PEARSON VUE ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔How do you handle a fire with large furnishing like mattresses? - ✔✔Take the
mattress outside and soak
✔✔What do you use to measure the flow of pressure of water being dishcraged fom an
opening? - ✔✔inline pressure gauges
✔✔What is an advantage of forced ventilation? - ✔✔Speed of gases ventilated
(mechanical ventilation)
✔✔On a high rise building were is the fire attack started ? - ✔✔Floor below the fire
✔✔How many lift bags can you stack to lift a load? - ✔✔2 lift bags (smallest on top)
✔✔Which foam application is used for dike fires? - ✔✔Bank down method
✔✔When you are doing service testing of fire hose if the hose is leaking behind the
coupling what should you do? - ✔✔Tag and remove out of service
✔✔When it comes to FD dispatch centers tone generating equipment is used to? -
✔✔May be used to signal an entire station
✔✔Which attack method should you not use if victims are trapped inside? -
✔✔defensive
✔✔Tools used for cutting, how should the edges be sharpened? - ✔✔Filing the cutting
edges by hand
✔✔In arson fires, what is the name of the combustible material that is used t spread the
fire from one point to another? - ✔✔Trailor
✔✔How far a distance should personnel maintain from downed power lines? - ✔✔150 ft
, ✔✔Who assigns the channels for tactical operations? - ✔✔Telecommunications /
dispatch
✔✔If you must carry a child down a ladder what is the best control of the child? -
✔✔Cradle in arms
✔✔What are two objectives of building search? - ✔✔Searching for life and assessing
fire conditions
✔✔What are two methods can a firefighter advancing a charged hose line up a ladder
used to secure himself? - ✔✔Leg lock and ladder belt
✔✔A quikcand systematic search of an area is called ? - ✔✔Primary search
✔✔The strainer on a hard intake hose should be a minimum of how many inches below
the surface? - ✔✔24 inches
✔✔Ordinary dry chemical extinguishers are used for what class of fires? - ✔✔A, B, and
C
✔✔What is the best method to use to control flammable liquid fires? - ✔✔Class B AFFF
foam
✔✔What type of rope is intended to support the weight of one person? - ✔✔Escape
rope
✔✔When does transfer of commmand occur? - ✔✔Progress report/ face to face / senior
officer arrives
✔✔Most air chisels work between - ✔✔90-250psi
✔✔Which is the best method to move a victim in an emergency - ✔✔Drag along the
long axis
✔✔How far should a command post be established when working in an underground
confinement/tech rescue? - ✔✔Outside of the hot zone but not obscuring the entrance
✔✔When the heels of a ladder are too far from a building what is the most accurate
choice? - ✔✔The stability of the weight transfer is reduced
✔✔What is most accurate about the smooth bore? - ✔✔compact solid stream with little
shower
✔✔How do you handle a fire with large furnishing like mattresses? - ✔✔Take the
mattress outside and soak
✔✔What do you use to measure the flow of pressure of water being dishcraged fom an
opening? - ✔✔inline pressure gauges
✔✔What is an advantage of forced ventilation? - ✔✔Speed of gases ventilated
(mechanical ventilation)
✔✔On a high rise building were is the fire attack started ? - ✔✔Floor below the fire
✔✔How many lift bags can you stack to lift a load? - ✔✔2 lift bags (smallest on top)
✔✔Which foam application is used for dike fires? - ✔✔Bank down method
✔✔When you are doing service testing of fire hose if the hose is leaking behind the
coupling what should you do? - ✔✔Tag and remove out of service
✔✔When it comes to FD dispatch centers tone generating equipment is used to? -
✔✔May be used to signal an entire station
✔✔Which attack method should you not use if victims are trapped inside? -
✔✔defensive
✔✔Tools used for cutting, how should the edges be sharpened? - ✔✔Filing the cutting
edges by hand
✔✔In arson fires, what is the name of the combustible material that is used t spread the
fire from one point to another? - ✔✔Trailor
✔✔How far a distance should personnel maintain from downed power lines? - ✔✔150 ft
, ✔✔Who assigns the channels for tactical operations? - ✔✔Telecommunications /
dispatch
✔✔If you must carry a child down a ladder what is the best control of the child? -
✔✔Cradle in arms
✔✔What are two objectives of building search? - ✔✔Searching for life and assessing
fire conditions
✔✔What are two methods can a firefighter advancing a charged hose line up a ladder
used to secure himself? - ✔✔Leg lock and ladder belt
✔✔A quikcand systematic search of an area is called ? - ✔✔Primary search
✔✔The strainer on a hard intake hose should be a minimum of how many inches below
the surface? - ✔✔24 inches
✔✔Ordinary dry chemical extinguishers are used for what class of fires? - ✔✔A, B, and
C
✔✔What is the best method to use to control flammable liquid fires? - ✔✔Class B AFFF
foam
✔✔What type of rope is intended to support the weight of one person? - ✔✔Escape
rope
✔✔When does transfer of commmand occur? - ✔✔Progress report/ face to face / senior
officer arrives
✔✔Most air chisels work between - ✔✔90-250psi
✔✔Which is the best method to move a victim in an emergency - ✔✔Drag along the
long axis
✔✔How far should a command post be established when working in an underground
confinement/tech rescue? - ✔✔Outside of the hot zone but not obscuring the entrance
✔✔When the heels of a ladder are too far from a building what is the most accurate
choice? - ✔✔The stability of the weight transfer is reduced
✔✔What is most accurate about the smooth bore? - ✔✔compact solid stream with little
shower
