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The company officer's most important task as a supervisor is to: - CORRECT ANSWER-
ensure personnel safety.
A challenge new company officers will have to learn, apply, and model is how
much _____ is legitimately assigned to the position and how to apply it in a fair
and equitable manner. - CORRECT ANSWER-authority
A company officer must be a competent and _____ leader. - CORRECT ANSWER-
ethical
Company officers provide the most direct influence over the: - CORRECT ANSWER-
firefighters they supervise.
Each category of NFPA 1021 is divided into: - CORRECT ANSWER-job performance
requirements (JPRs) that guide the officer in the performance of these duties.
,Safety must become second nature for all personnel in all types of: - CORRECT
ANSWER-emergency and nonemergency situations.
In which role is the company officer expected to execute the orders of superior
officers? - CORRECT ANSWER-Subordinate
The first-arriving company officer at an incident must: - CORRECT ANSWER-establish
the Incident Command System (ICS).
Successful company officers choose to see the challenges of the transition to the
position as a(an): - CORRECT ANSWER-opportunity to grow as a professional.
Company officers must realize that the success of any fire and emergency services
organization is directly proportional to its: - CORRECT ANSWER-community
involvement.
Division of labor is used in the fire and emergency services to: - CORRECT ANSWER-
make specific, clear-cut assignments.
Company officers can make the best of available resources by: - CORRECT ANSWER-
conserving materials and supplies.
Most large cities operate _____ fire and emergency services organizations. -
CORRECT ANSWER-career
,Fire and emergency services organizations can be classified as either public or
private depending on how the organization is: - CORRECT ANSWER-funded
Personnel serving in combination departments can generally be divided into: -
CORRECT ANSWER-paid or volunteer responders.
Professionalism in career, paid-on-call, and volunteer departments refers to: -
CORRECT ANSWER-a level of personnel competence or expertise, behavior, and
appearance.
Mutual aid agreements require fire and emergency services personnel to: -
CORRECT ANSWER-work with other organizations and other governmental
jurisdictions.
"Line" and "staff" are organizational terms that separate fire personnel into: -
CORRECT ANSWER-two distinct groups that primarily deliver services to either
internal or external customers.
Fire organizations with scalar structures have a defined chain of command in
which: - CORRECT ANSWER-information is directed from the top of the organization
downwards.
Fire services organizations often respond to an incident along with: - CORRECT
ANSWER-other public and private entities.
, Authority refers to the legal ability of an individual to: - CORRECT ANSWER-make and
implement decisions for which the individual is held accountable.
When supervising a single company, a company officer should optimally have
three to seven subordinates in their: - CORRECT ANSWER-span of control.
The primary means of categorizing public fire and emergency services
organizations is by the: - CORRECT ANSWER-jurisdiction the organization serves.
The purpose of unity of command is to ensure unity of effort under: - CORRECT
ANSWER-one responsible commander for every objective.
Approximately 70 percent of fire and emergency services personnel are: - CORRECT
ANSWER-volunteers
An effective unit works together towards a(an): - CORRECT ANSWER-specific
objective.
Company officers usually supervise a department's: - CORRECT ANSWER-smallest
subdivision.
Which leadership style requires followers to participate in the process and be held
accountable for the tasks delegated to them? - CORRECT ANSWER-Democratic