IFSTA FIRE OFFICER II COMPLETE
EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● Implementing a risk management plan requires:
Answer: communicating the plan to organizational personnel.
●● Each fire and emergency service organization should operate within
the parameters of a(an):
Answer: risk management plan.
●● How can an organization reduce the potential for accidents or reduce
the severity of accidents?
Answer: Implement an accident investigation policy or procedure
●● In order to determine the cause of accidents, injuries, illnesses, and
exposures, company officers require:
Answer: investigative skills.
●● Control measures are techniques for:
Answer: mitigating the severity of injuries.
,●● Identified organizational risks should be evaluated in terms of:
Answer: frequency and severity.
●● When an accident occurs, an investigation is conducted to determine
the accident's:
Answer: root cause.
●● After completing the analysis and determining the root cause of the
accident, injury, job-related illness, or health exposure, the officer should
identify:
Answer: a solution to resolve the problem.
●● Gathering information on job-related illnesses and exposures
requires a great deal of effort because:
Answer: the root cause may not be obvious due to delayed symptoms.
●● What is a major difference to keep in mind when analyzing an injury,
job-related illness, and health exposure report versus an accident report?
Answer: Length of time that may exist between the incident and the
investigation
●● What is the first priority when dealing with any injury, job-related
illness, or health exposure?
Answer: Provide medical assistance to the affected individual
,●● Workplace accidents are caused by unsafe acts or unsafe:
Answer: conditions.
●● The revision process of a risk management plan focuses on:
Answer: those risks that require revision.
●● When evaluating risk management plans, the company officer or
health and safety officer (HSO) compares the plan's desired results to the
plan's:
Answer: actual results.
●● What type of general incident information should be collected as part
of an accident investigation?
Answer: Type of incident, illness, injury, exposure, or fatality
●● Which situation illustrates the accident-causing human factor of
improper attitude?
Answer: Personnel disregard a new decon procedure because it adds ten
minutes to the existing procedure.
●● If during the life cycle of a risk management plan there is a decrease
in overall risk, the plan:
Answer: is being effective.
, ●● Company officers should compare the _____ of implementing risk
reduction strategies.
Answer: costs and benefits
●● Root causes are the most basic reason an accident will:
Answer: occur.
●● An accident in which members are exposed to toxic fumes at an
incident due to receiving inadequate training on the use of personal
protective equipment has its root cause in a(an):
Answer: unsafe act.
●● The likelihood of personnel injuries can be reduced and their severity
mitigated by managing organizational risk through:
Answer: control measures.
●● Research into the root cause of job-related illnesses and exposures
can be accomplished through:
Answer: accurate organizational record keeping over an extended period
of time.
●● Human factors are an individual's attributes or personal
characteristics that cause the individual to be:
EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● Implementing a risk management plan requires:
Answer: communicating the plan to organizational personnel.
●● Each fire and emergency service organization should operate within
the parameters of a(an):
Answer: risk management plan.
●● How can an organization reduce the potential for accidents or reduce
the severity of accidents?
Answer: Implement an accident investigation policy or procedure
●● In order to determine the cause of accidents, injuries, illnesses, and
exposures, company officers require:
Answer: investigative skills.
●● Control measures are techniques for:
Answer: mitigating the severity of injuries.
,●● Identified organizational risks should be evaluated in terms of:
Answer: frequency and severity.
●● When an accident occurs, an investigation is conducted to determine
the accident's:
Answer: root cause.
●● After completing the analysis and determining the root cause of the
accident, injury, job-related illness, or health exposure, the officer should
identify:
Answer: a solution to resolve the problem.
●● Gathering information on job-related illnesses and exposures
requires a great deal of effort because:
Answer: the root cause may not be obvious due to delayed symptoms.
●● What is a major difference to keep in mind when analyzing an injury,
job-related illness, and health exposure report versus an accident report?
Answer: Length of time that may exist between the incident and the
investigation
●● What is the first priority when dealing with any injury, job-related
illness, or health exposure?
Answer: Provide medical assistance to the affected individual
,●● Workplace accidents are caused by unsafe acts or unsafe:
Answer: conditions.
●● The revision process of a risk management plan focuses on:
Answer: those risks that require revision.
●● When evaluating risk management plans, the company officer or
health and safety officer (HSO) compares the plan's desired results to the
plan's:
Answer: actual results.
●● What type of general incident information should be collected as part
of an accident investigation?
Answer: Type of incident, illness, injury, exposure, or fatality
●● Which situation illustrates the accident-causing human factor of
improper attitude?
Answer: Personnel disregard a new decon procedure because it adds ten
minutes to the existing procedure.
●● If during the life cycle of a risk management plan there is a decrease
in overall risk, the plan:
Answer: is being effective.
, ●● Company officers should compare the _____ of implementing risk
reduction strategies.
Answer: costs and benefits
●● Root causes are the most basic reason an accident will:
Answer: occur.
●● An accident in which members are exposed to toxic fumes at an
incident due to receiving inadequate training on the use of personal
protective equipment has its root cause in a(an):
Answer: unsafe act.
●● The likelihood of personnel injuries can be reduced and their severity
mitigated by managing organizational risk through:
Answer: control measures.
●● Research into the root cause of job-related illnesses and exposures
can be accomplished through:
Answer: accurate organizational record keeping over an extended period
of time.
●● Human factors are an individual's attributes or personal
characteristics that cause the individual to be:
