IFSTA Complete Written Final Exam Questions & Answers
What organization formed in 1896 develops codes and standards to ensure fire and
life safety for the public? - D. NFPA
What type of company is responsible for forcible entry? - A. Truck company
Which of the following is a minimum requirement for protective clothing and
equipment as established by NFPA 1500? - C. Protective equipment must meet
current NFPA design standard.
According to NFPA 1500 emergency operations are limited to - B. those that can
be safely conducted by personnel on scene.
The concept of risk management is based on an assessment of benefits gained
compared to the - A. Risks involved
The area that must be kept clear in case a piece of a structure collapses during an
incident is called the: - C. collapse zone
Which of the following is the best description of personnel accountability systems?
- D. Systems that assist in keeping track of firefighters at an emergency scene
Which of the following is a type of public alerting system? - D. Wired telegraph
circuit box
Which of the following is a repeater system that uses two radio frequencies for
communications? - D. half-duplex
Manufactured homes built before 1976 have less _____ than those of current
homes. - B. Fire resistance
What part of a roof's construction can be manufactured from smaller pieces of
wood or light gauge steel? - D. Lightweight construction support system
, What building component may be mounted over doors and windows to prevent
illegal entry? - D. Security bars or grilles
Additions to the structure, replacing fire escapes with enclosed stairways, and
removing non-load-bearing walls are all types of: - C. permitted structural
modifications.
Doors are classified by: - A. the way they operate.
What source of thermal energy is the most common source of heat in combustion
reactions? - C. chemical energy
What method of heat transfer occurs when a material is heated as the result of
direct contact with a heat source? - C. conduction
Fuel particles become smaller as the ratio of surface-to-mass: - A. increases
Which of the following best describes the impact of higher oxygen concentration
on combustion? - A. Materials burn more intensely
What term defines the minimum concentration of fuel vapor and air that supports
combustion? - C. Lower flammable limit
Which of the following fire development factors affects heat release rate? - A. Fuel
type
Which of the following is defined as the tendency of gases to form into layers
according to temperature? - B. Thermal layering
The neutral plane in the growth stage is the: - D. interface of hot and cool layers at
an opening.
What fire-suppression method does not work if fuel is self-oxidizing? - B. Oxygen
exclusion
What organization formed in 1896 develops codes and standards to ensure fire and
life safety for the public? - D. NFPA
What type of company is responsible for forcible entry? - A. Truck company
Which of the following is a minimum requirement for protective clothing and
equipment as established by NFPA 1500? - C. Protective equipment must meet
current NFPA design standard.
According to NFPA 1500 emergency operations are limited to - B. those that can
be safely conducted by personnel on scene.
The concept of risk management is based on an assessment of benefits gained
compared to the - A. Risks involved
The area that must be kept clear in case a piece of a structure collapses during an
incident is called the: - C. collapse zone
Which of the following is the best description of personnel accountability systems?
- D. Systems that assist in keeping track of firefighters at an emergency scene
Which of the following is a type of public alerting system? - D. Wired telegraph
circuit box
Which of the following is a repeater system that uses two radio frequencies for
communications? - D. half-duplex
Manufactured homes built before 1976 have less _____ than those of current
homes. - B. Fire resistance
What part of a roof's construction can be manufactured from smaller pieces of
wood or light gauge steel? - D. Lightweight construction support system
, What building component may be mounted over doors and windows to prevent
illegal entry? - D. Security bars or grilles
Additions to the structure, replacing fire escapes with enclosed stairways, and
removing non-load-bearing walls are all types of: - C. permitted structural
modifications.
Doors are classified by: - A. the way they operate.
What source of thermal energy is the most common source of heat in combustion
reactions? - C. chemical energy
What method of heat transfer occurs when a material is heated as the result of
direct contact with a heat source? - C. conduction
Fuel particles become smaller as the ratio of surface-to-mass: - A. increases
Which of the following best describes the impact of higher oxygen concentration
on combustion? - A. Materials burn more intensely
What term defines the minimum concentration of fuel vapor and air that supports
combustion? - C. Lower flammable limit
Which of the following fire development factors affects heat release rate? - A. Fuel
type
Which of the following is defined as the tendency of gases to form into layers
according to temperature? - B. Thermal layering
The neutral plane in the growth stage is the: - D. interface of hot and cool layers at
an opening.
What fire-suppression method does not work if fuel is self-oxidizing? - B. Oxygen
exclusion
