CPS Verbal Reasoning 4

Question 1

Choose the word that does NOT belong with the others.

Accepted Answer

Calm

Answer

Hose, ladder, and axe are firefighting tools, while 'calm' is not.

Question 2

A passage explains that backdraft occurs when oxygen suddenly enters an oxygen-starved fire. What triggers a backdraft?

Accepted Answer

A sudden inflow of oxygen

Answer

The passage states backdraft is triggered by oxygen suddenly entering the fire.

Question 3

Complete the analogy: Smoke is to fire as symptom is to ___?

Accepted Answer

Illness

Answer

Smoke signals fire as a symptom signals an illness.

Question 4

Which sentence uses punctuation correctly?

Accepted Answer

After the fire, the inspector arrived.

Answer

A comma correctly follows the introductory phrase 'After the fire.'

Question 5

No firefighter on this shift has a medical certification expired. John is on this shift. What is true of John's certification?

Accepted Answer

It is not expired

Answer

If none on the shift has an expired certification, John's cannot be expired.

CPS Firefighter Test Practice Test