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What are the reasons for investigating fires? - (answers)To eliminate reoccurrence
Upgrade existing fire codes
Determine if a criminal act took place
What is NFPA 921 - (answers)Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations
What is NFPA 1033 - (answers)Standards for Professional Qualifications for Fire
Investigation
What is NIST? - (answers)National Institute of Standards and Technology
What is CCAI? - (answers)California Conference of Arson Investigators
Subrogation - (answers)The assumption of a third party, such as an insurance
company, of another's legal right to collect a debt or damages.
High Explosive - (answers)An explosive that detonates at a supersonic velocity
speed of greater than 3,300 ft/sec
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Low Explosive - (answers)An explosive that detonates at a subsonic velocity speed
usually less than 3,300 ft/sec
Low Order Explosive - (answers)An explosion where the explosive is not
completely consumed.
Flashback - (answers)Reignition of flammable vapors immediately following a
suppression attempt
Fire Bomb - (answers)A breakable container filled with a flammable liquid with a
flash point of 150F or less with a wick or similar device.
What is a device? - (answers)Any arrangement of material used to start a fire or
explosion
ANFO - (answers)A highly explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil-
Classified as a Blasting Agent
What is a Blasting Agent? - (answers)Any material or mixture consisting of a fuel
and an oxidizer
What is Fragmentation Primary? - (answers)Actual parts or pieces of a bomb or
improvised explosive device
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What is Fragmentation Secondary? - (answers)Parts or pieces of material other
than the explosive device that are thrown or projected by the blast
What is a Pyrotechnic? - (answers)A mixture of chemicals, one of which must be
an oxidizer, designed to produce heat, light, smoke, gas, or noise
Michigan vs. Tyler - (answers)Once a fire has been extinguished and firefighters
have left the premises, a warrant is required to re-enter and search the premises
When is an Inspection Warrant necessary? - (answers)When the following DO
NOT exist:
Consent
Exigent Circumstances
Abandonment
No probable cause for a criminal search warrant
When re-entry is beyond a reasonable time
What are the parts of a Criminal Investigation? - (answers)Scene Examination
Collection and preservation of evidence
Interviewing witnesses
Developing suspects
Arresting the responsible
Presenting the case in court
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The prosecution has the burden to prove to the jury... - (answers)Beyond a
reasonable doubt
The prosecution must establish the Corpus Delecti of Arson meaning... -
(answers)The cause of the fire
That it was a deliberate and malicious act
What information is included in a Curriculum Vitae? - (answers)Current duties
Past positions
Investigative experiences
Formal and vocational related educational training
Certificates
Memberships
Court experience
Types of Crimes - (answers)Infraction, misdemeanor, felony
Definition of Malicious - (answers)A wish to defraud, annoy, injure another
person, or intent to do a wrongful act
CERTIFIED FIRE INVESTIGATOR EXAM 2025| BRAND
NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH 100% VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT SOLUTIONS|
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What are the reasons for investigating fires? - (answers)To eliminate reoccurrence
Upgrade existing fire codes
Determine if a criminal act took place
What is NFPA 921 - (answers)Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations
What is NFPA 1033 - (answers)Standards for Professional Qualifications for Fire
Investigation
What is NIST? - (answers)National Institute of Standards and Technology
What is CCAI? - (answers)California Conference of Arson Investigators
Subrogation - (answers)The assumption of a third party, such as an insurance
company, of another's legal right to collect a debt or damages.
High Explosive - (answers)An explosive that detonates at a supersonic velocity
speed of greater than 3,300 ft/sec
,2|Page
Low Explosive - (answers)An explosive that detonates at a subsonic velocity speed
usually less than 3,300 ft/sec
Low Order Explosive - (answers)An explosion where the explosive is not
completely consumed.
Flashback - (answers)Reignition of flammable vapors immediately following a
suppression attempt
Fire Bomb - (answers)A breakable container filled with a flammable liquid with a
flash point of 150F or less with a wick or similar device.
What is a device? - (answers)Any arrangement of material used to start a fire or
explosion
ANFO - (answers)A highly explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil-
Classified as a Blasting Agent
What is a Blasting Agent? - (answers)Any material or mixture consisting of a fuel
and an oxidizer
What is Fragmentation Primary? - (answers)Actual parts or pieces of a bomb or
improvised explosive device
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What is Fragmentation Secondary? - (answers)Parts or pieces of material other
than the explosive device that are thrown or projected by the blast
What is a Pyrotechnic? - (answers)A mixture of chemicals, one of which must be
an oxidizer, designed to produce heat, light, smoke, gas, or noise
Michigan vs. Tyler - (answers)Once a fire has been extinguished and firefighters
have left the premises, a warrant is required to re-enter and search the premises
When is an Inspection Warrant necessary? - (answers)When the following DO
NOT exist:
Consent
Exigent Circumstances
Abandonment
No probable cause for a criminal search warrant
When re-entry is beyond a reasonable time
What are the parts of a Criminal Investigation? - (answers)Scene Examination
Collection and preservation of evidence
Interviewing witnesses
Developing suspects
Arresting the responsible
Presenting the case in court
, 4|Page
The prosecution has the burden to prove to the jury... - (answers)Beyond a
reasonable doubt
The prosecution must establish the Corpus Delecti of Arson meaning... -
(answers)The cause of the fire
That it was a deliberate and malicious act
What information is included in a Curriculum Vitae? - (answers)Current duties
Past positions
Investigative experiences
Formal and vocational related educational training
Certificates
Memberships
Court experience
Types of Crimes - (answers)Infraction, misdemeanor, felony
Definition of Malicious - (answers)A wish to defraud, annoy, injure another
person, or intent to do a wrongful act
