Chapter 27 Fire and Life Safety
Initiatives Exam 2024-2025
1. What percentage of residential fires are caused by cooking?
A) 22
B) 35
C) 47
D) 60 - -C) 47
- 2. Which is the most challenging problem presented by a fire in a
healthcare facility?
A) Exposure of the oxygen system
B) Protecting nonambulatory patients
C) Accounting for occupants
D) Evacuation of ambulatory patients - -B) Protecting nonambulatory
patients
- 3. Most fires are caused by:
A) uncontrollable or unpredictable events.
B) avoidable actions or situations.
C) unknown mechanisms.
D) natural events. - -B) avoidable actions or situations.
- 4. Which is the national initiative designed to unite the fire service, life
safety organizations, and professionals to reduce home fire injuries, deaths,
and property loss by changing how people think about fire and fire
prevention?
A) Learn Not To Burn
B) Community Emergency Response Training
C) Fire is Everyone's Fight
D) Home Safe - -C) Fire is Everyone's Fight
- 5. If solid fuels are regularly burned, it is recommended that the chimney
or flue pipe be professionally inspected every _____ months.
A) 3
B) 6
C) 12
D) 24 - -C) 12
- 6. Which agency develops model building codes?
A) Insurance Services Office
B) International Code Council
C) Underwriters Laboratory
D) U.S. Fire Administration - -B) International Code Council
, - 7. Which is one of the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives?
A) Champion public education as a critical fire and life safety program
B) Encourage adoption and use of a standardized personnel accountability
system
C) Require the appointment of a Health and Safety Officer in every
department
D) Implement an annual Firefighter Safety Stand Down - -A) Champion
public education as a critical fire and life safety program
- 8. How are codes enforced by a fire department adopted?
A) By the local governing body
B) Through general election
C) Through the enactment of administrative law
D) By the chief fire official - -A) By the local governing body
- 9. When considering the placement of smoke alarms, which location should
be avoided?
A) Ceiling
B) On a wall
C) In sleeping rooms
D) Near heating or air conditioning ducts - -D) Near heating or air
conditioning ducts
- 10. Residential fire sprinklers combined with smoke alarms reduce the risk
of death from fire by approximately _____ percent.
A) 50
B) 60
C) 70
D) 80 - -D) 80
- 11. Which is the most common cause of fires in bedrooms?
A) Overloaded electrical circuits
B) Improper use of smoking materials
C) Heating appliances
D) Open flame - -B) Improper use of smoking materials
- 12. Which mnemonic is used to instruct people about what to do if their
clothes catch on fire?
A) Call, cover, cool
B) Learn not to burn
C) Stop, drop, and roll
D) EDITH - -C) Stop, drop, and roll
- 13. What is the recommended placement of smoke alarms in a home?
Initiatives Exam 2024-2025
1. What percentage of residential fires are caused by cooking?
A) 22
B) 35
C) 47
D) 60 - -C) 47
- 2. Which is the most challenging problem presented by a fire in a
healthcare facility?
A) Exposure of the oxygen system
B) Protecting nonambulatory patients
C) Accounting for occupants
D) Evacuation of ambulatory patients - -B) Protecting nonambulatory
patients
- 3. Most fires are caused by:
A) uncontrollable or unpredictable events.
B) avoidable actions or situations.
C) unknown mechanisms.
D) natural events. - -B) avoidable actions or situations.
- 4. Which is the national initiative designed to unite the fire service, life
safety organizations, and professionals to reduce home fire injuries, deaths,
and property loss by changing how people think about fire and fire
prevention?
A) Learn Not To Burn
B) Community Emergency Response Training
C) Fire is Everyone's Fight
D) Home Safe - -C) Fire is Everyone's Fight
- 5. If solid fuels are regularly burned, it is recommended that the chimney
or flue pipe be professionally inspected every _____ months.
A) 3
B) 6
C) 12
D) 24 - -C) 12
- 6. Which agency develops model building codes?
A) Insurance Services Office
B) International Code Council
C) Underwriters Laboratory
D) U.S. Fire Administration - -B) International Code Council
, - 7. Which is one of the 16 Firefighter Life Safety Initiatives?
A) Champion public education as a critical fire and life safety program
B) Encourage adoption and use of a standardized personnel accountability
system
C) Require the appointment of a Health and Safety Officer in every
department
D) Implement an annual Firefighter Safety Stand Down - -A) Champion
public education as a critical fire and life safety program
- 8. How are codes enforced by a fire department adopted?
A) By the local governing body
B) Through general election
C) Through the enactment of administrative law
D) By the chief fire official - -A) By the local governing body
- 9. When considering the placement of smoke alarms, which location should
be avoided?
A) Ceiling
B) On a wall
C) In sleeping rooms
D) Near heating or air conditioning ducts - -D) Near heating or air
conditioning ducts
- 10. Residential fire sprinklers combined with smoke alarms reduce the risk
of death from fire by approximately _____ percent.
A) 50
B) 60
C) 70
D) 80 - -D) 80
- 11. Which is the most common cause of fires in bedrooms?
A) Overloaded electrical circuits
B) Improper use of smoking materials
C) Heating appliances
D) Open flame - -B) Improper use of smoking materials
- 12. Which mnemonic is used to instruct people about what to do if their
clothes catch on fire?
A) Call, cover, cool
B) Learn not to burn
C) Stop, drop, and roll
D) EDITH - -C) Stop, drop, and roll
- 13. What is the recommended placement of smoke alarms in a home?
