TCFP Firefighter Exam Study Guide (2025/2026)
Practice Questions & Verified Answers
Section 1: NFPA Standards, Fire Service Organization, and Safety Basics
1. the NFPA requires that, at minimum ppe clothing should be cleaned
every _______ months
A. 12
B. 6
C. 9
D. 14
Answer: B. 6
2. National Fire Protection 1001 is ?
A. Standard for firefighting professional qualifications
B. Standard for Industrial Fire Brigades
C. Standard for fire department occupational safety and health program
D. standard for Blood Borne Pathogen training
Answer: A. Standard for firefighting professional qualifications
3. Historically, the standard operating unit of a fire department is ?
A. the firefighter
B. The company
C. the battalion
D. a platoon/shift
Answer: B. The company
4. Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified ?
A. NFPA 1582
B. NFPA 1001
C. NFPA 1500
D. NFPA 1501
,Answer: .
5. Instructions: Read the following statements and choose the correct
answer from alternatives A-D Statement 1: A policy is a guide to thinking
or decision making Statement 2: a procedure is a detailed plan of action
Statement 3: Standard operating procedures apply to both emergency
and non-emergency situations
A. st. 1 is true; st 2 and 3 are false
B. st 1 and 2 are false; st 3 is true
C. St 1 is false; st 2 and 3 are true
D. all statements are true
Answer: D. all statements are true
6. Which is true regarding NFPA standards
A. they are regarded as law
B. they consensus documents
C. they are adopted at the federal level
D. they identify the maximum allowable by law.
Answer: B. they consensus documents
7. What is the difference in a dept's SOP's as opposed to the SOG's ?
A. SOP's are specific, and SOG's are not
B. SOP's and SOG's are exactly alike
C. SOP's are not as strict as SOG's
D. Both are required to meet NFPA 1500 requirements.
Answer: .
8. Life safety, incident stabilization, and ___________ are the three most
important orginization duties for FD's to pursue.
A. Building inspections
B. public information
, C. Property conservation
D. Resource management
Answer: C. Property conservation
9. What is the principle called that says each firefighter answers to only
one supervisor ?
A. Span of responsibility
B. Organizational accountability
C. Unity of command
D. Delegation of duty
Answer: C. Unity of command
10. What is generally the upper limit of span of control ?
A. 25
B. 9
C. 13
D. 7
Answer: D. 7
11. the process of dividing large jobs into smaller jobs to make them
more manageable is described as ?
A. chain of command
B. division of labor
C. span of control
D. unity of command
Answer: .
12. Division of labor is necessary in the fire service in order to?
A. determine who will be the incident commander
B. separate union and administration
C. determine chain of command
, D. make specific and clear-cut assignments
Answer: D. make specific and clear-cut assignments
13. One of the basic duties of an engine company is?
A. attack and extinguish fires
B. forcible entry
C. perform technical rescue
D. perform search and rescue
Answer: A. attack and extinguish fires
14. In the fire service, the basic definition of the word rescue is ?
A. looking for victims who are in danger
B. removing a victim from a hazardous situation to safety
C. performing CPR on a victim
D. stabilizing a victim before transport
Answer: B. removing a victim from a hazardous situation to safety
15. Which is considered one of the basic tasks of a traditional ladder
company crew ?
A. Securing a water source
B. deploying hand lines
C. Forcible entry
D. high angle operations
Answer: .
16. What is the term for a rescue situation requiring specialized
knowledge or training such as high-angle rescue or trench rescue ?
A. Class 1 rescue
B. technical rescue
C. barrel rescue
D. second stage resuce
Practice Questions & Verified Answers
Section 1: NFPA Standards, Fire Service Organization, and Safety Basics
1. the NFPA requires that, at minimum ppe clothing should be cleaned
every _______ months
A. 12
B. 6
C. 9
D. 14
Answer: B. 6
2. National Fire Protection 1001 is ?
A. Standard for firefighting professional qualifications
B. Standard for Industrial Fire Brigades
C. Standard for fire department occupational safety and health program
D. standard for Blood Borne Pathogen training
Answer: A. Standard for firefighting professional qualifications
3. Historically, the standard operating unit of a fire department is ?
A. the firefighter
B. The company
C. the battalion
D. a platoon/shift
Answer: B. The company
4. Where are medical requirements for firefighters specified ?
A. NFPA 1582
B. NFPA 1001
C. NFPA 1500
D. NFPA 1501
,Answer: .
5. Instructions: Read the following statements and choose the correct
answer from alternatives A-D Statement 1: A policy is a guide to thinking
or decision making Statement 2: a procedure is a detailed plan of action
Statement 3: Standard operating procedures apply to both emergency
and non-emergency situations
A. st. 1 is true; st 2 and 3 are false
B. st 1 and 2 are false; st 3 is true
C. St 1 is false; st 2 and 3 are true
D. all statements are true
Answer: D. all statements are true
6. Which is true regarding NFPA standards
A. they are regarded as law
B. they consensus documents
C. they are adopted at the federal level
D. they identify the maximum allowable by law.
Answer: B. they consensus documents
7. What is the difference in a dept's SOP's as opposed to the SOG's ?
A. SOP's are specific, and SOG's are not
B. SOP's and SOG's are exactly alike
C. SOP's are not as strict as SOG's
D. Both are required to meet NFPA 1500 requirements.
Answer: .
8. Life safety, incident stabilization, and ___________ are the three most
important orginization duties for FD's to pursue.
A. Building inspections
B. public information
, C. Property conservation
D. Resource management
Answer: C. Property conservation
9. What is the principle called that says each firefighter answers to only
one supervisor ?
A. Span of responsibility
B. Organizational accountability
C. Unity of command
D. Delegation of duty
Answer: C. Unity of command
10. What is generally the upper limit of span of control ?
A. 25
B. 9
C. 13
D. 7
Answer: D. 7
11. the process of dividing large jobs into smaller jobs to make them
more manageable is described as ?
A. chain of command
B. division of labor
C. span of control
D. unity of command
Answer: .
12. Division of labor is necessary in the fire service in order to?
A. determine who will be the incident commander
B. separate union and administration
C. determine chain of command
, D. make specific and clear-cut assignments
Answer: D. make specific and clear-cut assignments
13. One of the basic duties of an engine company is?
A. attack and extinguish fires
B. forcible entry
C. perform technical rescue
D. perform search and rescue
Answer: A. attack and extinguish fires
14. In the fire service, the basic definition of the word rescue is ?
A. looking for victims who are in danger
B. removing a victim from a hazardous situation to safety
C. performing CPR on a victim
D. stabilizing a victim before transport
Answer: B. removing a victim from a hazardous situation to safety
15. Which is considered one of the basic tasks of a traditional ladder
company crew ?
A. Securing a water source
B. deploying hand lines
C. Forcible entry
D. high angle operations
Answer: .
16. What is the term for a rescue situation requiring specialized
knowledge or training such as high-angle rescue or trench rescue ?
A. Class 1 rescue
B. technical rescue
C. barrel rescue
D. second stage resuce
