IPMA HR ESSENTIALS EVALUATION ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Charged line - ✔✔Hose loaded with water under pressure and prepared for use.
✔✔Combustion - ✔✔A chemical reaction caused by oxidation that produces heat and
light
✔✔Convection - ✔✔The rise of heat in the air; heat tends to flow from hot substances to
cold substances, so heat rises as it is transferred from layer to layer of air
✔✔Conflagration - ✔✔A large and uncontrollable fire that has spread to other buildings
and structures over large area.
✔✔Dust explosion - ✔✔Explosive or combustible dust that usually is a series of two
explosions with a small explosion occurring first and sending more dust into the air. This
additional combustible dust causes a second larger explosion.
✔✔Exposure - ✔✔Any structure or area that is endangered by a fire that is occurring in
a nearby structure
✔✔Fire door - ✔✔A door specifically designed to prevent the spread of fire. To qualify
as a fire door a door must be built according to a certain guidelines and undergo testing
to assure it is fire resistant.
✔✔Flash point - ✔✔The lowest point at which is substance is hot enough to flash or
give off vapors that ignite and quickly burn out. Add its flashpoint is substance will flash
but not burn. It must reach the ignition point for burning to occur.
✔✔Foam - ✔✔A commonly used fire extinguishing method used to smother a fire by
blanketing it
✔✔Mechanical foam - ✔✔Produced by shaking or agitating the contents of an
extinguisher.
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Charged line - ✔✔Hose loaded with water under pressure and prepared for use.
✔✔Combustion - ✔✔A chemical reaction caused by oxidation that produces heat and
light
✔✔Convection - ✔✔The rise of heat in the air; heat tends to flow from hot substances to
cold substances, so heat rises as it is transferred from layer to layer of air
✔✔Conflagration - ✔✔A large and uncontrollable fire that has spread to other buildings
and structures over large area.
✔✔Dust explosion - ✔✔Explosive or combustible dust that usually is a series of two
explosions with a small explosion occurring first and sending more dust into the air. This
additional combustible dust causes a second larger explosion.
✔✔Exposure - ✔✔Any structure or area that is endangered by a fire that is occurring in
a nearby structure
✔✔Fire door - ✔✔A door specifically designed to prevent the spread of fire. To qualify
as a fire door a door must be built according to a certain guidelines and undergo testing
to assure it is fire resistant.
✔✔Flash point - ✔✔The lowest point at which is substance is hot enough to flash or
give off vapors that ignite and quickly burn out. Add its flashpoint is substance will flash
but not burn. It must reach the ignition point for burning to occur.
✔✔Foam - ✔✔A commonly used fire extinguishing method used to smother a fire by
blanketing it
✔✔Mechanical foam - ✔✔Produced by shaking or agitating the contents of an
extinguisher.
