. guy wire
C. utility pole cross-arm
D. conductor✅

17. Corrective action plans, copies of construction work plans, and maintenance records should all be provided during this process: 
A. Inspection
B. Documentation✅
C. Conditioning
D. Maintenance

18. _______is the method by which the future benefits of a hazard mitigation project are determined and compared to its costs. 
A. Quantitative Needs Analysis (QNA)
B. Qualitative Needs Analysis (QANA)
C. Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA)✅
D. Allocation-Cost-Analysis (ACR)

19. A ________ is fastened at right angles to an upright (as the horizontal member of a cross or a traverse on a telephone pole). 
A. conductor
B. transformer
C. guy wire
D. utility pole cross-arm✅

20. An ______ public facility is one that a State, Territorial, Tribal, or local government owns or has legal responsibility for maintaining. 
A. ineligible
B. efficient
C. inefficient
D. eligible✅

21. “________ provide looped distribution service or other redundancies in the electrical service to critical facilities such as hospitals and fire stations. “ 
A. Guy wires
B. Utility pole cross-arms
C. Conductors
D. Electrical power systems✅

22. Dispatch operations outside the receiving State, Territory, or Tribe would be considered this type of work by a Providing Entity: 
A. ineligible✅
B. efficient
C. inefficient
D. eligible

23. A powerline is an example of a(n) _______. 
A. utility pole
B. electrical system network✅
C. utility pole cross-arm
D. transformer

24. Ineligible Work Performed by a Providing Entity includes all of the following except: 
A. Dispatch operations outside the receiving State, Territory, or Tribe
B. Training and exercises
C. Emergency Work✅
D. Assisting with the cleanup of a personal residence