FIRE OFFICER 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
◉ A challenge new company officers will have to learn, apply, and
model is how much _____ is legitimately assigned to the position and
how to apply it in a fair and equitable manner. Answer: authority
◉ A company officer must be a competent and _____ leader. Answer:
ethical
◉ Company officers provide the most direct influence over the:
Answer: firefighters they supervise.
◉ Each category of NFPA 1021 is divided into: Answer: job
performance requirements (JPRs) that guide the officer in the
performance of these duties.
◉ Safety must become second nature for all personnel in all types of:
Answer: emergency and nonemergency situations.
◉ In which role is the company officer expected to execute the
orders of superior officers? Answer: Subordinate
,◉ The first-arriving company officer at an incident must: Answer:
establish the Incident Command System (ICS).
◉ Successful company officers choose to see the challenges of the
transition to the position as a(an): Answer: opportunity to grow as a
professional.
◉ Company officers must realize that the success of any fire and
emergency services organization is directly proportional to its:
Answer: community involvement.
◉ Division of labor is used in the fire and emergency services to:
Answer: make specific, clear-cut assignments.
◉ Company officers can make the best of available resources by:
Answer: conserving materials and supplies.
◉ Most large cities operate _____ fire and emergency services
organizations. Answer: career
◉ Fire and emergency services organizations can be classified as
either public or private depending on how the organization is:
Answer: funded
,◉ Personnel serving in combination departments can generally be
divided into: Answer: paid or volunteer responders.
◉ Professionalism in career, paid-on-call, and volunteer
departments refers to: Answer: a level of personnel competence or
expertise, behavior, and appearance.
◉ Mutual aid agreements require fire and emergency services
personnel to: Answer: work with other organizations and other
governmental jurisdictions.
◉ "Line" and "staff" are organizational terms that separate fire
personnel into: Answer: two distinct groups that primarily deliver
services to either internal or external customers.
◉ Fire organizations with scalar structures have a defined chain of
command in which: Answer: information is directed from the top of
the organization downwards.
◉ Fire services organizations often respond to an incident along
with: Answer: other public and private entities.
◉ Authority refers to the legal ability of an individual to: Answer:
make and implement decisions for which the individual is held
accountable.
, ◉ When supervising a single company, a company officer should
optimally have three to seven subordinates in their: Answer: span of
control.
◉ The primary means of categorizing public fire and emergency
services organizations is by the: Answer: jurisdiction the
organization serves.
◉ The purpose of unity of command is to ensure unity of effort
under: Answer: one responsible commander for every objective.
◉ Approximately 70 percent of fire and emergency services
personnel are: Answer: volunteers
◉ An effective unit works together towards a(an): Answer: specific
objective.
◉ Company officers usually supervise a department's: Answer:
smallest subdivision.
◉ Which leadership style requires followers to participate in the
process and be held accountable for the tasks delegated to them?
Answer: Democratic
ANSWERS 2026 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
◉ A challenge new company officers will have to learn, apply, and
model is how much _____ is legitimately assigned to the position and
how to apply it in a fair and equitable manner. Answer: authority
◉ A company officer must be a competent and _____ leader. Answer:
ethical
◉ Company officers provide the most direct influence over the:
Answer: firefighters they supervise.
◉ Each category of NFPA 1021 is divided into: Answer: job
performance requirements (JPRs) that guide the officer in the
performance of these duties.
◉ Safety must become second nature for all personnel in all types of:
Answer: emergency and nonemergency situations.
◉ In which role is the company officer expected to execute the
orders of superior officers? Answer: Subordinate
,◉ The first-arriving company officer at an incident must: Answer:
establish the Incident Command System (ICS).
◉ Successful company officers choose to see the challenges of the
transition to the position as a(an): Answer: opportunity to grow as a
professional.
◉ Company officers must realize that the success of any fire and
emergency services organization is directly proportional to its:
Answer: community involvement.
◉ Division of labor is used in the fire and emergency services to:
Answer: make specific, clear-cut assignments.
◉ Company officers can make the best of available resources by:
Answer: conserving materials and supplies.
◉ Most large cities operate _____ fire and emergency services
organizations. Answer: career
◉ Fire and emergency services organizations can be classified as
either public or private depending on how the organization is:
Answer: funded
,◉ Personnel serving in combination departments can generally be
divided into: Answer: paid or volunteer responders.
◉ Professionalism in career, paid-on-call, and volunteer
departments refers to: Answer: a level of personnel competence or
expertise, behavior, and appearance.
◉ Mutual aid agreements require fire and emergency services
personnel to: Answer: work with other organizations and other
governmental jurisdictions.
◉ "Line" and "staff" are organizational terms that separate fire
personnel into: Answer: two distinct groups that primarily deliver
services to either internal or external customers.
◉ Fire organizations with scalar structures have a defined chain of
command in which: Answer: information is directed from the top of
the organization downwards.
◉ Fire services organizations often respond to an incident along
with: Answer: other public and private entities.
◉ Authority refers to the legal ability of an individual to: Answer:
make and implement decisions for which the individual is held
accountable.
, ◉ When supervising a single company, a company officer should
optimally have three to seven subordinates in their: Answer: span of
control.
◉ The primary means of categorizing public fire and emergency
services organizations is by the: Answer: jurisdiction the
organization serves.
◉ The purpose of unity of command is to ensure unity of effort
under: Answer: one responsible commander for every objective.
◉ Approximately 70 percent of fire and emergency services
personnel are: Answer: volunteers
◉ An effective unit works together towards a(an): Answer: specific
objective.
◉ Company officers usually supervise a department's: Answer:
smallest subdivision.
◉ Which leadership style requires followers to participate in the
process and be held accountable for the tasks delegated to them?
Answer: Democratic
