Firefighter 2 Ultimate Questions Pack
with Correct Solutions (A+, verified)
• Firefighters perform duties and responsibilities in accordance with the __________
who
establishes the minimum standard for firefighters.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Heath (NIOSH) -✓✓NFPA
• Firefighter duties and responsibilities are influenced by many organizations. The
organization that establishes and ensures workplace safety is the:
Insurance Service Association.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
National Workplace Administration.
Homeland Security Association. -✓✓OSHA
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1001 addresses firefighter:
minimum knowledge, skills and abilities.
certification.
pay and benefits.
annual training requirements. -✓✓Minimum Knowledge Skills and Abilities
• Division of labor:
outlines how things are to be done, and usually how far a person can go without
requesting further guidance.
relates to the number of people one person can supervise effectively.
assigns a task to an individual to make that person responsible for completing the task.
is the idea that each firefighter answers to only one supervisor. -✓✓Assigns a task to an
individual to make that person responsible for completing the task
• Which is a characteristic of the Incident Command System?
Common terminology
Segregated communications
Prefire planning
Secular command -✓✓Common Terminology
• Which is one of the characteristics of an Incident Management System?
Unique terminology
Unity of command
Common radio channels
Prefire plans -✓✓Unity of Command
,• Which is a major functional component of the Incident Management System?
Groups
Employee Assistance Programs
Logistics
Post Incident Analysis -✓✓Logistics
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) _________ is the standard that contains
minimum requirements and procedures for a safety and health program. -✓✓1500
• Group, when used as an Incident Management System term, is best described as:
Being responsible for operations within an assigned geographical area.
Maintaining span of control over subordinate organization units.
Working on the same task or objective.
One of a set number of resources of the same type and kind. -✓✓Working on the same
task
• Division, when used as an Incident Management System term, is best described as:
Responsible for operations within an assigned geographical area.
One of a set number of resources of the same type and kind.
Work on the same task or objective.
Maintains span of control over subordinate organization units -✓✓responsible for
operations within an assigned geographical area.
• As it relates to the Incident Management System, a division refers to:
firefighters assigned to a single task.
a part of a strike team.
a geographic location or designation.
a supporting branch for the logistics team. -✓✓A geographic location
• Which is a characteristic of the Incident Management System?
Employee Assistance Program Designated facilities
Common dispatch centers Independent action plans -✓✓Designated Facilities
• Within the Incident Management System, Unity of Command is best described as:
the ability to start small and expand if an incident becomes more complex.
the number of subordinates who report to one supervisor at any level within
the organization
each person having only one direct supervisor
being used when multiple agencies or multiple jurisdictions have responsibility for
control of an incident -✓✓each person having only one supervisor
• The term Unified Command in the Incident Command System is:
the ability to start small and expand if an incident becomes more complex.
used when multiple agencies or multiple jurisdictions have responsibility
for control of an incident.
,used to organize an incident by breaking down the overall strategy
into smaller tasks.
used if each person has only one direct supervisor. -✓✓Used when multiple agencies or
jurisdictions have responsibility
• The Incident Management System defines span of control as:
organizing an incident by breaking down the overall strategy into smaller tasks.
having the ability to start small and expand if an incident becomes more complex.
the number of subordinates who report to one supervisor.
each person having only one direct supervisor. -✓✓the number of subordinates who
report to one supervisor.
• In the Incident Management System, _________ are functional crews assigned to
perform a specific task such as ventilation or rescue.
divisions groups single A. B. C. resources D. branches -✓✓Groups
• Within the Incident Management System, the positions of Safety, Liaison, and
Information are:
divisions. groups.
functional areas. command staff positions -✓✓Command Staff Positions
• 19. The Incident Command System is best defined as:
A. the overall plan developed and used to control an incident.
B. an organized, systematic method for the command, control, and management of an
emergency incident.
C. the ability to start small and expand if an incident becomes more complex.
D. one designated leader or officer to command an incident. -✓✓An organized
systematic method
• 20. A branch level supervisor is known as a branch:
A. chief.
B. director.
C. manager.
D. officer. -✓✓Director
• 21. Under the Incident Command System, the strategic goals for control of an incident.
A. Incident Commander
C. Planning Officer
, is responsible for determining the
B. Operations Officer
D. Administration Officer -✓✓IC
• 22. Under the Incident Management System, the
is responsible for
implementing the tactical assignments to meet the strategic goal.
A. Incident Commander
C. Planning Chief
B. Operations Chief
D. Safety Officer -✓✓Operations Chief
• 23. Under the Incident Management System, the providing factual and accurate
information to the media.
Officer is responsible for
A. Safety
B. Liaison
C. Staffing
D. Public Information -✓✓Public Information
• What is the optimal number of individuals that one person should be supervising at an
emergency incident?
A. Up to two B. Eight to ten C. Three to seven D. Eight or more -✓✓3-7
• In the Incident Management System, the term modular organization is best described
as:
when multiple agencies or multiple jurisdictions have responsibility for
control of an incident.
each person has only one direct supervisor.
the ability to start small and expand if an incident becomes more complex.
the number of subordinates who report to one supervisor at any level within
the organization. -✓✓Ability to start small
• What type of fire service personnel would normally be assigned the role of
Operations Section Chief?
with Correct Solutions (A+, verified)
• Firefighters perform duties and responsibilities in accordance with the __________
who
establishes the minimum standard for firefighters.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Heath (NIOSH) -✓✓NFPA
• Firefighter duties and responsibilities are influenced by many organizations. The
organization that establishes and ensures workplace safety is the:
Insurance Service Association.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
National Workplace Administration.
Homeland Security Association. -✓✓OSHA
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1001 addresses firefighter:
minimum knowledge, skills and abilities.
certification.
pay and benefits.
annual training requirements. -✓✓Minimum Knowledge Skills and Abilities
• Division of labor:
outlines how things are to be done, and usually how far a person can go without
requesting further guidance.
relates to the number of people one person can supervise effectively.
assigns a task to an individual to make that person responsible for completing the task.
is the idea that each firefighter answers to only one supervisor. -✓✓Assigns a task to an
individual to make that person responsible for completing the task
• Which is a characteristic of the Incident Command System?
Common terminology
Segregated communications
Prefire planning
Secular command -✓✓Common Terminology
• Which is one of the characteristics of an Incident Management System?
Unique terminology
Unity of command
Common radio channels
Prefire plans -✓✓Unity of Command
,• Which is a major functional component of the Incident Management System?
Groups
Employee Assistance Programs
Logistics
Post Incident Analysis -✓✓Logistics
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) _________ is the standard that contains
minimum requirements and procedures for a safety and health program. -✓✓1500
• Group, when used as an Incident Management System term, is best described as:
Being responsible for operations within an assigned geographical area.
Maintaining span of control over subordinate organization units.
Working on the same task or objective.
One of a set number of resources of the same type and kind. -✓✓Working on the same
task
• Division, when used as an Incident Management System term, is best described as:
Responsible for operations within an assigned geographical area.
One of a set number of resources of the same type and kind.
Work on the same task or objective.
Maintains span of control over subordinate organization units -✓✓responsible for
operations within an assigned geographical area.
• As it relates to the Incident Management System, a division refers to:
firefighters assigned to a single task.
a part of a strike team.
a geographic location or designation.
a supporting branch for the logistics team. -✓✓A geographic location
• Which is a characteristic of the Incident Management System?
Employee Assistance Program Designated facilities
Common dispatch centers Independent action plans -✓✓Designated Facilities
• Within the Incident Management System, Unity of Command is best described as:
the ability to start small and expand if an incident becomes more complex.
the number of subordinates who report to one supervisor at any level within
the organization
each person having only one direct supervisor
being used when multiple agencies or multiple jurisdictions have responsibility for
control of an incident -✓✓each person having only one supervisor
• The term Unified Command in the Incident Command System is:
the ability to start small and expand if an incident becomes more complex.
used when multiple agencies or multiple jurisdictions have responsibility
for control of an incident.
,used to organize an incident by breaking down the overall strategy
into smaller tasks.
used if each person has only one direct supervisor. -✓✓Used when multiple agencies or
jurisdictions have responsibility
• The Incident Management System defines span of control as:
organizing an incident by breaking down the overall strategy into smaller tasks.
having the ability to start small and expand if an incident becomes more complex.
the number of subordinates who report to one supervisor.
each person having only one direct supervisor. -✓✓the number of subordinates who
report to one supervisor.
• In the Incident Management System, _________ are functional crews assigned to
perform a specific task such as ventilation or rescue.
divisions groups single A. B. C. resources D. branches -✓✓Groups
• Within the Incident Management System, the positions of Safety, Liaison, and
Information are:
divisions. groups.
functional areas. command staff positions -✓✓Command Staff Positions
• 19. The Incident Command System is best defined as:
A. the overall plan developed and used to control an incident.
B. an organized, systematic method for the command, control, and management of an
emergency incident.
C. the ability to start small and expand if an incident becomes more complex.
D. one designated leader or officer to command an incident. -✓✓An organized
systematic method
• 20. A branch level supervisor is known as a branch:
A. chief.
B. director.
C. manager.
D. officer. -✓✓Director
• 21. Under the Incident Command System, the strategic goals for control of an incident.
A. Incident Commander
C. Planning Officer
, is responsible for determining the
B. Operations Officer
D. Administration Officer -✓✓IC
• 22. Under the Incident Management System, the
is responsible for
implementing the tactical assignments to meet the strategic goal.
A. Incident Commander
C. Planning Chief
B. Operations Chief
D. Safety Officer -✓✓Operations Chief
• 23. Under the Incident Management System, the providing factual and accurate
information to the media.
Officer is responsible for
A. Safety
B. Liaison
C. Staffing
D. Public Information -✓✓Public Information
• What is the optimal number of individuals that one person should be supervising at an
emergency incident?
A. Up to two B. Eight to ten C. Three to seven D. Eight or more -✓✓3-7
• In the Incident Management System, the term modular organization is best described
as:
when multiple agencies or multiple jurisdictions have responsibility for
control of an incident.
each person has only one direct supervisor.
the ability to start small and expand if an incident becomes more complex.
the number of subordinates who report to one supervisor at any level within
the organization. -✓✓Ability to start small
• What type of fire service personnel would normally be assigned the role of
Operations Section Chief?
