GPSTC Practice test UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Personnel are people whose primary duties involve fire suppression and Line per support, rescue
and emergency medical care. - CORRECT ANSWER - Line
The governing body of a local fire department may be - CORRECT ANSWER - the city
council, a board of directors/trustees, the county commission
Which of the following is not a component of an Incident Management System? - CORRECT
ANSWER - does not work on day-to-day operations
Incident commander is the IMS position is filled at every incident, regardless of size or scope. -
CORRECT ANSWER - incident commander
Each the following is part of the overall mission of every fire department, except - CORRECT
ANSWER - maintain fire hydrants
A chain of command is the order of rank and authority in the organization. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Chain of command
Span of control refers to the number of subordinates who report to one supervisor at any level
within the organization. - CORRECT ANSWER - Span of control
The National Incident Management System is a comprehensive, national approach to incident
management that is applicable to all jurisdictional levels and across functional disciplines -
CORRECT ANSWER - NIMS
Standard operating procedures are standard sets of actions or procedures that are the core
operations for every emergency plan. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard operating
procedures
, A standard operating guideline is an organization directive that establishes a course of action or
policy that may vary from department to department. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard
operating guidelines
Fire is the self-sustaining process of rapid oxidation of a fuel, which produces heat and light. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Fire
Backdraft is an explosion or very fast burning of heated gases resulting from the introduction of
oxygen when air is admitted into an overheated room or building that is heavily charged with
smoke and fire gases, depleted of oxygen, and with extremely high temperatures. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Backdraft
A fire triangle is a geometric figure used to explain the concept of fire as it burns in the
smoldering mode - CORRECT ANSWER - fire triangle
A fire tetrahedron is a geometric figure used to explain the concept of fire as it burns in the flame
producing stage. - CORRECT ANSWER - fire tetrahedron
Heat transmitted in rays is called radiation. - CORRECT ANSWER - radiation
Heat transferred by direct contact through an intervening medium is called conduction. -
CORRECT ANSWER - conduction
Heat that travels by circulating air currents is called convection. - CORRECT ANSWER -
convection
Universal precautions/body substance isolation work with the assumption that: - CORRECT
ANSWER - all body fluids are potentially hazardous
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Personnel are people whose primary duties involve fire suppression and Line per support, rescue
and emergency medical care. - CORRECT ANSWER - Line
The governing body of a local fire department may be - CORRECT ANSWER - the city
council, a board of directors/trustees, the county commission
Which of the following is not a component of an Incident Management System? - CORRECT
ANSWER - does not work on day-to-day operations
Incident commander is the IMS position is filled at every incident, regardless of size or scope. -
CORRECT ANSWER - incident commander
Each the following is part of the overall mission of every fire department, except - CORRECT
ANSWER - maintain fire hydrants
A chain of command is the order of rank and authority in the organization. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Chain of command
Span of control refers to the number of subordinates who report to one supervisor at any level
within the organization. - CORRECT ANSWER - Span of control
The National Incident Management System is a comprehensive, national approach to incident
management that is applicable to all jurisdictional levels and across functional disciplines -
CORRECT ANSWER - NIMS
Standard operating procedures are standard sets of actions or procedures that are the core
operations for every emergency plan. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard operating
procedures
, A standard operating guideline is an organization directive that establishes a course of action or
policy that may vary from department to department. - CORRECT ANSWER - Standard
operating guidelines
Fire is the self-sustaining process of rapid oxidation of a fuel, which produces heat and light. -
CORRECT ANSWER - Fire
Backdraft is an explosion or very fast burning of heated gases resulting from the introduction of
oxygen when air is admitted into an overheated room or building that is heavily charged with
smoke and fire gases, depleted of oxygen, and with extremely high temperatures. - CORRECT
ANSWER - Backdraft
A fire triangle is a geometric figure used to explain the concept of fire as it burns in the
smoldering mode - CORRECT ANSWER - fire triangle
A fire tetrahedron is a geometric figure used to explain the concept of fire as it burns in the flame
producing stage. - CORRECT ANSWER - fire tetrahedron
Heat transmitted in rays is called radiation. - CORRECT ANSWER - radiation
Heat transferred by direct contact through an intervening medium is called conduction. -
CORRECT ANSWER - conduction
Heat that travels by circulating air currents is called convection. - CORRECT ANSWER -
convection
Universal precautions/body substance isolation work with the assumption that: - CORRECT
ANSWER - all body fluids are potentially hazardous
