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What organization formed in 1896 develops codes and standards to ensure fire and life safety for the
public? - ✔✔D. NFPA
What type of company is responsible for forcible entry? - ✔✔A. Truck company
Which of the following is a minimum requirement for protective clothing and equipment as established
by NFPA 1500? - ✔✔C. Protective equipment must meet current NFPA design standard.
According to NFPA 1500 emergency operations are limited to - ✔✔B. those that can be safely conducted
by personnel on scene.
The concept of risk management is based on an assessment of benefits gained compared to the - ✔✔A.
Risks involved
The area that must be kept clear in case a piece of a structure collapses during an incident is called the: -
✔✔C. collapse zone
Which of the following is the best description of personnel accountability systems? - ✔✔D. Systems that
assist in keeping track of firefighters at an emergency scene
Which of the following is a type of public alerting system? - ✔✔D. Wired telegraph circuit box
Which of the following is a repeater system that uses two radio frequencies for communications? - ✔✔D.
half-duplex
Manufactured homes built before 1976 have less _____ than those of current homes. - ✔✔B. Fire
resistance
, What part of a roof's construction can be manufactured from smaller pieces of wood or light gauge
steel? - ✔✔D. Lightweight construction support system
What building component may be mounted over doors and windows to prevent illegal entry? - ✔✔D.
Security bars or grilles
Additions to the structure, replacing fire escapes with enclosed stairways, and removing non-load-
bearing walls are all types of: - ✔✔C. permitted structural modifications.
Doors are classified by: - ✔✔A. the way they operate.
What source of thermal energy is the most common source of heat in combustion reactions? - ✔✔C.
chemical energy
What method of heat transfer occurs when a material is heated as the result of direct contact with a
heat source? - ✔✔C. conduction
Fuel particles become smaller as the ratio of surface-to-mass: - ✔✔A. increases
Which of the following best describes the impact of higher oxygen concentration on combustion? -
✔✔A. Materials burn more intensely
What term defines the minimum concentration of fuel vapor and air that supports combustion? - ✔✔C.
Lower flammable limit
Which of the following fire development factors affects heat release rate? - ✔✔A. Fuel type
Which of the following is defined as the tendency of gases to form into layers according to temperature?
- ✔✔B. Thermal layering
The neutral plane in the growth stage is the: - ✔✔D. interface of hot and cool layers at an opening.
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What organization formed in 1896 develops codes and standards to ensure fire and life safety for the
public? - ✔✔D. NFPA
What type of company is responsible for forcible entry? - ✔✔A. Truck company
Which of the following is a minimum requirement for protective clothing and equipment as established
by NFPA 1500? - ✔✔C. Protective equipment must meet current NFPA design standard.
According to NFPA 1500 emergency operations are limited to - ✔✔B. those that can be safely conducted
by personnel on scene.
The concept of risk management is based on an assessment of benefits gained compared to the - ✔✔A.
Risks involved
The area that must be kept clear in case a piece of a structure collapses during an incident is called the: -
✔✔C. collapse zone
Which of the following is the best description of personnel accountability systems? - ✔✔D. Systems that
assist in keeping track of firefighters at an emergency scene
Which of the following is a type of public alerting system? - ✔✔D. Wired telegraph circuit box
Which of the following is a repeater system that uses two radio frequencies for communications? - ✔✔D.
half-duplex
Manufactured homes built before 1976 have less _____ than those of current homes. - ✔✔B. Fire
resistance
, What part of a roof's construction can be manufactured from smaller pieces of wood or light gauge
steel? - ✔✔D. Lightweight construction support system
What building component may be mounted over doors and windows to prevent illegal entry? - ✔✔D.
Security bars or grilles
Additions to the structure, replacing fire escapes with enclosed stairways, and removing non-load-
bearing walls are all types of: - ✔✔C. permitted structural modifications.
Doors are classified by: - ✔✔A. the way they operate.
What source of thermal energy is the most common source of heat in combustion reactions? - ✔✔C.
chemical energy
What method of heat transfer occurs when a material is heated as the result of direct contact with a
heat source? - ✔✔C. conduction
Fuel particles become smaller as the ratio of surface-to-mass: - ✔✔A. increases
Which of the following best describes the impact of higher oxygen concentration on combustion? -
✔✔A. Materials burn more intensely
What term defines the minimum concentration of fuel vapor and air that supports combustion? - ✔✔C.
Lower flammable limit
Which of the following fire development factors affects heat release rate? - ✔✔A. Fuel type
Which of the following is defined as the tendency of gases to form into layers according to temperature?
- ✔✔B. Thermal layering
The neutral plane in the growth stage is the: - ✔✔D. interface of hot and cool layers at an opening.
