FDNY A35 EXAM 2 2026 FIRE DEPARTMENT OF
NEW YORK TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Air Compressors enable? Answer: The efficient repair of all types
of vehicles and facilitate their safe operation.
◉ Air compressors are important in? Answer: Manufacturing and
are central to product development and creation.
◉ A FDNY permit is required if a compressor is? Answer: Used to
compress any nonflammable, corrosive or oxidizing gas, including
air to a pressure exceeding 100 psi. (Outdoor air compressing does
not require a permit unless it is a fair or festival)
◉ What does an air compressor do? Answer: It takes the air in a
room and forces it into a container under pressure.
◉ Compressed air is used to power? Answer: Pneumatic wrenches
and lifts in automobile service stations. Heavy machinery and paint
spray booths in industrial plants.
, ◉ What are the different types of air compressors? Answer:
Reciprocating, centrifugal, rotary and scroll compressors.
◉ What is the difference between air compressor types? Answer:
How they compress air.
◉ What is the most used air compressor? Answer: Reciprocating.
◉ What are air compressors sometimes called? Answer: Air pumps.
◉ How can air compressors be powered? Answer: Electric motors,
internal combustion engines, and steam turbines.
◉ What is the most common power source for an air compressor?
Answer: An Electric motor.
◉ Flammable gases and air compressors. Answer: In places like
service stations or workshops there may be a build up of flammable
gases, which are heavier than air and fall to the floor before
spreading outward. These gases are easily ignited by sparks and
high temperatures including the heat generated by an air
compressor.
NEW YORK TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Air Compressors enable? Answer: The efficient repair of all types
of vehicles and facilitate their safe operation.
◉ Air compressors are important in? Answer: Manufacturing and
are central to product development and creation.
◉ A FDNY permit is required if a compressor is? Answer: Used to
compress any nonflammable, corrosive or oxidizing gas, including
air to a pressure exceeding 100 psi. (Outdoor air compressing does
not require a permit unless it is a fair or festival)
◉ What does an air compressor do? Answer: It takes the air in a
room and forces it into a container under pressure.
◉ Compressed air is used to power? Answer: Pneumatic wrenches
and lifts in automobile service stations. Heavy machinery and paint
spray booths in industrial plants.
, ◉ What are the different types of air compressors? Answer:
Reciprocating, centrifugal, rotary and scroll compressors.
◉ What is the difference between air compressor types? Answer:
How they compress air.
◉ What is the most used air compressor? Answer: Reciprocating.
◉ What are air compressors sometimes called? Answer: Air pumps.
◉ How can air compressors be powered? Answer: Electric motors,
internal combustion engines, and steam turbines.
◉ What is the most common power source for an air compressor?
Answer: An Electric motor.
◉ Flammable gases and air compressors. Answer: In places like
service stations or workshops there may be a build up of flammable
gases, which are heavier than air and fall to the floor before
spreading outward. These gases are easily ignited by sparks and
high temperatures including the heat generated by an air
compressor.
