lesson 1 Flashcards
- 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
NFPA Fire Instructor I
- 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
Regulation*****
passed by governments
- Which type of organizational document is developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future actions?
Policy
Standard operating procedure
Standard operating guideline
Regulation
policy**
passed by the department
- 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
Pendleton Act
- The Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 applies to employers with a minimum of _____ employees.
2
7
15
35
15
- 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
The fire chief
- 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
supervising fire officer
- According to the NFPA, approximately what percentage of fire fighters in the United States are volunteers?
69
- 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
brigades
- 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?
The Great Chicago Fire
- 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
public call boxes
- What was the first building codes originally developed to prevent?
Fire
Flood
Property theft
Building collapse
building collapse
- 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
battalion chief
- 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
Organizing
- 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
controlling
- 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
Standard operating procedure***
- 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
Pendleton Act
- 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
Managing fire officer
- 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?
15 min
- 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
maximum benefit to the citizens and the community
- 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.
Engage in community outreach.
- 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
commander
4. Which level of fire officer is generally associated as being the senior nonchief officer in a department? I II III IV
II
3. What is the lowest level of fire officer that is qualified for a chief officer position? II III IV V
III
- 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
division of labor
26. What is the general term for the guidelines that a department establishes for fire fighters? Policies and procedures Discipline Mission statement Performance evaluation
Discipline *****
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
Controlling
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
Spoils system
