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FIT-1 MIDTERM___ is the pursuit of a specific skill - correct answer Training A fire fighter recruit fills all of the following roles, except: - correct answer assisting fire personnel by performing selected duties of significant learning value responding to fire alarms and other emergency incidents to protect life and property - acting as a relief driver or company officer participating in continuing training and instruction programs by individual study of technical material and attendance at scheduled drills and classes A written examination evaluates all of the following elements, except: - correct answer mathematical ability - physical ability general intelligence mechanical aptitude City water systems were constructed of hollowed-out logs that had a wooden plug in a hole every block or so. What were these wooden plugs called? - correct answer Fire plugs For which type of program may core courses serve as prerequisites for acceptance and count as credit? - correct answer Upper division If an accident commander decides not to use delegation, and instead has all decisions cleared with him or her, the result is: - correct answer Incident standstill In 1666, which city was two-thirds destroyed by fire resulting in the city passing a code of building regulation? - correct answer London In the fire department, who ultimately has the overall responsibility, even though authority has been delgated? - correct answer Fire chief Incidents prevent situations that are dynamic as well as dangerous. What can be done to the span of control to prevent the incident from being so subdivided that a coordinated attack cannot be made? - correct answer Limiting It would be helpful to include all of the following with your job application, except: - correct answer college transcript - a note from your mother a resume proof of military service Knowing that the chief outranks your company officer, which answer do you give the chief if he were to ask you to accomplish another task that is just as important as the one you were assigned by your company officer? - correct answer Tell the chief you already have an assignment from your company officer and ask the chief to let the company officer know that you will be delayed Of the following professional accreditation and certification groups, which is an association for safety engineers, industry hygienists, safety managers, and fire protection engineers? - correct answer Board of Certified Safety Professionals Of the following types of apparatus, which is one is considered a specialty vehicle, providing services such as advanced life support medical functions of special lighting at emergency scenes? - correct answer Squad Apparatus Once hired, a candidate will enter a 12- to 18-month period during which supervisors and mentors observe their performance to see how they are adapting to life in the fire department. What is this period called? - correct answer Probationary Period The process of combustion releases heat, which is what kind of reaction? - correct answer Exothermic The proportion of gas or vapor in air between the upper and lower flammable limits is called the: - correct answer Flammable range