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For Dry systems exceeding 500 gallons, there must be a quick opening device installed unless water is delivered to the system test connection within a specific time frame. What is this time frame? A. 30 seconds B. 60 seconds C. Not more than 30 seconds D. Not more than 60 seconds - Correct Answer-Not more than 60 seconds Which of the following is an inspector not authorized to do? A. Issue a summons. B. Issue citations. C. File complaints for code violations. D. Prosecute an offender ...

What is spalling? - Correct Answer-The separation of chunks of concrete with explosive force caused by the expansion of water (moisture) trapped in the concrete as it turns to steam What is char? - Correct Answer-Pyrolized carbonaceous material What is oxidation? - Correct Answer-Physical change in appearance of a material resulting from the combination of oxygen. What is alloying? - Correct Answer-Mixing two metals heated then cooled to change their properties. Often melts at a lower tem...

Who makes the decision about which type of strategy to use on a given fire? - Correct Answer-Incident Commander After company officers carry out a PAR, per order of the Incident Commander, the next step would be to: - Correct Answer-report the results to the Incident Commander The term made to the Incident Commander signifying that companies working in the hazard zone are all safe and accounted for is: - Correct Answer-personnel accountability report (PAR). A fireground management system ...

Which of the following is not a component of an Incident Management System? - Correct Answer-Independent action plans The Incident Management System should: - Correct Answer-be initiated by the first fire unit on the scene The tracking of personnel working at an incident requires a system that is standardized for every incident to establish : - Correct Answer-accountability In the Incident Management System, the ________ has authority over the ordering, releasing, and controlling resource...

Motivation - Correct Answer-The internal desire to gain knowledge or skill they believe will help them to be successful is an example of Self Confidence - Correct Answer-Adult students believing in their abilities to be successful is an example of Age - Correct Answer-The factor that determines whether a group prefers traditional instruction over web based instruction Gender Bias - Correct Answer-May affect students perception of the instructor and can be disruptive to effective instructi...

The number of people whom one person can supervise effectively is known as __? - Correct Answer-Span of control. In the fire service, the bugle has become a symbol of ___? - Correct Answer-Courage. The upper limit of span of control in a complex, dynamic situation is generally considered to be __ to 1 - Correct Answer-5 NFPA standard for Training and Performance qualifications or Firefighters? - Correct Answer-NFPA 1001 NFPA Standards are ____? - Correct Answer-Consensus Documents The in...

When transporting hazardous materials, the shipping papers should contain: - Correct Answer-hazard class of the material on a placard, the number at the bottom of the diamond indicates the: - Correct Answerhazard class the DOT placarding system requires a vehicle carrying over 1001 pounds of corrosive display a _________ placard - Correct Answer-white over black the DOT placarding system requires a vehicle carrying a nonflammable compressed gas to display a placard colored: - Correct Answe...

If apparatus sirens and noise levels exceed __ Decibels, firefighters should wear hearing protection - Correct Answer-90 Decibels Manufacturers should provide users of personal protective clothing with what information? - Correct Answer-Cleaning instructions Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) extinguishers are suitable for use on __ fires? - Correct Answer-Class A and B Water type extinguishers exposed to weather below 40 degrees require _ to be added? - Correct Answer-Anti-freeze Atmosphe...

Division of labor is necessary in the fire service in order to? a. determine who will be the incident commander b. separate union and administration c. determine chain of command d. make specific and clear-cut assignments - Correct Answer-d. make specific and clear-cut assignments One of the basic duties of an engine company is? a. attack and extinguish fires b. forcible entry c. perform technical rescue d. perform search and rescue - Correct Answer-a. attack and extinguish fires In t...

What is the #1 purpose for RESA? - Correct Answer-#1 is to protect the public. What are some activities that require having a Real Estate license? (3) - Correct Answer-1. Trading Services 2. Rental property management 3. Strata management Define: Trading Services - Correct Answer-Any activities that involve trade in real estate including services like: - Advising on the price of a property - Making representations about RE - Finding real estate for a party to acquire - Showing the prop...

Chalcocite (Sulphides) - ️️Cu2S -very heavy -shiny dark grey streak -Hardness 2.5-3 -dull metallic and dull gold Hematite (Oxides and Hydroxides) - ️️Fe2O3 -opaques with metallic lustre -streak is dark cherry red Corundum (Oxides and Hydroxides) - ️️Al₂O₃ -very heavy -can't streak -dark purple colour - dull lustre

Reasonable Use of Property - Correct Answer-It is no defence to say that a person is only making a reasonable use of his or her property Contributory Acts of Others - Correct Answer-It is no defence to say that no nuisance would be created except for the contributory acts of others. Each person contributing to the nuisance will be liable for his or her share. Care and Skill - Correct Answer-It is no defence to say that the utmost care and skill have been taken or that the act cannot be don...

Projection Neurons - ️️have long axons that project to other brain areas, aren't myelinated and communicate info quickly Interneurons - ️️have short axons that project locally, modify the signal of projection neurons, and are star-shaped Microglia - ️️small cells on the lookout for problems in the brain, and fixes those problems by going into a prime state where they grow larger and essentially digest the problem Myelinating Glia: Schwann Cells - ️️wrap themselves aroun...

elliptical editing - Correct Answer-presents action in a way that consumes less screen time than it does story time, screen time < story time types of meaning - Correct Answer-explicit, implicit, referential, symptomatic axis of action: 180 system - Correct Answer-used to maintain continuity, dictates that all action should be filmed within the same 180 degrees to ensure consistent spatial relations soft lighting - Correct Answer-illumination that avoids harsh shadows canted framing - ...

What are the cons for using RCTs? (3) - Correct Answer-Expensive, best for discrete interventions, low generalizability What is a cohort study? (5) - Correct Answer-Sampling based on exposure, longitudinal, measures incidence, uses RR, retrospective or prospective What is a case control study? (5) - Correct Answer-Sampling based on outcome, studies rare outcomes, retrospective only, cannot measure incidence or prevalence, uses OR What are the cons of cohort studies? (3) - Correct Answer-E...

What are the 3 levels of alcohol withdrawl syndrome? - Correct Answer-1: severe tremors, agitation, headache, nausea (starts around 5hr after last drink) 2: convulsive activity stats est-15-30hr after last drink -potentially fatal 3: delerium tremens, characterized by disturbing hallucinations, delusions, confusion, fever (starts 1-2 days after last drink, lasts 3-4 days, potentially fatal) What are the chronic effects of alcohol? (5) - Correct Answer--extensive brain damage (Korsakoff syn...

Media Concentration - Correct Answer-The gathering of ownership of newspapers and other media in the hands of a few large corporations. Public Media - Correct Answer-legislation, regulation, subsidy are policy. Media are a public utility, a national resource, and is power/control Six Faces of Piracy (6) - Correct Answer-theft, Free Enterprise, Free Speech, authorship, Resistance, access Piracy: Theft - Correct Answer-Piracy is not theft. It is the taking away of the copyright holder's ...

Responsible Government - ️️A government that focuses on parliamentary accountability. Based on British system of separation of powers. Executive and legislature are different Executive is responsible to legislature. Monarch now a figurehead creating a separation of Head of State with Head of Government. House of Commons only elected body, Senate and Crown have lost political power and legitimacy because of this. Incorporates 'her majesty's loyal opposition', a government in wa...

Who can apply for a tax deferral? - Correct Answer-Widow 55+ Disabled Financially supporting a child Name some Exemptions from taxation: - Correct Answer-Crown owned properties municipal properties (schools, hospitals, Indigenous land) Universities cemeteries Churches some farms forest land golf courses HOME OWNER GRANT: only the owner/ occupier is eligible WHO can appeal a tax assessment? WHY? - Correct Answer-ANYONE: prove that the property was wrongfully valued changed use of ...

Multiple Conjunctural Causation - Correct Answer-More than one set of causes that produces an effect Probabilistic Causal Claim - Correct Answer-Claim that the presence of a cause increases or decreases the likelihood of an effect occurring Deterministic Causal Claim - Correct Answer-Claims about what will happen with certainty under particular causal conditions Specific Knowledge - Correct Answer-To make sense of a particular case, gives hunches about general phenomena General Knowledge...