Fire Officer 3rd Edition Chapter 2 Flashcards
Promotion examinations are a product of what?
1883 Pendleton civil service reform act
And most are stations the eligibility list last how long
2-6 years
Can be by rink or banded
Easter section has a promotional process that involved as a result of what
Community needs, consent degrees, lawsuits and moments, arbitration decisions, grievance settlements, labor contacts, a memorandum of understanding understanding
The preparation of a promotional exam usually represents the combined effort of what to resources
Fire department and human resource
What is KSA?
They need a job description any technical class specification
What is the components and use a promotional exam influence by
Time requirements, expenses, staff expertise, past experiences
What examinations concentrate on fax from the readings list
Multiple choice
What testing measures provide a variety of role-playing exercises
Assessment centers
Which do you remember during an in basket assessment
Review, prioritize, identify resources, options, alternatives, follow up, and notify
What are the four formats of an emergency incident simulation?
The data dump, mock emergency Internet, and interactive emergency seen simulation, for scale Internet simulation
During an interpersonal assessment remember to
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
Who may be required to deliver a short presentation or write a memo or report as part of an assessment center process
Fire officer
Technical skills may be evaluated doing promotional test for
Highly specify positions
What does a candidate need to do to master the content for a promotional exam
A personal study plan. He said he techniques include keeping a steady journal in participating in role-playing activities
series of simulations exercises to it and if I candidates competency to perform the job that is offered in a promotional examination
Assessment centers
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
Class specification
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
Data dump question
Attributes are qualities that can be described in measure during a promotional examination. Measures 5 to 15dimensions what are the 6 most commonly addressed
Oral communication, written communication, probably analysis, judgment,
organizational sensitivity,
planning and organizing
A promotional examination component in which the candidate deals with corresponds and related items that have been accumulated in a fire officers in basket
In basket exercise
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
Job content in criterion referenced validity
A narrative summary of the scope of the job they provide examples in typical task
Job description
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
Knowledge skills and attributes
What are KSA is defined by
Narrative job description and technical class and specification
A personal note book to aid in scheduling a track any candidates promotional preparation progress
Personal study journal
The characteristics or a test measures waste intended to measure on a consistent basis
Reliability
What is another name for patronage system
Spoils system
What is spoils system AKA patronage system
The practice of make an appointment to public office based on a personal relationship or affiliation rather than because of their merit
Example of spoils system
New York City” tweed ring”
Tammaany Hall political machine 1865-1871
Congress passed the PENDLETON CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ACT of 1883 as a result of
NYCTweed ring and Tammany Hall political machine
In response to abuse of government job promotions, the silver service system and the federal government was established by
Pendleton Act
The emphasis of the job promotion examination is determined by the
Job description and community needs
When candidates are identified as highly qualified, qualified, not qualified,
Banded list
Most promotional job announcements require a successful candidate to have an appropriate
Medical and physical performance rating
Most promotion I am announcements require that I can I didn’t have an appropriate
Physical performance rating
Attributes are qualities that can be described in measure doing a promotional exam
Dimensions
The rank and the classify job description determines
Technical theoretical, behavior emphasis of the examination
What is a popular question in an oral interview session
Why here she should be selected for the promotion
What level supervise examination has the longest and most of first reading list
First level supervisory examination
What level supervisory examination covers building construction incident management hydraulics emergency care and fire fighter tactics
First level
Supervisory questions tend to focus on what?
Immediate requirements affecting fire company preparedness such as subordinate fit for duty are injured on the job
Based on the hierarchy of the fire department the first level supervisor
Identify the problem that’s the behavior,And report to Arkansas with a senior officer or Chief before taking a significant supervisor reaction
What does a managing pay off her examination usually consist of
If you were technical questions in more administrative questions because the cabins addition if I was more management responsibilities
What may be added to a managing fire officer examination
Develop a firefighters improvement plan, prepare a budget, evaluate fire company performance, or develop a department wide training program
Three options for constructing a multiple-choice written examination
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
Large department are more likely to use external or internal examinations
Internal
What does an examination committee first determine
How many questions or need it
The selection process includes evaluating each question for what three factors
Job content/criterion referenced
validity and responsibility
What kind of examination process is a small apartment likely to use?
External source because of the time and effort that it would takes to write in validate them eternally
And many departments blank written examinations are the only assessment tools use for promotion examinations
Multiple choice
How can a multiple-choice test be weakness?
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
First level supervisor examinations usually includes a focus on
Technical questions covering rescue company operations
Second level supervisor examinations may have a focus on
Management duties administrative procedures but you proposals
What is contained in a typical in basket
Instructions for the exercise, a calendar,
and organizational chart or a list of personnel,
10 to 30 exercise items
How many exercise items are typically include it in a in a basket
10-30
What are the five suggested methods of handling it in basket
Review, prioritize, identify resources, follow up, make notification,
Process in which you ensure that the appropriate person or notified unnecessary and critical information
Make notifications
Provide some form of follow up on all delegated items
Follow up
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
Identifying resources/options/alternatives
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
Prioritize
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
Review
Important versus critical information
Important = critical
urgent = time constraints
A typical in basket will include
A calendar
A “data dump” question provides
An opportunity for the candidate to demonstrate a death of knowledge about a PARTICULAR subject
What are 4 formats of emergency incident simulations
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
Which promotional candidates have to react to unfolding situations
Emergency Incident simulations
Who has the longest examination and most diverse
First level supervisor
What are the four components of the promotional process
In basket exercise, and emergency incidents simulator, Interpersonal interaction, and presentation to interview board
What are in a personal interactions exercises designed to do
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
And interpersonal interaction exercise test back and it’s ability to
Perform effectively as a supervisor
“Extreme supervisor”
Term used to describe an approach when an issue is handled in STRICT accordance to the rules and regulations
Extreme supervisor
Who developed assessment centers in 1920s
German army
2-3 day assessment
Prior to the CIVIL WAR most government jobs or what it according to the?
spoils system or patronage
Human resource department prepare a………
To quantify the KSA component of municipal jobs
TECHNICAL CLASS SPECIFICATION WORKSHEET
A term that can be used as a broad range of situations in which an employee said it to discrimination in the workplace
Hostile work environment
Definition can be applied to be a variety of circumstances that do not necessarily include a specific abuse of supervisory power
Generalized hostile workplace
NFPA 1001
Recruit school
This examination is widely used and can be structure to focus on a specific subject or factual information
Multiple choice written examinations
Attributes are qualities that can be described and measure doing a promotion exam. Usually between five and 15
Dimensions
