Practice Chicago Fire Department Entrance Exam.
“The entrance exam given to applicants for the Chicago Fire Department in 1995 discriminated against blacks, a federal judge has ruled after a seven-year legal battle.”-AP Wire, March 23, 2005
The following ten questions are multiple choice. For each question, please circle the best answer. You have sixty minutes to complete the test.
1. In one week the fire department received a total of 25 calls, five of which were false alarms. What percentage of the calls were false alarms?
a) 15%
b) 20%
c) 50%
d) 100%
2. Given the scenario described in (1), the false alarms were made by people from which of the following ethnic groups:
a) Not enough information provided
b) Creole
c) Ethnic Albanian
d) Aborigine
e) Black
3. In pictures (i) and (ii) above, the arrow represents the force exerted by the firefighter on the lever, in an attempt to move the large block. If Jermaine says that (i) gives the most mechanical advantage, and Rory says that (ii) gives the most mechanical advantage, who is correct?
a) There are no pictures above
b) Jermaine
c) Rory
4. A fire truck traveling at 50 miles per hour takes 10 minutes to reach the emergency scene. What is the name of Hall & Oates’ debut album?
a) Live At The Apollo
b) Whole Oats
c) Daryl Hall and John Oates
d) Private Eyes
5. A pumper takes fifteen minutes to reach the scene of a fire located ten city blocks away. If there are four city blocks in a mile, what year did Hall & Oates release their debut album?
a) 1927
b) 1792
c) 1982
d) 1972
6. Ted Koppel : black::
a) You: black
b) You: not black
7. Jim, Dave and Tom are playing cards at the station. Jim and Dave are white, while Tom is African-American. Jim tells a joke poking fun at black people. Tom says that he doesn’t appreciate “racist jokes.” Tom is:
a) Not a team player
b) A reverse racist
c) Not a real person, because the Chicago Fire Department does not hire black people
8. You, Daryl Hall and John Oates are sailing off the coast of Maine, when all of a sudden, you hit a rock. The impact destroys the vessel and throws the three of you into the chilly waters of the Atlantic. Miraculously, you wash ashore on the same deserted island as the pop duo. Who do you sleep with first?
a) Daryl Hall
b) John Oates
c) Neither, I use my cell phone to call for help
9. You arrive at the scene of a fire. Daryl Hall and John Oates are both trapped inside, but you only have time to save one of them. What do you do?
a) Save Daryl Hall. His sweet and expressive tenor voice is the key to the duo’s success.
b) Save Daryl Hall, because he has a really cool first name; you wish you were named Daryl
c) Throw yourself into the flames. Life without both members of the hit-making duo is too grim a prospect.
10. Which of the following best describes your personality:
a) Black
b) Not black
Correct Answers: 1, b; 2,e; 3,c; 4,b; 5,d; 6,a; 7,c; 8,a; 9,c; 10,b
The following ten questions are multiple choice. For each question, please circle the best answer. You have sixty minutes to complete the test.
1. In one week the fire department received a total of 25 calls, five of which were false alarms. What percentage of the calls were false alarms?
a) 15%
b) 20%
c) 50%
d) 100%
2. Given the scenario described in (1), the false alarms were made by people from which of the following ethnic groups:
a) Not enough information provided
b) Creole
c) Ethnic Albanian
d) Aborigine
e) Black
3. In pictures (i) and (ii) above, the arrow represents the force exerted by the firefighter on the lever, in an attempt to move the large block. If Jermaine says that (i) gives the most mechanical advantage, and Rory says that (ii) gives the most mechanical advantage, who is correct?
a) There are no pictures above
b) Jermaine
c) Rory
4. A fire truck traveling at 50 miles per hour takes 10 minutes to reach the emergency scene. What is the name of Hall & Oates’ debut album?
a) Live At The Apollo
b) Whole Oats
c) Daryl Hall and John Oates
d) Private Eyes
5. A pumper takes fifteen minutes to reach the scene of a fire located ten city blocks away. If there are four city blocks in a mile, what year did Hall & Oates release their debut album?
a) 1927
b) 1792
c) 1982
d) 1972
6. Ted Koppel : black::
a) You: black
b) You: not black
7. Jim, Dave and Tom are playing cards at the station. Jim and Dave are white, while Tom is African-American. Jim tells a joke poking fun at black people. Tom says that he doesn’t appreciate “racist jokes.” Tom is:
a) Not a team player
b) A reverse racist
c) Not a real person, because the Chicago Fire Department does not hire black people
8. You, Daryl Hall and John Oates are sailing off the coast of Maine, when all of a sudden, you hit a rock. The impact destroys the vessel and throws the three of you into the chilly waters of the Atlantic. Miraculously, you wash ashore on the same deserted island as the pop duo. Who do you sleep with first?
a) Daryl Hall
b) John Oates
c) Neither, I use my cell phone to call for help
9. You arrive at the scene of a fire. Daryl Hall and John Oates are both trapped inside, but you only have time to save one of them. What do you do?
a) Save Daryl Hall. His sweet and expressive tenor voice is the key to the duo’s success.
b) Save Daryl Hall, because he has a really cool first name; you wish you were named Daryl
c) Throw yourself into the flames. Life without both members of the hit-making duo is too grim a prospect.
10. Which of the following best describes your personality:
a) Black
b) Not black
Correct Answers: 1, b; 2,e; 3,c; 4,b; 5,d; 6,a; 7,c; 8,a; 9,c; 10,b
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