Firefighter Practice Test Questions with
Verified Correct Answers
1. Which is one of the keys to improving a firefighter's physical health?
A. Gender/ethnic background
B. Fire Service traditions
C. Health screening
D. Union involvement
C
National Fire Protection Association 1001 is the:
A. Standard for Firefighter Professional Qualifications.
B. Standard for Industrial Fire Brigades.
C. Standard for Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Programs.
D. Standard for Blood Borne Pathogen Training.
A
Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified?
A. In the AMA publication, "Specifications for Industrial Fitness"
B. NFPA 1582
,C. NFPA 1001
D. NFPA 1500
B
1. Each firefighter accident or injury must be thoroughly investigated for two reasons.
One is to determine why it happened and the other is to:
A. determine its classification under the S.I.M.P.L.E. system.
B. preclude any civil liability situation should it happen again.
C. determine whether or not a de-facto feasance occurred.
D. determine how it can be avoided in the future.
D
Information on the training and performance qualifications for firefighters is located in
which National Fire Protection Association Standard?
A. NFPA 1001 B. NFPA 1002
C. NFPA 1500 D. NFPA 1401
A
6. What is an alerting system for a staffed fire station?
A. Knox box
C. Duplex System
,B. Fax machine
D. Radio with alert tone
D
In fire departments that have access to multiple radio channels, fireground operations
should be:
A. on multi-channels also.
B. run by cell phone so as not to tie up the radio.
C. assigned a separate dedicated channel.
D. on the original dispatch channel only.
C
8. What is another term for communications center dispatchers'?
A. Gall originators
C. Public interface officials
B. Telecommunicators
D. Signals technicians
B
9. Telecommunication Device and Teletype are:
A. location finders on so-called smart, enhanced 9-1-1.
B. routers that allow calling the 9-1-1 system in another city.
, C. devices to help hearing-impaired people use telephones.
D. chips that go into PDAs and PCs respectively, to allow them to call 9-1-1.
C
10. What should be on the mind of a firefighter who answers the telephone in a fire
department facility?
A. That the firefighter is a representative of the fire department
B. To be brief, so that the incoming phone line will be open to receive emergency calls
C. Obtain all information; then hang up first to avoid tying up the phone line.
D. Leaving the person on hold for as long as it takes to relay and verify information
received
A
11. The standardized term used to signal the immediate need to clear the radio and
transmit critical information is.
A. Emergency Traffic.
C. Signal 2.
B. 10-99.
D. Critical Alert.
A
12. What should call-takers do if a call comes in that is about issues not handled by the
fire department?
Verified Correct Answers
1. Which is one of the keys to improving a firefighter's physical health?
A. Gender/ethnic background
B. Fire Service traditions
C. Health screening
D. Union involvement
C
National Fire Protection Association 1001 is the:
A. Standard for Firefighter Professional Qualifications.
B. Standard for Industrial Fire Brigades.
C. Standard for Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Programs.
D. Standard for Blood Borne Pathogen Training.
A
Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified?
A. In the AMA publication, "Specifications for Industrial Fitness"
B. NFPA 1582
,C. NFPA 1001
D. NFPA 1500
B
1. Each firefighter accident or injury must be thoroughly investigated for two reasons.
One is to determine why it happened and the other is to:
A. determine its classification under the S.I.M.P.L.E. system.
B. preclude any civil liability situation should it happen again.
C. determine whether or not a de-facto feasance occurred.
D. determine how it can be avoided in the future.
D
Information on the training and performance qualifications for firefighters is located in
which National Fire Protection Association Standard?
A. NFPA 1001 B. NFPA 1002
C. NFPA 1500 D. NFPA 1401
A
6. What is an alerting system for a staffed fire station?
A. Knox box
C. Duplex System
,B. Fax machine
D. Radio with alert tone
D
In fire departments that have access to multiple radio channels, fireground operations
should be:
A. on multi-channels also.
B. run by cell phone so as not to tie up the radio.
C. assigned a separate dedicated channel.
D. on the original dispatch channel only.
C
8. What is another term for communications center dispatchers'?
A. Gall originators
C. Public interface officials
B. Telecommunicators
D. Signals technicians
B
9. Telecommunication Device and Teletype are:
A. location finders on so-called smart, enhanced 9-1-1.
B. routers that allow calling the 9-1-1 system in another city.
, C. devices to help hearing-impaired people use telephones.
D. chips that go into PDAs and PCs respectively, to allow them to call 9-1-1.
C
10. What should be on the mind of a firefighter who answers the telephone in a fire
department facility?
A. That the firefighter is a representative of the fire department
B. To be brief, so that the incoming phone line will be open to receive emergency calls
C. Obtain all information; then hang up first to avoid tying up the phone line.
D. Leaving the person on hold for as long as it takes to relay and verify information
received
A
11. The standardized term used to signal the immediate need to clear the radio and
transmit critical information is.
A. Emergency Traffic.
C. Signal 2.
B. 10-99.
D. Critical Alert.
A
12. What should call-takers do if a call comes in that is about issues not handled by the
fire department?
