FST 3 Final Review – Food Folklore and Health (Comprehensive Exam
Preparation Guide)
ISO stands for - correct answer ✔✔Insurance Services Office
The US has the - correct answer ✔✔highest fire death rate of highly industrialized countries
The ____ is used in many countries, but has been slowly accepted by the US fire service -
correct answer ✔✔metric measuring system (SI)
Today we find ____ of household furnis hings are made of plastic - correct answer ✔✔40 - 50%
Infrared imaging can be used to - correct answer ✔✔seek out heated locations in the building
including body heat of people
What years have been called the decade of conflagrations - correct answer ✔✔1900 -1910
infrared imaging is important to the fire service because - correct answer ✔✔it can help find
trapped people and hidden fires
global positioning system, once perfected, may be used by the fire service to - correct answer
✔✔locate the nearest fire apparatus
the Emergency Response Technology Advisory Group was established by - correct answer
✔✔FEMA
the SI system was approved for use in the US in - correct answer ✔✔1970
,10/8/1871, two fires burned out of control - correct answer ✔✔Great Chicago Fire and a
wildfire in Wisconsin
The National Board of Fire Underwriters was formed in an effort to - correct answer ✔✔Get the
Chicago City Council to enforce fire ordinances
Fire departments in the United States spend on the average ____ of their total fire department
budget for fire prevention work - correct answer ✔✔3 - 5%
NIMS stands for - correct answer ✔✔National Incident Management System
The San Francisco conflagration was described as the "double scourge" because of broken -
correct answer ✔✔Gas mains and water mains
Ultrafine water mist was developed in response to - correct answer ✔✔The banning of
halogenated systems
In 1968, the fire service leaders met in ________ to develop recommendations to improve the
U.S. fire service - correct answer ✔✔Racine
In the America Burning report, many recommendations were identified as needing
improvement; however, only _____ recommendations were addressed - correct answer
✔✔Two
The pattern of conflagrations is - correct answer ✔✔Has been experienced since the first
colonists settled America.
The terrorist attack on 9/11 awoke us to the fact that - correct answer ✔✔Not all fire and safety
problems in high-rise buildings are solved
, All matter is made up of either pure substances or mixtures - correct answer ✔✔True
What type of reaction is a fire - correct answer ✔✔Exothermic
The three basic parts of an atom are ___, ___ & _____? - correct answer ✔✔Neutron, Proton,
Electron
A PH reading of 7 means the substance is - correct answer ✔✔neutral
A change in a substance in which an entirely new substance is formed in the process best
defines - correct answer ✔✔Chemical change
Are Carbon Dioxide vapors lighter or heavier than air - correct answer ✔✔They are heavier than
air
If the vapor density of air is one, what is the vapor density of butane - correct answer ✔✔Less
than one
Charles' law states that - correct answer ✔✔A gas will contract or expand in direct proportion to
an increase or decrease in temperature
A BLEVE occurs when - correct answer ✔✔The pressure inside the tanks exceed the pressure
valve limit and the container ruptures
The atomic number is equal to the number of _____ revolving about the nucleus of the atom -
correct answer ✔✔Electrons
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ISO stands for - correct answer ✔✔Insurance Services Office
The US has the - correct answer ✔✔highest fire death rate of highly industrialized countries
The ____ is used in many countries, but has been slowly accepted by the US fire service -
correct answer ✔✔metric measuring system (SI)
Today we find ____ of household furnis hings are made of plastic - correct answer ✔✔40 - 50%
Infrared imaging can be used to - correct answer ✔✔seek out heated locations in the building
including body heat of people
What years have been called the decade of conflagrations - correct answer ✔✔1900 -1910
infrared imaging is important to the fire service because - correct answer ✔✔it can help find
trapped people and hidden fires
global positioning system, once perfected, may be used by the fire service to - correct answer
✔✔locate the nearest fire apparatus
the Emergency Response Technology Advisory Group was established by - correct answer
✔✔FEMA
the SI system was approved for use in the US in - correct answer ✔✔1970
,10/8/1871, two fires burned out of control - correct answer ✔✔Great Chicago Fire and a
wildfire in Wisconsin
The National Board of Fire Underwriters was formed in an effort to - correct answer ✔✔Get the
Chicago City Council to enforce fire ordinances
Fire departments in the United States spend on the average ____ of their total fire department
budget for fire prevention work - correct answer ✔✔3 - 5%
NIMS stands for - correct answer ✔✔National Incident Management System
The San Francisco conflagration was described as the "double scourge" because of broken -
correct answer ✔✔Gas mains and water mains
Ultrafine water mist was developed in response to - correct answer ✔✔The banning of
halogenated systems
In 1968, the fire service leaders met in ________ to develop recommendations to improve the
U.S. fire service - correct answer ✔✔Racine
In the America Burning report, many recommendations were identified as needing
improvement; however, only _____ recommendations were addressed - correct answer
✔✔Two
The pattern of conflagrations is - correct answer ✔✔Has been experienced since the first
colonists settled America.
The terrorist attack on 9/11 awoke us to the fact that - correct answer ✔✔Not all fire and safety
problems in high-rise buildings are solved
, All matter is made up of either pure substances or mixtures - correct answer ✔✔True
What type of reaction is a fire - correct answer ✔✔Exothermic
The three basic parts of an atom are ___, ___ & _____? - correct answer ✔✔Neutron, Proton,
Electron
A PH reading of 7 means the substance is - correct answer ✔✔neutral
A change in a substance in which an entirely new substance is formed in the process best
defines - correct answer ✔✔Chemical change
Are Carbon Dioxide vapors lighter or heavier than air - correct answer ✔✔They are heavier than
air
If the vapor density of air is one, what is the vapor density of butane - correct answer ✔✔Less
than one
Charles' law states that - correct answer ✔✔A gas will contract or expand in direct proportion to
an increase or decrease in temperature
A BLEVE occurs when - correct answer ✔✔The pressure inside the tanks exceed the pressure
valve limit and the container ruptures
The atomic number is equal to the number of _____ revolving about the nucleus of the atom -
correct answer ✔✔Electrons
