Fire Officer 2

Practice Exam

Knowledge Check

1. When determining purchasing needs, company officers must review the legal mandates that the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) creates for the purchasing of:
2. Using humor in a departmental social media post is potentially dangerous and may offend someone because:
3. A company officer will exert authority less often and can lead with a democratic approach that allows the unit to carry out orders with minimal supervision when unit members:
4. By law, personnel evaluations must include definite identifiable criteria based on the quality or quantity of work or on specific performances that are supported by a:
5. Repairs to existing facilities is a line item found on a fire and emergency services organization's:
6. What factor may have the greatest influence on the productivity and success of the formal group?
7. A company officer can ensure that personnel evaluations are objective by:
8. Increased line item justifications or other outside funding sources may be required for:
9. What element needs to be included in all change processes because it defines what the change is, why it is important, and how the change will affect the organization and community?
10. A company officer investigating a fire scene must be aware that the _____ may have been altered or destroyed by the fire.
11. Which is a basic step used to determine a fire’s area of origin?
12. Company officers can be prepared to assist their subordinates in preparing for promotional opportunities by:
13. It is appropriate to begin implementing organizational change when the need for change has been recognized, resistance has been overcome, and a(an):
14. If a witness is suspected of a fire-related crime, a company officer should consider having an authorized person deliver _____ before initiating the interview.
15. All incident-related evidence including, documents of evidentiary value, and any other items that support the findings of the investigation are also subject to:
16. A company officer’s personal concept of what it means to be an officer is determined by:
17. During a job-performance evaluation, what action can the company officer take to generate change in an employee?
18. What skill must company officers have in order to combat change-induced stress and communicate effectively throughout the change process?
19. What should the conclusion of an executive summary contain?
20. Community risk reduction programs empower station-level fire and emergency services staff and the community at large in a way that both parties are encouraged to partner together to:
21. Employee grievance procedures need to be effective, consistent, and provide a(an):
22. What should a company officer do if it appears a subordinate has a psychological/emotional issue?
23. Employees may believe that nothing will happen to them if they break rules, regulations, policies, and/or procedures if a company officer:
24. Why is feedback critical to the change process?
25. The large areas of land belonging to the Native Nations of North America are maintained by:
26. In order to further professional development within the organization, a company officer needs to address potential personnel:
27. A fire pattern on a noncombustible surface such as a brick wall may look like:
28. Incident photographs provide a timeline of the fire’s progress, the fire’s location, and the:
29. When being interviewed by a news reporter, company officers should:
30. When employees are more concerned about their own situations than with the organization, they are resistant change because of:
31. The first level of progressive discipline may be utilized for an employee who:
32. Budget justifications based on the organization’s financial history cite the actual cost of:
33. Which type of organizational change affects the skills, performances, attitudes, behaviors, or cultures of the workforce to meet the force of change?
34. Once an item is considered evidence, it is to be secured and its handling and transfer of custody documented until:
35. On the top of each page of an organization’s policies and procedures manual is a date which indicates the:
36. What search method makes it possible to use fire indicators to determine the path of fire spread and the area of fire origin?
37. Which legal and ethical issue may apply to a company officer attempting to manage employee behavior through counseling?
38. Which fire pattern results in almost all vertical and horizontal compartment surfaces showing signs of damage?
39. Finding the origin of the fire involves knowledge of:
40. What can a company officer do to ensure the credibility of a departmental press release?
41. Company officers acting as change agents during organizational change must be able to:
42. What should company officers be aware of regarding North American Native Nations fire agencies located near their own jurisdiction?
43. Even though they must be familiar with all the stages of progressive discipline, most company officers will only be responsible for carrying out:
44. Which type of power is determined by other senior managers, boards, and factors that are outside the Company Officer II’s control?
45. If tire tracks or footprints are noticed at a scene, the company officer should:
46. A well-organized personnel evaluation program can improve the efficiency and/or effectiveness of employees and the organization because it can:
47. A company officer can utilize personnel to directly affect the change process by:
48. What is an external force that may drive internal changes within the fire and emergency services?
49. Fire patterns provide information on how the fire:
50. When personnel are unwilling to accept a change, they are in the change process stage of: