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A collection of multiple-choice questions and answers related to firefighting principles and practices. It covers topics such as fire behavior, building construction, fire suppression techniques, and hazardous materials response. The questions are designed to test knowledge and understanding of firefighting concepts, making it a valuable resource for students and professionals in the field.
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The concept of conduction is useful for predicting ______. a.
Duration of burn
b. Direction of fire spread
c. Occupant survivability
d. Extent of involvement - CORRECT ANSWER A. direction of
fire spread
Which characteristic is associated with modern lightweight
construction techniques? A. Higher dead load
B. A more air-tight structure
C. Greater susceptibility to collapse
D. Unstopped stud bays - CORRECT ANSWER C. Greater
susceptibility to collapse
In a fire response, which goal has the highest priority? a.
Extinguishing the fire
b. Preventing spread of fire to exposures
c. Preventing rekindle
d. Protecting building contents - CORRECT ANSWER C.
Preventing spread of fire to exposures
What is the second priority in basic fire-ground
objectives?
A. Salvage
B. Exposure
protection
C. Extinguishment
D. Confinement - CORRECT ANSWER B. Exposure
protection
Which term means the evaluation of structure fire conditions
to determine if occupants could be alive?
A. size up
B. Survivability profiling
C. Risk management
D. Triage - CORRECT ANSWER B. Survivability profiling
What does the "S" stand for in "RECEO-VS"
A. Span of control
B. Salvage
C. Size up
D. Search - CORRECT ANSWER B. Salvage
Who is generally the most valuable and reliable source of
information about a building?
D. How long it has been burning - CORRECT ANSWER D. How
long it has been burning
Which of the following is one of the fire departments two
basic resources?
A. Organization
B. Training
C. Apparatus
D. Leadership - CORRECT ANSWER C. Apparatus
What do fire departments commonly use to manage incidents
that require more resources than are immediately available?
A. isolation and withdrawal policies
B. A regional emergency operations center
C. Mutual aid agreements
D. A local incident management system - CORRECT ANSWER
C. Mutual aid agreements
Who develops the Incident action plan?
A. Incident commander
B. Operations section chief
C. Planning section chief
D. Command staff - CORRECT ANSWER A. Incident
commander
Of the basic fire-ground objectives, which item is third in
order of priority? A. Rescue victims
B. Extinguish the fire
C. Confine the fire
D. Protect exposures - CORRECT ANSWER C. confine the fire
The priorities of the basic five fire-ground objectives are
A. Separate and exclusive
B. Not separate and not exclusive
C. Separate but not exclusive
D. Not separate but exclusive - CORRECT ANSWER B. Not
separate and not exclusive
Which form of heat transfer consists of kinetic energy moving
from one particle to another in solid materials?
A. Induction
B. Reduction
C. Conduction
D. Convection - CORRECT ANSWER C. Conduction
Heat traveling from one end of a steel beam to the other end
is an example of _________.
A. Convection
B. Catalyzation
C. Vaporization
D. Pyrolysis - CORRECT ANSWER D. Conduction
A. Cooling the fuel
B. Excluding oxygen
C. Suppressing the vapor emission
D. Inhibiting the chemical chain reaction - CORRECT ANSWER
A. Cooling the fuel
The neutral plane is most directly associated with:
A. heat flux
B. thermal layering
C. flow path
D. fuel continuity - CORRECT ANSWER B. Thermal layering
Which effect of fire development is a result of modern
construction techniques and materials?
A. Tendency for multiple flow paths
B. Disrupted thermal layering
C. Greater frequency of ventilation-limited fires
D. Prolonged growth stage - CORRECT ANSWER C. Greater
frequency of ventilation-limited fires
Which type of railcar design should a fire fighter be able to
identify?
A. Carboy
B. Ballast regulator
C. Mixed cargo
D. Special use - CORRECT ANSWER D. Special use
What is the purpose of the rings around an MC-312 corrosives
tanker? A. Cooling
B. Heating
C. Structural stability
D. Vapor collision - CORRECT ANSWER C. Structural stability
Who must be notified if any spilled material could enter a
navigable waterway?
When should the pre-entrance medical monitoring be
completed?
A. Within the last year
B. Just prior to donning PPE
C. When first reporting for duty
D. Immediately upon arrival - CORRECT ANSWER B. Just prior
to donning PPE
The HAZWOPER regulations
are located in
What is the NFPA standard on vapor-protective ensembles for
hazardous materials emergencies?
Autocratic - CORRECT ANSWER Which type of leadership
style listed in the book is described as controlling?
Ask how you would feel if your family discovered this -
CORRECT ANSWER What is a good method to double-check
your decision concerning an ethical issue?
Listening - CORRECT ANSWER According to the textbook,
what is probably the most important communication skill?
Marker Board - CORRECT ANSWER What is the easiest, most
frequently used non-projector type audio-visual equipment?
2 by 6 rule - CORRECT ANSWER the rule used when
determining the minimum and maximum viewing distances
that a student should be from a projector
Evaluations
Job or Topic - CORRECT ANSWER Short descriptive title of
the information covered
Time Frame - CORRECT ANSWER Estimated time it takes to
teach the lesson
Level of Instruction - CORRECT ANSWER Desired learning
level students will reach
Learning Objectives - CORRECT ANSWER Minimum
acceptable knowledge the students will have after the class
Resources/Materials needed - CORRECT ANSWER List of all
Lesson Plan Components - CORRECT ANSWER Job or Topic
Time Fram e
Level of Instruction
Learning Objectives
Resources/Materials Needed
Prerequisites
Refrences
Lesson Summary
Assignment
Lesson Outline
Learning objectives - CORRECT ANSWER specific statements
that describe the desired learning results
AV components - CORRECT ANSWER illustrations, photos,
video recordings, or audio recordings that enhance a lesson.
Instructor and course evaluations - CORRECT ANSWER given
to students and used to evaluate the course and instructor.
Designed to find the weaknesses and strengths of the
instructor and class.
Discussion management - CORRECT ANSWER where the
instructor has prior knowledge of the discussion and will guide
large and group discussions in the right direction.
Training evolution management (including ICS) -
ANSWER using all resources to manage that
training
evolutions safely and effectively. IAP, Risk Management
Plan,
Training
Debriefing.
Instructor 1 - CORRECT ANSWER delivers instruction from a
prepared lesson plan
Assembles course materials o
Uses instructional aids
o Reviews and adapts lesson plans to meets the needs of
individual students, groups and AHJ's o Organizes the teaching
environment to maximize the learning experience and
provides a safe learning environment o Presents a lesson form
a prepared lesson plan, adjusting the presentation as required
to ensure that objectives are attained
o Prepares and maintains training records in accordance
with the requirements of the jurisdiction
Instructor 3 - CORRECT ANSWER demonstrates the
knowledge and ability to develop comprehensive training
programs, curricula, and courses for use by single or multiple
organizations
o Administers organizational/agency policy and procedures
o Administers training records system o Selects training staff o
Creates an instructor evaluation plan o Conducts organization
needs analysis
o Develops training goals and implementation strategies
o Creates or modifys programs, curricula, and courses
required to fulfill the organizations training needs
- Preparation and organization - Ingenuity, creativity, flexibility - Empathy - Conflict-resolution skills - Fairness - Personal integrity - Honesty - sincerity
Instructor's role in training safety - CORRECT ANSWER the
instructor is responsible that the training is completed as
safely as possible.
Harassment - CORRECT ANSWER a course of conduct aimed
at a specific person that causes substantial emotional
distressing said person and serves no legitimate purpose
Copyright law - CORRECT ANSWER protects the works of
artists, photographers, and authors and give them exclusive
rights to publish their works or determine who may publish or
reproduce them
Communication Model - CORRECT ANSWER • Sender - The
person that initiates the message
- Message - The content that the sender is trying to
communicate
- Receiver - The person that the sender is attempting to
communicate with
- Feedback to the sender - the reaction of the receiver to the
message that was sent
- Interference - anything that may prevent the receiver from
understanding the message.
Live fire training guidelines - CORRECT ANSWER NFPA 1403
NFPA 1041 - CORRECT ANSWER Standard for Professional
Qualifications for Fire and Life Safety Educator
NFPA 1403 - CORRECT ANSWER Standard on Live Fire
Training Evolutions
Records - CORRECT ANSWER permanent accounts of past
events or actions taken by an individual or organization
Domains of learning - CORRECT ANSWER • Cognitive
(Knowledge)- refers to all forms of knowing, including
perceiving, imaging, reasoning, and judging
- Psychomotor- typically refers to the hands on type of
training
Counseling - CORRECT ANSWER advising students on their
educational progress, career opportunities, personal anxieties,
or sudden crises in their lives
Reviewing Policies - CORRECT ANSWER Review the policies
of the classroom with students.
Coaching - CORRECT ANSWER process In which instructors
direct the skills performance of individuals by observing,
evaluating, and making suggestions for improvement
Providing peer assistance - CORRECT ANSWER having
students help each other in the learning process
Mentoring - CORRECT ANSWER Places a new student under
the guidance of a more experienced student
Four step method of instruction - CORRECT ANSWER • Step 1
Preperation- To prepare the students to learn
- Step 2 Presentation- to communicate content developed to
change the behavior of students
- Step 3 Application- to provide the oprotunity for students to
apply the theory
- Step 4 evaluation- to evaluate the learning process
Which of the following is MOST difficult to measure
objectively? - CORRECT ANSWER Affective
The principle of ___ states that if a stimulus is vivid and real, it
will more likely change or have an effect on the behavior. -
CORRECT ANSWER Intensity
In which of the cognitive levels of learning do students judge
the value of materials or actions based on defined criteria
using elements from all other levels? - CORRECT ANSWE
Evaluate
Which of the following is a guideline for lesson objective
development? - CORRECT ANSWER Learning objectives must
contain an action verb and a specific description of lesson
content
Which of the following uses the basics of interpersonal
communication? - CORRECT ANSWER Role play development
In which of the psychomotor levels of learning do students
modify and personalize the motor activity? - CORRECT
ANSWER Adaptation