NC -OSFM 2019 FIP3040 General &
Comms (JB FFS Chapters 1, 4, 22)
Exam and All Accurate Answers 2026
Updated.
1. What does the Golden Rule mean when applied to the fire service?
A. Working as a team is essential to success
B. Treat everyone else as if they were a member of your family
C. Stay humble and teachable, and be willing to teach others
D. Honor the job by working hard and doing your best - Answer B. Treat everyone else as if
they were a member of your family
2. Which position serves as a point of contact between the incident commander and the news
media?
A. Liaison officer
B. Planning section chief
C. Agency representative
D. Public information officer - Answer D. Public information officer
3. Which style of leadership does the fire department use?
A. Top centralized
B. Distributed
C. Decentralized
D. Paramilitary - Answer D. Paramilitary
4. Seventy-one percent of career fire fighters work in jurisdictions with a population of
________ or more.
A. 25,000
B. 50,000
C. 75,000
D. 100,000 - Answer A. 25,000
5. Approximately _____ percent of fire fighters in the United States are volunteers.
A. 34
B. 46
,C. 55
D. 70 - Answer D. 70
6. The earliest known fire department was in:
A. the Ottoman Empire.
B. Greece.
C. ancient Rome.
D. Germany. - Answer C. ancient Rome.
7. Which was one of the major U.S. fires of 1871?
A. Cocoanut Grove Fire
B. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
C. Great Chicago Fire
D. Iroquois Theatre Fire - Answer C. Great Chicago Fire
8. Which development led to the widespread use of the mechanized pumping apparatus?
A. Wagon-mounted steam engines
B. Jacketed hose
C. Internal combustion engines
D. Private insurance companies - Answer C. Internal combustion engines
9. In the fire service, the bugle has become a symbol of:
A. fraternity.
B. courage.
C. service.
D. authority. - Answer D. authority.
10. Where was the first fire insurance company formed in America?
A. Chicago, Illinois
B. Charleston, South Carolina
C. New York, New York
D. Boston, Massachusetts - Answer B. Charleston, South Carolina
11. For whom should fire fighters consider that they work?
A. Their supervisors
,B. Their team
C. The tax-paying citizens
D. Themselves - Answer C. The tax-paying citizens
12. Which basic management principle says that each fire fighter should answer to only one
supervisor?
A. Span of control
B. Organizational accountability
C. Unity of command
D. Division of labor - Answer C. Unity of command
13. According to FEMA, span of control of personnel is between:
A. 3 and 7.
B. 5 and10.
C. 1 and 10.
D. 2 and 5. - Answer A. 3 and 7.
14. A fire fighter will most typically report directly to a person of which rank?
A. Battalion chief
B. Section chief
C. Lieutenant
D. Unit leader - Answer C. Lieutenant
15. Which rank is directly above a lieutenant in the fire service?
A. Division/group supervisor
B. Captain
C. Division chief
D. Battalion chief - Answer B. Captain
16. In a typical fire department rank structure, an assistant chief reports directly to the:
A. battalion chief.
B. section chief.
C. command staff.
D. chief of the department. - Answer D. chief of the department.
, 17. Truck companies are sometimes referred to as __________ companies.
A. ladder
B. engine
C. rapid intervention
D. rescue - Answer A. ladder
18. Which type of company specializes in saving victims from fires, confined spaces, trenches,
and high-angle situations?
A. Rescue
B. Truck
C. Engine
D. Rapid intervention - Answer A. Rescue
19. A fire fighter with specialized knowledge and training for high-angle rescue, structural
collapse, trench rescue, confined-space, and similar operations is a:
A. Fire Fighter II.
B. technical rescuer.
C. special operations technician.
D. search and rescue technician. - Answer B. technical rescuer.
20. Which are developed to provide definitive guidelines for present and future actions?
A. Regulations
B. Policies
C. Standard operating procedures
D. Tactical objectives - Answer B. Policies
21. What does the "S" stand for in "SOP"?
A. Specific
B. Special
C. Standard
D. Sequential - Answer C. Standard
22. Which are the two levels of NFPA fire fighter certification?
A. Interior and exterior
B. Basic and Advanced
Comms (JB FFS Chapters 1, 4, 22)
Exam and All Accurate Answers 2026
Updated.
1. What does the Golden Rule mean when applied to the fire service?
A. Working as a team is essential to success
B. Treat everyone else as if they were a member of your family
C. Stay humble and teachable, and be willing to teach others
D. Honor the job by working hard and doing your best - Answer B. Treat everyone else as if
they were a member of your family
2. Which position serves as a point of contact between the incident commander and the news
media?
A. Liaison officer
B. Planning section chief
C. Agency representative
D. Public information officer - Answer D. Public information officer
3. Which style of leadership does the fire department use?
A. Top centralized
B. Distributed
C. Decentralized
D. Paramilitary - Answer D. Paramilitary
4. Seventy-one percent of career fire fighters work in jurisdictions with a population of
________ or more.
A. 25,000
B. 50,000
C. 75,000
D. 100,000 - Answer A. 25,000
5. Approximately _____ percent of fire fighters in the United States are volunteers.
A. 34
B. 46
,C. 55
D. 70 - Answer D. 70
6. The earliest known fire department was in:
A. the Ottoman Empire.
B. Greece.
C. ancient Rome.
D. Germany. - Answer C. ancient Rome.
7. Which was one of the major U.S. fires of 1871?
A. Cocoanut Grove Fire
B. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
C. Great Chicago Fire
D. Iroquois Theatre Fire - Answer C. Great Chicago Fire
8. Which development led to the widespread use of the mechanized pumping apparatus?
A. Wagon-mounted steam engines
B. Jacketed hose
C. Internal combustion engines
D. Private insurance companies - Answer C. Internal combustion engines
9. In the fire service, the bugle has become a symbol of:
A. fraternity.
B. courage.
C. service.
D. authority. - Answer D. authority.
10. Where was the first fire insurance company formed in America?
A. Chicago, Illinois
B. Charleston, South Carolina
C. New York, New York
D. Boston, Massachusetts - Answer B. Charleston, South Carolina
11. For whom should fire fighters consider that they work?
A. Their supervisors
,B. Their team
C. The tax-paying citizens
D. Themselves - Answer C. The tax-paying citizens
12. Which basic management principle says that each fire fighter should answer to only one
supervisor?
A. Span of control
B. Organizational accountability
C. Unity of command
D. Division of labor - Answer C. Unity of command
13. According to FEMA, span of control of personnel is between:
A. 3 and 7.
B. 5 and10.
C. 1 and 10.
D. 2 and 5. - Answer A. 3 and 7.
14. A fire fighter will most typically report directly to a person of which rank?
A. Battalion chief
B. Section chief
C. Lieutenant
D. Unit leader - Answer C. Lieutenant
15. Which rank is directly above a lieutenant in the fire service?
A. Division/group supervisor
B. Captain
C. Division chief
D. Battalion chief - Answer B. Captain
16. In a typical fire department rank structure, an assistant chief reports directly to the:
A. battalion chief.
B. section chief.
C. command staff.
D. chief of the department. - Answer D. chief of the department.
, 17. Truck companies are sometimes referred to as __________ companies.
A. ladder
B. engine
C. rapid intervention
D. rescue - Answer A. ladder
18. Which type of company specializes in saving victims from fires, confined spaces, trenches,
and high-angle situations?
A. Rescue
B. Truck
C. Engine
D. Rapid intervention - Answer A. Rescue
19. A fire fighter with specialized knowledge and training for high-angle rescue, structural
collapse, trench rescue, confined-space, and similar operations is a:
A. Fire Fighter II.
B. technical rescuer.
C. special operations technician.
D. search and rescue technician. - Answer B. technical rescuer.
20. Which are developed to provide definitive guidelines for present and future actions?
A. Regulations
B. Policies
C. Standard operating procedures
D. Tactical objectives - Answer B. Policies
21. What does the "S" stand for in "SOP"?
A. Specific
B. Special
C. Standard
D. Sequential - Answer C. Standard
22. Which are the two levels of NFPA fire fighter certification?
A. Interior and exterior
B. Basic and Advanced
