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What is the main purpose of overhaul?
A. To ventilate smoke
B. To salvage property
✔✔C. To ensure hidden fire is extinguished
D. To reestablish utilities
What is the primary danger of operating under overhead utility lines during fireground
operations?
A. Limited hose reach
✔✔B. Electrocution hazard
C. Reduced radio range
D. Hose entanglement
Which fire stream provides the greatest penetration?
✔✔A. Solid stream
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,B. Fog stream
C. Broken stream
D. Wide-angle fog
Which method best preserves potential evidence during firefighting operations?
A. Remove it from the building immediately
✔✔B. Disturb it as little as possible
C. Hose it down with water
D. Break it apart for safety
What is the recommended approach when ventilating for a potential backdraft?
✔✔A. Vent at the highest point cautiously before entry
B. Break all windows at once
C. Open every door quickly
D. Spray water fog into the smoke
What tool is best suited for prying open a locked metal door?
A. Pike pole
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,✔✔B. Halligan bar
C. Hose clamp
D. Spanner wrench
Which type of fire involves energized electrical equipment?
A. Class A
B. Class B
✔✔C. Class C
D. Class D
What is the purpose of a water thief appliance?
✔✔A. To take smaller lines off a larger supply
B. To connect two hydrants
C. To measure water flow
D. To combine two supply lines
Which collapse pattern involves floors pancaking on top of each other?
✔✔A. Pancake collapse
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, B. Curtain fall collapse
C. Lean-to collapse
D. V-shaped collapse
What is the minimum safe distance to maintain from downed power lines?
A. 5 feet
✔✔B. 10 feet or more
C. 3 feet
D. 1 yard
Which knot is commonly used to hoist an axe?
A. Square knot
✔✔B. Clove hitch with overhand safety
C. Figure-eight follow through
D. Becket bend
What is the primary goal of salvage operations?
✔✔A. To protect property from damage
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