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✔✔In order to comply with FMVSS Standard 302 burning rate of the tested material
must be less than
a. 2 inches per minute.
b. 4 inches per minute.
c. 6 inches per minute.
d. 14 inches perminute. - ✔✔b. 4 inches per minute.
✔✔FMVSS 302 requires compliance for
a. present in the passenger compartment of the vehicle.
b. present in the passenger, engine and trunk of the vehicle.
c. all materials within .5 inches of the air space of the passenger compartment.
d. all materials in the vehicle. - ✔✔c. all materials within .5 inches of the air space of the
passenger compartment.
✔✔FMVSS 301 does not apply to:
a. motorcycles.
b. commercial passenger vehicles.
c. trucks with gross weights less that I 0,000 pounds.
d. passenger cars. - ✔✔a. motorcycles.
✔✔Factors influencing motor vehicle safety are the _____________________.
a. Vehicle's design
b. Vehicle's construction
c. Vehicle's materials
d. All of the above - ✔✔d. All of the above
✔✔During a vehicle fire, electrical components such as the horn and the wipers can
suddenly operate due to fire damage.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
✔✔Evidence of electrical wire separation and the formation of a bead are always
indicative that it was the source of ignition for the fire.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔b. False
, ✔✔Gasoline has the highest ignition temperature of any of the liquids normally found in
the engine compartment.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
✔✔It is always possible to determine whether the crash or the resulting fire caused a
death.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔b. False
✔✔The development of fire patterns on and in a motor vehicle may be affected by:
a. airflow caused by vehicle movement.
b. distribution of fuel loads.
c. breaches in compartments.
d. all of the above - ✔✔d. all of the above
✔✔During the refueling of a motor vehicle the flow of gasoline may result in the
production, accumulation and discharge of a static electrical discharge.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
✔✔An overheated automatic transmission may result in transmission fluid being
expelled from the transmission dipstick presenting a fire hazard if it comes in contact
with a hot surface capable of raising the transmission fluid to its ignition temperature.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
✔✔The continuous fuel flow from a compromised fuel line unaided by mechanical or
electrical pumps is the definition of "fuel system siphoning" in motor vehicles.
a. True
b. False - ✔✔a. True
✔✔The post collision failure of a vehicle's fuel tank can be caused by being
compromised:
a. due to collision forces and crush.
b. as a result of exposure to fire.
c. due to a mis-assembly and defective components.