Firefighter 1 Test 2: Multiple Choice Questions and Answers, Exams of Safety and Fire Engineering

A series of multiple choice questions and answers related to firefighter 1 training. It covers topics such as fireground priorities, incident command system, fire alarm systems, personal protective equipment, knots, fire development stages, radio procedures, and breathing apparatus. The questions are designed to assess knowledge and understanding of fundamental firefighting concepts and practices.

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Firefighter 1 Test 2
1) Life safety, incident stabilization, and what are the three most important organizational duties for
fire departments to pursue? -
✅Property conservation.
2) The plan or written document for tactical operations is known as a department's: -
✅S.O.P./S.O.G.
3) Fire department standard operating procedures/standard operating guides should be established in
the most commonly accepted order of fireground priorities, which is: -
✅Life safety, incident stabilization, and property conservation.
4) In the incident command system (ICS), the functional area responsible for providing facilities,
services, and materials necessary to support an incident is: -
✅Logistics.
5) Historically, the basic unit of a fire department is: -
✅The company.
6) In the incident command system (ICS), the functional area that directs the organization's tactics
to meet the strategic goals developed by command and is responsible for the management of all
activities applicable to the primary mission is: -
✅Planning.
7) What relates to the number of personnel and individual can effectively supervise is what? -
✅Span of control.
8) One of the major advantages of an incident command system (ICS) is that it allows agencies to
communicate using common what and operating procedures? -
✅Terminology.
9) What is developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future actions? -
✅Policies.
10) What is the principle called that says each fire fighter answers to only one supervisor? -
✅Unity of command.
11) The primary role of a fire alarm system is to: -
✅Alert occupants.
12) What is the term for locations from which an engine can draft out of a static water supply
source? -
✅Drafting/fill sites.
13) Structural firefighting personal protective equipment is designed to be worn with what specific
piece of equipment? -
✅SCBA.
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Firefighter 1 Test 2

  1. Life safety, incident stabilization, and what are the three most important organizational duties for fire departments to pursue? - ✅Property conservation.
  2. The plan or written document for tactical operations is known as a department's: - ✅S.O.P./S.O.G.
  3. Fire department standard operating procedures/standard operating guides should be established in the most commonly accepted order of fireground priorities, which is: - ✅Life safety, incident stabilization, and property conservation.
  4. In the incident command system (ICS), the functional area responsible for providing facilities, services, and materials necessary to support an incident is: - ✅Logistics.
  5. Historically, the basic unit of a fire department is: - ✅The company.
  6. In the incident command system (ICS), the functional area that directs the organization's tactics to meet the strategic goals developed by command and is responsible for the management of all activities applicable to the primary mission is: - ✅Planning.
  7. What relates to the number of personnel and individual can effectively supervise is what? - ✅Span of control.
  8. One of the major advantages of an incident command system (ICS) is that it allows agencies to communicate using common what and operating procedures? - ✅Terminology.
  9. What is developed to provide definite guidelines for present and future actions? - ✅Policies.
  10. What is the principle called that says each fire fighter answers to only one supervisor? - ✅Unity of command.
  11. The primary role of a fire alarm system is to: - ✅Alert occupants.
  12. What is the term for locations from which an engine can draft out of a static water supply source? - ✅Drafting/fill sites.
  13. Structural firefighting personal protective equipment is designed to be worn with what specific piece of equipment? - ✅SCBA.
  1. The primary use of the what is to attach a rope to a round object such as a pike pole? - ✅Clove hitch.
  2. The part of the rope that is used for work such as hoisting or pulling is called the: - ✅Running end.
  3. The combination of knots used to hoist and hose line involves: - ✅A clove hitch and half hitch.
  4. Fire service rope falls into two use classifications: - ✅Life safety and utility.
  5. An acceptable use for the what is to attach a rope to an object such as a pole, post, or hose line is what? - ✅Clove hitch.
  6. The knot used to tie two ropes of unequal diameter together is the: - ✅Becket/sheet bend.
  7. Picture of the bowline. - ✅
  8. Picture of the becket/sheet bend. - ✅
  9. Picture the loop. - ✅
  10. Elements for forming a knot are: - ✅Bight, look, and round turn.
  11. The end of the rope that is used to tie a knot is called the: - ✅Working end.
  12. A pike pole should: - ✅Be hoisted point up.
  13. A tag/guide line should be used when: - ✅An overhand exists on which the item being hoisted is likely to get caught. There is a strong wind that may cause the item being hoisted to blow out of control. The item being hoisted may rub against the side if the structure causing damage.
  14. Which of the following best describes a bight? - ✅Bending one end of the rope back upon itself, while keeping the two sides of the rope parallel.
  15. Picture of a bight. - ✅
  1. Before transmitting any information over the fire department radio, a fire fighter should: - ✅Listen to be sure the channel is not being used.
  2. The coupling in the high pressure hose that is attached to an SCBA cylinder should be: - ✅Hand tight.
  3. The bypass valve on a self-contained breathing apparatus is used: - ✅In emergency situations involving a malfunctioning regulator.
  4. Which of the following is considered to be a hazardous atmosphere encountered during fires? - ✅Oxygen deficiency. Elevated temperatures. Smoke.
  5. When tightening the straps on a SCBA face piece, which straps should always be tightened first? - ✅Lower.
  6. Four hazardous atmospheres that fire fighters are likely to encounter at a fire are: - ✅Super-heated air, toxic gases, oxygen deficiency, and smoke.
  7. Rescue from sewers, grain silos, and similarly confined spaces requires the use of self-contained breathing apparatus due to the danger of: - ✅Toxic gases. Oxygen deficiency.
  8. PASS devices are designed to assist rescuers attempting to: - ✅Locate trapped fire fighters.
  9. Which type of breathing apparatus recycles the user's enhaled breath after removing carbon dioxide and adding supplemental oxygen? - ✅Closed-circuit.
  10. What are two general types of self-contained breathing apparatus? - ✅Open-circuit and closed-circuit.
  11. Which of the following is not a component of an open-circuit breathing apparatus? - ✅Oxygen cylinder.
  12. Which of the following is true regarding SCBA? - ✅All SCBA face pieces must be fit-tested.
  13. One requirement of structural fire fighting gloves is that they must: - ✅Meet the applicable NFPA standard.
  14. Failure to wear your PPE can lead to: - ✅Injury.
  1. Which of the following is not one of the advantages to wearing gloves that meet NFPA standards for structural firefighting? - ✅Reduced dexterity.
  2. The incident action plan is based on: - ✅Information gathered during sizeup.
  3. A flat-head ax is more suitable for what, while a pick-head as is more adaptable to a variety of firefighting functions? - ✅Striking.
  4. The K-tool is used in conjunction with a: - ✅Halligan tool.
  5. Fire fighters can expect to find ledge doors in: - ✅Barns and warehouses.
  6. One way to force a lock is to physically pull the what out of the door using an A-tool or a K- tool? - ✅Cylinder.
  7. Of the choices listed below, the least desirable point to force entry into a structure is: - ✅A revolving door.
  8. Panel, slab, and ledge are all types of what type of doors? - ✅Wood swinging.
  9. With a pry bar/rambar, the bar acts as a what to multiply the amount of force the person could otherwise apply? - ✅Lever.
  10. Once a fire fighter has broken a window for purposes of entry, the next action should be to: - ✅Clear the entire window area of glass.
  11. Because of the high risks associated with search and rescue: - ✅It is done by teams of fire fighters.
  12. Safety requires that fire fighters using self-contained breathing apparatus must work: - ✅In pairs.
  13. Before fire fighters enter a burning building to perform rescue work, they must first consider: - ✅Their own safety.
  14. A personnel accountability system tracks which fire fighters are assigned to each vehicle and: - ✅Each crew's assignment.
  15. Which is one basic method for staying oriented inside a low-visibility environment? - ✅Staying in contact with the hose line.
  1. The first due engine company's purpose on the fire scene is: - ✅To advance hose lines.
  2. Which if the following statements regarding advancing a hose line up a ladder is incorrect? - ✅The safest and best manner is to advance a charged hose line up the ladder.
  3. Cellar nozzles are designed to be used to fight localized fires in basements where fires fighters cannot make a direct attack. It operates by: - ✅Rotating in a circular spray pattern.
  4. The purpose of a hose adaptor is to connect two hose sections of: - ✅Equal diameter, but differing threads.
  5. The type of appliance used to attach hose lines in differing diameters is a/an: - ✅Reducer.
  6. Proper ventilation reduces danger of asphyxiation, enhances visibility, and removes: - ✅Heat.
  7. One disadvantage of a positive-pressure fan is that they: - ✅Block up an otherwise usable doorway.
  8. The primary function of smoke ejectors or exhaust fans is: - ✅Removing heat and smoke.
  9. Forced/mechanical ventilation is accomplished by blowers, fans, or: - ✅Fog streams.
  10. When a window is opened for the purpose of ventilation: - ✅Screens must be removed.
  11. Convection is: - ✅Transfer of heat through liquids or gases by circulating currents.
  12. Of the following tools used in ventilation operations, a what would be best for sounding the roof? - ✅Pick-head ax.
  13. When cutting through a roof, a fire fighter should attempt of: - ✅Make the opening square or rectangular.
  14. During salvage and overhaul operations, it is essential for fire fighters to: - ✅Wear complete protective equipment, including SCBA.
  15. A tool often used to open a ceiling is a: - ✅Pike pole.
  16. Hidden fires in concealed spaces can often be detected by: - ✅Feeling with that back of hand.
  1. Which of the following is not considered a valuable benefit of proper overhaul? - ✅Helps in the removal of water.
  2. Fire fighters can assist the investigator in all of the following ways except by: - ✅Performing overhaul before the investigator arrives.
  3. A commonly used method for two fire fighters to deploy a large salvage cover is a/an: - ✅Ballon throw/toss.
  4. Fire protection professionals agree that salvage work is: - ✅An effective means of promoting positive public relations.
  5. To form the corners of the basin when constructing a catchall, the fire fighter should lay ends of the side rolls over at a what degree angle? - ✅90.
  6. A carry-all is used for: - ✅Carrying debris out of an area.
  7. What feature is required on a fire department connection that allows a fire fighter to charge the first hose line prior to connecting the second? - ✅Clapper valve.
  8. If individual sprinkler head cannot be shut of, what should be to stop the flow of water? - ✅Close the sprinkler control valve.
  9. One limitation of backpack water vacuums is that they: - ✅Cannot be worn with SCBA.
  10. What is the type of heat detector called which activates if the temperature of the surrounding air rises more than a set amount in a given period of time? - ✅Rate-of-rise heat detector.
  11. After connecting the supply line to the hydrant, the fire fighter should What the hydrant? - ✅Fully open.
  12. When performing a forward lay, the pumper is driven from the: - ✅Water source to the fire scene.
  13. The term reverse lay describes an apparatus that lays out a supply: - ✅From the fire to the water source.
  14. Soft sleeve intake hose is used for: - ✅Transferring water from a hydrant to an apparatus.
  15. An advantage of a forward lay is: - ✅That the pumper is located at the fire with access to additional hose lines.
  16. The space provided for hose on fire apparatus is generally referred to as the: -
  1. Class K fires involve: - ✅Combustible cooking oils.
  2. When faced with an electrical emergency the fire fighter shall try to: - ✅Have equipment de-energized.
  3. Fire fighters should treat all downed wires as: - ✅Energized.
  4. The safest way for a fire fighter to disconnect electrical service to a building is to: - ✅Shut off the main breakers/switch at the service panel.
  5. Metal ladders that have been exposed to excessive heat should be: - ✅Placed out of service until tested.
  6. What is the usual method of choice for drying ropes? - ✅Air drying.
  7. When drying synthetic rope, keep it: - ✅Out of sunlight.
  8. When inspecting a kernmantle rope, what finding should alert fire fighters to possible damage in the rope? - ✅Depressions of the kern.
  9. A fire department's comprehensive SCBA program should include: - ✅Inspecting, disinfecting, maintaining, and storing.
  10. Halyards and wire cables on extension ground ladders shall be replaced: - ✅When they become frayed or kinked.
  11. What should be applied to wooden tool handles to prevent roughness and warping? - ✅Boiled linseed oil.
  12. When hose has been exposed to small amounts of oil, it should be washed with: - ✅Mild soap or detergent.
  13. The main advantage of the donut roll is: - ✅Both ends are available on the outside of the roll.
  14. Hose is unloaded at the scene of a fire and the pumper proceeds to the water source. This is an example of a what lay? - ✅Reverse.
  15. Which of the following is not a method for preventing mechanical damage to fire hose? - ✅Remove wet hose from apparatus and replace with dry hose.