TCFP EAM PRACTICE 2023/ 2024 NEWLY
UPDATED !!!| QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. On a fire department connection, what allows the water to flow in one direction?
✓ Answer: Clapper valve.
2. Which statement is correct?
✓ Answer: The salvage cover is made of canvas or vinyl.
3. Which item is a sign that a sheet rock ceiling is becoming saturated with water and may
collapse?
✓ Answer: The area will begin to sag.
4. When the water flow alarm sounds, this indicates that:
✓ Answer: Water is flowing in the system.
5. Can upright-type sprinkler heads be inverted for use in the hanging position?
✓ Answer: No, not at anytime.
6. In which position should pendant-type sprinkler heads be used?
, ✓ Answer: Downward
7. When ordered to, the firefighter can shit down sprinklers system by:
✓ Answer: Closing the main control valve.
8. The flow of water from an individual sprinkler head can be controlled by using:
✓ Answer: Sprinkler wedges or tongs
9. The early-suppression fast-response type sprinkler head is specially designed to react
____ times faster than traditional sprinklers.
✓ Answer: 5-10
10. Which device is used as a release mechanism in sprinkler heads?
✓ Answer: Frangible (liquid)
11. Automatic sprinklers enhance life safety because they limit the:
✓ Answer: Products of combustion.
12. Automatic sprinklers enhance occupant safety because they:
✓ Answer: Discharge water directly on the fire while it is still small.
,13. Most backpack water vacuums used by fire departments in salvage operations only have
a capacity of ___ gallons.
✓ Answer: 5
14. Which method of gained entry into a structure is the least destructive?
✓ Answer: Try before you pry
15. Which is a release mechanism in a sprinkler head?
✓ Answer: Fusible link
16. What type of standpipe is intended primarily for fire department use only?
✓ Answer: Class I
17. A ___ is commonly used to stop water from flowing from a sprinkler head.
✓ Answer: Wedge
18. Which statement regarding salvage equipment is true?
✓ Answer: A floor runner is a long section of protective material
used to cover the floor in a hallway or along a traffic area.
, 19. Which allows the fire department to supplement the water flow in an operating sprinkler
system? L
✓ Answer: Fire Department Connection
20. In multi-story buildings, salvage crews usually begin on the:
✓ Answer: Floor above the fire floor.
21. Which statement concerning salvage is correct?
✓ Answer: The balloon toss requires two firefighters to accomplish.
22. Salvage covers:
✓ Answer: Can be used as catchalls.
23. If a nozzle must be left partly opened in a structure to prevent freezing, what technique
can help reduce water damage to the structure?
✓ Answer: Direct the flow out a window.
24. What technique is used to stop an active sprinkler?
✓ Answer: Insert one wedge on either side between the orifice and
the deflector and ouch them together.
UPDATED !!!| QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. On a fire department connection, what allows the water to flow in one direction?
✓ Answer: Clapper valve.
2. Which statement is correct?
✓ Answer: The salvage cover is made of canvas or vinyl.
3. Which item is a sign that a sheet rock ceiling is becoming saturated with water and may
collapse?
✓ Answer: The area will begin to sag.
4. When the water flow alarm sounds, this indicates that:
✓ Answer: Water is flowing in the system.
5. Can upright-type sprinkler heads be inverted for use in the hanging position?
✓ Answer: No, not at anytime.
6. In which position should pendant-type sprinkler heads be used?
, ✓ Answer: Downward
7. When ordered to, the firefighter can shit down sprinklers system by:
✓ Answer: Closing the main control valve.
8. The flow of water from an individual sprinkler head can be controlled by using:
✓ Answer: Sprinkler wedges or tongs
9. The early-suppression fast-response type sprinkler head is specially designed to react
____ times faster than traditional sprinklers.
✓ Answer: 5-10
10. Which device is used as a release mechanism in sprinkler heads?
✓ Answer: Frangible (liquid)
11. Automatic sprinklers enhance life safety because they limit the:
✓ Answer: Products of combustion.
12. Automatic sprinklers enhance occupant safety because they:
✓ Answer: Discharge water directly on the fire while it is still small.
,13. Most backpack water vacuums used by fire departments in salvage operations only have
a capacity of ___ gallons.
✓ Answer: 5
14. Which method of gained entry into a structure is the least destructive?
✓ Answer: Try before you pry
15. Which is a release mechanism in a sprinkler head?
✓ Answer: Fusible link
16. What type of standpipe is intended primarily for fire department use only?
✓ Answer: Class I
17. A ___ is commonly used to stop water from flowing from a sprinkler head.
✓ Answer: Wedge
18. Which statement regarding salvage equipment is true?
✓ Answer: A floor runner is a long section of protective material
used to cover the floor in a hallway or along a traffic area.
, 19. Which allows the fire department to supplement the water flow in an operating sprinkler
system? L
✓ Answer: Fire Department Connection
20. In multi-story buildings, salvage crews usually begin on the:
✓ Answer: Floor above the fire floor.
21. Which statement concerning salvage is correct?
✓ Answer: The balloon toss requires two firefighters to accomplish.
22. Salvage covers:
✓ Answer: Can be used as catchalls.
23. If a nozzle must be left partly opened in a structure to prevent freezing, what technique
can help reduce water damage to the structure?
✓ Answer: Direct the flow out a window.
24. What technique is used to stop an active sprinkler?
✓ Answer: Insert one wedge on either side between the orifice and
the deflector and ouch them together.
