Fire Department Company Officer (3rd Edition)
Chapter 1-11 Definitions Test #2
17 questions

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1) Providing subordinates with the authority, direction, and resources needed to complete an assignment.

2) Legal responsibility for fulfilling a specified duty or behaving with due regard for the rights and safety of others.

3) Leadership style characterized by a moderate degree of concern for both production and workers.

4) Rules and regulations adopted by government agencies to implement the laws that these agencies are charged with enforcing.

5) Fire prevention/suppression unit operated by the Department of Defense. 

6) To maintain order through training and/ or the threat or imposition of sanctions; setting the limits or boundaries for expected performance and enforcing them.

7) Management style based on the belief that involved workers are the key to increased productivity and that there is a mutual loyalty between the company and the workers that often translates into lifetime employment and a close relationship between work and social life.

8) (Abbreviation) Nonprofit educational and technical association devoted to protecting life and property from fire by developing fire protection standards and educating the public. 

9) System of courts set up to interpret and administer the laws and regulations.

10) Law intended to protect society by identifying certain conduct as criminal and by specifying the sanctions to be imposed on those who engage in criminal activity.

11) Leadership style in which the leader has a low degree of concern for workers and production.

12) Style of leadership in which the leader believes that the average worker prefers to be directed and will avoid responsibility due to a general lack of ambition.

13) Liability for a civil wrong or injury; non-criminal acts or failures to act that result in physical and/or monetary damages.

14) Leadership style in which the leader has a high degree of concern for both workers and production.

15) (Abbreviation) Umbrella organization for BOCA (Building Officials and Code Administrators), ICBO (International Conference of Building Officials), and SBCCI (Southern Building Code Congress International). 

16) Planning and control device used to organize resources and motivate personnel toward the fulfillment of specified objectives.

17) (Abbreviation) Low-power radio transceiver which operates on frequencies authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for public use with no license requirement.