FIRE INSTRUCTOR 1 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔A set of guidelines outlining behaviors of qualifications or positions or specifications
for equipment or processes. Often developed by individuals within the regulated
profession, they may be applied voluntarily or referenced within a rule or law -
✔✔Standards
✔✔The act of ensuring continuity of the organization by preparing its future leaders -
✔✔Succession Planning
✔✔Having an alertness to the future, recognition of potential, and expectations of
improvement - ✔✔Vision
✔✔A federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability -
✔✔Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990
✔✔A law that can be established by legislative action, but is most commonly created by
an administrative agency or local entity - ✔✔Code
✔✔The requirement that, with very limited expectations, employers must keep medical
and other personal information about employees and applicants private -
✔✔Confidentiality
✔✔A situation in which an individual's disability presents a serious risk to his or her own
safety or the safety of his or her coworker - ✔✔direct threat
✔✔5 Major Fire Service Instructor roles - ✔✔1. leader
2. Mentor
3. Coach
4. Evaluator
, 5. Teacher
✔✔A physical or mental condition that interferes with a major life activity - ✔✔Disability
✔✔An act, or failure to act, that is so reckless that it shows a conscious, voluntary
disregard for the safety of others - ✔✔Gross Negligence
✔✔An agreement or contract wherein one party holds the other party free from
responsibility for liability or damage that could arise from the transaction between the
two parties - ✔✔Hold Harmless
✔✔A general work environment characterized by unwelcomed physical or verbal sexual
conduct that interferes with an employee's performance - ✔✔Hostile Work Environment
✔✔An agreement or contract wherein one party assumes liability from another party in
the event of a claim or loss - ✔✔indemnification Agreement
✔✔Responsibility; the assignment of blame. Often occurs after a breach of duty -
✔✔Liability
✔✔Dishonest, intentionally illegal, or immoral actions - ✔✔malfeasance
✔✔unintentional breach of duty that is the proximate cause of harm - ✔✔Negligence
✔✔A situation in which an employee is forced to tolerate sexual harassment so as to
keep/obtain a job, benefit, or promotion - ✔✔Quid pro quo Sexual harassment
✔✔A law that can be established by legislative action, but is most commonly created by
an administrative agency or local entity - ✔✔Regulation
✔✔A law created by legislative action that embodies the law of the land at both the
federal and state levels - ✔✔Statute
✔✔The section of Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits employment discrimination
based on personal characteristics such as race, color, religion, sex and national origin -
✔✔Title VII
✔✔Accommodating an individual's disability would be too expensive or too difficult for
an employer - ✔✔Undue hardship
✔✔An act that shows utter indifference or conscious disregard for the safety of others -
✔✔willful and wanton conduct
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔A set of guidelines outlining behaviors of qualifications or positions or specifications
for equipment or processes. Often developed by individuals within the regulated
profession, they may be applied voluntarily or referenced within a rule or law -
✔✔Standards
✔✔The act of ensuring continuity of the organization by preparing its future leaders -
✔✔Succession Planning
✔✔Having an alertness to the future, recognition of potential, and expectations of
improvement - ✔✔Vision
✔✔A federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability -
✔✔Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990
✔✔A law that can be established by legislative action, but is most commonly created by
an administrative agency or local entity - ✔✔Code
✔✔The requirement that, with very limited expectations, employers must keep medical
and other personal information about employees and applicants private -
✔✔Confidentiality
✔✔A situation in which an individual's disability presents a serious risk to his or her own
safety or the safety of his or her coworker - ✔✔direct threat
✔✔5 Major Fire Service Instructor roles - ✔✔1. leader
2. Mentor
3. Coach
4. Evaluator
, 5. Teacher
✔✔A physical or mental condition that interferes with a major life activity - ✔✔Disability
✔✔An act, or failure to act, that is so reckless that it shows a conscious, voluntary
disregard for the safety of others - ✔✔Gross Negligence
✔✔An agreement or contract wherein one party holds the other party free from
responsibility for liability or damage that could arise from the transaction between the
two parties - ✔✔Hold Harmless
✔✔A general work environment characterized by unwelcomed physical or verbal sexual
conduct that interferes with an employee's performance - ✔✔Hostile Work Environment
✔✔An agreement or contract wherein one party assumes liability from another party in
the event of a claim or loss - ✔✔indemnification Agreement
✔✔Responsibility; the assignment of blame. Often occurs after a breach of duty -
✔✔Liability
✔✔Dishonest, intentionally illegal, or immoral actions - ✔✔malfeasance
✔✔unintentional breach of duty that is the proximate cause of harm - ✔✔Negligence
✔✔A situation in which an employee is forced to tolerate sexual harassment so as to
keep/obtain a job, benefit, or promotion - ✔✔Quid pro quo Sexual harassment
✔✔A law that can be established by legislative action, but is most commonly created by
an administrative agency or local entity - ✔✔Regulation
✔✔A law created by legislative action that embodies the law of the land at both the
federal and state levels - ✔✔Statute
✔✔The section of Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits employment discrimination
based on personal characteristics such as race, color, religion, sex and national origin -
✔✔Title VII
✔✔Accommodating an individual's disability would be too expensive or too difficult for
an employer - ✔✔Undue hardship
✔✔An act that shows utter indifference or conscious disregard for the safety of others -
✔✔willful and wanton conduct
