STCW Training Basic Firefighting Exam|40 Questions with Answers

STCW Training Basic Firefighting Exam|
40 Questions with Answers
What are the 3 kinds of fire detection systems? - -1. Detectors
2. Receivers
3 Indicators

Detectors talk to receivers, which talks to indicators.

Receivers and indicators are not typically found in homes.

-What are 3 kinds of fire detectors? - -1. Smoke
2. Heat
3. Flame

-What are 3 types of smoke detectors? - -1. Protoelectric Cell - Particles of
smoke break a beam of light
2. Ionization Chamber - Radioactive isotope reacts with smoke particles
3. Combination - photoelectric cell/ionization chamber

-What are the 2 kinds of heat detectors? - -1. Fixed temperature:
Temperature is at a predetermined level.
- These are usually found in coolers or engine rooms where the temperature
stays the same

2. Rate-of-Rise: measures a rapid increase in temperature

-How does a flame detector work? - -By detecting the flames UV light

-What are 8 kinds of fire extinguishing agents? - -1. Water
2. Steam
3. Foam
4. CO2
5. Dry Chemical
6. Dry Powder
7. Halon
8. Wet chemical

-What are the two kinds of dry chemicals? - -Ordinary: Used to put out class
B and C fires

Multi-purpose: Used to put out A, B, and C fires