Fire Officer Questions With Complete Solutions Already Passed A+GRADED
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Fire Officer Questions With Complete Solutions Already Passed A+GRADED
Supervisory duties of a fire officer I would include - correct answer...Initiating and completing station maintenance requests, preparing budgets, conducting preliminary accident investigations and supervising on fire unit
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Fire Officer Questions With Complete
Solutions Already Passed A+GRADED
Supervisory duties of a fire officer I would include - correct answer...✔✔Initiating and
completing station maintenance requests, preparing budgets, conducting preliminary
accident investigations and supervising on fire unit
Would a fire officer I determine the area of origin or preliminary cause of fire - correct
answer...✔✔No
There are approximately how many fire departments in the US? - correct answer...✔✔
30000
In 24 BC Augustus Caesar created what was probably the first fire department
composed of 600 slaves who were stationed at various locations around the Roman
Empire. This group of firefighters were known as - - correct answer...✔✔Familia
Publica
Which fire fighter developed the first fire hydrants in New York City in 1817 - correct
answer...✔✔George Smith
Public call boxes were first introduced in which American city during the 1850s? -
correct answer...✔✔Washington DC
Firefighters usually report to - - correct answer...✔✔A supervising officer who is in
charge of a single company
According to the principle of Span of Control, how many firefighters can a fire officer
effectively control? - correct answer...✔✔3-7
Guiding or directing a course of action is - - correct answer...✔✔Leading
__ are developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future actions. - correct
answer...✔✔Policies
Activated fire protection alarms represent the second most common response, and
represent __ of the responses. - correct answer...✔✔20%
With activated fire protection system alarms what is the ratio of real fires in relation to
false alarms? - correct answer...✔✔1:100
Fire codes that are created or amended in reaction to a specific fire disaster are known
as the - - correct answer...✔✔Catastrophic theory of reform
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,Which one of the following would be the authority having jurisdiction for a local fire
code? - correct answer...✔✔The local fire chief, local code enforcement officer or local
fire marshall
What is meant when states adopt mini/max codes. - correct answer...✔✔The local
jurisdiction do not have the option of adopting more restrictive regulations.
The National Building Code was first published by the National Board of Fire
Underwriters in - - correct answer...✔✔1905
A complete set of model codes would include which of the following?
(1) Building code. (2) Electrical code. (3) Plumbing code. (4) Mechanical code. (5) Fire
prevention code. - correct answer...✔✔All of the Above
The model code process normally updates every - - correct answer...✔✔2 to 5 years.
Normally code regulations that applied to a particular building at the time it was built
remain in effect, as long as - - correct answer...✔✔The building is occupied for the
same purpose.
Which of the following classes of standpipes provides both 1.5 and 2.5 inch connections
with a preconnected 1.5 inch hoseline intended to be used by the occupants until the
fire department arrives at the scene? - correct answer...✔✔Class III.
Which of the following classes of standpipes provides a 1.5 inch connection with a
preconnected 1.5 inch hoseline intended to be used by the occupants until the fire
department arrives at the scene? - correct answer...✔✔Class II.
What is the fire extinguishing system that extinguishes fire by displacing oxygen? -
correct answer...✔✔Carbon Dioxide.
Which fire extinguishing system is the preferred system for protecting cooking
equipment? - correct answer...✔✔Wet chemical.
What NFPA standard is the Standard on Types of Building Construction? - correct
answer...✔✔NFPA 220.
What would you expect the fire-resistive rating would be for a Type IIIA building? -
correct answer...✔✔1 to 2 hours.
Mill construction would be considered - - correct answer...✔✔Type IV construction or
Heavy Timber construction.
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,The code requirements that are applied to a particular occupancy are determined by its
- - correct answer...✔✔Use group.
All of the following would be classified as "Residential" buildings by NFPA - correct
answer...✔✔Your home or Super 8 Inn or The local Bed-And-Breakfast.
All of the following would be classified as "Business" buildings by NFPA - correct
answer...✔✔Colleges and University buildings or Dentist offices orRadio and television
stations.
NFPA 101 is the - - correct answer...✔✔Life Safety code.
NFPA 704 is the - - correct answer...✔✔Standard system for the Identification of the
Hazardous Materials for Emergency Response.
What color diamond would you expect to represent a reactivity hazard in the NFPA 704
marking system? - correct answer...✔✔Yellow
Once the exterior of a building is evaluated, where on the inside of the building should
the fire safety inspection continue? - correct answer...✔✔The basement
Less critical issues found during fire safety inspections should be corrected - - correct
answer...✔✔Within 30 to 90 days.
What NFPA standard is the Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers? - correct
answer...✔✔NFPA 10.
Which organizations should conduct risk assessments? - correct answer...✔✔Public or
Not-for-profit or Private.
What is the Standard on Emergency Services Incident Management System? - correct
answer...✔✔NFPA 1561.
Some fire departments require a set time to pass between a formal disciplinary action
and consideration for an officer promotion. Which of the following best represents that
time limit? - correct answer...✔✔1 month, 6 months or one full year
A narrative that summarizes the scope of a job and provides examples of the typical
tasks that a firefighter holding the job would be expected to perform is called the - -
correct answer...✔✔Job description
A technical worksheet to quantify the KSA of every classified municipal job is called the
- - correct answer...✔✔Class specification
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, Which type of examinations are widely used in the promotional process of the fire
service? - correct answer...✔✔Multiple-choice exams.
Up to __ of the promotional test will focus on the technical aspects of a supervising fire
officer. - correct answer...✔✔70%.
A managing fire officer exam usually includes __ technical questions and __
management and administration questions. - correct answer...✔✔Fewer, more.
Which of the following is a common assessment center event, where the fire officer
candidate must deal with a stack of correspondences, and related items that have
accumulated on a fire officer's desk? - correct answer...✔✔In-basket exercise.
The first key point of an interpersonal interaction assessment is - - correct answer...✔✔
Maintain control of the interview.
A valuable tool in studying for a promotional examination is to create a - - correct
answer...✔✔Personal study journal.
The most successful candidate in a role-playing exercise is the one who - - correct
answer...✔✔Acts naturally
A series of simulated exercises used to evaluate a candidate's competence in
performing the actual tasks associated in performing a job best describes which of the
following? - correct answer...✔✔Assessment center.
Which of the following would be considered the first step in handling an "In-basket"
exercise? - correct answer...✔✔Review.
Emergency incident simulations fall into one of four formats. The first format, the fire
officer candidate is provided information concerning an emergency incident. The
candidate then must explain the actions that would be taken, and also describe what
factors would be considered in making those decisions. This is called the - - correct
answer...✔✔Data dump question.
An exercise designed to test a candidate's ability to perform effectively as a supervisor
is called a - - correct answer...✔✔Interpersonal interaction exercise.
A metropolitan (metro-sized) fire department is a department with more than __ fully
paid firefighters. - correct answer...✔✔400
A group of battalion chiefs in Fairfax, Virginia were asked to derive a list of four basic
tasks that they considered vital in order to be a good fire officer. Which of the following
were included in their list?
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