TFM06 ACTUAL FINAL PAPER 2025/2026 ALL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ TIP
✔✔Safety Cap - ✔✔A paper tube, closed at one end that is placed over the end of the
fuse
✔✔Salute - ✔✔A display fireworks item that is designed to produce a loud report
✔✔Salute Powder - ✔✔pyrotechnic composition that makes an explosive sound when
ignited and constitutes the sole pyrotechnic effect of salute
✔✔Aerial shells, mines and comets - ✔✔shall be classified and described only in terms
of the inside diameter of the mortar
✔✔Shells shall be marked with the... - ✔✔type of shell, shell size and the name
✔✔For aerial shells the fuse shall be long enough to allow not less than... - ✔✔6 in. of
fuse to protrude from the mortar
✔✔Firing of shell shall not be - ✔✔less than 3 seconds or more than 6 seconds
✔✔Single break aerial salute shells shall be limited to a max size of... - ✔✔5 inches
✔✔Salute shells shall be... - ✔✔preloaded into mortars
✔✔Gerb - ✔✔A cylindrical preload pyrotechnic device, intended to produce a controlled
spray of sparks with a reproducible and predictable duration, height and diameter
✔✔Fallout Radius - ✔✔A line that defines the fallout area of a pyrotechnic device.
✔✔Oxidizer - ✔✔Any material that readily yields oxygen or other oxidizing gas, or that
readily reacts to promote or initiate combustion of combustible materials.
✔✔Saxon - ✔✔A pyrotechnic device that consisting of a tube that rotates around a pivot
point to produce a circular shower of sparks
✔✔wheel - ✔✔a pyrotechnic device that rotates on a central axis and that consists of
multiple gerbs or rockets attached to a framework
✔✔Waterfall, Falls, Park Curtain - ✔✔an effect of a cascade of sparks usually produced
by multiple devices fired simultaneously
✔✔Airburst - ✔✔A pyrotechnic device that is suspended in the air to simulate outdoors
aerial fireworks shells without producing hazardous debris
, ✔✔Fuel - ✔✔anything combustible or acting as a chemical-reducing agent
✔✔Binary system - ✔✔a two-component pyrotechnic system
✔✔Black Powder - ✔✔A low explosive consisting of an intimate mixture of potassium or
sodium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.
✔✔Concussion Effect - ✔✔A pyrotechnic effect that produces a loud noise and a violent
jarring shock for dramatic effect.
✔✔Concussion Mortar - ✔✔A device specifically designed and constructed to produce a
loud noise and a violent jarring shock for dramatic effect without producing any damage.
✔✔Warning lights - ✔✔Used for warning support personnel of the presence of
concussion special effects
✔✔A device with a 10 ft. fallout radius should be separated from the audience by a min
distance of... - ✔✔20 ft. (2x the fallout radius)
✔✔Protective clothing includes... - ✔✔long-sleeved shirts/pants (flame-resistant), safety
glasses, foot protection, head protection, etc.
✔✔Color Pot - ✔✔A tube containing pyrotechnics that produce a colored flame when
ignited
✔✔Colored smoke - ✔✔An aerosol of special dyestuffs of chemical reactants dispersed
by pyrotechnic heat or explosion
✔✔Flashpowder - ✔✔A specific pyrotechnic material in powder form composed of fuel
and oxidizer that upon ignition produces a flash of light
✔✔Smoke Pot - ✔✔a pyrotechnic device used to create smoke during a production
✔✔Cake - ✔✔a chain-fused firework that propels a series of aerial shell, comet or mine
effects into the air from collectively attached tubes
✔✔Roman Candle - ✔✔A chain fused firework that propels a series of aerial shell,
comet, or mine effects into the air from a single tube
✔✔Ready Box - ✔✔portable, weather-resistant, and fire-resistive container that protects
contents from burning debris with a self closing cover or equivalent means of closure
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+ TIP
✔✔Safety Cap - ✔✔A paper tube, closed at one end that is placed over the end of the
fuse
✔✔Salute - ✔✔A display fireworks item that is designed to produce a loud report
✔✔Salute Powder - ✔✔pyrotechnic composition that makes an explosive sound when
ignited and constitutes the sole pyrotechnic effect of salute
✔✔Aerial shells, mines and comets - ✔✔shall be classified and described only in terms
of the inside diameter of the mortar
✔✔Shells shall be marked with the... - ✔✔type of shell, shell size and the name
✔✔For aerial shells the fuse shall be long enough to allow not less than... - ✔✔6 in. of
fuse to protrude from the mortar
✔✔Firing of shell shall not be - ✔✔less than 3 seconds or more than 6 seconds
✔✔Single break aerial salute shells shall be limited to a max size of... - ✔✔5 inches
✔✔Salute shells shall be... - ✔✔preloaded into mortars
✔✔Gerb - ✔✔A cylindrical preload pyrotechnic device, intended to produce a controlled
spray of sparks with a reproducible and predictable duration, height and diameter
✔✔Fallout Radius - ✔✔A line that defines the fallout area of a pyrotechnic device.
✔✔Oxidizer - ✔✔Any material that readily yields oxygen or other oxidizing gas, or that
readily reacts to promote or initiate combustion of combustible materials.
✔✔Saxon - ✔✔A pyrotechnic device that consisting of a tube that rotates around a pivot
point to produce a circular shower of sparks
✔✔wheel - ✔✔a pyrotechnic device that rotates on a central axis and that consists of
multiple gerbs or rockets attached to a framework
✔✔Waterfall, Falls, Park Curtain - ✔✔an effect of a cascade of sparks usually produced
by multiple devices fired simultaneously
✔✔Airburst - ✔✔A pyrotechnic device that is suspended in the air to simulate outdoors
aerial fireworks shells without producing hazardous debris
, ✔✔Fuel - ✔✔anything combustible or acting as a chemical-reducing agent
✔✔Binary system - ✔✔a two-component pyrotechnic system
✔✔Black Powder - ✔✔A low explosive consisting of an intimate mixture of potassium or
sodium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.
✔✔Concussion Effect - ✔✔A pyrotechnic effect that produces a loud noise and a violent
jarring shock for dramatic effect.
✔✔Concussion Mortar - ✔✔A device specifically designed and constructed to produce a
loud noise and a violent jarring shock for dramatic effect without producing any damage.
✔✔Warning lights - ✔✔Used for warning support personnel of the presence of
concussion special effects
✔✔A device with a 10 ft. fallout radius should be separated from the audience by a min
distance of... - ✔✔20 ft. (2x the fallout radius)
✔✔Protective clothing includes... - ✔✔long-sleeved shirts/pants (flame-resistant), safety
glasses, foot protection, head protection, etc.
✔✔Color Pot - ✔✔A tube containing pyrotechnics that produce a colored flame when
ignited
✔✔Colored smoke - ✔✔An aerosol of special dyestuffs of chemical reactants dispersed
by pyrotechnic heat or explosion
✔✔Flashpowder - ✔✔A specific pyrotechnic material in powder form composed of fuel
and oxidizer that upon ignition produces a flash of light
✔✔Smoke Pot - ✔✔a pyrotechnic device used to create smoke during a production
✔✔Cake - ✔✔a chain-fused firework that propels a series of aerial shell, comet or mine
effects into the air from collectively attached tubes
✔✔Roman Candle - ✔✔A chain fused firework that propels a series of aerial shell,
comet, or mine effects into the air from a single tube
✔✔Ready Box - ✔✔portable, weather-resistant, and fire-resistive container that protects
contents from burning debris with a self closing cover or equivalent means of closure
