NFPA 10 Test 2025 Questions and
Answers
The provisions of NFPA 10 apply to the selection, installation, inspection, maintenance, and testing
of portable extinguishing equipment. - ANSWER✔✔-True
Requirements of NFPA 10 are - ANSWER✔✔-Minimum
Portable extinguishers are intended as the first line defense for limited size fires and are not required
if the building is protected by a sprinkler system. - ANSWER✔✔-False
What is the purpose of NFPA 10 - ANSWER✔✔-For use and guidance of persons selecting,
purchasing, installing, approving, listing, designing and maintaining portables.
What is ANSI? - ANSWER✔✔-American National Standards Institute
What does ANSI do? - ANSWER✔✔-Official standards making/setting organization of the USA.
The term approved means acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction. - ANSWER✔✔-True
What does AHJ stand for? What does it mean? - ANSWER✔✔-Authority having jurisdiction, Fire
Marshal/Property owner.
Define Class A Fire - ANSWER✔✔-Ordinary Combustibles eg. wood, paper, cloth, (leave ash)
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, Define Class B Fire - ANSWER✔✔-Flammable Liquids and Gas
Define Class C Fire - ANSWER✔✔-Electrical
Define Class D Fire - ANSWER✔✔-Combustible Metals
Cartridge or cylinder operated fire extinguishers use a separate container for the expellant gas from
the storage container. - ANSWER✔✔-True
When can a Class A or Class B rated fire extinguisher be used safely on Class C Fires? -
ANSWER✔✔-Deenergize equipment
D.O.T. stands for the US Department of Transportation and has jurisdiction over all cylinders and
cartridges containing 400 psig or more internal pressure. - ANSWER✔✔-True
Dry chemical is designed for Class A and Class B fires and is also a non conductor of electricity and
may be used on energized electrical equipment. - ANSWER✔✔-True.
Factory Test Pressure is the pressure at which the shell was tested at the time of the manufacture
and is shown on the extinguisher nameplate. - ANSWER✔✔-True
Bromochlorodiflouromethane is Halon 1301. - ANSWER✔✔-False
What is Bromotriflouromethane? - ANSWER✔✔-Halon 1301
The material protocol was signed on: - ANSWER✔✔-September 16, 1987
In what year did the amendments to the protocol call for a worldwide cessation of production of
Halon 1211? - ANSWER✔✔-1992
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Answers
The provisions of NFPA 10 apply to the selection, installation, inspection, maintenance, and testing
of portable extinguishing equipment. - ANSWER✔✔-True
Requirements of NFPA 10 are - ANSWER✔✔-Minimum
Portable extinguishers are intended as the first line defense for limited size fires and are not required
if the building is protected by a sprinkler system. - ANSWER✔✔-False
What is the purpose of NFPA 10 - ANSWER✔✔-For use and guidance of persons selecting,
purchasing, installing, approving, listing, designing and maintaining portables.
What is ANSI? - ANSWER✔✔-American National Standards Institute
What does ANSI do? - ANSWER✔✔-Official standards making/setting organization of the USA.
The term approved means acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction. - ANSWER✔✔-True
What does AHJ stand for? What does it mean? - ANSWER✔✔-Authority having jurisdiction, Fire
Marshal/Property owner.
Define Class A Fire - ANSWER✔✔-Ordinary Combustibles eg. wood, paper, cloth, (leave ash)
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, Define Class B Fire - ANSWER✔✔-Flammable Liquids and Gas
Define Class C Fire - ANSWER✔✔-Electrical
Define Class D Fire - ANSWER✔✔-Combustible Metals
Cartridge or cylinder operated fire extinguishers use a separate container for the expellant gas from
the storage container. - ANSWER✔✔-True
When can a Class A or Class B rated fire extinguisher be used safely on Class C Fires? -
ANSWER✔✔-Deenergize equipment
D.O.T. stands for the US Department of Transportation and has jurisdiction over all cylinders and
cartridges containing 400 psig or more internal pressure. - ANSWER✔✔-True
Dry chemical is designed for Class A and Class B fires and is also a non conductor of electricity and
may be used on energized electrical equipment. - ANSWER✔✔-True.
Factory Test Pressure is the pressure at which the shell was tested at the time of the manufacture
and is shown on the extinguisher nameplate. - ANSWER✔✔-True
Bromochlorodiflouromethane is Halon 1301. - ANSWER✔✔-False
What is Bromotriflouromethane? - ANSWER✔✔-Halon 1301
The material protocol was signed on: - ANSWER✔✔-September 16, 1987
In what year did the amendments to the protocol call for a worldwide cessation of production of
Halon 1211? - ANSWER✔✔-1992
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