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1. What frequency should be used by emergency services to contact Law Enforcement (LE) or dispatch center if a repeater is needed?

GOLD
RUBY/GARNETT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (LG)
BLUE

2. What do we call the new preferred communications process

Clear Text
Phonetic Alphabet
4-Step Communication Process
Police Ten-Code

3. When should you use a repeater?

During an Incident Only
When you are traveling out of the County boundaries
When the LG Direct frequency is busy
When you are out of LG Direct frequency range

4. Who is responsible to make sure their members have completed and passed the radio test before using the radio?

Sheriff (LCSO)
Emergency Management (EMA)
County Commissioners (BOCC)
Organization Leader

5. What is the purpose of having a separate communication plan for each dispatch center?

Communication have always been the #1 problem during incidents
Reduces amount of frequencies dispatch has to monitor
Streamlines the communication process
Reduces interference between agencies
All of the Above

6. What is the first thing you should do before transmitting on your radio?

Make sure you are in Cell range so you aren't tying up the dispatch center
Pull over & Stop your vehicle
Listen to see if frequency is clear
Take your radio out of SCAN mode

7. Who is authorized to use Law Enforcement Frequency?

Incident Command (IC) & Law Enforcement
Organization Leaders & Law Enforcement during an incident
Only Law Enforcement
EMA & Law Enforcement
All of the Above

8. What is the rationale for the four step communication process?

Reduces Interference
Reduces the amount of frequencies dispatch monitors
Increases accuracy, reduces amount of transmissions & improves safety
All of the Above

9. True or False: The reason the Local Government Frequency and repeaters were established is to take the load off the Sheriff’s Office Frequency?

TRUE
FALSE

10. Why should all radio traffic be routed through one incident commander at the scene on one mutual aid frequency?

Because that is how NIMS is trained
Reduces radio traffic & repetitious requests to dispatch
The IC knows the codes for the incident
The IC has all the frequencies already programmed

11. What is the common mutual aid frequency assigned to Libby Dispatch?

State Law Mutual Aid SILVER
State Law Mutual Aid GOLD
National Law Mutual Aid BLUE
Local Government BLUE

12. What is the common mutual aid frequency assigned to Troy Dispatch?

State Law Mutual Aid SILVER
State Law Mutual Aid GOLD
National Law Mutual Aid BLUE
Local Government KING

13. What is the common mutual aid frequency assigned to Eureka Dispatch?

State Law Mutual Aid SILVER
State Law Mutual Aid GOLD
National Law Mutual Aid BLUE
Local Government PINKHAM

14. What is needed before you can add a frequency that is not licensed by Lincoln County?

A Digital Programmable radio that is narrow banded
A Trunked Radio
A letter of authorization from the licensed agency for usage of that frequency
A contract with APCO and applicable fees
Permission from the Radio Committee

15. Who is in charge at the scene of all incidents?

EMA
Incident Commander
Agency to first to arrive on the scene
Both EMA & Incident Commander
All of the Above

16. What is the most negative effect of using codes during a multi-agency response?

The public may not like it
The media may not understand and show up to the wrong scene
Cause reduction in interoperability between multiple agencies
Interferes with the 4-Step Communication Process

17. Using the Incident Command System (ICS) during a multi-agency response, who will be the person to contact the dispatch center to request more equipment?

Organization Leader(s)
EMA / Logistics Chief
Ambulance Driver
Incident Commander
Any of the Above

18. When a mobile unit calls another mobile unit on a repeater, what should the caller say to let the other unit know he is on the repeater?

On SILVER Mutual Aid
On BALDY Frequency
On _______ Repeater

19. Which of the following terms mean in clear text terminology for Affirmative & Emergency Traffic Only?

Clear & Road Closed to Non-Emergency Vehicles
Roger & Emergency Traffic only
Yes/OK & Confine all transmissions to the emergency in progress or a new incident
Yes/OK & Road Closed to Non-Emergency Vehicles

20. What are the two (2) Phonetic Alphabets that are used on the radio?

English & Spanish
Morse & Ten Code
International & Law Enforcement
Military & Public Safety

21. According to “Guide C” in the county radio plan, what frequency do you talk to the incident command?

GOLD
BLUE
Local Jurisdiction TAC Channel
Local Govenment (LG)
RED

You are using a mobile radio unit at Happy’s Inn. You are trying to contact a mobile unit in Eureka. What repeaters do you both use?

a. Happy’s Unit: Calx | Eureka Unit: Pinkham
b. Happy’s Unit: Pinkham | Eureka Unit: Calx
c. Happy’s Unit: LG Direct | Eureka Unit: LG Direct
d. Happy’s Unit: Black Butte | Eureka Unit: Pinkham

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