Ensuring Transparency and Validity: Promotional Exam Instructions and Sample Content
A Commitment to Fairness and Source-Based Testing
Administrators:
LDN Consulting believes that preparing the next generation of Fire and EMS leaders requires clarity and fairness. This resource is provided to every test-taker, ensuring absolute transparency. Our structured, source-material-based approach ensures that every question is tied directly to validated, job-related reference materials, providing a legally defensible, credible promotional process for your department.
Test Introduction for Candidates:
Every LDN Consulting promotional exam is designed for objective evaluation. Please follow these general directions carefully to maximize your performance.
- Read Carefully: Read each question and all available choices thoroughly before making a selection.
- Source-Based Answers: Your answer choice should be based solely upon the material contained in the source referenced for that specific section of the exam. Do not use outside knowledge or departmental opinions.
- Select the Best Answer: Mark the letter of the single best answer for the question on the provided answer sheet.
Source Material Grouping:
To guarantee validity, our exams group questions by source material. When the test transitions to a new reference book or departmental document, you will see a clear header like the example below:
INSTRUCTIONS: Questions 1 through 20 were taken from Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 5th Edition (IFSTA). Your answer choices for this section should be based solely upon the information presented in this source.
This structure directly addresses the administrator's need for transparent, professional, and comprehensive testing across both Fire and EMS, while providing the clear guidance necessary for test-takers.
INSTRUCTIONS: Questions 1 through 20 were taken from Fire and Emergency Services Company Officer, 5th Edition (IFSTA). Your answer choices for this section should be based solely upon the information presented in this source.
This structure directly addresses the administrator's need for transparent, professional, and comprehensive testing across both Fire and EMS, while providing the clear guidance necessary for test-takers.
Sample Questions: Fire and EMS
These examples illustrate the format and depth of our questions, ensuring candidates are tested on critical, job-related knowledge across both disciplines.
EMS Protocol questions
Your adult female patient has full-thickness burns to both lower extremities, the genital area, and the anterior torso. According to the rule of nines, what percentage of burns would be reported to the hospital?
A. 28%
B. 37%
C. 46%
D. 55%
It is essential that members who hold positions as chief officers have the experience, knowledge, skills and ____________ to manage their fire and emergency services organizations.
A. management ability
B. authority
C. leadership ability
D. personnel
The basic objective of prefire planning is ________.
A. to limit property damage in the event of an emergency
B. to address violations discovered during the inspection process
C. to consider potential emergencies and develop the best possible plans for coping with them
D. to provide an opportunity for the business owner and the fire department to work together in developing a safety plan in case of an emergency
A. 28%
B. 37%
C. 46%
D. 55%
Chief Officer, 2nd ed. IFSTA
It is essential that members who hold positions as chief officers have the experience, knowledge, skills and ____________ to manage their fire and emergency services organizations.A. management ability
B. authority
C. leadership ability
D. personnel
Brannigan’s Building Construction for the Fire Service 4th Edition. Francis Brannigan, Glenn Corbett. NFPA, 2008.
The basic objective of prefire planning is ________.
A. to limit property damage in the event of an emergency
B. to address violations discovered during the inspection process
C. to consider potential emergencies and develop the best possible plans for coping with them
D. to provide an opportunity for the business owner and the fire department to work together in developing a safety plan in case of an emergency