chapter 9 Flashcards

1
Q

What should the officer have each fire fighter do in preparation for a mid year review

A

Write a self evaluation

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2
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What is usually the minimum amount of advance notice given to an employee who will not receive a satisfactory annual evaluation

A

10 weeks

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3
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What is the key to positive discipline

A

Convincing the parties that they want to do better

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4
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During which step is the annual evaluation is the subordinate allowed to review and comment on the officer’s evaluation

A

Second

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5
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What level of negative discipline is an oral admonishment

A

First

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6
Q

What is the key factor in insuring success for fire companies

A

Teamwork

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7
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What is normally involved in the third step of progressive negative discipline

A

Issue the fire fighter a written reprimand

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8
Q

What is useful in keeping fire fighters aware of how they are doing

A

Frequent feedback

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9
Q

What evaluation error tends to reduce conflict

A

Leniency

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10
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What allows a fire officer to identify any underperforming fire fighter early in the annual evaluation period

A

Informal reviews

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11
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How often does the fire officer need to conduct an evaluation of each probationary fire fighter in a structured probationary program

A

Monthly

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12
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Who issues the final decision about suspension of a fire fighter

A

Fire chief

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13
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Within what amount of time after training must learned skills be used to prevent deterioration of the skills

A

90 days

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14
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What starts the formal “ paper trail” of a progressive disciplinary process

A

Written reprimand

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15
Q

How long is common practice to maintain written record of a verbal reprimand

A

366 days

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16
Q

What is in place to deal with issues such as substance abuse, emotional or mental health issues, or other difficulties that affect job performance

17
Q

Which form resembles an accounting balance sheet that is used to keep track of the fire fighters activity

A

T-acccount

18
Q

How many work related goals should the fire officer require all fire fighters identify when they have completed probation

19
Q

Which evaluation error occurs when the evaluator’s perspective skews the evaluation

A

Personal bias

20
Q

Usually what is the lowest level officer that issues a suspension notice

A

Battalion chief

21
Q

Which disciplinary action is equivalent to paying a cash fine

A

Loss of leave

22
Q

What is the starting point for positive discipline

A

Establish expectations

23
Q

What is at the lowest level of the progressive discipline process

A

Formal written reprimand

24
Q

What is the first step in the annual evaluation process

A

Supervisor fills out a standardized evaluation form

25
Up to what amount of time can the payment period take when the fire fighter is required to pay restitution
One year
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When is the fire fighter given a chance to formally respond to the charges when a suspension will be issued
Pre disciplinary conference
27
What is the goal of the EAP
Get the employee back to full productive duty
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How often do most career fire departments require a supervisor to conduct an employee evaluation for each assigned employee
Annually
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With which evaluation error is the fire fighter evaluated on the basis of the fire officer's personal ideals instead of the classified job standards
Frame of reference
30
Up to what amount of time do suspensions usually run
30 days
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What is the ultimate goal of progressive negative discipline
Performance improvement
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Who is responsible for setting the stage for positive discipline
Fire officer
33
Which of the following can be kept only in the personnel file at fire headquarters
Transfer requests
34
How often is best for the fire officer to conduct informal reviews
Bimonthly
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Approximately what amount of time before the official annual evaluation is due should the fire fighter conduct a self evaluation
6 weeks
36
What often specifies all the required knowledge skills and abilities that a fire fighter is expected to master within a specified amount of time
Classified job description
37
Lauderhill hearing
process resulted from 1985 US Supreme court decision in Cleveland Board of Education V Lauderhill
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Evaluation is a largely subjective process
that is vulnerable to unintentional biases and errors
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Recency
an evaluation error in which the fire fighter is evaluated only on incidents that occurred in the last few weeks.