FIRE OFFICER III EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Which supervisory role best suits the style of a manager? - ANS Training officer
Which program is designed specifically for senior fire officers who have demonstrated
significant accomplishments and who have the potential to impact and initiate change in the fire
service? - ANS Harvard Fire Executive Fellowship
Which law protects off-duty first responders from liability when they stop to render aid in cases
of accident or sudden illness? - ANS Good Samaritan Act
Which credentialing program is specifically designed for chief and junior officers with at least a
bachelor's degree and who have been identified by their organizations as being change agents?
- ANS NFA Executive Fire Officer
What method does the text suggest to ensure effective listening? - ANS Rephrase the
message in one's own words
For which function is a reverse-911 system best suited? - ANS Alert residents in a particular
area of danger.
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,Which item of information is appropriate to post on a fire department's website? -
ANS Department facilities
What is the subject of Dillon's Rule? - ANS Limits of the authority of local government
Which domain of learning emphasizes paradigm and attitude? - ANS Affective
Concern for the follower is the basic component for effective use of which leadership style? -
ANS Citizen
Which element is generally cited as the basis for an appeal of a verdict in a lawsuit? -
ANS The judge's misapplication of the law
Which municipal governments are required to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act? -
ANS All
- Those with full-time, paid employees
- Those with at least 50 employees
Which domain of learning emphasizes the intellectual process? - ANS Cognitive
Which acronym does Mitchell Waite use in his book Fire Service Leadership: Theories and
Practices? - ANS LEADERSHIP
What is the subject of Michigan v. Tyler? - ANS Warrantless investigations
Which leadership theory suggests that leaders and followers engage with each other in such a
way that they raise one another to higher levels of motivation and morality? -
ANS Transformational
A bachelor of arts degree is predominantly __________ in nature. - ANS conceptual
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, Which statement about the effect of social media on the fire service is most correct? -
ANS Social media is here to stay and chief officers must become consumers of it.
Which tool can a leader use to develop subordinates by exposing them to new processes and
experiences? - ANS Delegation
Which form of transfer of information is from the center of power to an individual? -
ANS Downward
Which communication problem is avoided through the use of language that is familiar to the
receiver? - ANS Semantics
Which type of technology is being integrated into self-contained breathing apparatus to aid in
communication? - ANS Bluetooth
Training relates best to which domain of learning? - ANS Psychomotor
Which type of court can establish a precedent? - ANS Appellate court
Which is a paramount requirement prior to conducting a warrantless cause and origin
investigation at a fire scene? - ANS Custody of the scene
Which the first requirement in justifying an accommodation for a person with a disability? -
ANS Individual requests as accommodation
Which term best matches the definition, "influencing people to take action to achieve a desired
end state"? - ANS Leadership
Which "trait of success" is defined as the skill of communicating in a way that a desired action
will be taken? - ANS People skills
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AND CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED
2025/2026.
Which supervisory role best suits the style of a manager? - ANS Training officer
Which program is designed specifically for senior fire officers who have demonstrated
significant accomplishments and who have the potential to impact and initiate change in the fire
service? - ANS Harvard Fire Executive Fellowship
Which law protects off-duty first responders from liability when they stop to render aid in cases
of accident or sudden illness? - ANS Good Samaritan Act
Which credentialing program is specifically designed for chief and junior officers with at least a
bachelor's degree and who have been identified by their organizations as being change agents?
- ANS NFA Executive Fire Officer
What method does the text suggest to ensure effective listening? - ANS Rephrase the
message in one's own words
For which function is a reverse-911 system best suited? - ANS Alert residents in a particular
area of danger.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,Which item of information is appropriate to post on a fire department's website? -
ANS Department facilities
What is the subject of Dillon's Rule? - ANS Limits of the authority of local government
Which domain of learning emphasizes paradigm and attitude? - ANS Affective
Concern for the follower is the basic component for effective use of which leadership style? -
ANS Citizen
Which element is generally cited as the basis for an appeal of a verdict in a lawsuit? -
ANS The judge's misapplication of the law
Which municipal governments are required to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act? -
ANS All
- Those with full-time, paid employees
- Those with at least 50 employees
Which domain of learning emphasizes the intellectual process? - ANS Cognitive
Which acronym does Mitchell Waite use in his book Fire Service Leadership: Theories and
Practices? - ANS LEADERSHIP
What is the subject of Michigan v. Tyler? - ANS Warrantless investigations
Which leadership theory suggests that leaders and followers engage with each other in such a
way that they raise one another to higher levels of motivation and morality? -
ANS Transformational
A bachelor of arts degree is predominantly __________ in nature. - ANS conceptual
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Which statement about the effect of social media on the fire service is most correct? -
ANS Social media is here to stay and chief officers must become consumers of it.
Which tool can a leader use to develop subordinates by exposing them to new processes and
experiences? - ANS Delegation
Which form of transfer of information is from the center of power to an individual? -
ANS Downward
Which communication problem is avoided through the use of language that is familiar to the
receiver? - ANS Semantics
Which type of technology is being integrated into self-contained breathing apparatus to aid in
communication? - ANS Bluetooth
Training relates best to which domain of learning? - ANS Psychomotor
Which type of court can establish a precedent? - ANS Appellate court
Which is a paramount requirement prior to conducting a warrantless cause and origin
investigation at a fire scene? - ANS Custody of the scene
Which the first requirement in justifying an accommodation for a person with a disability? -
ANS Individual requests as accommodation
Which term best matches the definition, "influencing people to take action to achieve a desired
end state"? - ANS Leadership
Which "trait of success" is defined as the skill of communicating in a way that a desired action
will be taken? - ANS People skills
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