ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Father of the American Fire Service - CORRECT ANSWER - Ben Franklin
What are some of the areas that firefighters need to be trained in to be proficient at their jobs? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Fighting Fires, Emergency Medical Services, Hazardous
Materials, Specialized Rescue, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and everything else that involves
helping people.
Throughout your career as a firefighter, you should remember three things to be successful: -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Do what's right.
2. Do your best.
3. Treat others the way you would want to be treated.
When should Class A uniforms be worn? - CORRECT ANSWER - A full dress uniform
worn for special, official occasions.
A document titled ________________ was first published in 1973 in an attempt to focus
attention on the Nation's Fire problem. - CORRECT ANSWER - America Burning
Muster - CORRECT ANSWER - A gathering of fire apparatus for purposes of display and
competition.
Is everyone cut out to be a Firefighter? - CORRECT ANSWER - No
Doing what's right - CORRECT ANSWER - Means being a person of integrity.
, Doing your best - CORRECT ANSWER - Means giving the job the effort it deserves and
remembering why you chose this profession.
Treating other's the way you want to be treated - CORRECT ANSWER - Means treating
everyone like they are family.
____________ is job of every firefighter. - CORRECT ANSWER - Safety
_______________ _______________ recognized that the essential forces that act upon our
physical world are fire, air, earth, and water. - CORRECT ANSWER - Ancient Greeks
______ _____________ _______________ was credited with transforming Rome from a city of
brick into a city of marble by sponsoring a planned infrastructure of buildings, monuments,
roads, aqueducts, and sewers. - CORRECT ANSWER - The Emperor Augustus
Vigiles - CORRECT ANSWER - The watchmen of the city and first public force of
Firefighters.
*The Emperor Augustus was credited with its creation.
_____________ ___________________, Governor of Nieuw Amsterdam, devoted himself to
fire prevention by appointing a night patrol known as "the Prowlers" or "Rattle Watch" and fire
wardens to inspect chimneys, thatched roofs, and household cooking fires. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Peter Stuyvesant
Stuyvesant required every householder to have ___________, ____________, and
_____________ for use by civilians in case of fire. - CORRECT ANSWER - Buckets,
Hooks, and Ladders
The _________ _______ __ _____________, which destroyed almost 80% of that city in 1666,
directly influenced William Penn's original design for the city of Philadelphia. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Great Fire of London