FAE EXAMINATION TEST 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A++
✔✔Dry-Barrel Hydrant - ✔✔A type of hydrant used in areas subject to freezing weather.
The valve that allows water to flow into the hydrant is located underground, and the
barrel of the hydrant is normally dry.
✔✔On scene what do you crack open to cool pump - ✔✔Tank to fill
✔✔Relay begins with ______ pumper - ✔✔Source pumper
✔✔Lift limit for a 1500 GPM pump - ✔✔No more than 10 ft
✔✔Lift limit for a 1750 GPM pump - ✔✔No more than 8 ft
✔✔Lift limit for a 2000 GPM pump - ✔✔No more than 6 ft
✔✔NFPA for pumper requirements - ✔✔1901
✔✔______ feeders are large pipes that transport large quantities of water from the
pumping station to the distribution system. - ✔✔Primary feeders
✔✔feeders transport water from the primary feeders and distribute to the other feeders -
✔✔Secondary feeders
✔✔are the smaller mains that create the grid system that serve individual hydrants. -
✔✔Distributors
✔✔Closing a valve fast can create what - ✔✔Water hammer
✔✔The barrel strainer must be submerged at least _____ below the surface of the
water when using a static source for pumper service tests. - ✔✔2 feet
✔✔Floating strainer - ✔✔May get around the 24 inch minimum depth with this type of
strainer but the filter can only draw water from the bottom.
✔✔The best type of strainer to use in a shallow stream is a: - ✔✔Floating strainer
✔✔performance testing at 100% is at ______ min and a ______ PSI - ✔✔20 minutes
150 PSI
✔✔How many inches is the max lift? - ✔✔22 minutes
, ✔✔1. Vacuum Cleaner will lift ______ ft of water - ✔✔1.13 ft
✔✔performance testing at 70% is at ______ min and a ______ PSI - ✔✔10 minutes
200 PSI
✔✔performance testing at 50% is at ______ min and a ______ PSI - ✔✔10 minutes
250 psi
✔✔At what PSI will Spring Brakes light come on - ✔✔60 PSI
✔✔At what PSI will the spring brakes lock - ✔✔40 PSI
✔✔apparatus has to reach 35 MPH in _____ seconds - ✔✔25
✔✔When do you switch pump from pressure to volume - ✔✔At 50% capacity
✔✔Tread depth on a tire should be ? - ✔✔4"/32"
✔✔engineer is responsible for everything except - ✔✔Anything that involves
mechanical fixing/replacing
( changing tires, replacing oil, filling DEF )
✔✔Starts at the hydrant and proceeds forward toward the fire - ✔✔Forward lay
✔✔Involves laying the hose from the fire to the hydrant - ✔✔Reverse lay
✔✔Pressure created by the weight of the atmosphere, is 14.7 PSI - ✔✔Atmosphere
pressure
✔✔NFPA standard for the Inspection, Maintenance, Testing, and Retirement of In-
Service Automotive Fire Apparatus - ✔✔NFPA 1911
✔✔What streamer is used for deep water draft sources - ✔✔Barrel strainer
✔✔What strainer is used primarily for drafting operations from a portable tank - ✔✔Low
level strainer
✔✔What strainer is best used when the depth or the bottom quality is unknown. Also
used to prevent debris on the surface and from the bottom of the water source -
✔✔Floating strainer.
✔✔Operation of offloading a tender into another tender or into a pumper as a form of a
water source is called - ✔✔Nurse tender operation
ANSWERS GRADED A++
✔✔Dry-Barrel Hydrant - ✔✔A type of hydrant used in areas subject to freezing weather.
The valve that allows water to flow into the hydrant is located underground, and the
barrel of the hydrant is normally dry.
✔✔On scene what do you crack open to cool pump - ✔✔Tank to fill
✔✔Relay begins with ______ pumper - ✔✔Source pumper
✔✔Lift limit for a 1500 GPM pump - ✔✔No more than 10 ft
✔✔Lift limit for a 1750 GPM pump - ✔✔No more than 8 ft
✔✔Lift limit for a 2000 GPM pump - ✔✔No more than 6 ft
✔✔NFPA for pumper requirements - ✔✔1901
✔✔______ feeders are large pipes that transport large quantities of water from the
pumping station to the distribution system. - ✔✔Primary feeders
✔✔feeders transport water from the primary feeders and distribute to the other feeders -
✔✔Secondary feeders
✔✔are the smaller mains that create the grid system that serve individual hydrants. -
✔✔Distributors
✔✔Closing a valve fast can create what - ✔✔Water hammer
✔✔The barrel strainer must be submerged at least _____ below the surface of the
water when using a static source for pumper service tests. - ✔✔2 feet
✔✔Floating strainer - ✔✔May get around the 24 inch minimum depth with this type of
strainer but the filter can only draw water from the bottom.
✔✔The best type of strainer to use in a shallow stream is a: - ✔✔Floating strainer
✔✔performance testing at 100% is at ______ min and a ______ PSI - ✔✔20 minutes
150 PSI
✔✔How many inches is the max lift? - ✔✔22 minutes
, ✔✔1. Vacuum Cleaner will lift ______ ft of water - ✔✔1.13 ft
✔✔performance testing at 70% is at ______ min and a ______ PSI - ✔✔10 minutes
200 PSI
✔✔performance testing at 50% is at ______ min and a ______ PSI - ✔✔10 minutes
250 psi
✔✔At what PSI will Spring Brakes light come on - ✔✔60 PSI
✔✔At what PSI will the spring brakes lock - ✔✔40 PSI
✔✔apparatus has to reach 35 MPH in _____ seconds - ✔✔25
✔✔When do you switch pump from pressure to volume - ✔✔At 50% capacity
✔✔Tread depth on a tire should be ? - ✔✔4"/32"
✔✔engineer is responsible for everything except - ✔✔Anything that involves
mechanical fixing/replacing
( changing tires, replacing oil, filling DEF )
✔✔Starts at the hydrant and proceeds forward toward the fire - ✔✔Forward lay
✔✔Involves laying the hose from the fire to the hydrant - ✔✔Reverse lay
✔✔Pressure created by the weight of the atmosphere, is 14.7 PSI - ✔✔Atmosphere
pressure
✔✔NFPA standard for the Inspection, Maintenance, Testing, and Retirement of In-
Service Automotive Fire Apparatus - ✔✔NFPA 1911
✔✔What streamer is used for deep water draft sources - ✔✔Barrel strainer
✔✔What strainer is used primarily for drafting operations from a portable tank - ✔✔Low
level strainer
✔✔What strainer is best used when the depth or the bottom quality is unknown. Also
used to prevent debris on the surface and from the bottom of the water source -
✔✔Floating strainer.
✔✔Operation of offloading a tender into another tender or into a pumper as a form of a
water source is called - ✔✔Nurse tender operation
