TCFP Fire Investigator Exam Study
(Latest ) Master Test
Questions & Answers | Grade A |
100% Correct (Verified Solutions)
Question:
What are the four elements of determining a fire cause?
Answer:
Ignition source
Fuel first ignited
Oxidizer present
Ignition sequence
,Question:
Four features of the investigation:
Answer:
1. Cause of fire or explosion
2. Cause of damage to property
3. Cause of bodily injury / loss of life
4. Degree to which human fault contributed
Question:
Four classifications of cause:
Answer:
Accidental
Natural
Incendiary
Undetermined
,Question:
Should a fire ever be classified as "suspicious?"
Answer:
No. Suspicious is not an appropriate term to describe the undetermined.
Question:
What is failure analysis?
Answer:
A logical, systematic examination of an item, component, assembly, or
structure and it splace and function within a system, conducted to identify
and analyze the probability, causes, and consequences of potential and real
failures.
Question:
What are hard times?
Answer:
Incidents with a known exact time. These include dispatch times and other
documented times.
, Question:
What are soft times?
Answer:
Witness statements with approximate times, other observations with
approximations.
Question:
What are benchmark events?
Answer:
The foundation of the timeline. Includes events related to cause, spread,
detection, or extinguishment of the fire.
Question:
Micro VS Macro times:
Answer:
Macro can be as far as months or years before the fire, and Micro are small
and narrow parts of the timeline.
(Latest ) Master Test
Questions & Answers | Grade A |
100% Correct (Verified Solutions)
Question:
What are the four elements of determining a fire cause?
Answer:
Ignition source
Fuel first ignited
Oxidizer present
Ignition sequence
,Question:
Four features of the investigation:
Answer:
1. Cause of fire or explosion
2. Cause of damage to property
3. Cause of bodily injury / loss of life
4. Degree to which human fault contributed
Question:
Four classifications of cause:
Answer:
Accidental
Natural
Incendiary
Undetermined
,Question:
Should a fire ever be classified as "suspicious?"
Answer:
No. Suspicious is not an appropriate term to describe the undetermined.
Question:
What is failure analysis?
Answer:
A logical, systematic examination of an item, component, assembly, or
structure and it splace and function within a system, conducted to identify
and analyze the probability, causes, and consequences of potential and real
failures.
Question:
What are hard times?
Answer:
Incidents with a known exact time. These include dispatch times and other
documented times.
, Question:
What are soft times?
Answer:
Witness statements with approximate times, other observations with
approximations.
Question:
What are benchmark events?
Answer:
The foundation of the timeline. Includes events related to cause, spread,
detection, or extinguishment of the fire.
Question:
Micro VS Macro times:
Answer:
Macro can be as far as months or years before the fire, and Micro are small
and narrow parts of the timeline.
