1. While on duty, you are ordered by your superior officer to issue a summons to a car parked directly in front of a fire hydrant. A citizen is upset because of your giving a neighbor a summons. Which is the correct choice?

2. While on duty you see a fellow firefighter behaving in what seems to you a suspicious manner. You suspect he is sabotaging another firefighter's equipment. You should

3. You receive a call at the firehouse in which a citizen reports smelling gas in her home. The first thing you should advise the citizen to do is to

4. You are driving your spouse home and are planning to go straight on to work; however, you have an accident. The other driver insists that you should exchange license information, which will make you late for work. You should

5. There has been a small fire in a first floor apartment. Your company has put the fire out, and you are cleaning up the debris. As you look around, you wonder where all the expensive items in the apartment came from. Then you discover a small box full of money. Now you believe that the money is drug money. In this situation you should

6. Fires in vacant buildings can cause many problems for firefighters. Which of the following is LEAST likely to pose difficulty?

7. While operating at a fire, you notice cracks developing in the walls and the ceiling starting to sag. Your best course of action is to

8. You are at an elementary school with your lieutenant, doing an inspection of the school. While walking through the halls, you are approached by a six-year-old boy who asks why he should bother to learn fire safety rules. You should tell him that

9. Your company responds to a call of a car fire on the main highway. The first order your superior officer gives you is to put flares on the road. The flares serve to

10. The driver or chauffeur of the fire truck is required to keep the gas tank full at all times. The reason for this requirement is that

11. While searching a fire scene for hidden pockets of fire, you find a book of matches and a cigarette rolled up in newspaper. You show it to the investigating officer because you are convinced that that was how the fire was started. The investigator is able to determine who the arsonist was from that evidence. Later, a reporter comes into the firehouse to ask you about the arson suspect who was just arrested. The reporter was told that evidence found at the fire scene led to the arsonist's being caught and wants to give you credit for helping in the case. How should you answer the reporter's questions?

12. Which of the following would be the best way for the driver of a fire truck that is responding to an alarm to approach a red light at an intersection?

13. You are on the fire department's softball team, and your team has advanced to the play-offs. In the bottom of the ninth inning with the bases loaded, you are up next. If you score for your team, the game will be tied and go into overtime innings. You look at your watch and realize you have to be at work in 20 minutes. If the game does go into overtime you will be late. You should

14. While you are walking to work, dressed in your uniform, you witness an automobile accident. Which of the following actions is the most appropriate?

15. Your company is responding to a multi-vehicle accident at which injured citizens are trapped. You are driving an engine and have two more blocks to go when you see a detour sign, and the road ahead is blocked off. You were just down this same block this morning, and no construction was going on. Following the detour sign will take you four blocks out of your way. You should

16. You are a guest at dinner in a friend's home. The friend yells for help from the kitchen, and you rush in to find that grease in a frying pan has caught fire. The first thing you should do is to

17. A writer from Firefighters Weekly walks into the firehouse. She is doing a story about alcoholism in the workplace and wants you to give a statement. A source has told her that a firefighter in your firehouse has had a problem with alcohol. What should you tell her?

18. Firefighters should take great care when handling flammable liquids because the vapors from these liquids can travel to sources that can ignite them easily. Which of the following would NOT be advisable when refueling firefighting equipment?

19. An elementary school is visiting the firehouse. Some of the students begin climbing on the truck, others ask to hear the siren and see the lights, and still others want to slide down the pole. The best way to handle this is to