STCW Basic Training Exam 2026 Questions and Answers

STCW Basic Training Exam 2026
Questions and Answers

Ship Fire Prevention - Correct answer-Ship design and construction

-steel/fire retardant materials

-subdivisions

-fire protection systems




Good housekeeping practices important

Number 1 cause of fire - Correct answer-CARELESS SMOKING HABITS!!!

- DISPOSAL

- SMOKING IN BED

- DISREGARD FOR RESTRICTED AREAS

• POOR HOUSEKEEPING

- Dirty/oily machinery


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,- Clothes drier lint accumulation

- Improper, non-secured storage

Examples of poor housekeeping practices - Correct answer--Complacency about

fire safety on the job

-careless disposal of smoking materials

-defective electrical components

-spillage of flammable materials

-careless work habits

Fire Triangle - Correct answer-fuel, oxygen, heat




All of these components are necessary for a fire to occur The removal of any one

component will cause the fire to be extinguished

Fire Tetrahedron - Correct answer-Heat, Fuel, Oxygen, Chemical Chain Reaction




All of these components are necessary for a fire to occur The removal of any one

component will cause the fire to be extinguished



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, Heat - Correct answer-Anything that produces the required temperature for ignition

will satisfy this leg of the triangle

- Sun

- Open Flame

- Chemical Reaction

- Sparks

- Friction

- Static Electricity

- Biological Processes

Oxygen - Correct answer-The Earth's atmosphere consists of 21% oxygen

Because fire needs oxygen to burn, the amount of oxygen available to it controls

the rate at which it burns

Fuel - Correct answer-Only vapors burn

• Liquids & solids are too dense and must first be vaporized

• The tendency of a substance to vaporize is an indication of its ability to burn.

• Liquids vaporize more readily than solids



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