STCW - Basic Firefighting Questions & Answers Already Passed!!

What is the least expensive form of fire protection? - Answer-Fire prevention List three common causes of shipboard fires - Answer-1. Smoking 2. Spontaneous combustion 3. Galley operations Most galley fires are caused by __________. - Answer-poor housekeeping and carelessness From a fire prevention standpoint, good housekeeping means __________. - Answer-a place for everything and everything in its place Storage batteries are potential sources of ignition during charging because they emit __________. - Answer-hydrogen Any operation that requires heat to do a job or generates heat during the job is known as __________. - Answer-hot work How long after the completion of a welding/torch operation should the fire watch conduct a final inspection? - Answer-30 minutes OR cool to touch Who implements a vessel's fire and life safety program? - Answer-All hands A list of crew members' positions and assigned locations is known as the __________. - Answer-station bill What are the four parts to the fire tetrahedron? - Answer-1. Heat 2. Oxygen 3. Fuel4. Chain Reaction According to the __________, heat tends to flow from a hot substance to a cold substance. - Answer-Law of Heat Flow The transfer of heat from one body to another body by direct contact is known as __________. - Answerconduction A hand held a few inches above a flame feels the heat by __________. - Answer-convection A hand held a few inches to the side of a flame feels the heat by __________. - Answer-radiation Flaming combustion cannot be supported below what oxygen concentrations? - Answer-15% Combustion cannot be support below what oxygen concentrations? - Answer-3% Temperature at which a material gives off enough vapors to momentarily flash when exposed to an ignition source is called __________. - Answer-flash point The minimum and maximum percentage's of a substance in air that burns once it is ignited is known as __________. - Answer-flammable limits/range Compressible substance with no specific volume that tends to assume the shape of its container is __________. - Answer-gas In the North American fire classification system, which type of fire involves ordinary combustible materials? - Answer-Class A In the North American fire classification system, which type of fire involves flammable and combustible liquids and gases? - Answer-Class BAnother name for a small fire in the ignition or growth stages is the __________ Phase - AnswerIncipient The tendency of gases to form layers according to their temperature is known as __________. - Answerthermal layering The most hazardous part of smoke is what? - Answer-Carbon monoxide A condition that occurs when flames move through or across unburned gases during a fire's progression is known as a __________. - Answer-rollover During what stage of a fire does the amount of heat energy released begin to decline and become fuel controlled? - Answer-Decay An explosive ignition of gases that results when air enters a compartment and mixes with hot, unburned gases is known as __________. - Answer-back draft