FIRE OFFICER II EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What is NFPA 1021? - Correct Answers -Standard for Fire Officer Professional
Qualifications
What three main categories can fire Officer 2 duties be divided into? - Correct Answers -
Administrative, Non Emergency, and emergency
What does the International Association of Fire Chiefs consider a Fire Officer 2? -
Correct Answers -A managing fire officer
What are state police powers? - Correct Answers -Each state has the authority to
govern matters related to the welfare and safety of the residents
For fire:
-Adoption of fire and building codes
-Identification of who will enforce code compliance
-Firefighting services
What percentage of firefighters meet the criteria for post traumatic stress disorder? -
Correct Answers -between 7 and 37%
What is the percentage of fire suppression that happens in calls for service? - Correct
Answers -4%
What is collective bargaining? - Correct Answers -The process in which individuals
(through their unions) negotiate contracts with their employers in order to determine
terms of employment
What is the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932? - Correct Answers -Specified that an
employee could not be forced into a contract by an employer as part of obtaining and
keeping a job.
These were called yellow dog contracts
What is the Wagner-Connery Act of 1935? - Correct Answers -The basis of formal labor
relations in the US. Grants the workers to vote which organizations will represent them
at the labor-management bargaining table. Requires management to bargain with
elected officials.
What is informal communications? - Correct Answers -Used primarily to record or
transmit information that may not be needed for reference in the future. Ex. internal
memos, emails, instant messages
, What is formal Communications? - Correct Answers -An official fire department
document printed on business stationary with fire department letterhead.
What is the difference between SOG and SOP? - Correct Answers -SOP gives a play
by play way to reach a destination where SOG gives a general goal with basic ways to
reach it.
What is the important part of the taft-hartley labor act for firefighters? - Correct Answers
-During times of health and safety the president can order people back to work
What is a right to work state? - Correct Answers -A worker cannot be compelled, as a
condition of employment to join or pay dues to a labor union.
What is an impasse? - Correct Answers -Occurs when the parties have reached a
deadlock in negotiations
What was the first state to allow public employees to bargain with their employers? -
Correct Answers -Wisconsin in 1959
What is a political action commitee? (PAC) - Correct Answers -A special interest group
that can solicit funding and lobby local and national elected officials on behalf of its
cause
What are some major administrative duties of the fire officer II? - Correct Answers -
Evaluating a subordinates job performance, correcting unacceptable performance, and
completing formal performance appraisals for each member.
What are new fire department non emergent management strategies? - Correct
Answers -Employee empowerment, decentralized decision making, and delegation
What are the primary causes of non-cardiac death for firefighters at structure fires? -
Correct Answers -Flashover and structural collapse
What did the landrum Griffin act establish? - Correct Answers -Bill of rights for members
of labor organizations
What is transformational leadership? - Correct Answers -A process in which a person
engages with others and creates a connection that raises the level of motivation and
morality in both the leader and the follower
What is transactional leadership? - Correct Answers -a relationship where all parties are
in it for themselves and they do things for each other with the expectation of
reciprocation.
ANSWERS
What is NFPA 1021? - Correct Answers -Standard for Fire Officer Professional
Qualifications
What three main categories can fire Officer 2 duties be divided into? - Correct Answers -
Administrative, Non Emergency, and emergency
What does the International Association of Fire Chiefs consider a Fire Officer 2? -
Correct Answers -A managing fire officer
What are state police powers? - Correct Answers -Each state has the authority to
govern matters related to the welfare and safety of the residents
For fire:
-Adoption of fire and building codes
-Identification of who will enforce code compliance
-Firefighting services
What percentage of firefighters meet the criteria for post traumatic stress disorder? -
Correct Answers -between 7 and 37%
What is the percentage of fire suppression that happens in calls for service? - Correct
Answers -4%
What is collective bargaining? - Correct Answers -The process in which individuals
(through their unions) negotiate contracts with their employers in order to determine
terms of employment
What is the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932? - Correct Answers -Specified that an
employee could not be forced into a contract by an employer as part of obtaining and
keeping a job.
These were called yellow dog contracts
What is the Wagner-Connery Act of 1935? - Correct Answers -The basis of formal labor
relations in the US. Grants the workers to vote which organizations will represent them
at the labor-management bargaining table. Requires management to bargain with
elected officials.
What is informal communications? - Correct Answers -Used primarily to record or
transmit information that may not be needed for reference in the future. Ex. internal
memos, emails, instant messages
, What is formal Communications? - Correct Answers -An official fire department
document printed on business stationary with fire department letterhead.
What is the difference between SOG and SOP? - Correct Answers -SOP gives a play
by play way to reach a destination where SOG gives a general goal with basic ways to
reach it.
What is the important part of the taft-hartley labor act for firefighters? - Correct Answers
-During times of health and safety the president can order people back to work
What is a right to work state? - Correct Answers -A worker cannot be compelled, as a
condition of employment to join or pay dues to a labor union.
What is an impasse? - Correct Answers -Occurs when the parties have reached a
deadlock in negotiations
What was the first state to allow public employees to bargain with their employers? -
Correct Answers -Wisconsin in 1959
What is a political action commitee? (PAC) - Correct Answers -A special interest group
that can solicit funding and lobby local and national elected officials on behalf of its
cause
What are some major administrative duties of the fire officer II? - Correct Answers -
Evaluating a subordinates job performance, correcting unacceptable performance, and
completing formal performance appraisals for each member.
What are new fire department non emergent management strategies? - Correct
Answers -Employee empowerment, decentralized decision making, and delegation
What are the primary causes of non-cardiac death for firefighters at structure fires? -
Correct Answers -Flashover and structural collapse
What did the landrum Griffin act establish? - Correct Answers -Bill of rights for members
of labor organizations
What is transformational leadership? - Correct Answers -A process in which a person
engages with others and creates a connection that raises the level of motivation and
morality in both the leader and the follower
What is transactional leadership? - Correct Answers -a relationship where all parties are
in it for themselves and they do things for each other with the expectation of
reciprocation.
