Fire Investigator - Study questions for TCFP Fire Investigator Exam Q&A 100% Solved | Graded A+

Fire Investigator - Study questions for
TCFP Fire Investigator Exam Q&A 100%
Solved | Graded A+

Is NFPA 921 a guide or a standard? - ✔✔It is the Guide for Fire and Explosion

Investigations

What are the six steps of the scientific method? - ✔✔Recognize the need

Define the problem

Collect the data

Analyze the data

Develop a hypothesis

Test the hypothesis

What step of the scientific method is inductive reasoning? - ✔✔Analyze the data

What step of the scientific method is deductive reasoning? - ✔✔Test the

hypothesis

What are the four parts of the fire tetrahedron? - ✔✔Fuel (reducing agent)

Heat

Oxidizing agent

Uninhibited chemical chain reaction


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, What kind of reaction absorbs energy, an endothermic or an exothermic

reaction? - ✔✔Endothermic

What is heat transfer by direct contact called? - ✔✔Conduction

What is heat transfer by gas flow / air movement called? - ✔✔Convection

What is heat transfer by microwave energy called? - ✔✔Radiation

What is a fuel controlled fire? - ✔✔A fire that is limited by the amount of

combustibles.

What is a ventilation controlled fire? - ✔✔A fire that is limited by the amount of

oxygen.

What are the stages of fire growth? - ✔✔Ignition

Growth

Flashover

Fully Developed

Decay

What is a flashover? - ✔✔The transition phase from growth to fully developed,

where all surfaces reach ignition temperature almost simultaneously.

What is ignition of the underside of the hot gas layer called? - ✔✔Flameover or

rollover


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