CHST UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Class II Standpipe
Answer: Hose is 1 1/2 inches in diameter. For occupants in the building
and intended for all spaces in building. Typically found in cabinets and
spaced according to the hose length.
●● Class III Standpipe
Answer: Both firefighters and occupants. Adjusts to 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 in
diameter.
●● How far from electrical power lines must a scaffold be?
Answer: 10 feet
●● The refuge area must have a fire-resistance rating of at least how
much?
Answer: Minimum one hour fire resistance for walls protecting refuge
area from inside of building
●● Standpipe System
, Answer: An arrangement of piping, valves, and hose connections
installed in a structure to deliver water for fire hoses.
●● Metal Fume Fever
Answer: What results from the inhalation of fumes, like iron, nickel,
copper, zinc. Often results from welding without proper
ventilation/respiratory protection. Resembles flu like symptoms
●● Symptoms of Metal Fume Fever
Answer: Flu like symptoms such as headaches, fever, chills, muscle
aches/weakness, thirst, nausea, vomiting, chest pain, fatigue,
stomachaches.
●● Employees who work with what substance(s) tend to have higher
incidents of Metal Fume Fever?
Answer: Zinc Oxide, Chromium (stainless steel), nickel, manganese,
cobalt, lead, arsenic, copper platinum, selenium, gold and silver
●● What can prevent Metal Fume Fever?
Answer: local or exhaust ventilation and personal respirators
●● What are the safe operating procedures for utility and service lines
PRIOR to demolitions?
Answer: 1. Conduct survey report
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE
●● Class II Standpipe
Answer: Hose is 1 1/2 inches in diameter. For occupants in the building
and intended for all spaces in building. Typically found in cabinets and
spaced according to the hose length.
●● Class III Standpipe
Answer: Both firefighters and occupants. Adjusts to 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 in
diameter.
●● How far from electrical power lines must a scaffold be?
Answer: 10 feet
●● The refuge area must have a fire-resistance rating of at least how
much?
Answer: Minimum one hour fire resistance for walls protecting refuge
area from inside of building
●● Standpipe System
, Answer: An arrangement of piping, valves, and hose connections
installed in a structure to deliver water for fire hoses.
●● Metal Fume Fever
Answer: What results from the inhalation of fumes, like iron, nickel,
copper, zinc. Often results from welding without proper
ventilation/respiratory protection. Resembles flu like symptoms
●● Symptoms of Metal Fume Fever
Answer: Flu like symptoms such as headaches, fever, chills, muscle
aches/weakness, thirst, nausea, vomiting, chest pain, fatigue,
stomachaches.
●● Employees who work with what substance(s) tend to have higher
incidents of Metal Fume Fever?
Answer: Zinc Oxide, Chromium (stainless steel), nickel, manganese,
cobalt, lead, arsenic, copper platinum, selenium, gold and silver
●● What can prevent Metal Fume Fever?
Answer: local or exhaust ventilation and personal respirators
●● What are the safe operating procedures for utility and service lines
PRIOR to demolitions?
Answer: 1. Conduct survey report
