OFAI FACT PRACTICE TEST

Sample 1

Excerpt: "Firefighters shall not return to active duty until heart rate is below 100 bpm and two consecutive readings 10 minutes apart show a stable or declining trend." A firefighter's heart rate reads 96 bpm, then 102 bpm ten minutes later. Can they return to duty?

• A. No, the second reading is above 100 and the trend rose, not declined ✓
• B. Yes, the requirement is satisfied because the first reading was below 100
• C. Yes, because the average of the two readings sits close to 100
• D. The excerpt sets a heart rate rule but does not cover return-to-duty timing

Both conditions must be met: the current reading must be below 100 bpm (102 is not) and the trend must be stable or declining (it rose from 96 to 102). Neither condition is satisfied.

Sample 2

Excerpt: "Ventilation operations shall be coordinated with, and shall not precede, the initiation of fire attack, except in cases of confirmed life-safety need." Crew arrives and begins ventilating the roof before the attack line is charged, with no confirmed occupants reported. Does this follow the excerpt?

• A. No, ventilation is to be coordinated with, not run ahead of, fire attack ✓
• B. Yes, ventilation should always be completed before fire attack begins
• C. Yes, since no occupants had been confirmed inside the structure
• D. The excerpt covers ventilation but does not address its sequencing

Without a confirmed life-safety need, the excerpt requires ventilation to be coordinated with fire attack rather than beginning before it — starting ventilation first does not follow this excerpt.

Sample 3

Excerpt: "Any incident lasting more than 60 minutes shall have a formal rehabilitation area established, and crews shall rotate through it before their second cylinder change." An incident has run 75 minutes and a crew is on its second cylinder change with no rehab area established. Does this follow the excerpt?

• A. Yes, establishing a rehab area at all times remains discretionary
• B. Yes, since the crew in question still has air remaining in their cylinders
• C. No, both the 60-minute threshold and the rotation requirement have been missed ✓
• D. The excerpt names a rehab requirement but sets no time threshold for it

At 75 minutes the 60-minute threshold requiring a formal rehab area has passed, and the crew has reached its second cylinder change without rotating through rehab — both requirements are unmet.