FDNY C14 EXAMS SCRIPT LATEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Water-reactive material - ✔✔A material that has a dangerous chemical reaction
when reacting with water. May explode, violently react, produce flammable, toxic, or
other hazardous gases, and/or generate enough heat to cause ignition of the material or
nearby materials.
Divided into 3 classes, increasing level of hazard 1-3
✔✔How many pre-existing lab types are there? - ✔✔4
✔✔How are pre-existing labs classified? - ✔✔fire rating and whether or not an
automatic sprinkler system is installed
✔✔Pre-existing lab type I - ✔✔Fire rating - 2 hours
Fire protection - sprinklers
Flammable liquids - 30 gallons
✔✔Pre-existing lab type II - ✔✔Fire rating - 1 hour
Fire protection - sprinklers
Flammable liquids - 25 gallons
✔✔Pre-existing lab type III - ✔✔Fire rating - 2 hours
Fire protection - no sprinklers
Flammable liquids - 20 gallons
✔✔Pre-existing lab type IV - ✔✔Fire rating - 1 hour
Fire protection - no sprinklers
Flammable liquids - 15 gallons
✔✔Class B Lab - ✔✔Fire rating - 1 or 2 hours
Fire protection - sprinklers
, Flammable/combustible liquid density - up to 20gal/100ft2
Flammable/combustible liquid limit - up to 30 gal
✔✔Class D Lab - ✔✔Fire rating - 1 or 2 hours
Fire protection - sprinklers
Flammable/combustible liquid density - up to 2gal/100ft2
Flammable/combustible liquid limit - up to 200 gal
✔✔Flammable liquids Class IA - ✔✔Flash point <73F
Boiling point <100F
Examples: acetaldehyde, ethyl ether, gasoline, methyl formate, pentane
✔✔Flammable liquids Class IB - ✔✔Flash point <73F
Boiling point >100F
Examples: acetone, benzene, carbon disulfide, cylcohexane, ethanol, methyl alcohol,
toluene
✔✔Flammable liquids Class IC - ✔✔Flash point >73F but <100
Boiling point not applicable
Examples: amylacetate, butyl alcohol, hydrazine, styrene, xylene
✔✔Combustible liquids Class II - ✔✔Flash point >100 but <140
Boiling point not applicable
Examples: acetic acid, formaldehyde, glacial acetic acid, hydrazine, naphtha, stoddard
solvent
✔✔Combustible liquids Class IIIA - ✔✔Flash point >140F but <200F
Boiling point not applicable
Examples: Cyclohexanol, formic acid, naphthalene, nitrobenzene, octyl alcohol
✔✔Combustible liquids Class IIIB - ✔✔Flash point >200F
Boiling point not applicable
Examples: formalin, glycerin, picric acid, propylene glycol
✔✔Roman numeral classes - ✔✔smaller numbers = higher hazard
✔✔Arabic numeral classes - ✔✔Higher numbers = higher hazard
✔✔NFPA Diamond sign Hazard severity indicators - ✔✔number on corresponding
square 0-4
0 - minimal hazard
4 - severe hazard
✔✔NFPA Diamond Blue - ✔✔Health hazard, left square
Classes:
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Water-reactive material - ✔✔A material that has a dangerous chemical reaction
when reacting with water. May explode, violently react, produce flammable, toxic, or
other hazardous gases, and/or generate enough heat to cause ignition of the material or
nearby materials.
Divided into 3 classes, increasing level of hazard 1-3
✔✔How many pre-existing lab types are there? - ✔✔4
✔✔How are pre-existing labs classified? - ✔✔fire rating and whether or not an
automatic sprinkler system is installed
✔✔Pre-existing lab type I - ✔✔Fire rating - 2 hours
Fire protection - sprinklers
Flammable liquids - 30 gallons
✔✔Pre-existing lab type II - ✔✔Fire rating - 1 hour
Fire protection - sprinklers
Flammable liquids - 25 gallons
✔✔Pre-existing lab type III - ✔✔Fire rating - 2 hours
Fire protection - no sprinklers
Flammable liquids - 20 gallons
✔✔Pre-existing lab type IV - ✔✔Fire rating - 1 hour
Fire protection - no sprinklers
Flammable liquids - 15 gallons
✔✔Class B Lab - ✔✔Fire rating - 1 or 2 hours
Fire protection - sprinklers
, Flammable/combustible liquid density - up to 20gal/100ft2
Flammable/combustible liquid limit - up to 30 gal
✔✔Class D Lab - ✔✔Fire rating - 1 or 2 hours
Fire protection - sprinklers
Flammable/combustible liquid density - up to 2gal/100ft2
Flammable/combustible liquid limit - up to 200 gal
✔✔Flammable liquids Class IA - ✔✔Flash point <73F
Boiling point <100F
Examples: acetaldehyde, ethyl ether, gasoline, methyl formate, pentane
✔✔Flammable liquids Class IB - ✔✔Flash point <73F
Boiling point >100F
Examples: acetone, benzene, carbon disulfide, cylcohexane, ethanol, methyl alcohol,
toluene
✔✔Flammable liquids Class IC - ✔✔Flash point >73F but <100
Boiling point not applicable
Examples: amylacetate, butyl alcohol, hydrazine, styrene, xylene
✔✔Combustible liquids Class II - ✔✔Flash point >100 but <140
Boiling point not applicable
Examples: acetic acid, formaldehyde, glacial acetic acid, hydrazine, naphtha, stoddard
solvent
✔✔Combustible liquids Class IIIA - ✔✔Flash point >140F but <200F
Boiling point not applicable
Examples: Cyclohexanol, formic acid, naphthalene, nitrobenzene, octyl alcohol
✔✔Combustible liquids Class IIIB - ✔✔Flash point >200F
Boiling point not applicable
Examples: formalin, glycerin, picric acid, propylene glycol
✔✔Roman numeral classes - ✔✔smaller numbers = higher hazard
✔✔Arabic numeral classes - ✔✔Higher numbers = higher hazard
✔✔NFPA Diamond sign Hazard severity indicators - ✔✔number on corresponding
square 0-4
0 - minimal hazard
4 - severe hazard
✔✔NFPA Diamond Blue - ✔✔Health hazard, left square
Classes:
