Appeals of question 17

The Firefighter Association president thanked HR for allowing personnel to test despite application glitches and supported placing the qualifying candidate on the eligibility list.

The Fire Chief supported the association's recommendation to place candidates on the list and explained the textbook printing differences found in question 17.

Spoke about different ISBN printings having different wording ('angle' versus 'length') and recommended accepting multiple correct answers.

Argued that civil service exams must rely on uniform source material and recommended throwing out question 17 entirely.

Noted that cited references did not include intake angle, making multiple answer choices reasonably correct.

Expressed the opinion that question 17 should be thrown out because having multiple correct answers makes it a poor exam question.

Argued against throwing out the question, stating that firefighters who memorized the material should receive credit for both valid answers.