NISP FIRE SAFETY EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔__________ heating, lighting, ventilation, and electrical distribution equipment are
major causes of fire. - ✔✔Faulty or improperly maintained
✔✔__________ of civilian fire deaths and injuries occur in residences. - ✔✔70 to 75
percent
✔✔One of the most important objectives of __________ is securing vacant or
abandoned properties. - ✔✔property maintenance codes
✔✔Property maintenance code inspections have significant potential to reduce the rate
of deaths and injuries, especially in jurisdictions with large stocks of: - ✔✔rental
properties.
✔✔__________ provide minimum standards for existing structures for light, ventilation,
space, heating, sanitation, protection from the weather, life safety, and fire safety. -
✔✔Property maintenance codes
✔✔The division within the fire department or within the fire prevention bureau that
oversees every building and structure from the time it starts as a blueprint, through to
construction, renovation, and finally destruction by demolition or fire may be referred to
as any of the following EXCEPT the: - ✔✔Bureau of Standards.
✔✔The state-required licensure system for professionals such as engineers and
architects is known as: - ✔✔professional registration.
✔✔Fire investigation units may receive federal assistance from all of the following
EXCEPT: - ✔✔the National Fire Waste Council.
,✔✔Fire investigators and criminal investigators employed by police departments should
receive the same level of training in all of the following areas EXCEPT: - ✔✔fire science
✔✔Government regulations for flame-resistant treatments for __________ are rooted in
the methodical examination of fire scenes. - ✔✔carpets
bedding
All of the above
children's sleepwear
✔✔__________ is a how-to document for use by public employees with statutory
investigation authority and for private investigators for insurance or litigation purposes. -
✔✔A Uniform Crime Report
✔✔__________ is used to measure a fire investigation unit's effectiveness. - ✔✔Case
closure rate
✔✔NFPA 1033, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator, and NFPA
921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations, are developed and maintained by the
NFPA's: - ✔✔Technical Committee on Fire Investigator Professional Qualifications.
✔✔Scene examination, documentation, evidence collection, interview and interrogation,
post-scene investigation, and presentation are all areas covered by: - ✔✔NFPA 1033,
Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator.
✔✔Some local investigation units derive their law enforcement authority from the: -
✔✔Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
✔✔The authority to establish an investigation unit with law enforcement powers
generally originates within a: - ✔✔state statute.
✔✔The Federal Bureau of Investigation's __________ is a compilation of Uniform
Crime Reports submitted by law enforcement agencies. - ✔✔Crime in the United States
✔✔The fire department representative who processed the fire scene and determined
the origin and cause of the fire becomes the __________ for the prosecution. -
✔✔expert witness
✔✔The incident commander or __________ typically conducts an initial investigation
into the origin and cause of every fire. - ✔✔fire chief
✔✔The __________ lies with the prosecutor and is beyond the control of the fire
investigation unit. - ✔✔conviction rate
, ✔✔What would have been a practical result of the Great Fire of London? -
✔✔Establishing regulations for fuel storage rules
✔✔Which fire investigator function requires specialized training? - ✔✔Interviewing
witnesses
Giving effective courtroom testimony
All of the above
Using armed and unarmed self-defense
✔✔Which of the following organizations does NOT provide fire investigator training? -
✔✔[American Institute of Architects
✔✔Which of the following statements is NOT true of Crime in the United States? - ✔✔It
is prepared every ten years.
✔✔Who commonly performs the preliminary fire investigation? - ✔✔Initial fire
department officer in charge
✔✔Within the court system, the prosecution's most difficult task is often proving
__________ occurred. - ✔✔arson
✔✔You are called to investigate a fire at a residence in which a child died of smoke
inhalation. After careful examination and dissection of the portable electric heater used
in the child's room, you determine a faulty automatic shut-off sensor led the heater to
overheat and become enflamed. What might result from this investigation? - ✔✔A
national recall of the portable electric heater
✔✔After failing to self-regulate insurance rates and commissions, the insurance industry
developed __________ to promote the prevention of fires and the reduction of
conflagration potential. - ✔✔codes and standards
✔✔__________ are allowed to vote in the ICC process. - ✔✔Only code officials
representing member jurisdictions
✔✔Because of membership costs, travel expenses, and time away from the job,
__________ has/have not been well represented in the NFPA code change process. -
✔✔the fire service
✔✔Because they create uniformity within the state, most business interests and
developers prefer: - ✔✔mini-maxi codes.
✔✔Buildings built before __________ were designed under a construction code
different from the code in effect today - ✔✔2000
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔__________ heating, lighting, ventilation, and electrical distribution equipment are
major causes of fire. - ✔✔Faulty or improperly maintained
✔✔__________ of civilian fire deaths and injuries occur in residences. - ✔✔70 to 75
percent
✔✔One of the most important objectives of __________ is securing vacant or
abandoned properties. - ✔✔property maintenance codes
✔✔Property maintenance code inspections have significant potential to reduce the rate
of deaths and injuries, especially in jurisdictions with large stocks of: - ✔✔rental
properties.
✔✔__________ provide minimum standards for existing structures for light, ventilation,
space, heating, sanitation, protection from the weather, life safety, and fire safety. -
✔✔Property maintenance codes
✔✔The division within the fire department or within the fire prevention bureau that
oversees every building and structure from the time it starts as a blueprint, through to
construction, renovation, and finally destruction by demolition or fire may be referred to
as any of the following EXCEPT the: - ✔✔Bureau of Standards.
✔✔The state-required licensure system for professionals such as engineers and
architects is known as: - ✔✔professional registration.
✔✔Fire investigation units may receive federal assistance from all of the following
EXCEPT: - ✔✔the National Fire Waste Council.
,✔✔Fire investigators and criminal investigators employed by police departments should
receive the same level of training in all of the following areas EXCEPT: - ✔✔fire science
✔✔Government regulations for flame-resistant treatments for __________ are rooted in
the methodical examination of fire scenes. - ✔✔carpets
bedding
All of the above
children's sleepwear
✔✔__________ is a how-to document for use by public employees with statutory
investigation authority and for private investigators for insurance or litigation purposes. -
✔✔A Uniform Crime Report
✔✔__________ is used to measure a fire investigation unit's effectiveness. - ✔✔Case
closure rate
✔✔NFPA 1033, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator, and NFPA
921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations, are developed and maintained by the
NFPA's: - ✔✔Technical Committee on Fire Investigator Professional Qualifications.
✔✔Scene examination, documentation, evidence collection, interview and interrogation,
post-scene investigation, and presentation are all areas covered by: - ✔✔NFPA 1033,
Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator.
✔✔Some local investigation units derive their law enforcement authority from the: -
✔✔Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
✔✔The authority to establish an investigation unit with law enforcement powers
generally originates within a: - ✔✔state statute.
✔✔The Federal Bureau of Investigation's __________ is a compilation of Uniform
Crime Reports submitted by law enforcement agencies. - ✔✔Crime in the United States
✔✔The fire department representative who processed the fire scene and determined
the origin and cause of the fire becomes the __________ for the prosecution. -
✔✔expert witness
✔✔The incident commander or __________ typically conducts an initial investigation
into the origin and cause of every fire. - ✔✔fire chief
✔✔The __________ lies with the prosecutor and is beyond the control of the fire
investigation unit. - ✔✔conviction rate
, ✔✔What would have been a practical result of the Great Fire of London? -
✔✔Establishing regulations for fuel storage rules
✔✔Which fire investigator function requires specialized training? - ✔✔Interviewing
witnesses
Giving effective courtroom testimony
All of the above
Using armed and unarmed self-defense
✔✔Which of the following organizations does NOT provide fire investigator training? -
✔✔[American Institute of Architects
✔✔Which of the following statements is NOT true of Crime in the United States? - ✔✔It
is prepared every ten years.
✔✔Who commonly performs the preliminary fire investigation? - ✔✔Initial fire
department officer in charge
✔✔Within the court system, the prosecution's most difficult task is often proving
__________ occurred. - ✔✔arson
✔✔You are called to investigate a fire at a residence in which a child died of smoke
inhalation. After careful examination and dissection of the portable electric heater used
in the child's room, you determine a faulty automatic shut-off sensor led the heater to
overheat and become enflamed. What might result from this investigation? - ✔✔A
national recall of the portable electric heater
✔✔After failing to self-regulate insurance rates and commissions, the insurance industry
developed __________ to promote the prevention of fires and the reduction of
conflagration potential. - ✔✔codes and standards
✔✔__________ are allowed to vote in the ICC process. - ✔✔Only code officials
representing member jurisdictions
✔✔Because of membership costs, travel expenses, and time away from the job,
__________ has/have not been well represented in the NFPA code change process. -
✔✔the fire service
✔✔Because they create uniformity within the state, most business interests and
developers prefer: - ✔✔mini-maxi codes.
✔✔Buildings built before __________ were designed under a construction code
different from the code in effect today - ✔✔2000
