ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
carbon dioxide - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A colorless odorless nonconductibe inverted gas
that is a suitable medium for extinguishing class B class C fires
Dry chemical - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A powder composed of very small particles
usually sodium bicarbonate
Wet chemical - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Normally an aqueous solution
High pressure cylinder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Higher than 500 psi
low pressure cylinder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 500 psi or lower
Dot - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Us department of transportation
Dry powder - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Solid materials in powder or granular form
designed to extinguish class D combustion metal fires
Electronic monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A method of electronic communication
between an in place fire extinguisher and an electronic monitoring device
Film foaming foam agents - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Aqueous film forming foam(afff)
and film forming fluoroprotein form (fffp)
Flammable liquids of appreciable depth - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Depth greater than 1/4
in
, Halogenated agents - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Halogenated(clean) agents referenced in
this standard are of the following types
Hydrostatic testing - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Pressure testing of the extinguisher to verify
it's strength against unwanted rupture
Loaded steam charge - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A water based extinguishing medium that
uses an alkali metal salt as a freezing point depressant
wetting agent - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A concentrate that when added to water spreads
and penetrates
Cartridge/ cylinder operated Fex - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Fex that has expellant has in a
separate container
Nonrechargeable Fex - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Fex not intended to undergo complete
maintenance and hydrostatic testing
Rechargeable Fex - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A Fex capable to undergo full maintenance
Self expelling fire extinguisher - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A fire extinguisher in which
agents have sufficient vapor pressure at normal operating temp to expel themselves
Stored pressure Fex - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A Fex in which both the extinguishing
materials and expellant has are stored in a single container
Water mist Fex - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A Fex containing distilled or de ionized water
Water type Fex - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A Fex containing water based agents such as
water, afff, fffp
What shall be clearly marked on each Fex - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Id of listing and
labeling organization, fire test standards and the performance standard