BCOT Fire Safety (Week 5) Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)

BCOT Fire Safety (Week 5) Questions with CORRECT
Answers (Grade A+)

Question 1:
What must an officer do if there is a fire?
Answer:
1: Sound the alarm. 2: Call Main Control (Give name, location, type of fire and hold for verification)

Question 2:
What three elements are required for a fire?
Answer:
Fuel, Oxygen, and Heat

Question 3:
What is required to make a Fire Tetrahedron?
Answer:
Fuel, Oxygen, Heat, and a Chemical Chain Reaction

Question 4:
What is a Chemical Chain Reaction?
Answer:
In the burning process fuel elements (compounds) are released by heat produced by fire. These
elements join in the fire (combined with oxygen) to produce more heat which releases more fuel
elements.

Question 5:
What supports combustion and life?
Answer:
Oxygen

Question 6:
What percentage of oxygen is needed to breathe normal air?
Answer:
21%

, Question 7:
What is the minimum percentage of oxygen needed to support respiration and combustion?
Answer:
16%

Question 8:
What percentage of oxygen causes the visual flame to go out?
Answer:
15%

Question 9:
5% of oxygen does what do a fire?
Answer:
Causes it to go out.

Question 10:
What are the three physical states of fuel?
Answer:
Solid, Liquid, and Gases

Question 11:
What are the four classes of fire?
Answer:
Class A: Ordinary Combustibles Class B: Liquids Class C: Energized Electrical Class D: Metals

Question 12:
What are the four sources of heat energy?
Answer:
1: Chemical 2: Electrical 3: Mechanical 4: Nuclear

Question 13:
What are the three types of heat transfers?
Answer:
1: Conduction 2: Convection 3: Radiation