answers/a complete solution.
1. The transfer of heat by the movement of air or liquid best defines:
A. Conduction
B. Radiation
C. Convection
D. Direct flame contact ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓C
Heat transfer that takes place in the form of electromagnetic waves is known as:
A. Convection
B. Radiation
C. Conduction
D. Direct flame contact ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓B
By which of the following methods can heat travel throughout a burning building?
A. Conduction, radiation and convection
B. Extension, conduction, and exposure
C. Convection, extension, and expansion
D. Conduction, radiation, and expansion ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A
Burning is the result of a/an ______________ reaction.
,A. Mechanical
B. Chemical
C. Dielectrical
D. Endothermic ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓B
An exothermic process depends on:
A. Smoke, heat, and light
B. Fuel, oxygen, and heat
C. Conduction, convection, and radiation.
D. An atom, a molecule, and a compound ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓B
Hazards from fire include:
A. Convection, conduction, radiation, and direct contact
B. Temperature, heat flux, oxygen depletion and fire gases
C. Fire gases, water vapor, carbon particles and heat
D. Carbon monoxide, hemoglobin, phosgene, and Freon ~CORRECT
ANSWER~✓✓B
The three methods of heat transfer are:
A. Conflagration, concentration, and contact
B. Fuel, heat and oxygen.
C. Conduction, explosion and radioactivity
D. Convection, conduction, and radiation ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓D
,The heating of a spoon in a cup of soup is a heat transfer by:
A. Conduction
B. Convection
C. Radiation
D. Direct flame contact ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A
A room and its contents simultaneously reach their ignition temperature and the
area rapidly becomes fully involved. This best describes:
A. Smoldering phase
B. Backdraft
C. Incipient phase
D. Flashover ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓D
The product of combustion that is measured in degrees of temperature to signify its
intensity is:
A. Heat
B. Flame
C. Smoke
D. Fire gases ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A
A responsibility of a fire and life safety educator is to ensure that the instruction
team remains current. This can be achieved by:
, A. Networking
B. Mentoring
C. Up-to-date and accurate materials
D. All of the above ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓D
Automatic sprinklers enhance occupant safety because they:
A. Discharge water directly on the fire while it is still small
B. Reduce the possibility of a fire starting
C. Limit the amount of water damage
D. Are installed during the construction phase ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓A
Record keeping is a critical task for all of the following except:
A. Future planning
B. Evaluation of a program's effectiveness
C. Budgeting
D. Identifying an individual in the class ~CORRECT ANSWER~✓✓D
____________ is a critical assignment of the public fire educator because of its
impact of future planning, budgeting, and evaluation of the program's
effectiveness.
A. Record keeping
B. Code development
C. Program modification