Final Exam Practice Quiz
Final Exam Practice Quiz for Firefighting
Prepare for your firefighting certification with our comprehensive Final Exam Practice Quiz. This quiz features 30 multiple-choice questions designed to test your knowledge of critical fire safety protocols, building codes, and emergency operations.
Take the challenge and see how well you understand:
- Personnel Accountability Systems
- Types of Fires and Extinguishing Agents
- Rescue Techniques and Ventilation Methods
- Construction Types and Fire Behavior
Why are personnel accountability systems vital to emergency incident operations?
A.They identify which personnel are working at a scene and help the IC determine if any firefighters are trapped inside.
B.They track the number of personnel operating on scene, which helps when determining budgets and staffing levels.
C.They organize statistical information about an incident, which helps when creating reports.
D.They track personnel training and certifications, which helps the IC determine who is qualified to operate on scene.
Which fire service organizational principle refers to the formal line of authority, responsibility, and communication within an organization?
A.Chain of command
B.Discipline
C.Span of control
D.Division of labor
With regard to local building codes, firefighters should be aware that:
A. an AHJ can amend model building codes to meet local needs.
B. Most jurisdictions lack formalized building code requirements.
C. Building codes are standardized across the United States and Canada.
D. Local building codes must be modeled after the International Building Code®.
Type IV buildings are resistant to structural collapse because of the:
A. Use of open-web floor joists.
B. Use of noncombustible interior finishes.
C. Thickness of the reinforced concrete walls.
D. Mass of the heavy timber structural members.
Because unprotected stairs are not enclosed with fire-rated construction, they:
A. Are likely to be the area of origin for a fire
B. May serve as a flow path for fire and smoke
C. Should be used as the first option for occupant egress.
D. Are the safest option for firefighters to use during a fire.
The transfer of heat by the movement of gasses or liquid is known as:
A. conduction
B. Radiation
C. Convection
D. direct-flame contact
Which of the following statements about oxidizers is true?
A. Oxidizers are combustibles
B. Not all fires require an oxidizer
C. The most common oxidizer of fires is oxygen in the air
D. Some fires involve an oxidizer alone and do not involve a fuel
What occurs when extinguishing agent interferes with chemical reaction, forms a stable product, and terminates the combustion reaction?
A. Flashover
B. Backdraft
C. Spontaneous ignition
D. Chemical flame inhibition
In a situation such as a confined space rescue where a team member must work alone, the second team member should:
A. Remain outside the area and monitor the search line.
B. Wait at the Incident Command Post until they are needed.
C. Help another team, but remain in radio contact with their own team member.
D. Rotate time spent in the confined space with the other team member.
SCBA can help protect from _____, which can be caused by inhaling heated gases.
A. Contact burns
B. Low blood sugar
C. asphyxiation
D. fatigue
Which method of fire extinguishment forms an oxygen-excluding soapy foam over the surface of the burning material?
A) Cooling
B) Saponification
C) Chemical flam inhibition
D) Smothering
In a(an) ______ extinguisher, compressed air or inert gas within the container forces the agent out of the extinguisher nozzle when the operator presses the handle
A) manual pump
B) automatic pump
C) pressure cartridge
D) stored-pressure
A Class D fire should be extinguished using a:
A) dry powder extinguisher
B) clean agent extinguisher
C) carbon dioxide extinguisher
D) dry chemical extinguisher
According to NFPA 1983, what must be used to make life safety rope?
A. Braided rope construction
B. Cotton fibers
C. Block creek construction
D. Sisal fibers
What is one advantage of natural fiber rope?
A. Resistant to mold and mildew
B. Can be used for life safety applications
C. Longer life span than synthetic rope
D. More resistant to sunlight than synthetic rope
Which type of rope is commonly used as utility rope and is constructed by uniformly intertwining strands of rope together in a diagonally overlapping pattern?
A. Kernmantle rope
B. Twisted rope
C. Braided rope
D. Laid rope
What safety precaution must be taken when raising a ladder near overhead electrical wires?
A. Raise the ladder perpendicular to the building.
B. Extend the fly section before raising
C. Wait for a representative from the electric company to arrive before raising the ladder.
D. Look up multiple times to check for the location of the wires.
For which task would a single ladder be used?
A. To gain access to the roof of a commercial building
B. To provide stability while working on a pitched roof
C. To gain access to the third story of a residential home
D. To reach someone trapped in a 6-foot (2 m) trench
Plaster or gypsum wall covering on interior walls:
A. Is designed to provide fire resistance and limit fire spread within the structure.
B. Can cause increased fire spread within the compartment.
C. Requires the use of power saws to be breached.
D. Is designed to provide structural stability to the compartment.
Which method would be used to force an overhead door?
A. Pry the door open using a Halligan and flat head axe.
B. Attach a chain to the handle of the door and use a hydraulic door opener to pull the chain upward.
C. Use vise grips to pry the door up to prevent it from closing.
D. Use a rotary saw to cut an opening, then enter and use the lift mechanism to open the door fully.
One problem with breaching interior and exterior walls is that:
Most walls are made of concrete, which is difficult to breach.
B. It will compromise the integrity of the structure beyond repair.
C. It might increase the dead load of the structure.
D. They may conceal electrical wires and gas pipes.
A minimum of _____ firefighters are needed to perform VEIS if using a ladder.
A. four
B. one
C. two
D. three
An atmosphere is considered hazardous if it contains a hazardous gas in excess of 10 percent of the hazardous material's:
A. Lower explosive limit.
B. Flammability threshold
C. Ignition range
Upper combustible limit (UCL
In which search method does the leader remain at a fixed point while searching team members spread out through a room to complete a search?
A. oriented-search method
B. Veis method
C. wide-area search method
D. shelter-in- place method
Negative pressure ventilation involves artificially lowering pressure inside the structure so that:
A. Smoke and fuel gases will have limited movement
B. Fresh air from outside will not enter.
C. Fresh air from outside moves in more quickly
D. Smoke and fuel gases move toward lower-pressure openings more quickly.
When ventilating metal roofs, which type of roof can be sliced open with an axe, carbide tip chain saw, or rotary saw and peeled back?
A. Roofs built after 2000
B. Industrial metal roofs
C. Thin metal roofs
D. Sheet metal roofs
When performing positive-pressure ventilation
A. Firefighters can set up PPV blowers without entering the smoke-filled environment
B. Firefighters must use horizontal ventilation.
C. Firefighters must enter the smoke-filled environment to set up PPV blowers.
D. Exposures are at a much greater risk of fire spread.
Which type of hose transports water from the pumping apparatus to the nozzle where it is applied to the fire?
A.Hard suction hose
B.Supply hose
C.Large diameter hose
D. Attack hose
In order to prevent mildew, _____ hose must be dried before being stored.
A.synthetic jacket collapsible
B.woven-jacket natural fiber
C.hard rubber booster
D.hard intake
Which type of lugs are shallow holes drilled into booster hose couplings that require a special spanner wrench to tighten?
A.Extended lugs
B.Rocker lugs
C.Recessed lugs
D.Pin lugs
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