TECH ROPE FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
NFPA establishes organizational requirements to operate safely and effectively at
structural collapse emergencies. Specifically, this standard identifies the requirements
for risk and hazard assessment, written procedures, safety protocols, personal
protective equipment (PPE), establishing operational response level, and resource
considerations.
a. 1983
b. 1689
c. 1670
d. 1006 - ✔✔ - 1670
refers to the tools and equipment used to support damaged buildings and
damaged structural members, thereby stabilizing the area involved and helping to avoid
further collapse.
a. Shoring
b. Trenching
c. Bracing
d. Stabilizing - ✔✔ - Shoring
includes the use of mechanical search equipment; that is, visual,
thermal, seismic, and acoustic devices used to locate victims who are trapped within a
collapsed structure.
a. Seismic search
b. Advanced search
c. Primary search
d. Technical search - ✔✔ - Technical search
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, refers to actions taken by responders to remove a victim from an entrapment
at a building collapse.
a. Extrication
b. Entrapment
c. Removal
d. Rescue - ✔✔ - Extrication
is a condition in which a victim is trapped by debris, soil, or other material and
is unable to extricate himself or herself.
a. Removal
b. Entrapment
c. Rescue
d. Extrication - ✔✔ - Entrapment
Common injuries and medical complications observed at building collapse events
include fractures, respiratory distress, , compartment syndrome, and crush
syndrome.
a. Dehydration
b. Bruises
c. Headaches
d. Burns - ✔✔ - Dehydration
Police, sheriffs, or other law enforcement agencies are needed at building collapse
incidents to help establish , perform site security, control traffic flow, and
maintain force protection for emergency responders.
a. Triage
b. Command
c. Staging Areas
d. Perimeter Control - ✔✔ - Perimeter Control
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,Large-scale structural collapse events often have a long duration. In these situations,
support resources are required for sustaining long-term rescue operations.
a. Logistical
b. Resource
c. Equipment
d. Financial - ✔✔ - Logistical
buildings are primarily constructed of wood frame. They are typically one to
four stories in height.
Light-frame
Heavy wall
Pre-cast
Heavy floor - ✔✔ - Light-frame
buildings are primarily characterized by URM walls, tilt-up concrete walls,
steel or concrete frames with masonry infill walls, and other low-rise designs that
incorporate concrete and/or masonry walls.
Heavy floor
Light-frame
Pre-cast
Heavy wall - ✔✔ - Heavy wall
buildings are made of a concrete frame and can range from 1 to 13 stories
in height. Some of these buildings are built with URM infill walls.
Heavy wall
Pre-cast
Light-frame
Heavy floor - ✔✔ - Heavy floor
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, buildings may be one or more stories and consist of individual building
components such as walls, floors, columns, and beams that are premade at a factory
and then assembled on site.
Heavy floor
Heavy wall
Pre-cast
Light-frame - ✔✔ - Pre-cast
When buildings fail and collapse, void spaces are created and victims may be located in
them. These void spaces are classified into one of five categories. Which is not one of
the five?
V-shape
hanging
lean-to
pancake - ✔✔ - Hanging?
can be created by natural or human-made causative factors such as ground
movement from earthquakes, high wind damage from tornadoes, or terrorist bombings
that damage multiple building.
Debris hazards
Collapse hazards
Surface hazards
Approach hazards - ✔✔ - Approach hazards
Because there is a high potential for other building utilities to be disrupted and a chance
for a secondary collapse, responders should initially position their response vehicles at
least feet away from the collapse area.
100
500
1000
250 - ✔✔ - 100
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AND ANSWERS
NFPA establishes organizational requirements to operate safely and effectively at
structural collapse emergencies. Specifically, this standard identifies the requirements
for risk and hazard assessment, written procedures, safety protocols, personal
protective equipment (PPE), establishing operational response level, and resource
considerations.
a. 1983
b. 1689
c. 1670
d. 1006 - ✔✔ - 1670
refers to the tools and equipment used to support damaged buildings and
damaged structural members, thereby stabilizing the area involved and helping to avoid
further collapse.
a. Shoring
b. Trenching
c. Bracing
d. Stabilizing - ✔✔ - Shoring
includes the use of mechanical search equipment; that is, visual,
thermal, seismic, and acoustic devices used to locate victims who are trapped within a
collapsed structure.
a. Seismic search
b. Advanced search
c. Primary search
d. Technical search - ✔✔ - Technical search
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, refers to actions taken by responders to remove a victim from an entrapment
at a building collapse.
a. Extrication
b. Entrapment
c. Removal
d. Rescue - ✔✔ - Extrication
is a condition in which a victim is trapped by debris, soil, or other material and
is unable to extricate himself or herself.
a. Removal
b. Entrapment
c. Rescue
d. Extrication - ✔✔ - Entrapment
Common injuries and medical complications observed at building collapse events
include fractures, respiratory distress, , compartment syndrome, and crush
syndrome.
a. Dehydration
b. Bruises
c. Headaches
d. Burns - ✔✔ - Dehydration
Police, sheriffs, or other law enforcement agencies are needed at building collapse
incidents to help establish , perform site security, control traffic flow, and
maintain force protection for emergency responders.
a. Triage
b. Command
c. Staging Areas
d. Perimeter Control - ✔✔ - Perimeter Control
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,Large-scale structural collapse events often have a long duration. In these situations,
support resources are required for sustaining long-term rescue operations.
a. Logistical
b. Resource
c. Equipment
d. Financial - ✔✔ - Logistical
buildings are primarily constructed of wood frame. They are typically one to
four stories in height.
Light-frame
Heavy wall
Pre-cast
Heavy floor - ✔✔ - Light-frame
buildings are primarily characterized by URM walls, tilt-up concrete walls,
steel or concrete frames with masonry infill walls, and other low-rise designs that
incorporate concrete and/or masonry walls.
Heavy floor
Light-frame
Pre-cast
Heavy wall - ✔✔ - Heavy wall
buildings are made of a concrete frame and can range from 1 to 13 stories
in height. Some of these buildings are built with URM infill walls.
Heavy wall
Pre-cast
Light-frame
Heavy floor - ✔✔ - Heavy floor
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, buildings may be one or more stories and consist of individual building
components such as walls, floors, columns, and beams that are premade at a factory
and then assembled on site.
Heavy floor
Heavy wall
Pre-cast
Light-frame - ✔✔ - Pre-cast
When buildings fail and collapse, void spaces are created and victims may be located in
them. These void spaces are classified into one of five categories. Which is not one of
the five?
V-shape
hanging
lean-to
pancake - ✔✔ - Hanging?
can be created by natural or human-made causative factors such as ground
movement from earthquakes, high wind damage from tornadoes, or terrorist bombings
that damage multiple building.
Debris hazards
Collapse hazards
Surface hazards
Approach hazards - ✔✔ - Approach hazards
Because there is a high potential for other building utilities to be disrupted and a chance
for a secondary collapse, responders should initially position their response vehicles at
least feet away from the collapse area.
100
500
1000
250 - ✔✔ - 100
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