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NFPA 921 EXAM | VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS| GUARANTEED PASS
Exotic Accelerants - correct answer - Mixtures of fuels and Class
3 or Class 4 oxidizers may produce an exceedingly hot fire and
may be used to start or accelerate a fire.
HTA - correct answer - High Temperature Accelerants
Three Principle trends to determine serial fire starter - correct
answer - Geographic areas or clusters
Temporal Frequency
Materials and Methods
Temporal Frequency - correct answer - Incendiary fires set by the
same individual often occur during the same time period of the
day or on the same day of the week.
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Intent - correct answer - The purposefulness or deliberateness of
the person's actions or, in some instances, omissions.
CCM - correct answer - Crime Classification Manual: Formally
classify the critical characteristics of the perpetrators and the
victims of the three major violent crimes: murder, arson, and
sexual assault.
Three classifications of repetitive fire setting behavior. - correct
answer - Serial Arson
Spree Arson
Mass Arson
Serial Arson - correct answer - A series of three or more fires set
by the same offender, with a cooling-off period between fires.
Spree Arson - correct answer - The setting of three or more fires
at separate locations with no emotional cooling off period between
fires.
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Mass Arson - correct answer - The setting of three or more fires at
the same site or location during a limited period of time.
NCAVC (National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime) six
motive classifications. - correct answer - 1. Vandalism
2. Excitement
3. Revenge
4. Crime concealment
5. Profit
6. Extremism
The excitement-motivated fire setter includes the following
subcategories. - correct answer - Thrill seeking
Attention seeking
Recognition
Sexual Gratification or Perversion
Subcategories of Revenge Firesetting - correct answer - Personal
Societal
Institutional
Group Retaliation
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An over pressure of 10 kPa (1.5 psi) can cause glass fragments
to travel as far as? - correct answer - 30 m (100 ft)
Light bulbs of what watt, can be pulled outward toward a heat
source. - correct answer - 25 watts
One Coulomb - correct answer - 6.24 x 10(18) electrons
A BTU is equal to? - correct answer - 1055 joules
1.055 kilojoules
252.15 calories
1 Calorie equals how many Joules? - correct answer - 4.184
joules
How many Calories in a BTU? - correct answer - 252.15 calories
NFPA 921 EXAM | VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT SOLUTIONS| GUARANTEED PASS
Exotic Accelerants - correct answer - Mixtures of fuels and Class
3 or Class 4 oxidizers may produce an exceedingly hot fire and
may be used to start or accelerate a fire.
HTA - correct answer - High Temperature Accelerants
Three Principle trends to determine serial fire starter - correct
answer - Geographic areas or clusters
Temporal Frequency
Materials and Methods
Temporal Frequency - correct answer - Incendiary fires set by the
same individual often occur during the same time period of the
day or on the same day of the week.
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Intent - correct answer - The purposefulness or deliberateness of
the person's actions or, in some instances, omissions.
CCM - correct answer - Crime Classification Manual: Formally
classify the critical characteristics of the perpetrators and the
victims of the three major violent crimes: murder, arson, and
sexual assault.
Three classifications of repetitive fire setting behavior. - correct
answer - Serial Arson
Spree Arson
Mass Arson
Serial Arson - correct answer - A series of three or more fires set
by the same offender, with a cooling-off period between fires.
Spree Arson - correct answer - The setting of three or more fires
at separate locations with no emotional cooling off period between
fires.
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Mass Arson - correct answer - The setting of three or more fires at
the same site or location during a limited period of time.
NCAVC (National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime) six
motive classifications. - correct answer - 1. Vandalism
2. Excitement
3. Revenge
4. Crime concealment
5. Profit
6. Extremism
The excitement-motivated fire setter includes the following
subcategories. - correct answer - Thrill seeking
Attention seeking
Recognition
Sexual Gratification or Perversion
Subcategories of Revenge Firesetting - correct answer - Personal
Societal
Institutional
Group Retaliation
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An over pressure of 10 kPa (1.5 psi) can cause glass fragments
to travel as far as? - correct answer - 30 m (100 ft)
Light bulbs of what watt, can be pulled outward toward a heat
source. - correct answer - 25 watts
One Coulomb - correct answer - 6.24 x 10(18) electrons
A BTU is equal to? - correct answer - 1055 joules
1.055 kilojoules
252.15 calories
1 Calorie equals how many Joules? - correct answer - 4.184
joules
How many Calories in a BTU? - correct answer - 252.15 calories
