Chapter 11 Questions UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Tactical ventilation is a tool to help firefighters _____ a fire. A. control
(493) (4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. control
B. smother
C. extinguish
D. knock down
Being in control of the fire means using ventilation and C. water application
_ _ to control the fire's behavior. (494) [4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. overhaul
B. primary search
C. water application
D. creating additional flow paths
Ventilation helps firefighters control two variables in a A. oxygen availability.
structure: where hot gases and smoke exhaust from, and:
(494) [4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. oxygen availability.
B. structural integrity.
C. personnel availability.
D. access to the structure.
, What is NOT a product of combustion that ventilation is D. Hydrogen peroxide and ozone
designed to control? (494) [4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. Heated toxic gases
B. Carbon particles (soot)
C. Unburned hydrocarbons
D. Hydrogen peroxide and ozone
What action needs to follow immediately after ventilating D. Water application to cool gases and surfaces
a compartment that is in ventilation-limited decay? (494)
[4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. RIC deployment
B. MAYDAY protocols
C. Exterior exposure control
D. Water application to cool gases and surfaces
What type of action disrupts flow path control? (494) C. Breaking windows unnecessarily
[4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. Advancing a hose line
B. Closing the exterior doors
C. Breaking windows unnecessarily
D. Putting water on the base of the fire
In general, closing an opening helps control the fire B. it goes against an established incident strategy.
unless: (495) [4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. fire attack crews are putting water on the fire.
B. it goes against an established incident strategy.
C. the fire is not contained within a single, closed
compartment.
D. opening doors will reduce the amount of time spent in
IDLH atmosphere.
In what kind of condition can firefighters in full PPE and A. Rapid fire development
SCBA NOT survive? (495) [4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. Rapid fire development
B. Ventilation-limited environments
C. Fire that has moved into the growth stage
D. Ventilated compartments in the decay stage
If ventilation is performed without coordinating fire D. ventilation
attack, no amount of additional will cause a fire to
become fuel-limited or prevent flashover. (496) [4.3.11,
4.3.12]
A. time
B. water
C. personnel
D. ventilation
CORRECT ANSWERS
Tactical ventilation is a tool to help firefighters _____ a fire. A. control
(493) (4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. control
B. smother
C. extinguish
D. knock down
Being in control of the fire means using ventilation and C. water application
_ _ to control the fire's behavior. (494) [4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. overhaul
B. primary search
C. water application
D. creating additional flow paths
Ventilation helps firefighters control two variables in a A. oxygen availability.
structure: where hot gases and smoke exhaust from, and:
(494) [4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. oxygen availability.
B. structural integrity.
C. personnel availability.
D. access to the structure.
, What is NOT a product of combustion that ventilation is D. Hydrogen peroxide and ozone
designed to control? (494) [4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. Heated toxic gases
B. Carbon particles (soot)
C. Unburned hydrocarbons
D. Hydrogen peroxide and ozone
What action needs to follow immediately after ventilating D. Water application to cool gases and surfaces
a compartment that is in ventilation-limited decay? (494)
[4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. RIC deployment
B. MAYDAY protocols
C. Exterior exposure control
D. Water application to cool gases and surfaces
What type of action disrupts flow path control? (494) C. Breaking windows unnecessarily
[4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. Advancing a hose line
B. Closing the exterior doors
C. Breaking windows unnecessarily
D. Putting water on the base of the fire
In general, closing an opening helps control the fire B. it goes against an established incident strategy.
unless: (495) [4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. fire attack crews are putting water on the fire.
B. it goes against an established incident strategy.
C. the fire is not contained within a single, closed
compartment.
D. opening doors will reduce the amount of time spent in
IDLH atmosphere.
In what kind of condition can firefighters in full PPE and A. Rapid fire development
SCBA NOT survive? (495) [4.3.11, 4.3.12]
A. Rapid fire development
B. Ventilation-limited environments
C. Fire that has moved into the growth stage
D. Ventilated compartments in the decay stage
If ventilation is performed without coordinating fire D. ventilation
attack, no amount of additional will cause a fire to
become fuel-limited or prevent flashover. (496) [4.3.11,
4.3.12]
A. time
B. water
C. personnel
D. ventilation
