FINAL EXAM / OSFM TEST UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NFPA 1221 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for the Installation, Maintenance, and Use of
Emergency Services Communications Systems
NFPA 5000 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Building construction and safety code
NFPA 1500 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Program
NFPA 1981 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
(SCBA) for Emergency Services
NFPA 1982 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS)
NFPA 1971 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting
and Proximity Fire Fighting
NFPA 1977 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wildland
Fire Fighting
NFPA 1999 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Protective Clothing for Emergency Medical
Operations
NFPA 1951 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Protective Ensembles for Technical Rescue
Incidents
NFPA 1975 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Station/Work Uniforms for Emergency Services
NFPA 1851 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Protective
Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting
,NFPA 1852 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Open-Circuit
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
NFPA 1901 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus
NFPA 1001 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications
NFPA 10 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers
NFPA 1983 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Life Safety Rope and Equipment for Emergency
Services
NFPA 70E - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace
NFPA 1936 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Powered Rescue Tools
NFPA 1906 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Wildland Fire Apparatus
5-10-12-18-20 inch rule of thumb: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Give following clearances: side
impact/knee bolsters 5"; driver frontal air bags 10"; impact curtains 12"-18"; and passenger frontal air
bags 20"
NFPA 1006 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications
NFPA 1931 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Manufacturer's Design of Fire Department
Ground Ladders
NFPA 1932 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Use, Maintenance, and Service Testing of In-
Service Fire Department Ground Ladders
,NFPA 1963 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Fire Hose Connections
NFPA 291 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Recommended Practice for Fire Flow Testing and Marking of
Hydrants
NFPA 1142 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Water Supplies for Suburban and Rural Fire
Fighting
NFPA 1961 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Fire Hose
NFPA 1962 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for the Inspection, Care, and Use of Fire Hose,
Couplings, and Nozzles and the Service Testing of Fire Hose
NFPA 1801 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Thermal Imagers for the Fire Service
NFPA 13 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems
NFPA 13D - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and
Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes
NFPA 13R - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for the installation of sprinkler systems in residential
occupancies up to and including four stories in height.
NFPA 1031 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector and
Plan Examiner
What determines how wood reacts to fire behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅size and moisture
content
, green wood - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Wood with high moisture content.
spalling - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Expansion of excess moisture within masonry materials due to
exposure to the heat of a fire, resulting in tensile forces within the material, and causing it to break
apart. The expansion causes sections of the material's surface to violently disintegrate, resulting in
explosive pitting or chipping of the material's surface.
lightweight steel truss - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Structural support made from a long steel bar that
is bent at a 90-degree angle with flat or angular pieces welded to the top and bottom.
temperature at which steel may fail - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1000F
curtain wall - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A nonload-bearing wall, often of glass and steel, fixed to the
outside of a building and serving especially as cladding.
rebar - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Steel bar used to reinforce concrete.
hybrid construction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Type of building construction that uses renewable,
environmentally friendly or recycled materials.
finger jointed timber - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Small pieces of wood that are joined into longer
boards using epoxy resins and glues.
laminated timber - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Also known as plywood or glulam (glue laminated)
wood, these materials are sheets of wood used for roof and floor decking, walls and stair threads among
other uses.
medium density fiber board - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
particle board - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Made from small particles and flakes generated in the
manufacture of lumber, used for exterior and interior wall panels and furniture.
NFPA 1221 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for the Installation, Maintenance, and Use of
Emergency Services Communications Systems
NFPA 5000 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Building construction and safety code
NFPA 1500 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health
Program
NFPA 1981 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Open-Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
(SCBA) for Emergency Services
NFPA 1982 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Personal Alert Safety Systems (PASS)
NFPA 1971 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting
and Proximity Fire Fighting
NFPA 1977 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wildland
Fire Fighting
NFPA 1999 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Protective Clothing for Emergency Medical
Operations
NFPA 1951 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Protective Ensembles for Technical Rescue
Incidents
NFPA 1975 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Station/Work Uniforms for Emergency Services
NFPA 1851 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Protective
Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting
,NFPA 1852 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Open-Circuit
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
NFPA 1901 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus
NFPA 1001 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications
NFPA 10 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Portable Fire Extinguishers
NFPA 1983 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Life Safety Rope and Equipment for Emergency
Services
NFPA 70E - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace
NFPA 1936 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Powered Rescue Tools
NFPA 1906 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Wildland Fire Apparatus
5-10-12-18-20 inch rule of thumb: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Give following clearances: side
impact/knee bolsters 5"; driver frontal air bags 10"; impact curtains 12"-18"; and passenger frontal air
bags 20"
NFPA 1006 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications
NFPA 1931 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Manufacturer's Design of Fire Department
Ground Ladders
NFPA 1932 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Use, Maintenance, and Service Testing of In-
Service Fire Department Ground Ladders
,NFPA 1963 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Fire Hose Connections
NFPA 291 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Recommended Practice for Fire Flow Testing and Marking of
Hydrants
NFPA 1142 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Water Supplies for Suburban and Rural Fire
Fighting
NFPA 1961 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Fire Hose
NFPA 1962 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for the Inspection, Care, and Use of Fire Hose,
Couplings, and Nozzles and the Service Testing of Fire Hose
NFPA 1801 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard on Thermal Imagers for the Fire Service
NFPA 13 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems
NFPA 13D - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and
Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes
NFPA 13R - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for the installation of sprinkler systems in residential
occupancies up to and including four stories in height.
NFPA 1031 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector and
Plan Examiner
What determines how wood reacts to fire behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅size and moisture
content
, green wood - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Wood with high moisture content.
spalling - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Expansion of excess moisture within masonry materials due to
exposure to the heat of a fire, resulting in tensile forces within the material, and causing it to break
apart. The expansion causes sections of the material's surface to violently disintegrate, resulting in
explosive pitting or chipping of the material's surface.
lightweight steel truss - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Structural support made from a long steel bar that
is bent at a 90-degree angle with flat or angular pieces welded to the top and bottom.
temperature at which steel may fail - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1000F
curtain wall - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅A nonload-bearing wall, often of glass and steel, fixed to the
outside of a building and serving especially as cladding.
rebar - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Steel bar used to reinforce concrete.
hybrid construction - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Type of building construction that uses renewable,
environmentally friendly or recycled materials.
finger jointed timber - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Small pieces of wood that are joined into longer
boards using epoxy resins and glues.
laminated timber - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Also known as plywood or glulam (glue laminated)
wood, these materials are sheets of wood used for roof and floor decking, walls and stair threads among
other uses.
medium density fiber board - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
particle board - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Made from small particles and flakes generated in the
manufacture of lumber, used for exterior and interior wall panels and furniture.
