FAE TEST PAPER EXAM 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A++
✔✔Switch to volume - ✔✔At 50% of pump capacity
✔✔Piping on app - ✔✔Must withstand 500psi, designed to eliminate fl
✔✔2 types of auxiliary coolers for engine - ✔✔Marine and immersion
✔✔Only Sb that can be hL or ms - ✔✔1 1/4
✔✔1 in Sb. And 2 in sb rule of 1/8s - ✔✔200gpm and 1000gpm
✔✔Nep when drafting - ✔✔Lift in ft +fl \2.3
✔✔Most common place for mva - ✔✔Intersections
✔✔Nfpa 1002 - ✔✔Fire app driver/operator
✔✔NFPA 1500 - ✔✔Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Program
✔✔NFPA 1451 - ✔✔Fire Service Vehicle Operations Training Program
✔✔Gross Vehicle Weight - ✔✔the weight of a vehicle and the weight of its load.
✔✔At what mph can you outrun siren - ✔✔>50mph
✔✔How many ft between emerg vehicles - ✔✔300-500 ft
✔✔Follow local guidelines - ✔✔When backing vehicle
✔✔Practical lift in psi - ✔✔Between22-25
✔✔Max cap for centrifugal pump - ✔✔150psi at 1500 gpm
✔✔Unequal size lines - ✔✔Divide flow,figure fl per 100 in both lines, add, divide by 2,
multiply by length/100.
✔✔Moderate winds affect fire stream - ✔✔10-15%
✔✔Fire streams affected by - ✔✔Wind, gravity, friction
, ✔✔Solid stream vs straight stream - ✔✔Straight=fog. Solid=smooth
✔✔Formula for calculating fl from smooth bore - ✔✔29.7
✔✔Automatic nozzle - ✔✔Steals gpm to make a good pattern
✔✔Master stream is - ✔✔Any stream too large to be controlled without mechanical aid
✔✔Ground monitor and deluge set - ✔✔Interchangeable for us
✔✔Nozzle reaction for fog - ✔✔Flow divided by 2
✔✔Sedimentation - ✔✔Settles on bottom of pipe
✔✔Encrustation - ✔✔Collects around perimeter of pipe
✔✔If you double the flow - ✔✔Quadruple the fl
✔✔Foam proportioner - ✔✔Mixes foam and water
✔✔Foam solution - ✔✔Foam and water before aerated
✔✔Foam (finished foam) - ✔✔Final solution with air
✔✔3percent foam for - ✔✔Hydrocarbons
✔✔6 percent foam for - ✔✔Polar solvents
✔✔Correct pressure at eductor - ✔✔Usually 200psi at intake
✔✔How much 1.5 in line after eductor - ✔✔150 ft
✔✔200 ft - ✔✔How much 1 3/4 line after eductor
✔✔In foam - ✔✔Nozzle and eductor must match flows
✔✔Injection foam (type a) - ✔✔Injected into water stream at pump
✔✔Batch mixing - ✔✔Dump foam in tank
✔✔Pre mixing - ✔✔Pre mixed in piping
✔✔Class a foam mix - ✔✔0.1-1
ANSWERS GRADED A++
✔✔Switch to volume - ✔✔At 50% of pump capacity
✔✔Piping on app - ✔✔Must withstand 500psi, designed to eliminate fl
✔✔2 types of auxiliary coolers for engine - ✔✔Marine and immersion
✔✔Only Sb that can be hL or ms - ✔✔1 1/4
✔✔1 in Sb. And 2 in sb rule of 1/8s - ✔✔200gpm and 1000gpm
✔✔Nep when drafting - ✔✔Lift in ft +fl \2.3
✔✔Most common place for mva - ✔✔Intersections
✔✔Nfpa 1002 - ✔✔Fire app driver/operator
✔✔NFPA 1500 - ✔✔Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Program
✔✔NFPA 1451 - ✔✔Fire Service Vehicle Operations Training Program
✔✔Gross Vehicle Weight - ✔✔the weight of a vehicle and the weight of its load.
✔✔At what mph can you outrun siren - ✔✔>50mph
✔✔How many ft between emerg vehicles - ✔✔300-500 ft
✔✔Follow local guidelines - ✔✔When backing vehicle
✔✔Practical lift in psi - ✔✔Between22-25
✔✔Max cap for centrifugal pump - ✔✔150psi at 1500 gpm
✔✔Unequal size lines - ✔✔Divide flow,figure fl per 100 in both lines, add, divide by 2,
multiply by length/100.
✔✔Moderate winds affect fire stream - ✔✔10-15%
✔✔Fire streams affected by - ✔✔Wind, gravity, friction
, ✔✔Solid stream vs straight stream - ✔✔Straight=fog. Solid=smooth
✔✔Formula for calculating fl from smooth bore - ✔✔29.7
✔✔Automatic nozzle - ✔✔Steals gpm to make a good pattern
✔✔Master stream is - ✔✔Any stream too large to be controlled without mechanical aid
✔✔Ground monitor and deluge set - ✔✔Interchangeable for us
✔✔Nozzle reaction for fog - ✔✔Flow divided by 2
✔✔Sedimentation - ✔✔Settles on bottom of pipe
✔✔Encrustation - ✔✔Collects around perimeter of pipe
✔✔If you double the flow - ✔✔Quadruple the fl
✔✔Foam proportioner - ✔✔Mixes foam and water
✔✔Foam solution - ✔✔Foam and water before aerated
✔✔Foam (finished foam) - ✔✔Final solution with air
✔✔3percent foam for - ✔✔Hydrocarbons
✔✔6 percent foam for - ✔✔Polar solvents
✔✔Correct pressure at eductor - ✔✔Usually 200psi at intake
✔✔How much 1.5 in line after eductor - ✔✔150 ft
✔✔200 ft - ✔✔How much 1 3/4 line after eductor
✔✔In foam - ✔✔Nozzle and eductor must match flows
✔✔Injection foam (type a) - ✔✔Injected into water stream at pump
✔✔Batch mixing - ✔✔Dump foam in tank
✔✔Pre mixing - ✔✔Pre mixed in piping
✔✔Class a foam mix - ✔✔0.1-1
