RAC EMERGENCY COORDINATOR’S CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION
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(Beside each “Reference” please note document number and paragraph number(s) containing your associated answer(s).
1. List three titles which may be given to the person responsible for managing emergency preparedness initiatives at the municipal level:
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2. List three typical responsibilities of the municipal Emergency Measures Coordinator:
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3. List the three types of municipal emergency plan:
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4. Who should be your primary initial contact with municipal government when offering ARES services?
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5. What personal benefit would the municipal Emergency Measures Coordinator gain from working with a competent and effective Emergency Coordinator?
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6. What two issues of concern to your ARES members should be discussed with the municipal Emergency Measures Coordinator?
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7. Which level of government sets the guidelines for municipal emergency measures?
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8. List the four types of national emergency:
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9. What is the CEPC and how does it relate to the Emergency Coordinator?
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10. Who must nominate an Emergency Coordinator to attend the CEPC?
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11. What are the four assistance phases in a disaster?
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12. Name two methods of formalizing the relationship between an ARES group and the municipality:
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13. What single action is required of the municipal Emergency Measures Coordinator before the ARES group is able to assist in an emergency?
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14. Who are the three appointment levels within the ARES portion of the RAC Field Organization?
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15. Give three general duties of the RAC Emergency Coordinator:
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16. Give three planning duties of the RAC Emergency Coordinator:
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17. Give three organizing duties of the RAC Emergency Coordinator:
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18. Give three coordinating duties of the RAC Emergency Coordinator:
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19. Give three communicating duties of the RAC Emergency Coordinator:
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20. What are the four main categories of Assistant Emergency Coordinators? (Give a brief description of each)
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21. List four duties delegated to an Assistant Emergency Coordinator:
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22. List four primary ARES recruitment target groups in your area:
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23. List four “as required” administrative duties of the Emergency Coordinator:
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24. Of the 30 ways given, what six ways do you consider most important to improve radiotelephone communications? (Give brief description of each.)
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25. What is CANSET (1)? What does its purpose (2)?
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26. To ensure proper handling by possibly uninvolved enroute stations, the body of a simulated emergency traffic message, which does not meet the normal criteria for amateur radio message traffic, should be prominently titled:
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27. In what four ways can your unit be exercised prior to and during the annual Field Day?
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28. What is the purpose of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a served agency?
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29. Give three examples of non-government served agencies:
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30. What is the name of Environment Canada’s severe weather reporting program?
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31. What unusual communications capability can amateur radio provide served agencies?
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32. Name the six steps in the consultative selling process recommended for your contacts with served agencies:
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33. Name the three attributes of a successful Emergency Telecommunications Plan:
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34. List six items which should be created, filed and put into operation as part of your Standard Operating Procedure, whether or not you are asked to write or assist in writing an Emergency Telecommunication Plan?
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5. What is the difference between "emergency" and "disaster" communications?
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36. What does effective response in a large scale emergency or disaster require (1), and who is responsible for training and planning for that (2)?
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37. What two methods does packet radio employ to provide data integrity?
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38. What does a packet contain, which permits several contacts at the same time on the same frequency?
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39. What does the Terminal Node Controller attach to the data stream to make it into a packet?
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40. What are three packet gateway functions used to extend the range of normal VHF packet radio?
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41. What principle function does an APlink station perform?
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42. What are some of the advantages of using packet radio in emergency communications?
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43. What is the principal problem in getting a packet radio message from the originator to the addressee?
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44. What are the nine ARES principles of disaster communications?
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45. List the advantages of CW in emergency communications:
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46. List the advantages of phone operation in an emergency situation:
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47. Briefly describe the levels of the National Traffic System for getting ARES traffic out of your local area:
Local Section -
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48. Can third party welfare traffic addressed to a non-amateur in England be handled during an emergency?
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49. Is it legal for a portable, mobile or fixed amateur radio station to communicate with a station not in the amateur service?
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50. In a real or simulated emergency, the operator of an amateur station may communicate any message that relates to the real or simulated emergency on behalf of:
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Note: Besides receiving a certificate, every successful candidate is eligible to obtain and wear the new RAC Certified Emergency Coordinator (CEC) lapel badge, a sample of which can be seen on the RAC website. The badge may be ordered only by CECs and only through the VPFS, by cheque or money order payable to Radio Amateurs of Canada. Proceeds go toward support of the national RAC ARES.
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