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FAE (FIRE APPARATUS ENGINEER) ILLINOIS EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
||BRANDNEW!!!||
When multiple attack lines with different pressures are required,
the only way to supply them is to set the engine pressure (pump
discharge pressure) to:
a) calculate the average pressure of all lines
b) compensate for the variable pressures
c) the highest pressure required plus the difference of the lowest
pressure required
d) the highest pressure required and gate down those discharges
requiring less pressure - ANSWER-d) the highest pressure
required and gate down those discharges requiring less pressure
One three inch line, 300 feet long wyed into two 2-1/2 inch lines
each 200 feet long with 1-1/4 inch tips; engine pressure will be:
a) 130 psi
b) 155 psi
c) 200 psi
d) 215 psi - ANSWER-c) 200 psi
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A 2-1/2 inch fog nozzle which flows 250 gpm at 100 psi nozzle
pressure will flow _________ gpm at a reduced nozzle pressure
of 80 psi. (GPM= Rated GPM√reduced nozzle pressure x 0.1)
a) 250 gpm
b) 225 gpm
c) 200 gpm
d) 175 gpm - ANSWER-b) 225 gpm
A pumper with a 1500 gym pump must be able to be primed in:
a) 15 seconds
b) 30 seconds
c) 45 seconds
d) 60 seconds - ANSWER-c) 45 seconds
At what NET PUMP PRESSURE must you place the transfer
valve in the pressure mode?
a) 150 psi and over
b) 200 psi and over
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c) 250 psi
d) none of the above - ANSWER-b) 200 psi and over
Two 2-1/2 inch lines each 350 feet long to a deluge set with a 1-
1/2 inch tip; engine pressure will be:
a) 170 psi
b) 205 psi
c) 190 psi
d) 145 psi - ANSWER-a) 170 psi
One 2-1/2 inch line 800 feet long is supplying 250 gpm to another
engine; engine pressure will be:
a) 180 psi
b) 160 psi
c) 125 psi
d) 140 psi - ANSWER-d) 140 psi
One 1-3/4 inch line 250 feet long with a fog nozzle; engine
pressure will be:
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a) 125 psi
b) 155 psi
c) 190 psi
d) 200 psi - ANSWER-c) 190 psi
The minimum recommended pressure that you should try to
maintain on the compound gauge of a pumper you are relaying to
is:
a) 10 psi
b) 15 psi
c) 20 psi
d) 30 psi - ANSWER-c) 20 psi
What is "RED LINE"?
a) the maximum flow that the hose line laid can carry.
b) the highest pressure which the pump can reach
c) the point at which a decision should be made to lay another line
or lay a larger line
FAE (FIRE APPARATUS ENGINEER) ILLINOIS EXAM LATEST 2025/2026 ACTUAL
EXAM WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(100% VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR VERIFIED||
||BRANDNEW!!!||
When multiple attack lines with different pressures are required,
the only way to supply them is to set the engine pressure (pump
discharge pressure) to:
a) calculate the average pressure of all lines
b) compensate for the variable pressures
c) the highest pressure required plus the difference of the lowest
pressure required
d) the highest pressure required and gate down those discharges
requiring less pressure - ANSWER-d) the highest pressure
required and gate down those discharges requiring less pressure
One three inch line, 300 feet long wyed into two 2-1/2 inch lines
each 200 feet long with 1-1/4 inch tips; engine pressure will be:
a) 130 psi
b) 155 psi
c) 200 psi
d) 215 psi - ANSWER-c) 200 psi
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A 2-1/2 inch fog nozzle which flows 250 gpm at 100 psi nozzle
pressure will flow _________ gpm at a reduced nozzle pressure
of 80 psi. (GPM= Rated GPM√reduced nozzle pressure x 0.1)
a) 250 gpm
b) 225 gpm
c) 200 gpm
d) 175 gpm - ANSWER-b) 225 gpm
A pumper with a 1500 gym pump must be able to be primed in:
a) 15 seconds
b) 30 seconds
c) 45 seconds
d) 60 seconds - ANSWER-c) 45 seconds
At what NET PUMP PRESSURE must you place the transfer
valve in the pressure mode?
a) 150 psi and over
b) 200 psi and over
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c) 250 psi
d) none of the above - ANSWER-b) 200 psi and over
Two 2-1/2 inch lines each 350 feet long to a deluge set with a 1-
1/2 inch tip; engine pressure will be:
a) 170 psi
b) 205 psi
c) 190 psi
d) 145 psi - ANSWER-a) 170 psi
One 2-1/2 inch line 800 feet long is supplying 250 gpm to another
engine; engine pressure will be:
a) 180 psi
b) 160 psi
c) 125 psi
d) 140 psi - ANSWER-d) 140 psi
One 1-3/4 inch line 250 feet long with a fog nozzle; engine
pressure will be:
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a) 125 psi
b) 155 psi
c) 190 psi
d) 200 psi - ANSWER-c) 190 psi
The minimum recommended pressure that you should try to
maintain on the compound gauge of a pumper you are relaying to
is:
a) 10 psi
b) 15 psi
c) 20 psi
d) 30 psi - ANSWER-c) 20 psi
What is "RED LINE"?
a) the maximum flow that the hose line laid can carry.
b) the highest pressure which the pump can reach
c) the point at which a decision should be made to lay another line
or lay a larger line
