Units 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D Quiz and FA Midterm 3C
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17. The escape of the Cerro Grande Prescribed Fire resulted in---
correct answer ---
-$ 1 Billion damages
-All of the above
-48K Acres burned
-235 Homes lost--- correct answer --- All of the above
18. Paul Gleason, Fire Behavior expert, the creator of LCES was
never held civil or criminally liable for the Cerro Grande Fire yet fully
understands the accountability of an IC.
-True
-False--- correct answer --- true
,19. One of the misconceptions of WIldfire is that all fires need to be
sup- pressed.
-True
-False--- correct answer --- true
20. Home improvements for a Firewise Approach should focus on---
correct answer ---
-Roofing
-Siding
-Landscaping material and vegetation
-All of the above--- correct answer --- All of the above
1. Which of the following is not one of the three primary fire
protection ele- ments for providing fire protection in a building?
a. Containment
b. Detection
c. Reporting
d. Suppression--- correct answer --- Reporting
2. Which of the following are considered as primary functions of a
fire alarm system?
I. Actuation of emergency control functions
II. Building system management
III. Early detection of fires
, IV. Notification of the fire department
V. Occupant notification
a. III. only
b. III. and V. only
c. II. and III. only
d. All the above--- correct answer --- All of the above
3. The world's first public fire alarm reporting system was used in
? .--- correct answer --- -
Boston
4. Fusible link technology was first used for ? .--- correct
answer --- heat detectors
5. The first ? was made commercially available in the 1960s.--
- correct answer --- smoke detec- tor
6. Single-station smoke alarms for dwellings are only used for
? .--- correct answer --- life safety
7. Air-sampling smoke detectors were developed in ? .---
correct answer --- Australia
8. What type of detection was developed to protect large open
areas?--- correct answer --- Project- ed beam smoke detectors
9. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in the
? .--- correct answer --- 1990s