Section V - Chapter 1

Question 1

______________ incidents are those issues that could affect the normal flow of traffic.

Answer 1

Highway

p 313

Question 2

_________ teams are made up of five of the same kind and type of resources with communications and a leader.

Answer 2

Strike teams

p 314

Question 3

____________ __________ Task Forces may contain an indeterminate number of individual resources, constrained only by the command and control guidelines concerning span of control.

Answer 3

Traffic Control Task Forces

p 315

Question 4

Large highway incidents usually have one things in common:

They will demand more from the ?

Answer 4

initial arriving responders than they can provide

p 312

Question 5

________ Forces organize different types of resources for a particular purpose, as compared to like resources in ________ Teams, that enable the IC to employ a significant number of unlike resources.

Answer 5

Task / Strike

p 315

Question 6

Incident Commanders should seriously consider assigning a ______ _____________ unit with each Task Force or Strike Team with Traffic Control tasks.

Answer 6

law enforcement

p 315

Question 7

The ___________ ____________ Division manages a well-defined geographical area of a highway incident.

Answer 7

Traffic Management

p 316

Question 8

___________ can be functional or geographic.

Answer 8

Branches

p 316

Question 9

____________ ____________ is the direction of traffic in the vicinity of a highway incident.

Answer 9

Traffic control

p 317

Question 10

The ___________ defines the standards used by road managers nationwide to install and maintain traffic control devices on all streets and highways, as well as how to set up work areas and mark incident scenes.

Answer 10

MUTCD - The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices

p 317

Question 11

According to the MUTCD, the primary function of temporary traffic control is to provide for the safe and efficient movement of __________, _____________, and _______________ through and around temporary traffic control zones while reasonably protecting workers and equipment.

Answer 11

vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians

p 318

Question 12

Using unapproved MUTCD traffic control devices can expose responders organizations to significant ____________.

Answer 12

liability

p 319

Question 13

A ___________ shall be a person who provides temporary traffic control.

Answer 13

flagger

p 320

Question 14

Flagger training is available in the form of ________ __________ and taught in local communities.

Answer 14

short courses

p 320

Question 15

One of the most dangerous time periods in a highway incident is between the occurrence of an ?

Answer 15

event and the arrival of responding units

p 322

Question 16

It is generally safe to limit one’s span of control between ________ to ________ subordinates with the optimum of ________.

Answer 16

Three to seven / five

p 325