TEST TYPE B QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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5 ft above the ground - ANSWER -extinguishers weighing 40 lbs or less must be
installed so top of canister is no more than _____
K - ANSWER -class ___ extinguishers are for fires involving cooking media
75 ft - ANSWER -OSHA specified max travel distance for Class A is ______
C - ANSWER -proper UL rating to use on electrically energized equipped
Class K - ANSWER -work on the principle of saponification
Obstacle Type Fires - ANSWER -involve flammable liquid on a horizontal
surface w/ the presence of a solid object creating a barrier
4 inches - ANSWER -extinguishers must be installed at least _____ from the
ground
Obstacle Type Fires - ANSWER -may take place in flammable liquid storage
caninets, dip tank process areas, etc.
Must Be Weighed - ANSWER -To make sure the pressure gauges of CO2
extinguisher are showing adequate pressure, what must you do?
5 yrs - ANSWER -Wetting agent portable extinguishers must be hydrostatic
tested every _____
After recharge - ANSWER -leak tests on stored pressure extinguishers must be
performed
cannot - ANSWER -how do u convert fire extinguishers from 1 type to another?
any remaining dry chemical in a discharged extinguisher - ANSWER -may be
reused only if checked for proper type, contamination, and condition. closed
recovery system needs to be used!
, New extinguishers needing charge in the field - ANSWER -do not need to have
any verification of service collar installed
you cannot - ANSWER -how do u have an extinguisher converted to use a
different type of extinguishing agent
annually - ANSWER -the gauge used to set the regulated source of pressure needs
to be calibrated
annually - ANSWER -pump tank calcium chloride based antifreeze typesof
extinguishers need to be recharged
75 ft. - ANSWER -OSHA specified max distance to extinguisher for Class D
weighing - ANSWER -when you recharge, the amount of recharge agent to use
should be verified by
Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) - ANSWER -these types of extinguishers
must have hydrostatic testing every 5 yrs
annually - ANSWER -The wetting agent in stored pressure wetting agent
extinguishers must be replaced
3 yrs - ANSWER -The premixed agent in liquid charge-type AFFF and FFFP
extinguishers must be replaced every
cylinder-operated extinguishers - ANSWER -do not need to have any verification
of service collar installed
False - ANSWER -you are free to mixmultipurpose dry chemicals w/ alkaline
based dry chemicals
must be avoided - ANSWER -subsurface injection of wet chemical extinguishing
agents into hot cooking media
False - ANSWER -You should NEVER place extinguishers in cabinets or wall
recesses.