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TCFP Prep 2026 Newest Version with Actual
Questions and 100% Correct Answers
1. What is one example of a hand-powered hydraulic spreader tool ?
a. Spanner tool
b. pompier tool
c. rabbet tool
d. come along tool - ANSWER
2. Which is one of the major lock categories
a. Mortise locks
b. oval
c. Rabbeted locks
d. tumbled locks - ANSWER a. Mortise locks
3. Which tool is used on all types of lock cylinders
a. rabbet tool
b. hux bar
c. K tool
d. Chisel - ANSWER c. K tool
4. When trying to open windows with hurrican glass, it is important to
remember
a. they are tough except when exposed to fire
b. to use spring-loaded center punch to star the cut
c. that hurricane glass is 100 times as rigid as high-impact glass
d. two times as tear resistant as high-impact glass - ANSWER c. that
hurricane glass is 100 times as rigid as high-impact glass
5. When overhead doors must be forced open, it is best to
a. make a rectangular cut with a power saw
b. apply K tool to the latch
c. use a j tool on the roller
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d. use the irons - ANSWER a. make a rectangular cut with a power saw
6. The preferred method to open many commercial doors, residential security
locks, and high security doors is the
a. halligan and axe
b. k tool and axe
c. shovel knife
d. through-the-lock entry - ANSWER d. through-the-lock entry
7. the NFPA requires that, at minimum ppe clothing should be cleaned every
_______ months
a. 12
b. 6
c. 9
d. 14 - ANSWER b. 6
8. 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
9. 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
10.Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified ?
A. NFPA 1582
B. NFPA 1001
C. NFPA 1500
D. NFPA 1501 - ANSWER A. NFPA 1582
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11.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
12.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
13.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
14.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
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15.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
16.What is generally the upper limit of span of control ?
a. 25
B. 9
C.13
D. 7 - ANSWER D. 7
17.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
18.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
19.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
20.In the fire service, the basic definition of the word rescue is ?
TCFP Prep 2026 Newest Version with Actual
Questions and 100% Correct Answers
1. What is one example of a hand-powered hydraulic spreader tool ?
a. Spanner tool
b. pompier tool
c. rabbet tool
d. come along tool - ANSWER
2. Which is one of the major lock categories
a. Mortise locks
b. oval
c. Rabbeted locks
d. tumbled locks - ANSWER a. Mortise locks
3. Which tool is used on all types of lock cylinders
a. rabbet tool
b. hux bar
c. K tool
d. Chisel - ANSWER c. K tool
4. When trying to open windows with hurrican glass, it is important to
remember
a. they are tough except when exposed to fire
b. to use spring-loaded center punch to star the cut
c. that hurricane glass is 100 times as rigid as high-impact glass
d. two times as tear resistant as high-impact glass - ANSWER c. that
hurricane glass is 100 times as rigid as high-impact glass
5. When overhead doors must be forced open, it is best to
a. make a rectangular cut with a power saw
b. apply K tool to the latch
c. use a j tool on the roller
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d. use the irons - ANSWER a. make a rectangular cut with a power saw
6. The preferred method to open many commercial doors, residential security
locks, and high security doors is the
a. halligan and axe
b. k tool and axe
c. shovel knife
d. through-the-lock entry - ANSWER d. through-the-lock entry
7. the NFPA requires that, at minimum ppe clothing should be cleaned every
_______ months
a. 12
b. 6
c. 9
d. 14 - ANSWER b. 6
8. 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
9. 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
10.Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified ?
A. NFPA 1582
B. NFPA 1001
C. NFPA 1500
D. NFPA 1501 - ANSWER A. NFPA 1582
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11.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
12.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
13.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
14.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
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15.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
16.What is generally the upper limit of span of control ?
a. 25
B. 9
C.13
D. 7 - ANSWER D. 7
17.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
18.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
19.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
20.In the fire service, the basic definition of the word rescue is ?
