Free NFSI Cognitive Abilities Questions and Answers

Question 1

A firefighter pumped 12 gallons of fuel into one tank, 17 gallons into the next tank, and 21 gallons into the last tank.

How many gallons of fuel did the firefighter pump?

Accepted Answer

50

Answer

47

Answer

49

Answer

53

Question 2

At a small fire department, there are only 6 firefighters. They are all of very different physiques. Michael weighs 180 pounds, Brian weighs 190 pounds, Michael weighs 140 pounds, Lenny weighs 200 pounds, Frank weighs 250 pounds, and Shane weighs 150 pounds.

What is the average weight of the firefighters?

Accepted Answer

185 pounds

Answer

175 pounds

Answer

190 pounds

Answer

180 pounds

Question 3

A student is ranked 13th from the right and 8th from the left. How many students are there in total?

Accepted Answer

20

Answer

19

Answer

21

Answer

22

Question 4

20 workers can build a road in 9 days, working 4 hours a day. How many days would it take 12 workers to build the same road working 6 hours a day?

Accepted Answer

10

Answer

11

Answer

13

Answer

8

Question 5

Flight 945 passed over Paris at 04:45 and later over Amsterdam at 06:15. The distance between Paris and Amsterdam is 450 miles, what was the average speed of the aircraft?

Accepted Answer

300 mph

Answer

525 mph

Answer

450 mph

Answer

675 mph

Question 6

Select the word, phrase, or punctuation mark that correctly completes the sentence:

Firefighters show up at the scene of a fire or emergency and ______ on advanced tools and equipment to handle the situation.

Accepted Answer

rely

Answer

relly

Answer

relay

Answer

linked

Question 7

Select the line that contains the misspelled word, grammatical error, or punctuation error.

"The incident commander is the person responsible for all aspects of an emergency response including quickly managing all incident operations and responsibility for all persons envolved."

Accepted Answer

and responsibility for all persons envolved.

Answer

The incident commander is the person

Answer

responsible for all aspects of an emergency response,

Answer

including quickly managing all incident operations

Question 8

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

Accepted Answer

When you do a job so well, you can expect praise.

Answer

When you do a job so good, you can expect praise.

Answer

When you do so well a job, you can expect praise.

Answer

When you do a job so nice, you can expect praise.

Question 9

Select the line that contains the misspelled word, grammatical error, or punctuation error.

"Firefighters enter burning buildings to extinguish fires and rescue individuals. Many firefighters is responsible for providing medical attention."

Accepted Answer

Many firefighters is responsible

Answer

Firefighters enter burning buildings to extinguish fires

Answer

and rescue individuals.

Answer

for providing medical attention.

Question 10

The last two weeks you and your colleague Brian have followed the same roster. Brian and his wife have recently been divorced. In the beginning, he seemed to be handling it well, but lately, he has been acting differently than he normally does. Lately, Brian has been keeping to himself and not taking care of his hygiene.
It is late night and you are dispatched to a fire in an apartment building; the fire turns out to be a false alarm caused by a resident frying bacon without turning on the exhaust hood. Upon hearing this, Brian gets very aggressive and starts yelling at the resident. You are forced to drag him back to the fire truck. After returning to the station, you decide to talk with Brian about what happened. He says everything is fine and that he simply snapped because he hasn't been sleeping well.
Brian has been chewing a lot of mint gum lately, and while talking to him this closely, you notice a smell on his breath that is something other than mint.

If Brian is having a problem, what was it most likely to be?

Accepted Answer

Alcohol abuse

Answer

Insomnia

Answer

Economic problems

Answer

Stress