Certified Fire Investigator Exam
ANS-Fire Investigation Methodology: A Fire Investigator should preserve skillability and
remain up to date Fire Protection Technology
Code Requirements
A person is responsible of 451 (Arson) when... - ANS-They willfully and maliciously set fire
to or burn or motive to be burned or who aids, counsels, or procures the burning of any
shape, forestland, or belongings
A person is guilty of 452 (Unlawfully/Recklessly Causing a Fire) when... - ANS-A fire is
recklessly set to, or burns or reasons to be burned, any structure, forestland, or non-public
property
A man or woman is guilty of 453 (Incendiary Device) when... - ANS-They own, manufacture
or get rid of any flammable or combustible fabric with the intent to willfully and maliciously
use that fabric
A character is guilty of 455 (Attempted Arson) whilst... - ANS-They try to set fireplace to or
burn any shape, forestland or assets
ANFO - ANS-A pretty explosive aggregate of ammonium nitrate and gas oil- Classified as a
Blasting Agent
ANS-No, the angles of "V" styles aren't useful for figuring out a hearth's length. ANS-Yes, a
de-energized circuit breaker can display the tripped function. Can wood char always be
relied upon to signify the temperature and time of hearth? - ANS-No- It can be used to
decide direction of hearth spread
Comparing the elements of hydraulics to the factors of electricity, the drift of liquid as GPM
is similar to ______ to electricity. - ANS-"Current"
Define "Cause" - ANS-The occasions, conditions or businesses that added approximately or
resulted in the fire or explosion incident, harm to assets because of the fireplace or explosion
incident, or bodily harm or lack of life due to the fireplace or explosion incident
Define "Combustible Liquid" - ANS-Any liquid that has a closed-cup flash point at or above
one hundred Degrees F
Define "Combustion Products" - ANS-The warmness, gases, volatized liquids and solids,
precise count number, and ash generated via combustion
Define "Combustion" - ANS-A chemical process of oxidation that happens at a rate speedy
enough to provide warmth and commonly mild within the shape of both glow or flame
Define "Conduction" - ANS-Heat transfer to any other body or within a frame with the aid of
direct contact
Define "Convection" - ANS-Heat transfer via circulate within a medium which includes a
gasoline or a liquid
Define "Current" - ANS-A waft of electrical charge
ANS defines "Deductive Reasoning" as "the system of drawing conclusions from given
premises via logical inference." ANS: "Propagation of a combustion quarter at a speed that
is less than the rate of sound inside the unreacted medium" is the definition of "Deflagration."
Define "Detonation" - ANS-Propagation of a combustion quarter at a speed extra than the
speed of sound in the unreacted medium
ANS-A gasoline, vapor, dirt, particulate, aerosol, mist, fog, or hybrid mixture of those
suspended in the surroundings this is capable of being ignited and propagating a flame front
, is what is supposed to be called "diffuse gasoline." Define "Empirical Data" - ANS-Factual
facts that is primarily based on actual size, observation or direct sensory revel in in place of
on idea
Define "Energy" - ANS-A property of remember manifested as an ability to perform work,
either by means of moving an item against a force or with the aid of transferring warmness
Define "Explosion Dynamics" - ANS-The have a look at of how chemistry, physics, hearth
technology, engineering disciplines of fluid and solid mechanics, and warmth switch have
interaction to persuade explosion behavior
Define "Explosion" as "the surprising conversion of capability power (whether mechanical or
chemical) into kinetic electricity with the production and release of gases below stress," in
step with the ANS. Mechanical work like moving, changing, or shattering nearby materials is
carried out by way of those high-strain gases. Define "Extinguish" - ANS-To purpose to stop
burning
The method of figuring out the beginning, motive, improvement, responsibility, and, whilst
necessary, a failure analysis of a fireplace or explosion is called "Fire Analysis." Define "Fire
Cause" - ANS-The situations, conditions, or companies that bring together a gas, ignition
source, and oxidizer (inclusive of air or oxygen) resulting in a fire or combustion explosion
Define "Fire Investigation" - ANS-The manner of determining the beginning, cause, and
deployment of a fire or explosion
Define "Fire Patterns" - ANS-The visible or measurable physical adjustments, or identifiable
shapes, formed with the aid of a hearth impact or institution of fireplace effects
Define "Fire Science" - ANS-The frame of know-how regarding the observe of hearth and
associated subjects (inclusive of combustion, flame, merchandise of combustion, warmness
release, warmness transfer, fire and explosion chemistry, hearth and explosion dynamics,
thermodynamics, kinetics, fluid mechanics, hearth protection) and their interaction with
human beings, structures, and the surroundings
Define "Fire" - ANS-A fast oxidation process that's a chemical reaction, ensuing within the
evolution of mild and heat in various intensities
Define "Flameover" - ANS-The condition where unburned fuel (pyrolysate) from the
originating hearth has accumulated inside the ceiling layer to a sufficient awareness (ie. At or
above the lower flammable limit) that it ignites and burns; can occur with out ignition of, or
previous to, the ignition of other fuels cut loose the origin
Define "Flammable" - ANS-Capable of burning with a flame
Define "Forensic" - ANS-The application of science to reply questions of interest to the
prison system
Define "Ground" - ANS-A conducting connection, whether intentional or accidental, among
an electrical circuit or device and earth or to some carrying out frame that serves in area of
the earth
Define "Heat Flux" - ANS-The measure of the rate of heat switch to a surface or a place
Define "Heat Transfer" - ANS-The exchange of thermal strength between substances via
conduction, convection, and/or radiation
Define "Heat" - ANS-A form of electricity characterised by using vibration of molecules and
capable of beginning and helping chemical changes of state
Define "Ignition Temperature" - ANS-The maximum temperature a substance need to attain
so that you can ignite beneath unique test situations
Define "Ignition" - ANS-The procedure of initiating self-sustained combustion
ANS-Fire Investigation Methodology: A Fire Investigator should preserve skillability and
remain up to date Fire Protection Technology
Code Requirements
A person is responsible of 451 (Arson) when... - ANS-They willfully and maliciously set fire
to or burn or motive to be burned or who aids, counsels, or procures the burning of any
shape, forestland, or belongings
A person is guilty of 452 (Unlawfully/Recklessly Causing a Fire) when... - ANS-A fire is
recklessly set to, or burns or reasons to be burned, any structure, forestland, or non-public
property
A man or woman is guilty of 453 (Incendiary Device) when... - ANS-They own, manufacture
or get rid of any flammable or combustible fabric with the intent to willfully and maliciously
use that fabric
A character is guilty of 455 (Attempted Arson) whilst... - ANS-They try to set fireplace to or
burn any shape, forestland or assets
ANFO - ANS-A pretty explosive aggregate of ammonium nitrate and gas oil- Classified as a
Blasting Agent
ANS-No, the angles of "V" styles aren't useful for figuring out a hearth's length. ANS-Yes, a
de-energized circuit breaker can display the tripped function. Can wood char always be
relied upon to signify the temperature and time of hearth? - ANS-No- It can be used to
decide direction of hearth spread
Comparing the elements of hydraulics to the factors of electricity, the drift of liquid as GPM
is similar to ______ to electricity. - ANS-"Current"
Define "Cause" - ANS-The occasions, conditions or businesses that added approximately or
resulted in the fire or explosion incident, harm to assets because of the fireplace or explosion
incident, or bodily harm or lack of life due to the fireplace or explosion incident
Define "Combustible Liquid" - ANS-Any liquid that has a closed-cup flash point at or above
one hundred Degrees F
Define "Combustion Products" - ANS-The warmness, gases, volatized liquids and solids,
precise count number, and ash generated via combustion
Define "Combustion" - ANS-A chemical process of oxidation that happens at a rate speedy
enough to provide warmth and commonly mild within the shape of both glow or flame
Define "Conduction" - ANS-Heat transfer to any other body or within a frame with the aid of
direct contact
Define "Convection" - ANS-Heat transfer via circulate within a medium which includes a
gasoline or a liquid
Define "Current" - ANS-A waft of electrical charge
ANS defines "Deductive Reasoning" as "the system of drawing conclusions from given
premises via logical inference." ANS: "Propagation of a combustion quarter at a speed that
is less than the rate of sound inside the unreacted medium" is the definition of "Deflagration."
Define "Detonation" - ANS-Propagation of a combustion quarter at a speed extra than the
speed of sound in the unreacted medium
ANS-A gasoline, vapor, dirt, particulate, aerosol, mist, fog, or hybrid mixture of those
suspended in the surroundings this is capable of being ignited and propagating a flame front
, is what is supposed to be called "diffuse gasoline." Define "Empirical Data" - ANS-Factual
facts that is primarily based on actual size, observation or direct sensory revel in in place of
on idea
Define "Energy" - ANS-A property of remember manifested as an ability to perform work,
either by means of moving an item against a force or with the aid of transferring warmness
Define "Explosion Dynamics" - ANS-The have a look at of how chemistry, physics, hearth
technology, engineering disciplines of fluid and solid mechanics, and warmth switch have
interaction to persuade explosion behavior
Define "Explosion" as "the surprising conversion of capability power (whether mechanical or
chemical) into kinetic electricity with the production and release of gases below stress," in
step with the ANS. Mechanical work like moving, changing, or shattering nearby materials is
carried out by way of those high-strain gases. Define "Extinguish" - ANS-To purpose to stop
burning
The method of figuring out the beginning, motive, improvement, responsibility, and, whilst
necessary, a failure analysis of a fireplace or explosion is called "Fire Analysis." Define "Fire
Cause" - ANS-The situations, conditions, or companies that bring together a gas, ignition
source, and oxidizer (inclusive of air or oxygen) resulting in a fire or combustion explosion
Define "Fire Investigation" - ANS-The manner of determining the beginning, cause, and
deployment of a fire or explosion
Define "Fire Patterns" - ANS-The visible or measurable physical adjustments, or identifiable
shapes, formed with the aid of a hearth impact or institution of fireplace effects
Define "Fire Science" - ANS-The frame of know-how regarding the observe of hearth and
associated subjects (inclusive of combustion, flame, merchandise of combustion, warmness
release, warmness transfer, fire and explosion chemistry, hearth and explosion dynamics,
thermodynamics, kinetics, fluid mechanics, hearth protection) and their interaction with
human beings, structures, and the surroundings
Define "Fire" - ANS-A fast oxidation process that's a chemical reaction, ensuing within the
evolution of mild and heat in various intensities
Define "Flameover" - ANS-The condition where unburned fuel (pyrolysate) from the
originating hearth has accumulated inside the ceiling layer to a sufficient awareness (ie. At or
above the lower flammable limit) that it ignites and burns; can occur with out ignition of, or
previous to, the ignition of other fuels cut loose the origin
Define "Flammable" - ANS-Capable of burning with a flame
Define "Forensic" - ANS-The application of science to reply questions of interest to the
prison system
Define "Ground" - ANS-A conducting connection, whether intentional or accidental, among
an electrical circuit or device and earth or to some carrying out frame that serves in area of
the earth
Define "Heat Flux" - ANS-The measure of the rate of heat switch to a surface or a place
Define "Heat Transfer" - ANS-The exchange of thermal strength between substances via
conduction, convection, and/or radiation
Define "Heat" - ANS-A form of electricity characterised by using vibration of molecules and
capable of beginning and helping chemical changes of state
Define "Ignition Temperature" - ANS-The maximum temperature a substance need to attain
so that you can ignite beneath unique test situations
Define "Ignition" - ANS-The procedure of initiating self-sustained combustion
