24 Spatial Orientation Practice Questions & Answers

1. 1. North is at the top of this map. North-south streets, west to east: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Street. East-west avenues, north to south: Alder, Birch, Cedar, Dogwood Avenue. All streets are two-way, none is closed, and all traffic laws must be observed. Engine 4 is at 1st Street and Cedar Avenue and is dispatched to 3rd Street and Alder Avenue. Which is the shortest and most direct legal route?

   • A.South on 1st Street to Dogwood Avenue, east on Dogwood Avenue to 3rd Street, then north on 3rd Street to Alder Avenue.
   • B.East on Cedar Avenue to 4th Street, north on 4th Street to Alder Avenue, then west on Alder Avenue to 3rd Street.
   • C.North on 1st Street to Alder Avenue, then east on Alder Avenue to 3rd Street.✓ Answer
   • D.East on Cedar Avenue to 3rd Street, north on 3rd Street to Birch Avenue, west on Birch Avenue to 2nd Street, north on 2nd Street to Alder Avenue, then east on Alder Avenue to 3rd Street.

   The destination lies two blocks east and two blocks north, so any route that never backtracks covers exactly four blocks. Option A travels two blocks north and two blocks east and nothing more. Each other option overshoots the destination or doubles back, adding blocks, and 'most direct' on a map item means the fewest blocks travelled, not merely a route that eventually arrives.

   Source: Louisiana Office of State Examiner, Pre-Examination Booklet, Maps and Diagrams instructions: 'Always choose the most direct route'Report a problem with this question

2. 2. North is at the top. North-south streets, west to east: Oak, Pine, Maple, Willow. East-west avenues, north to south: Grand, Harbor, Lake. Maple Street is one-way southbound and Lake Avenue is one-way westbound; every other street is two-way. No U-turns; all traffic laws must be observed. An engine at Oak Street and Lake Avenue must reach Willow Street and Grand Avenue. Which route is both legal and shortest?

   • A.North on Oak Street to Harbor Avenue, east on Harbor Avenue to Maple Street, north on Maple Street to Grand Avenue, then east on Grand Avenue to Willow Street.
   • B.North on Oak Street to Grand Avenue, east on Grand Avenue to Maple Street, south on Maple Street to Harbor Avenue, east on Harbor Avenue to Willow Street, then north on Willow Street to Grand Avenue.
   • C.North on Oak Street to Grand Avenue, then east on Grand Avenue to Willow Street.✓ Answer
   • D.East on Lake Avenue to Willow Street, then north on Willow Street to Grand Avenue.

   A one-way designation states the only legal direction of travel on that street, so option A drives east on westbound-only Lake Avenue and option B drives north on southbound-only Maple Street; both are disqualified no matter how short they look. Option D is legal but wanders seven blocks. Option C uses only two-way streets and covers the minimum two blocks north plus three blocks east.

   Source: Louisiana OSE map instructions: 'One-way streets are indicated by arrows pointing in the direction of traffic... all traffic laws must be observed'Report a problem with this question

3. 3. North is at the top. North-south streets, west to east: 1st, 2nd, 3rd. East-west avenues, north to south: Alder, Birch, Cedar. A park fills the entire block bounded by 2nd Street on the west, 3rd Street on the east, Birch Avenue on the north and Cedar Avenue on the south. All streets are two-way. Engine 5 is at 1st Street and Cedar Avenue and is ordered to report to the NORTH side of the park. Which route puts the engine where it was ordered?

   • A.East on Cedar Avenue to 3rd Street, then north on 3rd Street to the middle of the block between Cedar and Birch Avenues.
   • B.North on 1st Street to Birch Avenue, then east on Birch Avenue to the middle of the block between 2nd and 3rd Streets.✓ Answer
   • C.East on Cedar Avenue to the middle of the block between 2nd and 3rd Streets.
   • D.North on 1st Street to Alder Avenue, east on Alder Avenue to 2nd Street, then south on 2nd Street to the middle of the block between Birch and Cedar Avenues.

   The park's north boundary is Birch Avenue, so only a route that finishes on Birch Avenue alongside the park reaches the ordered position. Option A ends on Cedar Avenue (the south side), option C on 3rd Street (the east side) and option D on 2nd Street (the west side). A route scored on a map item is wrong if it arrives at the wrong side of the destination, even when it is short and perfectly legal.

   Source: IO Solutions SAELFE Study Guide, map-reading answer rationale: a route is wrong when the unit ends up on the wrong side of the destinationReport a problem with this question

4. 4. North is at the top. Judson, Fulton and Garrison Street all run north-south, in that order from west to east. Hale, Ives and Kent Avenue all run east-west, in that order from north to south. Every street is two-way and none is closed. An engine at Fulton Street and Ives Avenue is sent to Garrison Street and Hale Avenue. Which of these four route descriptions CANNOT be driven as written?

   • A.South on Fulton Street to Kent Avenue, east on Kent Avenue to Garrison Street, then north on Garrison Street to Hale Avenue.
   • B.Northeast on Ives Avenue to Garrison Street, then north on Garrison Street to Hale Avenue.✓ Answer
   • C.North on Fulton Street to Hale Avenue, then east on Hale Avenue to Garrison Street.
   • D.East on Ives Avenue to Garrison Street, then north on Garrison Street to Hale Avenue.

   A street can only be travelled in the directions it actually runs. Ives Avenue runs east-west, so a vehicle on it can go east or west and nothing else; 'northeast on Ives Avenue' is geometrically impossible and the option fails before legality is even considered. Options A and B are minimum-length routes and option C is simply a longer legal detour.

   Source: IO Solutions SAELFE map answer key: an option is eliminated because the named street 'only runs east-west, you will not be able to travel northeast'Report a problem with this question

5. 5. North is at the top. North-south streets, west to east: Ash, Birch, Cedar, Dover. East-west avenues, north to south: 1st, 2nd, 3rd. All streets are two-way and no U-turns are permitted. Police have closed 2nd Avenue between Birch Street and Cedar Street because of a collapsed awning; every other block is open. An engine at Ash Street and 3rd Avenue must reach Dover Street and 1st Avenue. Which is the shortest route the engine may actually use?

   • A.East on 3rd Avenue to Dover Street, north on Dover Street to 2nd Avenue, west on 2nd Avenue to Cedar Street, north on Cedar Street to 1st Avenue, then east on 1st Avenue to Dover Street.
   • B.East on 3rd Avenue to Birch Street, north on Birch Street to 2nd Avenue, east on 2nd Avenue to Cedar Street, north on Cedar Street to 1st Avenue, then east on 1st Avenue to Dover Street.
   • C.North on Ash Street to 2nd Avenue, east on 2nd Avenue to Dover Street, then north on Dover Street to 1st Avenue.
   • D.North on Ash Street to 1st Avenue, then east on 1st Avenue to Dover Street.✓ Answer

   A condition stated in the stem overrides the plain grid, so any route crossing 2nd Avenue between Birch and Cedar is unusable: options B and D both drive that closed block. Option C avoids it but wanders seven blocks. Option A never touches 2nd Avenue and covers the geometric minimum of two blocks north plus three blocks east.

   Source: IO Solutions SAELFE map-reading instructions: stated conditions such as closed or restricted streets must be factored into the routeReport a problem with this question

6. 6. North is at the top. North-south streets, west to east: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. East-west avenues, north to south: Ash, Bay, Cove. Every block is one-quarter mile. Cove Avenue is one-way westbound; all other streets are two-way. No U-turns. A water-main excavation limits apparatus to an average of 10 mph anywhere on Bay Avenue; elsewhere apparatus average 30 mph. An engine at 1st Street and Bay Avenue must reach 4th Street and Bay Avenue. Which route gets there in the LEAST time?

   • A.South on 1st Street to Cove Avenue, east on Cove Avenue to 4th Street, then north on 4th Street to Bay Avenue.
   • B.East on Bay Avenue three blocks to 4th Street.
   • C.North on 1st Street to Ash Avenue, east on Ash Avenue to 4th Street, then south on 4th Street to Bay Avenue.✓ Answer
   • D.East on Bay Avenue to 2nd Street, north on 2nd Street to Ash Avenue, east on Ash Avenue to 4th Street, then south on 4th Street to Bay Avenue.

   When the stem asks for the quickest route and supplies speeds, time governs, not distance: a quarter-mile block takes 0.5 minute at 30 mph but 1.5 minutes at 10 mph. Option A is the shortest at three blocks yet takes 4.5 minutes, option D takes 3.5 minutes and option C is illegal on westbound-only Cove Avenue. Option B is five blocks but avoids Bay Avenue entirely, at 2.5 minutes.

   Source: IO Solutions SAELFE map-reading guidance distinguishing shortest distance from quickest time when delay information is suppliedReport a problem with this question

7. 7. North is at the top. North-south streets, west to east: Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth. Harbor Boulevard runs east-west and is one-way EASTBOUND. Marina Avenue runs east-west one block north of Harbor Boulevard and is two-way. No U-turns; all traffic laws must be observed. A truck is travelling east on Harbor Boulevard and has just crossed Ninth Street. The incident is on the north side of Harbor Boulevard, in the middle of the block between Eighth and Ninth Streets. What must the driver do?

   • A.Make a U-turn on Harbor Boulevard and drive west to the middle of the block.
   • B.North on Tenth Street to Marina Avenue, west on Marina Avenue to Seventh Street, south on Seventh Street to Harbor Boulevard, then east on Harbor Boulevard past Eighth Street to the middle of the block.
   • C.North on Tenth Street to Marina Avenue, west on Marina Avenue to Ninth Street, south on Ninth Street to Harbor Boulevard, then west on Harbor Boulevard to the middle of the block.
   • D.North on Tenth Street to Marina Avenue, west on Marina Avenue to Eighth Street, south on Eighth Street to Harbor Boulevard, then east on Harbor Boulevard to the middle of the block.✓ Answer

   Two published rules apply at once: no U-turns may be made, and a one-way street may be entered only in the arrow's direction. Option A breaks both and option B drives west on eastbound-only Harbor Boulevard. Options C and D are both legal loops, but C re-enters Harbor Boulevard at Eighth Street, one block from the incident, while D goes an extra block west to Seventh and back, so C is the shorter legal solution.

   Source: Louisiana OSE map instructions: 'No U-turns are to be made in solving the problem, and all traffic laws must be observed'Report a problem with this question

8. 8. You are driving an engine north on Beacon Street. At the first intersection you make a right turn, at the next intersection you make another right turn, and at the intersection after that you make a left turn. In which compass direction are you now travelling?

   • A.North
   • B.South
   • C.West
   • D.East✓ Answer

   A right turn is 90 degrees clockwise from your CURRENT heading and a left turn is 90 degrees counter-clockwise, so each turn must be applied to the heading you hold at that moment, not to the original one. Starting north: right puts you east, the second right puts you south, and a left from south puts you east again.

   Source: IO Solutions SAELFE definition of Spatial Orientation: maintaining directional bearing with respect to the points of the compass through successive turnsReport a problem with this question

9. 9. North is at the top. North-south streets, west to east: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th. East-west avenues, north to south: Ash, Birch, Cedar, Dogwood, Elm. Consecutive streets and consecutive avenues are one block apart. You start at 5th Street and Elm Avenue facing north. You drive north three blocks, turn left and go two blocks, turn right and go one block, then turn left and go one block. Where are you and which way are you facing?

   • A.2nd Street and Ash Avenue, facing west✓ Answer
   • B.2nd Street and Ash Avenue, facing north
   • C.3rd Street and Ash Avenue, facing west
   • D.2nd Street and Birch Avenue, facing west

   Track position and heading together, converting each left or right into a compass direction from the heading you currently hold. Three blocks north from Elm reaches Birch at 5th Street; facing north, a left turn is west, and two blocks west reaches 3rd Street; facing west, a right turn is north, and one block north reaches Ash Avenue; facing north, a left turn is west again, and one block west ends at 2nd Street and Ash Avenue facing west.

   Source: PSHRA (IPMA-HR) Entry-Level Firefighter Comprehensive Examination Battery, Map Reading subtest: following a stated sequence of turns and block counts to a final position and headingReport a problem with this question

10. 10. A three-story building stands on a corner lot. Its front (address) wall faces west onto Larkin Street, its north wall runs along Pike Avenue, an alley runs along its east wall, and a parking lot abuts its south wall. On the second floor a single corridor runs north-south the length of the building, with rooms on both sides. Room 204 is on the east side of that corridor and its only windows are exterior windows. A victim is reported in Room 204. To which exterior wall must the truck company throw its ground ladder?

    • A.The south wall, on the parking lot
    • B.The north wall, on Pike Avenue
    • C.The east wall, on the alley✓ Answer
    • D.The west wall, on Larkin Street

    Rooms on one side of an interior corridor share the exterior wall on that same side of the building, so a room east of a north-south corridor has its windows in the building's east wall, which here faces the alley. Choosing the west wall confuses the address side of the building with the location of the room, which is the classic error when correlating an interior plan with the exterior the crew sees from the street.

    Source: IO Solutions Firefighter Selection Tool, Visualization domain: matching an interior plan to the corresponding exterior view of the structureReport a problem with this question

11. 11. You are driving north on Quarry Street. At the next intersection you bear right onto Diagonal Road, a 45-degree turn. Two blocks later you make a standard 90-degree right turn onto Foundry Lane. In which compass direction are you now travelling?

    • A.Northeast
    • B.Southeast✓ Answer
    • C.South
    • D.East

    On the eight-point compass the intercardinals sit 45 degrees apart, read clockwise from north: N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW. A 45-degree right turn from north therefore yields northeast, and a further 90-degree right turn advances two more points, from northeast past east to southeast. Answering 'east' is the common error of collapsing an intercardinal heading to the nearest cardinal.

    Source: Eight-point compass convention stated in Louisiana OSE and Miami-Dade candidate map instructions (intercardinals at 45-degree intervals, read clockwise from north)Report a problem with this question

12. 12. North is at the top. North-south streets, west to east: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th. East-west avenues, north to south: Ash, Birch, Cedar. The fire station is at 2nd Street and Cedar Avenue. The hospital is at 4th Street and Ash Avenue. In what direction is the hospital from the fire station?

    • A.East
    • B.North
    • C.Northwest
    • D.Northeast✓ Answer

    Because the numbered streets increase toward the east, 4th Street lies two blocks east of 2nd Street, and because Ash is the northernmost avenue, Ash lies two blocks north of Cedar. When a location is both north of and east of the reference point the bearing is the intercardinal northeast; naming only 'north' or only 'east' discards half of the displacement.

    Source: IO Solutions SAELFE, Spatial Orientation: 'to tell where the object is in relation to you' using the points of the compass, including intercardinal bearingsReport a problem with this question

13. 13. On the second floor of a rectangular building, Room 204 occupies the northeast corner and the storeroom occupies the southwest corner. Nothing blocks movement between them. A crew in Room 204 is ordered to the storeroom. In what general direction must the crew travel?

    • A.South
    • B.Southwest✓ Answer
    • C.West
    • D.Northeast

    Direction statements are asymmetric: if A is northeast of B then B is southwest of A, so the answer flips whenever the stem changes which location is the reference point. Travelling from the northeast corner to the southwest corner requires movement that is both southward and westward, which is the single intercardinal bearing southwest, not either cardinal alone.

    Source: Louisiana OSE Maps and Diagrams sample item type: naming the intercardinal direction of travel or fire spread within a building diagramReport a problem with this question

14. 14. North is at the top. Kettle Street runs north-south and Lantern Avenue runs east-west; they cross at a four-way intersection with a corner in each quadrant. A hydrant stands on the corner that is west of Kettle Street and north of Lantern Avenue. Which corner of the intersection is that?

    • A.The southwest corner
    • B.The northeast corner
    • C.The northwest corner✓ Answer
    • D.The southeast corner

    A corner is named for the quadrant of the intersection it occupies, combining its north-south position with its east-west position. West of the north-south street and north of the east-west avenue is the upper-left quadrant on a north-up map, which is by definition the northwest corner.

    Source: FPSI Firefighter Aptitude and Character Test (FACT) Candidate Orientation Guide, Map Reading: corner-identification items answered as NE, NW, SE or SWReport a problem with this question

15. 15. North is at the top. Quail Street runs north-south and is one-way southbound; Ridge Avenue runs east-west and is two-way. No U-turns; all traffic laws must be observed. Your apparatus is dispatched to the SOUTHEAST corner of Quail Street and Ridge Avenue. Which final leg legally places the apparatus on that corner?

    • A.Travel west on Ridge Avenue and stop just past Quail Street, at the right-hand curb.
    • B.Travel south on Quail Street and stop just past Ridge Avenue, at the left-hand curb.✓ Answer
    • C.Travel east on Ridge Avenue and stop just before Quail Street, at the right-hand curb.
    • D.Travel north on Quail Street and stop just before Ridge Avenue.

    The southeast corner is the piece of ground that is east of Quail Street and south of Ridge Avenue, so the final leg must satisfy both conditions at once. Heading south past Ridge places you south of the avenue, and while heading south your left-hand curb is the east curb, which is exactly that quadrant. Option A drives the wrong way on a southbound one-way street, option B ends on the southwest corner and option D on the northwest corner.

    Source: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Firefighter Examination Informational Handbook, Subtest 5: destinations stated as a named corner of an intersectionReport a problem with this question

16. 16. On the third floor of an office building a straight corridor runs east-west. On the north side of the corridor, from the west end to the east end, are Rooms 301, 303, 305 and 307. On the south side, from the west end to the east end, are Rooms 302, 304, 306 and 308. Each north-side room sits directly opposite the south-side room in the same position in the sequence. Which room is directly across the corridor from Room 305?

    • A.Room 307
    • B.Room 306✓ Answer
    • C.Room 304
    • D.Room 303

    Adjacency on a floor plan must be read from the stated order along the corridor, not from how close the room numbers happen to be. Room 305 is third from the west end on the north side, so its opposite is the third room from the west end on the south side, which is Room 306. Rooms 303 and 307 are its neighbours on the same side, and Room 304 sits opposite Room 303.

    Source: Louisiana OSE Maps and Diagrams: building-diagram items answered strictly from the layout and legend suppliedReport a problem with this question

17. 17. A straight corridor runs east-west. On the north side, from the west end to the east end, are Rooms 301, 303, 305 and 307. On the south side, from the west end to the east end, are Rooms 302, 304, 306 and 308. Stairwell A is at the west end of the corridor and Stairwell B is at the east end; all rooms and both stairwells are evenly spaced. A crew finds a victim in Room 305. Which is the shorter way out, and what does the crew pass on the way?

    • A.Either stairwell, because Room 305 is the same distance from both
    • B.Stairwell B, passing Room 307 on the way✓ Answer
    • C.Stairwell A, passing Rooms 303 and 301 on the way
    • D.Stairwell A, passing Rooms 304 and 302 on the way

    With four evenly spaced rooms per side, Room 305 is the third from the west, so it has one room between it and the east end but two rooms between it and the west end. The shorter exit is therefore Stairwell B, and the only door passed on that side of the corridor is Room 307; Rooms 304 and 302 lie on the opposite wall and would not be passed while following the north side.

    Source: Louisiana OSE Maps and Diagrams sample item type: identifying the nearest exit to an occupant from a building diagramReport a problem with this question

18. 18. A fourth-floor hallway runs north-south, with doors opening off the east wall only. From the south end to the north end the doors are: the stairwell door, then Room 410, Room 412, Room 414 and Room 416. You enter through the stairwell door, put your right hand on the east wall and proceed north in zero visibility. Do NOT count the stairwell door as you enter. Counting doors from that point, which door in your count is Room 414?

    • A.The fifth door
    • B.The fourth door
    • C.The second door
    • D.The third door✓ Answer

    You count only the doors on the wall you are actually following, in the order your direction of travel brings you to them, and you must honour the inclusion rule the stem gives. Excluding the stairwell door and moving north, Room 410 is the first door, Room 412 the second and Room 414 the third; answering 'fourth' is the off-by-one error produced by counting the stairwell door you were told to skip.

    Source: Louisiana OSE Recall/Diagram sample item: smoke-filled hallway door count with the instruction 'Do not count the stairwell door as you enter the hall'Report a problem with this question

19. 19. You have followed the east wall of a north-south hallway northward, with your right hand on the wall, and have reached your search objective. Visibility is still zero and you must return to the stairwell door, which is at the south end of that same east wall. Which action returns you to it?

    • A.Turn around and follow the east wall south, still keeping your right hand on it.
    • B.Cross to the west wall and follow it south with your right hand on it.
    • C.Continue north with your right hand on the east wall until you reach a door.
    • D.Turn around and follow the same east wall south, now keeping your left hand on it.✓ Answer

    Retracing the identical wall you entered on is what guarantees a return to the entry point, but reversing your direction of travel swaps which hand touches that wall: facing north the east wall is on your right, and facing south the same wall is on your left. Option D is physically impossible, and crossing to the west wall abandons the known path back to the stairwell door.

    Source: Louisiana OSE hallway-orientation sample item; hand-on-wall search convention in which retracing the same wall returns the firefighter to the point of entryReport a problem with this question

20. 20. Identical cubes are stacked on a flat floor, and every cube in an upper layer rests squarely on cubes beneath it. The bottom layer is 4 cubes wide by 3 cubes deep. The second layer is 3 cubes wide by 2 cubes deep. The top layer is 2 cubes wide by 1 cube deep. How many cubes are in the stack in total, including those hidden from view?

    • A.20✓ Answer
    • B.19
    • C.18
    • D.16

    A stack is counted layer by layer, multiplying the width by the depth of each layer and adding the results, because that total includes the interior and rear cubes that no single viewpoint can show. Here 4 x 3 = 12, plus 3 x 2 = 6, plus 2 x 1 = 2, giving 20; counting only what would be visible from one side always yields a number that is too small.

    Source: PSHRA (IPMA-HR) Entry-Level Firefighter Comprehensive Examination Battery, Spatial Sense subtest: counting blocks in a stack including concealed unitsReport a problem with this question

21. 21. Four SCBA cylinders stand in a row on a freestanding rack. Viewed from the front of the rack, they run left to right: red, blue, green, yellow. You walk around the rack and look at the same row from the back. From your left to your right, in what order do the cylinders now appear?

    • A.Green, yellow, red, blue
    • B.Yellow, green, blue, red✓ Answer
    • C.Blue, red, yellow, green
    • D.Red, blue, green, yellow

    Viewing the same objects from the opposite side is a 180-degree change of viewpoint, which reverses left and right while leaving the objects themselves untouched and their vertical order unchanged. The front order red-blue-green-yellow therefore reads yellow-green-blue-red from the back; option B is the trap of forgetting that handedness inverts, and the other options are rearrangements no rotation can produce.

    Source: IO Solutions Firefighter Selection Tool, Visualization domain: determining how an arrangement appears from a different vantage pointReport a problem with this question

22. 22. You are standing in the street facing north. A firefighter stands in front of you facing you, that is, facing south. She extends her right arm straight out to her side. In which compass direction does her arm point, and on which of your sides does it appear?

    • A.East; it appears on your left
    • B.West; it appears on your left✓ Answer
    • C.East; it appears on your right
    • D.West; it appears on your right

    Left and right are defined from the perspective of the person facing that way, so for someone facing south the right hand is on the west side, exactly the reverse of a person facing north. Because you face north, west lies on your own left, so her right arm points west and appears on your left; this is why a firefighter directing another crew uses compass or scene-referenced terms rather than 'left' and 'right'.

    Source: IO Solutions SAELFE, Spatial Orientation: determining direction relative to a person's own facing rather than the observer'sReport a problem with this question

23. 23. Read this scene once, then cover it before answering. A two-story white house faces the street. The blue front door is centred on the first floor. On the first floor there are two windows to the left of the door and one window to the right; all three have green shutters. A red sedan is parked in the driveway on the right side of the house. A child's bicycle lies on the front lawn. A propane tank stands against the right rear corner of the house. A hydrant is at the curb directly in front of the house. Which of the following was NOT part of the scene?

    • A.A propane tank at the right rear corner of the house
    • B.A fire escape on the front of the house✓ Answer
    • C.A hydrant at the curb in front of the house
    • D.A red sedan parked in the driveway

    Observation items test what the scene actually contained, so an option describing a feature that was never mentioned is the answer to a 'which was NOT present' stem. The description lists the propane tank, the red sedan and the hydrant but never a fire escape, and candidates who scan a scene systematically by quadrant, noting access, exposures, occupants and hazards, can rule such an item in or out without guessing.

    Source: IO Solutions SAELFE Visualization/Memorization sample: photograph-recall items on colours, counts, positions and presence or absence of featuresReport a problem with this question

24. 24. Read this assignment board once, then cover it before answering. Engine 12 - Captain Alvarez - 4 members. Ladder 7 - Lieutenant Brooks - 5 members. Rescue 3 - Captain Nunez - 3 members. Battalion 2 - Chief Ortega - no crew listed. How many members in total are listed for Engine 12, Ladder 7 and Rescue 3 combined?

    • A.11
    • B.15
    • C.13
    • D.12✓ Answer

    Non-pictorial recall items require holding the exact figures attached to each unit designation and then answering only the question asked, which here names three units and excludes the battalion. Adding 4 for Engine 12, 5 for Ladder 7 and 3 for Rescue 3 gives 12; adding Chief Ortega as a fourth entry produces 13, the standard distractor for candidates who recall the whole board but not its wording.

    Source: PSHRA (IPMA-HR) FF-EL 201/301 Test Information Packet phase: recall of unit designations, ranks and numeric details from a studied packetReport a problem with this question

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