FI2 - in class study guide

Question 1

1. Which learning principle assumes adults learn best when they can practice a skill?

Answer 1

Exercise

Question 2

2. Which learning principle reinforces how the information is useful to the student?

Answer 2

Association

Question 3

29. The final step a supervisor should follow when creating a schedule for any course or curriculum, at any level of the organization, is to:

Answer 3

distribute a draft schedule

Question 4

31. Supervisors should distribute a draft training schedule with times, topics, names of assigned instructors, and locations to members of the AHJ before:

Answer 4

Before publishing a final schedule

Question 5

32. What should be included in the justification if any budget line item contains an unusual request or proposes a funding increase?

Answer 5

Should include a summary of the training need along with relevant background research.

Question 6

33. Justifying a budget request requires thoroughly documented research and supporting evidence through a _____ to prove to the AHJ that the request is valid.

Answer 6

Needs analysis

pg. 306

Question 7

30. What may have specific language that limits the days of the week, times of the day, and high/low temperatures at which scheduled training may take place?

Answer 7

Contractual language

pg. 298

Question 8

28. One of a supervisor’s MOST important roles is to:

Answer 8

a. Resolve conflicts between instructors or between instructors and students

Question 9

27. Level 2 instructors should ____ the instructors they supervise to show confidence in their skills, judgement, and abilities.

Answer 9

empower

Question 10

26. Instructors benefit form having a supervisor who actively recommends or provides:

Answer 10

a. Opportunities for development

Question 11

3. In which level of learning in the cognitive domain do students compare and contrast information and estimate future trends?

Answer 11

understand (comprehension)

Question 12

4. In which level of learning in the cognitive domain do students categorize, design, organize, and integrate parts to invent something new?

Answer 12

create (syntheses)

Question 13

5. A learning objective written to the psychomotor level of _____ refer to simulating an activity in a step-by-step process.

Answer 13

imitation

Question 14

6. A learning objective written to the psychomotor level of _____ refer to practicing the activity until the steps become habit.

Answer 14

performance

Question 15

7. Learning objectives in the ____ domain are difficult to measure objectively because they refer to student attitude.

Answer 15

affective

Question 16

8. Representation of processes, situations, items, or models that a researcher can use to illustrate concepts is referred to as:

Answer 16

examples

Question 17

9. In addition to instructors incorporating safety measure into the training curriculum, what can reduce training accidents?

Answer 17

a. Changes in organizational policy

Question 18

10. What objective is a risk management plan designed to accomplish?

Answer 18

identify risk

Question 19

11. What is the foundation for any risk-management plan?

Answer 19

hazard and risk analysis

pg. 253

Question 20

12. Which NFPA standard provides guidance and direction for the management and control of all types of emergency incidents?

Answer 20

1561

Question 21

13. Which elements of a training plan are usually divided by branch, division, and group?

Answer 21

assignments

Question 22

What is a purpose of a post-incident critique at the termination of a practical training evolution?

Answer 22

a. Evaluates student skills and learning
b. Evaluates the practical training evolution
c. Determines safety problems that need to be corrected
d. Trains students in the post incident critique process
e. Evaluates the instructor’s supervisory and teaching skills

Question 23

The U.S. EPA regulates and controls:

Answer 23

Activities that affect the nation’s water, atmosphere, and soil

Question 24

The intentional release of hydrocarbons into the atmosphere for a live-fire exercise may be prohibited or controlled by local:

Answer 24

By local open-burning ordinances

Question 25

Test items must always be based on:

Answer 25

Specific learning objectives

Question 26

18. Providing space for students to write their name and the date on either the test sheet or a separate answer sheet is an example of:

Answer 26

Test formatting pg. 266

Question 27

Test items levels or cognition are found in:

Answer 27

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Question 28

When does the actual determination of test difficulty occur?

Answer 28

after the test

Question 29

answering a true-false question (true answer where a student is only to label the statement) should take a student ______ for true answers.

Answer 29

15 seconds

Question 30

What is the purpose of distractors in a multiple-choice test item?

Answer 30

To discriminate between students who understands the subject matter well and those who are uncertain of the correct answer.

Question 31

The evaluation of a level 1 instructor is based on the observations of both _____, shared via an evaluation instrument.

Answer 31

supervisors and students

Question 32

The evaluation of a level 1 instructor is based on the observations of both _____, shared via an evaluation instrument.

Answer 32

supervisors and students

Question 33

Instructors should know the elements of a personnel evaluation program are:

Answer 33

a. Forms
b. Guidelines
c. Processes
d. findings

Question 34

What supervisory evaluation tool can be used to document criteria for the skills and behavior an instructor should have?

Answer 34

instructor evaluation rubric

Question 35

If instructors perform below expectations, comments and suggestions for improvement should:

Answer 35

be offered privately

Question 36

During which state of an instructor evaluation would the supervisor complement the instructor’s strengths?

Answer 36

performance review step

Question 37

During which state of the instructor evaluation process would the evaluator use a rubric as an evaluation tool?

Answer 37

observation step

Question 38

What type of evaluation is provided by instructors for students to provide feedback about courses they have taken?

Answer 38

course evaluation