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Content Outline and Weighted Criteria
Content Outline and Weighted Criteria
Content Outline and Weighted Criteria
(Updated as of 2020)
The following shows the knowledge, skills, and abilities in which a CFPS is expected to have proficiency,
and which could be represented on the exam, as well as the relative importance of each content domain on the
certification exam (weighting). The subjects you see in the CFPS exam weighting table were chosen by
experts in the field of fire protection based on the expectations, job descriptions, and functions of the
various types of CFPS certification holders and the subjects they encounter in their daily work. When
preparing for the exam, candidates should spend proportionately more time studying the content domains that
are more heavily weighted.
It is important to note that while some of the domains correspond both in title and in content to sections of
the Fire Protection Handbook, 20th Edition (FPH), not all of them do, nor are they meant to exactly reflect
the title or content of FPH sections. For example, content area V: Fire Prevention does not have a
corresponding section within the FPH, and its content is drawn from multiple FPH sections. Your best course
is to study by subject rather than by section or chapter.
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