Chapter 1
In a typical fire department rank structure, an assistant chief reports to the ______.
a. section chief
b. chief of the department
c. command staff
d. battalion chief
b. chief of the department
Training and performance qualifications for firefighters are specified in which NFPA standard?
a. 1021
b. 472
c. 1001
d. 1500
c. 1001
The appearance of isolated or intermittent flames moving through the hot gas layer in a compartment can indicate that:
Flashover is about to occur
The fire is entering the growth stage
The fire is becoming vent limited
Addition of oxygen to the compartment will force the fire into decay
Flashover is about to occur
In general, the maximum reach of a CO2 extinguisher is ____ feet.
a. 16
b. 8
c. 4
d. 32
b. 8
What is the largest terrorist event in the history of the US?
a. the World Trade Center attack in NYC
b. the Kobar Towers military housing bombing in Daharan, Saudi Arabia
c. the Alfred P. Murrah Building bombing in Oklahoma City
d. the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland
a. the World Trade Center attack in NYC
Which term can be defined as the set of guidelines that a department establishes for its fire fighters?
a. Unity of command
b. Span of control
c. Discipline
d. Training
c. discipline
Which NFPA standard covers wildland fire fighter professional qualifications?
a. 1051
b. 1021
c. 1041
d. 1031
a. 1051
What is the term for the process in which oxygen combines chemically with another substance to create a new compound?
a. Pyrolysis
b. Oxidation
c. Combustion
d. Electrolysis
b. Oxidation
What is the term for a water-soluble flammable liquid?
a. miscible liquid
b. hypergolic fuel
c. solute
d. polar solvent
d. polar solvent
A dirty bomb spreads _______ contamination.
a. biological
b. neutron
c. chemical
d. radioactive
d. radioactive
In a typical fire department rank structure, an assistant chief reports to the ______.
a. section chief
b. chief of the department
c. command staff
d. battalion chief
b. Chief of the Department
According to the NFPA, rehab should be required after ____ minutes of intense work without SCBA.
a. 20
b. 30
c. 40
d. 60
c. 40
Smoke that is produced by ordinary household materials when they are first heated has which sort of appearance?
a. Brown and fast moving
b. Black and thick
c. Slow moving and white
d. Mustard yellow and lazy
c. slow moving and white
For an area to qualify for the classification of "light hazard", most of the combustibles present must be _______.
a. arranged so that a fire is unlikely to spread
b. extinguishable by a portable fire extinguisher
c. Class A only
d. no more than moderately combustible
a. arranged s that a fire is unlikely to spread
The food supply is an example of a(n) _____ target.
a. infrastructure
b. agroterrorism
c. ecoterrorism
d. cyberterrorism
b. agroterrorism
Which of the following are developed to provide definitive guidelines for present and future actions?
a. Regulations
b. Standard operating procedures
c. Policies
D. After action reports
c. Policies
Which NFPA standard contains a complete list of qualifications for telecommunicators?
a. 1071
b. 1051
c. 1061
d. 1081
c. NFPA 1061
What is the term for the lowest temperature at which a liquid produces enough flammable vapor to burn momentarily?
a. Ignition temperature
b. Flash point
c. Fire point
d. Flammable range
b. Flash point
The weight of carbon dioxide is about _____ the weight of air.
a. twice
b. half of
c. equal to
d. one-and -a-half times
d. one-and -a-half times
Which of the following is a common reaction to low-level radiation exposure?
a. skin burns
b. tremors
c. nausea and vomiting
d. nose bleed
c. nausea and vomiting
Medical requirements for fire fighters are specified in which NFPA standard?
a. 1002
b. 1582
c. 1962
d. 904
b. 1582
Requirements for placing and mounting portable fire extinguishers are found in NFPA _____.
a. 470
b. 1201
c. 10
d. 170
c. 10
Which form of energy causes spontaneous heating of a pile of linseed oil-soaked rags?
a. chemical
b. exothermic
c. hypergolic
d. organic
a. chemical
A class A fire extinguisher with a numerical rating of 2 contains _____ gallons of water.
a. 2.2
b. 1.5
c. 1.0
d. 2.5
d. 2.5
Which acronym is used to remember the symptoms of nerve agent exposure?
a. SLUDGEM
b. DUMBELS
c. TRACEM
d. HA HA MINCE
a. SLUDGEM