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Fire Officer 3rd Edition Chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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Promotion examinations are a product of what?

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1883 Pendleton civil service reform act

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And most are stations the eligibility list last how long

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2-6 years

Can be by rink or banded

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Easter section has a promotional process that involved as a result of what

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Community needs, consent degrees, lawsuits and moments, arbitration decisions, grievance settlements, labor contacts, a memorandum of understanding understanding

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The preparation of a promotional exam usually represents the combined effort of what to resources

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Fire department and human resource

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What is KSA?

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They need a job description any technical class specification

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What is the components and use a promotional exam influence by

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Time requirements, expenses, staff expertise, past experiences

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What examinations concentrate on fax from the readings list

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Multiple choice

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What testing measures provide a variety of role-playing exercises

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Assessment centers

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Which do you remember during an in basket assessment

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Review, prioritize, identify resources, options, alternatives, follow up, and notify

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What are the four formats of an emergency incident simulation?

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The data dump, mock emergency Internet, and interactive emergency seen simulation, for scale Internet simulation

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During an interpersonal assessment remember to

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Remain in control, exactly state that is a behavior, give the employee deadline, the rain to follow up meeting, get the employee to buy into or take personal responsibility for an improvement plan, be empathetic but focus, explain consequences, finished a session on a positive note

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Who may be required to deliver a short presentation or write a memo or report as part of an assessment center process

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Fire officer

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Technical skills may be evaluated doing promotional test for

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Highly specify positions

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What does a candidate need to do to master the content for a promotional exam

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A personal study plan. He said he techniques include keeping a steady journal in participating in role-playing activities

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series of simulations exercises to it and if I candidates competency to perform the job that is offered in a promotional examination

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Assessment centers

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Eight of a worksheet that quantifies the knowledge skills in KS by frequency and importance for every classification job within the local Civil service agency

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Class specification

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A promotional question that asked the candidate to write or describe all of the factors are issues covering the technical issues such as suppression a basement fire and a commercial property

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Data dump question

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Attributes are qualities that can be described in measure during a promotional examination. Measures 5 to 15dimensions what are the 6 most commonly addressed

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Oral communication, written communication, probably analysis, judgment,
organizational sensitivity,
planning and organizing

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A promotional examination component in which the candidate deals with corresponds and related items that have been accumulated in a fire officers in basket

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In basket exercise

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A type of validity obtained through the use of 10 o’clock committee of job in cabinet to certify that the knowledge being measured is required on the job in reference to know what standards

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Job content in criterion referenced validity

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A narrative summary of the scope of the job they provide examples in typical task

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Job description

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The treats require for every class with a position within minutes ability. The KSA had to find pioneered of job description in a technical class specification

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Knowledge skills and attributes

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What are KSA is defined by

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Narrative job description and technical class and specification

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A personal note book to aid in scheduling a track any candidates promotional preparation progress

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Personal study journal

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25
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The characteristics or a test measures waste intended to measure on a consistent basis

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Reliability

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26
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What is another name for patronage system

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Spoils system

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What is spoils system AKA patronage system

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The practice of make an appointment to public office based on a personal relationship or affiliation rather than because of their merit

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Example of spoils system

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New York City” tweed ring”

Tammaany Hall political machine 1865-1871

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Congress passed the PENDLETON CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ACT of 1883 as a result of

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NYCTweed ring and Tammany Hall political machine

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In response to abuse of government job promotions, the silver service system and the federal government was established by

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Pendleton Act

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The emphasis of the job promotion examination is determined by the

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Job description and community needs

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When candidates are identified as highly qualified, qualified, not qualified,

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Banded list

33
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Most promotional job announcements require a successful candidate to have an appropriate

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Medical and physical performance rating

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Most promotion I am announcements require that I can I didn’t have an appropriate

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Physical performance rating

35
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Attributes are qualities that can be described in measure doing a promotional exam

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Dimensions

36
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The rank and the classify job description determines

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Technical theoretical, behavior emphasis of the examination

37
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What is a popular question in an oral interview session

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Why here she should be selected for the promotion

38
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What level supervise examination has the longest and most of first reading list

A

First level supervisory examination

39
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What level supervisory examination covers building construction incident management hydraulics emergency care and fire fighter tactics

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First level

40
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Supervisory questions tend to focus on what?

A

Immediate requirements affecting fire company preparedness such as subordinate fit for duty are injured on the job

41
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Based on the hierarchy of the fire department the first level supervisor

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Identify the problem that’s the behavior,And report to Arkansas with a senior officer or Chief before taking a significant supervisor reaction

42
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What does a managing pay off her examination usually consist of

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If you were technical questions in more administrative questions because the cabins addition if I was more management responsibilities

43
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What may be added to a managing fire officer examination

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Develop a firefighters improvement plan, prepare a budget, evaluate fire company performance, or develop a department wide training program

44
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Three options for constructing a multiple-choice written examination

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Exam committee develop questions,

private company develop generic examination questions used by many fire departments,

hiring a consultant to write a more specific examination that is directed to a local priorities

45
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Large department are more likely to use external or internal examinations

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Internal

46
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What does an examination committee first determine

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How many questions or need it

47
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The selection process includes evaluating each question for what three factors

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Job content/criterion referenced

validity and responsibility

48
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What kind of examination process is a small apartment likely to use?

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External source because of the time and effort that it would takes to write in validate them eternally

49
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And many departments blank written examinations are the only assessment tools use for promotion examinations

A

Multiple choice

50
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How can a multiple-choice test be weakness?

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I can’t even those are the facts can do very well but may not be able to apply the information and relax scenarios.

Book smart and Street dumb

51
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First level supervisor examinations usually includes a focus on

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Technical questions covering rescue company operations

52
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Second level supervisor examinations may have a focus on

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Management duties administrative procedures but you proposals

53
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What is contained in a typical in basket

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Instructions for the exercise, a calendar,
and organizational chart or a list of personnel,
10 to 30 exercise items

54
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How many exercise items are typically include it in a in a basket

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10-30

55
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What are the five suggested methods of handling it in basket

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Review, 
prioritize, 
identify resources, 
follow up, 
make notification,
56
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Process in which you ensure that the appropriate person or notified unnecessary and critical information

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Make notifications

57
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Provide some form of follow up on all delegated items

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Follow up

58
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Determine who can handle the items, Which options you may have and how they can be handled, and which are tired of courses of actions are available

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Identifying resources/options/alternatives

59
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Handle the important and urgent items first followed by the important and non-urgent items. When these are finished you will handle all items are have only unimportant I was there

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Prioritize

60
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Look at every item and determine which items are important(critical) and urgent ( involving time constraints) Which are important but not urgent and which are an important

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Review

61
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Important versus critical information

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Important = critical

urgent = time constraints

62
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A typical in basket will include

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A calendar

63
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A “data dump” question provides

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An opportunity for the candidate to demonstrate a death of knowledge about a PARTICULAR subject

64
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What are 4 formats of emergency incident simulations

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First the Kennedy is provided with information concerning an incident usually in a written format includes preincident plan

2- Basic information concerning the incident

3- Participate in an interactive seen simulation in a classroom or incident simulator Trainer
4-Attempts to make the conditions as realistic as possible such as Don protective clothing be in the office receipt of an apparatus like a real life scenario

65
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Which promotional candidates have to react to unfolding situations

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Emergency Incident simulations

66
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Who has the longest examination and most diverse

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First level supervisor

67
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What are the four components of the promotional process

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In basket exercise, and emergency incidents simulator, Interpersonal interaction, and presentation to interview board

68
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What are in a personal interactions exercises designed to do

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Test the candidates ability to perform effectively as a supervisor typically apology role-play involving a problem complain or dilemma, typically 10 to 20 minutes a face-to-face interaction

69
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And interpersonal interaction exercise test back and it’s ability to

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Perform effectively as a supervisor

“Extreme supervisor”

70
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Term used to describe an approach when an issue is handled in STRICT accordance to the rules and regulations

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Extreme supervisor

71
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Who developed assessment centers in 1920s

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German army

2-3 day assessment

72
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Prior to the CIVIL WAR most government jobs or what it according to the?

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spoils system or patronage

73
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Human resource department prepare a………

To quantify the KSA component of municipal jobs

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TECHNICAL CLASS SPECIFICATION WORKSHEET

74
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A term that can be used as a broad range of situations in which an employee said it to discrimination in the workplace

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Hostile work environment

75
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Definition can be applied to be a variety of circumstances that do not necessarily include a specific abuse of supervisory power

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Generalized hostile workplace

76
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NFPA 1001

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Recruit school

77
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This examination is widely used and can be structure to focus on a specific subject or factual information

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Multiple choice written examinations

78
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Attributes are qualities that can be described and measure doing a promotion exam. Usually between five and 15

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Dimensions

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