NFPA 1006 STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉When choosing protective clothing for rope rescue, how should the
clothing should fit? Answer: Snug enough to avoid getting caught on
objects, but loose enough to allow movement
◉What NFPA standard sets the standard on fire service life safety ropes?
Answer: NFPA 1983
◉what two classifications do rescue ropes fall into? Answer: Life safety
rope and utility rope
◉___________ is the primary fiber used to manufacture rescue rope
Answer: Nylon
◉Which of the following types of rope is only used in situations not
involving life safety? Answer: Utility rope
◉In a kernmantle rope, the _____ protects the core from abrasion?
Answer: sheath
,◉Rope logs should Answer: Record the life history for each individual
rope
◉Rope should be inspected... Answer: After each use
◉Rope should be checked for cuts, excessively chafed areas, soft or
hard spots, glazed or melted surface areas, discoloration, or variations in
diameter Answer: Visually and physically
◉Parts of a carabiner Answer: Nose, spine, locking gate, hinge
◉What are ascending devices used for? Answer: As a climbing device
for a single person
◉What device is best designed for moving a load that may increase or
decrease during its movement Answer: Brake bar rack
◉What term describe tightening a knot until all of the slack has been
removed and the knot is snug? Answer: Dressed
◉What is the knot of choice for joining two pieces of webbing Answer:
Water knot
, ◉Which knot is formed when a bight is taken under an object and then
brought up and over the object? Answer: Girth hitch
◉Part of the rope used in forming a knot Answer: Working end
◉A single pass of a rope behind and object Answer: Turn
◉The open loop in a rope or piece of webbing formed when it is
doubled back on itself. Answer: Bight
◉An element of a knot created from a loop by continuing to cross one
side of the loop all the way around an object to form a circle with the
ends of the rope parallel as in a bight Answer: Round turn
◉A fastening, including bights, bends, and hitches, made by tying
together lengths of rope or webbing in a prescribed way. Answer: Knot
◉A knot that attaches to or wraps around an object so that when the
object is removed the knot will fall apart Answer: Hitch
◉Part of the rope between running end and working end. Answer:
Standing part
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉When choosing protective clothing for rope rescue, how should the
clothing should fit? Answer: Snug enough to avoid getting caught on
objects, but loose enough to allow movement
◉What NFPA standard sets the standard on fire service life safety ropes?
Answer: NFPA 1983
◉what two classifications do rescue ropes fall into? Answer: Life safety
rope and utility rope
◉___________ is the primary fiber used to manufacture rescue rope
Answer: Nylon
◉Which of the following types of rope is only used in situations not
involving life safety? Answer: Utility rope
◉In a kernmantle rope, the _____ protects the core from abrasion?
Answer: sheath
,◉Rope logs should Answer: Record the life history for each individual
rope
◉Rope should be inspected... Answer: After each use
◉Rope should be checked for cuts, excessively chafed areas, soft or
hard spots, glazed or melted surface areas, discoloration, or variations in
diameter Answer: Visually and physically
◉Parts of a carabiner Answer: Nose, spine, locking gate, hinge
◉What are ascending devices used for? Answer: As a climbing device
for a single person
◉What device is best designed for moving a load that may increase or
decrease during its movement Answer: Brake bar rack
◉What term describe tightening a knot until all of the slack has been
removed and the knot is snug? Answer: Dressed
◉What is the knot of choice for joining two pieces of webbing Answer:
Water knot
, ◉Which knot is formed when a bight is taken under an object and then
brought up and over the object? Answer: Girth hitch
◉Part of the rope used in forming a knot Answer: Working end
◉A single pass of a rope behind and object Answer: Turn
◉The open loop in a rope or piece of webbing formed when it is
doubled back on itself. Answer: Bight
◉An element of a knot created from a loop by continuing to cross one
side of the loop all the way around an object to form a circle with the
ends of the rope parallel as in a bight Answer: Round turn
◉A fastening, including bights, bends, and hitches, made by tying
together lengths of rope or webbing in a prescribed way. Answer: Knot
◉A knot that attaches to or wraps around an object so that when the
object is removed the knot will fall apart Answer: Hitch
◉Part of the rope between running end and working end. Answer:
Standing part
