VFIS questions with verified answers
___ and ___ affect the amount of control the driver has over the vehicle.
Ans✓✓✓-Physical forces and vehicle characteristics
___ are considered one of the least common emergency vehicles, but still amount
for a large percentage of accidents involving emergency vehicles. Ans✓✓✓-
Tanker/tenders
___ are on the other least common emergency vehicles and pose special risk for
emergency service organizations that deploy them. Ans✓✓✓-Tillers
___ for the safety of others means the manner in which a reasonably careful
person performing similar duties and under similar circumstances would act.
Ans✓✓✓-Due regard
___ is considered the most serious form of negligence and is defined as generally
willful or wanton misconduct, meaning acts involving intentional wrongdoing or
reckless indifference towards others. Ans✓✓✓-Gross negligence
___ is legal liability placed on one person for the acts committed by another
person. Ans✓✓✓-Vicarious liability
A collision constitutes "____" for drug/alcohol testing. Ans✓✓✓-reasonable
cause
A computer controlled system for maximizing the braking of a vehicle without
locking the wheels and causing it to lose traction with the roadway. Ans✓✓✓-
Anti-locking braking system
,A distinct stage of development or pattern of behavior. Ans✓✓✓-Phase
A doubling of speed increases centrifugal force ___. Ans✓✓✓-fourfold
A federal agency charged with investigating transportation incidents and collisions
including, but not limited to, transportation by air, water, and land. Ans✓✓✓-
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
A federal government entity of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA). Ans✓✓✓-United States Fire Administration (USFA)
A flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy. Ans✓✓✓-Baffle
A government's immunity from being sued in its own courts without its consent.
Ans✓✓✓-Sovereign Immunity
A legal status in which two or more persons are separately and together liable in
tort for the same injury to a person or property. Ans✓✓✓-Joint and Several
Liability
A program to train and educate emergency vehicle drivers that includes
classroom instruction, competency course completion, street and highway
driving, and testing to verify proficiency. Ans✓✓✓-comprehensive emergency
driver training
, A series of exercises or stations designed to measure the proficiency of an
emergency vehicle driver while driving a specific vehicle. Ans✓✓✓-competency
course
A sphere of activity, concern, or function. Ans✓✓✓-Domain
A supplementary device designed to assist the braking system or a vehicle in
reducing the vehicle's speed and/or bringing it to a complete stop. Ans✓✓✓-
Secondary braking system
A tiller has how many pivot points? Ans✓✓✓-three
A variety of studies indicate that the effective distance of sirens range from __ ft.
to __ ft. In some urban locations, the effective distance can be as little as __ ft.
Ans✓✓✓-30 ft.
150 ft.
15 ft.
Active vehicle safety systems that monitor and detect a vehicle's roll condition. If
parameters are exceeded, the vehicle Weill automatically execute proper brake
control and engine torque reduction without the driver's input. Ans✓✓✓-Roll
Stability Control System (RSC)
An electrical device designed to operate a vehicle's headlights in alternating
sequence. Ans✓✓✓-Emergency traffic mover (ETM)
Any moving load on a vehicle, such as people, water, or equipment not secured.
Ans✓✓✓-Load, dynamic
___ and ___ affect the amount of control the driver has over the vehicle.
Ans✓✓✓-Physical forces and vehicle characteristics
___ are considered one of the least common emergency vehicles, but still amount
for a large percentage of accidents involving emergency vehicles. Ans✓✓✓-
Tanker/tenders
___ are on the other least common emergency vehicles and pose special risk for
emergency service organizations that deploy them. Ans✓✓✓-Tillers
___ for the safety of others means the manner in which a reasonably careful
person performing similar duties and under similar circumstances would act.
Ans✓✓✓-Due regard
___ is considered the most serious form of negligence and is defined as generally
willful or wanton misconduct, meaning acts involving intentional wrongdoing or
reckless indifference towards others. Ans✓✓✓-Gross negligence
___ is legal liability placed on one person for the acts committed by another
person. Ans✓✓✓-Vicarious liability
A collision constitutes "____" for drug/alcohol testing. Ans✓✓✓-reasonable
cause
A computer controlled system for maximizing the braking of a vehicle without
locking the wheels and causing it to lose traction with the roadway. Ans✓✓✓-
Anti-locking braking system
,A distinct stage of development or pattern of behavior. Ans✓✓✓-Phase
A doubling of speed increases centrifugal force ___. Ans✓✓✓-fourfold
A federal agency charged with investigating transportation incidents and collisions
including, but not limited to, transportation by air, water, and land. Ans✓✓✓-
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
A federal government entity of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA). Ans✓✓✓-United States Fire Administration (USFA)
A flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy. Ans✓✓✓-Baffle
A government's immunity from being sued in its own courts without its consent.
Ans✓✓✓-Sovereign Immunity
A legal status in which two or more persons are separately and together liable in
tort for the same injury to a person or property. Ans✓✓✓-Joint and Several
Liability
A program to train and educate emergency vehicle drivers that includes
classroom instruction, competency course completion, street and highway
driving, and testing to verify proficiency. Ans✓✓✓-comprehensive emergency
driver training
, A series of exercises or stations designed to measure the proficiency of an
emergency vehicle driver while driving a specific vehicle. Ans✓✓✓-competency
course
A sphere of activity, concern, or function. Ans✓✓✓-Domain
A supplementary device designed to assist the braking system or a vehicle in
reducing the vehicle's speed and/or bringing it to a complete stop. Ans✓✓✓-
Secondary braking system
A tiller has how many pivot points? Ans✓✓✓-three
A variety of studies indicate that the effective distance of sirens range from __ ft.
to __ ft. In some urban locations, the effective distance can be as little as __ ft.
Ans✓✓✓-30 ft.
150 ft.
15 ft.
Active vehicle safety systems that monitor and detect a vehicle's roll condition. If
parameters are exceeded, the vehicle Weill automatically execute proper brake
control and engine torque reduction without the driver's input. Ans✓✓✓-Roll
Stability Control System (RSC)
An electrical device designed to operate a vehicle's headlights in alternating
sequence. Ans✓✓✓-Emergency traffic mover (ETM)
Any moving load on a vehicle, such as people, water, or equipment not secured.
Ans✓✓✓-Load, dynamic
