Fire Officer 1 Complete Exam Study Questions
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1. Line-item budgets are divided into two main categories - ANSWER
Personnel services and other expenses
2. Nationally recognized professional standards - ANSWER Are only legal
mandates when adopted by local jurisdictions and serve as models of
acceptable performance
3. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) - ANSWER establishes and
publishes codes, standards, guidelines, and recommended practices for the
prevention and control of fire
4. Essential elements of a group - ANSWER Common binding interest, sense
of continuity, shared set of values
5. NFPA 1500 - ANSWER Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety
and Health Program
6. Negligence - ANSWER The failure to exercise the standard of care that a
reasonable person would exercise in similar circumstances.
7. Tort - ANSWER A civil wrong or injury
8. Suit - ANSWER Civil action by an individual against another person or
group
,9. class action - ANSWER a lawsuit in which the plaintiff or defendant is a
collective group of individuals with one common complaint
10.The federal fire prevention and control act established the... - ANSWER
United States Fire Administration (USFA)
11.Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) - ANSWER
Federal agency responsible for the preparedness, response, mitigation, and
recovery from major incidents
12.Emergency management functions - ANSWER Preparedness, mitigation,
response, recovery
13.collective bargaining - ANSWER Process of give and take
14.Arbitration - ANSWER Evidence from both sides in a dispute are presented
15.Mediation - ANSWER Hiring a third party to meet separately with each
side in a conflict
16.Fair Labor Standards Act - ANSWER 1938 law that set a minimum wage, a
maximum workweek of 53 hours for firefighters without overtime, and
outlawed child labor
17.Case Law - ANSWER the rules of law announced in court decisions
,18.Statutory Law - ANSWER Law passed by the U.S. Congress or state
legislatures
19.Administrative Law - ANSWER Rules and regulations that have the force
of law
20.Constitutional Law - ANSWER Basic law of the land
21.Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ANSWER Legislation passed in
1990 that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities. Under
this Act, discrimination against a disabled person is illegal in employment,
transportation, public accommodations, communications and government
activities.
22.NFPA - ANSWER Develops and publishes the majority of national
consensus standards used by fire departments
23.Fire District - ANSWER Must operate under a board of directors
24.Communication grapevine usually transmits... - ANSWER Info that can't be
ensured as accurate and official
25.Leader of an informal group - ANSWER The emerging leader regardless of
whether or not a formal selection process has been used
26.Ego fulfillment is also known as - ANSWER Self esteem
27.Self actualization - ANSWER the process by which people achieve their
full potential
, 28.When interacting with the formal and informal groups of an FD company
officers should - ANSWER Attempt to mesh the organizational values of
both groups together
29.Unity of command - ANSWER The "one supervisor" principle
30.Discipline - ANSWER Setting the limits for expected performance and
enforcing them
31.Spam of control - ANSWER The limit one person can effectively manage
32.Division of labor - ANSWER Breaking down a job into separate, smaller
tasks
33.Line-item accounting is a form of: - ANSWER budgetary control
34.Preliminary budgets for the upcoming fiscal year often start with: -
ANSWER Service levels from the previous year
35.Scalar Organizational Structure - ANSWER Organizational structure that
provides paramilitary, pyramid type of organization with a continuous line
of command and authority centralized at the top
36.authority - ANSWER Legal ability to make and implement decisions
with Detailed Answers | Latest Version
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1. Line-item budgets are divided into two main categories - ANSWER
Personnel services and other expenses
2. Nationally recognized professional standards - ANSWER Are only legal
mandates when adopted by local jurisdictions and serve as models of
acceptable performance
3. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) - ANSWER establishes and
publishes codes, standards, guidelines, and recommended practices for the
prevention and control of fire
4. Essential elements of a group - ANSWER Common binding interest, sense
of continuity, shared set of values
5. NFPA 1500 - ANSWER Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety
and Health Program
6. Negligence - ANSWER The failure to exercise the standard of care that a
reasonable person would exercise in similar circumstances.
7. Tort - ANSWER A civil wrong or injury
8. Suit - ANSWER Civil action by an individual against another person or
group
,9. class action - ANSWER a lawsuit in which the plaintiff or defendant is a
collective group of individuals with one common complaint
10.The federal fire prevention and control act established the... - ANSWER
United States Fire Administration (USFA)
11.Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) - ANSWER
Federal agency responsible for the preparedness, response, mitigation, and
recovery from major incidents
12.Emergency management functions - ANSWER Preparedness, mitigation,
response, recovery
13.collective bargaining - ANSWER Process of give and take
14.Arbitration - ANSWER Evidence from both sides in a dispute are presented
15.Mediation - ANSWER Hiring a third party to meet separately with each
side in a conflict
16.Fair Labor Standards Act - ANSWER 1938 law that set a minimum wage, a
maximum workweek of 53 hours for firefighters without overtime, and
outlawed child labor
17.Case Law - ANSWER the rules of law announced in court decisions
,18.Statutory Law - ANSWER Law passed by the U.S. Congress or state
legislatures
19.Administrative Law - ANSWER Rules and regulations that have the force
of law
20.Constitutional Law - ANSWER Basic law of the land
21.Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ANSWER Legislation passed in
1990 that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities. Under
this Act, discrimination against a disabled person is illegal in employment,
transportation, public accommodations, communications and government
activities.
22.NFPA - ANSWER Develops and publishes the majority of national
consensus standards used by fire departments
23.Fire District - ANSWER Must operate under a board of directors
24.Communication grapevine usually transmits... - ANSWER Info that can't be
ensured as accurate and official
25.Leader of an informal group - ANSWER The emerging leader regardless of
whether or not a formal selection process has been used
26.Ego fulfillment is also known as - ANSWER Self esteem
27.Self actualization - ANSWER the process by which people achieve their
full potential
, 28.When interacting with the formal and informal groups of an FD company
officers should - ANSWER Attempt to mesh the organizational values of
both groups together
29.Unity of command - ANSWER The "one supervisor" principle
30.Discipline - ANSWER Setting the limits for expected performance and
enforcing them
31.Spam of control - ANSWER The limit one person can effectively manage
32.Division of labor - ANSWER Breaking down a job into separate, smaller
tasks
33.Line-item accounting is a form of: - ANSWER budgetary control
34.Preliminary budgets for the upcoming fiscal year often start with: -
ANSWER Service levels from the previous year
35.Scalar Organizational Structure - ANSWER Organizational structure that
provides paramilitary, pyramid type of organization with a continuous line
of command and authority centralized at the top
36.authority - ANSWER Legal ability to make and implement decisions
