FLORIDA FO1 PRACTICE TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS According to the NFPA, how many levels of fire officers are there? - right answer --4 Which level of fire officer is generally associated with supervising a single fire company or apparatus? - right answer --I What is the lowest level of fire officer that is qualified for a chief officer position? - right answer --III Which level of fire officer is generally associated as being the senior nonchief officer in a department? - right answer --II At the Fire Officer I level, emphasis is placed on accomplishing the departments goals and objectives by working through _____________ to achieve the desired results. - right answer --subordinates Within the NFPA requirements for Fire Officer I, what are the requirements for certific ation as an instructor? - right answer --NFPA Fire Instructor I Which term does the International Association of Fire Chiefs use for a Fire Officer I? - right answer --Supervising Fire Officer Historically, how did the fire service originate in the United States? - right answer --As communities of civilian volunteers According to the NFPA, approximately what percentage of fire fighters in the United States are volunteers? - right answer --69 perc ent Which type of fire department uses full -time career personnel along with volunteer or paid-on-call personnel to staff the department? - right answer --Combination Although there are four common forms of staffing fire department organizations, most discussions divide fire fighters into which two categories? - right answer --Career and volunteer Which type of organization do private industries or nongovernmental organizations use to provide fire protection for factories, processing plants, and large priv ate facilities? - right answer --Brigades In 1871, two major fires occurred that would change the way the United States viewed and responded to fire. What was one of those fires? - right answer --The Great Chicago Fire When steam -powered fire engines were introduced in the 1800s, what was the reaction of many volunteer fire fighters? - right answer --Fire fighters were threatened by the apparatus and resisted their use. Which devices introduced in the 1850s enabled citizens to send a coded telegraph signal to the fire department dispatch center? - right answer --Public call boxes What was the first building codes originally developed to prevent? - right answer --
Building collapse Which industry played a major role in the development of the first model buildi ng codes? - right answer --The insurance industry Despite the invention of technical firefighting equipment, what is the most important resource on a fire scene? - right answer --Fire fighters To which rank do fire fighters report directly? - right answer --Lieutenant Of the following chief officer titles, which is the lowest in rank? - right answer --Battalion chief Which level of administrative chief fire officer is responsible for managing the activities of several fire companies within a defined geograp hic area, usually in more than one fire station? - right answer --Battalion chief Who has the ultimate administrative responsibility in a fire department? - right answer --
Fire chief Which condition could ensue if it were not for the principle of unity of command? - right answer --Fire fighters could receive multiple, possibly conflicting, orders from different officers. Most experts believe that span of control should extend to no mor e than _____ people. - right answer --5 With _____________, the specific assignment of a task to an individual makes that person responsible for completing the task and prevents duplication of job assignments. - right answer --division of labor What is the general term for the guidelines that a department establishes for fire fighters? - right answer --Discipline
Building collapse Which industry played a major role in the development of the first model buildi ng codes? - right answer --The insurance industry Despite the invention of technical firefighting equipment, what is the most important resource on a fire scene? - right answer --Fire fighters To which rank do fire fighters report directly? - right answer --Lieutenant Of the following chief officer titles, which is the lowest in rank? - right answer --Battalion chief Which level of administrative chief fire officer is responsible for managing the activities of several fire companies within a defined geograp hic area, usually in more than one fire station? - right answer --Battalion chief Who has the ultimate administrative responsibility in a fire department? - right answer --
Fire chief Which condition could ensue if it were not for the principle of unity of command? - right answer --Fire fighters could receive multiple, possibly conflicting, orders from different officers. Most experts believe that span of control should extend to no mor e than _____ people. - right answer --5 With _____________, the specific assignment of a task to an individual makes that person responsible for completing the task and prevents duplication of job assignments. - right answer --division of labor What is the general term for the guidelines that a department establishes for fire fighters? - right answer --Discipline
