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Fire Officer 1 Study Guide Questions and
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According to NFPA, how many levels of fire officers are there? - ANSWER✔✔-4
Which level of fire officer is generally associated with supervising a single fire company or apparatus? -
ANSWER✔✔-Fire Officer I
What is the lowest level of fire officer that is qualified for a chief officer position? - ANSWER✔✔-Fire
Officer III
Which level of fire officer is generally associated as being the senior non chief officer in a department? -
ANSWER✔✔-Fire Officer II
At the Fire Officer I level, emphasis is placed on accomplishing the departments goals and objectives by
work through ________ to achieve the desired results. - ANSWER✔✔-Subordinates
Within the NFPA requirements for Fire Officer I, what are the requirements for certification as an
instructor? - ANSWER✔✔-NFPA Fire Instructor I
Which term does the International Association of Fire Chiefs use for Fire Officer I? - ANSWER✔✔-
Supervising Fire Officer
Historically, how did the fire service originate in the United States? - ANSWER✔✔-As communities of
civilian volunteers.
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According to the NFPA, approximately what percentage of fire fighters in the United States are
volunteers? - ANSWER✔✔-69 percent
Which type of fire department uses full-time career personnel with volunteer or paid-on-call to staff the
department? - ANSWER✔✔-Combination
Although there are four common forms of staffing fire department organizations, most discussions divide
the fire fighters into which two categories? - ANSWER✔✔-Career and Volunteer
Which type of organization do private industries or nongovernmental organizations use to provide fire
protection for factories, processing plants, and large private facilities? - ANSWER✔✔-Brigades
In 1871, two major fires occurred that would change the way the United States viewed and responded to
fire. What was one of those fires? - ANSWER✔✔-The Great Chicago Fire
When steam-powered fire engines were introduced in the 1800s, what was the reaction of many
volunteer fire fighters? - ANSWER✔✔-Fire fighters were threatened by the apparatus and resisted their
use.
Which devices introduced in the 1850s enabled citizens to send a coded telegraph signal to the fire
department dispatch center? - ANSWER✔✔-Public call boxes
What was the first building codes originally developed to prevent? - ANSWER✔✔-Building collapse
Which industry played a major role in the development of the first model building codes? - ANSWER✔✔-
The insurance industry
Despite the invention of technical firefighting equipment, what is the most important resource on a fire
scene? - ANSWER✔✔-Fire fighters
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To which rank do fire fighters report directly? - ANSWER✔✔-Lieutenant
Of the following chief officer titles, which is the lowest in rank? - ANSWER✔✔-Battalion chief
Which level of administrative chief fire officer is responsible for managing the activities of several fire
companies within a defined geographic area, usually in more than one fire station? - ANSWER✔✔-
Battalion chief
Who has the ultimate administrative responsibility in a fire department? - ANSWER✔✔-Fire chief
Which condition could ensue if it were not for the principle of unity of command? - ANSWER✔✔-Fire
fighters could receive multiple, possibly conflicting, orders from different officers.
Most experts believe that span of control should extend to no more than _______ people. -
ANSWER✔✔-5
With _______, the specific assignment of a task to an individual makes that person responsible for
completing the task and prevents duplication of job assignments. - ANSWER✔✔-Division of labor
What is the general term for guidelines that a department establishes for fire fighters? - ANSWER✔✔-
Discipline
All of the following are common ways of organizing a fire department except one. Choose the exception.
- ANSWER✔✔-Demographics
Which of the four functions of management deals with developing a scheme, program, or method that is
worked out beforehand to accomplish an objective? - ANSWER✔✔-Planning
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Which of the four functions of management does the fire officer use to take the available people,
equipment, structure, and time and develop them into an orderly, functional, and structural unit? -
ANSWER✔✔-Organizing
Which of the four functions of management means guiding or directing in a course of action? -
ANSWER✔✔-Leading
Which of the four functions of management is used when a fire officer considers the impact on the
budget before making purchases? - ANSWER✔✔-Controlling
Which type of organization document is developed by various government or government-authorized
organizations to implement a law that has been passed by a government body? - ANSWER✔✔-
Regulation
Which type of organization document is developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future
actions? - ANSWER✔✔-Policy
Which type of organizational document establishes or prescribes specific operational or administrative
methods to be followed routinely for the performance of designated operations or actions? -
ANSWER✔✔-Standard operating procedure
What was the (often corrupt) system called that was used to appoint or promote people to public jobs
prior to the modern use of merit-based system? - ANSWER✔✔-Spoils system
Which legislation enacted in 1883 established the civil service system in the U.S. federal government? -
ANSWER✔✔-Pendleton Act
Attributes or qualities that can be described and messed during a promotional examination are known as
_________. - ANSWER✔✔-Dimensions
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According to NFPA, how many levels of fire officers are there? - ANSWER✔✔-4
Which level of fire officer is generally associated with supervising a single fire company or apparatus? -
ANSWER✔✔-Fire Officer I
What is the lowest level of fire officer that is qualified for a chief officer position? - ANSWER✔✔-Fire
Officer III
Which level of fire officer is generally associated as being the senior non chief officer in a department? -
ANSWER✔✔-Fire Officer II
At the Fire Officer I level, emphasis is placed on accomplishing the departments goals and objectives by
work through ________ to achieve the desired results. - ANSWER✔✔-Subordinates
Within the NFPA requirements for Fire Officer I, what are the requirements for certification as an
instructor? - ANSWER✔✔-NFPA Fire Instructor I
Which term does the International Association of Fire Chiefs use for Fire Officer I? - ANSWER✔✔-
Supervising Fire Officer
Historically, how did the fire service originate in the United States? - ANSWER✔✔-As communities of
civilian volunteers.
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According to the NFPA, approximately what percentage of fire fighters in the United States are
volunteers? - ANSWER✔✔-69 percent
Which type of fire department uses full-time career personnel with volunteer or paid-on-call to staff the
department? - ANSWER✔✔-Combination
Although there are four common forms of staffing fire department organizations, most discussions divide
the fire fighters into which two categories? - ANSWER✔✔-Career and Volunteer
Which type of organization do private industries or nongovernmental organizations use to provide fire
protection for factories, processing plants, and large private facilities? - ANSWER✔✔-Brigades
In 1871, two major fires occurred that would change the way the United States viewed and responded to
fire. What was one of those fires? - ANSWER✔✔-The Great Chicago Fire
When steam-powered fire engines were introduced in the 1800s, what was the reaction of many
volunteer fire fighters? - ANSWER✔✔-Fire fighters were threatened by the apparatus and resisted their
use.
Which devices introduced in the 1850s enabled citizens to send a coded telegraph signal to the fire
department dispatch center? - ANSWER✔✔-Public call boxes
What was the first building codes originally developed to prevent? - ANSWER✔✔-Building collapse
Which industry played a major role in the development of the first model building codes? - ANSWER✔✔-
The insurance industry
Despite the invention of technical firefighting equipment, what is the most important resource on a fire
scene? - ANSWER✔✔-Fire fighters
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To which rank do fire fighters report directly? - ANSWER✔✔-Lieutenant
Of the following chief officer titles, which is the lowest in rank? - ANSWER✔✔-Battalion chief
Which level of administrative chief fire officer is responsible for managing the activities of several fire
companies within a defined geographic area, usually in more than one fire station? - ANSWER✔✔-
Battalion chief
Who has the ultimate administrative responsibility in a fire department? - ANSWER✔✔-Fire chief
Which condition could ensue if it were not for the principle of unity of command? - ANSWER✔✔-Fire
fighters could receive multiple, possibly conflicting, orders from different officers.
Most experts believe that span of control should extend to no more than _______ people. -
ANSWER✔✔-5
With _______, the specific assignment of a task to an individual makes that person responsible for
completing the task and prevents duplication of job assignments. - ANSWER✔✔-Division of labor
What is the general term for guidelines that a department establishes for fire fighters? - ANSWER✔✔-
Discipline
All of the following are common ways of organizing a fire department except one. Choose the exception.
- ANSWER✔✔-Demographics
Which of the four functions of management deals with developing a scheme, program, or method that is
worked out beforehand to accomplish an objective? - ANSWER✔✔-Planning
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Which of the four functions of management does the fire officer use to take the available people,
equipment, structure, and time and develop them into an orderly, functional, and structural unit? -
ANSWER✔✔-Organizing
Which of the four functions of management means guiding or directing in a course of action? -
ANSWER✔✔-Leading
Which of the four functions of management is used when a fire officer considers the impact on the
budget before making purchases? - ANSWER✔✔-Controlling
Which type of organization document is developed by various government or government-authorized
organizations to implement a law that has been passed by a government body? - ANSWER✔✔-
Regulation
Which type of organization document is developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future
actions? - ANSWER✔✔-Policy
Which type of organizational document establishes or prescribes specific operational or administrative
methods to be followed routinely for the performance of designated operations or actions? -
ANSWER✔✔-Standard operating procedure
What was the (often corrupt) system called that was used to appoint or promote people to public jobs
prior to the modern use of merit-based system? - ANSWER✔✔-Spoils system
Which legislation enacted in 1883 established the civil service system in the U.S. federal government? -
ANSWER✔✔-Pendleton Act
Attributes or qualities that can be described and messed during a promotional examination are known as
_________. - ANSWER✔✔-Dimensions
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