Firefighter 1 Practice Test

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1. Which of the following is based upon a policy or procedure with mandatory compliance?

Order

Recommendation

Directive

Request

2. Which of the following tactical priorities prevents an incident from getting any worse?

Life safety

Public relations

Property conservation

Incident stabilization

3. Which of the following NFPA® 1983 categories of life-safety rope is used to tether rescuers during water rescues and is 19/64-inch (7 mm) in diameter or greater, but less than 3/8-inch (9.5 mm)?

Light-use life-safety rope

General-use life-safety rope

Throwline

Escape rope

4. Which of the following statements about life-safety rope is MOST accurate?

Life-safety rope that has been impact-loaded is permissible.

Life-safety rope must be block creel construction.

Life-safety rope should only be used during actual incidents.

Life-safety rope can be made using a variety of construction types.

5. Hose is most commonly cut and coupled in pieces of ___ feet (m).

50 or 100 (15 or 30)

25 or 50 (8 or 15)

100 or 150 (30 or 45)

150 or 200 (45 or 60)

6. Which of the following is a systematic way of confirming the status of any unit operating at an incident?

Mayday

Personnel accountability report

All-clear signal

Evacuation signal

7. Clear text is a standardized set of fire-specific words and phrases often used in:

the Incident Command System.

structural fire fighting.

the wildland fire community.

the EMS community.

8. Which types of valves are used in pumper discharges and gated wyes?

Gate valves

Ball valves

Clapper valves

Butterfly valves

9. Which types of fittings are used to connect a smaller hoseline to the end of a larger one?

Hose plugs

Elbows

Adapters

Reducers

10. Which of the following is a fire stream produced from a fixed orifice nozzle?

Straight stream

Solid stream

Broken stream

Fog stream

11. Which of the following occurs when a substance changes from one type of matter into another?

Non-molecular reaction

Exothermic change

Physical change

Chemical reaction

12. To be in compliance with NFPA 1500, fire departments must:

have the standard adopted as law.

remain accident free at least 50% of the year.

keep records of all job-related accidents, illnesses, exposures, and fatalties.

hire an outside safety consultant for a yearly review.

13. Which of the following is the primary oxidizing agent in most fires?

Carbon monoxide

Carbon dioxide

Methane

Oxygen

14. Which of the following should be used when the IC decides that firefighters should immediately withdraw from a burning building?

Personnel accountability report

Mayday

Evacuation signal

All-clear signal

15. Which of the following refers to the temperature at which liquid gives off sufficient vapors to ignite, but not sustain, combustion?

Fire point

Autoignition point

Volatility rating

Flash point

16. Which of the following occurs when a substance remains chemically the same but changes in size, shape, or appearance?

Exothermic change

Non-molecular reaction

Chemical reaction

Physical change

17. NFPA® 1851 requires that personal protective clothing be cleaned and dried at least every ___ months in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations.

18. What NFPA standard specifies the minimum requirements for a fire department health and safety program?

NFPA 1001

NFPA 1500

NFPA 1041

NFPA 1403

19. For flaming combustion to occur, fuels must be in the:

gaseous state.

liquid state.

solid state.

chemical state.

20. Which of the following is always the first and highest tactical priority in an emergency operation?

Property conservation

Public relations

Life safety

Incident stabilization

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