IFSTA DRIVER OPERATOR EVALUATION TEST 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Generally, ___ gpm is the maximum amount of water that can safely flow through a
handline nozzle. - ✔✔350 gpm
✔✔A fire stream that is too large to be controlled without mechanical aid: - ✔✔master
stream
✔✔Smooth bore master streams are usually operated at ___ psi and fog master
streams at ___ psi. - ✔✔80 psi and 100 psi
✔✔Master stream flows are usually greater than ___ gpm. - ✔✔Greater than 350 gpm
✔✔Because master stream devices are used from fixed positions, most of them have
some means of moving the stream either ____ or ____ or both. - ✔✔Horizontal, vertical,
or both
✔✔A _____ is mounted on a fire apparatus deck and is connected directly to the pump
by permanent pimping. - ✔✔Turret pipe
✔✔The ____ consists of a short length of large diameter hose with a large nozzle or
large playpipe supported at the discharge end by a tripod. - ✔✔Deluge set
✔✔____ are those large-capacity nozzles that are designed to be placed on the end of
an aerial device. - ✔✔Elevated master stream
✔✔A ___ is a master stream device used in conjunction with aerial ladders. - ✔✔Ladder
pipe
✔✔Detachable ladder pipes are attached to the rungs of an aerial ladder and are
supplied by fire house typically of what size. - ✔✔3 inch
✔✔While also called distributors, ____ are often used on basement fires. - ✔✔Cellar
nozzles
✔✔____ nozzles produce a fan-shaped stream intended to protect combustible
materials from the heat of an adjacent fire. - ✔✔Water curtain nozzles
✔✔____ nozzles are commonly used in aircraft fire fighting and to apply water to areas
that are otherwise inaccessible to water streams, such as voids or attics below
lightweight roof systems. - ✔✔Piercing nozzles (penetrating nozzles)
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Generally, ___ gpm is the maximum amount of water that can safely flow through a
handline nozzle. - ✔✔350 gpm
✔✔A fire stream that is too large to be controlled without mechanical aid: - ✔✔master
stream
✔✔Smooth bore master streams are usually operated at ___ psi and fog master
streams at ___ psi. - ✔✔80 psi and 100 psi
✔✔Master stream flows are usually greater than ___ gpm. - ✔✔Greater than 350 gpm
✔✔Because master stream devices are used from fixed positions, most of them have
some means of moving the stream either ____ or ____ or both. - ✔✔Horizontal, vertical,
or both
✔✔A _____ is mounted on a fire apparatus deck and is connected directly to the pump
by permanent pimping. - ✔✔Turret pipe
✔✔The ____ consists of a short length of large diameter hose with a large nozzle or
large playpipe supported at the discharge end by a tripod. - ✔✔Deluge set
✔✔____ are those large-capacity nozzles that are designed to be placed on the end of
an aerial device. - ✔✔Elevated master stream
✔✔A ___ is a master stream device used in conjunction with aerial ladders. - ✔✔Ladder
pipe
✔✔Detachable ladder pipes are attached to the rungs of an aerial ladder and are
supplied by fire house typically of what size. - ✔✔3 inch
✔✔While also called distributors, ____ are often used on basement fires. - ✔✔Cellar
nozzles
✔✔____ nozzles produce a fan-shaped stream intended to protect combustible
materials from the heat of an adjacent fire. - ✔✔Water curtain nozzles
✔✔____ nozzles are commonly used in aircraft fire fighting and to apply water to areas
that are otherwise inaccessible to water streams, such as voids or attics below
lightweight roof systems. - ✔✔Piercing nozzles (penetrating nozzles)
