FIRE OFFICER I AND II EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What was the first building codes originally developed to prevent - ✔✔Building
collapse
✔✔Which industry played a major role in the development of the first model building
codes - ✔✔insurance industry
✔✔Despite the invention of technical firefighting equipment, what is the most important
resource on a fire scene - ✔✔Firefighters
✔✔To which rank do firefighters report directly - ✔✔Lieutenant
✔✔Of the following chief officer titles, which is the lowest in rank - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Battalion chief
✔✔Who has the ultimate administrative responsibility in a fire department - ✔✔Fire chief
✔✔Which condition could ensue if it were not for the principle of unity of command -
✔✔Firefighters could receive multiple, possibly conflicting, orders from different officers
✔✔Most experts believe that span of control should extend to know more than how
many people - ✔✔5
✔✔What is the specific assignment of a task to an individual that makes that person
responsible for completing the task that prevent duplication of job assignments -
✔✔Division of labor
✔✔What is the general term for the guidelines that a department establishes for
firefighters - ✔✔Discipline
✔✔All of the following are common ways of organizing a fire department except one -
✔✔Demographics
✔✔Which of the four functions of management deals with developing a scheme,
program, or method that is worked out before hand to accomplishing an objective -
✔✔Planning
,✔✔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 - ✔✔Organizing
✔✔Which of the four functions of management means guiding or directing any course of
action - ✔✔Leading
✔✔Which of the four functions of management is used when a fire officer considers the
impact on the budget before making purchases - ✔✔controlling
✔✔Which type of organizational document is developed by various government or
government authorized organizations to implement a law that has been passed by a
government body - ✔✔Regulation
✔✔Which type of organizational document is developed to provide definite guidelines
for present and future actions - ✔✔Policy
✔✔Which type of organizational document establishes or prescribes a specific
operational or administrative methods to be followed routinely for the performance of
designated operations or actions - ✔✔Standard operating procedure
✔✔What is one of the two primary causes of death to firefighters operating a burning
structure - ✔✔Structural collapse
✔✔Looking beyond the physical attributes of individuals in matching each individual
strengths with the organizations needs so that the organization, the individual, and the
officer can be successful is a must for the fire officer to maintain what - ✔✔Cultural
diversity
✔✔What was the system called that was used to appoint or promote people to public
jobs prior to the modern use of merit based systems - ✔✔Spoils system
✔✔Which legislation in acted in 1883, established the civil service system in the US
federal government - ✔✔Pendleton act
✔✔Attributes or qualities that can be described and measured during a promotional
examination are known as _____________. - ✔✔dimensions
✔✔Which legislation was in acted by Congress in response to corruption at Tammany
Hall - ✔✔Pendleton act
, ✔✔What is the term for the ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure on
a consistent basis - ✔✔Reliability
✔✔If a promotion eligibility list is banded, what is typically one of the group headings -
✔✔Qualified
✔✔Which of the following is a common post examination and promotional consideration
- ✔✔Absence of active formal discipline
✔✔If a promotion eligibility list is rank ordered, how are the candidates typically ranked -
✔✔One, two, three, etc.
✔✔Which of the following is a common post examination promotional consideration -
✔✔Medically qualified
✔✔To be effective in a role-playing exercise, the candidates supervisory decisions
should be strictly based on what - ✔✔Policies and regulations
✔✔In the context of job descriptions, what does the A stand for in KSA - ✔✔Abilities
✔✔What is done periodically to validate and update the job description and the KSA
technical worksheet associated with a given position - ✔✔Individuals within the
classification our surveyed regarding the frequency and importance of job tasks
✔✔Which term best describes the process of scoring a multiple-choice examination -
✔✔Straightforward
✔✔In general, which level of supervisor has the longest and most diverse reading list
for it's a promotional multiple-choice examinations - ✔✔First level
✔✔Which of the following is one of the three options for constructing a multiple choice
of knowledge examination - ✔✔A consultant is hired to write a specific examination
✔✔Which type of department would be more likely to turn to an external source for
examination questions - ✔✔Smaller
✔✔Which disparaging characterization describes the potential for written examination's
to allow candidates to do very well on facts when they cannot apply them in real life
situations - ✔✔Book smart, street down
✔✔Hidden with in the assessment center in basket papers are usually a few surprises,
including a few _________ items - ✔✔Time sensitive
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔What was the first building codes originally developed to prevent - ✔✔Building
collapse
✔✔Which industry played a major role in the development of the first model building
codes - ✔✔insurance industry
✔✔Despite the invention of technical firefighting equipment, what is the most important
resource on a fire scene - ✔✔Firefighters
✔✔To which rank do firefighters report directly - ✔✔Lieutenant
✔✔Of the following chief officer titles, which is the lowest in rank - ✔✔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 - ✔✔Battalion chief
✔✔Who has the ultimate administrative responsibility in a fire department - ✔✔Fire chief
✔✔Which condition could ensue if it were not for the principle of unity of command -
✔✔Firefighters could receive multiple, possibly conflicting, orders from different officers
✔✔Most experts believe that span of control should extend to know more than how
many people - ✔✔5
✔✔What is the specific assignment of a task to an individual that makes that person
responsible for completing the task that prevent duplication of job assignments -
✔✔Division of labor
✔✔What is the general term for the guidelines that a department establishes for
firefighters - ✔✔Discipline
✔✔All of the following are common ways of organizing a fire department except one -
✔✔Demographics
✔✔Which of the four functions of management deals with developing a scheme,
program, or method that is worked out before hand to accomplishing an objective -
✔✔Planning
,✔✔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 - ✔✔Organizing
✔✔Which of the four functions of management means guiding or directing any course of
action - ✔✔Leading
✔✔Which of the four functions of management is used when a fire officer considers the
impact on the budget before making purchases - ✔✔controlling
✔✔Which type of organizational document is developed by various government or
government authorized organizations to implement a law that has been passed by a
government body - ✔✔Regulation
✔✔Which type of organizational document is developed to provide definite guidelines
for present and future actions - ✔✔Policy
✔✔Which type of organizational document establishes or prescribes a specific
operational or administrative methods to be followed routinely for the performance of
designated operations or actions - ✔✔Standard operating procedure
✔✔What is one of the two primary causes of death to firefighters operating a burning
structure - ✔✔Structural collapse
✔✔Looking beyond the physical attributes of individuals in matching each individual
strengths with the organizations needs so that the organization, the individual, and the
officer can be successful is a must for the fire officer to maintain what - ✔✔Cultural
diversity
✔✔What was the system called that was used to appoint or promote people to public
jobs prior to the modern use of merit based systems - ✔✔Spoils system
✔✔Which legislation in acted in 1883, established the civil service system in the US
federal government - ✔✔Pendleton act
✔✔Attributes or qualities that can be described and measured during a promotional
examination are known as _____________. - ✔✔dimensions
✔✔Which legislation was in acted by Congress in response to corruption at Tammany
Hall - ✔✔Pendleton act
, ✔✔What is the term for the ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure on
a consistent basis - ✔✔Reliability
✔✔If a promotion eligibility list is banded, what is typically one of the group headings -
✔✔Qualified
✔✔Which of the following is a common post examination and promotional consideration
- ✔✔Absence of active formal discipline
✔✔If a promotion eligibility list is rank ordered, how are the candidates typically ranked -
✔✔One, two, three, etc.
✔✔Which of the following is a common post examination promotional consideration -
✔✔Medically qualified
✔✔To be effective in a role-playing exercise, the candidates supervisory decisions
should be strictly based on what - ✔✔Policies and regulations
✔✔In the context of job descriptions, what does the A stand for in KSA - ✔✔Abilities
✔✔What is done periodically to validate and update the job description and the KSA
technical worksheet associated with a given position - ✔✔Individuals within the
classification our surveyed regarding the frequency and importance of job tasks
✔✔Which term best describes the process of scoring a multiple-choice examination -
✔✔Straightforward
✔✔In general, which level of supervisor has the longest and most diverse reading list
for it's a promotional multiple-choice examinations - ✔✔First level
✔✔Which of the following is one of the three options for constructing a multiple choice
of knowledge examination - ✔✔A consultant is hired to write a specific examination
✔✔Which type of department would be more likely to turn to an external source for
examination questions - ✔✔Smaller
✔✔Which disparaging characterization describes the potential for written examination's
to allow candidates to do very well on facts when they cannot apply them in real life
situations - ✔✔Book smart, street down
✔✔Hidden with in the assessment center in basket papers are usually a few surprises,
including a few _________ items - ✔✔Time sensitive
