TCFP INSTRUCTOR 1 TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What is the term for a rescue situation requiring specialized knowledge or training
such as high-angle rescue or trench rescue ?
a. Class 1 rescue
b. technical rescue
c. barrel rescue
d. second stage resuce - ✔✔b. technical rescue
✔✔Which statement regarding NFPA standards is true ?
a. they are viewed as regulations.
b. they are viewed as consensus documents
c. they are law and, therefore, must be implemented
d. they are adopted by OSHA - ✔✔b. they are viewed as consensus documents
✔✔Fire Department employee assistance programs provide ____________ help with
problems that might affect performance.
a. instantaneous
b. confidential
c. all-encompassing
d. common knowledge - ✔✔B. confidential
✔✔NFPA 1500 provides guidance for which program to benefit firefighters ?
a. employee assistance programs
b. collective bargaining agreements
c. professional certifications
d. Disciplinary plan - ✔✔a. Employee assistance programs
✔✔Which would be considered a program offered by an Employee assistance
program?
a. Driving course for adolescents
b. dealing with physical problems
c. junior firefighter programs
d. Juvenile arson setter program - ✔✔b. dealing with physical problems
✔✔st. 1 Federal OSHA authority and regulations apply mainly to private sector and do
not cover employees of state and local goverments
st.2 Federal OSHA has jurisdiction over every state in the U.S.
,st.3 Agencies must adopt OSHA as recognized national standards
a. statements 1 and 2 are true;3 is false
b. statements 1 is false; 2 and 3 are true
c. Statement 1 is true ; statements 2 and 3 are false
d. All three statements are true. - ✔✔C.
✔✔What topic is covered by NFPA 1500
a. salvage ops
b electrical safety req
C. budgeting req
d. Safety programs - ✔✔d. safety programs
✔✔toxic atmospheres due to smoke and heat are called?
a. FF hazardous environments
b immediately dangerous to life and health
c. carcinogenic hazard areas
d. exclusionary zones - ✔✔b. immediately dangerous to life and health
✔✔Following notification of an emergency response, when should firefighters don PPE
a. immediately upon mounting the apparatus at the scene
b. while on the apparatus en route to the call'
c. while on the apparatus, prior to pulling out of the station
d. Prior to mounting the apparatus - ✔✔d. Prior to mounting the apparatus
✔✔when parking the apparatus at the emergency scene, the firefighters should?
a. park and walk with their back to traffic
b. set out flares 10 ft from the truck
c. turn off lights that face opposing traffic to avoid blinding other drivers
d. close at least two lanes of traffic to operate more safely - ✔✔c. turn off lights that face
opposing traffic to avoid blinding other drivers
✔✔to maintain scene security, the FF may use control zones using which of the
following guidlines?
a. tape should be tied to the emergency vehicles to anchor the scene
b. the FF will need to determine the appropriate distance from the scene of the area
c. FF should only operate in the cold zone
d. media are authorized to work in the warm zone - ✔✔b. the FF will need to determine
the appropriate distance from the scene of the area
,✔✔When dismounting the apparatus on the roadside, firefighters should
a. turn lights to face opposing traffic so they will detour the incident
b. never walk with their backs to the traffic
c. block as many lanes as possible to ensure firefighter safety
d. establish isolation zone of at least 200ft. - ✔✔b. never walk with their backs to the
traffic
✔✔The process of comparing the positive results that can be achieved in an action with
the probability and severity of potential negative consequences is called?
a. quid pro quo
b. risk-benefit analysis
c. validated needs assessment
d. job task analysis - ✔✔b. risk-benefit analysis
✔✔What is the key part of the rehabilitation process?
a. assimilation
b. re invigoration
c. re initiation
d. revitalization - ✔✔d. revitalization
✔✔Over the last two decades, an average of more than __________ U.S. firefighters
die each year in the line of duty.
a. 150
b. 100
c. 300
d. 200 - ✔✔b. 100
✔✔according to statistics compiled by the USFA approx. ______ firefighter injuries are
reported each yea.
a. 1,000-3,000
b. 10,000-20,000
c. 70,000-100,000
d. more than 1,000,000 - ✔✔c. 70,000-100,000
✔✔Which is true regarding employee assistance programs (EAPs)?
a. confidentiality does not apply in this circumstance
b. services are available to firefighters and their families
c. they are mandated by federal law
, d. attendance at programs is always mandatory - ✔✔b. services are available to
firefighters and their families
✔✔The leading cause of firefighter fatalities is ?
a. cardiac arrest
b. internal trauma
c. asphyxiation
d. crushing injuries - ✔✔a. cardiac arrest
✔✔the most common injuries for firefighters are ?
a. strains
b. Bruises
c. burns
d. fractures - ✔✔a. strains
✔✔All F.D. radio operations must follow rules of the ?
a. NFPA
b. DoT
c. FCC
d. code of Federal regulations - ✔✔C. FCC
✔✔The term used for the facility where the emergency call is routed is called the ?
a. public safety answering point (PSAP)
b. unified command (UC)
c. emergency collection points(ECP)
d. emergency operations center (EOC) - ✔✔a. public safety answering point (PSAP)
✔✔What is the difference between basic 911 and enhanced 911
a. enhanced systems have the capability to provide the callers telephone number and
address
b. enhanced systems are used only in the rural areas
c. basic systems are more reliable than enhanced
d. basic systems have the capability to provide the caller's telephone number and
address - ✔✔a. enhanced systems have the capability to provide the callers telephone
number and address
✔✔What does the Automatic Number Identification (ANI) feature of enhanced 911 do ?
a. provide the callers identity
b. lock the callers phone open
WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What is the term for a rescue situation requiring specialized knowledge or training
such as high-angle rescue or trench rescue ?
a. Class 1 rescue
b. technical rescue
c. barrel rescue
d. second stage resuce - ✔✔b. technical rescue
✔✔Which statement regarding NFPA standards is true ?
a. they are viewed as regulations.
b. they are viewed as consensus documents
c. they are law and, therefore, must be implemented
d. they are adopted by OSHA - ✔✔b. they are viewed as consensus documents
✔✔Fire Department employee assistance programs provide ____________ help with
problems that might affect performance.
a. instantaneous
b. confidential
c. all-encompassing
d. common knowledge - ✔✔B. confidential
✔✔NFPA 1500 provides guidance for which program to benefit firefighters ?
a. employee assistance programs
b. collective bargaining agreements
c. professional certifications
d. Disciplinary plan - ✔✔a. Employee assistance programs
✔✔Which would be considered a program offered by an Employee assistance
program?
a. Driving course for adolescents
b. dealing with physical problems
c. junior firefighter programs
d. Juvenile arson setter program - ✔✔b. dealing with physical problems
✔✔st. 1 Federal OSHA authority and regulations apply mainly to private sector and do
not cover employees of state and local goverments
st.2 Federal OSHA has jurisdiction over every state in the U.S.
,st.3 Agencies must adopt OSHA as recognized national standards
a. statements 1 and 2 are true;3 is false
b. statements 1 is false; 2 and 3 are true
c. Statement 1 is true ; statements 2 and 3 are false
d. All three statements are true. - ✔✔C.
✔✔What topic is covered by NFPA 1500
a. salvage ops
b electrical safety req
C. budgeting req
d. Safety programs - ✔✔d. safety programs
✔✔toxic atmospheres due to smoke and heat are called?
a. FF hazardous environments
b immediately dangerous to life and health
c. carcinogenic hazard areas
d. exclusionary zones - ✔✔b. immediately dangerous to life and health
✔✔Following notification of an emergency response, when should firefighters don PPE
a. immediately upon mounting the apparatus at the scene
b. while on the apparatus en route to the call'
c. while on the apparatus, prior to pulling out of the station
d. Prior to mounting the apparatus - ✔✔d. Prior to mounting the apparatus
✔✔when parking the apparatus at the emergency scene, the firefighters should?
a. park and walk with their back to traffic
b. set out flares 10 ft from the truck
c. turn off lights that face opposing traffic to avoid blinding other drivers
d. close at least two lanes of traffic to operate more safely - ✔✔c. turn off lights that face
opposing traffic to avoid blinding other drivers
✔✔to maintain scene security, the FF may use control zones using which of the
following guidlines?
a. tape should be tied to the emergency vehicles to anchor the scene
b. the FF will need to determine the appropriate distance from the scene of the area
c. FF should only operate in the cold zone
d. media are authorized to work in the warm zone - ✔✔b. the FF will need to determine
the appropriate distance from the scene of the area
,✔✔When dismounting the apparatus on the roadside, firefighters should
a. turn lights to face opposing traffic so they will detour the incident
b. never walk with their backs to the traffic
c. block as many lanes as possible to ensure firefighter safety
d. establish isolation zone of at least 200ft. - ✔✔b. never walk with their backs to the
traffic
✔✔The process of comparing the positive results that can be achieved in an action with
the probability and severity of potential negative consequences is called?
a. quid pro quo
b. risk-benefit analysis
c. validated needs assessment
d. job task analysis - ✔✔b. risk-benefit analysis
✔✔What is the key part of the rehabilitation process?
a. assimilation
b. re invigoration
c. re initiation
d. revitalization - ✔✔d. revitalization
✔✔Over the last two decades, an average of more than __________ U.S. firefighters
die each year in the line of duty.
a. 150
b. 100
c. 300
d. 200 - ✔✔b. 100
✔✔according to statistics compiled by the USFA approx. ______ firefighter injuries are
reported each yea.
a. 1,000-3,000
b. 10,000-20,000
c. 70,000-100,000
d. more than 1,000,000 - ✔✔c. 70,000-100,000
✔✔Which is true regarding employee assistance programs (EAPs)?
a. confidentiality does not apply in this circumstance
b. services are available to firefighters and their families
c. they are mandated by federal law
, d. attendance at programs is always mandatory - ✔✔b. services are available to
firefighters and their families
✔✔The leading cause of firefighter fatalities is ?
a. cardiac arrest
b. internal trauma
c. asphyxiation
d. crushing injuries - ✔✔a. cardiac arrest
✔✔the most common injuries for firefighters are ?
a. strains
b. Bruises
c. burns
d. fractures - ✔✔a. strains
✔✔All F.D. radio operations must follow rules of the ?
a. NFPA
b. DoT
c. FCC
d. code of Federal regulations - ✔✔C. FCC
✔✔The term used for the facility where the emergency call is routed is called the ?
a. public safety answering point (PSAP)
b. unified command (UC)
c. emergency collection points(ECP)
d. emergency operations center (EOC) - ✔✔a. public safety answering point (PSAP)
✔✔What is the difference between basic 911 and enhanced 911
a. enhanced systems have the capability to provide the callers telephone number and
address
b. enhanced systems are used only in the rural areas
c. basic systems are more reliable than enhanced
d. basic systems have the capability to provide the caller's telephone number and
address - ✔✔a. enhanced systems have the capability to provide the callers telephone
number and address
✔✔What does the Automatic Number Identification (ANI) feature of enhanced 911 do ?
a. provide the callers identity
b. lock the callers phone open
