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FIRE OFFICER III EXAM AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWESTEXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM 380 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
ALREADY GRADED A+
Abatement - ANSWER: Any act that would remove or neutralize a fire hazard
Administrator - ANSWER: Any person who acts as agent of the owner and manages
the use of a building for him
Air craft service station - ANSWER: That portion of an airport where flammable
liquids are stored or dispensed and shall include all facilities essential thereto such as
underground tanks from which aircraft fuel and lubricants maybe drawn through
dispensing device
Alligatoring or Alligator Pattern - ANSWER: A burned pattern usually on woods
resembling the skin marking of an alligator, often to trace the fire to its origin
Assembly Occupancy - ANSWER: The occupancy or use of a building or structure or
any portion thereof by a group for civic, political, education, travel, religious, social,
amusement or recreational purposes
Atoms - ANSWER: The smallest particles of elements that take part in a chemical
reaction
Automatic Fire Suppression System - ANSWER: An integrated system of underground
or overhead piping or both connected to a source of extinguishing agent or medium
and design in accordance with fire protection engineering standards which when
actuated by its automatic detecting device, suppresses fire within the area protected
Blasting Agent - ANSWER: Any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer
used to set off explosives
Boiling Point - ANSWER: The temperature at which liquid is transformed or
converted to vapor
Cargo Tank - ANSWER: Any container on a tank vehicle with a capacity of at least 450
liters used for carrying flammable or combustible liquids. It does not apply to the
fuel tank of a motor vehicle
Cellulose Nitrate or Nitro Cellulose - ANSWER: A highly combustible and explosive
compound produced by the reaction of nitric acid with a cellulose material
Cellulose Nitrate Plastic (Pyroxylin) - ANSWER: Any plastic substance, materials or
compound having cellulose nitrate (nitro cellulose) as base
, Chief of the Local Fire Service - ANSWER: The official duly designated to head the
local fire service; or in cities/municipalities where the policemen are also performing
the functions of the Fire service, the station commander of the Integrated National
Police
Class A fire - ANSWER: Fire involving ordinary combustibles such as wood, paper,
cloth, rubber and plastics
Class B fire - ANSWER: Fire in inflammable liquids and gases
Class C fire - ANSWER: Fire involving energized electrical equipment
Class D fire - ANSWER: Fire involving combustible metals, magnesium, sodium,
potassium, and other similar materials
Combination Standpipe - ANSWER: A pipeline system filled with water and
connected to
a constant water supply for the use of the Fire Service and the occupants of the
buildings solely for fire suppression purposes.
Combustible Fiber Loose House - ANSWER: An enclosed and isolated structure where
loose fibers are worked upon, and used as storage for such fibers
Combustible Fiber - ANSWER: Any readily ignitable and free burning fiber such as
cotton, oakum, rags, waste cloth, waste paper, kapok, hay, Spanish moss, excelsior
and other similar materials commonly used in commerce
Combustible, Flammable, Inflammable - ANSWER: Descriptive of materials that are
easily set on fire
Combustible Liquid - ANSWER: Any liquid having a flash point at or above 37.8°C
(100°F)
Combustion - ANSWER: The burning of any substance; is a process that involves light
and heat
Corrosive Liquid - ANSWER: Any liquid which causes fire when in contact with
organic matter or with certain chemicals
Crazing of Glass - ANSWER: Formation of irregular cracks in glass due to rapid intense
heat - possibly when accelerant is used
Cryogenic - ANSWER: Descriptive of any material which by its nature or as results of
its reaction with other elements produces a rapid drop in temperature of the
immediate surroundings
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