NFPA 10 UPDATED EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS AND VERIFIED.
HIGH PRESSURE CYLINDER - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅CONTAINS NITROGEN, COMPRESSED AIR,
CARBON DIOXIDE OR OTHER GASES AT A PRESSURE HIGHER THAN 500 PSI AT 70 DEGREES F.
LOW PRESSURE CYLINDER - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅CONTAINS FIRE EXTINGUISHER AGENT
(MEDIUM), NITROGEN, COMPRESSED AIR, OR OTHER COMPRESSED GASES AT A SERVICE PRESSURE OF
500 PSI OR LOWER AT 70 DEGREES F.
DOT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRONIC MONITORING - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A METHOD OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION
(DATA TRANSMISSION) BETWEEN AN IN-PLACE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING
DEVICE/SYSTEM.
FILM-FORMING FOAM AGENTS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅AQUEOUS FILM-FORMING FOAM (AFFF)
AND FILM-FORMING FLUOROPROTEIN FOAM (FFFP).
HYDRO-STATIC TESTING - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅PRESSURE TESTING OF THE EXTINGUISHER TO
VERIFY ITS STRENGTH AGAINST UNWANTED RUPTURE.
LOADED STREAM CHARGE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A WATER-BASED EXTINGUISHING MEDIUM
THAT USES AN ALKALI METAL SALT AS A FREEZING POINT DEPRESSANT.
ICC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, WHICH HAD
JURISDICTION OVER HIGH-PRESSURE CYLINDERS AND CARTRIDGES PRIOR TO 1967.
MILD STEEL SHELL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ALL STEEL SHELLS OTHER THAN STAINLESS STEEL AND
STEEL SHELLS USED FOR HIGH-PRESSURE CYLINDERS.
,PERFORMANCE STANDARDS-DRY CHEMICAL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ANSI/UL 299, STANDARD FOR
DRY CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; CAN/ULC-S504, STANDARD FOR DRY CHEMICAL FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS
FIRE EXTINGUISHER LABEL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅CONTENT'S PRODUCT NAME AS IT APPEARS ON
MSDS.
LIST OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION.
MANUFACTURER'S OR SERVICE AGENCY:
NAME, MAILING ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER.
OBSOLETE FIRE EXTINGUISHER - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅SHALL BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE...
PRESSURIZED WATER FIRE EXTINGUISHERS MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO 1971.
ANY EXTINGUISHER THAT NEEDS TO BE INVERTED TO OPERATE.
ANY STORED PRESSURE EXTINGUISHER MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO 1955.
ANY EXTINGUISHERS WITH 4B, 6B, 8B, 12B AND 16B FIRE RATINGS.
STORED PRESSURE WATER EXTINGUISHERS WITH FIBERGLASS SHELLS (PRE-1976).
DRY CHEMICAL STORED PRESSURE EXTINGUISHERS MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO OCTOBER 1984 SHALL BE
REMOVED FROM SERVICE AT THE NEXT 6 YEAR MAINTENANCE OR THE NEXT HYDROTEST INTERVAL.
ANY FE THAT CAN NO LONGER BE SERVICED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S
MAINTENANCE MANUAL.
CLASSIFICATION OF FE:
CLASS A (A IS IN ASH) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ORDINARY COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL: WOOD,
CLOTH, PAPER, RUBBER, MANY PLASTICS.
CLASSIFICATION OF FE:
CLASS B
(B AS IN BARREL-ITEMS STORED IN BARRELS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS,
COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS, PETROLEUM GREASES, TARS, OILS, OIL-BASED PAINTS, SOLVENTS, LACQUERS,
ALCOHOLS, AND FLAMMABLE GASES.
, CLASSIFICATION OF FE:
CLASS C (ELECTRICAL CURRENT) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
CLASSIFICATION OF FE:
CLASS D - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅COMBUSTIBLE METALS, SUCH AS: MAGNESIUM, TITANIUM,
ZIRCONIUM, SODIUM, LITHIUM, AND POTASSIUM.
CLASSIFICATION OF FE:
CLASS K (KITCHENS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅COMBUSTIBLE COOKING MEDIA (VEGETABLE OR
ANIMAL OILS AND FATS).
CLASS A OR CLASS B FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅REQUIRED TO HAVE RATING
NUMBER AFTER LETTER(INDICATES EFFECTIVENESS).
CLASS C , CLASS D, OR CLASS K
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅NO NUMBER REQUIRED PRECEDING LETTER.
HALOGENATED FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅AGENT USED TO EXTINGUISH FIRE
WITHOUT DAMAGING EQUIPMENT.
CLASSIFY OCCUPANCY HAZARD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ROOMS OR AREAS CLASSIFIED BY
LIGHT (LOW)
ORDINARY (MODERATE)
EXTRA (HIGH)
LIGHT (LOW) OCCUPANCY HAZARD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅CLASS A COMBUSTIBLES (WOOD,
CLOTH, PAPER, RUBBER, PLASTICS)
CORRECT ANSWERS AND VERIFIED.
HIGH PRESSURE CYLINDER - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅CONTAINS NITROGEN, COMPRESSED AIR,
CARBON DIOXIDE OR OTHER GASES AT A PRESSURE HIGHER THAN 500 PSI AT 70 DEGREES F.
LOW PRESSURE CYLINDER - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅CONTAINS FIRE EXTINGUISHER AGENT
(MEDIUM), NITROGEN, COMPRESSED AIR, OR OTHER COMPRESSED GASES AT A SERVICE PRESSURE OF
500 PSI OR LOWER AT 70 DEGREES F.
DOT - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
ELECTRONIC MONITORING - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A METHOD OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION
(DATA TRANSMISSION) BETWEEN AN IN-PLACE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND AN ELECTRONIC MONITORING
DEVICE/SYSTEM.
FILM-FORMING FOAM AGENTS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅AQUEOUS FILM-FORMING FOAM (AFFF)
AND FILM-FORMING FLUOROPROTEIN FOAM (FFFP).
HYDRO-STATIC TESTING - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅PRESSURE TESTING OF THE EXTINGUISHER TO
VERIFY ITS STRENGTH AGAINST UNWANTED RUPTURE.
LOADED STREAM CHARGE - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A WATER-BASED EXTINGUISHING MEDIUM
THAT USES AN ALKALI METAL SALT AS A FREEZING POINT DEPRESSANT.
ICC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, WHICH HAD
JURISDICTION OVER HIGH-PRESSURE CYLINDERS AND CARTRIDGES PRIOR TO 1967.
MILD STEEL SHELL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ALL STEEL SHELLS OTHER THAN STAINLESS STEEL AND
STEEL SHELLS USED FOR HIGH-PRESSURE CYLINDERS.
,PERFORMANCE STANDARDS-DRY CHEMICAL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ANSI/UL 299, STANDARD FOR
DRY CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; CAN/ULC-S504, STANDARD FOR DRY CHEMICAL FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS
FIRE EXTINGUISHER LABEL - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅CONTENT'S PRODUCT NAME AS IT APPEARS ON
MSDS.
LIST OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION.
MANUFACTURER'S OR SERVICE AGENCY:
NAME, MAILING ADDRESS, AND PHONE NUMBER.
OBSOLETE FIRE EXTINGUISHER - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅SHALL BE REMOVED FROM SERVICE...
PRESSURIZED WATER FIRE EXTINGUISHERS MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO 1971.
ANY EXTINGUISHER THAT NEEDS TO BE INVERTED TO OPERATE.
ANY STORED PRESSURE EXTINGUISHER MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO 1955.
ANY EXTINGUISHERS WITH 4B, 6B, 8B, 12B AND 16B FIRE RATINGS.
STORED PRESSURE WATER EXTINGUISHERS WITH FIBERGLASS SHELLS (PRE-1976).
DRY CHEMICAL STORED PRESSURE EXTINGUISHERS MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO OCTOBER 1984 SHALL BE
REMOVED FROM SERVICE AT THE NEXT 6 YEAR MAINTENANCE OR THE NEXT HYDROTEST INTERVAL.
ANY FE THAT CAN NO LONGER BE SERVICED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S
MAINTENANCE MANUAL.
CLASSIFICATION OF FE:
CLASS A (A IS IN ASH) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ORDINARY COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL: WOOD,
CLOTH, PAPER, RUBBER, MANY PLASTICS.
CLASSIFICATION OF FE:
CLASS B
(B AS IN BARREL-ITEMS STORED IN BARRELS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS,
COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS, PETROLEUM GREASES, TARS, OILS, OIL-BASED PAINTS, SOLVENTS, LACQUERS,
ALCOHOLS, AND FLAMMABLE GASES.
, CLASSIFICATION OF FE:
CLASS C (ELECTRICAL CURRENT) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
CLASSIFICATION OF FE:
CLASS D - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅COMBUSTIBLE METALS, SUCH AS: MAGNESIUM, TITANIUM,
ZIRCONIUM, SODIUM, LITHIUM, AND POTASSIUM.
CLASSIFICATION OF FE:
CLASS K (KITCHENS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅COMBUSTIBLE COOKING MEDIA (VEGETABLE OR
ANIMAL OILS AND FATS).
CLASS A OR CLASS B FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅REQUIRED TO HAVE RATING
NUMBER AFTER LETTER(INDICATES EFFECTIVENESS).
CLASS C , CLASS D, OR CLASS K
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅NO NUMBER REQUIRED PRECEDING LETTER.
HALOGENATED FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅AGENT USED TO EXTINGUISH FIRE
WITHOUT DAMAGING EQUIPMENT.
CLASSIFY OCCUPANCY HAZARD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ROOMS OR AREAS CLASSIFIED BY
LIGHT (LOW)
ORDINARY (MODERATE)
EXTRA (HIGH)
LIGHT (LOW) OCCUPANCY HAZARD - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅CLASS A COMBUSTIBLES (WOOD,
CLOTH, PAPER, RUBBER, PLASTICS)
