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Taking the Canadian Firefighter Entrance Test? Practice questions for all exam contents!

Understanding Written Material

The Canadian Firefighter reading comprehension section has 30 reading comprehension questions. Below is a detailed list of the types of reading questions that generally appear on the Canadian Firefighter test.

  • Draw logical conclusions
  • Make predictions
  • Analyze passages to solve problems or identify sequences
  • Vocabulary – Give the definition of a word from context
  • Summarize
  • Identify specific facts or details from a passage and distinguish facts and details.

 

Basic Math

The Mathematics section covers,

  • Decimals
  • Fractions
  • Percent
  • Metric conversion
  • Percentages
  • Word problems

 

 

 

Understanding Oral Information

This section includes,

  • Answering questions about specific facts in an oral passage
  • Making inferences from information in an oral passage

 

Mechanical Aptitude

The Mechanical Aptitude section includes

  • Reading gauges
  • Reading maps
  • Visualizing floor plans and houses
  • Following direction on given maps
  • Gears, levers and mechanical devices

 

 

Judgement and Reasoning

Judgment and Reasoning questions are common sense questions that do not require any special knowledge.

 

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Date Published: Wednesday, April 15th, 2015
Date Modified: Friday, March 10th, 2023

    6 Comments

  1. Mathew
    August 18, 2022
    Reply

    What is the difference between US and Canada tests

  2. Ava
    December 6, 2022
    Reply

    Why do we need listening comprehension? seems a bit much

  3. Anonymous
    December 11, 2022
    Reply

    Hi,
    Is there a prep course for the FIRETEAM test?

    Thank you

  4. Tina
    January 17, 2023
    Reply

    do theses practice test prepare for the Firefighter I and II exams?

    • January 17, 2023
      Reply

      Hello – NO! The firefighter I and II are very firefighting content oriented. This is an entrance test which is very general.

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