Fire Officer 1 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Fire Officer 1 UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
The company officer's most important task as a supervisor is to: - CORRECT ANSWERensure personnel safety.
A challenge new company officers will have to learn, apply, and model is how much _____ is
legitimately assigned to the position...
Fire Officer 1 UPDATED Exam Questions
and CORRECT Answers
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
Managing is the process of controlling or directing available resources for the purpose of: -
CORRECT ANSWER- achieving a goal or objective through the use of authority or
persuasion.
What level of input do followers have in the decision-making process in an organization
utilizing an autocratic leadership style? - CORRECT ANSWER- Followers have little to no
input in decision making
What is a possible consequence of inconsistently fulfilling supervisory duties as a company
officer? - CORRECT ANSWER- Undermined authority
Why is it essential for Level I Company Officers to fully understand the theories and methods
used in management? - CORRECT ANSWER- A Level I Company Officer may be required
to manage multi-company incidents before the arrival of a Level II Fire Officer.
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