STCW LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What is a class B fire? What extinguishing agents are used to put out Class B fires?
- ✔✔Combustible liquids, gasses or petroleum grease. (Gasoline, diesel fuel)
1. Foam
2. CO2
3. Dry Chemical ABC
4. Dry Chemical BC
5. Halon or Halon Alternatives
6. Steam
✔✔What is a class C fire? What extinguishing agents are used to put out Class C fires?
- ✔✔energized electrical equipment
1. CO2
2. Dry Chemical BC
3. Dry Chemical ABC
4. Halon or Halon Alternatives
✔✔What is a class D fire? What extinguishing agents are used to put out Class D fires?
- ✔✔combustible metals (lithium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium)
1. Dry Power
✔✔What is a class K fire? What extinguishing agents are used to put out Class K fires?
- ✔✔Kitchen fires (animal and vegetable oils found in the galley)
1. Wet Chemical
✔✔What are the 4 extinguishing methods? - ✔✔1. Cooling
2. Smothering
3. Chain Breaking
4. Fuel Removed
✔✔Water is a ______________ method. - ✔✔Cooling
✔✔CO2 is a _______________ method. - ✔✔smothering
✔✔Foam is a _______________ method. - ✔✔smothering
✔✔Dry powder is a _______________ method. - ✔✔smothering
, ✔✔Wet chemical is a _______________ method. - ✔✔cooling and smothering
✔✔Steam is a _______________ method. - ✔✔cooling and smothering
✔✔Halon is a _______________ method. - ✔✔Chain breaking
✔✔Dry Chemical BC is a _______________ method. - ✔✔smothering and chain
breaking
✔✔Dry Chemical ABC is a _______________ method. - ✔✔smothering and chain
breaking
✔✔List 6 possible sources of ignition on a ship - ✔✔1. Smoking
2. Spontaneous combustion
3. Electrical circuits/equipment
4. Galley operation
5. Welding / Burning
6. Fuel oil transfer
✔✔What is conduction? - ✔✔transfer of heat through solids
✔✔What is convection? - ✔✔The transfer of heat through air currents
✔✔What are the basic classifications of bulkheads? - ✔✔Class A - Prevents the
passage of flame and smoke for 1 hour
Class B - Prevents the passage of flame for 30 min
Class C - no requirement as far as the passage of smoke
✔✔what is the PASS method for a fire extinguisher? - ✔✔Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
✔✔What are 4 types of doors? - ✔✔1. Individual dogged
2. Quick-acting
3. Hatches
4. Power-driven
✔✔A firefighter may carry some or all the following equipment/tools during firefighting
operations: - ✔✔1. Flashlight
2. Life line - used as a signaling device
3. Pass Device - personal alert safety system
4. Atmospheric Meter - to determine if they are in a dangerous environment
5. Spanner wrench - used to loosen hose couplings
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What is a class B fire? What extinguishing agents are used to put out Class B fires?
- ✔✔Combustible liquids, gasses or petroleum grease. (Gasoline, diesel fuel)
1. Foam
2. CO2
3. Dry Chemical ABC
4. Dry Chemical BC
5. Halon or Halon Alternatives
6. Steam
✔✔What is a class C fire? What extinguishing agents are used to put out Class C fires?
- ✔✔energized electrical equipment
1. CO2
2. Dry Chemical BC
3. Dry Chemical ABC
4. Halon or Halon Alternatives
✔✔What is a class D fire? What extinguishing agents are used to put out Class D fires?
- ✔✔combustible metals (lithium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium)
1. Dry Power
✔✔What is a class K fire? What extinguishing agents are used to put out Class K fires?
- ✔✔Kitchen fires (animal and vegetable oils found in the galley)
1. Wet Chemical
✔✔What are the 4 extinguishing methods? - ✔✔1. Cooling
2. Smothering
3. Chain Breaking
4. Fuel Removed
✔✔Water is a ______________ method. - ✔✔Cooling
✔✔CO2 is a _______________ method. - ✔✔smothering
✔✔Foam is a _______________ method. - ✔✔smothering
✔✔Dry powder is a _______________ method. - ✔✔smothering
, ✔✔Wet chemical is a _______________ method. - ✔✔cooling and smothering
✔✔Steam is a _______________ method. - ✔✔cooling and smothering
✔✔Halon is a _______________ method. - ✔✔Chain breaking
✔✔Dry Chemical BC is a _______________ method. - ✔✔smothering and chain
breaking
✔✔Dry Chemical ABC is a _______________ method. - ✔✔smothering and chain
breaking
✔✔List 6 possible sources of ignition on a ship - ✔✔1. Smoking
2. Spontaneous combustion
3. Electrical circuits/equipment
4. Galley operation
5. Welding / Burning
6. Fuel oil transfer
✔✔What is conduction? - ✔✔transfer of heat through solids
✔✔What is convection? - ✔✔The transfer of heat through air currents
✔✔What are the basic classifications of bulkheads? - ✔✔Class A - Prevents the
passage of flame and smoke for 1 hour
Class B - Prevents the passage of flame for 30 min
Class C - no requirement as far as the passage of smoke
✔✔what is the PASS method for a fire extinguisher? - ✔✔Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep
✔✔What are 4 types of doors? - ✔✔1. Individual dogged
2. Quick-acting
3. Hatches
4. Power-driven
✔✔A firefighter may carry some or all the following equipment/tools during firefighting
operations: - ✔✔1. Flashlight
2. Life line - used as a signaling device
3. Pass Device - personal alert safety system
4. Atmospheric Meter - to determine if they are in a dangerous environment
5. Spanner wrench - used to loosen hose couplings
