CERT FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
When a disaster occurs, a CERT member's first responsibility is to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ensure
personal and family safety
CERT members volunteer to fill non-disaster roles. An example of a nondisaster function of CERTs is: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Staffing parades, health fairs, and other special events
There are three types of disasters. They are natural, intentional, and
______________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Technological
Which of the following is NOT a hazard associated with home fixtures?
A. Gas line ruptures
B. Hazardous material spill
C. Injury or electric shock
D. Fire from faulty wiring - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Hazardous material spill
One of the steps in preparing for a disaster is to develop a disaster supply kit.
Where should you keep separate disaster supply kits? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Home, work, vehicle
While searching a lightly damaged structure following a destructive storm, you
and fellow CERT members locate a fire.
As you conduct your fire sizeup, which of the following is the least important
question to consider:
A. Can my buddy and I fight the fire safely?
B. Do my buddy and I have the right equipment?
C. How many people are in the building?
, D. Can my buddy and I escape? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How many people are in the building?
From your sizeup, you determine that the fire can be put out with a portable fire
extinguisher. You and your buddy quickly retrieve a portable fire extinguisher,
which you have determined is the right type of extinguisher to fight this fire.
What should you do before approaching the fire?
A. Test the extinguisher after pulling the pin
B. Wait for the fire department to arrive
C. Tell your buddy to wait at the door for you
D. Make sure the house's water supply is shut off - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Test the extinguisher after
pulling the pin
Following the correct CERT procedure (P.A.S.S.), you discharge the
extinguisher.
What should you do if the fire continues to burn 5 seconds after you start to
extinguish it? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Leave immediatley
The fire has spread to other areas by the time the fire department arrives.
What's your next course of action? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Communicate what you know to one of the
firefighters
If the chief officer asks you and your fellow CERT members to remain outside
at a safe distance, how should you respond? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Continue to conduct a sizeup from
a safe distance outside of the
building
While the fire department manages to suppress most of the fire inside the
When a disaster occurs, a CERT member's first responsibility is to: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ensure
personal and family safety
CERT members volunteer to fill non-disaster roles. An example of a nondisaster function of CERTs is: -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Staffing parades, health fairs, and other special events
There are three types of disasters. They are natural, intentional, and
______________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Technological
Which of the following is NOT a hazard associated with home fixtures?
A. Gas line ruptures
B. Hazardous material spill
C. Injury or electric shock
D. Fire from faulty wiring - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Hazardous material spill
One of the steps in preparing for a disaster is to develop a disaster supply kit.
Where should you keep separate disaster supply kits? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Home, work, vehicle
While searching a lightly damaged structure following a destructive storm, you
and fellow CERT members locate a fire.
As you conduct your fire sizeup, which of the following is the least important
question to consider:
A. Can my buddy and I fight the fire safely?
B. Do my buddy and I have the right equipment?
C. How many people are in the building?
, D. Can my buddy and I escape? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅How many people are in the building?
From your sizeup, you determine that the fire can be put out with a portable fire
extinguisher. You and your buddy quickly retrieve a portable fire extinguisher,
which you have determined is the right type of extinguisher to fight this fire.
What should you do before approaching the fire?
A. Test the extinguisher after pulling the pin
B. Wait for the fire department to arrive
C. Tell your buddy to wait at the door for you
D. Make sure the house's water supply is shut off - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Test the extinguisher after
pulling the pin
Following the correct CERT procedure (P.A.S.S.), you discharge the
extinguisher.
What should you do if the fire continues to burn 5 seconds after you start to
extinguish it? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Leave immediatley
The fire has spread to other areas by the time the fire department arrives.
What's your next course of action? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Communicate what you know to one of the
firefighters
If the chief officer asks you and your fellow CERT members to remain outside
at a safe distance, how should you respond? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Continue to conduct a sizeup from
a safe distance outside of the
building
While the fire department manages to suppress most of the fire inside the
