NIMS, or National Incident Management System integrates best practices into a standardized framework that can be applied to all sorts of incidents. It allows people, government, first responders, and everyone else to work together to prevent and protect, respond to, and recover from any type of disasters or other incidents. Kids in Emergency Management classes are the future of the world. The
. protectors of this country. It is important that they pay careful attention in class. It is important to not cheat on Emergency Management exams, for if the idea is to protect people, then no one should disregard the information needed to do so. Also, FEMA states on its website, "Organizations are encouraged to establish procedures to ensure completion of the examination is an individual effort. Personnel within an organization who feel that test answers are being improperly provided should follow their organization's measures for reporting unethical conduct. If a student is found to have cheated on an exam, the penalty may include--but is not limited to--expulsion; foreclosure from future classes for a specified period; forfeiture of certificate for course/courses enrolled in at NETC or NTC; or all of the above in accordance with NETC Instruction 1100.1. A letter notifying the student's sponsoring organization of the individual's misconduct will be sent by the appropriate official at NETC." So, cheating is out of the question, and even dangerous. It is true though, that an answer key with the questions could help a student. The student could read the questions and answers, and thus learn, plus they would get an idea of what type of questions to expect on the test. However, neither the NIMS tests or the answers are available to the general public. Through some light research, a student could find all sorts of possible questions, and the answers to them on various online forums and sites. http://www.fema.gov/ or http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/examnotice.asp
