Fire Investigator AFC September 2024 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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Course
Fire Investigator
Institution
Fire Investigator
What are the reasons for investigating fires?
To eliminate reoccurrence
Upgrade existing fire codes
Determine if a criminal act took place
What is NFPA 921
Provides procedures, methodologies, and information necessary to meet the job
requirements for fire investigators.
What is N...
Fire Investigator AFC
September 2024 TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2024-2025(GUARANTEED
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What are the reasons for investigating fires? - answer To eliminate
reoccurrence
Upgrade existing fire codes
Determine if a criminal act took place
What is NFPA 921 - answer Provides procedures, methodologies,
and information necessary to meet the job
requirements for fire investigators.
What is NFPA 1033 - answer Standards for Professional
Qualifications for Fire Investigation
Is NFPA 1033 a Guide or Standard? - answer It is a Standard
How often is NFPA 1033 Revised? - answer It is revised every 5
years.
Investigator should be aware of information concerning: - answer
Air quality.
,What is NIST? - answer National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Subrogation - answer The assumption of a third party, such as an
insurance company, of another's legal right to collect a debt or
damages.
Flashback - answer Reignition of flammable vapors immediately
following a suppression attempt
Fire Bomb - answer A breakable container filled with a flammable
liquid with a flash point of 150F or less with a wick or similar device.
What is a device? - answer Any arrangement of material used to
start a fire or explosion
What is Fragmentation Primary? - answer Actual parts or pieces of a
bomb or improvised explosive device
What is Fragmentation Secondary? - answer Parts or pieces of
material other than the explosive device that are thrown or
projected by the blast
What is a Pyrotechnic? - answer A mixture of chemicals, one of
which must be an oxidizer, designed to produce heat, light, smoke,
gas, or noise
U.S. Supreme Court held that once in a building [to extinguish a
fire], firefighters may seize [without a warrant] evidence of arson
that is in plain view. Per what case? - answer Michigan vs Tyler
(1978)
,Michigan vs Clifford (1984) stressed the importance of what? -
answer Stressed importance of following proper search warrant
procedures to ensure admissibility of evidence in court
The prosecution must establish the Corpus Delecti of Arson
meaning... - answer The cause of the fire
That it was a deliberate and malicious act
When is an Inspection Warrant necessary? - answer When the
following DO NOT exist:
Consent
Exigent Circumstances
Abandonment
No probable cause for a criminal search warrant
When re-entry is beyond a reasonable time
What are the parts of a Criminal Investigation? - answer Scene
Examination
Collection and preservation of evidence
Interviewing witnesses
Developing suspects
Arresting the responsible
Presenting the case in court
The prosecution has the burden to prove to the jury... - answer
Beyond a reasonable doubt
What is the temperature of cigarette embers from puffing? - answer
1520-1670 F
, What information is included in a Curriculum Vitae? - answer
Current duties
Past positions
Investigative experiences
Formal and vocational related educational training
Certificates
Memberships
Court experience
Types of Crimes - answer Infraction, misdemeanor, felony
Definition of Malicious - answer A wish to defraud, annoy, injure
another person, or intent to do a wrongful act
What is the melting point of copper? - answer Approximately 2000 F
What are Arrow Patterns? - answer A fire pattern displayed on the
cross-section of a burned wooden structural member
What is the purpose of NFPA 921? - answer To establish guidelines
and recommendations for the safe and systematic investigation or
analysis of fire and explosion incidents
What is the Scientific Method? - answer The systematic pursuit of
knowledge involving recognition and formulation of a problem, the
collection of data through observation and experiment, and the
formulation and testing of a hypothesis. It is used to determine Area
of Origin and Cause of the fire
What is the Flash Point of Gasoline? - answer -36 F
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