Florida Fire Officer 1 Review Exam Questions And Correct Answers.
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What branch of management includes the setting of compensation and benefits? - Answer Human Resources
What level of administrative chief fire officer is responsible for managing the activities of several fire companies within a defined geographic area, usually in more than one fire station? -...
Florida Fire Officer 1 Review Exam
Questions And Correct Answers.
What branch of management includes the setting of compensation and benefits? - Answer Human
Resources
What level of administrative chief fire officer is responsible for managing the activities of several fire
companies within a defined geographic area, usually in more than one fire station? - Answer Battalion
Chief
Who must take corrective action if an investigation confirms a harassment complaint has merit? -
Answer the fire chief
Management is the science of using ____ to achieve ____. - Answer available resources/desired results
One of Taylor's four principles was to replace rule-of-thumb work methods with - Answer methods
based on scientific study of the tasks
The formal fire department organization considers a fire officer to be the representative of whom -
Answer the fire chief
Most experts believe that span of control should extend to no more than a specific number of people.
What is that number? - Answer 5
What type of study was used to greatly improve performance in the fire fighter combat challenge? -
Answer time and motion
What can a fire officer do to improve his effectiveness in handling an unpopular order? - Answer
determine the history behind the order
There are several things a department might do as part of compliance with a consent decree. What is
one such thing? - Answer Engage in community outreach
,What does a Theory X manager believe? - Answer that people do not like to work
Taylor's unflattering characterization of workers viewed them as cheap, stupid, and - Answer
interchangeable
A Theory Y manager believes that people need to be ___, not ___. - Answer encouraged / controlled
What term does the international association of fire chiefs use for a fire officer 1? - Answer supervising
fire officer
Fire officers should act as if someone is always ___ when they are out of the station? - Answer
documenting their actions
Which of the four functions of management means guiding or directing in a course of action to include
motivating, guiding, training, and directing employees? - Answer leading
Looking beyond the physical attributes of individuals and matching the individuals strengths with the
organizations needs in order for the organization, the individual, and the officer to be successful is a
must for the fire officer to maintain? - Answer cultural diversity
Fire officer should consult their supervisors if they are going to make a decision that - Answer goes
beyond their scope of authority
what level of fire officer is generally associated as being the senior non-chief officer in a department -
Answer 2
What is the term for the set of guidelines that a department establishes for fire fighters - Answer
discipline
With blank, the specific assignment of a task to an individual makes that person responsible for
completing the task and prevents duplication of job assignments - Answer division of labor
,fire fighters usually report to a company officer who is typically invested with a rank. what is one of those
ranks? - Answer captain
what condition could ensue if it was not for the principle of unity of command? - Answer fire fighters
could receive multiple possibly conflicting orders from different officers
what type of information is included in the first part of a beginning of shift report? - Answer staffing
when officers are preparing to present a class on a topic, what, whom should they consult first? - Answer
their personal training library
what were building codes originally developed to prevent? - Answer building collapse
if fire officers have the authority to solve a given problem that has come up, what should they do about
involving their supervisors first? - Answer nothing; they should go ahead and make a decision
what type of fire department uses full-time career personnel along with volunteer or paid-on-call
personnel to staff the department? - Answer combination
what are the primary causes of death to fire fighters operating in a burning structure? - Answer
flashover and structural collapse
which of the following is not a method of looking at the organization of a fire department? - Answer
hazards
according to the NFPA, about what percentage of American fire fighters are volunteers? - Answer 72
percent
what roles did the participants in the administrative fire officer survey favor between themselves, their
fire officers, and the running of the fire stations? - Answer chiefs will be available for consultation, but
the fire officers will run their stations
, The beginning of shift report is normally due to the Battalion or District Chief within what amount of
time after the start of the shift - Answer 15 minutes
How does diversity affect fire departments - Answer They should tailor their service to meet the
culturally diverse needs of the community
Which industry played a major role in the development of their first model building - Answer The
insurance industry
Human resource management is built from to generalize schools of management thought. What is one
of those schools - Answer Scientific
Historically how did the American fire service orginate - Answer As communities of Civilian volunteers
In 1871 two major American fires occurred which would change the way the country viewed and
responded to fire. What was one of those fires - Answer The Great Chicago Fire
According to the International Association of Fire Chiefs, a person who worked as a managing Fire officer
for three to five years, is certified at the NFPA Fire officer 3 level, that has accomplished a formal
education equivalent to a bachelor's degree is known as a - Answer Administrative Fire officer
With the invention of technical fire fighting equipment what is the most important resource on a fire
scene - Answer Firefighters
The fire chief has the ultimate operational responsibilities in a fire department. Who has the ultimate
administrator responsibility - Answer The fire chief
Which of the four functions of management deals with developing a scheme, program, or method that is
worked out beforehand to accomplish an objective - Answer Planning
What type of organizational document is developed by various government or government authorized
organizations to implement a law that has been passed by a government body - Answer Regulation
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