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BC Quiz 1 Flashcards

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New Law Tenements built before 1929 may contain all of the following except?
Select one:
a. Steel I beams
b. Dividing walls up to the underside of the roof boards
c. Dividing walls creating floor areas of 2500 square feet or less
d. Steel columns

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(MDs Pg 3)as high as the ceiling of the top floor
The correct answer is: Dividing walls up to the underside of the roof boards

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Apartment houses built after 1929 required firewalls to (Which choices are correct)?
Select one or more:
a. Enclose floor areas and the cockloft to 3000 square feet or less
b. The underside of the roof boards from 1930-1940
c. The top of the roof boards after 1940

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all correct (MDs Pg 4)
The correct answers are: The underside of the roof boards from 1930-1940, The top of the roof boards after 1940, Enclose floor areas and the cockloft to 3000 square feet or less
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For an apartment fire in an Old Law Tenement, which line may be stretched to Exposure 2 or Exposure 4?
Select one:
a. The second or third line, if fire has actually extended or is about to extend across a shaft into the exposure
b. The second or third line, only if fire has actually extended across a shaft into the exposure
c. The third line, if fire has actually extended or is about to extend across a shaft into the exposure
d. The second line, only if fire has actually extended across a shaft into the exposure

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(MDs 3.2.11)
The correct answer is: The second or third line, if fire has actually extended or is about to extend across a shaft into the exposure

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Fire in the cockloft of a New Law Tenement requires the IC to order a cockloft nozzle to the top floor?
Select one:
a. As the second or third line
b. As the third or fourth line
c. As the first line
d. When deemed necessary
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(MDs 3.3.8)

The correct answer is: When deemed necessary

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Units not assigned to a sector or group supervisor should give reports to the?
Select one:
a. Operations Chief
b. Nearest Sector / Group Supervisor
c. Incident Commander
d. Resource Unit Leader
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(MDs 3.4.4)

The correct answer is: Incident Commander

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A Battalion Chief arrives on the scene of a fire in a 6-story Old Law Tenement where he finds fire on the 3rd floor has extended to the 4th floor of the same building via a rear shaft. In this situation, he should?
Select one:
a. Transmit a second alarm
b. Special call an extra engine and ladder
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(MDs 3.4.6) Fire in shaft into an exposure (different building) is a second alarm
The correct answer is: Special call an extra engine and ladder

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When may an outside stream be directed into a multiple dwelling without warning and moving members first?
Select one:
a. Under no circumstances
b. Only in extreme, lifesaving situations
c. In any lifesaving situation
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(MDs 3.5.10F)

The correct answer is: Only in extreme, lifesaving situations

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Piping containing flammable gas is not permitted vertically or horizontally?
Select one or more:
a. In public hallways
b. In a shaft with a standpipe riser
c. In stair enclosures
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(MDs 3.5.9)

The correct answers are: In stair enclosures, In a shaft with a standpipe riser, In public hallways

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At a store fire in an Old Law Tenement, it would be incorrect to state?
Select one:
a. A 2.5” line must be stretched for medium or large fires
b. Store ceilings are usually constructed of metal panels
c. Metal ceilings can communicate heat to the second floor
d. No plate glass windows are to be broken without a charged line ready

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(MDs 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3) Large fires only

The correct answer is: A 2.5” line must be stretched for medium or large fires

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Floor beams in Old Law Tenements that were supported by masonry walls were usually provided with fire cuts?
Select one:
a. Disagree
b. Agree
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(MDs 4.8.1B)

The correct answer is: Agree

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Regarding SROs in Old Law Tenements, it is incorrect to state?
Select one:
a. The sprinkler system is supplied only by a roof tank
b. They require sprinklers in each room and in the stairway
c. They require an interior alarm system
d. The sprinkler system cannot be supplied by the FDNY

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(MDs 4.8.4) The sprinkler system is supplied only by a roof tank
The correct answer is: The sprinkler system is supplied only by a roof tank

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An IC notified about the presence of a party wall balcony in the rear of an OLT should consider which of the following tactic(s)?
Select one or more:
a. Have portable ladders brought to the rear
b. Special call an additional ladder to aid search and rescue on the rear party wall balcony
c. Stretch a hand line to the rear

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(MDs 4.8.7D)
The correct answers are: Special call an additional ladder to aid search and rescue on the rear party wall balcony, Stretch a hand line to the rear, Have portable ladders brought to the rear

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Regarding Rear Tenements it would be incorrect to state?
Select one:
a. The distance between the front and rear building is usually 10-25 feet
b. They are all of Class 3, Non-Fireproof construction
c. They range from 2-5 stories
d. Raising ladders at the rear tenement may be a problem

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(MDs 4.8.8) Frame Class 4 or NFP Class 3

The correct answer is: They are all of Class 3, Non-Fireproof construction

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Regarding the steel used in New Law Tenements, it is incorrect to state that?
Select one:
a. I-shape columns and I-beams can transmit fire, heat and smoke
b. Columns are also known as channel rails
c. Steel when heated to high temperatures may fail
d. Steel when heated, expands and can elongate substantially at fires

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(MDs 5.2.3) H shape columns, I shaped beams

The correct answer is: I-shape columns and I-beams can transmit fire, heat and smoke

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The most common roof in a New Law Tenement is a?
Select one:
a. Springy roof where the main roof beams are several feet above the top floor ceiling beams
b. Spring, inverted roof
c. Sturdy roof where the main roof beams are several feet above the top floor ceiling beams
d. Sturdy, inverted roof

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(MDs 5.2.4B)

The correct answer is: Sturdy roof where the main roof beams are several feet above the top floor ceiling beams

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Fire resistance and collapse resistance are directly related to the mass of a building.
Select one:
a. Disagree?
b. Agree
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(Chap 1,Pg 1)

The correct answer is: Agree

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Passive fire protection is fire protection provided by?
Select one:
a. Non-automatic sprinklers
b. The structure
c. Automatic Sprinklers
d. Hose streams
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(Chap 2,Pg 3)

The correct answer is: The structure

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Corner Safe Areas are four flanking zones around a burning building--where if the 4 brick walls collapse and cover the ground with bricks, there are 4 corner safe areas with fewer bricks.
Select one:
a. Agree
b. Disagree?
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(Chap 2,Pg 3)

The correct answer is: Agree

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Gravity load is?
Select one:
a. Dead load only
b. A combination of dead load and live load
c. Live load only
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(Chap 2,Pg 3)

The correct answer is: A combination of dead load and live load

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Which definition is incorrect?
Select one:
a. Fluted metal steel deck is a wavy piece of sheet steel deck used to support a concrete floor
b. Global collapse means a large, but not total collapse of a building
c. A bridge truss is a perpendicular truss used in steel bar truss floor systems to provide lateral support
d. Purlin is a timber laid horizontal and perpendicular to support the common roof rafters

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Chap 2,Pg 4) Global collapse means a total collapse of a building
The correct answer is: Global collapse means a large, but not total collapse of a building

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Regarding fire cut beams, it is incorrect to state?
Select one:
a. Floor collapse will not topple a bearing wall outward that has fire cut beams
b. It is designed to release itself from a masonry wall during a collapse
c. It is a restrained beam end
d. Fire cut beams will have earlier floor collapse

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(Chap 2,Pg 5) Is an UNRESTRAINED beam end

The correct answer is: It is a restrained beam end

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In balloon construction, which wall will fall straight out, in one section, at a 90-degree angle?
Select one:
a. Bearing wall
b. Non-bearing wall
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(Chap 2,Pg 6)

The correct answer is: Non-bearing wall

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Wood braced frame construction often fails how?
Select one:
a. 90-degree angle wall collapse
b. Inward outward wall collapse
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(Chap 2,Pg 6)

The correct answer is: Inward outward wall collapse

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From a fire protection point of view, the superior construction is?
Select one:
a. Braced frame construction
b. Platform construction
c. Balloon construction
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(Chap 2,Pg 6)

The correct answer is: Platform construction

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The flat roof which is more stable under fire conditions is the one with roof beam ends?
Select one:
a. Rigidly encased in cavities of the wall
b. Resting on a corbel shelf
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(Chap 2,Pg 8)

The correct answer is: Rigidly encased in cavities of the wall

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