On-Call Firefighter. Written Tests Practice Booklet

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1 On-Cll Firefighter Written Tests Prtie Booklet

2 Setion One: Introution Aout this ooklet This ooklet hs een evelope to help you prepre for the On-Cll Firefighter Aility Tests whih form prt of our seletion proess for On-Cll Firefighters. This ooklet is ivie into nine setions: Setion One: Introution - this setion introues the tests n provies you with rief esription of wht they re. Setion Two: Prepring for the Tests - this setion provies you with some generl vie on prepring to tke the tests. Setion Three: Working with Numers & Unerstning Informtion Question Booklets n Answer Sheets - the Working with Numers n Unerstning Informtion Tests use multiple hoie responses; this setion gives guine on how to use the question ooklets n nswer sheets. Setion Four: Prtie Questions for the Working with Numers Test - this setion ontins the instrutions n some prtie questions to help fmilirise you with wht to expet when you tke the Working with Numers Test. Setion Five: Prtie Questions for the Unerstning Informtion Test - this setion ontins the instrutions n some prtie questions to help fmilirise you with wht to expet when you tke the Unerstning Informtion Test. Setion Six: Answers to the Prtie Questions this setion ontins the orret nswers for the prtie questions for Working with Numer n Unerstning Informtion so tht you n hek your own nswers. Setion Seven: Dittion Test this setion ontins informtion out wht to expet when you tke the Dittion Test. Setion Eight: Memory Retention, Rell n Written Test this setion ontins informtion out wht to expet when you tke the Memory Retention, Rell n Written Test. Setion Nine: Frequently Aske Questions - this setion inlues nswers to some questions you my hve out the tests n testing sessions. We strongly reommen you set sie some time to re through this ooklet n prtie questions prior to your ssessment y. On-Cll Firefighter Aility Tests There re four tests tht mke up these Aility Tests, these re the: Working with Numers Test. This is time test tht lsts 45 minutes. Firefighters nee to e le to mke si mthemtil lultions, e.g. for interpreting guges or lulting how muh hose is neee t fire. This test will exmine these ilities. Unerstning Informtion Test. This is time test tht lsts 30 minutes. It ssesses your ility to unerstn n interpret the type of written informtion tht you my ommonly ome ross s Firefighter. Dittion Test. This test is esigne to ssess your ility to listen n write own informtion n to ensure you n ommunite informtion in writing; your hnwriting must e legile. In ition you will e ssesse on your spelling, grmmr n use of puntution.

3 Memory Retention, Rell n Written Test. This test ssesses your ility to work uner pressure, to unerstn n rell relevnt informtion n to ensure tht you n ommunite informtion in writing. The tests hve een esigne to e highly relevnt to the work of Firefighters. They use senrios n questions tht reflet the type of tivities n eisions tht Firefighters my nee to mke on routine sis. Whilst relisti n relevnt to the Firefighter role no speifi knowlege or experiene of eing Firefighter is require to omplete the tests. You will not e t isvntge if you o not hve this knowlege or experiene. The tests re eing use s they provie ojetive, fir n relevnt informtion on the key Personl Qulities n Attriutes (PQAs) neee to eome suessful Firefighter. Eh test is ssesse seprtely, ut will e looke t together to form n overll mesure of your suitility to eome Firefighter. The tests re pper se n you will e given full instrutions on how to omplete eh one efore you tke eh test. An Aministrtor will lso e present t the testing session n will guie you on eh stge of the proess. At the eginning of the ssessments there will e exmple questions to hek tht you hve unerstoo the instrutions n to mke sure you feel omfortle tking the test.

4 Setion Two: Prepring for the tests There re numer of things you n o to help you prepre to tke the Aility Tests. We suggest you set sie some time to unertke the preprtion esrie elow. Generl Preprtion Ensure tht you re omfortle with the ministrtive rrngements tht hve een me for you, if you re not, rise ny onerns with the Humn Resoures Setion. In prtiulr, hek tht you know: the te, time n lotion of the testing session (these will e etile on your invittion); n the time it will tke you to get to the venue n the trvel rrngements you nee to mke. If you hve ny speil requirements, plese ensure tht you hve informe the Humn Resoures Setion in plenty of time prior to the event, so tht the neessry rrngements n e me. Complete the Prtie Questions In Setions 4-5 of this ooklet there re prtie questions for the Working with Numers & Unerstning Informtion Tests. These re exmples of the sort of questions tht you will e ske. Whilst they re not the tul questions tht you will e presente with, they will nevertheless give you relisti preview of wht you will enounter uring the tul ssessment. You shoul omplete these s prt of your preprtion. Rememer: These questions re for prtie only they re not the questions you will e ske uring the rel ssessment. Hve go t eh of the prtie questions this will help you eome fmilir with the proess n formt of the questions. You my try them s often s you like. Your results will not e ollete or use y nyone they re for your informtion only. The Dy Before Try not to well on the ssessments or eome nxious out them sty relxe n keep yourself oupie. Get plenty of rest n get goo night s sleep. On The Dy Allow plenty of time to get to the test venue try to rrive t lest 30 minutes erly, s you will not e llowe to enter the test room if you rrive one testing hs strte. You o not nee to ring pper, penils, lultors or ny other equipment s everything you nee will e provie for you. Plese note, you will not e permitte to use lultors for the purpose of the Working with Numers test. Wer omfortle lothing. Do not rink lohol or tke ny strong meition prior to the ssessment session. Mke sure tht you re physilly omfortle efore the test session strts (visit the toilet, hve rink of wter, mke sure tht you hve eten something et.) During the Test Session The session will run for out 2 ½ hours in totl. Ensure tht you n see n her the Aministrtor omfortly n if not, tell him / her. Inform the Aministrtor of nything personlly signifint, for exmple if you feel ill, re izzy or hve onerns efore or uring the test session. Listen refully to the Aministrtor s he/she explins the ssessment proeure.

5 Any instrutions you nee will e re y the Aministrtor n will lso e shown in your question ooklets. Do not strt the tests until you hve een instrute to o so, n you re ler out wht you re oing. At the strt of eh ssessment you will e given one exmple question. Follow the instrutions for these s they will e goo prtie for the ssessment itself. If you re hving troule with the exmple questions, sk the Aministrtor for help ensure tht you unerstn wht he / she sys s you will not e le to sk for help one the tul ssessment egins. If t ny time you re unsure out wht you shoul e oing efore the ssessment egins sk!

6 Setion Three: Working with Numer & Unerstning Informtion question ooklets n nswer sheets During the Working with Numers n Unerstning Informtion Tests you will e given question ooklet n seprte nswer sheet for eh test. The first pge of the ooklet will ontin informtion out the test n the instrutions for ompleting it. Your Aministrtor will re the instrutions lou. You will then hve the opportunity to go through prtie senrio n questions efore strting the time test. Answering the questions When responing to the questions: You shoul only use the informtion provie to nswer the questions. Choose the orret nswer from the four nswers given n inite it on the nswer sheet. Fill the entire re tht orrespons to your nswer. If you mke mistke or hnge your min n eie on nother option plese erse the mistke n fill the re tht orrespons to your revise nswer. Ensure tht the mistke is ompletely erse, n NOT s shown elow If more thn one re is fille n there is no inition tht you hve ttempte to show one is inorret you will reeive no mrks for tht question. On the left of eh set of response is numer. During the tests you shoul ensure tht this numer orrespons to the numer of the question you re nswering.

7 Setion Four: Prtie questions for the Working with Numers Test This setion ontins the instrutions n prtie questions for the Working with Numers Test. It will help you fmilirise yourself with the Working with Numers Test, so tht you feel omfortle with the type n style of questions. The prtie questions provie re relisti exmples of the sorts of questions you will e ske ut re not the tul questions you will see on the ssessment y. Overview of the Working with Numers Test This is time test tht lsts 45 minutes. Firefighters nee to e le to mke si mthemtil lultions, e.g. for interpreting guges or lulting how muh hose is neee t fire. You will e presente with numer of senrios tht will show numeril informtion in vriety of formts from grphs to guges. For eh senrio you will e ske questions with multiple hoie nswers. On the y, you will not e llowe lultor for the test ut you will e provie with pper for your rough workings. To get mximum enefit from ompleting these prtie questions, we suggest tht you o not use lultor. Exmple Question Below is the tul exmple tht you will see in the Working with Numers Test. As you n see, informtion is presente n you hve to nswer multiple hoie questions out tht informtion. In this exmple we hve presente one of the questions. In the prtie session on your test y there will e more.

8 Rememer, when responing to the questions: You shoul only use the informtion provie in the senrio to nswer the questions. Choose the orret nswer from the four nswers given n inite it y filling in the entire re tht orrespons to your nswer. Prtie Questions There re series of prtie senrios n questions on the following pges. These re provie for you to fmilirise yourself with the style n ontent of this test n to prtie the kins of questions you will see in the tul test. When you hve omplete the prtie questions you n hek your nswers ginst those provie in Setion 6 of this ooklet.

9 Prtie Senrio 1: Clening the sttion You ve een ske to len the floors of three rooms in your fire sttion: the trining room; the nteen; n the hnging re. A floor pln with the floor spe of eh room is shown elow. In orer to len the floor you hve uket tht ontins enough lening flui for floor spe of 20m 2. Floor pln Trining Room 100m 2 Cnteen 60m 2 Chnging Are 30m 2 Plese nswer the following questions using the informtion ove 1. Wht is the totl re of the floors you hve een ske to len? 130m² 160m² 210m² 190m²

10 2. How mny ukets of lening solution o you nee to len the trining room floor? How mny ukets of lening solution o you nee to len the nteen n the hnging re floors? How mny ukets of lening solution o you nee to len the trining room n the nteen floors? How mny ukets of lening solution o you nee to len the trining room n the hnging re floors?

11 6. If you h enough lening solution to fill 10 ukets n you lene the nteen floor, how mny ukets of lening solution woul you hve left? If you h enough lening solution to fill 13 ukets n you lene the trining room floor, how mny ukets of lening solution woul you hve left?

12 Prtie Senrio 2: Using rething pprtus When Firefighters tkle fires they sometimes wer ir tnks to help them rethe. It is importnt tht Firefighters ensure there is enough ir left in the tnk. Plese look t the informtion given elow n nswer the questions tht follow. A Firefighter nees to onsier the following informtion when using n ir tnk: At wht time he / she went into the fire Wht the time is now How muh ir (in minutes) ws in his / her tnk when he / she went into the fire This informtion llows Firefighter to lulte how muh ir is left in n ir tnk. For exmple: Time In Time Now Amount of ir on entry (minutes) Amount of ir left (minutes) 9.00m 9.30m Some of the following questions will e presente in this formt. You shoul use the informtion presente to lulte how muh ir time you hve left. 8. Time In Time Now Amount of ir on entry (minutes) Amount of ir left (minutes) 10.20m 10.40m 50? 40 minutes 30 minutes 20 minutes 10 minutes

13 9. Time In Time Amount of ir on Amount of ir Now entry (minutes) left (minutes) 12.25pm 12.55pm 45? 30minutes 25 minutes 15 minutes 20 minutes 10. Time In Time Amount of ir on Amount of ir Now entry (minutes) left (minutes) 3.55pm 4.15pm 35? 15 minutes 25 minutes 10 minutes 20 minutes 11. It is 7.41m n you hve 23 minutes of ir left in your tnk. When will you run out of ir? 8.04m 8.01m 8.03m 7.54m

14 Prtie Senrio 3: Fire sfety leflet supplies You hve een ske to mnge the use of fire sfety leflets t your fire sttion. The supply ook elow shows the numers of fire sfety leflets tht were t your fire sttion t the en of June n the numers of leflets use y three people uring July, August n Septemer. It lso shows the numers of new leflets elivere uring tht sme perio. Look t the extrt from the supplies ook elow n nswer the questions tht follow. Totl Numer (t en of June) New eliveries Colour Blk & White Colour Beginning July Blk & White Beginning August Beginning Septemer Usge July Colour Blk & White Pt Mi Tom August Pt Mi Tom Septemer Pt Mi Tom Plese nswer the following questions using the informtion ove

15 12. In totl, how mny olour leflets were use in July? How mny lk & white leflets were use in August? How mny olour leflets were use in August n Septemer? Who use the most leflets in totl in Septemer? Pt Mi Tom Cnnot sy

16 16. Of the 3 months, in whih i Mi use most leflets? Cnnot sy July August Septemer 17. How mny lk n white leflets were left t the en of July? How mny leflets i Tom use in totl in July n August? In August how mny more lk n white leflets were elivere thn use?

17 20. In Septemer how mny more olour leflets were use thn elivere?

18 Numer of fires per y Prtie Senrio 4: Outoor fires Ruish fires tht re strte eliertely n e thret to life n signifint expense to property. You hve volunteere to tlk to lol youth group out the ngers n onsequenes of strting ruish fires. The following grphs ontin informtion for lst yer tht you will use to k up your tlk. Informtion out your lol re Month Totl outoor fires Ruish fires Jnury Ferury Mrh April My June July August Septemer Otoer Novemer Deemer Annul monthly verge Informtion out the UK All outoors Ruish Grssln Jn Fe Mr Apr My Jun Jul Aug Sep Ot Nov De Plese nswer the following questions using the informtion ove

19 21. In the lol re, how mny ruish fires were there in totl in Ferury n Mrh? In the lol re, how mny outoor fires were there in totl in August n Septemer? In the lol re, whih month h the gretest numer of ruish fires? August Novemer June Deemer 24. In whih month were there the lest numer of outoor fires in the lol re? Jnury Deemer June April

20 25. In the lol re, how mny outoor fires were there in totl in Mrh, April n My? In the UK, whih month h the lest numer of outoor fires? Deemer June April Jnury 27. In the lol re, wht ws the totl numer of outoor fires in the first three months?

21 Setion Five: Prtie Questions for the Unerstning Informtion Test This setion ontins the instrutions n prtie questions for the Unerstning Informtion Test. It will help you fmilirise yourself with the Unerstning Informtion Test, so tht you feel omfortle with the type n style of questions. The prtie questions provie re relisti exmples of the sorts of questions you will e ske ut re not the tul questions you will see on the ssessment y. Overview of the Unerstning Informtion Test This is time test tht lsts 30 minutes. It ssesses your ility to unerstn n interpret the type of written informtion tht you my ommonly ome ross s Firefighter. You will e presente with numer of senrios; the formt of the senrio will vry n my, for exmple, e presente s memo, newsletter or sfety informtion. Eh senrio is followe y numer of multiple hoie questions tht you shoul nswer using the informtion ontine in the senrio lone. Exmple Question Overlef is the tul exmple tht you will see in the Unerstning Informtion Test. As you n see, informtion is presente n you hve to nswer multiple hoie questions out tht informtion. In this exmple we hve presente one of the questions. In the prtie session on your test y there will e more.

22 Rememer, when responing to the questions: You shoul only use the informtion provie in the senrio to nswer the questions. Choose the orret nswer from the four nswers given n inite it y filling in the entire re tht orrespons to your nswer. Prtie Questions There re series of prtie senrios n questions on the following pges. These re provie for you to fmilirise yourself with the style n ontent of this test n to prtie the kins of questions you will see in the tul test. When you hve omplete the prtie questions you n hek your nswers ginst those provie in Setion 6.

23 Prtie Senrio 1: Fire Sfety t Home After fire in the home If someone experienes fire in their home there re numer of things they shoul onsier fter the fire hs een put out y the Fire n Resue Servie. Fire Sfety in the Home It my e tht the home is no longer seure euse oors or winows hve een mge. If this is the se, winows my nee to e ore up or oors my nee to e reple. The polie or lol ounil my e le to provie nmes of ompnies tht n rry out this work. It my lso e goo ie to remove vlules n importnt ouments from the home until the home is me ompletely seure. Another tsk to onsier is the lening up of the home. Furniture shoul e wipe own n left to ry. Wlls n eilings n e lene with wshing up liqui. Sometimes speilist lening firms n e hire to ssist the homeowner. 1. Aoring to the rtile: Fire mge n ffet the seurity of home The insurne ompny will wnt to see n urte fire report The lol ounil will rry out work to mke home seure fter fire Homeowners shoul lwys onsult speilist lening firm fter fire 2. The rtile suggests tht: All oors shoul e me from fire resistnt mteril Vlules n ouments my e t risk in home with fire mge winows or oors Bore up winows re more seure thn norml winows Wlls n eilings shoul only e lene with wshing up liqui

24 3. Whih one of the following sttements is flse? The polie n lol ounil my know ompnies who n repir mge winows or oors Speilist lening firms my e le to help the owner of fire mge home Furniture shoul e wipe own n polishe immeitely The homeowner my nee to o numer of things if they experiene fire in their home 4. The rtile refers to whih one of the following: Firefighters hve uty to limit the mount of mge use to property The lening up the homeowner my nee to o fter home fire The role of the polie uring home fire The inrese iniene of rime t homes mge y fire 5. Whih one of the following sttements is true? The polie my know of ompnies who n reple fire mge oors Fire-mge oors shoul lwys e lene with wshing-up liqui Speilist lening firms will e provie y the lol ounil fter omesti fire The Fire n Resue Servie will work with the polie to mke sure tht home is me ompletely seure fter omesti fire 6. Whih one of the following sttements is true? The Fire n Resue Servie will el with ll onsequenes of omesti fire The polie hve responsiility to help vitims of omesti fires It is neessry to llow furniture to ry out The polie will look fter vlules while homes re eing me seure fter omesti fires

25 7. Whih one of the following sttements is suggeste y the rtile? Speilist lening ompnies will use inustril etergent to len wlls n eilings fter fire Lol polie will insist tht speilist lening ompnies re use following omesti fire The lol ounil my e le to let you know of ompnies who n or up winows There re speilist firms who will sfegur importnt ouments while houses re eing me hitle gin fter suffering fire mge 8. The rtile suggests tht: The Fire n Resue Servie will len fire mge homes All oors n winows shoul e reple fter fire Wter n use more mge to home thn fire Fire n mge oors n winows

26 Prtie Senrio 2: Fire n Resue Servie Mnul Fire n Resue Servie Trining Mnul Helth n Sfety It is importnt tht Firefighters work in n environment tht is helthy n sfe s fr s possile. Some of the responsiility for this rests with the Fire n Resue Servie (FRS), ut lso with the iniviul employee themselves. The FRS is expete to provie: Builings n equipment tht re in goo stte of repir. A helthy environment in terms of heting, lighting, ventiltion n noise levels. Relevnt informtion n trining. The employee must: Tke re of their own sfety n tht of others. Neither interfere nor misuse nything provie for helth n sfety. Inform their employer (the FRS) of ny ngerous work sitution or risks to helth. Only with the joint o-opertion of the FRS n the employee n the workple e me sfe. The FRS hs issue written poliy on helth n sfety in the workple n Firefighters re kept upte out poliy hnges through sttion notie ors. 9. Aoring to the extrt: Firefighters re not responsile for the sfety of others The Helth n Sfety Offier is responsile for reporting ngerous work situtions Helth n sfety responsiilities re shre etween the Brige n the employee Helth n sfety oes not relte to the work environment 10. The extrt suggests tht Firefighters must: Provie relevnt informtion n trining Inform the Brige if their work environment suffers from noise tht my mge their helth Wer protetive fire ger t ll times Moify helth n sfety equipment to improve effetive working

27 11. Where n Firefighters fin uptes to their Brige s helth n sfety poliy? Tem riefings Sfety riefings Helth n sfety wesite Sttion notie or 12. The Fire n Resue Servie hs responsiility to: Work with employees to mintin helth n sfety t work Provie equipment in goo stte of repir only if the uget llows Enourge Firefighters to provie relevnt informtion n trining Mke no hnges to the helth n sfety poliy 13. Whih one of the following is not relevnt to helth n sfety within the Fire n Resue Servie? Builings n equipment Computer skills trining Sttion notie ors Ventiltion 14. Whih one of the following sttements most urtely summrises the extrt? Helth n sfety in the Fire n Resue Servie (FRS) is the joint responsiility of the employee n the FRS The FRS written poliy etermines the sfety of the FRS environment The FRS n only mke its working environment sfe to limite extent Employees hve more responsiility for their own helth n sfety t work thn the FRS itself

28 15. Whih one of the following sttements is true? Employees re not responsile for ensuring tht their working environments re sfe n helthy Firefighters must only ensure tht their own sfety is tken re of Employees must not misuse nything provie for Helth n Sfety Employees re expete to keep quiet out unsfe working environments 16. Whih one of the following sttements is flse? Firefighters must not mele with helth n sfety equipment Firefighters must let the Fire n Resue Servie know if nything hppens t work whih oul e ngerous Firefighters tions re more importnt thn those of the Fire n Resue Servie to ensure sfe n helthy working The written poliy on helth n sfety in the workple is sujet to hnge from time-to-time 17. The extrt suggests tht every Firefighter must: Tke tion to ensure the sfety of themselves n others Ignore fulty equipment Develop seprte poliy on first i for work-relte ients Trin stff in effetive working prties

29 Prtie Senrio 3: Trppe During Fire If someone fins themselves trppe in room euse of fire it is importnt tht the person remins lm, lthough it is not esy to o so. Wht to o if you re trppe in room uring fire The first thing the person shoul o is to mke sure oors re lose to help stop the fire oming into the room. A towel or sheet n e use to lok ny gp t the ottom of the oor. If smoke gets into the room the person trppe shoul go own to the floor this is to mke it esier to rethe s smoke will ten to rise upwrs. It is lso suggeste tht the person go to winow n open it to llow them to ttrt the ttention of nyone outsie. The Fire n Resue Servie shoul rrive shortly fter. If the person hs to jump from the uiling, ushions n e roppe to help rek their fll. 18 The first thing person shoul o if trppe in room euse of fire is: Lie own on the floor Open oor Put towel roun his/her he Close the oors to the room 19. The rtile suggests tht: A lose oor will ensure tht no smoke enters room Smoke my get into room from gps t the ottom of oor The Fire n Resue Servie will rrive immeitely if person is trppe in room Opening winow my let more ir into the room n mke the fire worse

30 20. Whih one of the following sttements is true? Everyone will pni if trppe in room uring fire Opening winow my mke it esier to ttrt the ttention of pssers y There is likely to e more smoke on the floor thn ner the eiling Closing the oor will stop ny smoke from oming into the room 21. Whih one of the following is suggeste in the rtile? Not everyone who gets trppe in room uring fire mnges to survive in the espe Sometimes person my e left with no hoie ut to jump out of winow if trppe in urning uiling Towels n sheets n e use to len up fter fire The fire rige often rrives shortly fter fire hs roken out 22. Whih one of the following sttements is flse? Cushions re no use t ll if trppe in room euse of fire It is importnt tht person remins lm if trppe in room euse of fire Attrting the ttention of pssers y my enourge them to ll the fire rige It is importnt to voi smoke if trppe in room euse of fire 23. In the event of smoke getting into room, whih of the following is the est thing to o? Stn y the winow Go own to the floor Get on top of tle or hir Open the oor

31 24. Why shoul people open winow if trppe in room uring fire? The fresh ir will help to ool own the het of the fire They n ttrt the ttention of pssers-y To reue the likelihoo of the glss exploing To mke it esier to rethe 25. Aoring to the rtile, how n fire e prevente from oming into room? Shutting the oor Pling wet towel in the pth of the fire Shutting ny winows to reue ir irultion Clling the fire rige 26. Whih one of the following is not reommene in the event of eing trppe in room euse of fire? Remin lm Blok gps t the ottom of the oor with sheets Opening ny winows Jumping from the uiling s soon s possile

32 Prtie Senrio 4: Hzrs of Firefighting THE HAZARDS OF FIREFIGHTING Firefighters my ome to hrm through vriety of possile hzrs. Normlly these ngers re kept to minimum. Potentil hzrs inlue humn errors (suh s turning vlve the wrong wy or misreing il on piee of equipment), or through intentionlly tking risks. It my lso e tht Firefighter oes not hve enough informtion or experiene to o something, whih my le to prolem. Informtion my sometimes e misher or misunerstoo whih lso my le to nger. Hrm oul our euse Firefighter is tire, hs too muh work or euse of poor visiility. In ition, there my e prolems t fire whih les to nger suh s flmmle liquis, ngerous hemils or vnlism use y others. 27. Whih of the following is not mentione in the extrt speifilly s possile hzr to Firefighters? Humn error Breking the rules Lk of informtion Misher informtion 28. Whih of the following is likely to help Firefighter voi nger? A wie rnge of firefighting experiene Intentionlly tking risks Working hr espite feeling tire Poor visility

33 29. Whih one of the following my le to nger uring fire? A goo night s sleep Dngerous hemils Avoiing unneessry risks Young memers of the puli 30. Aoring to the rtile, turning vlve the wrong wy n est e esrie s: Tking n intentionl risk Being use y lk of informtion Keeping the nger to minimum Humn error 31. If Firefighter hs too muh work, s/he: Is likely to e respete more y her/his tem Will get the jo one more quikly Might use or ome to hrm uring n inient (eg fire) My tke n intentionl risk 32. If Firefighter mishers informtion the onsequenes might e: An inrese in the mount of flmmle liqui t fire S/he hs too muh work S/he eomes too tire A ngerous sitution

34 33. Whih of the following most urtely summrises the rtile? There re numer of ifferent hzrs in firefighting whih my le to hrm The iggest risks to Firefighters re use y hzrs over whih they hve no ontrol Humn error hs greter impt on Firefighters sfety thn ftors externl to them It is the responsiility of ll Firefighters to minimise the numer of hzrs in their working lives

35 Setion Six: Answers to the Prtie Questions Working with Numers Test Q1. Answer 100m m m 2 = 190m 2 Q2. Answer 100m 2 / 20 = 5 Q3. Answer 60m m 2 = 90m 2, 90m 2 / 20m 2 = 4.5 = 5 ukets Q4. Answer 100m m 2 = 160m 2, 160m 2 / 20m 2 = 8 ukets Q5. Answer 100m m 2 = 130m 2, 130m2 / 20m2 = 6.5 = 7 ukets Q6. Answer 60m 2 / 20m 2 = 3, 10 3 = 7 ukets Q7. Answer 100m2 / 20m2 = 5, 13 5 = 8 ukets Q8. Answer 20 minutes hve elpse sine entry, = 30 minutes Q9. Answer 30 minutes hve elpse sine entry, = 15 minutes Q10. Answer 20 minutes hve elpse sine entry, = 15 minutes Q11. Answer If it is 7.41.m. there re 19 minutes until 8.00.m. (60 41=19), the remining 4 minutes (23 19 = 4) to 8.00.m. n the time the ir will run out is 8.04.m. Q12. Answer = 300 Q13. Answer = 1000 Q14. Answer = 680 Q15. Answer (Pt, = 350) (Mi, = 510), (Tom, = 550) Q16. Answer (August, = 550) (Septemer = 510) (July, = 600) Q17. Answer There were 2000 lk n white leflets t the en of June, n then there ws elivery of 1000 t the eginning of July. Therefore there were 3000 lk n white leflets t the eginning of July. In July 1150 lk n white leflets were use ( =

36 1150). Therefore t the en of July there were 1850 lk n white leflets left ( = 1850) Q18. Answer (July, = 550) (August, = 390) ( = 940) Q19. Answer 1000 lk n white leflets were use in August ( = 1000) lk n white leflets were elivere. Therefore 500 more leflets were elivere thn use ( = 500). Q20. Answer In Septemer 190 olour leflets were elivere. In the sme month 360 olour leflets were use ( = 360). Therefore 170 more olour leflets were use thn elivere ( = 170) Q21. Answer 5 + 4=9 Q22. Answer = 775 Q23. Answer Novemer Q24. Answer Deemer Q25. Answer = 1050 Q26. Answer Deemer, this shows the lowest point on the soli line whih represents All outoor fires. Q27. Answer = 1000

37 Unerstning Informtion Test Q1. Answer The seon prgrph sttes, It my e tht the home is no longer seure euse of oors or winows tht hve een mge. The other sttements re not supporte y the informtion in the extrt. Q2. Answer The seon prgrph sttes, It my lso e goo ie to remove vlules n importnt ouments from the home until it hs een me ompletely seure. The other sttements re not supporte y the informtion in the extrt. Q3. Answer The thir prgrph sttes, Another tsk to onsier is the lening up of the home. Furniture shoul e wipe own n left to ry No suggestion is given tht this shoul e one immeitely. Therefore sttement C is flse. The remining sttements re supporte y the informtion ontine in the extrt. Q4. Answer The rtile is title, After fire in the home, n the first prgrph introues the rtile s eing out, numer of things they (oupnts) shoul onsier fter the fire hs een put out y the Fire n Resue Servie. The other sttements re not supporte y the informtion given in the extrt. Q5. Answer The seon prgrph sttes, winows my nee to e ore up or oors my nee to e reple. The polie or lol ounil my e le to provie nmes of ompnies tht n rry out this work. The other sttements re not supporte y the informtion ontine in the extrt. Q6. Answer The thir prgrph sttes, Furniture shoul e wipe own n left to ry. The remining sttements re not supporte y the informtion ontine in the extrt. Q7. Answer The seon prgrph sttes, winows my nee to e ore up or oors my nee to e reple. The polie or lol ounil my e le to provie nmes of ompnies tht n rry out this work. The other sttements re not supporte y the informtion ontine in the extrt. Q8. Answer The seon prgrph sttes, It my e tht the home is no longer seure euse oors or winows hve een mge. The other sttements re not supporte y informtion ontine in the extrt. Q9. Answer The senrio sttes, Only with join o-opertion of the FRS n the employee n the workple e me sfe. The other sttements re not supporte y the informtion ontine in the extrt.

38 Q10. Answer The extrt sttes, The employee must Inform their employer (the FRS) of ny ngerous work sitution or risks to helth. The other sttements re not supporte y the informtion ontine in the extrt. Q11. Answer The finl prgrph sttes, Firefighters re kept upte out poliy hnges through sttion notie ors. The other sttements re not supporte y informtion ontine in the extrt. Q12. Answer The first prgrph sttes, Some of the responsiility for this rests with the Fire n Resue Servie (FRS), ut lso with the iniviul employee themselves. The other sttements re not supporte y the informtion provie in the extrt. Q13. Answer The extrt oes not refer to omputer skills trining t ny point. The other sttements re supporte y informtion ontine in the extrt. Q14. Answer The first prgrph introues the extrt s eing out the shre responsiility for helth n sfety etween employees n the FRS. Two of the susequent prgrphs re lso out responsiilities of the FRS n then of the employee. The remining sttements re not supporte y the extrt. Q15. Answer Inlue within responsiilities for employees ws, Neither interfere nor misuse nything provie for helth n sfety. The remining sttements re not supporte y the extrt. Q16. Answer The extrt sttes tht, Only with joint o-opertion of the FRS n the employee n the workple e me sfe. The remining sttements re supporte y the informtion provie in the extrt. Q17. Answer Inlue in the responsiilities of the employee ws, Tke re of their own sfety n tht of others. The remining sttements re not supporte y informtion in the extrt. Q18. Answer The seon prgrph sttes, The first thing the person shoul o is to mke sure oors re lose... The remining sttements re not supporte y the informtion given in the extrt. Q19. Answer The seon prgrph sttes, A towel or sheet n e use to lok ny gp t the ottom of the oor. The remining sttements re not supporte y informtion provie in the extrt.

39 Q20. Answer The fourth prgrph sttes, It is lso suggeste tht the person go to winow n open it to llow them to ttrt the ttention of nyone outsie. The remining sttements re not supporte y informtion given in the extrt. Q21. Answer The fourth prgrph sttes, If the person hs to jump from the uiling, ushions n e roppe to help rek their fll. The remining sttements re not supporte y informtion ontine in the extrt. Q22. Answer The fourth prgrph sttes, If the person hs to jump from the uiling, ushions n e roppe to help rek the fll. The remining sttements re supporte y informtion ontine in the extrt. Q23. Answer The thir prgrph sttes, If smoke gets into the room the person trppe shoul go own to the floor The remining sttements re not supporte y informtion provie in the extrt. Q24. Answer The thir prgrph sttes, It is lso suggeste tht the person go to winow n open it to llow them to ttrt the ttention of nyone outsie. The remining sttements re not supporte y informtion provie in the extrt. Q25. Answer The seon prgrph sttes, The first thing the person shoul o is to mke sure oors re lose to help stop the fire oming into the room. The remining sttements re not supporte y the informtion provie in the extrt. Q26. Answer The fourth prgrph sttes, The Fire n Resue Servie shoul rrive shortly fter. If the person hs to jump from the uiling, ushions n e roppe to help rek their fll. The extrt oes not mention jumping s soon s possile. The remining sttements re supporte y the informtion given in the extrt. Q27. Answer Hzrs inlue in the extrt o no speifilly refer to elierte rule reking. The remining hzrs re speifilly referre to in the extrt. Q28. Answer The thir prgrph sttes, It my lso e tht Firefighter oes not hve enough informtion or experiene to o something, whih my le to prolem. This suggests tht with experiene Firefighters will e etter le to voi nger. Aoring to the informtion provie in the extrt, the remining ftors re likely to inrese nger. Q29. Answer The lst prgrphs sttes, In ition there my e prolems t fire whih les to nger suh s flmmle liquis, ngerous hemils The extrt oes not inlue the remining options s itionl ngers uring fires.

40 Q30. Answer The seon prgrph sttes, Potentil hzrs inlue humn error (suh s turning vlve the wrong wy ) The remining sttements re not supporte y the informtion provie in the extrt. Q31. Answer The thir prgrph sttes, Hrm oul lso our euse Firefighter is tire, hs too muh work The remining sttements re not supporte y the informtion provie in the extrt. Q32. Answer The thir prgrph sttes, Informtion my sometimes e misher or misunerstoo whih lso my le to nger. The remining sttements re not supporte y the informtion provie in the extrt. Q33. Answer The introutory prgrph sttes, Firefighters my ome to hrm through vriety of possile hzrs. The remining sttements re not supporte y the extrt.

41 Setion Seven: Dittion Test This setion ontins informtion for the Dittion Test. It will help you to fmilirise yourself with the Dittion Test. Overview of the Dittion Test This test will tke pproximtely 15 minutes. This test is esigne to ssess your ility to listen n write own informtion n to ensure you n ommunite informtion in writing; your hnwriting must e legile. In ition you will e ssesse on your spelling, grmmr n use of puntution You will her short pssge whih ontins informtion tht you re require to write own. You will nee to write the messge s it is eing plye. You will e given few moments n the messge will e repete. Numers shoul e written s figures n revitions re not llowe.

42 Setion Eight: Memory Retention, Rell n Written Test This setion ontins informtion for the Memory Retention, Rell n Written Test. It will help you to fmilirise yourself with the Memory Retention, Rell n Written Test, so tht you feel omfortle with the type of questions. The exmple nswers elow re relisti of the sorts of nswers you give on the ssessment y. Overview of the Memory Retention, Rell n Written Test This test will tke pproximtely 30 minutes. This test ssesses your ility to work uner pressure, to unerstn n rell relevnt informtion n to ensure tht you n ommunite informtion in writing. You will her short pssge whih ontins informtion you re require to rememer. You will her it twie n you re not permitte to tke notes. After you hve her the pssge twie you will e tol when to turn over your nswer sheet. Then you will her numer questions relting to the informtion you hve her in the short pssge. After eh question you re require to write own your nswer on the sheet provie. The question will e repete, n you will e given 30 seons to omplete your nswer, then the next question will e re out. It is essentil tht you use full sentenes in your written nswers. If you o not use full sentenes you will e mrke own even if your nswers ontin the orret informtion. Also ensure your hnwriting is legile, if it nnot e re, it nnot e mrke. For exmple A orret nswer might e; I hve to uy 2 loves of re from the kers. If you write own; 2 loves of re or 2 loves, you will lose mrks s it is not in omplete sentene. For exmple A orret nswer woul e; The flight is leving from gte 7. If you write own; Gte 7 or leving from gte 7, you will lose mrks s it is not in omplete sentene. At the en of the exerise there will e one minute for you to hek your nswers, n ensure they hve ll een written in proper sentenes.

43 Setion Nine: Frequently ske questions Some of the most frequently ske questions out the tests n their nswers re given elow. Q: Wht will hppen t the event? A: On rrivl t the ssessment venue, you will e greete y the Aministrtor. You will e t the event with group of people, lthough uring the ssessments you will e working on our own. You will e provie with lnk pper n penils. The Aministrtor will explin the proeure for the ssessments, inluing the time for eh ssessment. The Aministrtor will re stnrise instrutions to you for eh ssessment. This my soun very forml ut the instrutions nee to e re the sme wy in eh session to ensure firness for ll nites. The tests will e omplete in turn n there will e n opportunity to prtie using exmple questions for eh efore ompleting the tul test. Following the exmple questions, the Aministrtor will strt the ssessment itself. The Aministrtor will remin you of the time limit for eh test. There shoul e visile lok in the room, ut you re lso vise to wer relile wth. One the ssessments egin, you will not e le to tlk, sk for help or leve the room. Therefore, plese ensure tht you fully unerstn the proess, re physilly omfortle n hve ske ny questions you nee to efore eh ssessment egins. Q: Who will minister the ssessment? A: Only fully trine people will e llowe to minister the tests. Your Aministrtor will hve omplete this trining. Q: How re the tests sore? A: In the Working with Numer n Unerstning Informtion Tests, you will get one mrk for eh orret response. Mrks re not eute for wrong nswers. For eh question, there is only one orret nswer. In the Dittion Test you will e mrke for your use of spelling, grmmr n use of puntution. You will lso e mrke for missing, inorret n illegile wors. In the Memory Retention, Rell n Written Test you will reeive mrks for how well you hve nswere the questions. You will lose mrks if your nswers re not in omplete sentenes. You will not lose mrks for spelling n grmmr (unless sentenes re not use), s long s wht you hve written is legile. While the ssessments re sore iniviully, your performne on ll the ssessments re looke t together n use to eie whether you hve the neessry skills n qulities to progress to the next stge of the On-Cll Firefighter seletion proess. Q: Will I fin out if I hve een unsuessful? A: Yes. Following your testing session you will reeive notifition informing you of whether you hve een suessful t this stge of the proess or not.

44 Q: Cn I isuss my results with someone? A: If you hve ny questions or onerns out your results, you my put these in writing to the Humn Resoures Setion. You will then e ontte y memer of the tem who will e le to vise you further. Q: Who will see my results? A: Your results will only e seen y those people iretly involve in On-Cll Firefighter Reruitment n will not e relese to ny other prty t ny time. They will e store in orne with the Dt Protetion At. Q: Cn I try gin if I on t pss? A: Yes, ut you will hve to wit for minimum of three months efore repplying to ny Fire n Resue Servie. The ft tht you hve one the ssessment efore will e known, ut you will not e isvntge y this. You will e trete extly the sme s those people who hve not pplie efore.