FDNY NON-FIRE COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Dan Sanders is the facilities manager for ABC Consultants on the 45th floor. Upon
activation of the EAP, Mr. Sanders responds to the main lobby's revolving door to
control access and egress into the building. Is Mr. Sanders listed on the EAP staff list?
Explain your answer. - ✔✔No, Mr. Sanders isn't listed on the EAP. Employees of tenant
companies are not assigned to conduct building functions such as controlling, access/
egress.
✔✔The EAP is not applicable to retail tenants with entrance/exit doors to the street
level. True or false? Explain your answer. - ✔✔False retail tenants are lease holders. In
the event of an EAP emergency they will be informed of the incident, and what to do by
the EAPD.
✔✔The primary means of communication between the EAPD and the building
occupants is the portable radio (walkie-talkie). True or false? Explain your answer -
✔✔This is false; the main means is via public address system, and the warden phones.
✔✔The friendship building at 100 Lexington ave. has one elevator lobby that services
the entire building. Seven elevators are for passenger use and one is for freight use. In
the even of EAP activation, where to occupants requiring assistance wait for an
elevator? Explain your answer. - ✔✔Occupants requiring assistance will wait in the
passenger elevator lobby since the service elevator is in the same lobby ass the
passenger elevators.
✔✔Ms. Joan lane, a building tenant, requests that the EAPD add her to the list of
occupants needing assistance during EAP activation. The EAPD refused to add Ms.
Lane's name to the list because she refuses to disclose her medical condition. Ms. Lane
is adamant in her request that her name be added to the list. Who is correct? Explain
your answer. - ✔✔Ms. Lane is correct. A person who wishes to be added to the list of
occupants requiring assistance only needs to give their contact information, not the
medical condition which they suffer.
✔✔The security officer assigned to manually operate the elevator to assist occupants
who need assistance evacuating, uses the passenger elevator #8 to reach those
occupants. What is the status of the freight elevator? - ✔✔The freight elevator is
probably out of order hence the security officer had to use an alternate elevator to
rescue people.
✔✔Where is the EAPD email address found in the EAP? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The
EAPD's email address is found on the EAP staff designation form. This form also has
other contact information, and C of F's for the EAPD.
, ✔✔Luis Garcia is a porter and listed in the building COS list. Does Mr. Garcia's name
appear on the correct list? Explain your answer. - ✔✔Yes. Mr. Garcia's name appears
on the COS list because he is assigned to one of the tasks designated by the EAPD.
✔✔The DEAPD activated the EAP shelter in place provision. The particulars of the
incident change and now a different provision must be activated to protect occupants
from harm. However, the DEAPD is informed by the EAPD that once a provision is
instituted for a particular incident, it cannot be changed. Who is correct? Explain your
answer. - ✔✔The deputy is right, if the situation warrants it, you must do what is
necessary to protect the safety of the tenants. And the situation can change.
✔✔It is 3:00 a.m. and the FSD/EAPD is on vacation. The BES is informed by the
engineer that a contractor accidentally released toxic fumes on the 10th floor and the
fumes are spreading to the upper floors of the building. Should the BES activate the
EAP? What would the appropriate provision of the EAP to activate? Explain your
answers. - ✔✔Yes he should, an evacuation would be appropriate, because the fumes
can spread uncontrollably.
✔✔The EAPD must wear EAP identifying apparel when ever the EAP is activated. True
or false? Explain your answer. - ✔✔This is true; it makes it easier for tenants, and
emergency personnel to identify who is in charge.
✔✔An airborne hazard is created as a result of a radiological incident. What are the
symptoms associated with radiation contamination? Explain your answer. - ✔✔Skin
ulcerations, nausea, vomiting, fever and headache.
✔✔A suspicious substance is delivered in an envelope to Jane Danson who works for
XYZ Company on the third floor of a 35 story building. The characteristics of the
substance are as follows: white powder similar to anthrax. Ms.Danson's colleagues call
the EAPD to report the white powder. Who should the EAPD contact first? Explain your
answer. - ✔✔He should contact 911, and notify them of the emergency.
✔✔A place of assembly is approved for use by the DOB. Are approved spaces also
designed for catastrophic emergencies? Explain your answer. - ✔✔Although a place of
assemble can be approved by the DOB fir a specified use, the space not necessarily be
designed to deal with crowd disasters and emergencies. For example, over-ticketing an
event will likely lead to a crowd disaster where people are subject to dying because
there are not enough emergency exits to accommodate the over populated space. The
crowd disaster incident at City College on December 28, 1991 is an example of a crowd
disaster where the event was over ticketed, and led to the death of nine people. 21
people were injured.
✔✔Single command and unified command. Explain these concepts and how they affect
the execution of a response to an emergency. Explain your answer. - ✔✔In a single
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Dan Sanders is the facilities manager for ABC Consultants on the 45th floor. Upon
activation of the EAP, Mr. Sanders responds to the main lobby's revolving door to
control access and egress into the building. Is Mr. Sanders listed on the EAP staff list?
Explain your answer. - ✔✔No, Mr. Sanders isn't listed on the EAP. Employees of tenant
companies are not assigned to conduct building functions such as controlling, access/
egress.
✔✔The EAP is not applicable to retail tenants with entrance/exit doors to the street
level. True or false? Explain your answer. - ✔✔False retail tenants are lease holders. In
the event of an EAP emergency they will be informed of the incident, and what to do by
the EAPD.
✔✔The primary means of communication between the EAPD and the building
occupants is the portable radio (walkie-talkie). True or false? Explain your answer -
✔✔This is false; the main means is via public address system, and the warden phones.
✔✔The friendship building at 100 Lexington ave. has one elevator lobby that services
the entire building. Seven elevators are for passenger use and one is for freight use. In
the even of EAP activation, where to occupants requiring assistance wait for an
elevator? Explain your answer. - ✔✔Occupants requiring assistance will wait in the
passenger elevator lobby since the service elevator is in the same lobby ass the
passenger elevators.
✔✔Ms. Joan lane, a building tenant, requests that the EAPD add her to the list of
occupants needing assistance during EAP activation. The EAPD refused to add Ms.
Lane's name to the list because she refuses to disclose her medical condition. Ms. Lane
is adamant in her request that her name be added to the list. Who is correct? Explain
your answer. - ✔✔Ms. Lane is correct. A person who wishes to be added to the list of
occupants requiring assistance only needs to give their contact information, not the
medical condition which they suffer.
✔✔The security officer assigned to manually operate the elevator to assist occupants
who need assistance evacuating, uses the passenger elevator #8 to reach those
occupants. What is the status of the freight elevator? - ✔✔The freight elevator is
probably out of order hence the security officer had to use an alternate elevator to
rescue people.
✔✔Where is the EAPD email address found in the EAP? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The
EAPD's email address is found on the EAP staff designation form. This form also has
other contact information, and C of F's for the EAPD.
, ✔✔Luis Garcia is a porter and listed in the building COS list. Does Mr. Garcia's name
appear on the correct list? Explain your answer. - ✔✔Yes. Mr. Garcia's name appears
on the COS list because he is assigned to one of the tasks designated by the EAPD.
✔✔The DEAPD activated the EAP shelter in place provision. The particulars of the
incident change and now a different provision must be activated to protect occupants
from harm. However, the DEAPD is informed by the EAPD that once a provision is
instituted for a particular incident, it cannot be changed. Who is correct? Explain your
answer. - ✔✔The deputy is right, if the situation warrants it, you must do what is
necessary to protect the safety of the tenants. And the situation can change.
✔✔It is 3:00 a.m. and the FSD/EAPD is on vacation. The BES is informed by the
engineer that a contractor accidentally released toxic fumes on the 10th floor and the
fumes are spreading to the upper floors of the building. Should the BES activate the
EAP? What would the appropriate provision of the EAP to activate? Explain your
answers. - ✔✔Yes he should, an evacuation would be appropriate, because the fumes
can spread uncontrollably.
✔✔The EAPD must wear EAP identifying apparel when ever the EAP is activated. True
or false? Explain your answer. - ✔✔This is true; it makes it easier for tenants, and
emergency personnel to identify who is in charge.
✔✔An airborne hazard is created as a result of a radiological incident. What are the
symptoms associated with radiation contamination? Explain your answer. - ✔✔Skin
ulcerations, nausea, vomiting, fever and headache.
✔✔A suspicious substance is delivered in an envelope to Jane Danson who works for
XYZ Company on the third floor of a 35 story building. The characteristics of the
substance are as follows: white powder similar to anthrax. Ms.Danson's colleagues call
the EAPD to report the white powder. Who should the EAPD contact first? Explain your
answer. - ✔✔He should contact 911, and notify them of the emergency.
✔✔A place of assembly is approved for use by the DOB. Are approved spaces also
designed for catastrophic emergencies? Explain your answer. - ✔✔Although a place of
assemble can be approved by the DOB fir a specified use, the space not necessarily be
designed to deal with crowd disasters and emergencies. For example, over-ticketing an
event will likely lead to a crowd disaster where people are subject to dying because
there are not enough emergency exits to accommodate the over populated space. The
crowd disaster incident at City College on December 28, 1991 is an example of a crowd
disaster where the event was over ticketed, and led to the death of nine people. 21
people were injured.
✔✔Single command and unified command. Explain these concepts and how they affect
the execution of a response to an emergency. Explain your answer. - ✔✔In a single
