Multiple Choice Questions

Which of the following are often cigarette-match combinations?
  • Timing devices
  • Fire investigator
  • Initiating device
  • Glass
Which of the following supervising station alarm systems is connected to a municipal fire alarm system?
  • Pull station
  • consolidates all fire protection system controls for a structure in one room.
  • Auxiliary alarm system
  • Preaction system
Where is the opposed air flow method of smoke control typically used?
  • Large spaces where smoke migration is limited by opposed air flow, such as subway and railroad tunnels.
  • Ultraviolet flame detectors are virtually insensitive to sunlight, and can be used in areas not suitable for infrared detectors.
  • Fixed temperature heat detectors can be the slowest to activate, depending on installation location.
  • Rate-of-rise detectors can initiate an alarm at a temperature below that required for initiating fixed temperature devices.
Which of the following statements about power sources of smoke detectors/alarms is MOST accurate?
  • The system is maintained full of water, but has no water supply.
  • State, provincial, and local laws may require that smoke detectors/alarms be hard-wired.
  • Auxiliary alarm system
  • Preaction system
Which of the following is a manually-activated alarm-initiating device?
  • Pull station
  • Fire patterns
  • They could be found in a structure
  • Circumstantial
Which of the following statements about smoke detectors is MOST accurate?
  • Smoke control is any effort to change pressure in spaces adjacent to the fire area to compartmentalize or exhaust smoke.
  • Residential sprinkler systems are expected to prevent flashover, and improve the chance for occupants to escape.
  • In most cases, smoke detectors are installed in nonresidential and large multi-family occupancies.
  • Design and installation of standpipe systems and hose stations are described in NFPA¨ 13 and NFPA¨ 14.
Which of the following statements about fire department connections is MOST accurate?
  • Accelerators and exhausters are quick-opening devices that allow air to exit and water to enter the pipes quickly.
  • The firefightersÕ smoke control station should contain a building diagram indicating the location of smoke control equipment.
  • Fixed temperature heat detectors can be the slowest to activate, depending on installation location.
  • Fire department preincident plans may identify the pressure at which the sprinkler system will be supported by pumpers.
The ___ is the vertical piping to which the one-way check valve, alarm valve, and main drain are attached.
  • Passive
  • fire cause
  • riser
  • Recessed
Sprinkler deflectors serve to:
  • Initiate alarm when water begins to flow.
  • Post indicator valve (PIV)
  • direct water flow downward.
  • determine cause and amount of loss.
Which of the following statements BEST describes a manual wet standpipe system?
  • The fire is under investigation.
  • Water is admitted to the system upon opening of the hose valve.
  • The system is maintained full of water, but has no water supply.
  • Dry-pipe system
Which of the following is an advantage of dedicated smoke control systems?
  • Auxiliary alarm system
  • The system is less likely to be affected by modification or failures of other building systems.
  • Preaction system
  • In most cases, smoke detectors are installed in nonresidential and large multi-family occupancies.
Which type of protected premises alarm system allows responders to pinpoint the specific initiating device that was activated?
  • Sidewall
  • Addressable alarm
  • Fire-gas detector
  • Wall post indicator valve (WPIV)
Which type of alarm-initiating device is activated in the presence of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and other gases produced by fires in confined spaces?
  • Sidewall
  • Electronic spot-type heat detector
  • Fire-gas detector
  • Addressable alarm
Which of the following statements about fixed temperature heat detectors is MOST accurate?
  • Sprinklers discharge water directly onto a fire while it is still small, limiting the products of combustion.
  • Fire department preincident plans may identify the pressure at which the sprinkler system will be supported by pumpers.
  • Fixed temperature heat detectors can be the slowest to activate, depending on installation location.
  • In most cases, smoke detectors are installed in nonresidential and large multi-family occupancies.
Which of the following is more commonly found in wildland fires?
  • Sprinklers are fixed spray nozzles opened individually in response to heat.
  • They could be found in a structure
  • Design and installation of standpipe systems and hose stations are described in NFPA¨ 13 and NFPA¨ 14.
  • Glass
Which type of rate-of-rise detector uses a system of thermistors that produce a change in electrical resistance when exposed to heat?
  • Sidewall
  • Projected-beam smoke detector
  • Electronic spot-type heat detector
  • The fire is under investigation.
Which type of sprinkler system contains water under pressure at all times so a sprinkler will immediately discharge water spray and activate an alarm?
  • Fire chief
  • The system is less likely to be affected by modification or failures of other building systems.
  • Dry-pipe system
  • Wet-pipe system
Which fire alarm component sends a signal to the fire alarm control panel?
  • Circumstantial
  • Spoliation
  • Pull station
  • Initiating device
A sprinkler system minimum design area is based on:
  • Class II
  • the pipe connecting the riser to the cross mains.
  • Semiautomatic dry
  • the assumption that only a portion of the sprinklers will activate at one time.
After receiving a signal from an initiating device, the control panel activates:
  • melting of heated material.
  • notification appliances.
  • Spoliation
  • Ionization smoke detectors detect products of combustion using tiny amounts of radioactive material.
Which of the following system types is typically used where it is important to prevent water damage?
  • Sprinkler systems are designed to extinguish a fire or prevent its spread until firefighters arrive.
  • The system is maintained full of water, but has no water supply.
  • Preaction system
  • The system is less likely to be affected by modification or failures of other building systems.
Which of the following statements about ionization smoke detectors is MOST accurate?
  • Accelerators and exhausters are quick-opening devices that allow air to exit and water to enter the pipes quickly.
  • Ionization smoke detectors detect products of combustion using tiny amounts of radioactive material.
  • Design and installation of standpipe systems and hose stations are described in NFPA¨ 13 and NFPA¨ 14.
  • Residential sprinkler systems are expected to prevent flashover, and improve the chance for occupants to escape.
Which alarm-initiating device is activated by a rise in temperature of 12¡F to 15¡F (7¡C to 8¡C) in one minute?
  • Rate-of-rise heat detector
  • Initiating device
  • securing permission from owner.
  • Electronic spot-type heat detector
The primary power to the alarm system is obtained from:
  • a local utility provider.
  • Collect important information
  • Fire patterns
  • notify building occupants of an emergency condition.
SprinklersÕ temperature ratings can be identified by:
  • They could be found in a structure
  • The fire is under investigation.
  • A telephone line or dedicated radio frequency
  • the color-coded sprinkler frame arms.
Fixed-temperature heat detectors are activated by expansion of heated material, changes in resistance of heated material, and:
  • notification appliances.
  • Rate-of-rise heat detector
  • melting of heated material.
  • Collect important information
What is a firefighters role when working with insurance investigators?
  • the color-coded sprinkler frame arms.
  • Sprinklers are fixed spray nozzles opened individually in response to heat.
  • Be interviewed or provide testimony in court
  • Initiate alarm when water begins to flow.
The fire command center:
  • The system is less likely to be affected by modification or failures of other building systems.
  • The system is maintained full of water, but has no water supply.
  • consolidates all fire protection system controls for a structure in one room.
  • Wet-pipe system
Which of the following would be an example of physical evidence?
  • A fire pump is typically incorporated into the system to ensure adequate water pressure and volume.
  • Collect important information
  • Fixed temperature heat detectors can be the slowest to activate, depending on installation location.
  • Fire patterns
Which type of indicating valve extends horizontally through the wall with the target and valve operating nut outside of the building?
  • Fire-gas detector
  • Wall post indicator valve (WPIV)
  • Addressable alarm
  • Electronic spot-type heat detector
Which of the following statements about rate-of-rise detectors is MOST accurate?
  • Accelerators and exhausters are quick-opening devices that allow air to exit and water to enter the pipes quickly.
  • In most cases, smoke detectors are installed in nonresidential and large multi-family occupancies.
  • Rate-of-rise detectors can initiate an alarm at a temperature below that required for initiating fixed temperature devices.
  • Residential sprinkler systems are expected to prevent flashover, and improve the chance for occupants to escape.
Which category of evidence supports inference formed from direct evidence?
  • Arson investigator
  • Spoliation
  • Circumstantial
  • Addressable alarm
Which of the following statements about photoelectric smoke detectors is MOST accurate?
  • Photoelectric smoke detectors usually respond more quickly to smoldering fires than do ionization-type detectors.
  • A fire pump is typically incorporated into the system to ensure adequate water pressure and volume.
  • Residential sprinkler systems are expected to prevent flashover, and improve the chance for occupants to escape.
  • Fire department preincident plans may identify the pressure at which the sprinkler system will be supported by pumpers.
Which type of indicating valve has a hollow metal post housing the valve stem with a moveable plate visible through a small glass window on the side?
  • Post indicator valve (PIV)
  • Fire-gas detector
  • Sidewall
  • Addressable alarm
A zoned/annunciated alarm system:
  • the pipe connecting the riser to the cross mains.
  • the assumption that only a portion of the sprinklers will activate at one time.
  • enables responders to identify the general location of alarm activation.
  • can be used to simulate actuation of the sprinkler system.
Insurance investigators are hired to:
  • securing permission from owner.
  • determine cause and amount of loss.
  • six sprinklers and a sprinkler wrench.
  • the color-coded sprinkler frame arms.
A ___ alarm system continuously monitors a remote location.
  • enables responders to identify the general location of alarm activation.
  • Fire alarm control panel
  • supervising station
  • Class II
Which statement about Class III standpipe systems is MOST accurate?
  • Ionization smoke detectors detect products of combustion using tiny amounts of radioactive material.
  • Class III standpipe systems must allow both Class I and Class II services to be used simultaneously.
  • Fixed temperature heat detectors can be the slowest to activate, depending on installation location.
  • Large spaces where smoke migration is limited by opposed air flow, such as subway and railroad tunnels.
Which class of standpipe system is equipped with a 1 inch (38 mm) hose and lightweight twist-type shutoff nozzle stored on a hose rack system?
  • can be used to simulate actuation of the sprinkler system.
  • enables responders to identify the general location of alarm activation.
  • Class II
  • Protected premises
Which of the following statements BEST describes standpipe and hose systems?
  • In many high-rise buildings, a standpipe is the primary means for manual extinguishment and overhaul of a fire.
  • Design and installation of standpipe systems and hose stations are described in NFPA¨ 13 and NFPA¨ 14.
  • Evidence is presented to prove or disprove a hypothesis
  • A fire pump is typically incorporated into the system to ensure adequate water pressure and volume.
What is the function of a retard chamber?
  • contains electronics that control and monitor the fire alarm system.
  • notify building occupants of an emergency condition.
  • Large spaces where smoke migration is limited by opposed air flow, such as subway and railroad tunnels.
  • Catches excess water sent during momentary water pressure surges
Which of the following statements is MOST accurate about types of evidence?
  • Evidence is presented to prove or disprove a hypothesis
  • In most cases, smoke detectors are installed in nonresidential and large multi-family occupancies.
  • Residential sprinkler systems are expected to prevent flashover, and improve the chance for occupants to escape.
  • Rate-of-rise detectors can initiate an alarm at a temperature below that required for initiating fixed temperature devices.
Which of the following statements about flame detectors is MOST accurate?
  • Accelerators and exhausters are quick-opening devices that allow air to exit and water to enter the pipes quickly.
  • Evidence is presented to prove or disprove a hypothesis
  • Smoke control is any effort to change pressure in spaces adjacent to the fire area to compartmentalize or exhaust smoke.
  • Ultraviolet flame detectors are virtually insensitive to sunlight, and can be used in areas not suitable for infrared detectors.
What is the purpose of a sprinkler system waterflow alarm?
  • Evidence is presented to prove or disprove a hypothesis
  • Initiate alarm when water begins to flow.
  • Be interviewed or provide testimony in court
  • Sprinklers are fixed spray nozzles opened individually in response to heat.
Which of the following is developed to ensure the integrity of evidence during collection?
  • Designed with open-head sprinklers to quickly supply a large volume of water to the protected area
  • Wet-pipe system
  • Chain of custody
  • State, provincial, and local laws may require that smoke detectors/alarms be hard-wired.
The fire alarm control panel:
  • contains electronics that control and monitor the fire alarm system.
  • Initiating device
  • stop supplying water to the system.
  • Catches excess water sent during momentary water pressure surges
A frangible bulb heat detector is activated when:
  • a small glass vial breaks when heated, allowing electrical contacts to complete a circuit.
  • Large spaces where smoke migration is limited by opposed air flow, such as subway and railroad tunnels.
  • less chance of component failure due to regular use and maintenance.
  • Class III standpipe systems must allow both Class I and Class II services to be used simultaneously.
The sprinkler system operating alarm test valve:
  • can be used to simulate actuation of the sprinkler system.
  • the assumption that only a portion of the sprinklers will activate at one time.
  • Fire alarm control panel
  • InspectorÕs test valve
Strobe lights are an example of which notification appliance category?
  • Fire patterns
  • Visual
  • riser
  • Audible
Which of the following is a responsibility of a firefighter during fire investigations?
  • Pull station
  • Collect important information
  • Evidence is presented to prove or disprove a hypothesis
  • Fixed temperature heat detectors can be the slowest to activate, depending on installation location.
Once the control of scene has been relinquished, personnel can only re-enter after:
  • Electronic spot-type heat detector
  • Initiating device
  • The fire is under investigation.
  • securing permission from owner.
Which alarm system component serves as the brain for the fire alarm system?
  • Protected premises
  • can be used to simulate actuation of the sprinkler system.
  • Fire alarm control panel
  • enables responders to identify the general location of alarm activation.
Which is the most common category of notification appliances?
  • Alcohol
  • Passive
  • Fire patterns
  • Audible
Which of the following BEST describes deluge sprinkler systems?
  • Designed with open-head sprinklers to quickly supply a large volume of water to the protected area
  • Dry-pipe system
  • Chain of custody
  • Sprinkler systems are designed to extinguish a fire or prevent its spread until firefighters arrive.
Which sprinkler orientation type is installed in a housing within the ceiling and has all or part of the sprinkler (except the threaded shank) in the housing?
  • Recessed
  • Electronic spot-type heat detector
  • Spoliation
  • fire cause
Which type of supervising station alarm system is an extension of the municipal alarm circuit into protected property?
  • The system is maintained full of water, but has no water supply.
  • Shunt system
  • Wet-pipe system
  • Dry-pipe system
Who has legal responsibility for determining origin and cause of a fire?
  • Fire-gas detectors can be designed to be sensitive to only gases produced by hostile fires.
  • Sprinkler systems are designed to extinguish a fire or prevent its spread until firefighters arrive.
  • Chain of custody
  • Fire chief
Which smoke control system/method uses barriers with sufficient fire endurance to provide protection against the spread of fire and smoke?
  • Glass
  • Recessed
  • Spoliation
  • Passive
How does the exhaust method control smoke?
  • Uses mechanical ventilation and the properties of smoke to collect smoke at the highest point in a large space.
  • Smoke control is any effort to change pressure in spaces adjacent to the fire area to compartmentalize or exhaust smoke.
  • Design and installation of standpipe systems and hose stations are described in NFPA¨ 13 and NFPA¨ 14.
  • Photoelectric smoke detectors usually respond more quickly to smoldering fires than do ionization-type detectors.
Which of the following statements about sprinklers is MOST accurate?
  • In most cases, smoke detectors are installed in nonresidential and large multi-family occupancies.
  • Sprinklers are fixed spray nozzles opened individually in response to heat.
  • Fire department preincident plans may identify the pressure at which the sprinkler system will be supported by pumpers.
  • Ultraviolet flame detectors are virtually insensitive to sunlight, and can be used in areas not suitable for infrared detectors.
Responsibility for ___ can lie with state fire marshal, state police, or other state agency.
  • fire cause
  • noncoded alarm
  • Fire patterns
  • Spoliation
Which sprinkler system operating valve is equipped with the same size orifice as a sprinkler and is used to simulate the actuation of one sprinkler?
  • InspectorÕs test valve
  • Class II
  • Semiautomatic dry
  • can be used to simulate actuation of the sprinkler system.
Which type of standpipe system requires activation of a control device to provide water at hose connections?
  • the assumption that only a portion of the sprinklers will activate at one time.
  • supervising station
  • Semiautomatic dry
  • InspectorÕs test valve
Which type of photoelectric smoke detector focuses a beam of light across the monitored area into a cell, and initiates an alarm when the beam is obscured?
  • Bimetallic detector
  • Electronic spot-type heat detector
  • Collect important information
  • Projected-beam smoke detector
In accordance with NFPA¨ 13, a sprinkler storage cabinet must contain:
  • the color-coded sprinkler frame arms.
  • Be interviewed or provide testimony in court
  • They could be found in a structure
  • six sprinklers and a sprinkler wrench.
How are remote receiving systems connected to the emergency services telecommunications center?
  • Pneumatic rate-of-rise spot detector
  • six sprinklers and a sprinkler wrench.
  • A telephone line or dedicated radio frequency
  • securing permission from owner.
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