VFIS ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔A distinct stage of development or pattern of behavior. - ✔✔Phase
✔✔What is identified as the number one cause of emergency vehicle collisions? -
✔✔Driver error
✔✔What are the three principles of safe emergency vehicle operation? - ✔✔1.
Selection
2. Training
3. Proficiency of the driver
✔✔What are the four major considerations of a driver selection/qualification program? -
✔✔1. Human aspects
2. Acquired abilities
3. Personnel files
4. Driver recertification
✔✔What are the two categories of "human aspects"? - ✔✔1. Safety Issues
2. Self Control Issues
✔✔Perhaps the biggest cause of unsafe highways is ___. - ✔✔the unwillingness of
people to scrutinize their own conduct, preferring to blame other drivers.
✔✔What was the traffic safety phenomenon which emerged as an issue in the 1990s? -
✔✔Aggressive driving
✔✔Approx. how many crashes occur in the US each year? - ✔✔9,900,000
✔✔The operation of a motor vehicle in a manner which endangers or is likely to
endanger persons or property. - ✔✔Aggressive driving
✔✔What ratio of people rate themselves as almost perfect drivers (9/10)? - ✔✔2 out of
3 (63%)
, ✔✔Vehicles over ____lbs. GVW, which drivers under 18yrs old are generally prohibited
from operating under Federal DOT regulations. - ✔✔26,001
✔✔Driver readiness is determined by what three factors? - ✔✔1. Fatigue
2. Health
3. Mental health
✔✔What is linked to increased errors in judgment in critical tasks such as emergency
vehicle driving? - ✔✔Sleep deprivation
✔✔A characteristic produced by constant repetition of an action. - ✔✔Habit
✔✔What are two prerequisites to obtaining a license? - ✔✔1. Knowledge
2. Ability
✔✔Defensive driving skills are acquired over time and must be constantly reinforced.
They include successfully completing a program that introduces and reinforces
concepts such as : (6) - ✔✔1. Space management
2. Following distances and rate of closure
3. Hazard identification
4. Correct braking techniques
5. Speed management
6. Rollover prevention
✔✔What is a critical part of the driver training program? - ✔✔The selection process for
appropriate candidates
✔✔Typically training records include what four things? - ✔✔1. Classes attended
(proficiency not verifiable)
2. Classes successfully completed (proficiency at time measured via testing or
simulation)
3. Certification (proficiency measured and certified by the organization)
4. Licensing (proficiency measured and licensed by the agency)
✔✔The absence of documentation, such as well maintained personnel files, creates a
high level of potential what for emergency service organizations? - ✔✔liability
✔✔Knowing what is an important tool in both selecting and maintaining the safest
drivers for emergency vehicles? - ✔✔Knowing the drivers' on and off duty driving habits
and records
✔✔What is one of the most effective way to know the specific driving habits of individual
drivers? How often should you check it? - ✔✔Administrative reviews of drivers' MVR
✔✔A distinct stage of development or pattern of behavior. - ✔✔Phase
✔✔What is identified as the number one cause of emergency vehicle collisions? -
✔✔Driver error
✔✔What are the three principles of safe emergency vehicle operation? - ✔✔1.
Selection
2. Training
3. Proficiency of the driver
✔✔What are the four major considerations of a driver selection/qualification program? -
✔✔1. Human aspects
2. Acquired abilities
3. Personnel files
4. Driver recertification
✔✔What are the two categories of "human aspects"? - ✔✔1. Safety Issues
2. Self Control Issues
✔✔Perhaps the biggest cause of unsafe highways is ___. - ✔✔the unwillingness of
people to scrutinize their own conduct, preferring to blame other drivers.
✔✔What was the traffic safety phenomenon which emerged as an issue in the 1990s? -
✔✔Aggressive driving
✔✔Approx. how many crashes occur in the US each year? - ✔✔9,900,000
✔✔The operation of a motor vehicle in a manner which endangers or is likely to
endanger persons or property. - ✔✔Aggressive driving
✔✔What ratio of people rate themselves as almost perfect drivers (9/10)? - ✔✔2 out of
3 (63%)
, ✔✔Vehicles over ____lbs. GVW, which drivers under 18yrs old are generally prohibited
from operating under Federal DOT regulations. - ✔✔26,001
✔✔Driver readiness is determined by what three factors? - ✔✔1. Fatigue
2. Health
3. Mental health
✔✔What is linked to increased errors in judgment in critical tasks such as emergency
vehicle driving? - ✔✔Sleep deprivation
✔✔A characteristic produced by constant repetition of an action. - ✔✔Habit
✔✔What are two prerequisites to obtaining a license? - ✔✔1. Knowledge
2. Ability
✔✔Defensive driving skills are acquired over time and must be constantly reinforced.
They include successfully completing a program that introduces and reinforces
concepts such as : (6) - ✔✔1. Space management
2. Following distances and rate of closure
3. Hazard identification
4. Correct braking techniques
5. Speed management
6. Rollover prevention
✔✔What is a critical part of the driver training program? - ✔✔The selection process for
appropriate candidates
✔✔Typically training records include what four things? - ✔✔1. Classes attended
(proficiency not verifiable)
2. Classes successfully completed (proficiency at time measured via testing or
simulation)
3. Certification (proficiency measured and certified by the organization)
4. Licensing (proficiency measured and licensed by the agency)
✔✔The absence of documentation, such as well maintained personnel files, creates a
high level of potential what for emergency service organizations? - ✔✔liability
✔✔Knowing what is an important tool in both selecting and maintaining the safest
drivers for emergency vehicles? - ✔✔Knowing the drivers' on and off duty driving habits
and records
✔✔What is one of the most effective way to know the specific driving habits of individual
drivers? How often should you check it? - ✔✔Administrative reviews of drivers' MVR
