CERTIFIED FIRE INVESTIGATOR EXAM
SCRIPT PREMIUM REVIEW SHEET TESTED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● ALPHA RADIATION
Answer: BOUNCES OFF CLOTHING
●● BETA RADIATION
Answer: PENETRATES CLOTHING
●● GAMMA RADIATION
Answer: PENETRATES CLOTHING AND SKIN
●● PARTS OF HAZMAT PLACARD
Answer: YELLOW - INSTABILITY
RED - FLAMMABILITY
BLUE - HEALTH
●● OXIDATION
Answer: CHEMICAL REACTION INVOLVING THE
COMBINATION OF OXYGEN WITH OTHER MATERIALS
,●● EXOTHERMIC
Answer: Chemical Reaction in which energy is primarily given off in the
form of heat
●● ENDOTHERMIC
Answer: (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with
absorption of heat
●● FIRE IS AN EXOTHERMIC REACTION CALLED:
Answer: COMBUSTION
●● COMBUSTION RELEASES ENERGY IN THE FORM OF:
Answer: HEAT OR LIGHT
●● PILOTED IGNITION
Answer: MOMENT WHEN A MIXTURE OF FUEL AND OXYGEN
ENCOUNTER AN EXTERNAL HEAT SOURCE WITH SUFFICIENT
HEAD ENERGY TO START THE COMBUSTION REACTION.
●● AUTOIGNITION
Answer: Occurs without any external flame or spark to ignite the fuel
gases or vapors
,●● POTENTIAL ENERGY
Answer: ENERGY POSSESSED BY AN OBJECT THAT MAY BE
RELEASED
●● KINETIC ENERGY
Answer: ENERGY POSSESSED BY A MOVING OBJECT
●● BTU
Answer: British Thermal Unit
●● BTU IS USED TO MEASURE:
Answer: HEAT
●● RESISTANCE HEATING
Answer: WHEN ELECTRICAL CURRENT FLOWS THROUGH A
CONDUCTOR, HEAT IS PRODUCED
●● OVERCURRENT
Answer: WHEN THE CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH A
CONDUCTOR EXCEEDS ITS DESIGN LIMITS.
●● ARCING
, Answer: High-temperature luminous electric discharge across a gap or
through a medium such as charred insulation.
●● SPARKING
Answer: WHEN AN ELECTRIC ARC OCCURS LUMINOUS
PARTICLES CAN BE FORMED AND SPATTER AWAY FROM THE
POINT OF ARCING.
●● CONDUCTION
Answer: The direct transfer of heat from one substance to another
substance that it is touching.
●● CONVECTION
Answer: TRANSFER OF HEAT ENERGY FROM A FLUID TO A
SOLID SURFACE OR BETWEEN TWO FLUIDS.
●● RADIATION
Answer: TRANSMISSION OF ENERGY AS AN
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE
●● FUEL CONTROLLED FIRE
Answer: FIRE LIMITED BY THE AMOUNT OF COMBUSTIBLES
●● VENTILATION CONTROLLED FIRE
SCRIPT PREMIUM REVIEW SHEET TESTED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
●● ALPHA RADIATION
Answer: BOUNCES OFF CLOTHING
●● BETA RADIATION
Answer: PENETRATES CLOTHING
●● GAMMA RADIATION
Answer: PENETRATES CLOTHING AND SKIN
●● PARTS OF HAZMAT PLACARD
Answer: YELLOW - INSTABILITY
RED - FLAMMABILITY
BLUE - HEALTH
●● OXIDATION
Answer: CHEMICAL REACTION INVOLVING THE
COMBINATION OF OXYGEN WITH OTHER MATERIALS
,●● EXOTHERMIC
Answer: Chemical Reaction in which energy is primarily given off in the
form of heat
●● ENDOTHERMIC
Answer: (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with
absorption of heat
●● FIRE IS AN EXOTHERMIC REACTION CALLED:
Answer: COMBUSTION
●● COMBUSTION RELEASES ENERGY IN THE FORM OF:
Answer: HEAT OR LIGHT
●● PILOTED IGNITION
Answer: MOMENT WHEN A MIXTURE OF FUEL AND OXYGEN
ENCOUNTER AN EXTERNAL HEAT SOURCE WITH SUFFICIENT
HEAD ENERGY TO START THE COMBUSTION REACTION.
●● AUTOIGNITION
Answer: Occurs without any external flame or spark to ignite the fuel
gases or vapors
,●● POTENTIAL ENERGY
Answer: ENERGY POSSESSED BY AN OBJECT THAT MAY BE
RELEASED
●● KINETIC ENERGY
Answer: ENERGY POSSESSED BY A MOVING OBJECT
●● BTU
Answer: British Thermal Unit
●● BTU IS USED TO MEASURE:
Answer: HEAT
●● RESISTANCE HEATING
Answer: WHEN ELECTRICAL CURRENT FLOWS THROUGH A
CONDUCTOR, HEAT IS PRODUCED
●● OVERCURRENT
Answer: WHEN THE CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH A
CONDUCTOR EXCEEDS ITS DESIGN LIMITS.
●● ARCING
, Answer: High-temperature luminous electric discharge across a gap or
through a medium such as charred insulation.
●● SPARKING
Answer: WHEN AN ELECTRIC ARC OCCURS LUMINOUS
PARTICLES CAN BE FORMED AND SPATTER AWAY FROM THE
POINT OF ARCING.
●● CONDUCTION
Answer: The direct transfer of heat from one substance to another
substance that it is touching.
●● CONVECTION
Answer: TRANSFER OF HEAT ENERGY FROM A FLUID TO A
SOLID SURFACE OR BETWEEN TWO FLUIDS.
●● RADIATION
Answer: TRANSMISSION OF ENERGY AS AN
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE
●● FUEL CONTROLLED FIRE
Answer: FIRE LIMITED BY THE AMOUNT OF COMBUSTIBLES
●● VENTILATION CONTROLLED FIRE
