AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER CORE MAIN QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The rectangular area surrounding the runway 500ft from the centerline to each side
of the runway, and length 3,300 ft beyond each runway threshold, is known as, which
type of area? - ✔✔A. Critical rescue and fire fighting access - Correct Answer
B. Theoretical critical fire
C. Air traffic control
D. Isolation
✔✔According to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 402; Guide for Aircraft
Rescue and Fire-Fighting Operations, which are the three minimum knowledge
requirements about an airport? - ✔✔A. Water supply locations, airport service roads,
and emergency exits
B. Water supply locations, airport lighting systems, and location of power megaphones
C. Water supply locations, airport roads and bridges, and airport drainage systems -
Correct Answer
D. Airport service roads, airport lighting systems, and station shift schedule
✔✔During periods of elevated threat levels, emergency vehicles should not be parked
closer than how many feet apart when parking near or in front of airport terminals? -
✔✔A. 10 - Correct Answer
B. 25
C. 100
,D. 50
✔✔The command or dispatch center is not responsible for, which of the following
selections? - ✔✔A. Determining the order of priority of simultaneous transmissions
B. Ensuring radio discipline is maintained
C. Controlling the frequency used by a particular agency at an incident - Correct Answer
D. Clearing the frequency as soon as possible
✔✔The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) phonetic alphabet for the letter
"H" is - ✔✔A. hotter
B. Hope
C. Hotel - Correct Answer
D. House
✔✔Which type of light identifies the command; "Return to fire station or starting point"? -
✔✔A. Alternating white/green
B. Flashing green
C. Flashing white - Correct Answer
D. Alternating green/red flashing
✔✔What regulations govern the use of radio systems? - ✔✔A. Fire department
B. Federal Communications Commission - Correct Answer
C. Airport Communications
D. Authority having Jurisdiction
✔✔When speaking on the radio, how should you speak? - ✔✔A. Only as loud as
necessary - Correct Answer
B. Soft, because of the amplification factor
C. Very loud, to ensure you are heard
D. Always in a normal voice
, ✔✔Control tower operators control the movement of vehicles on taxiways and runways
by the means of - ✔✔A. Light signals and radio communications - Correct Answer
B. Light signals and hand signals
C. Hand signals and runway markers
D. Hand signals and radio communications
✔✔Areas staffed by a security guard at the designated entry-control point is part of the -
✔✔A. Security Identification Display Area (SIDA) - Correct Answer
B. Foreign Object Damage Area (FODA)
C. Foreign Object Debris Area (FODA)
D. Transportation Security Administration
✔✔Which selection is the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) phonetic
Alphabet for the letter "U"? - ✔✔A. Unify
B. Uniform - Correct Answer
C. Unit
D. Unclear
✔✔If a large fuel spill occurs without igniting, it is important to eliminate as many ignition
sources as possible while the spill is being - ✔✔A. suctioned from the area
B. stabilized with electrodes
C. cordoned off and drained from the area
D. stabilized with a foam blanket - Correct Answer
✔✔With fighter and bomber aircraft, personnel, and apparatus should be positioned at
an approximate 45 degree angle - ✔✔A. behind wing ordinance
B. At approximately 45 feet out from the nose or tail, but not in front or beneath wing
ordinance
C. off the nose or tail, but not in front , behind, or beneath wing ordinance - Correct
Answer
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔The rectangular area surrounding the runway 500ft from the centerline to each side
of the runway, and length 3,300 ft beyond each runway threshold, is known as, which
type of area? - ✔✔A. Critical rescue and fire fighting access - Correct Answer
B. Theoretical critical fire
C. Air traffic control
D. Isolation
✔✔According to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 402; Guide for Aircraft
Rescue and Fire-Fighting Operations, which are the three minimum knowledge
requirements about an airport? - ✔✔A. Water supply locations, airport service roads,
and emergency exits
B. Water supply locations, airport lighting systems, and location of power megaphones
C. Water supply locations, airport roads and bridges, and airport drainage systems -
Correct Answer
D. Airport service roads, airport lighting systems, and station shift schedule
✔✔During periods of elevated threat levels, emergency vehicles should not be parked
closer than how many feet apart when parking near or in front of airport terminals? -
✔✔A. 10 - Correct Answer
B. 25
C. 100
,D. 50
✔✔The command or dispatch center is not responsible for, which of the following
selections? - ✔✔A. Determining the order of priority of simultaneous transmissions
B. Ensuring radio discipline is maintained
C. Controlling the frequency used by a particular agency at an incident - Correct Answer
D. Clearing the frequency as soon as possible
✔✔The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) phonetic alphabet for the letter
"H" is - ✔✔A. hotter
B. Hope
C. Hotel - Correct Answer
D. House
✔✔Which type of light identifies the command; "Return to fire station or starting point"? -
✔✔A. Alternating white/green
B. Flashing green
C. Flashing white - Correct Answer
D. Alternating green/red flashing
✔✔What regulations govern the use of radio systems? - ✔✔A. Fire department
B. Federal Communications Commission - Correct Answer
C. Airport Communications
D. Authority having Jurisdiction
✔✔When speaking on the radio, how should you speak? - ✔✔A. Only as loud as
necessary - Correct Answer
B. Soft, because of the amplification factor
C. Very loud, to ensure you are heard
D. Always in a normal voice
, ✔✔Control tower operators control the movement of vehicles on taxiways and runways
by the means of - ✔✔A. Light signals and radio communications - Correct Answer
B. Light signals and hand signals
C. Hand signals and runway markers
D. Hand signals and radio communications
✔✔Areas staffed by a security guard at the designated entry-control point is part of the -
✔✔A. Security Identification Display Area (SIDA) - Correct Answer
B. Foreign Object Damage Area (FODA)
C. Foreign Object Debris Area (FODA)
D. Transportation Security Administration
✔✔Which selection is the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) phonetic
Alphabet for the letter "U"? - ✔✔A. Unify
B. Uniform - Correct Answer
C. Unit
D. Unclear
✔✔If a large fuel spill occurs without igniting, it is important to eliminate as many ignition
sources as possible while the spill is being - ✔✔A. suctioned from the area
B. stabilized with electrodes
C. cordoned off and drained from the area
D. stabilized with a foam blanket - Correct Answer
✔✔With fighter and bomber aircraft, personnel, and apparatus should be positioned at
an approximate 45 degree angle - ✔✔A. behind wing ordinance
B. At approximately 45 feet out from the nose or tail, but not in front or beneath wing
ordinance
C. off the nose or tail, but not in front , behind, or beneath wing ordinance - Correct
Answer
