BC Quiz 5

Question 1

1.The 2008 NYC Building Code requires \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ voice communication from the Fire Command Center to all stairways and dwellings for all new R-2 buildings greater than \_\_\_\_\_ feet in height?
Select one:
a. One Way, 125 feet
b. Two Way, 125 feet
c. One Way, 150 feet
d. Two Way, 125 feet

Answer 1

MDs 6.12.2

The correct answer is: One Way, 125 feet

Question 2

2.The ICP location at a HRFPMD fire may be located outside of the building for which reason(s) indicated below?
Select one or more:
a. To provide greater control when coordinating deployment of WCD
b. To obtain better communications away from the background noise of PPV fans
c. To provide greater control when operating exterior streams, including the HRN
d. To get a better view of fire conditions
e. To try and determine if the face of the building is being exposed to wind

Answer 2

MDs 6.21.3, 6.21.4
The correct answers are: To get a better view of fire conditions, To try and determine if the face of the building is being exposed to wind, To provide greater control when coordinating deployment of WCD, To provide greater control when operating exterior streams, including the HRN, To obtain better communications away from the background noise of PPV fans

Question 3

3.A 10-77 / 2nd alarm is transmitted at a fire on the 9th floor of a 26-story HRFPMD. Which Chiefs below shall report in with their POST radio’s and their aides in full PPE?
Select one or more:
a. Safety Officer and Safety Battalion
b. Sector / Group Supervisors
c. ICP — Deputy Chief and Battalion Chief
d. Resource Unit Leader
e. Rescue Operating Battalion

Answer 3

MDs 6.21.4
The correct answers are: ICP — Deputy Chief and Battalion Chief, Sector / Group Supervisors, Safety Officer and Safety Battalion, Resource Unit Leader, Rescue Operating Battalion

Question 4

4.The first Battalion Chief to arrive at a fire in a HRFPMD should advise the dispatcher of all of the following except?
Select one:
a. The use of a Cross Band Repeater
b. Signal 10-70 — due to insufficient water at the standpipe outlet
c. If a fire is wind impacted
d. The location of the ICP — whether it is in the Lobby or outside
e. The attack stair letter designation

Answer 4

MDs 6.22 B, D Comm 12, Comm 8—10-70, Add 3 2.1 Location of the ICP if its outside
The correct answer is: The location of the ICP — whether it is in the Lobby or outside

Question 5

5.You are the 1st BC operating at a 10-77 with heavy smoke on the upper floors. Which Chauffeurs may be used to assist in receiving and / or recording the information of calls from occupants on the floors above?
Select one:
a. 3rd or 4th LCC’s and the 3rd or 4th ECC’s
b. 3rd or 4th ECC’s
c. 2nd, 3rd or 4th ECC’s
d. 2nd, 3rd or 4th LCC’s and the 2nd, 3rd or 4th ECC’s

Answer 5

MDs 6.22 L

The correct answer is: 3rd or 4th ECC’s

Question 6

6. The 2nd Battalion Chief to arrive at a 10-77 in a HRFPMD should take which actions?
   Select one:
   a. If necessary, insure entry is made to the apartment below the fire apartment for HRN operations or securing WCD ropes
   b. Take a position on the first floor below the fire
   c. Make sure the 1st hoseline is in operation before a second hose line is started
   d. Supervise the Fire Sector — the fire floor and floor above
   e. If necessary, insure the HRN is in position to operate

Answer 6

MDs 6.23 Note, D, Q, S, T
The correct answers are: Supervise the Fire Sector — the fire floor and floor above, Take a position on the first floor below the fire, Make sure the 1st hoseline is in operation before a second hose line is started, If necessary, insure the HRN is in position to operate - If necessary, ensure entry is made to the apartment below the fire apartment so
members can place HRN into position and/or secure the deployment ropes of
WCDs.

Question 7

7.The 3rd BC to arrive at a HRFPMD fire is responsible for the SAE Group. Regarding the SAE Group Supervisor responsibilities, it is incorrect to state he / she is responsible?
Select one:
a. To choose a Non-IDLH area to locate the SAE Group Post, if possible
b. For searches on the floors, stairs, halls above the fire floor
c. To locate the SAE Group Post at a location on a floor above the Fire Sector
d. To ensure a POST radio is on the Command Channel at the SAE Post

Answer 7

MDs 6.24 A, B Responsible for searches on the floors, stairs, halls above the fire sector
The correct answer is: For searches on the floors, stairs, halls above the fire floor

Question 8

8.A “High Flow” reading registered on the Engine Company Apparatus Flow Meter indicates which possibilitie(s)?
Select one or more:
a. A pipe may be fractured
b. Standpipe outlet valves may be open
c. A Riser Control Valve may be closed
d. A Post Indicator Valve may be closed

Answer 8

MDs 6.27.1

The correct answers are: A pipe may be fractured, Standpipe outlet valves may be open

Question 9

9.If there is a leak in the standpipe piping system at any point below grade, it may be necessary to shut down which valve(s)?
Select one or more:
a. The Riser Control Valve
b. The Post Indicator Valve

Answer 9

MDs 6.27.1

The correct answers are: The Riser Control Valve, The Post Indicator Valve

Question 10

10.Anytime a Siamese is being supplied and there is not enough water pressure, the ECC supplying the Siamese shall communicate to the \_\_\_\_\_ the \_\_\_\_\_ reading?
Select one:
a. Engine Officer, Pressure
b. IC, Flow Meter
c. Engine Officer, Flow Meter
d. IC, Pressure

Answer 10

MDs 6.27.1

The correct answer is: IC, Flow Meter

Question 11

11.Sprinkler siameses should be supplied when sprinklers are located in the?
Select one:
a. Area adjacent to the fire area only
b. Fire area or adjacent area
c. Fire area only

Answer 11

MDs 6.27.6

The correct answer is: Fire area or adjacent area

Question 12

12.Regarding duplex apartment fires, it is incorrect to state?
Select one:
a. Duplex apartments may have stairs that lead up to bedroom areas or stairs that go down to a second level below
b. Sandwich apartments have only one public hall every 3 floors.
c. Sandwich apartments are found in groups of three, with 3 separate doors that open on the same floor leading to three apartments that are found only on one level
d. The simplest duplex has all doors on the public hall entering apartments with identical floor layouts
e. Most duplexes have two means of entrances from a public hallway or open air walkway

Answer 12

MDs 6.28.1 Most duplexes have one means of entrance

The correct answer is: Most duplexes have two means of entrances from a public hallway or open air walkway

Question 13

13.It is incorrect to state that many newer types of HRFPMD apartments have?
Select one:
a. Double 5/8” sheetrock walls
b. Doors with no letter or number designations — indicating they are a second exit
c. Inadequate sealing of floor and ceiling areas, especially in kitchens and bathrooms
d. Outside balconies that usually serve only one apartment

Answer 13

MDs 6.28.1 Serving two apartments

The correct answer is: Outside balconies that usually serve only one apartment

Question 14

14.If a fire window faces onto a balcony or terrace in a HRFPMD, which of the following will be impossible to utilize on that window?
Select one or more:
a. KO Curtain
b. Window Blanket
c. High Rise Nozzle

Answer 14

MDs 6.28.2

The correct answers are: Window Blanket, KO Curtain

Question 15

15.At motor vehicle fires in HRFPMD cellars, a BC would be correct to think members should?
Select one or more:
a. Use thermal imaging cameras to locate the fire
b. Position PPV fans to control smoke from entering other building areas and relieve the garage of smoke
c. Listen for the noise from sprinkler heads to locate the fire
d. Use a limited number of personnel
e. Use a search line

Answer 15

MDs 6.30
The correct answers are: Use a search line, Use a limited number of personnel, Use thermal imaging cameras to locate the fire, Listen for the noise from sprinkler heads to locate the fire, Position PPV fans to control smoke from entering other building areas and relieve the garage of smoke

Question 16

16. A parapet wall is a vertical cantilever beam.
    Select one:
    a. Disagree
    b. Agree

Answer 16

Ch 4 Pg 26

The correct answer is: Agree

Question 17

17. A marquee is a cantilever beam connected to a parapet wall that can pull the façade wall down with it if the marquee collapses.
    Select one:
    a. Agree
    b. Disagree

Answer 17

Ch 4 Pg 26

The correct answer is: Agree

Question 18

18. Which is more of a collapse danger — having a greater chance of failure?
    Select one:
    a. Canopy
    b. Marquee

Answer 18

Ch 4 Pg 26

The correct answer is: Canopy

Question 19

19. A canopy has which of the following?
Select one or more:
a. It is supported on one end only
b. It has many points of connection
c. It is lightweight
d. It’s a cantilever beam

Answer 19

Ch 4 Pg 26
The correct answers are: It’s a cantilever beam, It is lightweight, It has many points of connection, It is supported on one end only

Question 20

20. Regarding the collapse of parapet walls, it is incorrect to state?
    Select one:
    a. Steel lintels supporting a parapet wall can expand, twist or buckle due to heat causing a parapet wall to collapse
    b. Both the front and back of parapet walls are made of finished brick a glazed with a water resistant coating
    c. A parapet wall tied together with steel reinforcement rods will collapse in larger sections than a parapet wall without steel reinforcement rods
    d. Parapet walls are free standing walls supported from one end — the bottom

Answer 20

Ch 5 Pg 29-30 Only the front of parapet walls are made of finished brick a glazed
The correct answer is: Both the front and back of parapet walls are made of finished brick a glazed with a water resistant coating

Question 21

21. Fire resistance of a floor is directly related to its mass and the spacing of the floor system
    Select one:
    a. Disagree
    b. Agree

Answer 21

Ch 6 Pg 32

The correct answer is: Agree

Question 22

22. A building with a frontage of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ feet or more usually has columns or girders?
Select one:
a. 30
b. 35
c. 25
d. 20

Answer 22

Ch 6 Pg 33

The correct answer is: 25

Question 23

23. Floor beams supported at each end of a building supported by bearing walls are called \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ beams?
Select one:
a. Cantilever
b. Simple
c. Continuous

Answer 23

Ch 6 Pg 34

The correct answer is: Simple

Question 24

24. Which tactic(s) indicated below are correct actions for managing the risk of floor collapse?
    Select one or more:
    a. Floor deck collapse — Keep one leg outstretched to feel for the floor openings or weakening while advancing and directing a hose line
    b. Multilevel floor collapse — Withdraw firefighters from inside and set up defensive master streams
    c. Floor beam collapse — Keep one leg outstretched when encountering a weakened section of floor while advancing and directing a hose line
    d. Floor deck collapse — Sound the floor with a tool while searching in smoke

Answer 24

Ch 6 Pg 34 C. Floor beam collapse — Use the reach of the stream when encountering a weakened section of floor while advancing and directing a hose line
The correct answers are: Floor deck collapse — Sound the floor with a tool while searching in smoke, Floor deck collapse — Keep one leg outstretched to feel for the floor openings or weakening while advancing and directing a hose line, Multilevel floor collapse — Withdraw firefighters from inside and set up defensive master streams

Question 25

25. The most dangerous time for a floor collapse is during the?
Select one:
a. Fully Developed Stage
b. Decay Stage
c. Growth Stage

Answer 25

Ch 6 Pg 35

The correct answer is: Decay Stage