IFSTA Final Exam ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORECT Answers
What is the leading cause of firefighter fatalities? - CORRECT ANSWER - cardiovascular
disease
Prior to donning SCBA, firefighters should: - CORRECT ANSWER - Check the air cylinder
gauge to make sure the cylinder is full
Which is a characteristic of fog streams? - CORRECT ANSWER - Can be adjusted to suit the
situation
Division of labor refers to - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of dividing large jobs into
smaller piece to make them more manageable
One goal of the national fallen firefighters association's 16 firefighter life safety initiatives is to: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Empower all firefighters to stop unsafe practices
Firefighting boots must be: - CORRECT ANSWER - High enough to protect the lower leg
A spanner wrench is designed to: - CORRECT ANSWER - Tighten or loosen coupling
connections
Personal alert the safety system alarms are designed to activate when: - CORRECT
ANSWER - A firefighter is motionless for more than 30 seconds
After doffing SBA, always remember to: - CORRECT ANSWER - Clean and disinfect the
face piece
, Why is it important to ensure that PPE is dry before wearing it into a fire? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Moisture can transfer heat rapidly and result in steam burns
When advancing a hose line into a structure, firefighters should: - CORRECT ANSWER -
First open the nozzle fully and check for adequate water flow (AVP)
Manufactured products affect firefighters exposure to contaminants, because they tend to burn at
higher temperatures and these higher temperatures: - CORRECT ANSWER - Increase the
skins ability to absorb chemicals deposited on it.
Firefighters should wear STBA in hazardous atmospheres, because exposures to particular
contaminants such as ______ can cause lung cancer or cardiovascular disease - CORRECT
ANSWER - Vehicle exhaust emissions
Water absorbs heat in converts to steam most rapidly when it is: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Applied in a fog pattern
Which describes a master stream device? - CORRECT ANSWER - Large volume hose
streams created by appliances such as apparatus mounted deck guns
A type of fire department and organizational structure where decisions in information or directed
from the top and filter down through the intermediate levels to the base can be described as: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Scalar
In the most common type of fire department organizational structure - CORRECT
ANSWER - Decisions in information are directed from the fire chief down through the
intermediate levels
Why did the national fallen firefighters association develop the 16 fire fire life safety initiatives
in 2004? - CORRECT ANSWER - To provide the fire service with a blueprint for making
changes
Questions and CORECT Answers
What is the leading cause of firefighter fatalities? - CORRECT ANSWER - cardiovascular
disease
Prior to donning SCBA, firefighters should: - CORRECT ANSWER - Check the air cylinder
gauge to make sure the cylinder is full
Which is a characteristic of fog streams? - CORRECT ANSWER - Can be adjusted to suit the
situation
Division of labor refers to - CORRECT ANSWER - The process of dividing large jobs into
smaller piece to make them more manageable
One goal of the national fallen firefighters association's 16 firefighter life safety initiatives is to: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Empower all firefighters to stop unsafe practices
Firefighting boots must be: - CORRECT ANSWER - High enough to protect the lower leg
A spanner wrench is designed to: - CORRECT ANSWER - Tighten or loosen coupling
connections
Personal alert the safety system alarms are designed to activate when: - CORRECT
ANSWER - A firefighter is motionless for more than 30 seconds
After doffing SBA, always remember to: - CORRECT ANSWER - Clean and disinfect the
face piece
, Why is it important to ensure that PPE is dry before wearing it into a fire? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Moisture can transfer heat rapidly and result in steam burns
When advancing a hose line into a structure, firefighters should: - CORRECT ANSWER -
First open the nozzle fully and check for adequate water flow (AVP)
Manufactured products affect firefighters exposure to contaminants, because they tend to burn at
higher temperatures and these higher temperatures: - CORRECT ANSWER - Increase the
skins ability to absorb chemicals deposited on it.
Firefighters should wear STBA in hazardous atmospheres, because exposures to particular
contaminants such as ______ can cause lung cancer or cardiovascular disease - CORRECT
ANSWER - Vehicle exhaust emissions
Water absorbs heat in converts to steam most rapidly when it is: - CORRECT ANSWER -
Applied in a fog pattern
Which describes a master stream device? - CORRECT ANSWER - Large volume hose
streams created by appliances such as apparatus mounted deck guns
A type of fire department and organizational structure where decisions in information or directed
from the top and filter down through the intermediate levels to the base can be described as: -
CORRECT ANSWER - Scalar
In the most common type of fire department organizational structure - CORRECT
ANSWER - Decisions in information are directed from the fire chief down through the
intermediate levels
Why did the national fallen firefighters association develop the 16 fire fire life safety initiatives
in 2004? - CORRECT ANSWER - To provide the fire service with a blueprint for making
changes
