100%)/Study guide for Firefighter 1 A
When rescuing an unconscious child or small adult from a window, how many rescuers
enter the window to assist the victim?
A. 3
B. 1
C. 0
D. 2 - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>D. 2
When cutting through a roof, a firefighter should avoid:
A. removing the built-up material prior to cutting
B. cutting through joists, rafters, or trusses
C. making one large opening
D. using a power saw - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>B. cutting through joists, rafters, or trusses
When faced with an electrical emergency the firefighter shall try to:
A. wear rubber boots when approaching the emergency scene
B. obtain a pair of lineman gloves
C. have equipment de-energized
D. use a dry rope to pull victim from contact with an energized conductor -
✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>C. have equipment de-energized
Which of the following is the first stage/phase of fire?
A. Fully developed
B. Incipient/ignition
C. Decay
D. Growth - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>B. Incipient/ignition
What does a frangible bulb do in a sprinkler head?
A. Enhance appearance only
B. Break at a certain temperature
C. Regulate the pressure of the water flow
D. Direct the water flow into a flower pattern - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>B. Break at a certain
temperature
The two-in/two-out regulation came from the federal agency called:
A. FEMA
B. EPA
,C. DOT
D. OSHA - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A. FEMA
In addition to their use in actual emergencies, preincident plans can also be useful as
an aid in:
A. law enforcement
B. budget development
C. personnel selection
D. training activities - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>D. training activities
Who should operate building HVAC systems to assist in ventilation?
A. Truck company personnel
B. The incident safety officer
C. Firefighters under direct supervision of the incident safety officer
D. Only building engineers or maintenance superintendents - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>D.
Only building engineers or maintenance superintendents
The quick-response type sprinkler head utilizes a specially designed _________ for its
release mechanism.
A. valve cap
B. fusible link
C. chemical pellet
D. frangible disc - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>B. fusible link
The phenomenon by which heat, smoke, and fire gases will travel upward to the highest
point and become trapped, accumulate, bank down, and spread out laterally is known
as:
A. buoyancy
B. backdraft
C. mushrooming
D. flashover - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>C. mushrooming
During the response phase of an emergency incident, two aspects of a property are
particularly important. One of those is building layout and the other is:
A. access information
B. water supply type
C. location of any activated sensor heads on the suppression system
D. location of riser valves on the detection system - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A. access
information
When cutting through a roof, a firefighter should attempt to:
A. stand to the downwind side
B. remove the ceiling joist in the ventilation hole
C. cut a large circular hole
, D. make the opening square or rectangle - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>D. make the opening
square or rectangle
The MOST COMMON synthetic fiber used in life safety rope is:
A. Kevlar
B. Sisal
C. polypropylene
D. nylon - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>C. polypropylene
The observation of glass blocks in a wall tell the fire fighters that:
A. there is a skylight in that room
B. the wall is not load-bearing
C. the wall has not been subjected to fire.
D. there is an automatic sprinkler system in that room. - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>B. the wall
is not load-bearing
Which of the following is an advantage of the flat load?
A. Only four people are required to perform the load
B. It is the best way to load large-diameter hose
C. Hose loaded in this manner has fewer sharp bends than other loads
D. Hose for shoulder carries can easily be taken from the load - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>B. It
is the best way to load large-diameter hose
Which of the following statements IS CORRECT regarding fire extinguishers and
combustible metals?
A. All chemical agents need to be applied with a shovel or scoop
B. No single agent will control or extinguish fires in all combustible metals
C. The agent needs to break the crust that may form over any burning metal to
extinguish the fire
D. They come in pressurized and handheld models - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>B. No single
agent will control or extinguish fires in all combustible metals
A common factor with regard to multiple firefighter deaths at emergency incidents is:
A. the lack of an organized, effective command structure
B. they all involved industrial complexes
C. all the incidents occurred during forest fires
D. they all occurred in urban settings - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>A. the lack of an organized,
effective command structure
Which of the following is one of the stages/phases of fire burn?
A. Rollover
B. Fully developed
C. Backdraft
D. Initial - ✔✔ANSWER✔✔>>B. Fully developed