FAE FINAL PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A++
✔✔One advantage of a wet-barrel hydrant is: - ✔✔you can add hose lines without
shutting down the hydrant
✔✔Red fire hydrant class and flow rate: - ✔✔Class C and 0-499 GPM
✔✔Orange fire hydrant class and flow rate: - ✔✔Class B and 500-999 GPM
✔✔Green fire hydrant class and flow rate: - ✔✔Class A and 1000-1499 GPM
✔✔Blue fire hydrant class and flow rate: - ✔✔Class AA and 1500+ GPM
✔✔The first part of a fire hydrant inspection is to: - ✔✔check the exterior of the hydrant
for any damage
✔✔Flow testing should be done at what time of the day? - ✔✔at peak water flow times
✔✔An alternative means of obtaining water in areas that are inaccessible to a fire
apparatus would be the use of a: - ✔✔portable pump
✔✔NFPA standards require that at 100psi net pump pressure, a fire pump must deliver
at least ___ GPM. - ✔✔3000
✔✔All fire pumps are rated from a: - ✔✔draft
✔✔What type of pump is typically used as the priming pump for a centrifugal pump? -
✔✔rotary pump
✔✔The centrifugal pump must be primed because: - ✔✔it cannot move air
✔✔All intake valves that have a connection larger than 3 inches must be equipped with
a(n): - ✔✔automatic intake pressure relief device
✔✔A front mounted pump would most likely be getting its power from the: -
✔✔crankshaft
✔✔Medium-diameter hose (MDH) has a diameter of ___, and is used as either supply
or attack line. - ✔✔2 1/2" or 3"
✔✔A single 5" supply line can deliver flows exceeding: - ✔✔1500 GPM
, ✔✔Most hand line smooth-bore nozzles are designed to operate at what pressure? -
✔✔50 psi
✔✔What nozzle would operate with less air movement and thus less disturbance of the
thermal layering? - ✔✔solid-stream nozzle
✔✔One benefit of using lower nozzle pressure is: - ✔✔the nozzle is easier to control
✔✔A hose jacket can be used to: - ✔✔temporarily stop a leaking hose
✔✔When using a Storz connection, before charging the line you should always make
sure: - ✔✔the coupling is locked
✔✔Why are hose clamps often applied to supply lines before they are charged? -
✔✔allows the line to be charged before it is connected to the attack pumper
✔✔Smooth-bore nozzles on master streams are commonly rated at a nozzle pressure
of: - ✔✔80 psi
✔✔The formula to calculate smooth-bore nozzle reaction is: - ✔✔NR= 1.57 x d^2 x NP
✔✔The formula to calculate fog-nozzle reaction is: - ✔✔NR= 0.0505 x GPM x √NP
✔✔The formula to calculate flow of a smooth-bore nozzle is: - ✔✔GPM= 29.7 x d^2 x
√NP
✔✔For all master stream appliances, you can estimate that the friction loss will be: -
✔✔25 psi
✔✔In the formula to calculate friction loss, the "L" is: - ✔✔the length of the hose line
divided by 100
✔✔In the percentage method, you calculate the total flow through one line. The FL in 2
hose lines will be ___ % of the total flow through one hose line, and the FL in 3 hose
lines will be approx. ___ % of the total flow through one hose line. - ✔✔25 and 10
✔✔Since you can generate just one pressure into a standpipe, what would you send if
you used 2 attack lines, one needing 165 psi and one needing 135 psi? - ✔✔165 psi (or
whatever psi the higher psi hose line needs)
✔✔Net pump discharge pressure from a static source is referred to as: - ✔✔NPDPdraft
GRADED A++
✔✔One advantage of a wet-barrel hydrant is: - ✔✔you can add hose lines without
shutting down the hydrant
✔✔Red fire hydrant class and flow rate: - ✔✔Class C and 0-499 GPM
✔✔Orange fire hydrant class and flow rate: - ✔✔Class B and 500-999 GPM
✔✔Green fire hydrant class and flow rate: - ✔✔Class A and 1000-1499 GPM
✔✔Blue fire hydrant class and flow rate: - ✔✔Class AA and 1500+ GPM
✔✔The first part of a fire hydrant inspection is to: - ✔✔check the exterior of the hydrant
for any damage
✔✔Flow testing should be done at what time of the day? - ✔✔at peak water flow times
✔✔An alternative means of obtaining water in areas that are inaccessible to a fire
apparatus would be the use of a: - ✔✔portable pump
✔✔NFPA standards require that at 100psi net pump pressure, a fire pump must deliver
at least ___ GPM. - ✔✔3000
✔✔All fire pumps are rated from a: - ✔✔draft
✔✔What type of pump is typically used as the priming pump for a centrifugal pump? -
✔✔rotary pump
✔✔The centrifugal pump must be primed because: - ✔✔it cannot move air
✔✔All intake valves that have a connection larger than 3 inches must be equipped with
a(n): - ✔✔automatic intake pressure relief device
✔✔A front mounted pump would most likely be getting its power from the: -
✔✔crankshaft
✔✔Medium-diameter hose (MDH) has a diameter of ___, and is used as either supply
or attack line. - ✔✔2 1/2" or 3"
✔✔A single 5" supply line can deliver flows exceeding: - ✔✔1500 GPM
, ✔✔Most hand line smooth-bore nozzles are designed to operate at what pressure? -
✔✔50 psi
✔✔What nozzle would operate with less air movement and thus less disturbance of the
thermal layering? - ✔✔solid-stream nozzle
✔✔One benefit of using lower nozzle pressure is: - ✔✔the nozzle is easier to control
✔✔A hose jacket can be used to: - ✔✔temporarily stop a leaking hose
✔✔When using a Storz connection, before charging the line you should always make
sure: - ✔✔the coupling is locked
✔✔Why are hose clamps often applied to supply lines before they are charged? -
✔✔allows the line to be charged before it is connected to the attack pumper
✔✔Smooth-bore nozzles on master streams are commonly rated at a nozzle pressure
of: - ✔✔80 psi
✔✔The formula to calculate smooth-bore nozzle reaction is: - ✔✔NR= 1.57 x d^2 x NP
✔✔The formula to calculate fog-nozzle reaction is: - ✔✔NR= 0.0505 x GPM x √NP
✔✔The formula to calculate flow of a smooth-bore nozzle is: - ✔✔GPM= 29.7 x d^2 x
√NP
✔✔For all master stream appliances, you can estimate that the friction loss will be: -
✔✔25 psi
✔✔In the formula to calculate friction loss, the "L" is: - ✔✔the length of the hose line
divided by 100
✔✔In the percentage method, you calculate the total flow through one line. The FL in 2
hose lines will be ___ % of the total flow through one hose line, and the FL in 3 hose
lines will be approx. ___ % of the total flow through one hose line. - ✔✔25 and 10
✔✔Since you can generate just one pressure into a standpipe, what would you send if
you used 2 attack lines, one needing 165 psi and one needing 135 psi? - ✔✔165 psi (or
whatever psi the higher psi hose line needs)
✔✔Net pump discharge pressure from a static source is referred to as: - ✔✔NPDPdraft
