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1
Q
  1. Within the NFPA requirements for Fire Officer I, what are the requirements for certification as an instructor?

There are no such requirements.
NFPA Fire Instructor I
NFPA Fire Instructor II
FSTC level B

A

NFPA Fire Instructor I

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  1. Which type of organizational document is developed by various government or government-authorized organizations to implement a law that has been passed by a government body?

Policy
Standard operating procedure
Standard operating guideline
Regulation

A

Regulation*****

passed by governments

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  1. Which type of organizational document is developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future actions?

Policy
Standard operating procedure
Standard operating guideline
Regulation

A

policy**

passed by the department

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  1. Which legislation enacted in 1883 established the civil service system in the U.S. federal government?

Stafford Act
Pendleton Act
Civil Service Act
Fire Fighter Act

A

Pendleton Act

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  1. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 applies to employers with a minimum of _____ employees.

2
7
15
35

A

15

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  1. Who must take corrective action if an investigation confirms a harassment complaint has merit?

The fire chief
The EEO officer
The authority having jurisdiction
The company officer

A

The fire chief

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  1. Which term does the International Association of Fire Chiefs use for a Fire Officer I?

Station Officer

Direct Line Supervisor

Supervising Fire Officer

Administrative Line Officer

A

supervising fire officer

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  1. According to the NFPA, approximately what percentage of fire fighters in the United States are volunteers?
A

69

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  1. Which type of organization do private industries or nongovernmental organizations use to provide fire protection for factories, processing plants, and large private facilities?

Companies

Contingents

Brigades

Squads

A

brigades

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  1. In 1871, two major fires occurred that would change the way the United States viewed and responded to fire. What was one of those fires?
A

The Great Chicago Fire

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  1. Which devices introduced in the 1850s enabled citizens to send a coded telegraph signal to the fire department dispatch center?

Morse Code units

Community fire bells

Public call boxes

Telephones

A

public call boxes

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  1. What was the first building codes originally developed to prevent?

Fire

Flood

Property theft

Building collapse

A

building collapse

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  1. Which level of administrative chief fire officer is responsible for managing the activities of several fire companies within a defined geographic area, usually in more than one fire station?

Assistant chief

Deputy chief

Division chief

Battalion chief

A

battalion chief

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  1. Which of the four functions of management does the fire officer use to take the available people, equipment, structure, and time and develop them into an orderly, functional, and structural unit?

Organizing

Leading

Controlling

Planning

A

Organizing

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  1. Which of the four functions of management is used when a fire officer considers the impact on the budget before making purchases?

Organizing

Leading

controlling

Planning

A

controlling

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  1. Which type of organizational document establishes or prescribes specific operational or administrative methods to be followed routinely for the performance of designated operations or actions?

Policy

Standard operating procedure

Rule

Regulation

A

Standard operating procedure***

17
Q
  1. Which legislation was enacted by Congress in response to corruption at Tammany Hall?

Yoell-Fairbanks Act

National Labor Relations Act

Taft-Hartley Act

Pendleton Act

A

Pendleton Act

18
Q
  1. Which level of fire officer would expect to find an examination question pertaining to the evaluation of a fire companys performance?

Direct line officer

Administrative officer

Supervising fire officer

Managing fire officer

A

Managing fire officer

19
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  1. The beginning of shift report is normally due to the battalion or district chief within what amount of time after the start of a new shift?
A

15 min

20
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  1. According to Annex A of NFPA 1021, public safety personnel must make choices based on the ________________________.

swiftest mitigation of the original and consequent incidents

minimal expenditure of resources to correct the problem

maximum benefit to the citizens and the community

closest adherence possible to public speculations

A

maximum benefit to the citizens and the community

21
Q
  1. There are several things a department might do as part of compliance with a consent decree. What is one such thing?

Publish a journal of activities.

Engage in community outreach.

Seek out only domestic vendors.

Make department records accessible to the public.

A

Engage in community outreach.

22
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  1. Which of the following is one of the three distinct roles of the company officers duties as identified by James O. ANSWER_EXPLANATION: Chapter 3 Page ?

Commander

Manager

Peer

A

commander

23
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4. Which level of fire officer is generally associated as being the senior non–chief officer in a department? 
I 
II 
III 
IV
A

II

24
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3. What is the lowest level of fire officer that is qualified for a chief officer position? 
II 
III 
IV 
V
A

III

25
Q
  1. With _____________, the specific assignment of a task to an individual makes that person responsible for completing the task and prevents duplication of job assignments.

division of labor
unity of command
span of control
discipline

A

division of labor

26
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26. What is the general term for the guidelines that a department establishes for fire fighters? 
Policies and procedures 
Discipline 
Mission statement 
Performance evaluation
A

Discipline *****

27
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31. Which of the four functions of management is used when a fire officer considers the impact on the budget before making purchases? 
Organizing 
Leading 
Controlling 
Planning
A

Controlling

28
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35. What was the (often corrupt) system called that was used to appoint or promote people to public jobs prior to the modern use of merit-based systems? 
Spoils system 
Old-boy network 
Buddy system 
Red-hand system
A

Spoils system

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