Exam Script 2026/2027 | Comprehensive
Study Version | A+ Certified
• Chain of command -✓✓Which fire service organizational principle refers to the
formal line of authority, responsibility, and communication within an organization?
(14)
• Career -✓✓Which type of fire department is continually staffed by full-time paid
firefighters who typically live in the station? (15)
• Company -✓✓The basic unit of firefighting operation is called a: (15)
• A Fire Fighter I works under the direct supervision of a Fire Fighter II or
company officer -✓✓Which statement describes the difference in the roles of a
Fire Fighter I and a Fire Fighter II? (17)
• delegate authority -✓✓Written regulations such as organization's policies and
procedures clarify expectations and: (20)
• law enforcement -✓✓Which organization or agency would assist the fire
department with incident scene security, crowd control, and explosive disposal?
(22)
• Forcing entry into a structure -✓✓Which duty is a Fire Fighter I expected to
perform? (23)
,• Provide the fire service with a blueprint for making changes -✓✓Why did the
National Fallen Firefighters Association develop the 16 Firefighter Life Safety
Initiatives in 2004? (24)
• All anticipated hazards to which members might be exposed -✓✓What must a
fire department's health and safety program address? (25)
• be fully equipped with the appropriate PPE -✓✓NFPA 1500 requires all
personnel operating in an immediately dangerous to life and health (IDLH)
atmosphere to: (27)
• wellness programs -✓✓A(an) ________ is meant to help reduce firefighter
illness, injuries, and deaths by ensuring that firefighters are healthy. (29)
• Offer easily accessible, confidential assistance with personal problems that affect
job performance -✓✓What is the main purpose of a fire department member
assistance program (MAP)? (34)
• Being observant about hazards and changing conditions -✓✓What does it mean
to practice situational awareness on the fireground? (38)
• As soon as the department is notified of the emergency -✓✓What does the
response to an emergency begin? (38)
• Maintain communication with team members and Command -✓✓Which safety
guideline will help minimize a firefighter's exposure to risk at a structural fire
scene? (39)
, • portable electric generators -✓✓Emergency scene lighting and portable rescue
equipment are powered by apparatus-mounted generators, the apparatus' electrical
system, or: (41)
• Track personnel in and out of the IDLH environment -✓✓What are the personnel
accountability systems designed to do? (42)
• can confuse motorists and make the situation more hazardous -✓✓When
operating at highway/roadway incident scenes, apparatus lights: (44)
• representing your department -✓✓When answering nonemergency telephone
calls, remember to be professional and courteous because you are: (57)
• Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) -✓✓A central location that takes all
emergency calls and routes the call to the fire, emergency medical, or law
enforcement dispatcher is a: (58)
• directions to the caller's location -✓✓Enhanced 9-1-1 systems provide
dispatchers with information such as the caller's location, phone number, and: (58)
• telecommunicators -✓✓Individuals who are trained to receive, process, and
dispatch emergency calls are known as: (60)
• transmitted to responding units -✓✓Once an emergency has been reported, the
information must be: (61)