Pump Ops Practice Test

What NFPA # is the standard for fire apparatus driver/ops professional qualifications?

1002

1911

1012

1900

What spped do emergency vehicles outrun effectiveness of sirens?

75mph

60mph

50mph

65mph

What type of accidents generally account for a SIGNIFICANT % of damage repair?

Rear-end

Side impact

Roll over

Backing

What is the minimum pump capacity?

500gpm

750gpm

1000gpm

1250gpm

What type of apparatus is equipped with at least 1000 Gallons?

Pump and roll apparatus

Brush apparatus

Rescue apparatus

Mobile water supply apparatus

What does DEF reduce?

Nitrogen oxide gases

CO2 gases

Diesel particulates

Carbon monoxide

Rush trucks, brush breakers, or booster apparatus have pump capacities and water tanks of how many gals?

1000

250

750

500

What does a pump and roll system do?

Help with qucker fire supression

Used in foam ops

Allows apparatus to be driven while discharging water

Helps cool engine

Inverters convert a vehicles power from?

12 or 24 volt DC into 110 or 220 AC

18 or 36 volt DC into 290 or 330 AC

8 or 24 volt DC into 120 or 225 AC

Does not convert anything.

Keeping an apparatus in a state of readiness refers to what?

Cleaning

Maintenance

Repairing

Stocking

Repair means?

Turn into shop for "fixing"

To restore that which has become inoperable.

Fix or mend

Keep equpiment running

Who will determine the assignment if maintenance and repair in each department?

Water deparmtent

Fire department

City Hall

AHJ

What is intended to prevent an overload of a vehicles?

The load sequencer

Electrical load management systems

The load monitor

Capaciter

What turns on various lights at specified intervals?

Load sequencer

Electrical load management systems

The load monitor

Capaciter

What “watches” the systems for any added electrical loads?

Capaciter

The load sequencer

The load monitor

Electrical load management systems

Steering wheel plat should be no more than approximately how many degrees?

What is curb weight?

Weight of vehicle and contents

Weight of vehicle, contents, and water

Weight of all crew members

Weight of empty fire apparatus

A side to side variance in weight should not exceed what %

Seven

Three

Two

Ten

The air reservor may not drop below what PSI?

What is negligence?

Breach of duty in which a person fails to perform standard required by law

Willful and wanton disregard.

An act of proceeding to do something with a conscious awareness of doing harm

Not doing the right thing.

The most common place for a collision to occur is where?

Front of station

Interstate

Intersection

Downtown

Weight transfer follows the law of?

Newton

Inertia.

Physics

Apparatus equipped with automatic transmissions are becoming the norm for many fire

Newton

Inertia.

Physics

The axle loading is balanced within what % from side to side

Ordinary sinuosity produces up to how much friction loss.

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