Fire Safety Officer Test Bank PDF

~~tructor Test Bank apter 1: The Safety Officer Role Multiple Choice 1• The division of the safety officer role was written into which NFPA standard? A) NFPA 1500 _ B) NFPA 1521 C) NFPA 1561 D) NFPA 1562 Answer: B • , • _ Obj:ctive: NFPA 1521, page 1521-16 SubJect: Chapter 1, page 7, Introduction:...

~~tructor Test Bank apter 1: The Safety Officer Role Multiple Choice 1• The division of the safety officer role was written into which NFPA standard? A) NFPA 1500 _ B) NFPA 1521 C) NFPA 1561 D) NFPA 1562 Answer: B • , • _ Obj:ctive: NFPA 1521, page 1521-16 SubJect: Chapter 1, page 7, Introduction: Defining the Trtle Complexity: Easy on 2. Whose role is it to focus scene-specificoperations?·, A) The incident safety officer (ISO) B) The health and safety officer (HSO) C) Both the ISO and HSO D) The incident commander • I \. •• I -·~ ~. Answer: A Objective: NFPA 1521, 52.2, page 1521-17 Subject: Chapter 1, page 7, Introduction: Defining the Title ._ Complexity: Easy . 3. In the 1970s, where was the FIRESCOPEprogram developed and used for· multiagency incidents? A) Texas B) Washington D:C.C) New York city J _.; t·· • ·•s~l •• :, .....:, "1 D) The West Coast Answer: D -~:-i • Subject: Chapter 1, page 8, Fire DepartmentSafety OfficerTrends Complexity: Easy 1 Scanned with CamScanner -• . \ 4. Who is responsible for assigning the Type 1 and Type 2 Incident management team (IMT) designations? • A) National lnteragency Incident Management System (NIIMS) B) The National lnteragency Coordination Center (NICC) C) National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) D) Management of Domestic Incidents (MDI) Answer. B . Subject: Chup·,~r 1, page ~. Fii r )e~,a,.l ,e, : Snfe'..fo ..le, .• Compfexity:_M derate , . 1 ·, 1 1 1 1 1 I 5. Which A) NFPA 8) NFPA C) NFPA D) NFPA • I r1 I· , 1 nts 1 .. NFPA standard currently sets the ISO qualifications for NIMS safety officers? 1026 , . 1500 1521 1561 Answer: A Subject: Chapter 1, page 9, Fire Department Safety Officer Trends Complexity: Moderate • • ~ , ~.......... - ' .. \...,. 6. Most line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) are: A) fall related. 8) bum related. /. C) stress (cardiac) related. ✓ ;1 : • n D) apparatus related. I _' . •; , . Answer: C Subject: Chapter 1, page 10, The Need for an Incident Safety Officer Complexity:Easy-'... .- . .. . , .~··_ , .: '"' , ;, , 7. All of the followingare consideredto be contributingfactorsto LODD~EXCEPT:,•. A) lightweightconstructiontechniques. 1, •.~ 8) the fuel componentsof structures. .. C) modem designs of apparatus. I D) fire service being slow to adapt to societalchanges. I l Answer: C Scanned with CamScanner Sub· . Co~ect • ~hapter 1, page 10, The Need for an Incident Safety Officer P1ex,ty: Moderate !) T:'e number of injuries on the fireground is declining: ut ~ot as q~ickly as the number of fires. 8 ) proving the Jobof safety is being accomplished. C) as the total number of fires is increasing. O) even as the total number of hours on the fireground is increasing. Answer: A Subject: Chapter 1, page 10, The Need for an Incident Safety Officer Complexity: Moderate . . 9. The workers' compensation experience modifier is typically based on a __ loss experience. A) 1 B) 2 C)3 0)5 -year Answer: C Subject: Chapter 1, page 11, The Need for an Incident Safety Officer Complexity: Easy 10. True or False: The appointment of an ISO does not absolve other firefighters or fire officers from the responsibility to have situational awareness and to act in a safe manner. A) True B) False Answer: A Subject: Chapter 1, page 12, Incident Safety Office·rResponsibilities Complexity: Easy 11. In the MEDIC acronym, the D stands for: A) Discover. B) Develop. C) Define. Scanned with CaimScanner D) Delegate. Answer: B -~~~ep: ~tyhapter1, page 12, Incident Safety Officer Responsibilities x1 : Easy 12 •.~e HSO role is primarily: :> incident related. ) as needed and task specific. CD)an ~dministrative or managerial position. ) pro1ectbased. • Answer: c Subject: Chapter 1, page 6, Introduction: Definingthe Title Complexity: Easy 13. Which NFPA standard lists the ISO requirements,duties, and responsibilities? A) NFPA-1561 B) NFPA 1521 • C) NFPA 1500 D) NFPA 1026 Answer: A Objective: NFPA 1521, page 1521-16 Subject: Chapter 1, page 9, Fire Department Safety Officer Trends> Complexity: Easy 14. In what year was Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5, Managementof Domestic Incidents, signed? A)1997 8) 2001 C)2004 D) 2011 Answer: C Subject: Chapter 1, page 9, Fire Department Safety Officer Trends Complexity: Easy Scanned w;ith CamScanner j 1r B) C ) D) The National Response Framework (NRF) was recenUy renamed from: ~at!onal Response Preparedness (NRP). at!onal Response Plan (NRP). Nat!onal Response Action Plan (NRAP). National Coordinated Response Center (NCRC). Answer: a Subject: Chapter 1, page 9, Fire Department Safety Officer Trends Complexity: Easy 16. What organization conducts LODD examinations of specific incidents to assist fire departments and the fire service in developing processes and procedures to prevent further LODD or injury occurrences? A) National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) B) Fire Department Safety Officer's Association (FDSOA) C) National Fire Academy (NFA) D) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Answer: D Subject: Chapter 1, page 9, The Need for an Incident Safety Officer Complexity: Moderate Scanned with CamScanner I ~atructor Teat Bank hapter 5: Reading Buildings Multiple Choice 1. In essence, mass is heat resistance, and heat resistance is: A) protection. B) time. , ,,, •, C) good. D) predictable. t . .\ '. ' . ' Answer: B Subject: Chapter 5, page 59, Essential Building Construction Concepts Complexity: Moderate .,-J,_·;,t ) ~,,·i.. J ....;:_~,..i,! .,_.'l .. "I 2. All of the following are characteristics of a building material EXCEPT: A) age of material. B)typeofmaterial.· . •,•r·;:._,; .. /r):l. t,.;·:,\·111-:..;;1,:ncJ:t• .. ··.:-•.1.,.-:; C) shape of the material. D) orientation or plane of the material. ' • .. ' Answer: A Subject: Chapter 5, page 59, Essential Building Construction Concepts Complexity: Easy 3. The preferred shape for columns is: A) square. 8) circle. .· - _:-. ,·.r·'];:.,. ,.,: .. ,,i-,,r,,, ...., ~ :.,;•"'·" .. J.:• ·C) 1-.beam·.'.'.1/,· D) square or circle. l' I•..,., .,. ··, .• .• ~! .. lf•.,- ··1i ".J ..,,.,,,..._; 1.. - .V \ " 1 .>J 11-r \ 1·•1·' ;'•1•..,,11.,.-•-- .,!t ,l •:, •-•. .• , ~~ ''" ,n, f J ,. ', • Answer: D Subject:Chapter5, page 61, EssentialBuildingConstructionConcepts Complexity:Easy . ·,.. I-..••- 4. Thereare threegeneraltypesof connections:pinned,rigid,and: Scanned w.ith CamScanner .·• c-.-... • n I A) ductile. B) gravity. C) mansard. D) transitory. I Answer: B 5 63 Essential Building Construction Concepts Subject:Chapter ' page ' complexity: Easy f , • f :·, • ifi fon of- . 5. A newly constructed school would probably have a construction class ,ca ' • A) Type I. B) Type II. C) Type Ill. D) Type V. Answer: 8 . Subject: Chapter 5, page 65, Essential Building Construction Complexity: Easy C . •. • •t • oncep s ....., . . ... . ... , .. ' 6. A newly constructed suburban strip mall would probably have a construction classification of: . - , A)Typel. B) Type II. C) Type Ill. D) Type IV. :~: ( • 1-:..·,i, t- ·J ; : ;_ . , , ■-- • J i.,.. Answer: B Subject Chapter 5, page 65, Essential Building Construction Concepts Complexity: Easy 7. A newly constructedhigh-rise would probably have a construction classification of: A) Type I. ·..,· _,: _·:.•.·•. B) Type II. C) Type Ill. I...! 'rD) Type V. j .. J • t. Answer.A Subject:Chapter5, page65, EssentialBuildingConstructionConcepts Complexity:Easy I· 4 •I I ; • .. • l Scanned with CamScanner • .• 8 - The use of balloon framing was most prevalent during which era? A) The lightweight era B) The industrial em C) Founders' era D) The legacy era Answer. B Subject: Chapter 5, page 68, Essential Building Construction Concepts Complexity: Moderate • • ', , 9. Major fires present the threatffl"'wa,~:,Ha~~-f era? A) Founders' era 8) Th~ lightweight era C) The legacy era .•.• -: D) The industrial era the building was built during which ' Answer: A Objective: NFPA 1521, 5.2.2, page 1521-17 Subject: Chapter 5, page 68, Ess tial Building Construction Concepts - ••,,:.;'' Complexity: Moderate 10. A spreader is used to: A) gain entry through a small o Answer: C Subject Chapter 5, page 68, Essential Building Construction Concepts.-:' Complexity: Easy ·, 11. Platformframingwas most commonlyusedduringwhich era? A) The industrialera B) The lightweightera C) The legacyera D) Founders'era ·';.•:, ~= !fl' ··t "'' • • • ..-...• • I • ( r-t ... • I"' • ..- Scanned with CamScanner ' ~~~;~~~ ghapter 5, page 68, Essential Building Construction Con~pts Complexity: Easy . ' t: • • • • ~ .• ~ 12. Which era brought larger interior spaces for most buildings? A) The legacy era 8) The lightweight era C) Founders' era , • _ ..!·• u:- ,r •. }'.•: "' D) The industrial era ., Answer:A Subject: Chapter 5, page 68, Essential Building Construction Concepts Complexity:.Easy. _. .. . . . 1 ... •• I ' . ,\ 13. A building that has ~ high surface-to-mass ratio would probably have t>een'~built during which era? _ 1..-.. , i. ~ .. : ., A) Founders' era 8) The lightweight era C) The legacy era . •_ :-~..r ;.·f .:,, ::- r-,: . : ... ,.: • : • D) The industrial era_-~.. ·-:: r 1: . !iJ~' ;;L::, .;•,;:.':•.. ;,;_ .-, _:,,: ; . , .:1,.,. 1 ; ~ - • :---1 .. ~ Answer: B Subject Chapter 5, page 69, Essential Building Construction Concepts Complexity: Easy I..'' . • • 14. The final step in protecting from collapse.~sto pre~ict ~l'}<;i; :. A) zone. .lie'.,;.., B) analyze. C) prepare. D) communicate. r.\-:'.r:; l '·· ., ., ',:"· ·.,_; :,:-·,·,· . , .. ·" . •• t ,• . i • 15.Gussetplatescan fail in trussesin as littleas: A) 5 minutes. Scanned with CamScanner 8 >1O minutes. C) 12 minutes. D) 15 minutes. Answer. A ~bi7ctive: NFPA 1521, 5.2.5, page 1521-17 C UbJect: Chapter 5, page 71, Predicting Collapse omplexity: Easy \J\ h• ,. 16 ) • All of the following are observations that a collapse might be imminent EXCEPT: A settling noises. B) sagging floors and roofs C) h!gher British thermal u~it (Btu) development (fire load). · D) signs of building repair, including reinforcing cables, spreaders, and bracing . . Answer: C Obj:ctive: NFPA 1521, 5.3.3, page 1521-19 SubJect: Chapter 5, page 73, Predicting Collapse Complexity: Moderate 17. Who would initiate a precautionary withdrawal? A) ISO 8) IC '\ , .: :J .o~' C) Any firefighter D) ISO or IC Answer: B Objective: NFPA 1521, 5.2.2, page 1521-17 Subject: Chapter 5, page 74, PredictingCollapse Complexity: Easy 18. In discussing different loads on a building, the load that refers to the weight of the building itself is known as the: A) live load. B) dead load. C) axial load. D) structural load. Answer: B Subject: Chapter5, page58, EssentialBuildingConstructionConcepts Scanned wi,th CamScanner ., Complexity: Easy 19. Which type of wood will have a slower burn rate? A) Rough sawn 8) Smooth finished C) Engineered wood D) They all will bum at the same rate Answer: A Subject: Chapter 5, page 59, .Essential Building Construction C_~n~pts Complexity: Easy ,,.t l ~ot • )~• ... • I ._ f • . ;~,< : ,. '~ •- ot -. ,..1 .~ • • ,; 20. At 1,100°F (593°C), a 100-foot (30-m)~loniJstructural steel beam can elongate how much? A) 3 inches (8 cm) B) 5 inches (13 cm) . -- ... ' .. CJ 10 inches (25 cm) DJ 14 inches (36 cm) Answer: C Subject: ~hapter 5, page 60, Essential ~_uildingConstruction-Concepts . Complexity: Easy • •• - • • - -- • • r .• I ..• l ...... Scanned with CamScanner stru ctor Test :;a Bank hapter 6: Reading Smoke Multiple Choice I 1. ~moke at a building fire is created by: A) mcomplete combustion. B) complete combustion. • ., C) pyrolitic decomposition. D) mcomplete combustion and pyrolitic decomposition. Answer. o Subject Chapter 6, page 80, Smoke Defined"; Complexity: Easy ., . ,, - • _, •• ,_J • '' 2. An item that is releasing a mix of particulates and aerosols as well as gases, is . referred to as: 0 . -: · • ·· A) off-gassing. _ .OJ~~o/1'-(J ~~ ,"-:::!:· '_::. · · ·: B)vaporreleasing. · ..- ,<.,-"'J/,·,·,.·.· • .. ,,._,. :;•._ l•~0..J '; .i:-:::.-. I ,~i a--;,·;._;.·=:-!;~ C) off-aggregating. ., :·i . "'!•. -:>~; D) decomposing. 'fi;J~:i ,::: ~:,.: 1 ·;:..' •• ·: .... Answer: C Subject ChapterZ6,·pag·e•81,•·Smoke:oefined :..-:> L-::;~!:.-.,..-~ :,-1;1 Complexity: Easy ·l ·; 0 ;, .. lierr- ,, .• ....... '- ,: ' 3. fn revising the classic four stages of fire development, the phase that has been expanded upon is: • A) ignition. v t r-S.~r ~:.:::: . C.c t :· -~, .; • ' rowth. : ......... , *• •• --. ·- 1• •• :·.,_ ·(':~ ~ "i B) g I .. C) fully developed. D) decay. I ..... ' l • \. .,1'.·- .. • , ,._ :'lf.. ~. ' _,.. .• ' . Answer: B Subject: Chapter6, page 84, Compartriientalized:Fire GrowthPhases Complexity:Moderate Scanned with CamScanner . • l _ n which phase of a compartmue;:~iz~;~~: 4 1 decreases beCSUses~oke prod ce smoke? although heati~g _continues to produ A) ventilation-hm1ted phase B) Explosive growth phase C) Initial growth phase 0) Fully developed phase Answer. A itions exist where open. flam!ng ;i;~mits available combustion air, ', age 1521-19 Objective: NFPA 1521, 5••3 4 , P artmentalized Fire Growth Phases Subject: Chapter 6, page 84, Comp ,' , Complexity: Easy . , uffi 5. Sucking or P ng A) bacl<draft. . B) smoke explosion. C) explosive growth. , • , . •: . I .,,_J f moke from an open door or window is a warning f~~:. O s • • • . . D) flame-over. Answer. C .,,,;\'· ...., ..1,~.: ,·. Objective: NFPA 1521, 5.3.4, page 1521-19 .. . :. :i·• t1; •1-, Subject Chapter 6, page 85, CompartmentalizedFire Growth Phases _... -::.~·,.4 • • -~ -~, , Complexity: Moderate , '' ., .' 6. Turbulent smoke flow that has filled a corripartm~rJt.~n~be a-~aming.~ign.for: • A) flashover. - • • x--.<·· ~ • • . i_: B) backdraft. C) flame-oveL D) smoke explosion. Answer.A :l Objective:NFPA 1521;5.3.4, page 1521-19 Subject:Chapter6, page 85, CompartmentalizedFire Growth Phases Complexity:Moderate 7. Increasingsmokespeedcan b~ a wanJ~ng sign for~. 1 •. _. A) smokeexplosion. 8) flame-over. C) flashover. • .. l ~-t,'.1 ~~ ' 1 ,. ,: . .. \ Scanned with CamScanner •1 • • ' \' I -D) backdratt. Answer. a Obje r Sub•id;e: NFPA 1521, 5.3.4, page 1521-19 Co~ple· ~ty~aMpter 6, page 85, Compartmentalized Fire Growth Phases x, • oderate !) ~~: or False: Smoke volume by itself tells you quite a lot about a fire·. B) False a Answer: .. . . . ( Obj~ctive: NFPA 1521, 5.2.2, page 1521..:.17 ~UbJect: ~hapter 6, page 86, The Art of Reading Smoke omplex,ty: Easy • . . . . :· : r·,,··• , , . ~ f .' ' • 1 k 9. Two forces cause smoke to pressurize in a·building: smoke volume and: A) very high humidity. B) convection heat. • C) lack of ventilation. D) new, tighter building construction methods. • Answer . B h .. • ~ • ,..,, . ""\ • Subject: Chapter 6, page 86, The Art of Reading Smoke Complexity: Easy ,. ..... • ,._ swi ; • I r. • • • • I ,,_ • "\. • I t .. J ,- l'-0 J . , ! Answer:C '..,,1.. i• • 1 •V" 4 •. •1 •··, ) •• •• ., • • Subject: Chapter6, page 87, The Art of ReadingSmoke Complexity: Easy .~,• ~ ·:,. ·, 1 • .,, "J' ( •• • ; 'I t• r • .... • - • t ,J 11. Unfinishedwoodgivesoff a distinctivesmokeas it approachesmid-to \ate-stage Scanned with CamScanner heating. What makes it distinctive? A) ft sme11sof pine. B) It Is white. C) It rises very quickly. D) It is brown. Answer: D The Art of Reading Smoke Subject: Chapter 6, page 88• complexity: Easy 12. Black fire is: ti that is black in color because of incomplete combustion. A) a low-temperature re 1 000°F (538°C) tenn to describe a very hot fire, over , . . .. . • .• • 8 B) b" t·on of smoke and fire that makes v1s1bllity 1mposs1ble. ·~, C) smoke a com that rna Iis high-volume, has turbu Ien t ve 1oc1·ty , •1s uItra d e nse , and ·,sdeep bl ac k • D) 1 Answer: D Objective: NFPA 1521, 5.3.4, page 1521-19 Subject: Chapter 6, page 88, The Art of Reading _$make.. ~ Complexity: Easy .• , 13. The thickerthe smokeis: A) the moreexplosiveit becomes. B) the coolerthe temperatures., ,:~i ··!·:. :-. !~--::::~,;· :-:; .11,'·._,.-ir : . ..:•,:~ :~: C) the lessfire thereis. D) themorepressingthe needto ventilate. Answer: A Objectiv~:NFPA-~521,}?i~-~' page_1521,-19_,;::.,·~-I ._ x::··:. •·..,,;(, 1:~-: Subject: Chapter6, page 89, The Art of ReadingSmoke Complexity:Easy 14. The third step of the Three-StepProcessfor Reading Smoke is: A) Comparethe differencesin the attributesfrom each opening from which smoke i_s .: emitting. '' 8) Determinethe rate of change of each attribute. .,,~--, C) Analyze the ascension of the plume. D) Analyze the contributingfactors to determine whether they are affectingWDC. I Answer. 8 :.· . t. . • ' ~ , , •:; : "', Ch.: • ,:· .... Scanned with CamScanner Obj~ctive: NFPA 1521, 5.2.5, page 1521-17 ~UbJect: ~hapter 6, page 90, The Three-Step Process for Reading Smoke omplex1ty: Moderate 15- True or False: Simply reading literature on how to read smoke does not make one a smoke-reader; a useable, on-scene skill takes practice. A ) True B) False Answer: A Subject: Chapter 6, page 90, The Three-Step Process for Reading Smoke Complexity: Easy Scanned with CamScanner