IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition (84 Questions)

Question 1

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, staffing assignments must be based on each individual’s ability to:

A) Work overtime or work different jobs
B) Perform any jobs that are short-staffed
C) Cross-train within all departments in the organization
D) Perform the job so that resources are utilized in an effective manner

Answer 1

D) Perform the job so that resources are utilized in an effective manner

Question 2

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, staffing/duty assignments can be affected by:

A) Policies implemented in nearby jurisdictions
B) Policies in the labour/management agreement
C) The need to keep a prominent presence in the community
D) The need to compete with other organizations for personnel

Answer 2

B) Policies in the labour/management agreement

Question 3

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, which is a benefit of rotating personnel between different stations?

A) Eliminates interdepartmental rivalries
B) Eliminates or minimizes employee burnout
C) Allows the organization to hire fewer personnel
D) Requires the organization to purchase less equipment

Answer 3

B) Eliminates or minimizes employee burnout

Question 4

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, the organization’s expectations regarding controlled substances and alcohol should be:

A) Highlighted in the job position postings
B) Defined in the employee benefits package
C) Assumed because of the nature of the job
D) Provided in writing to the employee during new employee orientation

Answer 4

D) Provided in writing to the employee during new employee orientation

Question 5

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what term refers to process of determining the duties of a specific position and the qualifications needed to fill the position?

A) Job analysis
B) Needs analysis
C) Benefits analysis
D) Resource analysis

Answer 5

A) Job analysis

Question 6

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what is enhanced when members feel that they are creating opportunities for themselves by participating in the organization?

A) Diversity
B) Turnover
C) Retention
D) Competition

Answer 6

C) Retention

Question 7

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, which is an example of a question that would be used during a behavioural interview?

A) Why do you want to be a volunteer firefighter?
B) What are typical duties that a firefighter performs?
C) Describe a stressful situation and how you handled it.
D) Do you have an emergency medical technician certificate?

Answer 7

B) What are typical duties that a firefighter performs?

Question 8

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, promotional examinations should be carefully constructed to eliminate bias in order to:

A) Facilitate a faster process
B) Reduce the potential of legal issues
C) Decrease the potential applicant pool
D) Reduce the amount of time needed to take the test

Answer 8

B) Reduce the potential of legal issues

Question 9

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, which is a purpose of an occupational safety and health committee?

A) Develop the health and safety program
B) Implement the health and safety program
C) Study and review safety and health matters
D) Discipline employees for violating health and safety rules

Answer 9

C) Study and review safety and health matters

Question 10

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, which is a core requirement of a health and safety program?

A) Incentive plans
B) Infection control procedures
C) Individual needs assessments
D) Contract physical fitness trainers

Answer 10

B) Infection control procedures

Question 11

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, the accepted approach for a hearing conservation plan is to protect members from exposure to noises equal to or exceeding
_________ over an eight-hour Time Weighted Average.

A) 60 dB
B) 85 dB
C) 95 dB
D) 120 dB

Answer 11

B) 85 dB

Question 12

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, a public fire and life safety education program should include a purpose and scope statement and that should be:

A) Included in comprehensive-risk approach documentation
B) Made available in teletypewriter telecommunication format
C) Translated into every language spoken within the service’s region
D) Included in an organization’s mission statement and strategic plan

Answer 12

D) Included in an organization’s mission statement and strategic plan

Question 13

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, the scope of an organization’s fire and life safety education programs should:

A) Reflect the service area’s needs
B) Mirror what was done in previous years
C) Require minimum personnel to implement
D) Be similar to surrounding jurisdiction’s programs

Answer 13

A) Reflect the service area’s needs

Question 14

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, which is a benefit to having members deliver public education programs within local response districts?

A) Reduces the chances for language barriers
B) Reduces the assumptions of risk by the organization
C) Opportunity to recruit individuals to apply to the organization
D) Opportunity to interact directly with people from local neighbourhoods

Answer 14

A) Reduces the chances for language barriers

Question 15

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, when implementing a fire and life safety program it is important to maintain close relationships with community groups:

A) To identify opportunities for public education
B) So that funding for programs can be justified
C) So that data for analysis can be easily collected
D) To identify individuals who have broken fire and life safety codes

Answer 15

A) To identify opportunities for public education

Question 16

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, when dealing with residents who are angry or upset, chief officers should:

A) Remain calm and in control
B) Walk away from the individual
C) Escort the individual out of the building
D) Raise their voices and take a defensive posture

Answer 16

C) Escort the individual out of the building

Question 17

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what should be done when a complaint from the public is voiced during an emergency operation?

A) The complaint should be ignored
B) The complaint should be immediately addressed
C) The resolution should wait until the incident is terminated
D) Law enforcement should be brought in to deal with the complaint

Answer 17

C) The resolution should wait until the incident is terminated

Question 18

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, all customer concerns or complaints should be resolved:

A) Under the watch of law enforcement
B) Under the supervision of legal counsel
C) As thoroughly and as slowly as possible
D) As reasonably and as quickly as possible

Answer 18

D) As reasonably and as quickly as possible

Question 19

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, for the community risk reduction element of emergency response to be effective, it must be coupled with:

A) Community fact-finding activities
B) An informal organizational structure
C) Other community risk reduction elements
D) Economic disincentives for the organization

Answer 19

C) Other community risk reduction elements

Question 20

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, inspections and code enforcement programs were created because of fires that resulted in:

A) Negative publicity
B) The need for mutual aid
C) High life or property loss
D) Increased insurance rates

Answer 20

C) High life or property loss

Question 21

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, when an organization has a mutual aid agreement, response:

A) Is automatically dispatched to nearby incidents
B) Is always legally required, regardless of circumstances
C) May be generally delayed in order to determine whether it is truly needed

Answer 21

C) May be generally delayed in order to determine whether it is truly needed

Question 22

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, during an automatic response, resources from participating jurisdictions are dispatched to:

A) An agreed-upon staging area near the incident scene
B) An undisclosed staging location within the jurisdiction
C) A common area used for all automatic responses in the area
D) An area half way between the incident scene and their assigned location

Answer 22

A) An agreed-upon staging area near the incident scene

Question 23

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, joint training for major incidents involving multiple organizations or agencies is based on:

A) Automatic aid agreements
B) Change management concepts
C) Incident Management Team concepts
D) Occupational Health and Safety standards

Answer 23

C) Incident Management Team concepts

Question 24

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, which is a step taken by the Incident Commander at an incident?

A) Interview possible witnesses
B) Identify the incident priorities
C) Determine whether laws were broken
D) Determine the budget constraints of the incident

Answer 24

B) Identify the incident priorities

Question 25

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, which situation would require a written incident action plan?

A) Haz Mat incident
B) Small ground cover fire
C) Single home residential fire
D) Medical call for a heart attack

Answer 25

A) Haz Mat incident

Question 26

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, the tactical worksheet is the basis for the development of a(an):

A) Legal mandate
B) Incident action plan
C) Fire inspection program
D) Fire and life safety program

Answer 26

A) Legal mandate

Question 27

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, actions taken outside the incident action plan’s scope are referred to as freelancing and:

A) May place responders in jeopardy
B) Must be approved by two other responders
C) Are sometimes necessary in incident response
D) Can be taken only by senior, experienced responders

Answer 27

A) May place responders in jeopardy

Question 28

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, the operational strengths and weaknesses of an incident response are determined by the:

A) Reimbursement logs
B) Post-incident analysis
C) Number of casualties
D) Reaction of the public

Answer 28

B) Post-incident analysis

Question 29

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what is one function of the post-incident analysis critique?

A) Provide the public with justification for the organization’s actions
B) Allow company and chief officers to display their leadership roles
C) Review the quality of customer service provided during the incident
D) Determine which participating personnel should be punished for negative actions

Answer 29

A) Provide the public with justification for the organization’s actions

Question 30

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, developing plans and strategies using an all-hazard approach ensures that:

A) Capabilities exist to handle any emergency
B) Each individual responder is cross-trained to handle any response
C) The public is aware of the capabilities and limitations of responders
D) Mutual aid partners will be involved in every emergency incident in the jurisdiction

Answer 30

A) Capabilities exist to handle any emergency

Question 31

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, one reason that an all-hazards approach to emergency management is important is that:

A) An all-inclusive list of disasters can never be completely complied
B) An all-inclusive list of disasters needs to cover every possible situation
C) Public and private emergency management entities treat disasters differently
D) Reimbursement for disaster response depends in part on the all-hazards preplanning

Answer 31

A) An all-inclusive list of disasters can never be completely complied

Question 32

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, emergency management activities are broken into four phases that:

A) Are distinct and do not overlap with one another
B) Often overlap and run concurrently with one another
C) Have to be completed within an allotted amount of time
D) Can be divided into eight operational response elements

Answer 32

B) Often overlap and run concurrently with one another

Question 33

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what emergency management phase is a continuous process involving efforts to identify threats and consequences before an emergency?

A) Recovery
B) Response
C) Mitigation
D) Preparedness

Answer 33

D) Preparedness

Question 34

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, why is it critical that resources are deployed within a structured response model?

A) To ensure that there are duplicates of all resources deployed
B) To help the public know who to trust in an emergency situation
C) To make quantifying response reimbursement easier for mutual aid organizations
D) To avoid the convergence of unrequested resources to a large-scale emergency scene

Answer 34

B) To help the public know who to trust in an emergency situation

Question 35

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, emergency services organizations should create relationships with outside agencies before an incident occurs to ensure that:

A) Liability is addressed and specific personnel are available
B) Capabilities are understood and proper request channels are followed
C) Resources and roles are duplicated during an actual emergency response
D) Non-disclosure agreements are signed and background checks performed

Answer 35

B) Capabilities are understood and proper request channels are followed

Question 36

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, one of the primary determining factors in a successful response and recovery to a disaster or large-scale incident is:

A) An excessive budget
B) Pre-incident planning
C) Redundant resources
D) Establishing multiple command structures

Answer 36

B) Pre-incident planning

Question 37

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what facilities must an emergency operations centre provide to on-scene personnel regardless of the length of the incident?

A) Rest and relief areas
B) Family readiness centres
C) Public media staging areas
D) At least five operational zones

Answer 37

A) Rest and relief areas

Question 38

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what should be a chief officer’s final goal in workplace diversity/inclusion programs?

A) Eliminate any workplace conflicts so that all employees are satisfied
B) Create a workplace demographic that mirrors national demographics
C) Create a work environment that appreciates and respects diversity of all organizational members
D) Reduce the likelihood of the organization becoming involved in civil litigation regarding employment

Answer 38

C) Create a work environment that appreciates and respects diversity of all organizational members

Question 39

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, an inclusive and diverse workforce improves organizational functioning by increasing the:

A) Tax dollars from minority communities
B) Overall staffing levels of the organization
C) Perspectives available for problem solving
D) Number of individuals from the prominent dominant demographic group

Answer 39

C) Perspectives available for problem solving

Question 40

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, succession planning should be developed in conjunction with:

A) Pre-incident plans and operational budgets
B) Annual evaluation and departmental reorganization plans
C) Professional development and continuing education plans
D) Community development and fire and life safety education plans

Answer 40

C) Professional development and continuing education plans

Question 41

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, succession planning maintains employee morale and retention because employees:

A) Can see a clearly defined career path
B) Do not have to plan their career path
C) Can be assured of further promotions
D) Are aware of the career paths of co-workers

Answer 41

A) Can see a clearly defined career path

Question 42

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, when determining organizational needs, the goal should be for all responders to be trained:

A) To the minimum standards
B) Well above local AHJ (agency having jurisdiction) standards
C) Well above the minimum standards
D) To at least 90% of the minimum standards

Answer 42

C) Well above the minimum standards

Question 43

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, if a lack of education is noticed among personnel who are likely candidates for advancement, the organization should:

A) Identify and coach individuals to establish educational goals
B) Remove the individuals from being a candidate for advancement
C) Place those candidates at the bottom of the list for advancement
D) Promote those candidates with the understanding that they will receive further education

Answer 43

A) Identify and coach individuals to establish educational goals

Question 44

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, training delivered in an electronic format enables personnel to:

A) Complete training with a minimum of effort
B) Earn overtime pay while completing training
C) Complete training during downtime at the station
D) Utilize techniques learned during an on-going incident

Answer 44

C) Complete training during downtime at the station

Question 45

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, an organization’s behavioural health program should include a stress crisis intervention team to provide the necessary support for the affected member after incidents involving:

A) Mass casualties
B) Long work shifts
C) Community outreach
D) Unified command structures

Answer 45

A) Mass casualties

Question 46

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, member assistance programs are developed to provide tools to cope with:

A) Issues that directly deal with the organization and its members
B) The stress of working in a high-risk profession to members and their families
C) Job searches and interviews when members voluntarily leave the organization
D) The stress of working in a high-risk profession to members employed more than one year

Answer 46

B) The stress of working in a high-risk profession to members and their families

Question 47

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, peer-support programs have become a fire and emergency services best practice in response to:

A) Decreasing responder retention rates
B) The increasing rate of responder suicide
C) The risk of responder on-scene fatalities
D) Responders failing to meet national training standards

Answer 47

B) The increasing rate of responder suicide

Question 48

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what should a chief officer do when a member shows signs of stress or other emotional problems?

A) Place the member on unpaid leave
B) Recommend use of the member assistance program
C) Report the member’s issues to others in the organization
D) Wait and see if the member can resolve issues on their own

Answer 48

B) Recommend use of the member assistance program

Question 49

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, which term refers to ‘any arrangement of materials that presents the potential for harm?

A) Risk
B) Hazard
C) Danger
D) Liability

Answer 49

B) Hazard

Question 50

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, which term refers to ‘a measure of the probability and severity of adverse effects that result from an exposure to a hazard’?

A) Risk
B) Hazard
C) Danger
D) Liability

Answer 50

A) Risk

Question 51

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, when identifying risks, the chief officer should compile a list of the organization’s emergency and nonemergency operations
and duties that includes the:

A) Best possible conditions or events
B) Worst possible conditions or potential events
C) Conditions or events that have previously occurred
D) Conditions or events that garner provincial or national attention

Answer 51

B) Worst possible conditions or potential events

Question 52

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what aspect of risk evaluation can be measured by lost time away from work and the cost of damage?

A) Liability
B) Severity
C) Frequency
D) Cost/benefit

Answer 52

B) Severity

Question 53

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, when prioritizing risks, which risks would be high priority items deserving immediate action?

A) Risks with low probability of occurrence and serious consequences
B) Risks with high probability of occurrence and serious consequences
C) Risks with low probability of occurrence and non-serious consequences
D) Risks with high probability of occurrence and non-serious consequences

Answer 53

B) Risks with high probability of occurrence and serious consequences

Question 54

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, when prioritizing risks, which risks can be placed near the bottom of the action-required list?

A) Serious incidents with low likelihood of occurrence
B) Serious incidents with high likelihood of occurrence
C) Non-serious incidents with low likelihood of occurrence
D) Non-serious incidents with high likelihood of occurrence

Answer 54

C) Non-serious incidents with low likelihood of occurrence

Question 55

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, which risk control technique does not eliminate risk, but reduces the likelihood of occurrence and the severity?

A) Risk transfer
B) Risk avoidance
C) Control measures
D) Intermittent measures

Answer 55

C) Control measures

Question 56

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, the intent of a risk management plan is to develop a:

A) Strategy for reducing inherent risks associated with operations
B) Strategy for reducing community dissatisfaction with operations
C) Method to eliminate the majority of risks associated with operations
D) Method to eliminate the majority of hazards associated with operations

Answer 56

A) Strategy for reducing inherent risks associated with operations

Question 57

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, in which phase of risk management plan implementation are the actual results of a risk management plan compared to its desired results?

A) Revision
B) Creation
C) Evaluation
D) Monitoring

Answer 57

D) Monitoring

Question 58

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what would indicate that the risk management plan is effective?

A) No change or increase in the number of injuries
B) Reduction in medical leave taken or lost-time injuries
C) Decrease in costs of other activities in the department
D) Increase in the use of family and medical leave by employees

Answer 58

B) Reduction in medical leave taken or lost-time injuries

Question 59

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, how can chief officers and public information officers create and maintain a positive image for the organization?

A) Use social media to share positive safety messages
B) Encourage members of the news media to tour every incident scene
C) Ask operations personnel to conduct media briefings instead of chief officers or the PIO
D) Donate money to political candidates who are most likely to support the organization’s mission

Answer 59

D) Donate money to political candidates who are most likely to support the organization’s mission

Question 60

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, which is protocol for media operating at an emergency incident?

A) Restrict photographers from taking potentially negative photos
B) Provide all media personnel with personal protective equipment
C) Stage or pose for media photographers to get good pictures of an incident
D) Allow properly credentialed media personnel to witness and document an incident

Answer 60

D) Allow properly credentialed media personnel to witness and document an incident

Question 61

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, police and fire officials can deny media personnel entrance to a crime scene or incident scene:

A) To avoid any potential negative publicity
B) Whenever they feel the incident is too gruesome
C) To protect evidence that is being collected and processed
D) Whenever they do not want to deal with media personnel

Answer 61

C) To protect evidence that is being collected and processed

Question 62

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what type of information at an incident scene cannot be released to the media or the public?

A) Patient’s gender or age
B) Number of victims involved
C) Patient’s medical conditions
D) Names of the businesses involved

Answer 62

C) Patient’s medical conditions

Question 63

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, how can social media be beneficial with regard to enhancing the organization’s public image?

A) It provides an additional method for organization members to interact with the public
B) Organization members can link their personal social media accounts so the public can befriend them
C) Organization leaders can interact with political candidates and community leaders in a public, transparent manner
D) It provides a place for members of the public to access fire department resources, such as copies of the organization’s SOPs

Answer 63

A) It provides an additional method for organization members to interact with the public

Question 64

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, ‘Unified Command’ (UC) allows agencies to be a part of the UC without losing or giving up agency authority, responsibility, or accountability while:

A) Establishing common incident objectives and strategies
B) Maintaining individual agency incident objectives and strategies
C) Assisting with the incident objectives and strategies of multiple agencies within the UC
D) Establishing both individual agency and Unified Command incident objectives and strategies

Answer 64

A) Establishing common incident objectives and strategies

Question 65

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, fire and emergency services organizations should establish relationships with provincial and local agencies and areas of apparent
conflict should be:

A) Avoided during interagency planning
B) Resolved during interagency planning
C) Addressed once they become an issue
D) Resolved independently by the fire chief or agency lead

Answer 65

A) Avoided during interagency planning

Question 66

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, in which type of incident would interagency contact between local and federal agencies occur?

A) Terrorism event
B) Localized wildfire
C) Medical transport call
D) Apartment complex fire

Answer 66

A) Terrorism event

Question 67

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, if a governing body poses a question that a fire department liaison cannot answer, the liaison should:

A) Admit the answer is not currently known
B) Attempt to answer the question as best they can
C) Deflect the question and answer another question
D) Ask to rephrase the question into one they can answer

Answer 67

A) Admit the answer is not currently known

Question 68

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, fire and emergency services community involvement means:

A) Donating warm or unused equipment to community charities and organizations
B) Being involved in the community as it directly relates to the organization’s mission statement
C) Asking members to spend personal time, not organization time, being involved in the community
D) Potentially being involved in the community in ways not directly related to the organization’s mission statement

Answer 68

D) Potentially being involved in the community in ways not directly related to the organization’s mission statement

Question 69

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, chief officers should learn about the characteristics of the community they serve so they can develop culturally sensitive services and processes necessary to:

A) Avoid potential litigation with community members
B) Win local, provincial, and national awards for the organization
C) Support delivery of effective fire prevention and emergency services
D) Encourage community members to lobby politically for the organization

Answer 69

C) Support delivery of effective fire prevention and emergency services

Question 70

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, a long-term plan would include set goals in a specific area such as:

A) Developing an inspection schedule for equipment and cross-training personnel in inspection duties
B) Shifting hazardous responsibilities and pre-incident planning for high-value properties
C) Purchasing real estate for future facilities, fulfilling staffing requirements, and response time benchmarks
D) Creating a fixed schedule for electrical system inspections and assigning new personnel to the inspection department

Answer 70

C) Purchasing real estate for future facilities, fulfilling staffing requirements, and response time benchmarks

Question 71

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, chief officers should have a plan prepared in case government mandates or adoption of NFPA standards require:

A) A change in the labour / management agreement
B) Personnel to retire due to change in maximum age limits
C) A change in benefits that the organization offers to new hires
D) The organization to hire or reassign personnel in order to meet minimum staffing levels

Answer 71

D) The organization to hire or reassign personnel in order to meet minimum staffing levels

Question 72

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what process do fire officers use to make decisions on the fire ground about saving lives and property?

A) Gap analysis
B) Risk analysis
C) Trends analysis
D) Hazards analysis

Answer 72

B) Risk analysis

Question 73

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, why should training activities be publicized within an organization?

A) To meet local and provincial legal requirements
B) To recruit new members to the organization
C) So that instructors can pick what courses they want to teach
D) So that all personnel are aware of opportunities and training goals

Answer 73

D) So that all personnel are aware of opportunities and training goals

Question 74

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, why is input from incident commanders and supervisors important in program and course-level evaluations?

A) They often determine the budgets of the programs
B) They work with individuals who complete the programs
C) They want to ensure their opinions are taken into account
D) They are more political and can lobby for additional funding

Answer 74

B) They work with individuals who complete the programs

Question 75

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, a hazard is a condition, substance, or device that:

A) Can directly cause injury or loss
B) Is indirectly related to injury or loss
C) Increases the likelihood for failure or loss
D) Always exists but is not necessarily dangerous

Answer 75

A) Can directly cause injury or loss

Question 76

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, building codes, fire codes, and zoning restrictions can reduce the consequences of _______ hazards.

A) Natural
B) Secondary
C) Behavioral
D) Intentional

Answer 76

A) Natural

Question 77

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, the first step in determining occupancy related hazards is to:

A) Survey residents in the community
B) Survey the types of buildings in the community
C) Analyze national trends in occupancy-related hazards
D) Understand building codes, fire codes, and locally adopted amendments

Answer 77

D) Understand building codes, fire codes, and locally adopted amendments

Question 78

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, when preparing an all-hazards plan for a disaster or hostile event”

A) The plan should be approved by individuals in the fusion centre
B) Potential hazards should be listed in order of perceived public importance
C) Potential hazards should be identified by physical and geographic characteristics
D) The plan should be approved by individuals in the emergency operations centre

Answer 78

C) Potential hazards should be identified by physical and geographic characteristics

Question 79

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, NFPA 3000 provides guidance and planning resources for:

A) Terrorism pre-incident planning
B) Technological disaster planning
C) Incidents involving suspected arson
D) Major incidents involving active shooter situations

Answer 79

D) Major incidents involving active shooter situations

Question 80

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, chief officers can refer to NFPA 3000 for:

A) Requirements and planning resources for training facilities
B) Operation and recovery procedures for natural and technological disasters
C) Guidelines specific to a chief officer’s political and community involvement
D) Preparedness, response, and recovery procedures that focus on contractual and mutual aid agreements for active hooter/hostile event response

Answer 80

D) Preparedness, response, and recovery procedures that focus on contractual and mutual aid agreements for active hooter/hostile event response

Question 81

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what is the primary focus of an emergency operations centre (EOC)?

A) Rehabilitation services for log-term incidents
B) Decontamination and staging for long-term incidents
C) Multiagency coordination of information and resources to support incident management activities
D) Intra-jurisdictional coordination of information and resources to support incident management activities

Answer 81

C) Multiagency coordination of information and resources to support incident management activities

Question 82

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, what is one function of an emergency operations centre (EOC)?

A) The EOC retains command of the incident so that no single agency is overtaxed
B) A centralized communications system allows senior management to command widespread operations
C) The EOC provides physical and personnel resources to major incidents, such as a strike team or task force
D) A centralized rehabilitation area allows all responders to receive the same level of care and monitoring during the incident

Answer 82

B) A centralized communications system allows senior management to command widespread operations

Question 83

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, who determines when an incident can be declared terminated?

A) First responding agency
B) Agency having ultimate authority
C) Any agency involved in the incident
D) Agency with the most personnel at the incident

Answer 83

D) Agency with the most personnel at the incident

Question 84

According to IFSTA Chief Officer 4th Edition, the first objective for restoration of services after a disaster is the restoration of:

A) Public utilities
B) Transportation services
C) Normal business activities
D) Fire and emergency services

Answer 84

D) Fire and emergency services