Chapter 4 Fire Service Communications
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What is the term for communications center dispatchers?
A) Public safety answering technicians
B) Telecommunicators
C) 911 receptionists
D) Signals technicians - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Telecommunicators
What does the "A" stand for in "CAD"?
A) Aided
B) Automatic
C) Auxiliary
D) Ancillary - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Aided
What does the "P" stand for in "GPS"?
A) Positioning
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,B) Proactive
C) Personnel
D) Preventive - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Positioning
What is the dispatcher's first responsibility?
A) Get the information needed to dispatch the appropriate units to the
correct location
B) Calm and reassure the caller
C) Provide the caller with real-time, emergency instructions, such as how to
perform CPR
D) Determine the nature and extend of the incident being reported - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Get the information needed to dispatch the appropriate units
to the correct location
What does the "A" stand for in "PSAP"?
A) Alerting
B) Activating
C) Auxiliary
D) Answering - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Answering
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, Which item is a primary factor in determining which units to send to an
incident?
A) The reporting party's recommendation
B) The time lapse between call receipt and dispatch
C) The incident location
D) The reporting party's plausibility - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The incident location
Telecommunicators should use _________ listening.
A) critical
B) active
C) interrogatory
D) interpretive - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔active
8. What is the usual response when a caller disconnects before full
information can be gathered and the dispatcher cannot reconnect by calling
the caller back?
A) Log the incident and wait for the caller to call back
B) Send a full complement of responders, including police, EMS, and fire
C) Dispatch a police unit to check on the caller
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2025/2026 Exam Questions and Verified
Answers | Already Graded A+
What is the term for communications center dispatchers?
A) Public safety answering technicians
B) Telecommunicators
C) 911 receptionists
D) Signals technicians - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Telecommunicators
What does the "A" stand for in "CAD"?
A) Aided
B) Automatic
C) Auxiliary
D) Ancillary - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Aided
What does the "P" stand for in "GPS"?
A) Positioning
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,B) Proactive
C) Personnel
D) Preventive - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Positioning
What is the dispatcher's first responsibility?
A) Get the information needed to dispatch the appropriate units to the
correct location
B) Calm and reassure the caller
C) Provide the caller with real-time, emergency instructions, such as how to
perform CPR
D) Determine the nature and extend of the incident being reported - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Get the information needed to dispatch the appropriate units
to the correct location
What does the "A" stand for in "PSAP"?
A) Alerting
B) Activating
C) Auxiliary
D) Answering - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Answering
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, Which item is a primary factor in determining which units to send to an
incident?
A) The reporting party's recommendation
B) The time lapse between call receipt and dispatch
C) The incident location
D) The reporting party's plausibility - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The incident location
Telecommunicators should use _________ listening.
A) critical
B) active
C) interrogatory
D) interpretive - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔active
8. What is the usual response when a caller disconnects before full
information can be gathered and the dispatcher cannot reconnect by calling
the caller back?
A) Log the incident and wait for the caller to call back
B) Send a full complement of responders, including police, EMS, and fire
C) Dispatch a police unit to check on the caller
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