Practice Exam

1. Incoming units assigned to an incident must contact the IC to ensure that they have complete communication with the:

2. Which type of discipline results when reasonable rules of conduct are established and are fairly and consistently applied?

3. Division/Group supervisors must maintain communication with assigned units in order to:

4. Which is a basic step used to determine a fire's area of origin?

5. Employee grievance procedures need to be effective, consistent, and provide a(an):

6. The company officer and other PIA participants need to understand the actual growth and development of the fire so they can determine the effect of the:

7. Which item should be included within formal intergovernmental agreements?

8. Workplace accidents are investigated to identify the __ that were the accident's root cause.

9. When a fire's area of origin is apparent, the Company Officer II is responsible for:

10. When necessary, a company officer can offer regular critiques on how crew members can alter or improve their performance through:

11. The range of sanctions involved in a punitive disciplinary action includes:

12. Which legal and ethical issue may apply to a company officer attempting to manage employee behavior through counseling?

13. What should company officers be aware of regarding North American Native Nations fire agencies located near their own jurisdiction?

14. What step should be part of a vehicle fire scene examination?

15. Which common element is contained in most problem-solving models?

16. A postincident analysis (PIA) should be completed for major incidents or those that involve:

17. 5. Which type of organizational change affects the skills, performances, attitudes, behaviors, or cultures of the workforce to meet the force of change?

18. A company officer can ensure that personnel evaluations are objective by:

19. Emergency incident scenes, emergency responses, training exercises, arid daily activities are common situations for unsafe acts due to personnel:

20. What should a company officer do if informal attempts to correct an employee's inappropriate behavior fail?

21. The change process should be viewed as:

22. What step of process implementation includes training and development, team building, and feedback?

23. Level II Company Officers must be able to communicate the need for:

24. Personnel who, as part of the change process, must learn how to operate new, more fuel-efficient apparatus may experience:

25. What happens to group integrity if its sense of continuity is disturbed?

26. A company officer tasked with analyzing incident data must know if the building's fire protection systems activated and functioned correctly and if the water-based suppression systems:

27. In order to begin the combustion process, a first material must be capable of absorbing and retaining __ from the ignition source.

28. Which behavior management method is designed to help an individual adjust to certain situations to either reinforce correct behavior or to eliminate improper behavior?

29. After transferring command, a former IC can:

30. In which situation should an Incident Commander (IC) demobilize incident personnel and units?

31. How can company officers support their organization in the local lawmaking process?

32. Employees may believe that nothing will happen to them if they break rules, regulations, policies, and/or procedures if a company officer:

33. When writing social media/web releases, a guideline is to:

34. While not a requirement, having written documentation verifying an interagency aid agreement may aid in:

35. Which type of progressive discipline is an attempt to correct inappropriate behavior as soon as it is discovered to ensure that it does not become a pattern or progress to a more serious offense?

36. Which fire pattern results in almost all vertical and horizontal compartment surfaces showing signs of damage?

37. Which event would initiate an accident investigation?

38. Company officers should compare the __ of implementing risk reduction strategies.

39. One way to increase the likelihood of success for a change process is to divide the process into attainable:

40. What factor may have the greatest influence on the productivity and success of the formal group?

41. What should an IC do when their span of control is exceeded?

42. Accidents caused by physically unsuitable personnel can be mitigated by assigning these responders to tasks in which their limitations are:

43. A competent ignition source must have sufficient time to transfer the required heat to the:

44. If a particular injury has a high incidence rate, it will likely continue to occur until:

45. During radio communications, Division/Group Supervisors use the phonetic designations of Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, and Delta in situations:

46. A fire pattern on a noncombustible surface such as a brick wall may look like:

47. When it is necessary to move evidence from its original position at a secure incident scene, responders should record the:

48. The common binding interests of emergency responders may change with their:

49. State/provincial level resources can be consulted for information concerning:

50. If a witness is suspected of a fire-related crime, a company officer should consider having an authorized person deliver __ before initiating the interview.

51. Wind, topography, aspect, and fuel variations affect a wildland fire's:

52. Developing and implementing training policies and procedures that are dedicated to safety can mitigate the:

53. Which situation illustrates the accident-causing human factor of improper attitude?

54. What can a company officer do during the examination of a vehicle fire to make documentation and comparative analysis easier?

55. Which job-related illness and health exposure can result from noise and from situations involving fatalities or casualties?

56. The first level of progressive discipline may be utilized for an employee who:

57. The likelihood of personnel injuries can be reduced and their severity mitigated by managing organizational risk through:

58. Which situation would indicate that a risk management plan needs to be revised?

59. Which type of power is determined by other senior managers, boards, and factors that are outside the Company Officer II's control?

60. A company officer investigating a fire scene must be aware that the __ may have been altered or destoyed by the fire.

61. The narrative portion of the accident investigation report should include:

62. Finding the origin of the fire involves knowledge of:

63. Using humor in a departmental social media post is potentially dangerous and may offend someone because:

64. Customer service SOPs for complex incidents involve working with victims and working towards:

65. If a crew arrives on scene before a staging area has been implemented, the company officer of the crew should:

66. Which active state or provincial agency may influence U.S. and Canadian fire and emergency services organizations?

67. When employees are more concerned about their own situations than with the organization, they are resistant to change because of:

68. If an accident analysis shows that stress was the root cause of an injury or fatality, company officers should recommend an increase in:

69. During a critical incident event, accountability systems allow an IC to know which responders are at the incident, where each is located, and:

70. A company officer's personal concept of what it means to be an officer is determined by:

71. The spread of a wildland fire is due to radiant heat from burning materials affecting other:

72. A company officer can address issues with responder grooming or absenteeism by reviewing the organization's:

73. Expert power is based and developed upon:

74. Human factors are an individual's attributes or personal characteristics that cause the individual to be:

75. A Company Officer II assigned to the strategic level of an incident's command structure is responsible for:

76. 30. A fire's cause is classified as accidental when it involves a(an):

77. Which resource can be used to compile a list of organizational accidents, injuries, illnesses, and fatalities?

78. During a job-performance evaluation, what action can the company officer take to generate change in an employee?

79. Lost time away from work and the cost of medical treatment can measure the:

80. Which on-scene position coordinates the deployment ofresources required to complete tactical objectives within an assigned incident area?

81. What is a potential response to an accident's root cause?

82. What search method makes it possible to use fire indicators to determine the path of fire spread and the area of fire origin?

83. Law enforcement, zoning boards, and fire and emergency services organizations are local government departments that:

84. 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:

85. What type of previous knowledge on building construction is needed to understand the elements of a postincident analysis (PIA)?

86. When examining fire patterns, take note of the visible boundaries or borders where fire or products of combustion:

87. In which type of situation should an IC assign Divisions/Groups at an emergency incident?

88. What agency would a company officer work alongside at a unified command incident that required closing and repairing roadways?

89. In which stage of a fire investigation does a person's action or omission need be considered as the event that brought together the competent ignition source with the first material ignited?

90. The Command organization must develop at a pace that stays ahead of the:

91. Research into the root cause of job-related illnesses and exposures can be accomplished through:

92. If during the life cycle of a risk management plan there is a decrease in overall risk, the plan:

93. A resource allocation common to many incidents is "Deploy Resources," which includes:

94. A postincident analysis (PIA) objective is to:

95. When personnel are unwilling to accept a change, they are in the change process stage of:

96. Even though they must be familiar with all the stages of progressive discipline, most company officers will only be responsible for carrying out:

97. A well-organized personnel evaluation program can improve the efficiency and/or effectiveness of employees and the organization because it can:

98. Which type of Command-level assignment comes with the authority to make decisions and assignments within the boundaries of the overall IAP and safety conditions?

99. Incident photographs provide a timeline of the fire's progress, the fire's location, and the:

100. What skill must company officers have in order to combat change-induced stress and communicate effectively throughout the change process?

101. A visual tracking system should be easy to use and contain a site plan that shows the incident's:

102. 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?

103. Which fire pattern generally indicates where large objects were positioned before the fire?

104. The large areas of land belonging to the Native Nations of North America are maintained by:

105. If a Company Officer II attempts to exert power outside of the prescribed authority of the position and the powers granted that position when utilizing legitimate power, they will:

106. After the initial response to a complex incident, what command responsibility must a Company Officer II complete?

107. All incident-related evidence including, documents of evidentiary value, and any other items that support the findings of the investigation are also subject to:

108. When identifying organizational risks, consider the worst of possible conditions or potential events as well as operations that:

109. If tire tracks or footprints are noticed at a scene, the company officer should:

110. During a transfer of command, the original IC provides the relieving officer with a(an) __ that can be supplemented with the use of an organization-approved tactical worksheet.

111. When developing a PIA, a company officer assesses the incident data for the strength and weaknesses of a response by developing a checklist of:

112. How can company officers positively influence the common values within their unit?

113. Which two complex incident duties related to strategic and tactical operations are included in organizational SOPs?

114. What is an external force that may drive internal changes within the fire and emergency services?

115. Which Level II Company Officer role requires the knowledge of available resources, protocols for acquiring those resources, and existing mutual aid agreements?

116. The company officer's ability to deal effectively with the informal group is determined by understanding:

117. A plume-generated fire pattern is the result of the plume of hot gases:

118. When making assignments, what two factors should a company officer consider to encourage cooperative group interaction?

119. It is appropriate to begin implementing organizational change when the need for change has been recognized, resistance has been overcome, and a(an):

120. Fire patterns provide information on how the fire:

121. Encouraging personnel to suggest which organizational changes to make and how to implement them is one way a company officer can:

122. A Company Officer II tasked with the responsibility of supervising the operation within a defined geographical area is working within the __ level.

123. Company officers acting as change agents during organizational change must be able to:

124. What is one of the primary ways that local government affects fire and emergency services organizations?

125. In order to ensure an effective interagency response, NIMS-based ICS for unified command (UC) should be used as a model for response management in the:

126. Root causes are the most basic reason an accident will:

127. A company officer can utilize personnel to directly affect the change process by:

128. What type of general incident information should be collected as part of an accident investigation?

129. During a corrective action, employees are entitled to a copy of the:

130. Why is feedback critical to the change process?

131. Group-level units are responsible for:

132. Information sources from the incident, such as preincident plans and the IAP, are compiled into a(an) __ to form the incident data portion of the postincident analysis (PIA).

133. Company officers must remember that determining a fire's area of origin is based on:

134. During an employee counseling session, the company officer should:

135. A positioning consideration for a Division/Group Supervisor is that they should be:

136. What information should be obtained and documented anytime the custody of an item changes?

137. Revisions to a risk management plan should be made:

138. Once an item is considered evidence, it is to be secured and its handling and transfer of custody documented until:

139. Company officers may attempt to determine fire origin and spread by observing fire effects and recognizing and interpreting:

140. Which piece of information assists in the determination of fire growth and development?

141. What piece of information may be depicted in a drawing of a fire scene?

142. Which type of risk should be considered a high-priority item within a risk management plan?

143. An accident in which members are exposed to toxic fumes at an incident due to receiving inadequate training on the use of personal protective equipment has its root cause in a(an):

144. In order to maintain the motivation, satisfaction, and performance of the larger group, the company officer should maintain a strong relationship with the: