FIREFIGHTER 1 ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Which of the following is the first stage/phase of fire?
A. Fully developed
B. Incipient/ignition
C. Decay
D. Growth - ✔✔B. Incipient/ignition
✔✔What does a frangible bulb do in a sprinkler head?
A. Enhance appearance only
B. Break at a certain temperature
C. Regulate the pressure of the water flow
D. Direct the water flow into a flower pattern - ✔✔B. Break at a certain temperature
✔✔The two-in/two-out regulation came from the federal agency called:
A. FEMA
B. EPA
C. DOT
D. OSHA - ✔✔A. FEMA
✔✔In addition to their use in actual emergencies, preincident plans can also be useful
as an aid in:
A. law enforcement
B. budget development
C. personnel selection
D. training activities - ✔✔D. training activities
✔✔Who should operate building HVAC systems to assist in ventilation?
A. Truck company personnel
B. The incident safety officer
C. Firefighters under direct supervision of the incident safety officer
D. Only building engineers or maintenance superintendents - ✔✔D. Only building
engineers or maintenance superintendents
, ✔✔The quick-response type sprinkler head utilizes a specially designed _________ for
its release mechanism.
A. valve cap
B. fusible link
C. chemical pellet
D. frangible disc - ✔✔B. fusible link
✔✔The phenomenon by which heat, smoke, and fire gases will travel upward to the
highest point and become trapped, accumulate, bank down, and spread out laterally is
known as:
A. buoyancy
B. backdraft
C. mushrooming
D. flashover - ✔✔C. mushrooming
✔✔During the response phase of an emergency incident, two aspects of a property are
particularly important. One of those is building layout and the other is:
A. access information
B. water supply type
C. location of any activated sensor heads on the suppression system
D. location of riser valves on the detection system - ✔✔A. access information
✔✔When cutting through a roof, a firefighter should attempt to:
A. stand to the downwind side
B. remove the ceiling joist in the ventilation hole
C. cut a large circular hole
D. make the opening square or rectangle - ✔✔D. make the opening square or rectangle
✔✔The MOST COMMON synthetic fiber used in life safety rope is:
A. Kevlar
B. Sisal
C. polypropylene
D. nylon - ✔✔C. polypropylene
✔✔The observation of glass blocks in a wall tell the fire fighters that:
A. there is a skylight in that room
B. the wall is not load-bearing
C. the wall has not been subjected to fire.
D. there is an automatic sprinkler system in that room. - ✔✔B. the wall is not load-
bearing
✔✔When is the two-person chair carry particularly useful?
A. In elevators
B. Across open fields
✔✔Which of the following is the first stage/phase of fire?
A. Fully developed
B. Incipient/ignition
C. Decay
D. Growth - ✔✔B. Incipient/ignition
✔✔What does a frangible bulb do in a sprinkler head?
A. Enhance appearance only
B. Break at a certain temperature
C. Regulate the pressure of the water flow
D. Direct the water flow into a flower pattern - ✔✔B. Break at a certain temperature
✔✔The two-in/two-out regulation came from the federal agency called:
A. FEMA
B. EPA
C. DOT
D. OSHA - ✔✔A. FEMA
✔✔In addition to their use in actual emergencies, preincident plans can also be useful
as an aid in:
A. law enforcement
B. budget development
C. personnel selection
D. training activities - ✔✔D. training activities
✔✔Who should operate building HVAC systems to assist in ventilation?
A. Truck company personnel
B. The incident safety officer
C. Firefighters under direct supervision of the incident safety officer
D. Only building engineers or maintenance superintendents - ✔✔D. Only building
engineers or maintenance superintendents
, ✔✔The quick-response type sprinkler head utilizes a specially designed _________ for
its release mechanism.
A. valve cap
B. fusible link
C. chemical pellet
D. frangible disc - ✔✔B. fusible link
✔✔The phenomenon by which heat, smoke, and fire gases will travel upward to the
highest point and become trapped, accumulate, bank down, and spread out laterally is
known as:
A. buoyancy
B. backdraft
C. mushrooming
D. flashover - ✔✔C. mushrooming
✔✔During the response phase of an emergency incident, two aspects of a property are
particularly important. One of those is building layout and the other is:
A. access information
B. water supply type
C. location of any activated sensor heads on the suppression system
D. location of riser valves on the detection system - ✔✔A. access information
✔✔When cutting through a roof, a firefighter should attempt to:
A. stand to the downwind side
B. remove the ceiling joist in the ventilation hole
C. cut a large circular hole
D. make the opening square or rectangle - ✔✔D. make the opening square or rectangle
✔✔The MOST COMMON synthetic fiber used in life safety rope is:
A. Kevlar
B. Sisal
C. polypropylene
D. nylon - ✔✔C. polypropylene
✔✔The observation of glass blocks in a wall tell the fire fighters that:
A. there is a skylight in that room
B. the wall is not load-bearing
C. the wall has not been subjected to fire.
D. there is an automatic sprinkler system in that room. - ✔✔B. the wall is not load-
bearing
✔✔When is the two-person chair carry particularly useful?
A. In elevators
B. Across open fields
