Rules And Regulations Pre-Test

Front 1

The _______ is the official custodian of all personnel records for the employees under the jurisdiction of the Board of County Commissioners.

Back 1

Personnel Director

Front 2

Persons conducting inspections of employment applications or employee personnel records shall be allowed to request photocopies of documents.

Back 2

True

Front 3

No employee shall serve in a position in an organizational unit which is under the line authority of a relative.

Back 3

True

Front 4

The _______ is the official custodian of all personnel records for the employees under the jurisdiction of the Board of County Commissioners.

Back 4

Personnel Director

Front 5

Persons conducting inspections of employment applications or employee personnel records shall be allowed to request photocopies of documents.

Back 5

True

Front 6

No employee shall serve in a position in an organizational unit which is under the line authority of a relative.

Back 6

True

Front 7

__________ shall be used for official business only and shall be operated within the limits of traffic law and safety operations.

Back 7

Engines

Rescues

Battalion vehicles

Front 8

Each employee shall be personally responsible for any fines incurred as a result of driving or parking violations while driving a county vehicle.

Back 8

True

Front 9

Employees who are assigned a county vehicle and operate the vehicle to and from work shall be responsible for the ________ for the value of this benefit.

Back 9

tax liability

Front 10

Travel between an employee’s home and regularly assigned headquarters __________ be considered hours worked except for unscheduled call backs or call outs in conjunction with on-call assignments.

Back 10

shall not

Front 11

An employee shall receive ____ hours of administrative leave for the death of immediate family locally and ____ hours for the death of immediate family out of state.

Back 11

24 48

Front 12

Immediately family members include which of the following?

Back 12

Grandparents

Parents

Spouse

Siblings

Children/grandchildren

Front 13

Employees who reside out of Sarasota County who live such distance from the assigned work location as to preclude voting outside of working hours may be authorized a maximum of ____ hours of administrative leave if staffing requirements are met.

Back 13

2

Front 14

In county members are encouraged to vote prior to reporting for duty but may be granted ______ minutes of administrative leave for the purpose of voting during normal working hours if valid circumstances prevent the employee from reaching the polls prior to duty.

Back 14

30

Front 15

Whether military leave is continuous or intermittent such leave with pay shall not exceed ____ working days in any 12 month period.

Back 15

17

Front 16

Sick leave use of ___ instances or 120 hours without a Doctor’s excuse shall require the employee to submit a Doctor’s excuse for each subsequent absence during a calendar year.

Back 16

5

Front 17

An employee who became ill while on approved annual leave compensatory leave or maternity leave shall be allowed to use accrued sick leave to cover the period of illness. However an employee who is not on any other type of leave with or without pay shall not be allowed to use sick leave while on such leave.

Back 17

First statement is true second statement is false.

First statement is false second statement is true.

Front 18

No county employee or member of the employee’s family shall accept gifts of any kind doing business with Sarasota County.

Back 18

True

Front 19

No employee of the county shall engage in any other employment or contractual relationship until the employee has submitted a written request and received written authorization for the outside employment from his/her department head and the County Administrator.

Back 19

True

Front 20

No employee of Sarasota County shall solicit or accept anything of value to the recipient including a gift loan reward promise of future employment favor or service based on the understanding that any official action or judgment of the employee would be influenced thereby.

Back 20

True

Front 21

No employee of Sarasota County shall:

Back 21

Hold or be a candidate for elective public or political office while employed with the county.

Use the authority of his/her position to secure support for or oppose any candidate.

Use any promise or reward

Display on their person or vehicle used for official business any button sign decal or other symbol of support for any political party.

Front 22

The performance of each employee shall be reviewed as prescribed herein by his or her immediate supervisor supplemented as appropriate by input from others with knowledge of the employee’s performance and reviewed by the next higher level supervisor.

Back 22

True

Front 23

The performance of each employee shall be appraised once a _______ for the duration of the probationary period.

Back 23

month

Front 24

An employee appointed to a supervisory position shall complete the ____________ program prescribed by the Personnel Director in order to complete satisfactorily the probationary period for the class.

Back 24

Supervisory Training

Front 25

All personnel are responsible for the attendance and completion of all required training consisting of but not limited to _____________ through the JATC and implemented by the department.

Back 25

Apprenticeship requirements

EMS and fire in service training

Company drills and company training

Front 26

No employee shall apply physical force to another county employee client or member of the public except to the extent that it reasonably appears to be essential to do so in self defense.

Back 26

True

Front 27

Reporting for work under the influence of alcoholic beverages narcotic or hallucinogenic drugs is________.

Back 27

prohibited

Front 28

Tobacco products may not be consumed on the apparatus floor or outside of the fire station.

Back 28

False

Front 29

No tobacco products will be consumed in ___________.

Back 29

emergency vehicles

Front 30

There will be no long distance phone calls made through department phones without the permission of the _____________.

Back 30

Officer in Charge

Front 31

Personal calls must be limited to _____ minutes maximum on all department phones during normal business hours.

Back 31

5

Front 32

Department issued uniforms are not to be worn at any time when off-duty unless representing the department in official capacity.

Back 32

True

Front 33

Prohibited concerted activities such as a slow-down of work; abstinence in whole or in part by any employee or group of employees from performance of their duties; a mass call in alleging sickness; and work stoppage is _________ and shall not be tolerated.

Back 33

illegal

Front 34

Employee’s whose behavior or performance suggests the influence of alcohol drugs or controlled substances may be required to submit to a _________ test.

Back 34

drug

alcohol

Front 35

Any employee who is absent without authorized leave for ____ consecutive work days shall be deemed to have abandoned their position and to have resigned unless extenuating circumstances have been determined by a formal investigation into the incident.

Back 35

2

Front 36

An employee’s request for transfer must be made first to the employee’s immediate supervisor who will refer the request to the ________ for the determination of suitability and compliance.

Back 36

Battalion

Front 37

Transfers between combat and specialty sections of the Operations Division or to another Division of the department done at the request of the employee shall make said employee ineligible to submit a request for transfer for a minimum period of ____ years.

Back 37

2

Front 38

Completion of all run reports shall be accomplished before leaving the station.

Back 38

True

Front 39

On duty personnel may retire any time after _______ hours.

Back 39

2100

Front 40

Station radio tone encoders shall be activated at ______ hours and deactivated at _____ hours the following morning.

Back 40

2100 0700

Front 41

During normal sleeping hours ________ shall be removed and proper sheets pillow cases and or sleeping bag/roll shall be used.

Back 41

outer clothing

Front 42

Bunks shall be made up and/or stripped on assigned days to “air” the mattresses by _____ each day.

Back 42

0700

Front 43

Personnel authorized to occupy their bunks other than normal sleeping hours shall not remove their __________ with the exception of shoes.

Back 43

in-station uniform

Front 44

When personnel are authorized to occupy bunks other than normal sleeping hours the OIC shall assign one person to _______ duty to maintain the availability to receive calls and greet the general public.

Back 44

watch

Front 45

Working on personnel projects is permitted while on duty provided it does not interfere with department duties and permission is obtained by the ___________.

Back 45

OIC

Front 46

Projects must be completed within the shift in which it was begun. If this is not possible the project must be removed from the facilities at the conclusion of the shift.

Back 46

Both statements true

Front 47

Personal projects washing or waxing of personal vehicles boats trailers etc. will not be permitted at any time unless permission is received by the OIC.

Back 47

True

Front 48

County insurance ________ cover most liabilities to theft damage or destruction of personal property.

Back 48

does not

Front 49

__________ is not allowed inside the station.

Back 49

Parking of personal vehicles

Housing of personal vehicles

Storage of personal vehicles

Front 50

Visitors are to be received in the ___________.

Back 50

lounge

conference room

office area

Front 51

Personnel who reside in and occupy fire station facilities while in a non-paying status in excess of _____ calendar days shall be considered permanent resident personnel and must submit a written request to the Fire Chief which must be approved by the County Administrator.

Back 51

5

Front 52

Personal trips and errands are not to be conducted while on duty.

Back 52

True

Front 53

Personnel shall be in the state of readiness to respond to dispatches within 30 seconds during the day and ___ seconds during sleeping hours.

Back 53

60

Front 54

Discipline shall be characterized as ____________ rather than destructive and punitive and that the administration of discipline shall be used as an element of an overall program to educate employees and to promote appropriate employee conduct.

Back 54

All of the above

Front 55

A repetition of the same offense or other serious offense shall indicate that more severe disciplinary action is appropriate.

Back 55

True

Front 56

Infractions of county policies or county or departmental rules and regulations which occurred more than _____ months prior to a current offense or deficiency shall not be considered when imposing discipline for the current infraction.

Back 56

12

Front 57

Pursuant to the county charter the County Administrator is vested with the authority to suspend or dismiss career service employees.

Back 57

True

Front 58

Deputy County Administrators shall have authority to demote suspend or dismiss non-career service employees.

Back 58

True

Front 59

The County Administrator or his designees shall have authority to impose demotions.

Back 59

True

Front 60

Department and division heads and their designees shall have authority to issue reprimands.

Back 60

True

Front 61

An employee’s immediate supervisor or other approved higher level supervisor shall have authority to issue an oral reprimand.

Back 61

True

Front 62

Normally discipline will be progressive only. However when an employee commits different offenses and had demonstrated that he is unwilling or unable to correct his behavior to the extent necessary to conform to reasonable conduct or work standards progressive and cumulative discipline may be warranted and shall be applied.

Back 62

First statement is true second statement is false.

First statement is false second statement is true.

Front 63

Employees serving their probationary terms are considered to be ________ employees.

Back 63

at will

Front 64

Supervisors at all levels in the chain of command are encouraged to consult with higher or appropriate authorities for guidance in assuring in consistency prior to the administration of any discipline.

Back 64

True

Front 65

_______ reprimands (SCFD 103) may be conducted by the immediate supervisor or other approved higher supervisor upon observing or confirming infractions for which oral reprimands are indicated.

Back 65

Oral

Front 66

For minor infractions at the discretion of the immediate supervisor a minimum of a verbal warning and or a ________ reprimand will be issued to the affected employee and a record of such issuance maintained by the supervisor.

Back 66

Oral

Front 67

For repeated infractions of a minor nature or first time infractions of a more serious nature the immediate supervisor shall conduct an oral reprimand interview and document the interview with an ________ form.

Back 67

103

Front 68

The immediate supervisor after ____ months shall destroy their copy of the oral reprimand and shall notify the department of the employee’s successful completion of the time limitation without reoccurrence.

Back 68

6

Front 69

If another infraction takes place within the specified time limit of an issued oral reprimand or an infraction occurs which indicates the first level of written reprimand is the disciplinary action the immediate supervisor shall refer the incident to their _____________.

Back 69

superior officer

Front 70

A written reprimand (114) shall be active for __ year(s) and the department shall not consider the issued the reprimand for the progressive disciplinary action beyond the expired time limit.

Back 70

1

Front 71

An employee shall be afforded the opportunity for an evidentiary hearing prior to any final determination by the County Administrator on a recommendation by a department head for the employee’s ___________.

Back 71

reduction in pay

demotion

suspension or dismissal

Front 72

If the County Administrator acts to suspend or dismiss the employee after the hearing and proceedings have taken place the employee shall be promptly notified in writing of the decision and of the employee’s right to appeal the action through an election of forum within _____ days from the date of the suspension or dismissal.

Back 72

10

Front 73

The written notification of suspension or dismissal shall be made by __________.

Back 73

personal delivery

certified mail return receipt requested

Front 74

A career service employee who is represented by the labor unit has the right to appeal the decision of the County Administer for disciplinary action against them.

Back 74

True

Front 75

Labor unit members may make an election of forum a singular and one time decision to take the following action:

Back 75

Appeal to the Board of County Commissioners

Appeal to an Arbitrator

Front 76

An employee must file his/her appeal with the Clerk of the Circuit Court and the Board of County Commissioners within ______ days of the effective date of the action.

Back 76

10

Front 77

It is the policy of Sarasota County to make available professional and confidential counseling assistance for employees faces with problems off the job that could result in performance or behavioral problems on the job.

Back 77

True

Front 78

Absence from the workplace to participate in a treatment program prescribed through the employee assistance program shall be covered through use of the employee’s paid leave credits.

Back 78

True

Front 79

Group health and dental insurance coverage shall be available at county expense to employees assigned to established positions budgeted for ___ or more hours per week.

Back 79

30

Front 80

Group coverage may be extended to the members family at the expense of the _________.

Back 80

employee

Front 81

Group health and dental insurance coverage is effective _____ calendar days after the date of employment.

Back 81

30

Front 82

Whenever a firefighter is subject to an interrogation it shall take place at the facility where the investigating officer is assigned or at the facility which has jurisdiction over the place where the incident under investigation allegedly occurred.

Back 82

True

Front 83

No firefighter shall be discharged disciplined demoted denied promotion or seniority transferred reassigned or otherwise disciplined or discriminated against in regard to his or her employment or be threatened with any such treatment as retaliation for or by reason solely of his or her exercise of any of the rights granted or protected.

Back 83

True

Front 84

In accordance with FMLA effective August 5 1993 employees will receive protected unpaid family leave and medical leave if they have been employed for 1 year for up to ________ weeks per 12 month period.

Back 84

12

Front 85

What are reasons for taking leave?

Back 85

The birth of a child in order to care for such child

To care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition

The employee’s own serious health condition

Front 86

An employee is required to give ___ days notice in the event of a foreseeable leave.

Back 86

30

Front 87

If an unexpected or unforeseeable situation arises an employee will provide as much notice as possible usually verbal notice with in one to two business days of when the need for leave becomes known but must be followed by a completed FMLA form.

Back 87

True

Front 88

An employee granted leave under FMLA will continue to be covered under county group health insurance life insurance and the health trust under the same conditions as coverage would have been provided.

Back 88

True

Front 89

If an employee returns to work within _____ weeks following FMLA he/she will be reinstated to his/her former position with equivalent pay benefits status authority and seniority.

Back 89

12

Front 90

An employee may take leave intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule to care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition or because of a serious health condition of the employee when medically necessary.

Back 90

True

Front 91

Medically necessary means there must be a medical need for the leave and that the leave can best be accomplished through an intermittent or reduced leave schedule.

Back 91

True