NFPA Standards for Firefighter 1-2 Exam
Questions and Correct Answers
Life safety, incident stabilization, and _______ are the three most important organizational
duties for fire departments to persue
property conservation
The plan or written document for tactical operations is known as a department's:
SOP/SOG
Fire departmetn standard operating procedures/standard operating guides should be
established in the most commonly accepted order of fireground priorities, which is:
life safety, incident stabilization, and property conservation
In the incident Command System (ICS), the functional area responsible for providing
facilities, services, and materials is necessary to support an incident is:
Logistics
Historically, the basic unit of a fire department is:
the company
In the incident command system (ICS), the functional area that directs the organization's
tactics to meet teh strategic goals developed by command and is responsible for the
management of all activities applicable to the primary mission is:
operations
______ relates to the number of personnel an individual can effectively supervise
,span of control
One of the major advantages of an incident command system (ICS) is that it allows
agencies to communicate using common _______ and operating procedures
terminology
What is developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future actions?
policies
What is the principles called that says each fire fighter answers to only one supervisor?
unity of command
The primary role of a fire alarm system to:
alert occupants
What is the term for locations from which an engine can draft out of a static water supply
source
drafting/fill sites
Structural firefighting PPE is designed to be worn with what specific piece of equipment?
SCBA
The primary use of the _____ is to attach a rope to a round object such as a pike pole
clove hitch
The part of the rope that is used for work such as hoisting or pulling is called the:
running end
, The combination of knots used to hoist a hose line involves:
a clove hitch and a half hitch
Fire service rope falls into two use classifications
life safety and utility
An acceptable use for the _______ is to attach a rope to an object such as a pole, post, or
hose line.
clove hitch
The knot used to tie two ropes of unequal diameter together is the:
becket/sheet bend
The ______ is tied as illustrated in the drawing below
bowline
The ______ is tied as illustrated in the drawing below
becket/sheet bend
The drawing below depicts one of the three elements of a knot or hitch. It is known as a:
loop
Elements for forming a knot are:
bight, loop, and round turn
The end of the rope that is used to tie a knot is called the:
working end
Questions and Correct Answers
Life safety, incident stabilization, and _______ are the three most important organizational
duties for fire departments to persue
property conservation
The plan or written document for tactical operations is known as a department's:
SOP/SOG
Fire departmetn standard operating procedures/standard operating guides should be
established in the most commonly accepted order of fireground priorities, which is:
life safety, incident stabilization, and property conservation
In the incident Command System (ICS), the functional area responsible for providing
facilities, services, and materials is necessary to support an incident is:
Logistics
Historically, the basic unit of a fire department is:
the company
In the incident command system (ICS), the functional area that directs the organization's
tactics to meet teh strategic goals developed by command and is responsible for the
management of all activities applicable to the primary mission is:
operations
______ relates to the number of personnel an individual can effectively supervise
,span of control
One of the major advantages of an incident command system (ICS) is that it allows
agencies to communicate using common _______ and operating procedures
terminology
What is developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future actions?
policies
What is the principles called that says each fire fighter answers to only one supervisor?
unity of command
The primary role of a fire alarm system to:
alert occupants
What is the term for locations from which an engine can draft out of a static water supply
source
drafting/fill sites
Structural firefighting PPE is designed to be worn with what specific piece of equipment?
SCBA
The primary use of the _____ is to attach a rope to a round object such as a pike pole
clove hitch
The part of the rope that is used for work such as hoisting or pulling is called the:
running end
, The combination of knots used to hoist a hose line involves:
a clove hitch and a half hitch
Fire service rope falls into two use classifications
life safety and utility
An acceptable use for the _______ is to attach a rope to an object such as a pole, post, or
hose line.
clove hitch
The knot used to tie two ropes of unequal diameter together is the:
becket/sheet bend
The ______ is tied as illustrated in the drawing below
bowline
The ______ is tied as illustrated in the drawing below
becket/sheet bend
The drawing below depicts one of the three elements of a knot or hitch. It is known as a:
loop
Elements for forming a knot are:
bight, loop, and round turn
The end of the rope that is used to tie a knot is called the:
working end
