IFSTA FIRE INSTRUCTOR UPDATED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Training
Answer: The transfer of knowledge regarding vocational or technical
skills.
●● What are the 13 characteristics of effective instructors?
Answer: Desire to teach; Motivation; Subject and teaching
competencies; Leadership abilities; Strong interpersonal skills;
Preparation and organization; Ingenuity, creativity, and flexibility;
Empathy; Conflict-resolution skills; Fairness; Personal integrity;
Honesty; Sincerity.
●● What 3 expressions are responsible for fostering and maintaining
student enthusiasm?
Answer: 1. Lively and varied vocal delivery.
2. High energy levels.
3. Obvious love of teaching and the subject matter.
●● What does a desire to teach generate in the instructor?
Answer: Enthusiasm - which is contagious to students and
administrators alike.
,●● What are 7ways instructors can motivate others?
Answer: 1. Clearly communicate what action must be performed and
how it must be performed.
2. Show the students the importance of the presented material.
3. Make the knowledge and skills easy to understand and learn.
4. Allow for mistakes as students practice and improve.
5. Encourage students as they attempt to learn.
6. Reward successful attempts.
7. Correct unsuccessful attempts without criticsm.
●● Effective instructors must first be:
Answer: Effective leaders and Effective followers.
●● What are some additional leadership qualities of an effective
instructor?
Answer: Self-confidence, Trustworthiness, Consistency, Responsibility,
Acceptance, Expertise.
●● Self-confidence
Answer: Develops through self-examination and having a clear appraisal
of oneself.
, ●● Trustworthiness
Answer: Develops over time based upon the leader's performance and
the experience subordinates have had with the leader.
●● Consistency
Answer: Make and maintain consistent decisions, actions, and
relationships.
●● Responsibility
Answer: Accept responsibility for both good and bad results from
decisions.
●● Acceptance
Answer: Realize that not all problems can be resolved to everyone's
satisfaction; work within what is rather than complaining for what is not.
●● Expertise
Answer: Teach only from developed skills and abilities based upon
knowledge and experience.
●● What are the 3 strong interpersonal skills needed by all instructors?
Answer: Clarity
Sensitivity
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● Training
Answer: The transfer of knowledge regarding vocational or technical
skills.
●● What are the 13 characteristics of effective instructors?
Answer: Desire to teach; Motivation; Subject and teaching
competencies; Leadership abilities; Strong interpersonal skills;
Preparation and organization; Ingenuity, creativity, and flexibility;
Empathy; Conflict-resolution skills; Fairness; Personal integrity;
Honesty; Sincerity.
●● What 3 expressions are responsible for fostering and maintaining
student enthusiasm?
Answer: 1. Lively and varied vocal delivery.
2. High energy levels.
3. Obvious love of teaching and the subject matter.
●● What does a desire to teach generate in the instructor?
Answer: Enthusiasm - which is contagious to students and
administrators alike.
,●● What are 7ways instructors can motivate others?
Answer: 1. Clearly communicate what action must be performed and
how it must be performed.
2. Show the students the importance of the presented material.
3. Make the knowledge and skills easy to understand and learn.
4. Allow for mistakes as students practice and improve.
5. Encourage students as they attempt to learn.
6. Reward successful attempts.
7. Correct unsuccessful attempts without criticsm.
●● Effective instructors must first be:
Answer: Effective leaders and Effective followers.
●● What are some additional leadership qualities of an effective
instructor?
Answer: Self-confidence, Trustworthiness, Consistency, Responsibility,
Acceptance, Expertise.
●● Self-confidence
Answer: Develops through self-examination and having a clear appraisal
of oneself.
, ●● Trustworthiness
Answer: Develops over time based upon the leader's performance and
the experience subordinates have had with the leader.
●● Consistency
Answer: Make and maintain consistent decisions, actions, and
relationships.
●● Responsibility
Answer: Accept responsibility for both good and bad results from
decisions.
●● Acceptance
Answer: Realize that not all problems can be resolved to everyone's
satisfaction; work within what is rather than complaining for what is not.
●● Expertise
Answer: Teach only from developed skills and abilities based upon
knowledge and experience.
●● What are the 3 strong interpersonal skills needed by all instructors?
Answer: Clarity
Sensitivity
