STCW Training Basic Firefighting Exam Questions With Detailed Answers

STCW Training Basic Firefighting Exam
Questions With Detailed Answers

What are the 3 kinds of fire detection systems? - Answer-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? - Answer-1. Smoke
2. Heat
3. Flame

/.What are 3 types of smoke detectors? - Answer-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? - Answer-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? - Answer-By detecting the flames UV light

/.What are 8 kinds of fire extinguishing agents? - Answer-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? - Answer-Ordinary: Used to put out class B
and C fires

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