VFIS EVALUATION EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Scheduled maintenance intervals can be accomplished in a number of ways; what
three things can be included? - ✔✔1. Hours of operation
2. Mileage
3. Fuel
✔✔Diesel engines generally built after ___ have a diesel particulate filter (DPF). -
✔✔2007
✔✔Typical stationary regeneration process takes __ - __ mins. to complete, but it may
be interrupted. - ✔✔20 - 45 mins.
✔✔Per NFPA 1911, how should you tag a vehicle "out of service"? - ✔✔Post a sign
outside the driver's door and place a special bag over the steering wheel
✔✔How long should maintenance, inspections, and repairs records be kept? - ✔✔For
the life of the vehicle
✔✔A comprehensive driver training program provides direct evidence that the
emergency service organization recognizes the consequences of what? -
✔✔Inappropriate driver behavior
✔✔The program should reference what six things? - ✔✔1. NFPA standards
2. American Ambulance Association
3. Best Practices
4. ASTM Practices
5. Department SOPs/SOGs
6. Federal, state, and local requirements
, ✔✔The "Best Practices" were developed from a series of emergency service based
issues and programs; however, they fit into a more global approach based on what
principles? - ✔✔Safety engineering
✔✔The type and length of retraining and education should be determined by who? -
✔✔AHJ
✔✔Officers/supervisors, drivers and passengers must realize what three things that
play a major role in response safety? - ✔✔1. Their attitude
2. Perceptions of the driving public
3. Safety culture of the organization
✔✔What is the first misconception about the laws in every state that govern emergency
vehicle response? - ✔✔The laws that govern emergency vehicle response procedures
will guarantee safe passage during emergency response
✔✔What is the second misconception many emergency vehicle drivers have? - ✔✔The
sole source of emergency response problems is the general public's failure to properly
yield to emergency vehicles
✔✔What is the third misconception associated with emergency vehicle response? -
✔✔The belief that emergency vehicle drivers can rely solely on warning devices and
laws governing emergency vehicle response, which grant the privilege of right of way.
✔✔What is the maximum slope for most over the road vehicles? - ✔✔40%
✔✔What off road conditions requires careful control of your speed? - ✔✔Loose gravel,
soft soil, soft surfaces, narrow paths, rocks and other objects
✔✔What should be your hand positioning when steering while driving off road? - ✔✔9
o'clock and 3 o'clock
✔✔When should a driver place the vehicle in 4 wheel or all wheel drive? - ✔✔As soon
as the vehicle goes off the paved surface, the driver should stop and place the vehicle
in four wheel or all wheel drive
✔✔What do off road operations ranged based on? - ✔✔The geographic area
✔✔If traversing standing water is unavoidable, what depth is acceptable? - ✔✔The
manufacturers max. operational depth
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Scheduled maintenance intervals can be accomplished in a number of ways; what
three things can be included? - ✔✔1. Hours of operation
2. Mileage
3. Fuel
✔✔Diesel engines generally built after ___ have a diesel particulate filter (DPF). -
✔✔2007
✔✔Typical stationary regeneration process takes __ - __ mins. to complete, but it may
be interrupted. - ✔✔20 - 45 mins.
✔✔Per NFPA 1911, how should you tag a vehicle "out of service"? - ✔✔Post a sign
outside the driver's door and place a special bag over the steering wheel
✔✔How long should maintenance, inspections, and repairs records be kept? - ✔✔For
the life of the vehicle
✔✔A comprehensive driver training program provides direct evidence that the
emergency service organization recognizes the consequences of what? -
✔✔Inappropriate driver behavior
✔✔The program should reference what six things? - ✔✔1. NFPA standards
2. American Ambulance Association
3. Best Practices
4. ASTM Practices
5. Department SOPs/SOGs
6. Federal, state, and local requirements
, ✔✔The "Best Practices" were developed from a series of emergency service based
issues and programs; however, they fit into a more global approach based on what
principles? - ✔✔Safety engineering
✔✔The type and length of retraining and education should be determined by who? -
✔✔AHJ
✔✔Officers/supervisors, drivers and passengers must realize what three things that
play a major role in response safety? - ✔✔1. Their attitude
2. Perceptions of the driving public
3. Safety culture of the organization
✔✔What is the first misconception about the laws in every state that govern emergency
vehicle response? - ✔✔The laws that govern emergency vehicle response procedures
will guarantee safe passage during emergency response
✔✔What is the second misconception many emergency vehicle drivers have? - ✔✔The
sole source of emergency response problems is the general public's failure to properly
yield to emergency vehicles
✔✔What is the third misconception associated with emergency vehicle response? -
✔✔The belief that emergency vehicle drivers can rely solely on warning devices and
laws governing emergency vehicle response, which grant the privilege of right of way.
✔✔What is the maximum slope for most over the road vehicles? - ✔✔40%
✔✔What off road conditions requires careful control of your speed? - ✔✔Loose gravel,
soft soil, soft surfaces, narrow paths, rocks and other objects
✔✔What should be your hand positioning when steering while driving off road? - ✔✔9
o'clock and 3 o'clock
✔✔When should a driver place the vehicle in 4 wheel or all wheel drive? - ✔✔As soon
as the vehicle goes off the paved surface, the driver should stop and place the vehicle
in four wheel or all wheel drive
✔✔What do off road operations ranged based on? - ✔✔The geographic area
✔✔If traversing standing water is unavoidable, what depth is acceptable? - ✔✔The
manufacturers max. operational depth
