TCFP BASIC STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTER
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● National Fire Protection 1001 is ?
A. Standard for firefighting professional qualifications
B. Standard for Industrial Fire Brigades
C. Standard for fire department occupational safety and health program
D. standard for Blood Borne Pathogen training
Answer: A. Standard for firefighting professional qualifications
●● Historically, the standard operating unit of a fire department is ?
A. the firefighter
B. The company
C. the battalion
D. a platoon/shift
Answer: B. The company
●● Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified ?
,A. NFPA 1582
B. NFPA 1001
C. NFPA 1500
D. NFPA 1501
Answer: A. NFPA 1582
●● Directions: Read the following statements and choose the correct
answer from alternatives A-D
Statement 1: A policy is a guide to thinking or decision making
Statement 2: a procedure is a detailed plan of action
Statement 3: Standard operating procedures apply to both emergency
and non-emergency situations
A. st. 1 is true; st 2 and 3 are false
B. st 1 and 2 are false; st 3 is true
C. St 1 is false; st 2 and 3 are true
D. all statements are true
Answer: D. all statements are true
,●● Which is true regarding NFPA standards
A. they are regarded as law
B. they consensus documents
C. they are adopted at the federal level
D. they identify the maximum allowable by law.
Answer: B. they consensus documents
●● What is the difference in a dept's SOP's as opposed to the SOG's ?
A. SOP's are specific, and SOG's are not
B. SOP's and SOG's are exactly alike
C. SOP's are not as strict as SOG's
D. Both are required to meet NFPA 1500 requirements.
Answer: A. SOP's are specific, and SOG's are not
●● Life safety, incident stabilization, and ___________ are the three
most important orginization duties for FD's to pursue.
A. Building inspections
B. public information
C. Property conservation
, D. Resource management
Answer: C. Property conservation
●● What is the principle called that says each firefighter answers to only
one supervisor ?
A. Span of responsibility
B. Organizational accountability
C. Unity of command
D. Delegation of duty
Answer: C. Unity of command
●● What is generally the upper limit of span of control ?
a. 25
B. 9
C.13
D. 7
Answer: D. 7
●● the process of dividing large jobs into smaller jobs to make them
more manageable is described as ?
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● National Fire Protection 1001 is ?
A. Standard for firefighting professional qualifications
B. Standard for Industrial Fire Brigades
C. Standard for fire department occupational safety and health program
D. standard for Blood Borne Pathogen training
Answer: A. Standard for firefighting professional qualifications
●● Historically, the standard operating unit of a fire department is ?
A. the firefighter
B. The company
C. the battalion
D. a platoon/shift
Answer: B. The company
●● Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified ?
,A. NFPA 1582
B. NFPA 1001
C. NFPA 1500
D. NFPA 1501
Answer: A. NFPA 1582
●● Directions: Read the following statements and choose the correct
answer from alternatives A-D
Statement 1: A policy is a guide to thinking or decision making
Statement 2: a procedure is a detailed plan of action
Statement 3: Standard operating procedures apply to both emergency
and non-emergency situations
A. st. 1 is true; st 2 and 3 are false
B. st 1 and 2 are false; st 3 is true
C. St 1 is false; st 2 and 3 are true
D. all statements are true
Answer: D. all statements are true
,●● Which is true regarding NFPA standards
A. they are regarded as law
B. they consensus documents
C. they are adopted at the federal level
D. they identify the maximum allowable by law.
Answer: B. they consensus documents
●● What is the difference in a dept's SOP's as opposed to the SOG's ?
A. SOP's are specific, and SOG's are not
B. SOP's and SOG's are exactly alike
C. SOP's are not as strict as SOG's
D. Both are required to meet NFPA 1500 requirements.
Answer: A. SOP's are specific, and SOG's are not
●● Life safety, incident stabilization, and ___________ are the three
most important orginization duties for FD's to pursue.
A. Building inspections
B. public information
C. Property conservation
, D. Resource management
Answer: C. Property conservation
●● What is the principle called that says each firefighter answers to only
one supervisor ?
A. Span of responsibility
B. Organizational accountability
C. Unity of command
D. Delegation of duty
Answer: C. Unity of command
●● What is generally the upper limit of span of control ?
a. 25
B. 9
C.13
D. 7
Answer: D. 7
●● the process of dividing large jobs into smaller jobs to make them
more manageable is described as ?
