Firefighter Written Practice Exams [Paperback]

Arthur R. Couvillon (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0938329642 | ISBN-13: 978-0938329640 | Publication Date: May 1993 | Edition: 1st

This 200 page, entry level firefighter book, offers ten practice written exams. Each exam has 100 questions along with an answere key. The 1,000 questions are comprised of: general aptitude, judgement, math/arithmetic, science, spelling, grammar, reading comprehension, forms, patterns, and mechanical comprehensions

Editorial Reviews

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"Many of the questions in this book were on my Fire Fighter's exam." -- Firefighter

"The exams in this book are simular to actual entry level Fire Fighter Exams." -- y

"Without this book, I would not have been as well prepared for my Fire Fighter's exam." -- Firefighter

About the Author

Arthur R. Couvillon is a vetran Firefighter with nearly thirty years of experience. Art shares the knowledge that he has gained during this period along with research and surveys that he has taken with fire authorities all across the U.S.A.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Information Guides; 1st edition (May 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0938329642
• ISBN-13: 978-0938329640
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #785,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Riddled with errors and gives no explanations for answers., July 20, 1998

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This review is from: Firefighter Written Practice Exams (Paperback)

Preparing for the written exam, I purchased four test-prep books. This was the only dissappointment. It is riddled with grammatical mistakes, type-o's, and just plain wrong answers to the questions (I'm not here referring just to places where I disagree with the author, but to such things that are positively mistakes--like mistakes in math which can be checked with a calculator). What makes this particularly problematic is that there are no explanations for any of the answers; so when your answer doesn't match that in the answer key, you may be left wondering whether it is you or the answer key which is mistaken. Also, this book contains no memory/observation questions and no directional orientation questions (these are component of many firefighter written exams). On the positive side, it does contain some question-types which are not commonly found in other test-prep books, such as cube-counting, number and letter progressions (i.e., "what's the next ! number in the series?"), and analogies. I have been led by other sources to expect at least one of these--cube counting-- on the Honolulu County exam which I will be taking. All things considered, however, this book needs a major overhaul if it is to be worth anything near its price.