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FOCUS TUTORIAL AND REVIEW CENTER 8. It is flattened angle at the end of the
FIRE OFFICER EXAMINATIONS thread to prevent cross-threading when
TEST PART 4 couplings are connected.
Hoven P. Samaranos, Ph. D.
A. Higbee cut indicator
1. These are made of durable materials and B. Higbee cut
designed so that it is possible to couple C. Shank
and uncouple them with little effort in a D. Lugs
short time. 9. It has scalloped with a shallow
A. Fire Hose Couplings indentation to aid in matching the male
B. Threaded Couplings coupling thread to the female coupling.
C. Sexless Couplings
A. Higbee cut
D. Quarter-Turn
B. Shank
2. It is designed by casting or machining of
C. Lugs
a spiral thread into the face of two
distinctly different coupling, a male and a D. Higbee cut indicator
female. 10. This portion serves as appoint of
A. Threaded Couplings attachment to hose.
B. Sexless Couplings A. Higbee cut
C. Quarter-Turn B. Shank
D. Storz C. Lugs
3. It has no distinct male and female D. Swivel
components, so both couplings are 11. It is a handle to aid in tightening and
identical. loosening connections.
A. Threaded Couplings
B. Sexless Couplings A. Shank
C. Quarter-Turn B. Lugs
D. Fire Hose Couplings C. Swivel
4. It has two hook-like lugs on each D. Higbee cut indicator
coupling;mated and rotates 90 degrees 12. It is used at the end of the hose where it
clockwise to lock. is expanded into the shank of the
A. Sexless Couplings
coupling.
B. Quarter-Turn
C. Fire Hose Couplings A. Expansion ring gasket
D. Storz B. Quarter-Turn
5. It is similar to Quarter-turn couplings in C. Fire Hose Couplings
that they are connected by joining and D. Storz
rotating until locked into place. 13. Any piece of hardware used in
A. Sexless Couplings conjunction with fire hose for the purpose
B. Quarter-Turn
of delivering water.
C. Storz
D. Fire Hose Couplings A. Hose Tools
6. The following are parts of a coupling B. Hose Appliances
EXCEPT: C. Hose Clamp
A. Swivel D. Hose Jacket
B. Higbee cut 14. It is also a hardware used for the
C. Higbee cut indicator purpose of delivering water but do not
D. Spring have water flowing through them.
7. It permits connecting two sections of A. Hose Appliances
hose without twisting the entire hose. B. Hose Clamp
A. Higbee cut C. Hose Jacket
B. Lugs D. Hose Tools
C. Shank
D. Swivel
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15. This method is often used when the 22. This larger device to include monitor,
source is a fire hydrant and the pumper deluges, turret pipes, and ladder pipes.
must stay at the fire location. A. Master stream devices
A. Forward Lay B. Fog Nozzle
B. Reverse Lay C. Knee-pressed method
C. Split Lay D. Nozzle
D. Fog Nozzle 23. The principle of this method is the
16. This method is used when a pumper compression of the hose gasket permits
must go to the fire location so that a size- the swivel to turn more easily.
up can be made before laying a supply. A. Stiff-arm method
A. Split Lay B. Knee-pressed method
B. Fog Nozzle C. Spanner wrench method
C. Reverse Lay D. Applicator nozzle
D. Applicator Nozzle 24. It is designed to direct a water stream
17. Any one of a number of ways to lay directly over the surface of a burning
multiple supply hoses. object.
A. Split Lay A. Applicator Nozzle
B. Fog Nozzle B. Stiff-arm method
C. Exposure Nozzle C. Knee-pressed method
D. Reverse Lay D. Spanner wrench method
18. It controls the amount of water that flows 25. This method uses the principle of
through the tip. leverage.
A. Shut -off valve A. Knee-pressed method
B. Exposure Nozzle B. Spanner wrench method
C. Reverse Lay C. Applicator nozzle
D. Nozzle D. Stiff arm method
19. It produces a fire stream made of small 26. It can be used to break tight connections.
droplets of water that leave the tip in a A. Spanner wrench method
spray or fog pattern. B. Applicator nozzle
A. Fog Nozzle C. Stiff arm method
B. Exposure Nozzle D. Fog Nozzle
C. Reverse Lay 27. It is a device that contains chemicals,
D. Solid stream nozzle fluids and gasses for extinguishing and
20. Its streams can penetrate a mass of used for small area of fire.
burning material when a fire is deep A. Fire Extinguisher
seated. B. Ladders Portable Fire Extinguisher
A. Reverse Lay C. Extinguishing Agents
B. Solid stream nozzle D. Fog Nozzle
C. Applicator Nozzle
D. Nozzle 28. It is a ladder that is adjustable in length.
It consists of two or more sections, which
21. It is designed to protect a building or
travel in guides or brackets to permit
object from the heat generated by nearby length adjustments.
burning building. A. Aerial Ladder
A. Applicator Nozzle B. Extension Ladder
B. Exposure Nozzle C. Straight Ladder
C. Reverse Lay D. Pole Ladder
D. Solid stream nozzle
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29. It is used on class B and C fires, it is the A. Alcohol-resistant aqueous film forming
preferred dry chemical agent of the oil foams(AR-AFFF)
and gas industry. B. Film Forming Fluoroprotein(FFFP)
A. Potassium bicarbonate(aka Purple-K)
C. Compressed Air Foam System(CAFS)
B. Potassium bicarbonate and Urea
Complex(aka Monnex/Powerex) D. Arctic Fire
C. Potassium Chloride(Super-K dry 35. It contains naturally occurring proteins
chemical) from animal by-products and synthetic
D. MET-L-KYL/PYROKYL film-forming agents to create a foam
30. It is more effective than all other powders blanket that is more heat resistant than
due to its ability to decrepitate in the the strictly synthetic AFFF foams.
flaming zone creating a larger surface
A. Compressed Air Foam
area for free radical inhibition.
A. Potassium Chloride(Super-K dry System(CAFS)
chemical) B. Arctic Fire
B. MET-L-KYL/PYROKYL C. Film Forming Fluoroprotein(FFFP)
C. Aqueous Film Forming Foam(AFFF) D. Alcohol-resistant aqueous film
D. Potassium bicarbonate and Urea forming foams(AR-AFFF)
Complex(aka Monnex/Powerex) 36. Any APW style extinguisher that is
charged with a foam solution and
31. It was developed in an effort to create a
pressurized with compressed air.
high efficiency, protein-foam compatible
dry chemical. A. Film Forming Fluoroprotein(FFFP)
A. Aqueous Film Forming Foam(AFFF) B. Alcohol-resistant aqueous film
B. Potassium bicarbonate and Urea forming foams(AR-AFFF)
Complex(aka Monnex/Powerex) C. Compressed Air Foam
C. Potassium Chloride(Super-K dry System(CAFS)
chemical) D. Arctic Fire
D. MET-L-KYL/PYROKYL
32. It is a specialty variation of sodium 37. It is a liquid fire extinguishing agent that
bicarbonate, it also contains silica gel emulsifies and cools heated materials
particles. The sodium bicarbonate more quickly than water or ordinary
interrupts the chain reaction of the fuel foam.
and the silica soaks up any unburned A. Compressed Air Foam
fuel, preventing contact with air. System(CAFS)
A. MET-L-KYL/PYROKYL
B. Arctic Fire
B. Potassium bicarbonate and Urea
C. Film Forming Fluoroprotein(FFFP)
Complex(aka Monnex/Powerex)
D. Alcohol-resistant aqueous film
C. Potassium Chloride(Super-K dry
forming foams(AR-AFFF)
chemical)
D. Potassium bicarbonate(aka Purple-K)
33. It is used in A and B fires and for vapour
suppression. It is also the most common
type in portable foam extinguishers.
A. Potassium Chloride(Super-K dry
chemical)
B. Potassium bicarbonate(aka Purple-K)
C. Aqueous Film Foaming Foam(AFFF)
D. MET-L-KYL/PYROKYL
34. It is used on fuel fires containing alcohol,
it forms as a membrane between the fuel
and the foam preventing the alcohol from
breaking down the foam blanket.