(FSI) FIREFIGHTER SELECTION, INC. (FSI)
TEST-TAKING STRATEGIES
The FSI study guide you received at sign-up has
over 100 pages of fire-related subjects that you
must memorize. All the questions for the test
are taken from these pages. The more prepared
you are, the better your score will be. Remember
that luck goes to the prepared! Many fire
applicants have a false sense of security
thinking these type of examinations that have
study guides are easy. Nothing could be further
from the truth. These examinations are difficult
and will take a large amount of time to prepare
for. Listed below are some strategies that we
suggest you follow to increase your score:
• When you first receive this study guide, you
might feel it is overwhelming – don’t let it be.
The key is to tackle each subject individually.
• Start by reading the entire study guide from
start to finish to give you a general idea of
what is contained in the different testing
subjects.
• Your next step should be to go back to the
first subject. Read it over. When you are
finished, read it over again, this time
highlighting and underlining all important
information. You have now read the first testing
subject three times. Repeat this for each
testing subject.
• For additional preparation, we suggest that
you now make flashcards of all the important
statements in the study guide, especially areas
where you answered incorrectly. For example,
under the subject of aerial ladders it states,
“Aerial ladders are normally available in 65’,
75’, 85’ and 100’ lengths.” On the front of the
card, you would write, “Aerial ladders are
normally available in what lengths?” On the back
of the card, write “65’, 75’, 85’ and 100’
lengths.” You can do this for each of the
statements that you highlighted and underlined
in each testing subject.
• If you are dedicated to scoring well on the
exam, you should make up between 250-500
flashcards.
• Another study tip is to make audiotapes. Take
the practice examination and/or flashcard
questions and read them into a cassette tape,
pausing 2-3 seconds after each question before
you state the answer. Do not read the answer
choices from the practice examination questions
in your audiotape. This will help increase your
knowledge of the material. Think of all the time
you spend in your car that could be used for
additional study time.
• You can also use your cassette tapes when you
need a break from reading the study guide.
• You may want to try and form study groups of
people who are also taking the examination, but
be sure that the people in your study group are
serious about studying for the examination and
aren’t just going to use you to increase their
score because they didn’t adequately prepare.
From a candidate: I
test next week and am studying very hard. We are
given the 131 page 7th edition Candidate Test
Preparation Manual for Entry-Level Firefighters
put out by FSI (Firefighter Selection, Inc.) So
far I've read it three times. I decided to go
hunting for a practice exam and found that they
do in fact offer a seventy question exam online
for 15 bucks.
http://www.fireselection.com/onlinetests.html
I thought that was a bit pricey, but I went
ahead and paid it because I want to see what I
will be facing. I am incredibly glad I did. I
made a 78. Yikes! A lot of the questions covered
a lot of the irrelevant statistics that I had
not paid any attention to and now I am going to
go back and memorize them all. I am assuming
that ours is not the only city that uses the FSI
exam.
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