FireFighter I & II, Fifth Edition, Exam
Prep Question and Answers.
NFPA 1001 is the:
A. Standard for Industrial Fire Brigades
B. Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications
C. Standard for Blood Borne Pathogen Training
D. Standard for Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program -
B. Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications
Which is one of the keys to improving a firefighter's physical health?
A. Gender/ethnic background
B. Fire Service Traditions
C. Health Screening
D. Union Involvement -
C. Health Screening
Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified?
A. In the AMA publication, "Specifications for Industrial Fitness"
B. NFPA 1582
C. NFPA 1001
D. NFPA 1500 -
B. NFPA 1582
Each firefighter accident or injury must be thoroughly investigated for two reasons. One
is to determine why it happened and the other is to:
A. determine its classification under the S.I.M.P.L.E. system
B. preclude any civil liability situation should it happen again
C. determine whether or not a de-facto feasance occurred
D. determine how it can be avoided in the future -
D. determine how it can be avoided in the future
Information on the training and performance qualifications for firefighters is located in
which NFPA standard?
A. NFPA 1001
B. NFPA 1002
,C. NFPA 1500
D. NFPA 1401 -
A. NFPA 1001
What is the alerting system for a staffed fire station?
A. Knox Box
B. Fax machine
C. Duplex system
D. Radio with alert tone -
D. Radio with alert tone
In fire departments that have access to multiple radio channels, fireground operations
should be:
A. on multiple channels also.
B. run by cell phone so as to not tie up radio.
C. assigned a separate dedicated channel.
D. on the original dispatch channel only. -
C. assigned a separate dedicated channel.
What is another term for communications center dispatchers?
A. Call originators
B. Telecommunicators
C. Public interface officials
D. Signal technicians -
B. Telecommunicators
Telecommunication Device and Teletype are:
A. location finders on so-called smart, enhanced 911
B. routers that allow calling the 911 system in another city
C. devices that help hearing-impaired people use telephones
D. chips that go into PDAs and PCs respectively, to allow them to call 911 -
C. devices that help hearing-impaired people use telephones
What should be on the mind of a firefighter that answers the telephone in a fire
department facility?
A. That the firefighter is representative of the fire department
B. To be brief, so that the incoming phone line will be open to receive emergency calls
C. Obtain all information; then hang up first to avoid tying up the phone line
D. Leaving the person on hold for as long as it takes to relay and verify information
received -
A. That the firefighter is representative of the fire department
, The standardized term used to signal he immediate need to clear the radio and transmit
critical information is:
A. Emergency Traffic
B. 10-99
C. Signal 2
D. Critical Alert -
A. Emergency Traffic
What should call-takers do if a call comes in that is about issues not handled by the fire
department?
A. Try to direct the caller to the appropriate agency, even providing contact information,
if available
B. Take the caller's information and advise them that this is a non-criminal offense for
which there will be a small fine
C. Quickly and politely tell the caller this is not a fire department issue and hang up to
free up the line
D. Transfer the call immediately to the recording for inappropriate calls -
A. Try to direct the caller to the appropriate agency, even providing contact information,
if available
First arriving companies broadcast ____________ reports to incoming units.
A. arrival
B. urgent
C. status
D. select -
A. arrival
The only time the _____________ callout is used is in a situation where there is
immediate danger to the lives of the firefighters.
A. attention
B. emergency traffic
C. urgent traffic
D. mayday -
D. mayday
A trunked digital radio system allows:
A. Only one agency on the system
B. Different agencies on different systems
C. Different agencies on the same system
D. Fewer users to communicate -
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