Chapter 2 and 3

Question 1

What is the largest of the pyramids called and what year was it constructed?

Answer 1

Cheops 2560 BC

Question 2

How tall was the Cheops pyramid?

Answer 2

481 feet. Tallest structure on earth for 43 centuries

Question 3

How tall is the Ulm Cathedral in Germany?

Answer 3

528 ft

Question 4

What was the first elevator called?

Answer 4

Safety lift

Question 5

What year did Elijah Graves Otis invent the first elevator

Answer 5

1853

Question 6

A mega high-rise is described as a large tall building greater than ______ stories

Answer 6

50

Question 7

NFPA 101 Life Safety Code defines a high-rise building as a building greater than _____feet and height

Answer 7

75

Question 8

A simple and practical definition of a high-rise that would apply to most fire departments is?

Answer 8

A high-rise building in which the highest level or portion thereof cannot be reached by fire department ladders

Question 9

What is the average distance of a floor in a residential high-rise building?

Answer 9

9 to 10 ft per floor

Question 10

What is the average floor height of a commercial high-rise building?

Answer 10

12 to 15 ft per floor

Question 11

Generally speaking a well-placed aerial ladder will be capable of reaching what floor of a high-rise building

Answer 11

7th or 8th floor of a residential high-rise and 5th or 6th floor of a typical commercial high-rise

Question 12

What is the best choice for rescue operations in a high-rise?

Answer 12

Rescue via the interior stairwells during a primary search operation

Question 13

What is the least preferred method of rescue operations in a high-rise?

Answer 13

Rescue from the exterior, roof, aircraft, specialty helicopter

Question 14

Most high-rise buildings are built using what?

Answer 14

Protected non-combustible and fire resistive components

Question 15

High-rise buildings can have a ______to ________ hour fire resistive rating under typical fire conditions

Answer 15

2 to 4

Question 16

How many generations of high-rise Construction exist?

Answer 16

Four

Question 17

Constructed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, extremely heavy load bearing exterior walls, built of brick or stone describes what generation of high-rise building?

Answer 17

First generation

Question 18

What generation of high-rise building is characterized by cast iron facades?

Answer 18

First generation Construction

Question 19

Unprotected vertical openings, open stairways, light wheels, and elevator shafts are characteristics of what generation of high-rise?

Answer 19

First generation

Question 20

What generation of high-rise is considered pre-World War II construction?

Answer 20

Second generation

Question 21

What generation high-rise Construction is the Empire State building?

Answer 21

Second generation

Question 22

What generation high-rise construction is considered post World War II?

Answer 22

Third generation Construction

Question 23

Central heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system are features of what generation of Building Construction?

Answer 23

Third generation

Question 24

What generation high-rise Construction could be defined as windowless?

Answer 24

Third generation Construction

Question 25

In this generation of high-rise construction the stairwells are much more likely to become contaminated with smoke in a serious

Answer 25

3rd Generation Construction

Question 26

Stair pressurization can quickly become lost when this happens.

Answer 26

Multiple doors to the stairwell are being open to simultaneously during mass evacuation

Question 27

Known as post 9/11 high-rise construction.

Answer 27

4th generation Construction

Question 28

What will likely be seen in 4th generation construction?

Answer 28

Second generation features

Question 29

Where is the systems officer usually positioned?

Answer 29

Inside the Fire Command Center

Question 30

What should be done in preparing to supply the buildings fire protection system, also serves as a backup water supply in the event that the primary water supply or any other component within the building system, such as a fire pump, failed to operate properly?

Answer 30

Hooking up to the FDC

Question 31

At least how many stairwells are located in a high-rise building that run the entire vertical distance of the building?

Answer 31

Two

Question 32

The vertical design of a high-rise building makes it particularly susceptible to what?

Answer 32

Rapid extension of fire and smoke throughout the building

Question 33

What are the most common avenues for fire spread in a high-rise building?

Answer 33

Poked through construction Curtain Wall Gap Auto exposure

Question 34

What are most exterior curtain walls made of?

Answer 34

Glass, aluminum, and/or Stone, or a combination of these

Question 35

The distance between floors that in most cases afford some protection from Auto exposure

Answer 35

Spandrel distance

Question 36

_______ create somewhat of a vertical and horizontal spandrel distance and significantly reduced the threat of vertical fire extension via Auto exposure

Answer 36

Balconies

Question 37

A building less than 75 ft tall

Answer 37

Low rise

Question 38

When should the standpipe system be bypassed in a line stretched from the pumper apparatus outside?

Answer 38

Second floor and below

Question 39

What is the maximum distance for an 1-3/4 line?

Answer 39

300 ft

Question 40

Warehouses are also known as?

Answer 40

Wide Rises

Question 41

What class of standpipes are usually found in a warehouses?

Answer 41

Class 2

Question 42

Should firefighters use Class 2 standpipes in warehouses for fire suppression?

Answer 42

No. They are not design to deliver fireflow necessary for safe and effective firefighting

Question 43

Where are horizontal standpipes typically found?

Answer 43

Shopping malls

Question 44

Success on Warehouse fires typically rest heavily on who?

Answer 44

Truck company Personnel to locate the seat of the fire and got the engine companies

Question 45

Which problems are more inherent at educational facilities?

Answer 45

Malicious false alarms, small arts and fires, trash set on fire and bathrooms

Question 46

Class 2 standpipe systems are likely to deliver less than ______ gallons per minute

Answer 46

100