Fire Training Officer NFPA 1041 - IFSTA Ninth Flashcards
Which characteristic of effective teaching involves clearly communicating what action must be performed
and how it must be performed?
A. Motivation
B. Desire to teach
C. Leadership abilities
D. Subject competency
A. Motivation
When preparing and organizing for a course, an instructor determines whether sufficient time and
materials have been allocated for the topic through:
A. practicing the presentation
B. arriving early to the class session are
C. observing an instructor from another department
D. eliminating learning barriers such as audible and visual distractions
A. practicing the presentation
The ability to understand another person’s feelings and attitudes is known as:
A. empathy
B. sympathy
C. distraction
D. communication
A. empathy
In order to treat all students equally, instructors must evaluate student performance against:
A. personal ethical codes
B. the top students in each class
C. a subjective set of expectations
D. an established objective standard
D. an established objective standard
Like their students, instructors develop their own knowledge and skill from:
A. memorization
B. leading by example
C. completing an online management course
D. practical experience with a variety of subjects
D. practical experience with a variety of subjects
When an instructor provides training that meets all applicable federal, state/provincial, and local regulations and policies they are fulfilling an obligation to:
A. the public
B. themselves
C. the organization
D. their local community
C. the organization
Which responsibility may pose additional challenges the instructor on a day-to-day basis in being prepared to work with other agencies and government levels?
A. Organizational apathy
B. Management directives
C. Organizational promotion
D. Collaborative relationships
D. Collaborative relationships
Which federal law, regulation, or standard applicable to the instructor protects the privacy of student education reports?
A. Human Rights Act
B. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
C. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
D. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
D. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
A legislative body that has legal sanction to establish agencies can establish which of the following
regarding a particular activity or action?
A. Standards
B. Ordinances
C. Resolutions
D. Regulations
D. Regulations
Which of the following are not laws unless the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) has adopted them?
A. Resolutions
B. Regulations
C. Legal precedents
D. Codes and standards
D. Codes and standards
Which factor is a sensory-stimulus that takes in the most information?
A. Seeing
B. Tasting
C. Hearing
D. Touching
A. Seeing
The Cone of Learning illustrates that people learn more when they:
A. passively listen.
B. actively participate.
C. receive new information being taught through lecture.
D. receive new information being taught through reading
B. actively participate
Which term first used by Dr. Malcolm Knowles is used to describe the art of teaching adults?
A. Pedagogy
B. Andragogy
C. Methodologies
D. Learning theory
B. Andragogy
Which law of adult learning theorized by Professor Edward Thorndike suggests that habits and memories used repeatedly are strengthened and habits not reinforced are weakened?
A. Effect
B. Disuse
C. Readiness
D. Association
B. Disuse
How many levels are in in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?
A. Five
B. Four
C. Three
D. Seven
A. Five
Which learning domain encompasses “what” information a student should learn?
A. Affective
B. Cognitive
C. Association
D. Psychomotor
B. Cognitive
Which learning domain encompasses “how” a student should apply knowledge?
A. Affective
B. Cognitive
C. Motivation
D. Psychomotor
D. Psychomotor
Which learning domain encompasses “why” the information is useful to a student?
A. Affective
B. Cognitive
C. Association
D. Psychomotor
A. Affective
Age, gender, cultural and ethnic background, and learning styles are examples of which factor that contributes to a learning environment?
A. Civil rights
B. Generalities
C. Student diversity
D. Fundamental basis
C. Student diversity
Which student diversity factor describes a preference by students to set their own goals and learn content independent of the rest of the class?
A. Formality
B. Spontaneity
C. Life-long learning
D. Self-regulated learning
D. Self-regulated learning
Which term refers to the action between individuals that can reveal both similarities and differences in the way people interact?
A. Accommodation
B. Student diversity
C. Self-regulated learning
D. Interpersonal communication
D. Interpersonal communication
Which example would describe the interpersonal communication purpose of helping?
A. Control, direct, or manipulate behavior
B. Establish a new relationship or maintain an existing one
C. Create a diversion and gain pleasure or gratification, as with positive humor
D. Attend to another person’s needs or console someone in a time of tragedy or loss
D. Attend to another person’s needs or console someone in a time of tragedy or loss
Which interpersonal communication term refers to verbal or nonverbal student responses to an instructor?
A. Feedback
B. Recognition
C. Interference
D. Interpretation
A. Feedback
How much class time do students spend listening to the instructor, other students, or audiovisual
presentations?
A. 0 to 25 percent
B. 25 to 50 percent
C. 50 to 75 percent
D. 75 to 100 percent
C. 50 to 75 percent