FireTEAM Test FireTEAM Inductive Reasoning 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Number pattern: 100, 90, 81, 73, 66, ___
- 59
- 60 (Correct answer)
- 61
- 58
Correct answer: 60
The differences decrease: −10, −9, −8, −7, so the next difference is −6, giving 66 − 6 = 60.
Question 2: During overhaul: Wood structure = 30 min monitoring. Brick structure = 20 min monitoring. Steel structure = 10 min monitoring. What principle governs this?
- Monitoring time is assigned randomly by incident command
- Monitoring time decreases as the material's heat retention and re-ignition risk decreases (Correct answer)
- Steel requires the most monitoring due to expansion
- All structures need equal monitoring time by code
Correct answer: Monitoring time decreases as the material's heat retention and re-ignition risk decreases
Wood retains heat and re-ignition potential longer than brick, which retains more than steel, so monitoring time scales with re-ignition risk.
Question 3: Hose sizes at a scene: 1¾", 2½", 3", 4". Flow rates: 150, 250, 400, 600 gpm. What relationship exists?
- Flow rate is unrelated to hose diameter
- As hose diameter increases, flow rate capacity increases (Correct answer)
- Larger hoses always reduce pressure
- Flow rate decreases when hose diameter exceeds 3 inches
Correct answer: As hose diameter increases, flow rate capacity increases
Larger diameter hoses can carry more water per minute, so flow capacity increases with hose size.
Question 4: Shape sequence: Large circle, Small circle, Large square, Small square, Large triangle, ___
- Large circle
- Small triangle (Correct answer)
- Large diamond
- Small circle
Correct answer: Small triangle
The pattern alternates large then small for each shape in order, so after Large triangle comes Small triangle.
Question 5: A crew notes: Engine 1 (20 years old) needs 3 repairs/year. Engine 2 (10 years old) needs 2 repairs/year. Engine 3 (2 years old) needs 0 repairs/year. What can be induced?
- Repair frequency is unrelated to equipment age
- Older apparatus generally requires more frequent maintenance (Correct answer)
- All apparatus over 5 years should be retired
- Newer engines are always more expensive to maintain
Correct answer: Older apparatus generally requires more frequent maintenance
The data consistently shows that older apparatus requires more repairs, suggesting age correlates with maintenance frequency.
Question 6: Letter series: B, D, F, H, J, ___
- K
- L (Correct answer)
- M
- N
Correct answer: L
The series skips every other letter (B, skip C, D, skip E, F…), so after J the next is L.
Question 7: Alarm type data: 40% structure fires, 35% EMS calls, 15% vehicle fires, 10% other. The NEXT quarter shows 38%, 37%, 14%, 11%. What trend is emerging?
- Structure fires are increasing relative to EMS calls
- EMS calls are gradually increasing as a share of total responses (Correct answer)
- Vehicle fires are becoming the dominant call type
- No meaningful trend can be observed from two data points
Correct answer: EMS calls are gradually increasing as a share of total responses
EMS calls rose from 35% to 37% while structure fires fell from 40% to 38%, indicating a gradual shift toward more EMS responses.
FireTEAM Test FireTEAM Inductive Reasoning 3
Number pattern: 100, 90, 81, 73, 66, ___