NFPA 1035 - Fire and Life Safety Educator Flashcards
What should be included in a monthly activity report?
a) A success story
b) The number of individuals contacted
c) Detailed lesson plans
d) Requests received outside of the scope of the fire service
b) The number of individuals contacted
Documentation of _____________ are of the utmost importance for the evaluation of risk-reduction strategies.
a) Curriculum
b) Presentations
c) Cost analyses
d) Techinical Reports
b) Presentations
Which item aids in time management?
a) Written report
b) Request form
c) Presentation Log
d) Daily Calendar
d) Daily calendar
Is it permissible to refuse an event or activity that _____________:
a) Can be delegated to fire personnel.
b) Does not fit in with the department’s risk-reduction initiatives
c) Is not well attended
d) Will have a minimal impact
b) Does not fit in with the Departments risk-reduction initiatives
The process of meeting others and determining who can assist in the goals of the program is:
a) Mutual Aid
b) Professional Development
c) Structure
d) Networking
d) Networking
When receiving requests for assistance that are outside the realm of Fire and Life safety education you should:
a) File them away for future program ideas
b) Distribute them to a local school
c) Refer them to the proper agency
d) Refer them to the Fire Marshall
c) Refer them to the proper agency
Most soft news contains a _______ value.
a) Proximity
b) Conflict
c) Timeliness
d) Human Interest
d) Human interest
What are the fire integrated prevention interventions?
a) Education, empowerment, engineering, enforcement and effects
b) Education, engineering, economic incentives, enforcement and emergency response
c) Education, engineering, enforcement, economic incentives, and effects
d) Education, empowerment, engineering, effects and effectiveness
b) Education, engineering, economic incentives, enforcement and emergency response
Visible products of combustion are best detected by _______ detector:
a) Photoelectric
b) Ionization
c) Ultraviolet
d) Infrared
a) Photoelectric
An example of a common fire hazard is:
a) High rack storage
b) Excessive trash build up
c) Lack of extinguishers
d) Insufficient sprinkler coverage
b) Excessive trash build-up
Positive messages such as firefighters are community helpers are geared to:
a) High school students
b) Older adults
c) Adults
d) Preschool Students
d) Preschool students
A room and its contents simultaneously reaching their ignition temperature and the area rapidly becoming fully involved is:
a) Smoldering phase
b) Backdraft
c) Incipient Phase
d) Flashover
d) Flashover
The instructional method that best accomplishes teaching skills is:
a) Lecturing
b) Illustration
c) Demonstration
d) Team teaching
c) Demonstration
Which age groups would gain the most from an activity of identifying hot objects?
a) Adolescents
b) Older Adults
c) Adults
d) Preschool Children
d) Preschool children
A series of lessons which are designed to reach an educational goal is the ____________:
a) Curriculum
b) Lesson plan
c) Presentation
d) Program
a) Curriculum
Adults resist learning when:
a) Participation is encouraged
b) They can see a personal reward
c) Learning is task centered
d) The instructor has total control
d) The instructor has total control
The basic sequence of steps for modelling a demonstration is:
a) Instructor demonstrates, student performs
b) Instructor demonstrates, at normal speed, then repeats at slower speed
c) Instructor demonstrates, student preforms with guidance, student preforms independently
d) Instructor talks student through the demonstration, then entire class performs
a) Instructor demonstrates, student performs
An instructional method that encourages audience participation is:
a) Lecture
b) Discussion
c) Illustration
d) Team teaching
b) Discussion
A general principle of adult learning is that they _____________:
a) Are task centered learners
b) Have little motivation to learn
c) Have a difficult time accepting multiple concepts
d) Respond best to graphic visual aids
a) Are task centered learners
The domain of learning which emphasizes skills is the ___________ domain:
a) Cognitive
b) Affective
c) Psychomotor
d) Enabling
c) Psychomotor
Automatic sprinklers enhance occupant safety because they limit ____________:
a) The need for fire insurance
b) the spread of fire
c) the number of occupants in a building
d) fuel load
b) The spread of Fire
An effective way to engage adult Learners is by ___________:
a) Using the lecture style to impart knowledge
b) Providing examples of what they should not do
c) Providing printed materials
d) Asking them for input on what they need to do and learn
d) Asking them for input on what they need to do and learn
Which teaching method is the most appropriate for 3 to 5 year old children:
a) Listening to others’ experiences
b) Limiting programs to 30 minutes in length
c) Active repetition
d) Service Learning
b) Limit programs to 30 minutes in length
The products of combustion are:
a) Smoke, heat and light
b) Fuel, oxygen, and heat
c) Conduction, convection, and radiation
d) Carbon, oxygen and flame
a) Smoke, heat and light
Which type of learning relates to knowledge and intellectual skills?
a) Effective
b) Psychomotor
c) Mastery
d) Cognitive
d) Cognitive
When selecting material for use in a presentation an instructor must consider:
a) Affective motives
b) Audience needs
c) Design Techniques
d) Use of props
b) Audience needs
Burning is the result of _______ reaction:
a) Mechanical
b) Chemical
c) Electrical
d) Endothermic
b) Chemical
The most important laws and educator must be familiar with are:
a) Plagiarize policies
b) Copyright licensing
c) Fire evidence preservation
d) Freedom of speech
b) Copyright licensing
A ___________ is a guide for conducting a presentation
a) Program
b) Curriculum
c) Lesson plan
d) Presentation
c) Lesson plan
One of the benefits of a prepared lesson plan is it:
a) Helps ensure accurate coverage of subject matter
Pressurized water extinguisher would be chosen to extinguish a _________ fire:
a) Class A
b) Class B
c) Class C
d) Class D
a) Class A
Carbon dioxide extinguishers are generally rated for ________ fires:
a) Class A
b) Class B
c) Class K
d) Class d
b) Class B
Underwriters Laboratories of Canada fire extinguishers ratings describe:
a) How tot use the extinguisher
b) The extinguishing capability
c) The colour of the extinguisher
d) Who is allowed to use the extinguisher
b) The extinguishers capability
A blue circle with a letter designation in the corner indicates an extinguisher rated for:
a) Class A
b) Class B
c) Class C
d) Class D
c) Class C
An extinguisher agent safe for you on electrical fires is:
a) Dry powder
b) Carbon dioxide
c) Pressurized water
d) Halon
d) Halon
Class B fires involve fuels such as:
a) Flammable liquids
b) Energized electrical equipment
c) Combustible metals
d) Ordinary combustibles
a) Flammable liquids
The type of learning where a student explains a skill that has been recently demonstrated is:
a) Psychomotor
b) Affective
c) Cognitive
d) Motivating
c) Cognitive
The preferred technique for introducing small children to firefighting PPE equipment is:
a) Wear full firefighter gear when entering a room full of children
b) Have a child don the firefighter’s gear
c) Don the firefighter protective gear in front of the children
d) Bring the children into a room and introduce them to a firefighter in full PPE gear
c) Don the firefighting gear in front of the children
What teaching method includes performing and explaining?
a) A demonstration
b) An education program
c) A public service announcement
d) A press release
a) A demonstration
Instructors using the lecture method may find that:
a) This method should be used for long periods of time.
b) Students learn to perform skills.
c) Information flows only one way.
d) Less preparation time is needed.
c) Information only flows one way
The primary focus of the level 1 Fire and Life Safety educator is:
a) Present an adequate number of presentations
b) Review educational objectives
c) Provide effective presentations
d) Gain rapport with the audience
c) Provide effective presentations
The elements of a news/media advisory include:
a) Personal recognition
b) Event description, its purpose and relevance
c) Firefighter jargon
b) Event description, its purpose and relevance
To avoid infringing upon the copyright law when duplicating materials, the educator must:
a) Make only one copy for instructional use
b) Make only one copy per student in the class
c) Obtain written permission from the owner of the copyright
d) Ensure only the instructor copies material, not students
c) Obtain written permission from the owner of the copyright
Using press releases provides an opportunity to:
a) Convey confidential information
b) give opinions
c) Make off-the-record statements
d) Include facts and essential information
d) Include facts and essential information
The most effective method for determining whether students have attained the objectives is:
a) Pretest evaluation
b) Survey based evaluation
c) Multiple choice test
d) Skills based evaluation
d) Skills-based evaluation
________ allow an instructor to determine the success of an education program:
a) Role playing activities
b) Evaluations
c) Conferences
d) Simulations
b) Evaluations
When administering an evaluation instrument involving skills it is recommended educators:
a) Describe the skill once to avoid repetition in the evaluation process
b) Consider the reading level of the students being tested
c) Help the students through the test
d) Use an evaluation sheet outlining each step of the skill
d) Use an evaluation sheet outlining each step of the skill
The mean of a set of scores is the:
a) Age and grade of students tested
b) Number of students tested
c) Number of students
d) Average score of the tests
d) Average score of the tests
In evaluation of test scores, the mode refers to:
a) Most frequently occurring value in the list
b) Average of all test scores
c) Middle value in the list
d) Percentage
a) The most frequently occurring value in the list
When composing a news/ media release it is necessary to:
a) Express opinions
b) Give off-the-record statements
c) Editorialize
d) Include the location of the incident
d) Include the location of the incident
