FIREFIGHTER MOD A CORE 2026 MAIN EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔According to NIOSH, firefighter deaths and injuries are often caused by which of
these?
Lifting and bending
Inadequate water supply
SCBA overpressurization
Poor communication - ✔✔Poor Communication
✔✔After the evacuation signal occurs, what should be next?
Resume normal radio traffic.
Ask for further details on the radio.
Signal it a second time.
Conduct a PAR. - ✔✔Conduct a Par
✔✔Automatic number identification and automatic location identification are used in
which system?
CAD
E911
MLTS
GPS - ✔✔E911
✔✔Firefighters who are in imminent danger should use which communications?
Regular traffic
Emergency traffic
Mayday
SOS - ✔✔Mayday
✔✔GPS can be used for not only unit locations but for what else?
Hydrant locations
Gas lines
Flooding plains
All of these are correct - ✔✔All of these are correct
✔✔If a company officer is not available for the size-up, who should do it?
Driver/engineer
Firefighter
Next arriving officer
Battalion chief - ✔✔Firefighter
✔✔If a firefighter cannot transmit their emergency traffic what could they do?
Hit the emergency button
Shut off the radio and turn it back on
,Switch to the dispatch channel
Go to a direct channel - ✔✔Hit the emergency button
✔✔Most firefighter radio communications are made on which frequencies?
Low band
DHF band
UHF band
FCC band - ✔✔UHF Band
✔✔Some calls qualify for emergency response, what does that mean?
Ability to break traffic laws
Using lights and siren
You have priority radio traffic
Firefighter down and needs help - ✔✔Using Lights and Sirens
✔✔Some communication centers can obtain a caller's location by using which system?
ANI
ALI
TDD
TTY - ✔✔ALI
✔✔The Americans with Disabilities Act requires every call-taking position within a PSAP
to have access to which of these?
Pen and paper as a backup
TTY/TDD systems
Direct line to a supervisor
Access to a translator - ✔✔TTY/TDD systems
✔✔The Incident Command System under NIMS uses common text to replace which of
these?
Ten-codes
VoIPs
TDD
TTY - ✔✔Ten-codes
✔✔The objective of telecommunicators is to dispatch the highest priority of calls within
what time?
30 seconds
60 seconds
90 seconds
120 seconds - ✔✔60 seconds
✔✔Time marking is designed to help what position?
Interior crews
, Incident command
Safety officer
Dispatchers - ✔✔Incident command
✔✔Under which circumstance would a firefighter use emergency traffic?
They are in need of a piece of equipment.
They ran out of water.
They switch from primary to secondary search.
They are changing to defensive operations. - ✔✔They ran out of water.
✔✔What determines which units are selected for a particular call type?
Run cards
The officer of the station
The telecommunicator, based on caller information
Other incidents in the area - ✔✔Run cards
✔✔What does the "A" in CAD stand for?
Automated
Aided
Automatic
Assisted - ✔✔Aided
✔✔What does the "A" in LUNAR represent?
Air
Acknowledge
Activity
Actions needed - ✔✔Air
✔✔What does the preferred method of communication within ICS?
204 forms
Radio
Messenger
Cell phone - ✔✔Radio
✔✔What is the greatest strength of ICS structures?
Using common terminology
Creating chain of command
Creating span of control
Being able to expand and collapse - ✔✔Being able to expand and collapse
✔✔What is the initial report of the first-due officer called?
Initial report
Accountability report
Time marked
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔According to NIOSH, firefighter deaths and injuries are often caused by which of
these?
Lifting and bending
Inadequate water supply
SCBA overpressurization
Poor communication - ✔✔Poor Communication
✔✔After the evacuation signal occurs, what should be next?
Resume normal radio traffic.
Ask for further details on the radio.
Signal it a second time.
Conduct a PAR. - ✔✔Conduct a Par
✔✔Automatic number identification and automatic location identification are used in
which system?
CAD
E911
MLTS
GPS - ✔✔E911
✔✔Firefighters who are in imminent danger should use which communications?
Regular traffic
Emergency traffic
Mayday
SOS - ✔✔Mayday
✔✔GPS can be used for not only unit locations but for what else?
Hydrant locations
Gas lines
Flooding plains
All of these are correct - ✔✔All of these are correct
✔✔If a company officer is not available for the size-up, who should do it?
Driver/engineer
Firefighter
Next arriving officer
Battalion chief - ✔✔Firefighter
✔✔If a firefighter cannot transmit their emergency traffic what could they do?
Hit the emergency button
Shut off the radio and turn it back on
,Switch to the dispatch channel
Go to a direct channel - ✔✔Hit the emergency button
✔✔Most firefighter radio communications are made on which frequencies?
Low band
DHF band
UHF band
FCC band - ✔✔UHF Band
✔✔Some calls qualify for emergency response, what does that mean?
Ability to break traffic laws
Using lights and siren
You have priority radio traffic
Firefighter down and needs help - ✔✔Using Lights and Sirens
✔✔Some communication centers can obtain a caller's location by using which system?
ANI
ALI
TDD
TTY - ✔✔ALI
✔✔The Americans with Disabilities Act requires every call-taking position within a PSAP
to have access to which of these?
Pen and paper as a backup
TTY/TDD systems
Direct line to a supervisor
Access to a translator - ✔✔TTY/TDD systems
✔✔The Incident Command System under NIMS uses common text to replace which of
these?
Ten-codes
VoIPs
TDD
TTY - ✔✔Ten-codes
✔✔The objective of telecommunicators is to dispatch the highest priority of calls within
what time?
30 seconds
60 seconds
90 seconds
120 seconds - ✔✔60 seconds
✔✔Time marking is designed to help what position?
Interior crews
, Incident command
Safety officer
Dispatchers - ✔✔Incident command
✔✔Under which circumstance would a firefighter use emergency traffic?
They are in need of a piece of equipment.
They ran out of water.
They switch from primary to secondary search.
They are changing to defensive operations. - ✔✔They ran out of water.
✔✔What determines which units are selected for a particular call type?
Run cards
The officer of the station
The telecommunicator, based on caller information
Other incidents in the area - ✔✔Run cards
✔✔What does the "A" in CAD stand for?
Automated
Aided
Automatic
Assisted - ✔✔Aided
✔✔What does the "A" in LUNAR represent?
Air
Acknowledge
Activity
Actions needed - ✔✔Air
✔✔What does the preferred method of communication within ICS?
204 forms
Radio
Messenger
Cell phone - ✔✔Radio
✔✔What is the greatest strength of ICS structures?
Using common terminology
Creating chain of command
Creating span of control
Being able to expand and collapse - ✔✔Being able to expand and collapse
✔✔What is the initial report of the first-due officer called?
Initial report
Accountability report
Time marked
