Chapter 5-Legal Responsibilities and Liabilities

Question 1

3 things that are important for a company officer to be familiar with?

Answer 1

• The Fireman’s Rule
• Organizational policies, rules, and regulations
• Federal, state/provincial, and local laws/ordinances

Question 2

A rule of conduct or procedure established by custom, agreement, or authority.

Answer 2

Law

Question 3

What is are the basic “laws of the land” in both the U. S. and Canada?

Answer 3

The federal constitutions

Question 4

What are the three branches of the federal government?

Answer 4

• Judicial
• Legislative
• Executive

Question 5

Which branch of the government creates laws?

Answer 5

Legislative

Question 6

Which branch of the government implements, administers, and enforces laws?

Answer 6

Executive

Question 7

The Judicial branch is responsible for?

Answer 7

Interpreting laws

Question 8

Which types of laws are the result of legislative actions?

Answer 8

Statutory laws

Question 9

Which type of laws are based on tradition, custom usage, and decisions of the judicial courts within a particular country, society, or culture?

Answer 9

Common Laws

Question 10

Laws created by government agencies and used to enforce the implement statutory law?

Answer 10

Administrative laws

Question 11

Acts of terrorism are examples of ____ laws.

Answer 11

criminal

Question 12

Liability means?

Answer 12

A legal obligation or responsibility

Question 13

When a criminal act applies to public servants, it is called?

Answer 13

Malfeasance

Question 14

If an employee commits a crime while on duty, who is responsible?

Answer 14

The employee

Question 15

What is the definition of tort?

Answer 15

a civil wrong or wrongful act, whether intentional or accidental, from which injury occurs to another

Question 16

Most civil actions against fire and emergency service organizations are related to ____ liability.

Answer 16

tort

Question 17

When a person possesses a greater amount of expertise than others, that person’s ______ is proportionately greater.

Answer 17

legal duty

Question 18

The standard of care says that an EMT id responsible for the standard that a ____ would be expected to meet.

Answer 18

reasonable, prudent, and careful EMT

Question 19

An EMT improperly using an AED he or she has been trained to use is an example of:

Answer 19

Misfeasance.

Question 20

The Fireman’s Rule says that:

Answer 20

Property owners cannot be held responsible for a firefighter’s injuries.

Question 21

Which doctrine states that the federal, state, or local government is immune to lawsuit unless it gives its consent?

Answer 21

Sovereign Immunity

Question 22

Company officers should be familiar with federal laws that relate to: (3)

Answer 22

• protecting health and safety
• protecting the environment
• protecting their subordinates’ employment rights

Question 23

Which government agency is responsible for creating major health and safety laws?

Answer 23

OSHA

Question 24

Environmental laws are created by?

Answer 24

The EPA

Question 25

OSHA regulations for which company officers are responsible are contained in?

Answer 25

Title 29 CFR

Question 26

Who can be held responsible if environmental protection regulations are not followed?

Answer 26

Company officers and subordinates

Question 27

The Civil Rights Act eliminates discrimination in employment due to: (5)

Answer 27

- race - color - religion - sex - national origin

Question 28

Affirmative action means that:

Answer 28

standards for recruitment must be essential for the work

Question 29

Treating an applicant or employee differently than those of another race, gender, religion, etc. is an example of?

Answer 29

Disparate treatment

Question 30

Discriminating against a single parent or pregnant woman is an example of:

Answer 30

Disparate treatment

Question 31

Using minimum height and weight requirements in the hiring process is an example of?

Answer 31

Adverse impact

Question 32

Sexually oriented jokes and explicit e-mails are examples of

Answer 32

hostile work environment

Question 33

ADA regulations in employment apply to organizations with ____ employees.

Answer 33

15 or more full time

Question 34

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guarantees

Answer 34

Workers in the private sector be paid OT at a time and one-half salary rate if they work more than 40 hours in one week.

Question 35

The majority of the national consensus standards that fire and emergency services organization in the US and Canada use are developed and published by?

Answer 35

The NFPA

Question 36

A private, nonprofit organization that administers and coordinates the voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system.

Answer 36

ANSI