When Operating Power Tools, a Firefighter Should Never Carry the Tool

question 7

Multiple Choice

When operating power tools, a firefighter should never carry the tool more than:

• A) 5 feet (1.5 m).
• B) 10 feet (3 m).
• C) 15 feet (4.6 m).
• D) 20 feet (6.1 m).

Understand the principles and criticisms of scientific management.

Recognize Max Weber's contributions and theories related to sociology and authority.

Identify key historical movements and ideologies that have shaped the modern workplace.

Differentiate between various types of authority as defined by Weber.

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Definitions:

Voluntary Behavior

Actions undertaken by an individual that are done by choice, without external compulsion.

Shaping Successive Approximations

A behavior modification technique that reinforces behaviors progressively closer to the desired behavior, used effectively in both humans and animals.

Skinner Box

An experimental apparatus developed by B.F. Skinner for studying behavioral conditioning in animals, particularly with reinforcements.

Shaping

A method of training or teaching by which successive approximations toward a desired behavior are reinforced.