7. Maintaining Technical Competence

Question 1

Education can better be broken down into the categories of __ and __. p85

Answer 1

training and experience

Question 2

__ means “I believe you are doing good things for me and for the organization. p87

Answer 2

Trust

Question 3

__ means “I believe you know what to do and are doing it”. p87

Answer 3

Respect

Question 4

__ __ is the liability that any organization or its officers and supervisors have for the acts or omissions of those they supervise, regardless of authorization. p88

Answer 4

Vicarious liability

Question 5

A failure to check the BACKGROUND of a person, including his or her qualifications, prior to employment or prior to an assignment that requires specific KSAs. p 89

Answer 5

Negligent appointment

Question 6

KEEPING a person in a job or position that he or she has demonstrated an inability to do once you have ascertained that he or she cannot do it. p 89

Answer 6

Negligent retention

Question 7

ASSIGNMENT of a person to undertake a job the he or she cannot do, is not qualified to do, or has not been trained to do. p89

Answer 7

Negligent assignment

Question 8

ORDERING OR ALLOWING someone to use or operate a piece of equipment or devise that he or she is not adequately trained on or has not been trained to competency and safely use. p89

Answer 8

Negligent entrustment

Question 9

When the organization or the supervisor does not provide TRAINING to personnel according to their duties, assignments, work tasks, and so on. p89

Answer 9

Failure to Train

Question 10

This can result from FAILURE to provide or enforce rules, regulations, guidelines, SOPs, or instruction in relation to training and operations or other activities. p89

Answer 10

Failure to Direct

Question 11

Under pressure and when time is of the essence, there are 3 critical aspects of the job a fire dept must do: p91

Answer 11

Response
Dept training
Physical training

Question 12

__ __ means that you have reached an accepted standard, you can cross-reference that training to come KSA level, and you have the instructional outline attached to the roster of those trained. p94

Answer 12

Documented training

Question 13

__ involves matching your training to a verifiable standard, code, ordinance, requirement, or skill that is accepted nationally, regionally, or locally. p94

Answer 13

Verification

Question 14

__ means you train your entire career. p94

Answer 14

Ongoing

Question 15

__ means you have to do training that covers the KSAs needed to accomplish the job and has relevance to the potential hazards or task that you will encounter. p 94

Answer 15

Realistic