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Question: Which of type of rope dose the fire service mostly use, static or dynamic?

A

Static

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Question: Nylon, polypropylene, and polyester are examples of rope made from what type of materials?

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Synthetic or Man-made

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Question: ____ Strength is defined as the breaking strength of a rope when a load is applied along the direction of the length.

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Tensile

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Question: What part of the rope do you use in your dominant hand?

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Working End

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Question What is the amount of force a rope is capable of withstanding called?

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Tensile Strength

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Question: What type of rope has evenly distributed strength through out its core

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Braid on braid

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Question: What is the term called when you use the sense of touch to feel for any differences or abnormality in the rope?

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Tactiley

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Question: What knot is best suited to tie two different diameter rope together?

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Becket bend

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Question: What knot is best suited to tie two ropes of the same diameter together?

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Square knot

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Question: From what floor should tools begin to be hoisted up instead of carried?

A

3rd

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Question: would you use Natural material rope or synthetic rope as life safety rope?

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synthetic

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Question: At ECFA what is the Gas/oil ratio we use for our premix?

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50:1

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Question: Out of the WORKING END, STANDING PART, and RUNNING END which is the end of the rope utilized to tie the knot?

A

Working end

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Question: According to NFPA 1983 the two categories of life safety rope are light use and _________use.

A

general.

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Question: this category of rope has no stretch or no give under tension?

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static

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Question: what are the three “easy’s” of knot tying that we must remember at EFCA?

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easy to tie, easy to untie, easy to identify

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Question: at EFCA, a life-safety line for a two person rescue must have _______ pounds of tensile strength?

A

9000

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Question: The ______ is the only knot that is recommended for use to form a length of webbing into a load-bearing loop.

A

Water knot

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Question: If washing rope in a washing machine, only a ______ machine should be used.

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Front-loading

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Question: When cleaning natural fiber rope, do not use water, because they lose approximately _____ % of strength when wet and never regain it.

A

50

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Question: Polypropylene and polyethylene ropes have the advantage that _____ has no effect on their strength.

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Water

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Question: A light use (one person) rope must have a minimum tensile strength of how many pounds?

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4500

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QUESTION: ANYTHING ON THE LADDERS NEST IS ___ ROPE?

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UTILITY

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QUESTION: WHEN TALKING ABOUT KERNMANTLE ROPE, ____ % STRENGTH COMES FROM THE KERN AND ___% FROM THE MANTLE?

A

75 AND 25

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QUESTION: A KNOT IS CONSIDERED UN - FINISHED UNTIL A _____ KNOT IS DONE UNDERNEATH?

A

SAFETY

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QUESTION: WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE PARTS OF A ROPE, THE _____ _____ IS IN BETWEEN THE WORKING END AND THE RUNNING END?

A

STANDING PART

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Question: What is one of the most important and routinely used tools in the fire service?

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Rope

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Question: What is the most common type of construction for natural fiber ropes?

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Laid or Twisted

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Question: _______ a knot is the practice of making sure that all parts of the knot are lying in the proper orientation to the other parts.

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Dressing

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Question: What type of knot can you use to tie a safety knot?

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overhand knot OR double fisherman’s knot

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Question: When should you remove a life safety rope from service if it has been damaged?

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immediately

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Question: When hoisting hoselines, what part of the nozzle must be controlled at all times?

A

the bale

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Question: According to the lecture, what are the three things knots need to be?

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easy to tie, easy to untie and easy to identify

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Question: Name one of the most common methods of storing life safety rope?

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Bagged or Coiled

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Question: What are the three key things about knots at ECFA?

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1) Easy to tie 2) Easy to untie 3) Easy to identify or ID

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Question: what is 1 of the most important & routinely used tools in the fire service?

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rope

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Question: name 1 of materials of natural rope?

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manila, sisal, cotton

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38
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Question: how much safety rope is in the locker in the kitchen?

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2 x 600ft bags

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39
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Question: what are the 2 operations of rope?

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utility and life safety

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Question: _________ _________ lines are dedicated solely to the purpose of constructing lines for supporting people during rescue, firefighting, or other emergency operations.

A

Life Safety

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Question: Although it was a mainstay of fire service knots for years, synthetic fiber ropes have greatly reduced the utilization of the ____________ knot.

A

Bowline

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Question: Almost every department has a knot that the agency recognizes as the best knot to be used as a ____________ knot. It can be used on oneself, a patient or an unconscious patient.

A

Rescue

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43
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Question: How many strokes does a chainsaw have?

44
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Question: any ropes manufactured from ___ materials should be used only as utility lines.

45
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Question: this type of rope is used at ECFA as life safety rope

A

kern mantle

46
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Question: this is the term for making sure a knot is snug and tight in all directions

47
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Question: this is an overhand knot tied at the end to secure the first rope

A

safety knot

48
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Question: the South Bay cities of redondo beach, hermosa beach, manhattan beach, and el segundo are grouped under this name

49
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Question: The earliest ropes made by man and used in the fire service were made of what type of materials?

50
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Question: An advantage that ropes made from synthetic materials have over those made from natural materials is that they have a high ____ to ____ ratio.

A

Strength to weight.

51
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Question: The _____ knot is the only knot that is recommended for use to form a length of webbing into a load-bearing loop.

52
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Question: Which rope has a higher degree of elongation, static or dynamic?

53
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Question: Two broad categories of rope are ____ and ______.

A

Static, Dynamic

54
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Question: Life safety rope found damaged must be removed from service __________.

A

Immediately

55
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Question: Three main things to remember with knots are easy to tie, easy to unite, and easy to _________.

56
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Question: A knot is never done until a _______ knot is tied a the end.

57
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Question: Name the part of the rope between the running and working ends?

A

Standing End

58
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Question: What is the best way to dry rope at ECFA?

A

Hang dry or hang out to dry or hang to dry

59
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Question: NFPA 1983 sets minimum _______________ requirements for life for life safety rope.

A

Tensile strength.

60
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Question: Rope made from ___________ loses strength when wet or frozen.

61
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Question: Rope made from _________ has good resistance to acids.

A

Polyester.

62
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Question: The one real advantage of laid rope is that, because all fibers are exposed, it is easy to ______.

63
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Question: _____ was introduced in 1938 by E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company.

64
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Question: Name the three distinct parts of a knot.

A

Working, Standing, Running

65
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Question: Braid on Braid rope has a core strength of ____________% and an outer sheet strength of ____________%.

A

50% and 50%

66
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Question: Which category of rope stretches under tension?

67
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Question: Rope use for _______________ purposes has no governing standards.

68
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Question: Ropes, harness, and hardware utilized anywhere there will be a life supported must comply with NFPA______.

69
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Question: Guide ropes held and controlled by firefighters on the ground to pull objects away from dragging on a building when hoisting is known as what?

A

Tag / Guide Lines

70
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Question: Name one of the two ways rope is stored after it has been inspected and cleaned.

71
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Question: Type 1 ___ rope is manufactured from the higher-quality inner fiber of the Abaca Plant Leafstalk and can be identified by the colored string or ribbon that is twisted into the strands of the rope.

72
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Question: It is very important that rope is ___as it is being put back into a rope bag.

73
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Question: Manila rope is best cleaned by laying it out and ___it off.

74
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Question: It is important to twist apart a laid rope to inspect between ___.

75
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Question: A general fire service rule about tool hoisting is that hoisting instead of carrying begins at what floor level?

76
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Question: What agency has categorized fire service rope into 2 categories, light use and general use?

77
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Question: When starting a rotary saw (and some chainsaws) yuo must push the _______valve button to get rid of any excess engine pressure.

A

Decompression

78
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Question: _____ knots tend to slip when using synthetic rope, so we use a figure 8 knot instead.

79
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Question: When talking about kernmantle rope, the _____ is the core while the _______ is the outer sheathe.

A

Kern, Mantle

80
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Question: Ropes made of polypropylene and polyethylene have the ability to ______ on water.

81
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Question: Life safety line that is damaged must be removed from service________?

A

Immediately

82
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Question: It is impossible to inspect the inside of a ________ rope?

83
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Question: At ECFA we only __________ dry rope?

A

Air or Hang

84
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Question: Kernmantle rope can only be washed in a ________ _______ washer?

A

Front load

85
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Question: When tying knots it is important to remember they must be easy to tie, untie, and ______?

86
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Question: The __P__ that is painted on the gas can stand for _____________.

87
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Question: The __U__ that is painted on the gas can stands for _____________.

88
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Question: In regards to a chain saw, when it is missing ____ consecutive teeth OR a total of ___ missing teeth, then it is time to replace the chain.

A

3 (consecutive), 6 (total)

89
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Question: The ___ stroke engine requires a pre-mixed oil and gasoline solution.

90
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Question: If storing your rope in a bag with a hole in the bottom, what knot should be tied after feeding a small amount of rope through the hole?

A

Figure Eight Knot

91
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Question: A _____ Forms a U-turn in the rope that does not cross itself.

92
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Quesion:It is recommended that all inspections of life safety ropes be ______ on a form specifically designed for this purpose.

93
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Question: How many strokes does a blower have?

94
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Question: The _____ _____ is used to attach a rope to an object, such as a pole, tree or fence, or a tool, such as a pike pole or hoseline.

A

Clove hitch

95
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Question: What knot is usefull when an “end of the line” knot is needed, such as when a rappel rope is not long enough to reach the ground?

A

Basic figure eight

96
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Question: _______ _____ rope is best cleaned by brushing off the loose dirt and foreign materials with a stiff broom or brush.

A

Natural fiber

97
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Question: Pike poles should be hoisted _____ up.

98
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Question: Ropes made from ________ are never life safety ropes.

99
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Question: The core of Kernmantle rope takes 75% of the load. Is the core braided or straight rope?

100
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Question: The end of a rope that is utilized to secure or tie off the rope is known as the?

A

Working End

101
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Question: It is very important that rope be stored in a manner that allows for ____ ____ , access, and deployment at emergency operations.

A

Quick Identification

102
Q

Question: What is the maintenance procedure called for rotating a chainsaw bar so that the bar wears down evenly?

A

Flipping the bar

103
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Question: A major advantage of using 2-stroke engines for chain saws and rotary saws is that they can be operated at ____ ____ and not fail.

A

Awkward angles

104
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Question: The becket bend is utilized to tie ropes of ____ ____ together.

A

Equal Diameter

105
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Question: Bar oil is used to ____ the chain sliding against the bar on a chainsaw.

ECFA-135 (12 decks)

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