FLSE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
◉ Which of the following "five Es of Prevention" is an intervention used
to change structures, products, and processes through the use of
technology, materials, construction, and environmental change?
A) Economics
B) Engineering
C) Enforcement
D) Education . Answer: B) Engineering
◉ Which of the following "five Es of Prevention" is the creation and
adoption of codes, ordinances, and requirements for compliance?
A) Economics
B) Engineering
C) Enforcement
D) Education . Answer: C) Enforcement
,◉ Which of the following "five Es of Prevention" is the process of
preventing or altering specific unsafe attitudes, behaviors, and
conditions?
A) Economics
B) Engineering
C) Enforcement
D) Education . Answer: D) Education
◉ Which of the following historical fires has its anniversary marked by
Fire Prevention Week?
A) The Great Chicago Fire
B) Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire
C) Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire
D) MGM Grand Hotel Fire . Answer: A) The Great Chicago Fire
◉ Which of the following fires has the distinction of being America's
worst single building fire, with 602 fatalities?
A) Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
B) Iroquois Theater Fire
C) Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire
,D) Our Lady of the Angels School Fire . Answer: B) Iroquois Theater
Fire
◉ Which of the following fires was the real precursor for today's
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101-Life Safety Code?
A) Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire
B) Iroquois Theater Fire
C) Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
D) Our Lady of the Angels School Fire . Answer: C) Triangle Shirtwaist
Factory Fire
◉ What year was the "Everyone Goes Home Program" and the "16 Fire
Fighter Life Safety Initiatives" created?
A) 2001
B) 2002
C) 2003
D) 2004 . Answer: D) 2004
◉ The process wherein occupants become aware of a fire-related
emergency within the building and experience a variety of mental
processes and actions before and while they travel to reach a place of
safety within or outside the building is known as:
, A) evacuation
B) panic
C) learned irrelevance
D) alertness . Answer: A) evacuation
◉ What is the term for the behavior exhibited when conditions, such as
emergency exit signs, are repeatedly encountered and occupants learn to
ignore them?
A) Learned evacuation
B) Learned irrelevance
C) Learned alertness
D) Learned blindness . Answer: B) Learned irrelevance
◉ The time between the recognition of the cue that an emergency is
occurring to the moment the occupants actually begin to evacuate is
known as:
A) elapsed time
B) alarm time
C) pre-movement time
D) response time . Answer: C) pre-movement time
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
◉ Which of the following "five Es of Prevention" is an intervention used
to change structures, products, and processes through the use of
technology, materials, construction, and environmental change?
A) Economics
B) Engineering
C) Enforcement
D) Education . Answer: B) Engineering
◉ Which of the following "five Es of Prevention" is the creation and
adoption of codes, ordinances, and requirements for compliance?
A) Economics
B) Engineering
C) Enforcement
D) Education . Answer: C) Enforcement
,◉ Which of the following "five Es of Prevention" is the process of
preventing or altering specific unsafe attitudes, behaviors, and
conditions?
A) Economics
B) Engineering
C) Enforcement
D) Education . Answer: D) Education
◉ Which of the following historical fires has its anniversary marked by
Fire Prevention Week?
A) The Great Chicago Fire
B) Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire
C) Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire
D) MGM Grand Hotel Fire . Answer: A) The Great Chicago Fire
◉ Which of the following fires has the distinction of being America's
worst single building fire, with 602 fatalities?
A) Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
B) Iroquois Theater Fire
C) Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire
,D) Our Lady of the Angels School Fire . Answer: B) Iroquois Theater
Fire
◉ Which of the following fires was the real precursor for today's
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101-Life Safety Code?
A) Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire
B) Iroquois Theater Fire
C) Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
D) Our Lady of the Angels School Fire . Answer: C) Triangle Shirtwaist
Factory Fire
◉ What year was the "Everyone Goes Home Program" and the "16 Fire
Fighter Life Safety Initiatives" created?
A) 2001
B) 2002
C) 2003
D) 2004 . Answer: D) 2004
◉ The process wherein occupants become aware of a fire-related
emergency within the building and experience a variety of mental
processes and actions before and while they travel to reach a place of
safety within or outside the building is known as:
, A) evacuation
B) panic
C) learned irrelevance
D) alertness . Answer: A) evacuation
◉ What is the term for the behavior exhibited when conditions, such as
emergency exit signs, are repeatedly encountered and occupants learn to
ignore them?
A) Learned evacuation
B) Learned irrelevance
C) Learned alertness
D) Learned blindness . Answer: B) Learned irrelevance
◉ The time between the recognition of the cue that an emergency is
occurring to the moment the occupants actually begin to evacuate is
known as:
A) elapsed time
B) alarm time
C) pre-movement time
D) response time . Answer: C) pre-movement time
