Fire Fighter Minimum Standards Exam
Questions and Answers
READY acronym -
correct answer ✅Radio, Equipment, Air, Details, Yes
When a firefighter bends over to a 90-degree angle, the overlap
between his coat and his trousers must be a minimum of how many
inches? -
correct answer ✅2 Inches (this is true, regardless of position)
When approaching a downed powerline, you feel tingling in your
feet. What should you do? -
correct answer ✅Keep your feet together and hop away from the
line
What is the recommended product to clean a chainsaw after use? -
correct answer ✅Mineral spirits
What is eduction? -
correct answer ✅The process in which foam concentrate is
inducted into the fire stream using the pressure energy in the fire
stream
,Fire Fighter Minimum Standards Exam
Questions and Answers
What is injection? -
correct answer ✅The process by which foam is forced into a fire
stream by an external pump
What is batch-mixing? -
correct answer ✅The process in which foam concentrate is mixed
within a fire apparatus water tank
What is premixing? -
correct answer ✅The process in which foam concentrate is mixed
with premeasured portions of water within a container
Type V typically consists of what kind of framing? -
correct answer ✅Wood 2x4 or 2x6 studs
What does emergency behavior model (GEBMO) describe? -
correct answer ✅A hazardous material's behavior at an incident
What are the hazardous material container stress types? -
correct answer ✅Thermal, mechanical, and chemical
,Fire Fighter Minimum Standards Exam
Questions and Answers
What are hazardous material container breach types? -
correct answer ✅disintegration, runaway cracking, attachments
open or break, puncture, and split or tear
What are hazardous material container release types? -
correct answer ✅Detonation, violent rupture, rapid relief, and spill
or leak
What are hazardous material container dispersion pattern types? -
correct answer ✅Cloud, cone, hemispheric, plume, pool, stream,
and irregular
What tool would be best for opening ceilings to check for fire? -
correct answer ✅Plaster hook
What tool would be best for opening walls or floors to check for
fire? -
correct answer ✅Axe
How far should ground ladders be kept from all energized electrical
equipment? -
correct answer ✅10 feet
, Fire Fighter Minimum Standards Exam
Questions and Answers
NFPA 1971 -
correct answer ✅Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural
Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting - Defines the standards for
protective clothing and equipment
NFPA 1403 -
correct answer ✅Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions -
Defines the standards for safe training practices and programs
NFPA 1851 -
correct answer ✅Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of
Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire
Fighting - Defines the standard of care for protective clothing and
equipment
NFPA 1581 -
correct answer ✅Standard on Fire Department Infection Control
Programs
Questions and Answers
READY acronym -
correct answer ✅Radio, Equipment, Air, Details, Yes
When a firefighter bends over to a 90-degree angle, the overlap
between his coat and his trousers must be a minimum of how many
inches? -
correct answer ✅2 Inches (this is true, regardless of position)
When approaching a downed powerline, you feel tingling in your
feet. What should you do? -
correct answer ✅Keep your feet together and hop away from the
line
What is the recommended product to clean a chainsaw after use? -
correct answer ✅Mineral spirits
What is eduction? -
correct answer ✅The process in which foam concentrate is
inducted into the fire stream using the pressure energy in the fire
stream
,Fire Fighter Minimum Standards Exam
Questions and Answers
What is injection? -
correct answer ✅The process by which foam is forced into a fire
stream by an external pump
What is batch-mixing? -
correct answer ✅The process in which foam concentrate is mixed
within a fire apparatus water tank
What is premixing? -
correct answer ✅The process in which foam concentrate is mixed
with premeasured portions of water within a container
Type V typically consists of what kind of framing? -
correct answer ✅Wood 2x4 or 2x6 studs
What does emergency behavior model (GEBMO) describe? -
correct answer ✅A hazardous material's behavior at an incident
What are the hazardous material container stress types? -
correct answer ✅Thermal, mechanical, and chemical
,Fire Fighter Minimum Standards Exam
Questions and Answers
What are hazardous material container breach types? -
correct answer ✅disintegration, runaway cracking, attachments
open or break, puncture, and split or tear
What are hazardous material container release types? -
correct answer ✅Detonation, violent rupture, rapid relief, and spill
or leak
What are hazardous material container dispersion pattern types? -
correct answer ✅Cloud, cone, hemispheric, plume, pool, stream,
and irregular
What tool would be best for opening ceilings to check for fire? -
correct answer ✅Plaster hook
What tool would be best for opening walls or floors to check for
fire? -
correct answer ✅Axe
How far should ground ladders be kept from all energized electrical
equipment? -
correct answer ✅10 feet
, Fire Fighter Minimum Standards Exam
Questions and Answers
NFPA 1971 -
correct answer ✅Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural
Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting - Defines the standards for
protective clothing and equipment
NFPA 1403 -
correct answer ✅Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions -
Defines the standards for safe training practices and programs
NFPA 1851 -
correct answer ✅Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of
Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire
Fighting - Defines the standard of care for protective clothing and
equipment
NFPA 1581 -
correct answer ✅Standard on Fire Department Infection Control
Programs
