FLSE - Mid Term Flashcards
Instructors new to using the brainstorming method of instruction may find that participants have difficulty getting “off the ground” or that the activity can easily become unfocused and chaotic; therefor, actual brainstorming sessions should be around ________ minutes long.
5-7 minutes
What type of sprinkler system is used in areas subject to freezing?
Dry Pipe
Teaching to the appropriate level of readiness is sometimes referred to as the:
Zone of proximal development
The duties of a(n) ___________ company include forcible entry, search and rescue,, ventilation, provision of ladders, securing utilities, and overhaul functions at a fire scene.
Truck
The fourth element of the fire ___________ is the molecular chain reaction, which allows for a self-sustaining chemical reaction and flame propagation.
Tetrahedron
A typical preschooler can attend to a lesson for approximatly:
10-15 minutes
Any unintentional or intentional damage to the body resulting from acute exposure to thermal, mechanical, electrical, or chemical energy or from the absence of such essentials as heat or oxygen is known as a(n)
Injury
The process wherein occupants become aware of a fire related emergency within the building and experience a variety of mental processes and actions before and while they travel to reach a place of safety within our outside the building is known as
Evacuation
A(n) ________ liquid is a liquid having a flash point below 100F
Flammable
What type of company provides fire fighters who deliver water at the fire scene, deploy hose lines, and connect and extinguish fires in vehicles and structures?
Engine
Which domain of learning involves feeling or emotion areas and attitudes?
Affective
Which of the following fires was the real precursor for today’s National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101 - Life Safety Code?
Triangle Shirtwaist Factor Fire
The time between the recognition of the cue that an emergency is occurring to the moment the occupants actually begin to evacuate is known as
Pre-movement time
A(n) __________ smoke detector/alarm operates by using light source aimed at a light sensor within the sensing chamber to initiate an alarm when the light source reflects or obscures smoke particles.
Photoelectric
What is the minimum information a safety educator should known about coasts associated with fire department responses, refusal,s extinguisher drills and other services the department provides?
Contact person, division, phone number of who to call
What is the minimum temperature at which a liquid gives off sufficient vapor to form an ignitable mixture at the surface and “flash” but is not sufficient to sustain combustion?
Flash Point
The foundation for the format of any training program is the ___________, precisely what the student should be able to do, understand, or care about as as result of the teaching.
Objectives
Which of the following sprinkler systems is the simplest in design and operation?
Wet Pipe
What type of company provides specially trained fire fighters and specialized rescue equipment at an incident scene?
Rescue
_____________ is a comprehensive all-hazard unifying approach that includes programs, actions, and services used by a community, which prevent or reduce the impact of fire, injuries, and other disasters within a community.
Community Risk Reduction
Which teaching method is the most common for of education and allows the educator to deliver and clarify a large amount of information to a group in a short amount of time?
Lecture
Which learning style is used when people learn through listening to songs, stories, debates, discussion, and talking things through?
Auditory
A ________ is a team of firefighters with apparatus assigned to perform a specific function in a designated response area.
Company
___________, using worlds that sound like the noises objects make, is a fun and creative way to enhance presentation for very young children.
Onomatopoeia
Which type of printed material is easiest for older adults to read?
Black letters on white paper
Which can aid a fire department tin improving future tours?
Surveys
The ________ always drive(s) the lesson.
Objectives
Which of the following terms is the study of core adult learning principles that apply to all adult learning situations?
Andragogy
What type of learning occurs when the student received information by listening, watching, reading, or observing?
Passive
What can be used as guidelines or instructions to facilitate better learning among children and adults?
Age group characteristics
What is the maximum number of concepts per lesson when teaching preschoolers?
3
What national program was introduced in 1988 with the goal of Inge treating interactive injury prevention lessons with the school curriculum for children ages 3 to 14 year?
Risk Watch
What functional area of a fire department staffs the fire and EMS apparatus and responds to calls?
Operations
Which method of teaching is the best metho or method retention and comprehension?
Experiential
What year was the “Everyone Goes Home Program” and the “16 Fire Fighter Life Safety Initiatives” created?
2004
What type of sprinkler system is used in areas such as computer operations centers, telecommunication centers, freezers, libraries, museums, and places housing valuable and irreplaceable items where water damage to property is of paramount concern?
Precaution
What type of system is available to allow emergency vehicles to turn traffic signals green, providing them the right of way during an emergency response?
Traffic signal preemption system
What percentage of U.S. Household do not have landlines and rely on mobile telephone service?
41%
K-W-L charts, Venn diagrams, and sequencing charts are examples of:
Graphic organizers
The Center for Disease Control recommends that residential pools have a fence be at least:
4ft tall
Which of the following phases of injury prevention involves efforts focused on stopping an injury before it occurs?
Primary Prevention
What prop can fire and life safety educators use when times does not allow answering all questions posed by attendees?
Safety Mailbox
What can aid a fire department when conducting station tours?
Standard Procedures
Which of the following domains of development focuses on social, emotional, and personality development?
Affective
Which class of fire involves ordinary combustibles Sichuan as paper, cloth, wood, plastics, and rubber?
Class A
What is the first step of the community risk reduction process?
Identify risks
When a child takes in new information and fits it into a preconceived notion about objects or the world, this is called:
Assimilation
Which form of heat transfer involved the transfer of heat through invisible waves of light?
Radiation
When a child adjusts to a new experience by changing his or her existing conception in order to interpret the experience correctly, this is called:
Accommodation
The process of formally accepting a code and setting it into action is known as:
Adoption
