PSI Curriculum Development & Design 2

Question 1

When applying backward design to a public safety curriculum, what is the FIRST step an instructor should take?

Accepted Answer

Identify desired learning outcomes and competencies

Answer

Backward design begins with identifying desired results before planning assessments or instruction.

Question 2

A fire service instructor needs to teach hazardous materials response. Which domain of Bloom's Taxonomy is BEST addressed when trainees correctly don PPE in a timed scenario?

Accepted Answer

Psychomotor

Answer

Donning PPE is a physical skill performance, which falls under the psychomotor domain of Bloom's Taxonomy.

Question 3

Which curriculum model is MOST commonly used in public safety training because it emphasizes systematic instructional design through analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation?

Accepted Answer

ADDIE Model

Answer

The ADDIE model is the standard instructional design framework widely used in public safety and military training.

Question 4

An EMS instructor discovers that recruits consistently fail the venipuncture skill station. What curriculum revision approach is MOST appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Increase practice repetitions and add prerequisite anatomy review

Answer

Consistent failure points indicate a need for more practice time and possibly strengthening prerequisite knowledge before skill performance.

Question 5

A terminal objective in a law enforcement curriculum states: 'The recruit will demonstrate proper use-of-force escalation.' What type of supporting objectives should accompany this?

Accepted Answer

Enabling objectives that build toward the terminal skill

Answer

Enabling objectives are subordinate learning steps that collectively support achievement of the terminal objective.

(PSI) Public Safety Instructor Certification Practice Test

(PSI) Public Safety Instructor Certification Practice Test

PSI Curriculum Development & Design 2