STCW Basic Training Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
Ship Fire Prevention - Correct answer-Ship design and construction
-steel/fire retardant materials
-subdivisions
-fire protection systems
Good housekeeping practices important
Number 1 cause of fire - Correct answer-CARELESS SMOKING HABITS!!!
- DISPOSAL
- SMOKING IN BED
- DISREGARD FOR RESTRICTED AREAS
• POOR HOUSEKEEPING
- Dirty/oily machinery
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,- Clothes drier lint accumulation
- Improper, non-secured storage
Examples of poor housekeeping practices - Correct answer--Complacency about
fire safety on the job
-careless disposal of smoking materials
-defective electrical components
-spillage of flammable materials
-careless work habits
Fire Triangle - Correct answer-fuel, oxygen, heat
All of these components are necessary for a fire to occur The removal of any one
component will cause the fire to be extinguished
Fire Tetrahedron - Correct answer-Heat, Fuel, Oxygen, Chemical Chain Reaction
All of these components are necessary for a fire to occur The removal of any one
component will cause the fire to be extinguished
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, Heat - Correct answer-Anything that produces the required temperature for ignition
will satisfy this leg of the triangle
- Sun
- Open Flame
- Chemical Reaction
- Sparks
- Friction
- Static Electricity
- Biological Processes
Oxygen - Correct answer-The Earth's atmosphere consists of 21% oxygen
Because fire needs oxygen to burn, the amount of oxygen available to it controls
the rate at which it burns
Fuel - Correct answer-Only vapors burn
• Liquids & solids are too dense and must first be vaporized
• The tendency of a substance to vaporize is an indication of its ability to burn.
• Liquids vaporize more readily than solids
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Questions and Answers
Ship Fire Prevention - Correct answer-Ship design and construction
-steel/fire retardant materials
-subdivisions
-fire protection systems
Good housekeeping practices important
Number 1 cause of fire - Correct answer-CARELESS SMOKING HABITS!!!
- DISPOSAL
- SMOKING IN BED
- DISREGARD FOR RESTRICTED AREAS
• POOR HOUSEKEEPING
- Dirty/oily machinery
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,- Clothes drier lint accumulation
- Improper, non-secured storage
Examples of poor housekeeping practices - Correct answer--Complacency about
fire safety on the job
-careless disposal of smoking materials
-defective electrical components
-spillage of flammable materials
-careless work habits
Fire Triangle - Correct answer-fuel, oxygen, heat
All of these components are necessary for a fire to occur The removal of any one
component will cause the fire to be extinguished
Fire Tetrahedron - Correct answer-Heat, Fuel, Oxygen, Chemical Chain Reaction
All of these components are necessary for a fire to occur The removal of any one
component will cause the fire to be extinguished
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, Heat - Correct answer-Anything that produces the required temperature for ignition
will satisfy this leg of the triangle
- Sun
- Open Flame
- Chemical Reaction
- Sparks
- Friction
- Static Electricity
- Biological Processes
Oxygen - Correct answer-The Earth's atmosphere consists of 21% oxygen
Because fire needs oxygen to burn, the amount of oxygen available to it controls
the rate at which it burns
Fuel - Correct answer-Only vapors burn
• Liquids & solids are too dense and must first be vaporized
• The tendency of a substance to vaporize is an indication of its ability to burn.
• Liquids vaporize more readily than solids
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