NFPA 10 Test Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
The provisions of NFPA 10 apply to the selection, installation,
inspection, maintenance, and testing of portable
extinguishing equipment. - Correct Answers ✅True
Requirements of NFPA 10 are - Correct Answers ✅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. - Correct Answers ✅False
What is the purpose of NFPA 10 - Correct Answers ✅For
use and guidance of persons selecting, purchasing, installing,
approving, listing, designing and maintaining portables.
What is ANSI? - Correct Answers ✅American National
Standards Institute
What does ANSI do? - Correct Answers ✅Official standards
making/setting organization of the USA.
The term approved means acceptable to the authority having
jurisdiction. - Correct Answers ✅True
What does AHJ stand for? What does it mean? - Correct
Answers ✅Authority having jurisdiction, Fire
Marshal/Property owner.
,NFPA 10 Test Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
Define Class A Fire - Correct Answers ✅Ordinary
Combustibles eg. wood, paper, cloth, (leave ash)
Define Class B Fire - Correct Answers ✅Flammable Liquids
and Gas
Define Class C Fire - Correct Answers ✅Electrical
Define Class D Fire - Correct Answers ✅Combustible Metals
Cartridge or cylinder operated fire extinguishers use a
separate container for the expellant gas from the storage
container. - Correct Answers ✅True
When can a Class A or Class B rated fire extinguisher be used
safely on Class C Fires? - Correct Answers ✅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. - Correct Answers
✅True
, NFPA 10 Test Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
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. - Correct Answers ✅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. - Correct Answers ✅True
Bromochlorodiflouromethane is Halon 1301. - Correct
Answers ✅False
What is Bromotriflouromethane? - Correct Answers ✅Halon
1301
The material protocol was signed on: - Correct Answers
✅September 16, 1987
In what year did the amendments to the protocol call for a
worldwide cessation of production of Halon 1211? - Correct
Answers ✅1992
For the purposes in NFPA 10, High pressure cylinders are
those containing nitrogen, compressed air, CO2, or other
gases at pressures higher than 500psig - Correct Answers
✅True
Answers (Solved Papers)
The provisions of NFPA 10 apply to the selection, installation,
inspection, maintenance, and testing of portable
extinguishing equipment. - Correct Answers ✅True
Requirements of NFPA 10 are - Correct Answers ✅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. - Correct Answers ✅False
What is the purpose of NFPA 10 - Correct Answers ✅For
use and guidance of persons selecting, purchasing, installing,
approving, listing, designing and maintaining portables.
What is ANSI? - Correct Answers ✅American National
Standards Institute
What does ANSI do? - Correct Answers ✅Official standards
making/setting organization of the USA.
The term approved means acceptable to the authority having
jurisdiction. - Correct Answers ✅True
What does AHJ stand for? What does it mean? - Correct
Answers ✅Authority having jurisdiction, Fire
Marshal/Property owner.
,NFPA 10 Test Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
Define Class A Fire - Correct Answers ✅Ordinary
Combustibles eg. wood, paper, cloth, (leave ash)
Define Class B Fire - Correct Answers ✅Flammable Liquids
and Gas
Define Class C Fire - Correct Answers ✅Electrical
Define Class D Fire - Correct Answers ✅Combustible Metals
Cartridge or cylinder operated fire extinguishers use a
separate container for the expellant gas from the storage
container. - Correct Answers ✅True
When can a Class A or Class B rated fire extinguisher be used
safely on Class C Fires? - Correct Answers ✅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. - Correct Answers
✅True
, NFPA 10 Test Exam Questions and
Answers (Solved Papers)
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. - Correct Answers ✅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. - Correct Answers ✅True
Bromochlorodiflouromethane is Halon 1301. - Correct
Answers ✅False
What is Bromotriflouromethane? - Correct Answers ✅Halon
1301
The material protocol was signed on: - Correct Answers
✅September 16, 1987
In what year did the amendments to the protocol call for a
worldwide cessation of production of Halon 1211? - Correct
Answers ✅1992
For the purposes in NFPA 10, High pressure cylinders are
those containing nitrogen, compressed air, CO2, or other
gases at pressures higher than 500psig - Correct Answers
✅True
