Driver Operator Exam 2 questions and
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C) Fires - ANS ✔In the early years of the US history, many cities employed watchmen to walk the
streets at night looking for:
A). Unsecured Buildings
B) Break-ins
C) Fires
D) Trouble
D) Tillerman - ANS ✔What term identifies the person who sat on the rear of the vehicle to help
maneuver a long ladder cart through the streets?
A) Engineer
B) Teamster
C) Ironman
D) Tillerman
A) Bucket Brigade - ANS ✔What was the system used by colonial-era fire fighters in which
leather buckets were passed from person to person to assist in extinguishing a fire?
A) Bucket Brigade
B) Bucket System
C) Fire Hook
D) Fire System
C) Fire Plugs - ANS ✔What were the early US Fire Hydrants first called
A) Water holes
,B) Fire Holes
C) Fire Plugs
D) Extinguishers
B) Fire Hook - ANS ✔In the early years of US firefighting history a ________ was used to pull
down a burning buildings and prevent the fire from spreading to nearby structures
A) Spanner
B) Fire Hook
C) Battering Ram
D) Halligan Tool
C) Chemical Wagon - ANS ✔What was the first gasoline-powered fire apparatus to discharge
water by using a large soda acid extinguisher?
A) Triple combination pumper
B) Booster Pump
C) Chemical Wagon
D) Fire Pump
D) Wood - ANS ✔In the early 1800s, what material did the city of Philadelphia use to develop a
municipal water supply system?
A) Steel
B) Iron
C) Plastic
D) Wood
A) Engineer - ANS ✔What term was used to identify the fire fighter charged with operating the
steam engine?
, A) Engineer
B) Steamer
C) Fireman
D) Teamster
B) Hand Pump - ANS ✔In 1720 London, what was the first piece of equipment to replace the
bucket brigade?
A) Coupling
B) Hand Pump
C) Fire Plug
D) Water Main
C) Coal - ANS ✔The first mechanized fire pumps were generally fueled by:
A) Gasoline
B) Pitch
C) Coal
D) Wood
A) Hydrogen bonding - ANS ✔Water is able to absorb heat because of its ________
characteristics
A) Hydrogen Bonding
B) Convective
C) Radiant
D) Exuding
A) Specific Heat index - ANS ✔The amount of heat energy required to increase the temperature
of a substance is known as its:
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C) Fires - ANS ✔In the early years of the US history, many cities employed watchmen to walk the
streets at night looking for:
A). Unsecured Buildings
B) Break-ins
C) Fires
D) Trouble
D) Tillerman - ANS ✔What term identifies the person who sat on the rear of the vehicle to help
maneuver a long ladder cart through the streets?
A) Engineer
B) Teamster
C) Ironman
D) Tillerman
A) Bucket Brigade - ANS ✔What was the system used by colonial-era fire fighters in which
leather buckets were passed from person to person to assist in extinguishing a fire?
A) Bucket Brigade
B) Bucket System
C) Fire Hook
D) Fire System
C) Fire Plugs - ANS ✔What were the early US Fire Hydrants first called
A) Water holes
,B) Fire Holes
C) Fire Plugs
D) Extinguishers
B) Fire Hook - ANS ✔In the early years of US firefighting history a ________ was used to pull
down a burning buildings and prevent the fire from spreading to nearby structures
A) Spanner
B) Fire Hook
C) Battering Ram
D) Halligan Tool
C) Chemical Wagon - ANS ✔What was the first gasoline-powered fire apparatus to discharge
water by using a large soda acid extinguisher?
A) Triple combination pumper
B) Booster Pump
C) Chemical Wagon
D) Fire Pump
D) Wood - ANS ✔In the early 1800s, what material did the city of Philadelphia use to develop a
municipal water supply system?
A) Steel
B) Iron
C) Plastic
D) Wood
A) Engineer - ANS ✔What term was used to identify the fire fighter charged with operating the
steam engine?
, A) Engineer
B) Steamer
C) Fireman
D) Teamster
B) Hand Pump - ANS ✔In 1720 London, what was the first piece of equipment to replace the
bucket brigade?
A) Coupling
B) Hand Pump
C) Fire Plug
D) Water Main
C) Coal - ANS ✔The first mechanized fire pumps were generally fueled by:
A) Gasoline
B) Pitch
C) Coal
D) Wood
A) Hydrogen bonding - ANS ✔Water is able to absorb heat because of its ________
characteristics
A) Hydrogen Bonding
B) Convective
C) Radiant
D) Exuding
A) Specific Heat index - ANS ✔The amount of heat energy required to increase the temperature
of a substance is known as its:
