how should rescuers protect their heads during rope rescue operations? correct answers With a
helmet designed for rescue that allows good peripheral vision
When choosing protective clothing for rope rescue, how should the clothing should fit? correct
answers Snug enough to avoid getting caught on objects, but loose enough to allow movement
What NFPA standard sets the standard on fire service life safety ropes? correct answers NFPA
1983
what two classifications do rescue ropes fall into? correct answers Life safety rope and utility
rope
___________ is the primary fiber used to manufacture rescue rope correct answers Nylon
Which of the following types of rope is only used in situations not involving life safety? correct
answers Utility rope
In a kernmantle rope, the _____ protects the core from abrasion? correct answers sheath
Rope logs should correct answers Record the life history for each individual rope
Rope should be inspected... correct answers After each use
Rope should be checked for cuts, excessively chafed areas, soft or hard spots, glazed or melted
surface areas, discoloration, or variations in diameter correct answers Visually and physically
Parts of a carabiner correct answers Nose, spine, locking gate, hinge
, What are ascending devices used for? correct answers As a climbing device for a single person
What device is best designed for moving a load that may increase or decrease during its
movement correct answers Brake bar rack
What term describe tightening a knot until all of the slack has been removed and the knot is
snug? correct answers Dressed
What is the knot of choice for joining two pieces of webbing correct answers Water knot
Which knot is formed when a bight is taken under an object and then brought up and over the
object? correct answers Girth hitch
Part of the rope used in forming a knot correct answers Working end
A single pass of a rope behind and object correct answers Turn
The open loop in a rope or piece of webbing formed when it is doubled back on itself. correct
answers Bight
An element of a knot created from a loop by continuing to cross one side of the loop all the way
around an object to form a circle with the ends of the rope parallel as in a bight correct answers
Round turn
A fastening, including bights, bends, and hitches, made by tying together lengths of rope or
webbing in a prescribed way. correct answers Knot
A knot that attaches to or wraps around an object so that when the object is removed the knot
will fall apart correct answers Hitch