17 February 2020
Chief Brent Collins, President, www.FirePrep.com
IO SOLUTIONS/NATIONAL FIREFIGHTER SELECTION INVENTORY (IO/NFSI) FIREFIGHTER EXAM
IO Solutions is one of the top test consultants and give hundreds of entry-level firefighter exams across the country each year.
The IO/NFSI is the most commonly given exam by IO Solutions. Normally, the exam is comprised of 105 questions. The testing subjects are typically the following:
- Verbal Comprehension – This portion of your exam is basically reading comprehension. You will have 1-3 paragraphs to read followed by questions concerning the passage.
- Verbal Expression – This portion has questions relating to capitalization, vocabulary, punctuation, spelling, and grammar usage. Some of the questions will contain a short paragraph with missing words that you need to fill in the blank.
- Problem Sensitivity – This subject tests your ability to recognize a problem and determine which is the most serious or least serious problem.
- Deductive Reasoning - This subject will assess your ability to apply a rule, procedure or set of circumstances. The key to this portion of the exam is your attention to detail.
- Inductive Reasoning – You will be given 3-6 specific tasks in which a rule may apply. You must determine the proper procedure.
- Information Ordering – Many of the questions in this portion of the exam ask you determine the correct sequence of events from a list of activities.
- Mathematical Reasoning – You will be presented with tables, diagrams, charts and word problems.
- Number Facility – You will be tested on your knowledge of basic addition, multiplication, subtraction, division, percentages, ratios, decimals and square roots.
- There is also an additional testing subject – Stress Tolerance, Team Orientation, and Motivation/Attitude. This portion of your exam will typically be from 50-100 questions that will deal with situations and questions about you that are trying to identify whether or not you have the key personality traits and behaviors of a successful firefighter. The answer choices will be worded as: Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree, Strongly Disagree. This is the key to your examination - the failure rate for this portion of your exam is 40-50%!
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