FL Firefighter FO1 EXAM STUDY
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Who must take corrective action if an investigation confirms a harassment complaint has merit?
- ANSThe Fire Chief
Looking beyond the physical attributes of individuals and matching the individual's strengths
with the organization's needs in order for the organization, the individual, and the officer to be
successful is a must for the fire officer to maintain _____________. - ANScultural diversity
What is one of the four basic tasks expected of a good fire officer, as reported by the
administrative fire officers study? - ANSnotifications
What type of organizational document is developed to provide definite guidelines for present
and future actions? - ANSPolicy
What type of organizational document establishes or prescribes specific operational or
administrative methods to be followed routinely for the performance of designated operations or
actions? - ANSstandard operating procedure (SOP)
Fire fighters who want to initiate a harassment complaint have three methods for doing so. At
what level must they first make contact? - ANSIt is their choice.
What term does the International Association of Fire Chiefs use for a Fire Officer I? -
ANSsupervising fire officer
What is one method of fostering the concept of appropriate workplace behavior? - ANSFire
fighters develop their own set of rules.
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?
- ANSorganizing
What are the primary causes of death to fire fighters operating in a burning structure? -
ANSflash over and structural collapse
, Which of the four functions of management deals with developing a scheme, program, or
method that is worked out beforehand to accomplish an objective? - ANSplanning
Which of the four functions of management is used when a fire officer considers the impact on
the budget before making purchases? - ANScontrolling
Most experts believe that span of control should extend to no more than a specific number of
people. What is that number? - ANS5
Human resource management is built from two generalized schools of management thought.
What is one of those schools? - ANSscientific
According to the NFPA, about what percentage of American fire fighters are volunteers? -
ANS72%
If fire officers have the authority to solve a given problem that has come up, what should they do
about involving their supervisors first? - ANSNothing; they should go ahead and make a
decision.
Fire officers should consult their supervisors if they are going to make a decision that
__________________. - ANSgoes beyond their scope of authority
When an officer tells subordinates that he does not agree with unpopular orders, but the orders
have to be enforced anyway, what is the result? - ANSThe officer's authority and supervisory
ability is undermined.
What type of organizations do private industries or nongovernmental organizations use to
provide fire protection to factories, processing plants, and large private facilities? - ANSfire
brigades
What is the lowest level of fire officer that could be in a chief officer position? - ANSIII
What type of study was used to greatly improve performance in the Fire Fighter Combat
Challenge? - ANStime and motion
What 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? - ANSRegulation
When officers are preparing to present a class on a topic, what/whom should they consult first? -
ANStheir personal training library
What agency enforces the federal laws establishing the civil rights of Americans? - ANSEqual
Employment Opportunity Commission
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SOLUTION
Who must take corrective action if an investigation confirms a harassment complaint has merit?
- ANSThe Fire Chief
Looking beyond the physical attributes of individuals and matching the individual's strengths
with the organization's needs in order for the organization, the individual, and the officer to be
successful is a must for the fire officer to maintain _____________. - ANScultural diversity
What is one of the four basic tasks expected of a good fire officer, as reported by the
administrative fire officers study? - ANSnotifications
What type of organizational document is developed to provide definite guidelines for present
and future actions? - ANSPolicy
What type of organizational document establishes or prescribes specific operational or
administrative methods to be followed routinely for the performance of designated operations or
actions? - ANSstandard operating procedure (SOP)
Fire fighters who want to initiate a harassment complaint have three methods for doing so. At
what level must they first make contact? - ANSIt is their choice.
What term does the International Association of Fire Chiefs use for a Fire Officer I? -
ANSsupervising fire officer
What is one method of fostering the concept of appropriate workplace behavior? - ANSFire
fighters develop their own set of rules.
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?
- ANSorganizing
What are the primary causes of death to fire fighters operating in a burning structure? -
ANSflash over and structural collapse
, Which of the four functions of management deals with developing a scheme, program, or
method that is worked out beforehand to accomplish an objective? - ANSplanning
Which of the four functions of management is used when a fire officer considers the impact on
the budget before making purchases? - ANScontrolling
Most experts believe that span of control should extend to no more than a specific number of
people. What is that number? - ANS5
Human resource management is built from two generalized schools of management thought.
What is one of those schools? - ANSscientific
According to the NFPA, about what percentage of American fire fighters are volunteers? -
ANS72%
If fire officers have the authority to solve a given problem that has come up, what should they do
about involving their supervisors first? - ANSNothing; they should go ahead and make a
decision.
Fire officers should consult their supervisors if they are going to make a decision that
__________________. - ANSgoes beyond their scope of authority
When an officer tells subordinates that he does not agree with unpopular orders, but the orders
have to be enforced anyway, what is the result? - ANSThe officer's authority and supervisory
ability is undermined.
What type of organizations do private industries or nongovernmental organizations use to
provide fire protection to factories, processing plants, and large private facilities? - ANSfire
brigades
What is the lowest level of fire officer that could be in a chief officer position? - ANSIII
What type of study was used to greatly improve performance in the Fire Fighter Combat
Challenge? - ANStime and motion
What 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? - ANSRegulation
When officers are preparing to present a class on a topic, what/whom should they consult first? -
ANStheir personal training library
What agency enforces the federal laws establishing the civil rights of Americans? - ANSEqual
Employment Opportunity Commission
