FIRE INVESTIGATOR MASTER FOR
TCFP TEST COMPREHENSIVE SCENE
INVESTIGATION EXAM
⩥ 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. Answer: FIRE LIMITED
BY THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN
⩥ STAGES OF FIRE GROWTH. Answer: ignition, growth, flashover,
fully developed, decay
⩥ FLASHOVER. Answer: A transition phase in the development of a
compartment fire in which surfaces exposed to thermal radiation reach
ignition temperature more or less simultaneously and fire spreads rapidly
, throughout the space, resulting in full room involvement or total
involvement of the compartment or enclosed space.
⩥ FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE FLASHOVER CONDITIONS:.
Answer: SIZE OF COMPARTMENT, HEIGHT OF CEILING,
VENTILATION, AMOUNT OF FUEL, LAYOUT OF FUEL,
LOCATION OF FIRE IN COMPARTMENT
⩥ FIRE PATTERNS. Answer: PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF
THE AFFECTS OF FIRE ON MATERIALS
⩥ TYPES OF FIRE PATTERS ON THE WALLS & CEILING:.
Answer: PLUME GENERATED, VENTILATION GENERATED AND
HOT GAS LAYER PATTERNS
⩥ PLUME GENERATED PATTERS ARE:. Answer: V SHAPE
⩥ SPALLING. Answer: SEPARATION OF CHUNKS OF CONCRETE
WITHIN EXPLOSIVE FORCE CAUSE BY EXPANSION OF WATER
TRAPPED IN THE CONCRETE AS IT TURNS TO STEAM.
⩥ CHAR. Answer: PYROLIZED CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL
⩥ ALLOYING. Answer: MIXING TWO METALS HEATED THEN
COOLED TO CHANGE THEIR PROPERTIES.
TCFP TEST COMPREHENSIVE SCENE
INVESTIGATION EXAM
⩥ 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. Answer: FIRE LIMITED
BY THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN
⩥ STAGES OF FIRE GROWTH. Answer: ignition, growth, flashover,
fully developed, decay
⩥ FLASHOVER. Answer: A transition phase in the development of a
compartment fire in which surfaces exposed to thermal radiation reach
ignition temperature more or less simultaneously and fire spreads rapidly
, throughout the space, resulting in full room involvement or total
involvement of the compartment or enclosed space.
⩥ FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE FLASHOVER CONDITIONS:.
Answer: SIZE OF COMPARTMENT, HEIGHT OF CEILING,
VENTILATION, AMOUNT OF FUEL, LAYOUT OF FUEL,
LOCATION OF FIRE IN COMPARTMENT
⩥ FIRE PATTERNS. Answer: PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF
THE AFFECTS OF FIRE ON MATERIALS
⩥ TYPES OF FIRE PATTERS ON THE WALLS & CEILING:.
Answer: PLUME GENERATED, VENTILATION GENERATED AND
HOT GAS LAYER PATTERNS
⩥ PLUME GENERATED PATTERS ARE:. Answer: V SHAPE
⩥ SPALLING. Answer: SEPARATION OF CHUNKS OF CONCRETE
WITHIN EXPLOSIVE FORCE CAUSE BY EXPANSION OF WATER
TRAPPED IN THE CONCRETE AS IT TURNS TO STEAM.
⩥ CHAR. Answer: PYROLIZED CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL
⩥ ALLOYING. Answer: MIXING TWO METALS HEATED THEN
COOLED TO CHANGE THEIR PROPERTIES.
