APCO Test Questions and Answers: Public Safety Communications, Exams of Communication

A series of questions and answers related to public safety communications, covering topics such as communication systems, the communication cycle, active listening techniques, telecommunications, mutual aid, and the use of acronyms in vehicle descriptions. It also includes true/false questions on various aspects of public safety communications, such as the definition of psap, ethics, vital services, quality assurance, and the role of telecommunicators. Useful for students and professionals in the field of public safety.

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APCO Test SG
1) Theivitaliservicesiofiaipublicisafetyicommunicationsisystemiareitoiprovideicommunicationibet
weenitheiPSAPiand:i-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiitheipublic,iagencyipersonnel,iotheriagencies,iandisupportiservices
2) Theisixicomponentsiofitheicommunicationsicycleiare:i-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiiSender,ireceiver,icontext,imessage,imedium,iandifeedback
3) Demonstratingianiinterestiandiunderstandingiiniwhatiisibeingisaidibyistayingifocused,iaskingi
questions,ilisteningiforitheimainipointiandilisteningiforitheirationaleibehindiwhatiisibeingisaidiisith
eidefinitioniof:i-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiiActiveilistening
4) Physicallyisignalingithatiyouiareilisteningiisiapplyingitheilisteningitechniqueiofi-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiinonverbaliattending
5) Ifiaitelecommunicationicanionlyigetioneipieceiofiinformationifromiaicaller,iitishouldibe:i-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiiWhere
6) Persistentlyiaskingiforitheisameiinformationiwithoutichangingitheiwordsispokeniis:i-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiiAitechniqueiusediwithihystericalicallers
7) Theitelecommunicatorishouldialwaysiverifyithe:i-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiiTheiincidentilocation
8) Aiprocessiforisupplyingisupplementalipersonnel,iequipmentioriotheriresourcesitoiassistiotheri
agenciesiinitimeiofineediisireferreditoias:i-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiimutualiaid
9) Theiacronymi"CYMBALS"iisidesigneditoiassistitelecommunicatorsiwhenitaking:i-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiiVehicleidescriptions
10) T/Fi-itheitermi"PSAP"istandsifori"PubliciSafetyiAccessiPoint"i-i
iiiiiiiiii☑️iiiFalse
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  1. Theivitaliservicesiofiaipublicisafetyicommunicationsisystemiareitoiprovideicommunicationibet weenitheiPSAPiand:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiitheipublic,iagencyipersonnel,iotheriagencies,iandisupportiservices
  2. Theisixicomponentsiofitheicommunicationsicycleiare:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiSender,ireceiver,icontext,imessage,imedium,iandifeedback
  3. Demonstratingianiinterestiandiunderstandingiiniwhatiisibeingisaidibyistayingifocused,iaskingi questions,ilisteningiforitheimainipointiandilisteningiforitheirationaleibehindiwhatiisibeingisaidiisith eidefinitioniof:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiActiveilistening
  4. Physicallyisignalingithatiyouiareilisteningiisiapplyingitheilisteningitechniqueiofi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiinonverbaliattending
  5. Ifiaitelecommunicationicanionlyigetioneipieceiofiinformationifromiaicaller,iitishouldibe:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiWhere
  6. Persistentlyiaskingiforitheisameiinformationiwithoutichangingitheiwordsispokeniis:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiAitechniqueiusediwithihystericalicallers
  7. Theitelecommunicatorishouldialwaysiverifyithe:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTheiincidentilocation
  8. Aiprocessiforisupplyingisupplementalipersonnel,iequipmentioriotheriresourcesitoiassistiotheri agenciesiinitimeiofineediisireferreditoias:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiimutualiaid
  9. Theiacronymi"CYMBALS"iisidesigneditoiassistitelecommunicatorsiwhenitaking:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiVehicleidescriptions
  10. T/Fi-itheitermi"PSAP"istandsifori"PubliciSafetyiAccessiPoint"i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFalse
  1. T/Fi-iprofessionalismiisidefinedibyiwhoiyouiare,iwhatiyouidoiandihowiothersiperceiveiyou.i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  2. T/Fi- iEthicsiinvolvesianiindividual'sipersonal,iprofessionaliandiorganizationalirulesioficonducti-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  3. T/Fi- itheithreeiprimaryidisciplinesiofipublicisafetyicommunicationsiareilawienforcementicommunicati ons,ifireiserviceicommunicationsiandiemergencyimanagementicommunicationsi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFalse
  4. T/Fi- itheitermi"vitaliservices"idefinesitheiprimaryifunctionsioritasksiofipublicisafetyicommunicationsis ystemsi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  5. T/Fi- iQualityiAssuranceiprogramsiinitheiPSAPiincludeiactionsitakenitoiensureithatistandardsiandiproc eduresiareimetiandifollowedi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  6. T/Fi-iaipolicyiisiaiguideitoiactioniandiaiprocedureiisiaiguideitoithinkingi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFalse
  7. T/Fi- ibecauseitheitelecommunicatoricannotiseeicallersionitheiphone,inonverbalicommutationiplaysinoip artiinihandlingipublicisafetyicallsiforiservice.i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFalse
  8. T/Fi-iaiquestionithaticannotibeiansweredi"yesiorino"iisireferreditoiasianiopen-endediquestioni-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  9. T/Fi- irepeatingiiniaishortideclarativeistatementitheiemotionsiorifeelingsitheispeakeriisicommunicatingii siapplyingitheiactiveilisteningitechniqueiofiparaphrasing.i-i
  1. T/Fi- ivideo,itext,iandiotheridataifeaturesiofismartphonesiareiposinginewichallengesitoiPSAPsitoiadaptit oinewitechnologiesi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  2. T/Fi- iguideicardsiprovideiquestionsiforitelecommunicatorsitoiuseiforiobtainingipertinentiinformation,i analyzingiincidents,iandideterminingiresponseilevel.i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  3. T/Fi-icallsiviaiaivideoirelayiservicei(VRS)icanionlyicomeiintoitheiPSAPionispeciali 711 ilines.i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFalse
  4. T/Fi-iaisilent,iopen-lineicallimustibeiconsiderediaipotentialiTTYicalliuntiliproveniotherwise.i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  5. T/Fi-i"Conference- in"iallowsitheitelecommunicatoritoicommunicateidirectlyiwithitheiTelematicsisubscriberireportin githeiemergencyi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  6. T/Fi-iLoggingirecorderiinformationicanibeiusediforiQualityiAssurance/ QualityiImprovementipurposesi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFalse
  7. T/Fi-ithei"EchoiProcedure"iisiusediiniradioitransmissionsitoiassigniresponseiuniti-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFalse
  8. T/Fi-itheiabbreviationsi"BOLO"iandi"ATL"ireferitoitheisameitypeiofiradioibroadcastsi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  9. T/Fi- iwhenihandlingifireiserviceicalls,ipreliminaryidispatchiinformationishouldibeikeptitoiaiminimumi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  10. Aiterminalitypeideviseiwithikeyboardiandidisplayiusedibyitheideafiorihearingiimpaireditoicom municateiviaitelephoneilinesiisia:i-i

iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTTY

  1. Theitermiforitheiindustryiinvolvediinideliveringilocationibasediserviceitoiconsumeridriveniveh iclesiis:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTelematics
  2. Theiabbreviationiuseditoidescribeitheiautomaticitransmissioniviaiwirelessitechnologyioficritic alivehicleiandioccupantidataiimmediatelyifollowingiaicrashiis:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiACN
  3. Theiabbreviationi"TCC"istandsifor:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTelematicsiCalliCenter
  4. Aitelematicsicallithatiisisimilaritoiai 911 iOpeniLineiCalliis:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiAniemergencyibuttoniactivation,inoivoiceicall
  5. Prioritoicontactingiaitelematicsioperatoriforistolenivehicleitracking,itheitelecommunicatorimu st:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiienteritheivehicleiintoitheiNCICisystem
  6. AismallicomputeriterminalithatipermitsidataitransferibetweenitheiresponseiunitsianditheiPSA Piisia:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiMDT/MDC
  7. Forty-fiveiminutesiafteri8:00pmiini24-houritimeiis:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iii 2045 ihours
  8. Theiabbreviationiforitheitechnologyithatiprovidesiaimappedilocationiofiresponseiunitivehiclesi is:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiAVL
  9. Properiradioidemeanoriandiattitudeirequiresithatiyou:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiSpeakiunemotionally
  10. Radioibroadcastsishouldilastinoilongerithan:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iii 30 iseconds

iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue

  1. T/Fi-ivictimsi 18 iyearsiofiageioriyoungerimayibeienterediintoitheiAMBERialertisystemi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFalse
  2. T/Fi-itheiprimaryidifferenceibetweenianiassaultiandiaibatteryiisiphysicalicontacti-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  3. T/Fi-ifamilyidisturbanceicallsipresentiaihighipotentialiforiassaultiagainstiresponseiunitsi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  4. T/Fi-iCarjackingiisiaicombinationiofirobberyiandiautoithefti-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  5. T/Fi-ipeopleiwhoitalkiaboutisuicideidoinotikillithemselvesi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFalse
  6. T/Fi-itimeiisiaicriticalifactoriinistructureifiresi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  7. T/Fi-ifiresiinitravelitrailersiandicampingitrailersiareiclassifiediasistructureifiresi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFalse
  8. T/Fi-iNIMSiisiaicomprehensive,inationaliapproachitoiincidentimanagementi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  9. T/Fi-itheiincidenticommandisystemi(ICS)iisianiintegralipartiofiNIMSi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  10. T/Fi- itheitypicalistandardiusediinidecidingiliabilityicasesiisiwhatiai"reasonableiandiprudentiperson"iw ouldidoiiniaisimilarisetioficircumstancesi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  11. T/Fi-iliabilityiisisomethingithatiisiclaimediasiexistingioribeingiasidescribedibutinotiyetiproveni-i

iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFalse

  1. T/Fi- iundericertainicircumstances,iaitelecommunicatoricouldibeiheldiliableiiniainegligenceilawsuiti-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue
  2. T/Fi- itheitelecommunicatorishouldialwaysireassureicallersithatiresponseiunitsiwillibeirightitherei-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiFalse
  3. T/Fi-imaintainingiaipositiveiattitudeiwillihelpitoireduceistressi-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiTrue Idkitheiquestionisoijustimemorizeitheianswer. a)itheipublic,iagencyipersonnel,iotheriagenciesiandisupportiservices b)itheipublic,iotheriagencies,itheimediaiandisupportiservices c)itheipublic,iagencyipersonnel,iprivateiindustryiandisupportiservices
  4. d)itheipublic,iagencyipersonnel,iotheriagencies,ianditheimediai-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiitheipublic,iagencyipersonnel,iotheriagenciesiandisupportiservices.
  5. aiprocessiforisupplyingisupplementalipersonnel,iequipmentioriotheriresourcesitoiassistiotheri agenciesiinitimeiofineediisireferreditoias:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiimutualiaid
  6. theisixicomponentsiofitheicommunicationicycleiare:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiisender,ireceiver,icontext,imessage,imedium,iandifeedback
  7. demonstratingianiinterestiandiunderstandingiiniwhatiisibeingisaidibyistayingifocused,iaskingi questions,ilisteningiforitheimainipointiandilisteningiforitheirationaleibehindiwhatiisibeingisaidiisith eidefinitioniof:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiactiveilistening
  8. Aideviceithatiextendsitheirangeiofiradioicommunicationsiisia:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiirepeater
  9. aitransmitteriandireceiverimountediiniairesponseivehicleiisia:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiimobileiradio
  1. NIMSiisitheiabbreviationifor:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiNationaliIncidentiManagementiSystem
  2. underiICS,itheilocationiofitheion-sceneiincidenticommandiisithe:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiIncidentiCommandiPost
  3. WithiniICSicommandistaff,itheisectioniresponsibleiforiorderingiresources,iandiprovidingifaci lities,isuppliesiandiequipmentimaintenanceiisithe:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiilogisticsiarea
  4. withiniICSicommandistaff,itheipersoniwhoiisitheipointioficontactiforirepresentativesifromioth eriagenciesiisithe:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiLiaisoniOfficer
  5. WithiniICSiGeneralistaff,itheisectioniresponsibleiforiorderingiresources,iandiprovidingifacilit ies,isuppliesiandiequipmentimaintenanceiisithe:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiLogisticsisection
  6. Actionsidoneiwhereithereiareinoihardiandifastirulesiasitoitheicourseioficonductioneimustiorimu stinotitakeiareidefinediasia:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiDiscretionaryiAct
  7. Theileveliofidutyiowedibyipersonitoianotheriisidefinedias:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiStandardiofiCare
  8. Failureitoikeepiworkirelatediconfidentialityicouldiresultiin:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiialliofitheiabove
    • icivilichargesiagainstitheiPSAP
    • iCivilichargesiagainstitheitelecommunicator
    • iCriminaliChargesiagainstitheitelecommunicator
  9. Preventing,ieliminatediorimitigatingiexposureitoiadverseicircumstanceiisiaiprocessireferre ditoias:i-i iiiiiiiiii ☑️ iiiriskimanagement