BCOT FIRE SAFETY EXAM 2026/2027 – PRACTICE QUESTIONS,
CORRECT ANSWERS & DETAILED RATIONALES
1. inQcaseQofQfireQ-
QCORRECTQANSWERS-
SoundQtheQalarmQ(locationQ&QhowQ
toQactivate)
2. MUSTQCallQMainQControl
3. CallingQMainQControlQforQFireQPro
ceduresQ-QCORRECTQANSWERS-
GiveQyourQname
4. LocationQofQfire
5. TypeQofQfire
6. HoldQphoneQforQverification
,7. TheQfireQtriangleQ-
QCORRECTQANSWERS-oxygenQ-
QrightQside
8. heatQ-bottom
9. fuelQ-QleftQside
10. FireQTetrahedronQ-
QCORRECTQANSWERS-fuelQ-
topQtriangleQ
11. chemicalQchainQreactionQ-
bottomQtriangle
12. heat-QbottomQleftQtriangleQ
13. oxygenQ-QbottomQrightQtriangle
14. ChemicalQChainQreactionQ-
QCORRECTQANSWERS-
, inQtheQburningQprocessQofQfuelQele
ments(Qcompounds)areQreleasedQbyQ
heatQproducedQbyQtheQfire.QTheseQe
lementsQjoinQinQtheQfireQ(combined
QwithQoxygen)QtoQproduceQmoreQhe
atQwhichQreleasesQmoreQfuelQeleme
nts
15. WhatQisQtheQdifferenceQbetween
QtheQfireQtriangleQandQtheQfireQtetr
ahedron?Q-QCORRECTQANSWERS-
ChemicalQchainQreaction
16. OxygenQpercentageQinQnormalQair
Q-QCORRECTQANSWERS-21%
CORRECT ANSWERS & DETAILED RATIONALES
1. inQcaseQofQfireQ-
QCORRECTQANSWERS-
SoundQtheQalarmQ(locationQ&QhowQ
toQactivate)
2. MUSTQCallQMainQControl
3. CallingQMainQControlQforQFireQPro
ceduresQ-QCORRECTQANSWERS-
GiveQyourQname
4. LocationQofQfire
5. TypeQofQfire
6. HoldQphoneQforQverification
,7. TheQfireQtriangleQ-
QCORRECTQANSWERS-oxygenQ-
QrightQside
8. heatQ-bottom
9. fuelQ-QleftQside
10. FireQTetrahedronQ-
QCORRECTQANSWERS-fuelQ-
topQtriangleQ
11. chemicalQchainQreactionQ-
bottomQtriangle
12. heat-QbottomQleftQtriangleQ
13. oxygenQ-QbottomQrightQtriangle
14. ChemicalQChainQreactionQ-
QCORRECTQANSWERS-
, inQtheQburningQprocessQofQfuelQele
ments(Qcompounds)areQreleasedQbyQ
heatQproducedQbyQtheQfire.QTheseQe
lementsQjoinQinQtheQfireQ(combined
QwithQoxygen)QtoQproduceQmoreQhe
atQwhichQreleasesQmoreQfuelQeleme
nts
15. WhatQisQtheQdifferenceQbetween
QtheQfireQtriangleQandQtheQfireQtetr
ahedron?Q-QCORRECTQANSWERS-
ChemicalQchainQreaction
16. OxygenQpercentageQinQnormalQair
Q-QCORRECTQANSWERS-21%