TCFP Prep Questions And Answers
/. the NFPA requires that, at minimum ppe clothing should be cleaned every _______
months
a. 12
b. 6
c. 9
d. 14 - Answer-✅b. 6
/.National Fire Protection 1001 is ?
A. Standard for firefighting professional qualifications
B. Standard for Industrial Fire Brigades
C. Standard for fire department occupational safety and health program
D. standard for Blood Borne Pathogen training - Answer-✅A. Standard for firefighting
professional qualifications
/.Historically, the standard operating unit of a fire department is ?
A. the firefighter
B. The company
C. the battalion
D. a platoon/shift - Answer-✅B. The company
/.Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified ?
A. NFPA 1582
B. NFPA 1001
C. NFPA 1500
D. NFPA 1501 - Answer-✅A. NFPA 1582
/.Directions: Read the following statements and choose the correct answer from
alternatives A-D
Statement 1: A policy is a guide to thinking or decision making
Statement 2: a procedure is a detailed plan of action
Statement 3: Standard operating procedures apply to both emergency and non-
emergency situations
,A. st. 1 is true; st 2 and 3 are false
B. st 1 and 2 are false; st 3 is true
C. St 1 is false; st 2 and 3 are true
D. all statements are true - Answer-✅D. all statements are true
/.Which is true regarding NFPA standards
A. they are regarded as law
B. they consensus documents
C. they are adopted at the federal level
D. they identify the maximum allowable by law. - Answer-✅B. they consensus
documents
/.What is the difference in a dept's SOP's as opposed to the SOG's ?
A. SOP's are specific, and SOG's are not
B. SOP's and SOG's are exactly alike
C. SOP's are not as strict as SOG's
D. Both are required to meet NFPA 1500 requirements. - Answer-✅A. SOP's are
specific, and SOG's are not
/.Life safety, incident stabilization, and ___________ are the three most important
orginization duties for FD's to pursue.
A. Building inspections
B. public information
C. Property conservation
D. Resource management - Answer-✅C. Property conservation
/.What is the principle called that says each firefighter answers to only one supervisor ?
A. Span of responsibility
B. Organizational accountability
C. Unity of command
D. Delegation of duty - Answer-✅C. Unity of command
/.What is generally the upper limit of span of control ?
a. 25
B. 9
C.13
D. 7 - Answer-✅D. 7
/.the process of dividing large jobs into smaller jobs to make them more manageable is
described as ?
,a. chain of command
b. division of labor
c. span of control
d. unity of command - Answer-✅b. division of labor
/.Division of labor is necessary in the fire service in order to?
a. determine who will be the incident commander
b. separate union and administration
c. determine chain of command
d. make specific and clear-cut assignments - Answer-✅d. make specific and clear-cut
assignments
/.One of the basic duties of an engine company is?
a. attack and extinguish fires
b. forcible entry
c. perform technical rescue
d. perform search and rescue - Answer-✅a. attack and extinguish fires
/.In the fire service, the basic definition of the word rescue is ?
a. looking for victims who are in danger
b. removing a victim from a hazardous situation to safety
c. performing CPR on a victim
d. stabilizing a victim before transport - Answer-✅b. removing a victim from a
hazardous situation to safety
/.Which is considered one of the basic tasks of a traditional ladder company crew ?
a. Securing a water source
b. deploying hand lines
c. Forcible entry
d. high angle operations - Answer-✅c. Forcible entry
/.What is the term for a rescue situation requiring specialized knowledge or training such
as high-angle rescue or trench rescue ?
a. Class 1 rescue
b. technical rescue
c. barrel rescue
d. second stage resuce - Answer-✅b. technical rescue
/.Which statement regarding NFPA standards is true ?
a. they are viewed as regulations.
, b. they are viewed as consensus documents
c. they are law and, therefore, must be implemented
d. they are adopted by OSHA - Answer-✅b. they are viewed as consensus documents
/.Fire Department employee assistance programs provide ____________ help with
problems that might affect performance.
a. instantaneous
b. confidential
c. all-encompassing
d. common knowledge - Answer-✅B. confidential
/.NFPA 1500 provides guidance for which program to benefit firefighters ?
a. employee assistance programs
b. collective bargaining agreements
c. professional certifications
d. Disciplinary plan - Answer-✅a. Employee assistance programs
/.Which would be considered a program offered by an Employee assistance program?
a. Driving course for adolescents
b. dealing with physical problems
c. junior firefighter programs
d. Juvenile arson setter program - Answer-✅b. dealing with physical problems
/.st. 1 Federal OSHA authority and regulations apply mainly to private sector and do not
cover employees of state and local goverments
st.2 Federal OSHA has jurisdiction over every state in the U.S.
st.3 Agencies must adopt OSHA as recognized national standards
a. statements 1 and 2 are true;3 is false
b. statements 1 is false; 2 and 3 are true
c. Statement 1 is true ; statements 2 and 3 are false
d. All three statements are true. - Answer-✅C.
/.What topic is covered by NFPA 1500
a. salvage ops
b electrical safety req
C. budgeting req
d. Safety programs - Answer-✅d. safety programs
/.toxic atmospheres due to smoke and heat are called?
/. the NFPA requires that, at minimum ppe clothing should be cleaned every _______
months
a. 12
b. 6
c. 9
d. 14 - Answer-✅b. 6
/.National Fire Protection 1001 is ?
A. Standard for firefighting professional qualifications
B. Standard for Industrial Fire Brigades
C. Standard for fire department occupational safety and health program
D. standard for Blood Borne Pathogen training - Answer-✅A. Standard for firefighting
professional qualifications
/.Historically, the standard operating unit of a fire department is ?
A. the firefighter
B. The company
C. the battalion
D. a platoon/shift - Answer-✅B. The company
/.Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified ?
A. NFPA 1582
B. NFPA 1001
C. NFPA 1500
D. NFPA 1501 - Answer-✅A. NFPA 1582
/.Directions: Read the following statements and choose the correct answer from
alternatives A-D
Statement 1: A policy is a guide to thinking or decision making
Statement 2: a procedure is a detailed plan of action
Statement 3: Standard operating procedures apply to both emergency and non-
emergency situations
,A. st. 1 is true; st 2 and 3 are false
B. st 1 and 2 are false; st 3 is true
C. St 1 is false; st 2 and 3 are true
D. all statements are true - Answer-✅D. all statements are true
/.Which is true regarding NFPA standards
A. they are regarded as law
B. they consensus documents
C. they are adopted at the federal level
D. they identify the maximum allowable by law. - Answer-✅B. they consensus
documents
/.What is the difference in a dept's SOP's as opposed to the SOG's ?
A. SOP's are specific, and SOG's are not
B. SOP's and SOG's are exactly alike
C. SOP's are not as strict as SOG's
D. Both are required to meet NFPA 1500 requirements. - Answer-✅A. SOP's are
specific, and SOG's are not
/.Life safety, incident stabilization, and ___________ are the three most important
orginization duties for FD's to pursue.
A. Building inspections
B. public information
C. Property conservation
D. Resource management - Answer-✅C. Property conservation
/.What is the principle called that says each firefighter answers to only one supervisor ?
A. Span of responsibility
B. Organizational accountability
C. Unity of command
D. Delegation of duty - Answer-✅C. Unity of command
/.What is generally the upper limit of span of control ?
a. 25
B. 9
C.13
D. 7 - Answer-✅D. 7
/.the process of dividing large jobs into smaller jobs to make them more manageable is
described as ?
,a. chain of command
b. division of labor
c. span of control
d. unity of command - Answer-✅b. division of labor
/.Division of labor is necessary in the fire service in order to?
a. determine who will be the incident commander
b. separate union and administration
c. determine chain of command
d. make specific and clear-cut assignments - Answer-✅d. make specific and clear-cut
assignments
/.One of the basic duties of an engine company is?
a. attack and extinguish fires
b. forcible entry
c. perform technical rescue
d. perform search and rescue - Answer-✅a. attack and extinguish fires
/.In the fire service, the basic definition of the word rescue is ?
a. looking for victims who are in danger
b. removing a victim from a hazardous situation to safety
c. performing CPR on a victim
d. stabilizing a victim before transport - Answer-✅b. removing a victim from a
hazardous situation to safety
/.Which is considered one of the basic tasks of a traditional ladder company crew ?
a. Securing a water source
b. deploying hand lines
c. Forcible entry
d. high angle operations - Answer-✅c. Forcible entry
/.What is the term for a rescue situation requiring specialized knowledge or training such
as high-angle rescue or trench rescue ?
a. Class 1 rescue
b. technical rescue
c. barrel rescue
d. second stage resuce - Answer-✅b. technical rescue
/.Which statement regarding NFPA standards is true ?
a. they are viewed as regulations.
, b. they are viewed as consensus documents
c. they are law and, therefore, must be implemented
d. they are adopted by OSHA - Answer-✅b. they are viewed as consensus documents
/.Fire Department employee assistance programs provide ____________ help with
problems that might affect performance.
a. instantaneous
b. confidential
c. all-encompassing
d. common knowledge - Answer-✅B. confidential
/.NFPA 1500 provides guidance for which program to benefit firefighters ?
a. employee assistance programs
b. collective bargaining agreements
c. professional certifications
d. Disciplinary plan - Answer-✅a. Employee assistance programs
/.Which would be considered a program offered by an Employee assistance program?
a. Driving course for adolescents
b. dealing with physical problems
c. junior firefighter programs
d. Juvenile arson setter program - Answer-✅b. dealing with physical problems
/.st. 1 Federal OSHA authority and regulations apply mainly to private sector and do not
cover employees of state and local goverments
st.2 Federal OSHA has jurisdiction over every state in the U.S.
st.3 Agencies must adopt OSHA as recognized national standards
a. statements 1 and 2 are true;3 is false
b. statements 1 is false; 2 and 3 are true
c. Statement 1 is true ; statements 2 and 3 are false
d. All three statements are true. - Answer-✅C.
/.What topic is covered by NFPA 1500
a. salvage ops
b electrical safety req
C. budgeting req
d. Safety programs - Answer-✅d. safety programs
/.toxic atmospheres due to smoke and heat are called?
