DOD Driver/Operator Aerial ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
The Aerial ladder is the most common type of aerial apparatus operated in North America?
True or False - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
Aerial ladders are primarily used for? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Ventilation, rescue,
elevated master stream application, and gaining access to upper levels of an emergency
scene.
Includes the pre-piped aerial ladder waterway, detachable ladder pipe system, elevating
waterway system, and the water tower system - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅water delivery
system
Extends the third, fourth, and fifth sections of the aerial device - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅cable system
Includes the electrical power generation equipment, scene lighting, and hydraulic extrication
tool systems - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅mounted special system
Provides power for operating the various components needed to stabilize the apparatus and
extend the aerial device - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Hydraulic system
Allows one or more firefighters operating at the tip of the aerial device to breathe clean air
without donning a SCBA - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Breathing system
Permits firefighters at the tip of the aerial device to communicate with the driver/operator at
the turntable control station - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Communication system
The two most common materials for construction of aerial ladders are? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅heat-treated aluminum alloy and steel.
A ladder's fly section is best described as _______ ? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The
second and subsequent sections that extend beyond the base or bed section.
, Provides continuous rotation on a horizontal plane - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅turntable
Positioned on the turntable to the side of the aerial device so that the operator has a clear view
of the tip and workers on the device - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Control pedestal
Deployed anytime the aerial device will be raised from its bed and prevents the apparatus
from leaning or tipping over - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Stabilizers
Elevates the aerial device from its stowed position - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Hoisting
cylinders
Used to extend the third and fourth sections on an aerial device - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Cables, slides, and rollers
Identify the three types of ground ladders an aerial apparatus MUST have? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Extension ladders, Folding ladders, and Roof ladders
Characteristics of an aerial apparatus can be compared to ___ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅an individual personality ---- each apparatus may perform, react, and handle
differently.
The most important criteria for determining who will become a diver/operator should be -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Skill and ability with fire fighting apparatus
Fixed breathing air systems allow what - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Firefighters to breathe
clean air without donning SCBA
A hoisting cylinder's function is best described as: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅elevating
the aerial device from its stowed position
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
The Aerial ladder is the most common type of aerial apparatus operated in North America?
True or False - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
Aerial ladders are primarily used for? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Ventilation, rescue,
elevated master stream application, and gaining access to upper levels of an emergency
scene.
Includes the pre-piped aerial ladder waterway, detachable ladder pipe system, elevating
waterway system, and the water tower system - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅water delivery
system
Extends the third, fourth, and fifth sections of the aerial device - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅cable system
Includes the electrical power generation equipment, scene lighting, and hydraulic extrication
tool systems - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅mounted special system
Provides power for operating the various components needed to stabilize the apparatus and
extend the aerial device - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Hydraulic system
Allows one or more firefighters operating at the tip of the aerial device to breathe clean air
without donning a SCBA - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Breathing system
Permits firefighters at the tip of the aerial device to communicate with the driver/operator at
the turntable control station - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Communication system
The two most common materials for construction of aerial ladders are? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅heat-treated aluminum alloy and steel.
A ladder's fly section is best described as _______ ? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The
second and subsequent sections that extend beyond the base or bed section.
, Provides continuous rotation on a horizontal plane - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅turntable
Positioned on the turntable to the side of the aerial device so that the operator has a clear view
of the tip and workers on the device - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Control pedestal
Deployed anytime the aerial device will be raised from its bed and prevents the apparatus
from leaning or tipping over - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Stabilizers
Elevates the aerial device from its stowed position - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Hoisting
cylinders
Used to extend the third and fourth sections on an aerial device - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Cables, slides, and rollers
Identify the three types of ground ladders an aerial apparatus MUST have? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅Extension ladders, Folding ladders, and Roof ladders
Characteristics of an aerial apparatus can be compared to ___ - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅an individual personality ---- each apparatus may perform, react, and handle
differently.
The most important criteria for determining who will become a diver/operator should be -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Skill and ability with fire fighting apparatus
Fixed breathing air systems allow what - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Firefighters to breathe
clean air without donning SCBA
A hoisting cylinder's function is best described as: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅elevating
the aerial device from its stowed position
