NFPA 1033 CORE EXAM 2026 TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What is the last photo to be taken of evidence before it is collected: - ✔✔Evidence
with a measurement scale to establish size
✔✔What material should an investigator's tools be made of? - ✔✔Steel
✔✔When does contamination of physical evidence most often occur? - ✔✔During the
collection of evidence at the scene
✔✔What type of container is recommended for the collection of ignitable liquid
samples? - ✔✔Glass vial with teflon cap
✔✔What is the National Fuel Gas Code? - ✔✔NFPA 54
✔✔What is the national electric code? - ✔✔NFPA 70
✔✔What is NFPA 1031 and when was it adopted? - ✔✔Standards for fire
inspector/1977
✔✔List the order of the Scientific Method - ✔✔1. Recognize the need 2. Define the
problem 3. Collect data 4. Analyze Data 5. Develop Hypothesis 6. Test Hypothesis 7.
Select Final Hypothesis
✔✔What is heat flux? - ✔✔The measure of the rate of transfer between objects
✔✔The theoretical temperature of a complete combustion process that loses neither
energy nor heat to it's outside environment - ✔✔Adiabatic flame temperature
✔✔The flame propagation rate relative to the unburned gas and the movement of the
front into the unburned gas as it chemically combines the fuel and oxidizer into a
combustible - ✔✔Laminar burning velocity
✔✔The rate of expansion of a fuel-air mixture's products of combustion after ignition
behind the expanding flame front - ✔✔Expansion ratio
✔✔The speed of a freely burning flame relative to a fixed point without turbulent effect -
✔✔Laminar flame speed
✔✔The speed of a turbulent combustion, which is generally relevant to a real explosion.
May exceed the speed of sound in the unreacted mixture - ✔✔Turbulent flame speed
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What is the last photo to be taken of evidence before it is collected: - ✔✔Evidence
with a measurement scale to establish size
✔✔What material should an investigator's tools be made of? - ✔✔Steel
✔✔When does contamination of physical evidence most often occur? - ✔✔During the
collection of evidence at the scene
✔✔What type of container is recommended for the collection of ignitable liquid
samples? - ✔✔Glass vial with teflon cap
✔✔What is the National Fuel Gas Code? - ✔✔NFPA 54
✔✔What is the national electric code? - ✔✔NFPA 70
✔✔What is NFPA 1031 and when was it adopted? - ✔✔Standards for fire
inspector/1977
✔✔List the order of the Scientific Method - ✔✔1. Recognize the need 2. Define the
problem 3. Collect data 4. Analyze Data 5. Develop Hypothesis 6. Test Hypothesis 7.
Select Final Hypothesis
✔✔What is heat flux? - ✔✔The measure of the rate of transfer between objects
✔✔The theoretical temperature of a complete combustion process that loses neither
energy nor heat to it's outside environment - ✔✔Adiabatic flame temperature
✔✔The flame propagation rate relative to the unburned gas and the movement of the
front into the unburned gas as it chemically combines the fuel and oxidizer into a
combustible - ✔✔Laminar burning velocity
✔✔The rate of expansion of a fuel-air mixture's products of combustion after ignition
behind the expanding flame front - ✔✔Expansion ratio
✔✔The speed of a freely burning flame relative to a fixed point without turbulent effect -
✔✔Laminar flame speed
✔✔The speed of a turbulent combustion, which is generally relevant to a real explosion.
May exceed the speed of sound in the unreacted mixture - ✔✔Turbulent flame speed
