IFSTA, Instructor Flashcards
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______ is the consistent way a person gathers and processes information.
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Learning styles
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The three types of domains of learning include the following.
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Cognitive, psychomotor and affective
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_______ are ways of organizing information that best fits the way students process information.
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Instructional strategies
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When should instructors acknowledge that they are unprepared to teach a topic?
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Never
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For the new instructor, what is the best way to present an organized presentation?
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Practice the presentation
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_____ ensures that the presented information flows in a logical and understandable stream.
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Continuity
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Transfer of knowledge is…
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Training
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Professional behavior means…
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Being a role model
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Possessing a desires to teach affects…
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Performance and motivation
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To be an effective instructor you must be a…
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Effective leader
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A well-organized and prepared instructor can also manage…
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Time efficiently
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Evaluating performance against an established objective standard is…
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Fairness
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Laws arranged systematically pertaining to one subject area…
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Codes
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Right and proper conduct for an individual in an organization or society is…
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Code of ethics
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Using the five senses of learning, which one takes in the most information?
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Seeing
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Cone of learning, hearing is what percentage?
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20
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What is the art of teaching adults?
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Andragogy
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Practicing and maintaining skills for performance is…
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Qualifications
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Domains of learning are cognitive, psychomotor and…
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Affective
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Which domain of learning do you gain an understanding about a topic?
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Cognitive
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Who are the first agents of affective behavioral changes in an organization?
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Instructors
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Organizing information to best fit the way students process it is…
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Instructional strategies
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To teach a new topic, an instructor first must gain…
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Thorough knowledge
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Procurement, distribution, maintenance and replacement of materials and personnel are…
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Logistics
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Information presented that flows in a logical and understandable pattern...
Continuity
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Information that is accurate and maintains the same level of learning throughout a class...
Course consistency
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The cognitive, psycho motor and effective domains are the ______ of learning.
What, how and why
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_____ is using a step by step thinking process that has both a beginning and end.
Linear
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The content of training aids instructors use should reinforce.
Learning Objectives
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By using _____ instructors expose students to different and possibly more successful ways of learning.
Variety of Teaching Methods
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Instructors should get to know their students because ______ may hinder their success in a course.
Life Experiences and Responsibilities
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This generation thrives on feedback, prefers to work independently and is accustomed to change.
Generation X
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The three parts of the domain of learning are cognitive, psycho manor and ______.
Affective
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Reports are generally in _______ format and typed.
Essay
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Which of the following records provide evidence that an individual has completed a specific number of hours of training?
Attendance
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All training records can be subpoenaed under the...
U.S. Freedom of Information Act
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The report narrative should be...
Simple
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Which of the following has all the information relating to the report?
Body
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Which of the following summarizes the main points?
Conclusion
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Which of the following answers the questions who, what, where, when and why?
Body
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Which of the following states that the more an act is practiced, the faster and surer the learning becomes?
Exercise
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Which of the following is the first step lesson in lesson plan creation?
Identify the expected learning outcomes
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Which of the following statements about learning objectives is MOST accurate?
They must be specific, detailed and measurable
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In which of the following levels of learning in the cognitive domain do students recall and recognize previously learned facts and theories?
Remember
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In which of the following levels of learning in the cognitive domain do students put parts together to forms new whole?
Create
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In which of the psychomotor levels of learning do students witness the motor activity as the instructor demonstrates it?
Observation
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In which if the psychomotor levels of learning do students practice the activity until the steps become habit?
Performance
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Which of the following statements is about small group discussions is MOST accurate?
The instructor is NOT a part of the group
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What do lesson plan evaluations provide?
Feedback
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Which of the following is used to help determine how a effective a lesson plan has been?
Both student and instructor evaluations
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Which of the following consists of assignments that students will complete during class?
Worksheet
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Teaching from a newly developed lesson plan is no different than teaching from...
A previously prepared lesson plan
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_____ is the transfer of knowledge regarding vocational or technical skills.
Training
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A characteristic of a effective instructor would include which of the following?
Motivation
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Instructors can improve teaching skills only though experience, study and _____.
Personal Development
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Effective leaders are first effective ______.
Followers
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Instructors must have strong interpersonal skills that include clarity, sensitivity and _______.
Fairness
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When working with students with learning disabilities, having ______ is especially important.
Empathy
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The ultimate role of the instructor is to...
Provide efficient and safe training opportunities
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A _____ is a local law that apply to the persons, things or activities that the instructor must follow in that particular jurisdiction.
Ordinances
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_____ is a statement of what is an individual's proper conduct in their activities within the organization.
Code of Ethics
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When using a sensory-stimulus approach to learning, _____ take in the most information.
Sight
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The code of learning illustrates that individuals retain about _____ precent of what they read.
10%
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In the cone of learning, students retain _____ percent of what they away and perform.
90%
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The cone of instruction proves that the more _____ done, the more information that is remembered.
Senses used
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A ______ is an instructional device or tool that establishes the steps that an instructor will take to complete the various objectives and ultimate goal of the course.
Lesson plan
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________ are descriptions of the minimum acceptable behaviors that student to must display by the end of an instructional period.
Learning objectives
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A _________ is a list of information, skills or previous requirements that students must have completed or mastered before entering a course of starring a lesson.
Prerequisite
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In the four-step method of instruction, how many parts does the preparation step consist of?
2
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What is the purpose of the preparation step in the four-step method of instruction?
To prepare the instructor to teach and the students to learn
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What step in the four-step method of instruction does most of the learning take place?
Application
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What action should be taken when an instructor is put in the position of walking into the classroom with little opportunity for preparation?
Make the class a discovery zone where everyone learns something
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When instructors disagree on a particular fact, they should ______.
Resolve it at this time and not in front of the students
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Frequent rest breaks usually are _____ to _____ minutes of instruction.
45, 50
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What are the types of instructor-led presentations?
Lecture, Illustrated lecture, Discussion, Demonstration, Multiple Instructors
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What type of instructor-led presentation has a disadvantage of one-way communication and lack of student feedback?
Lecture
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___________ is a presentation method that provides information directed toward the student's senses of sight and hearing.
Illustrated Lecture
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In the __________, the demonstration is used to illustrate a concept that students are not expected to perform.
Cognitive domain
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In the ________, the demonstration is used to illustrate modeling; that is, how to perform a task that students are expected to learn and repeat in the application step of the four-step instructional method.
Psychomotor domain
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To use the demonstration method effectively, instructors should follow a list of guidelines which are divided into the two critical areas of _______ and _______.
Preparing for a demonstration and demonstrating the skill
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________ provides students with a exposure to a wide variety of teaching methods and skills training.
Multiple instructors
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When using technology-based training, the instructor must remember that _______ skills-based do not lead themselves easily to this type of teaching.
Psychomotor
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__________ techniques consist of interpersonal and oral communications skills and the display of attitude and values.
Presentation
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Oral presentations generally consist of these three parts: ______, _______ and _______.
Introduction, body, summary/closure/conclusion
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What two methods can instructors apply in order to reinforce learning?
Repetition and behavioral reinforcement
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What is considered the road map that guides the instructor through the topic and the instructional methods used to teach the topic?
Lesson plans
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These laws protect artists, photographers and authors and give then exclusive rights to publish their works or determine who may publish or reproduce them?
Copyright
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______ are the stepping stones the instructor needs to address in order to reach the learning outcome.
Learning objectives
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These materials can provide real world example of lesson topics on the topics the instructor is presenting?
Resource
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These types of models are great value when students are learning how the inner workings of mechanical systems operate?
Cutaway
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Audio recording, moulage kits and chalk boards are all examples of what type of valuable instructor resources?
Training aids
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Railcars, motor vehicles or forcible entry simulators are all examples of what type of valuable instructional resources?
Training props
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What NFPA standard is a guideline for live fire training evaluations?
1403
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What type of fire service training is considered to be the most hazardous?
Live-fire training
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What is the first responsibility of all fire or EMS instructors?
Safety of students
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What must an instructor do before a training facility, prop or tool is used for hands on training scenario?
Inspect
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After an instructor has explained a technique or skill, what must the instructor do next to help the learning process?
Instructor performs skill
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If a student performs a skill poorly, makes an error or violates a safety protocol when must the instructor stop the evolution and explain to the student what they are doing wrong?
Immediately
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What is the last step in the four-step method of instructor?
Evaluation
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These types of tests evaluate is the student has successfully accomplished learning the objectives of the course?
Written
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These types of tests measure the student's ability to perform skills and tasks as they would on the job?
Performance
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If students form different ethnic backgrounds or gender with the same ability level or untimely score different on a test. The test is considered to be what?
Biased
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Formative tests typically help the instructor determine what about the students they are instructing?
Progress
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At what point during a course are prescriptive tests given?
Beginning
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What type of test is used at the end of a course to measure the knowledge of a students?
Summative
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What is the most important characteristic associated with being an effective educator?
Desire to teach
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The sensory-stimulus theory approach to learning emphasizes that the sense of ______ takes in the most information.
Sight
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The cone of learning illustrates that individuals retain approximately 50% of the information by...
Hearing and seeing
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The cone of learning illustrates that the highest level of remembering occurs when an individual performs a task while ______?
Saying and performing
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When motivation is _____ it may be perceived as a negative requirement by the student.
Forced
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When generation group prefers to work independently with minimal supervisor?
Gen-X
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By using a variety of _____, instructors expose students to different and possibly more successful ways of learning.
Teaching methods
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Skills and activities should be planned around the ____ way of performing them.
Safest
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When should instructors resolve a disagreement on a particular fact?
During planning meeting
