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FIREFIGHTING FINAL EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1. To look up a HazMat in the Emergency Response Guidebook
(ERG) you start in either the - correct answer - yellow and blue
sections
2. What does it mean if the vessel is flying a red Bravo flag from
the vessel mast? - correct answer - The vessel is transferring
fuel or hazardous cargo.
3. Jack-up, submersible, and semi-submersible vessels are types
of: - correct answer - mobile offshore drilling units
4. What type of tankship is particularly challenging during an
emergency situation because it may carry oils, solvents, sulfur,
or other hazardous materials? - correct answer - product
carriers
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5. Why are fire service radios unlikely to work well within a
commercial vessel? - correct answer - the vessels are usually
made of metal
6. Fires on ferries are most likely to occur in engine rooms,
galleys, or: - correct answer - stewards' cabins.
7. In U.S. ports that handle LNG and LPG carriers, the captain of
the port (COTP) is required to: - correct answer - maintain
LNG/LPG vessel management and emergency contingency
plans.
8. What organization regulates large passenger vessels? - correct
answer - International Maritime Organization (IMO)
9. Crude carriers, product carriers, and gas carriers are types of: -
correct answer - tankships
10. What type of vessel has a wide variety of on board facilities,
including restaurants, bars, casinos, theatres, ball rooms,
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swimming pools, fitness centers, and shops? - correct answer -
cruises ships
11. What type of cargo is driven on and off a vessel? - correct
answer - RO/RO
12. Tankships exclusively carry: - correct answer - liquid
products in bulk
13. Fog nozzles can be used with foam solution to produce: -
correct answer - low-expansion
14. Most Class B fire fighting foams are intended to be mixed
with: - correct answer - 94-97% water
15. Mixing water with foam concentrate to form a foam solution
is referred to as: - correct answer - proportioning.
FIREFIGHTING FINAL EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
1. To look up a HazMat in the Emergency Response Guidebook
(ERG) you start in either the - correct answer - yellow and blue
sections
2. What does it mean if the vessel is flying a red Bravo flag from
the vessel mast? - correct answer - The vessel is transferring
fuel or hazardous cargo.
3. Jack-up, submersible, and semi-submersible vessels are types
of: - correct answer - mobile offshore drilling units
4. What type of tankship is particularly challenging during an
emergency situation because it may carry oils, solvents, sulfur,
or other hazardous materials? - correct answer - product
carriers
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5. Why are fire service radios unlikely to work well within a
commercial vessel? - correct answer - the vessels are usually
made of metal
6. Fires on ferries are most likely to occur in engine rooms,
galleys, or: - correct answer - stewards' cabins.
7. In U.S. ports that handle LNG and LPG carriers, the captain of
the port (COTP) is required to: - correct answer - maintain
LNG/LPG vessel management and emergency contingency
plans.
8. What organization regulates large passenger vessels? - correct
answer - International Maritime Organization (IMO)
9. Crude carriers, product carriers, and gas carriers are types of: -
correct answer - tankships
10. What type of vessel has a wide variety of on board facilities,
including restaurants, bars, casinos, theatres, ball rooms,
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swimming pools, fitness centers, and shops? - correct answer -
cruises ships
11. What type of cargo is driven on and off a vessel? - correct
answer - RO/RO
12. Tankships exclusively carry: - correct answer - liquid
products in bulk
13. Fog nozzles can be used with foam solution to produce: -
correct answer - low-expansion
14. Most Class B fire fighting foams are intended to be mixed
with: - correct answer - 94-97% water
15. Mixing water with foam concentrate to form a foam solution
is referred to as: - correct answer - proportioning.
