FLORIDA FIRE OFFICER 1 ACTUAL 2026 EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔What does the NBFSPQ do?
A. investigates suspicious fires on federal property
B. investigates all wildland fires of an origin
C. collects and disseminates fire service casualty statistics
D. accredits fire service certification systems - ✔✔D. accredits fire service certification
systems
✔✔What is the goal of negative discipline?
A. dismissal
B. punishment
C. performance improvement
D. documentation - ✔✔C. performance improvement
✔✔What must the first arriving company-level fire officer provide the dispatch center
upon arrival at an incident scene?
A. assignment of crew members
B. faxed sketch of the scene
C. names of all assigned firefighters
D. verbal picture of the scene - ✔✔D. verbal picture of the scene
✔✔Fire officers should avoid spending longer than ___ on any one lecture or
presentation, as adult learners tend to let their attention drift after that.
A. 50 minutes
B. 30 to 40 minutes
C. 15 to 20 minutes
D. 10 to 12 minutes - ✔✔C. 15 to 20 minutes
✔✔What is one typical goal a firefighter might set to achieve during the coming
evaluation period?
A. complete a fire service class at community college
B. ride up as fire officer on a structure
C. Do a real-life swift water rescue
D. Save an actual person from peril - ✔✔A. complete a fire service class at community
college
✔✔The objective of the presentation is to introduce the students to the subject matter,
explain the importance of the topic, and ___________________.
,A. create interest in the presentation
B. allow hands-on practice by the student
C. gain approval for presenting the proposed training
D. validate the pre-testing results attained earlier - ✔✔A. create interest in the
presentation
✔✔When students attempt to perform new tests under instructor supervision, when is
success attained?
A. when they report being comfortable with task
B. when they can successfully talk another student through it
C. when they can perform the task safely without instructor input
D. when they pass a written test covering aspects of the skill and its use - ✔✔C. when
they can perform the task safely without instructor input
✔✔What type of evaluation errors occurs when the fire officers rates the employee
based upon race, religion, gender, age, or disability?
A. partiality
B. Impartiality
C. Favoritism
D. Bias - ✔✔D. Bias
✔✔When providing training, fire officers act in another role besides instructor. What
other role?
A. Student
B. Co-workers
C. Customer
D. Coach - ✔✔D. Coach
✔✔How can fire officers know they should in other to safely conduct live-fire training?
A. buy observing what it takes to stay at real fires
B. by asking other fire instructors or officers
C. There is an OSHA guideline made just for this situation
D. There is an NFPA standard which addresses that specifically. - ✔✔D. There is an
NFPA standard which addresses that specifically.
✔✔When firefighters receive substandard evaluations, the municipality sometimes
requires ___ take place over 120 days.
A. a work improvement plan
B. reassignment to a different type company
,C. reassignment to different company of the same type
D. repeating part of the fire academy - ✔✔A. a work improvement plan
✔✔During the evaluation of a new firefighter, who determine each individual's skill,
knowledge, aptitude, strengths, and weakness?
A. fire officer
B. individual
C. training officer
D. hiring authority - ✔✔A. fire officer
✔✔Leadership can be described as the art of getting someone to do something ____.
A. the most efficient way
B. in such a way that he or she wants to do it.
C. in such a way that the end justifies the means
D. as you yourself would have done it - ✔✔B. in such a way that he or she wants to do
it.
✔✔What is one of the two situations in which the autocratic leadership style is
indicated?
A. when there are not enough personnel to cover all the usual roles of an evolution
B. when the officer is being evaluated by departmental superior or examiners
C. when the operation is expected to go beyond a single mitigation evolution
D. when the fire company is involved in a high-risk emergency scene activity - ✔✔D.
when the fire company is involved a high-risk emergency scene activity
✔✔To require a firefighter to perform with a rusty skill set in an emergency situation is
considered to be ____.
A. the best reinforcing device
B. the best motivator for learning
C. having an essentially neutral impact
D. dangerous - ✔✔D. dangerous
✔✔What agency launched a web-based system in 2005 to report near misses, with the
goal of tracking incidents to avoid serious injury or death, to identify trends, and to share
the information with other firefighters in a confidential and non punitive way?
A. IAFC
B. OSHA
C. NFA
D. NFPA - ✔✔A. IAFC
, ✔✔What agency mandates early blood bore pathogens training in the fire service?
A. USFA
B. OSHA
C. FSTC
D. USDOT - ✔✔B. OSHA
✔✔On a live fire training evolution, each handling is required to flow a minimum of how
many gallons per minute?
A. 75 GPM
B. 95 GPM
C. 125 GPM
D. 150 GPM - ✔✔B. 95 GPM
✔✔Should firefighters concern themselves or be taught about local government
operations and structure?
A. No, it is inappropriate for them to be concerned with this.
B. No, it is of no consequences if they learn, but is of no use either
C. Yes, is is part of their duty to interface with local government officials at times.
D. Yes, it adds to their sense of participation - ✔✔D. Yes, it adds to their sense of
participation
✔✔How widely, if at all, do new firefighters differ in the knowledge and skills they bring
to the job?
A. They do not vary at all, all entry level firefighters must have completed the same
specific training, no matter where in the US or Canada they are located.
B. They vary widely, from a few hours of orientation to NFPA 1001 certification as a
firefighter
C. They may vary slightly, as in whether or not they have woodland training etc, but the
basics are inform everywhere
D. They vary considerably in when and where they use SCBA, but most other things are
consistent - ✔✔B. They vary widely, from a few hours of orientation to NFPA 1001
certification as a firefighter
✔✔The practice of having multiple companies that might respond together do pre-
incident planning in their response area is viewed as ____.
A. a dangerous practice that leaves an excessive percentage of the response area
uncovered
B. a well-intentioned and relatively harmless, but ineffective, idea that has lost popularity
C. unremarkable one way or the other
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SCORED A+
✔✔What does the NBFSPQ do?
A. investigates suspicious fires on federal property
B. investigates all wildland fires of an origin
C. collects and disseminates fire service casualty statistics
D. accredits fire service certification systems - ✔✔D. accredits fire service certification
systems
✔✔What is the goal of negative discipline?
A. dismissal
B. punishment
C. performance improvement
D. documentation - ✔✔C. performance improvement
✔✔What must the first arriving company-level fire officer provide the dispatch center
upon arrival at an incident scene?
A. assignment of crew members
B. faxed sketch of the scene
C. names of all assigned firefighters
D. verbal picture of the scene - ✔✔D. verbal picture of the scene
✔✔Fire officers should avoid spending longer than ___ on any one lecture or
presentation, as adult learners tend to let their attention drift after that.
A. 50 minutes
B. 30 to 40 minutes
C. 15 to 20 minutes
D. 10 to 12 minutes - ✔✔C. 15 to 20 minutes
✔✔What is one typical goal a firefighter might set to achieve during the coming
evaluation period?
A. complete a fire service class at community college
B. ride up as fire officer on a structure
C. Do a real-life swift water rescue
D. Save an actual person from peril - ✔✔A. complete a fire service class at community
college
✔✔The objective of the presentation is to introduce the students to the subject matter,
explain the importance of the topic, and ___________________.
,A. create interest in the presentation
B. allow hands-on practice by the student
C. gain approval for presenting the proposed training
D. validate the pre-testing results attained earlier - ✔✔A. create interest in the
presentation
✔✔When students attempt to perform new tests under instructor supervision, when is
success attained?
A. when they report being comfortable with task
B. when they can successfully talk another student through it
C. when they can perform the task safely without instructor input
D. when they pass a written test covering aspects of the skill and its use - ✔✔C. when
they can perform the task safely without instructor input
✔✔What type of evaluation errors occurs when the fire officers rates the employee
based upon race, religion, gender, age, or disability?
A. partiality
B. Impartiality
C. Favoritism
D. Bias - ✔✔D. Bias
✔✔When providing training, fire officers act in another role besides instructor. What
other role?
A. Student
B. Co-workers
C. Customer
D. Coach - ✔✔D. Coach
✔✔How can fire officers know they should in other to safely conduct live-fire training?
A. buy observing what it takes to stay at real fires
B. by asking other fire instructors or officers
C. There is an OSHA guideline made just for this situation
D. There is an NFPA standard which addresses that specifically. - ✔✔D. There is an
NFPA standard which addresses that specifically.
✔✔When firefighters receive substandard evaluations, the municipality sometimes
requires ___ take place over 120 days.
A. a work improvement plan
B. reassignment to a different type company
,C. reassignment to different company of the same type
D. repeating part of the fire academy - ✔✔A. a work improvement plan
✔✔During the evaluation of a new firefighter, who determine each individual's skill,
knowledge, aptitude, strengths, and weakness?
A. fire officer
B. individual
C. training officer
D. hiring authority - ✔✔A. fire officer
✔✔Leadership can be described as the art of getting someone to do something ____.
A. the most efficient way
B. in such a way that he or she wants to do it.
C. in such a way that the end justifies the means
D. as you yourself would have done it - ✔✔B. in such a way that he or she wants to do
it.
✔✔What is one of the two situations in which the autocratic leadership style is
indicated?
A. when there are not enough personnel to cover all the usual roles of an evolution
B. when the officer is being evaluated by departmental superior or examiners
C. when the operation is expected to go beyond a single mitigation evolution
D. when the fire company is involved in a high-risk emergency scene activity - ✔✔D.
when the fire company is involved a high-risk emergency scene activity
✔✔To require a firefighter to perform with a rusty skill set in an emergency situation is
considered to be ____.
A. the best reinforcing device
B. the best motivator for learning
C. having an essentially neutral impact
D. dangerous - ✔✔D. dangerous
✔✔What agency launched a web-based system in 2005 to report near misses, with the
goal of tracking incidents to avoid serious injury or death, to identify trends, and to share
the information with other firefighters in a confidential and non punitive way?
A. IAFC
B. OSHA
C. NFA
D. NFPA - ✔✔A. IAFC
, ✔✔What agency mandates early blood bore pathogens training in the fire service?
A. USFA
B. OSHA
C. FSTC
D. USDOT - ✔✔B. OSHA
✔✔On a live fire training evolution, each handling is required to flow a minimum of how
many gallons per minute?
A. 75 GPM
B. 95 GPM
C. 125 GPM
D. 150 GPM - ✔✔B. 95 GPM
✔✔Should firefighters concern themselves or be taught about local government
operations and structure?
A. No, it is inappropriate for them to be concerned with this.
B. No, it is of no consequences if they learn, but is of no use either
C. Yes, is is part of their duty to interface with local government officials at times.
D. Yes, it adds to their sense of participation - ✔✔D. Yes, it adds to their sense of
participation
✔✔How widely, if at all, do new firefighters differ in the knowledge and skills they bring
to the job?
A. They do not vary at all, all entry level firefighters must have completed the same
specific training, no matter where in the US or Canada they are located.
B. They vary widely, from a few hours of orientation to NFPA 1001 certification as a
firefighter
C. They may vary slightly, as in whether or not they have woodland training etc, but the
basics are inform everywhere
D. They vary considerably in when and where they use SCBA, but most other things are
consistent - ✔✔B. They vary widely, from a few hours of orientation to NFPA 1001
certification as a firefighter
✔✔The practice of having multiple companies that might respond together do pre-
incident planning in their response area is viewed as ____.
A. a dangerous practice that leaves an excessive percentage of the response area
uncovered
B. a well-intentioned and relatively harmless, but ineffective, idea that has lost popularity
C. unremarkable one way or the other
