Practice Questions 2

Question 1

1. Line-item accounting is a form of:
   a) bargaining
   b) complaint resolution
   c) budgetary control.
   d) an employee accountability system

Answer 1

Reference: NFPA 1021, 4.1.1
Delmar, Company Officer, 3rd Edition, page 113.
IFSTA, Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 4th Edition, page 206.
Jones and Bartlett, Fire Officer, Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, page 249.
Answer: C

Question 2

2. Preliminary budgets for the upcoming fiscal year often start with:
   a) zero basing
   b) the previous year.
   c) community approval.
   d) community involvement.

Answer 2

2. Reference: NFPA 1021, 4.1.1
   Delmar, Company Officer, 3rd Edition, page 112.
   IFSTA, Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 4th Edition, page 206.
   Jones and Bartlett, Fire Officer, Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, page 246.
   Answer: B

Question 3

3. The majority of national consensus standards that fire departments use are developed and published by the:
   a) National Fire Academy
   b) National Fire Protection Association
   c) u s Fire Administration
   d) American National Standards Institute

Answer 3

3. Reference: NFPA 1021, 4.1.1
   Delmar, Company Officer, 3rd Edition, page 9.
   IFSTA, Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 4th Edition, page 115.
   Jones and Bartlett, Fire Officer, Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, page 123.
   Answer: B

Question 4

4. The expected maximum amount of combustible material in a given fire area is
   a definition for:
   a) fire growth
   b) fire behavior.
   c) fuel load
   d) combustible load

Answer 4

4. Reference: NFPA 1021, 4.1.1
   Delmar, Company Officer, 3rd Edition, page 269.
   IFSTA, Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 4th Edition, page 397.
   Jones and Bartlett, Fire Officer, Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, pages 219
   and 239.
   Answer: C

Question 5

5. A rule for measuring, or a model to be followed, are descriptions of a:
   a) mandate
   b) requirement.
   c) code
   d) standard

Answer 5

5. Reference: NFPA 1021, 4.1.1
   Delmar, Company Officer, 3rd Edition, pages 9 and 413.
   IFSTA, Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 4th Edition, page 114.
   Jones and Bartlett, Fire Officer, Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, page 123.
   Answer: D

Question 6

6. The Standard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications is:
   a) NFPA 1021.
   b) NFPA 1031.
   c) NFPA 1041.
   d) NFPA 1521.

Answer 6

6. Reference: NFPA 1021, 4.1.1
   Delmar, Company Officer, 3rd Edition, page 10.
   IFSTA, Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 4th Edition, page 115.
   Jones and Bartlett, Fire Officer, Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, pages 4 and 124.
   Answer: A

Question 7

7. Of the following, an example of diversity as seen in the fire service today would be:
   a) adoption of the two-in/two-out rule
   b) the greater use of automatic mutual aid agreements
   c) a woman officer on an engine company
   d) cross training fire fighters as emergency medical technicians

Answer 7

7. Reference: NFPA 1021, 4.1.1
   Delmar, Company Officer, 3rd Edition, page 148. . .
   IFSTA, Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 4th Edition, 1st Pnntmg,
   page 333.
   Jones and Bartlett, Fire Officer, Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, pages 16-17.
   Answer: C

Question 8

8. Responsibility for the establishment and expansion of the Incident Command
   System modular organization rests with the:
   a) operations chief.
   b) incident commander.
   c) planning section
   d) incident events

Answer 8

8. Reference: NFPA 1021, 4.1.1 and 4.1.2
   Delmar, Company Officer, 3rd Edition, 1st Printing, page 402.
   IFSTA, Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 4th Edition, page 439 ..
   Jones and Bartlett, National Incident Management System, Principles and Practices,
   1st Edition, page 15.
   Jones and Bartlett, Fire Officer, Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, page 108.
   Answer: B

Question 9

9. During a hazardous materials spill, it is determined that there is a need for a technical specialist to monitor the environmental impact This unit would
   most likely be assigned to:
   a) command
   b) operations
   c) logistics
   d) planning

Answer 9

9. Reference: NFPA 1021, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.6.1, 4.6.l(A)(B), 4.6.2, and 4.6.2(A)(B) .
   IFSTA Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 4th Edition, page 438.
   Jones ;nd Bartlett, National Incident Management System, Principles and Practices,
   1st Edition, page 49.
   Jones and Bartlett, Fire Officer, Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, page 295.
   Answer: D

Question 10

10. To ensure the organization maintains an ethical culture, the ethics program needs to include a/an:
    a) example of specific unethical behaviors
    b) exploitive mentality
    c) written code of ethics or ethics policy
    d) assumed expectation of rewards and incentives

Answer 10

10. Reference: NFPA 1021, 4.1.1, 4.2.5, 4.2.S(A), 4.3.1, and 4.3.l(A)(B)
    IFSTA, Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 4th Edition, 1st Printing,
    page 81. ..
    Jones and Bartlett, Fire Officer Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, 1st Printing,
    pages 17, 51-52.
    Answer: C

Question 11

11. Producing a well-written report requires the use of:
    a) complete sentences
    b) proper grammar.
    c) technical abbreviations.
    d) Both A and B are correct.

Answer 11

11. Reference: NFPA 1021, 4.1.2, 4.4.2, 4.4.2(A)(B), 4.4.1, and 4.4.l(A)
    IFSTA, Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 4th Edition, page 171.
    Jones and Bartlett, Fire Officer, Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, page 278.
    Answer: D

Question 12

12. Letters are effective communication tools if they are:
    a) highly detailed.
    b) written correctly and appropriate to the subject matter.
    c) general and with little detail.
    d) written in very technical language

Answer 12

12. Reference: NFPA 1021, 4.1.2, 4.4.2, 4.4.2(A)(B), 4.3.3, and 4.3.3(A)
    Delmar, Company Officer, 3rd Edition, 1st Printing, page 30.
    IFSTA, Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 4th Edition, pages 167 and 176.
    Jones and Bartlett, Fire Officer, Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition, pages 272 and 279.
    Answer: B