Pump /
Ops Review Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // // //
During /
/morning /
/transfer /
/incident /
/activity, /
/equipment /
/usage /
/and /
/vehicle /
/problems /
/should //be //verbalized //to //the //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Oncoming //driver/operator
When /
/traveling //downhill, //you //should //go //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔lower //than //max //RPMs
During //
a/
/wildland /
/fire, /
/you /
/should //keep //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔hoselines //short //and //stay //close //to //the //vehicle
During /
/wildland /
/fires /
/and /
/smoky /
/conditions /
/you /
,/should /
/have //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔a //spotter //in //front //of //you //to //watch //out //for //debris //and //obstacles
Floating /
/strainers //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔may //be //used //for //water //as //shallow //as //1 //foot
Dependable /
/lift //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the /
/height //
a/
/column /
/of /
/water /
/may /
/be /
/lifted /
/in /
/sufficient /
/quantity //to //provide //a //reliable //fire //flow. //14.7 //ft. //10 //fr //from //the //center //of //the //pump
In //the //mid-
1980s, /
/the /
/U.S. /
/Bureau /
/of /
/Land /
/Management /
/developed //
a/
/high /
,/energy /
/class //
A/
/foam /
/system /
/that /
/uses //compressed //air //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Compressed //air //foam //system //(CAFS)
No /
/foam /
/concentrates, /
/solutions, /
/or /
/finished /
/foam //should //be //discharged //into //an //body //of //water //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔true
3% //foam //calculates //as //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔97% //water //and //3% //foam
Fire /
/dept. /
/personnel, /
/especially /
/drivers/operators, //may //be //involved //in //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Acceptance //testing
When /
/operating /
/at //
a/
/draft, /
/the /
/net /
/pump /
/discharge /
/pressure //is //the //sum //of //the //pump //discharge //pressure //and //the //intake //pressure //correction
, //that /
/takes /
/into /
/account /
/the: //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔friction /
/loss //in //the //intake //hose //and //the //height //of //the //lift //must //be //considered.
Reverse /
/lay //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔method //of //laying //hose //from //the //fire //scene //to //the //water //supply
Most //common //relief //valve //uses //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔a //spring-
controlled //pilot //valve
Contains //an //eye, //impeller //and //volute //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Centrifugal //pump
NFPA /
/1911 /
/specifies /
/all /
/gauges //used //for //service //testing //must //be //calibrated //within //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔60
//days //of //the //testing
Flowmeter //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔offers /
/increased /
/efficiency //over //a //pitot //gauge //when //determining //flow //from //nozzles //during //a //pump //test.
Ops Review Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // // //
During /
/morning /
/transfer /
/incident /
/activity, /
/equipment /
/usage /
/and /
/vehicle /
/problems /
/should //be //verbalized //to //the //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Oncoming //driver/operator
When /
/traveling //downhill, //you //should //go //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔lower //than //max //RPMs
During //
a/
/wildland /
/fire, /
/you /
/should //keep //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔hoselines //short //and //stay //close //to //the //vehicle
During /
/wildland /
/fires /
/and /
/smoky /
/conditions /
/you /
,/should /
/have //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔a //spotter //in //front //of //you //to //watch //out //for //debris //and //obstacles
Floating /
/strainers //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔may //be //used //for //water //as //shallow //as //1 //foot
Dependable /
/lift //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔the /
/height //
a/
/column /
/of /
/water /
/may /
/be /
/lifted /
/in /
/sufficient /
/quantity //to //provide //a //reliable //fire //flow. //14.7 //ft. //10 //fr //from //the //center //of //the //pump
In //the //mid-
1980s, /
/the /
/U.S. /
/Bureau /
/of /
/Land /
/Management /
/developed //
a/
/high /
,/energy /
/class //
A/
/foam /
/system /
/that /
/uses //compressed //air //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Compressed //air //foam //system //(CAFS)
No /
/foam /
/concentrates, /
/solutions, /
/or /
/finished /
/foam //should //be //discharged //into //an //body //of //water //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔true
3% //foam //calculates //as //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔97% //water //and //3% //foam
Fire /
/dept. /
/personnel, /
/especially /
/drivers/operators, //may //be //involved //in //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Acceptance //testing
When /
/operating /
/at //
a/
/draft, /
/the /
/net /
/pump /
/discharge /
/pressure //is //the //sum //of //the //pump //discharge //pressure //and //the //intake //pressure //correction
, //that /
/takes /
/into /
/account /
/the: //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔friction /
/loss //in //the //intake //hose //and //the //height //of //the //lift //must //be //considered.
Reverse /
/lay //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔method //of //laying //hose //from //the //fire //scene //to //the //water //supply
Most //common //relief //valve //uses //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔a //spring-
controlled //pilot //valve
Contains //an //eye, //impeller //and //volute //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Centrifugal //pump
NFPA /
/1911 /
/specifies /
/all /
/gauges //used //for //service //testing //must //be //calibrated //within //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔60
//days //of //the //testing
Flowmeter //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔offers /
/increased /
/efficiency //over //a //pitot //gauge //when //determining //flow //from //nozzles //during //a //pump //test.
