FLORIDA FIRE INSTRUCTOR EXAMINATION SCRIPT 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔3 elements of nonverbal communication - ✔✔Body language
vocal tone and volume
personal appearance.
✔✔Words only account for _____ of the message - ✔✔7%
✔✔5 Listening Component - ✔✔attending, understanding, remembering, evaluating,
responding
✔✔Competency-based learning - ✔✔training that emphasizes knowledge and skill that
are required on the job
✔✔4 step method of instruction - ✔✔teaching based upon 4 steps:
Preparation , presentation, application, and evaluation
✔✔distance learning - ✔✔instruction that occurs when the student is away from the
instructor
✔✔Self-directed learning - ✔✔student takes responsibility/initiative for their own
learning and pace
✔✔dyslexia - ✔✔difficulty reading
✔✔Dysgraphia - ✔✔difficulty writing
✔✔Dyscalculia - ✔✔difficulty with math
✔✔Dyspraxia - ✔✔difficulty performing motor skills
✔✔LEAST - ✔✔Method of progressive disciplinary action
✔✔OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - ✔✔Agency responsible for
setting and enforcing workplace safety and health standards
✔✔NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) - ✔✔Agency
responsible for investigating, researching, and evaluating safety and health hazards in
the workplace
✔✔NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) - ✔✔Agency responsible for
promoting standardization and measurement of various science and technologies
,✔✔NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) - ✔✔Develops minimum safety
standards and guidelines that organizations adopt
✔✔ANSI (American National Standards Institute) - ✔✔Coordinates the private sector
voluntary standardization system
✔✔liability - ✔✔legally obligated/responsible for an act or physical condition
✔✔Bias - ✔✔indication that the test puts one particular group at a disadvantage over
another
✔✔Scoring - ✔✔act of identifying which answers are wright or wrong
✔✔Evaluation feedback - ✔✔Formal evaluations based on test results gives instructors
the opportunity to use student errors as the basis for reinforcing information that was
addressed on the test.
✔✔Report - ✔✔official accounts of an incident, response, or training event, either
verbally or written
✔✔NFPA 1041 - ✔✔Standard for Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifications
✔✔Cognitive levels of learning - ✔✔Knowledge, Comprehension, application, analysis,
evaluation, synthesis
✔✔Psychomotor Levels of Learning - ✔✔Observation, imitation, adaptation,
performance and perfection
✔✔affective domain - ✔✔changes in attitudes and the development of values
✔✔Ancillary Components - ✔✔Supplemental written materials that help students meet
the learning objectives.
✔✔NFPA 1500 - ✔✔Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Program
✔✔Capital budget - ✔✔a budget intended to fund large, one-time expenditures
✔✔Assessment - ✔✔process used to determine the knowledge, skills and abilities of a
student by observation
✔✔Reliability - ✔✔consistency/accuracy of test measurement
, ✔✔Formative test - ✔✔Periodic test that typically measures improvement and give an
instructor and students feedback on their learning progress during a course rather than
at the end.
✔✔Administrative Law - ✔✔type of law created by regulatory agencies
✔✔Validity - ✔✔the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
✔✔Judiciary Law - ✔✔The result of legal precedent or a judicial decision that serves as
rules for future determinations in similar cases.
✔✔Repeating or studying something over a period of time versus cramming is called? -
✔✔Spatial Repetition
✔✔Different interpretations of words, signs, and symbols? - ✔✔Semantics
✔✔The entire group being involved in the discussion process to answer questions and
to promote thinking is called a ____ Session? - ✔✔Buzz
✔✔A _____ identifies minimal acceptable student performance in measurable terms -
✔✔Criterion
✔✔Different types of test - ✔✔True or False, Completion, Multiple choise, Matching,
Identify, Short essay
✔✔the most important time of training is the ? - ✔✔First 30 minutes
✔✔________ Occurs when a teacher facilitates student learning and creates situations
where students discover new ideas and knowledge? - ✔✔Implicit Teaching
✔✔Writing constitutes __% of language habits? - ✔✔9%
✔✔Reading constitutes __% of language habits? - ✔✔16%
✔✔Speaking constitutes __% of language habits? - ✔✔30%
✔✔Listening constitutes __ % of language habits? - ✔✔45%
✔✔E.L. Thorndike developed what 3 laws of learning? - ✔✔Law of exercise
Law of reading
Law of effect
✔✔An example of auditorium seating is a ? - ✔✔Movie theater
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔3 elements of nonverbal communication - ✔✔Body language
vocal tone and volume
personal appearance.
✔✔Words only account for _____ of the message - ✔✔7%
✔✔5 Listening Component - ✔✔attending, understanding, remembering, evaluating,
responding
✔✔Competency-based learning - ✔✔training that emphasizes knowledge and skill that
are required on the job
✔✔4 step method of instruction - ✔✔teaching based upon 4 steps:
Preparation , presentation, application, and evaluation
✔✔distance learning - ✔✔instruction that occurs when the student is away from the
instructor
✔✔Self-directed learning - ✔✔student takes responsibility/initiative for their own
learning and pace
✔✔dyslexia - ✔✔difficulty reading
✔✔Dysgraphia - ✔✔difficulty writing
✔✔Dyscalculia - ✔✔difficulty with math
✔✔Dyspraxia - ✔✔difficulty performing motor skills
✔✔LEAST - ✔✔Method of progressive disciplinary action
✔✔OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - ✔✔Agency responsible for
setting and enforcing workplace safety and health standards
✔✔NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) - ✔✔Agency
responsible for investigating, researching, and evaluating safety and health hazards in
the workplace
✔✔NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) - ✔✔Agency responsible for
promoting standardization and measurement of various science and technologies
,✔✔NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) - ✔✔Develops minimum safety
standards and guidelines that organizations adopt
✔✔ANSI (American National Standards Institute) - ✔✔Coordinates the private sector
voluntary standardization system
✔✔liability - ✔✔legally obligated/responsible for an act or physical condition
✔✔Bias - ✔✔indication that the test puts one particular group at a disadvantage over
another
✔✔Scoring - ✔✔act of identifying which answers are wright or wrong
✔✔Evaluation feedback - ✔✔Formal evaluations based on test results gives instructors
the opportunity to use student errors as the basis for reinforcing information that was
addressed on the test.
✔✔Report - ✔✔official accounts of an incident, response, or training event, either
verbally or written
✔✔NFPA 1041 - ✔✔Standard for Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifications
✔✔Cognitive levels of learning - ✔✔Knowledge, Comprehension, application, analysis,
evaluation, synthesis
✔✔Psychomotor Levels of Learning - ✔✔Observation, imitation, adaptation,
performance and perfection
✔✔affective domain - ✔✔changes in attitudes and the development of values
✔✔Ancillary Components - ✔✔Supplemental written materials that help students meet
the learning objectives.
✔✔NFPA 1500 - ✔✔Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Program
✔✔Capital budget - ✔✔a budget intended to fund large, one-time expenditures
✔✔Assessment - ✔✔process used to determine the knowledge, skills and abilities of a
student by observation
✔✔Reliability - ✔✔consistency/accuracy of test measurement
, ✔✔Formative test - ✔✔Periodic test that typically measures improvement and give an
instructor and students feedback on their learning progress during a course rather than
at the end.
✔✔Administrative Law - ✔✔type of law created by regulatory agencies
✔✔Validity - ✔✔the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
✔✔Judiciary Law - ✔✔The result of legal precedent or a judicial decision that serves as
rules for future determinations in similar cases.
✔✔Repeating or studying something over a period of time versus cramming is called? -
✔✔Spatial Repetition
✔✔Different interpretations of words, signs, and symbols? - ✔✔Semantics
✔✔The entire group being involved in the discussion process to answer questions and
to promote thinking is called a ____ Session? - ✔✔Buzz
✔✔A _____ identifies minimal acceptable student performance in measurable terms -
✔✔Criterion
✔✔Different types of test - ✔✔True or False, Completion, Multiple choise, Matching,
Identify, Short essay
✔✔the most important time of training is the ? - ✔✔First 30 minutes
✔✔________ Occurs when a teacher facilitates student learning and creates situations
where students discover new ideas and knowledge? - ✔✔Implicit Teaching
✔✔Writing constitutes __% of language habits? - ✔✔9%
✔✔Reading constitutes __% of language habits? - ✔✔16%
✔✔Speaking constitutes __% of language habits? - ✔✔30%
✔✔Listening constitutes __ % of language habits? - ✔✔45%
✔✔E.L. Thorndike developed what 3 laws of learning? - ✔✔Law of exercise
Law of reading
Law of effect
✔✔An example of auditorium seating is a ? - ✔✔Movie theater
