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Which is considered the human side of managing?

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Leading

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What fire would become known as the deadliest fire in US history?

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Peshtigo

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McGregor is known for which mamagement concept?

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Theory X and Y

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How many levels are there in Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs?

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(5) Five

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Blake and Mouton’s Managerial Grid.

The grid theory assumes that every decision made and every action taken in the work place is driven by 3 things.

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Peoples Values, attitudes, and beliefs

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Which act required unions to file a list of assets and names with the goverment.

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Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959

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The theory that relies on the natural competitiveness of people is known as.

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Goal Setting Theory

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What was the primary extinguishing agent in computer rooms used to protect electronic equipment from the 1960s to 1990s

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Halon

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When listening to a complaint, an officer should do the following (4) four things.

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Listen and take detailed notes,
Engage in active listening,
Paraphrase and use feedback,
Do not explain or excuse.

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Technical Specialist fall under what function in IMS?

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Planning

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What is (5) five units of the same kind, with one leader?

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Strike Team

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What are the (5) five steps of Lloyd Layman’s five-step Size-up process

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Facts, Probabilities, Situation, Decision, Plan of Operation

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The first city who established the first fire regulations in north America when it banned wood chimney and thatch roofs?

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Boston

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The theory that each fire fighter answers to only one boss and so on is called.

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Unity of Command

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When faced with unpopular orders, the fire officer should do what?

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Express any concerns and objections with his supervisor in private

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Which act provides additional compensation and punitive damages in case of intentional discrimination under title VII?

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Civil rights act 1991

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Blake and Moulton’s Grid theory believe in two fundamental concerns that influence behavior, what are they?

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A concern for people, and a concern for results

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Under which Act, does the President have certain abilities during a national emergency.

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Taft-Hartley Act

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What theory relies on the natural competitiveness of people.

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Goal setting

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CERT is a_____ hour course

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20 hours.

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21
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What is the minimum number of fire fighters on an interior team

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(2) two

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Microsoft internet explorer and Netscape navigator are the most common type of what?

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Web browsers

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What is created by the ISO, and based on the incident hazards and objectives?

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Incident Safety Plan

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Which branch is responsible for communication on a high-rise?

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Service Branch

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The first organized volunteer fire company was established where?
Philadelpha
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What leaves no latitude or discretion?
Rules and Regulations
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What is the process of having the tight people in the right place at the right time who can accomplish the task efficiently and effectively.
Human Resource planning
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Which act made the yellow dog contracts unenforceable
Norris-LaGuardia
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Which thoery suggests behavior is a function of it's consequences?
Reinforcement thoery
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Restraurants and bars are what type of group?
Assembly
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What refers to the method that is used to convey the imformation?
Medium
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What are formal documents that address a specific subject, policy, condition or situation and usually signed by the fire chief
General Orders
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EEOC stands for what?
Equal employment opportunity commission
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What federal laws are enforced by the EEOC?
Civil Rights laws
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Most common cause of fire.
Undetermined
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2nd leading cause of firefighter death
Internal trauma
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What are the 5 steps of the communication cycle?
Message, Sender, Medium, Receiver, Feedback
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______ gave workers the right to refrain from joining a union.
Taft Hartley Act
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What does the Y theory manager feel about workers?
They like to work
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Policies allow personnel to make or use_____.
Judgments
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Fredrick Taylor developed what?
The Scientific Management
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Managerial grid-sound has high concern for who and what?
People and results
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Which act allowed workers to decide by majority vote who would decide who would represent them at the bargaining table?
Wagner Connery of 1935
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What are the four psychomotor skills?
Initial, Plateau, Latency, Mastery
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Communication and Medical are found in this branch of the ICS?
Service branch in Logistics
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What type of evidence are incendiary devices and fire debris?
Demonstrative
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What is a proven mechanism for dealing with error at all levels?
Crew Resource management
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What is an evaluation error that can occur when the fire officer compares the performance of one subordinate with another instead of against the classified job standards.
Contrast Effect
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____ is when a driver can remember the route to an area of the district when it has been several months between calls in that area
Latency
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____ accredits fire related degree programs at the collage and university levels.
IFSAC International fire service accreditation congress
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Which entity governs the civil rights act of 1964.
EEOC
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Kimball rule of thumb is that ___ gpm for each 100 cubic feet.
3 gpm
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____ refers to the purpose for which a building or portion of a building is used or is intended to be used.
Occupancy type
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Which fire flow formula was developed to determine the flow needed to knock down a fire in a fully involved structure or in an enclosed compartment.
Iowa State University rate-of-flow formula
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What are Maslows 5 levels of his hierarchy of needs?
``` 1 - Physiological 2 - Safety, security, order 3 - Social, Affection 4 - Esteen, Status 5 - Self actualization ```
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What type of evidence are considered in an investigation?
Demonstrative, Documentary, and Testimonial
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What happens when fire code requirements are often abopted or amended in reaction to fire disasters?
Catastrophic theory of reform
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What kind of person has a heightened awareness of the personal feelings, goals, and ambitions of other and always considers how proposed actions will affect them?
Accommodating
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What kind of manager believes people like to work and they need to be encouraged, not controlled.
Theory Y manager
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How long from the 0700 reporting time does an officer have to fax the morning report to the chief officer?
15 minutes
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Who started the first college for the fire officer?
New York City
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A metro sized department is defined as what?
More than 400 fully paid fire fighters
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What are developed by various governments or goverment-authorized organizations to implement a law that has been passed by a goverment body?
Rules and Regulations
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The CERT program is usually delivered in how many sessions?
Seven 2.5 hour sessions delivered one evening per week
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What is adopted when a jurisdiction uses adoption by reference.
Specific edition
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What are the 4 fire cause classifications according to NFPA 921
Accidental, Natural, Incendiary, Undeterminded

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