DOT

Question 1

Any act that would remove or neutralize a fire hazard.

Answer 1

Abatement

Question 2

Any person who acts as agent of the owner and manages the use of a building for him.

Answer 2

Administrator

Question 3

Any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer used to set off explosives.

Answer 3

Blasting Agent

Question 4

A highly combustible and explosive compound produced by the reaction of nitric acid with a cellulose material.

Answer 4

Cellulose Nitrate or Nitro Cellulose

Question 4

Any plastic substance, materials or compound having cellulose nitrate (nitro cellulose) as base.

Answer 4

Cellulose Nitrate Plastic (Pyroxylin)

Question 4

Any readily ignitable and free burning fiber such as cotton, oakum, rags, waste cloth, waste paper, kapok, hay, straw, Spanish moss, excelsior and other similar materials commonly used in commerce.

Answer 4

Combustible Fiber

Question 5

Descriptive of materials that are easily set on fire.

Answer 5

Combustible, Flammable or Inflammable

Question 6

Any liquid having a flash point at or above 37.8˚C (100˚F).

Answer 6

Combustible Liquid

Question 7

Any liquid which causes fire when in contact with organic matter or with certain chemicals.

Answer 7

Corrosive Liquid

Question 8

The process of first raising the temperature in separate the more volatile from the less volatile parts and then cooling and condensing the resulting vapor so as to produce a nearly purified substance.

Answer 8

Distillation

Question 8

A finely powdered substance which, when mixed with air in the proper proportion and ignited will cause an explosion

Answer 8

Dust

Question 8

A normally open device installed inside an air duct system which automatically closes to restrict the passage of smoke or fire.

Answer 8

Damper

Question 9

A continuous passageway for the transmission of air.

Answer 9

Duct System

Question 10

Materials used as final coating of a surface for ornamental or protective purposes.

Answer 10

Finishes

Question 10

An extremely hot luminous bridge formed by passage of an electric current across a space between two conductors or terminals due to the incandescence of the conducting vapor.

Answer 10

Electrical Arc

Question 10

The active principle of burning, characterized by the heat and light of combustion.

Answer 10

Fire

Question 10

A hot piece or lump that remains after a material has partially burned, and is still oxidizing without the manifestation of flames.

Answer 10

Ember

Question 11

A building unsafe in case of fire because it will burn easily or because it lacks adequate exits or fire escapes.

Answer 11

Fire Trap

Question 12

Any visual or audible signal produced by a device or system to warm the occupants of the building or fire fighting elements of the presence or danger of fire to enable them to undertake immediate action to save life and property and to suppress the fire

Answer 12

Fire Alarm

Question 12

Refers to design and installation of walls, barriers, doors, windows, vents, means of egress, etc. integral to and incorporated into a building or structure in order to minimize danger to life from fire, smoke, fumes or panic before the building is evacuated. These features are also designed to achieve, among others, safe and rapid evacuation of people through means of egress sealed from smoke or fire, the confinement of fire or smoke in the room or floor of origin and delay their spread to other parts of the building by means of smoke sealed and fire resistant doors, walls and floors.

Answer 12

Fire Safety Constructions

Question 13

It shall also mean to include the treatment of buildings components or contents with flame retardant chemicals.

Answer 13

Fire Safety Constructions

Question 14

A process where a piece of metal is heated prior to changing its shape or dimensions.

Answer 14

Forcing

Question 15

The minimum temperature at which any material gives off vapor in sufficient concentration to form an ignitable mixture with air.

Answer 15

Flash Point

Question 16

A kind of stable explosive compound which explodes by percussion.

Answer 16

Fulminate

Question 17

Any act of manufacturing, fabrication, conversion, etc., that uses or produces materials which are likely to cause fires or explosions.

Answer 17

Hazardous Operation/Process

Question 18

The use of one or more electrical appliances or devices which draw or consume electrical current beyond the designed capacity of the existing electrical system.

Answer 18

Overloading

Question 18

A piece of metal or an electrical conductor used to bypass a safety device in an electrical system.

Answer 18

Jumper

Question 18

Passageway from one building to another or through or around a wall in approximately the same floor level.

Answer 18

Horizontal Exit

Question 19

A material that readily yields oxygen in quantities sufficient to stimulate or support combustion.

Answer 19

Oxidizing Material

Question 19

The person who holds the legal right of possession or title to a building or real property.

Answer 19

Owner

Question 19

Any street, alley or other strip of land unobstructed from the ground to the sky, deeded, dedicated or otherwise permanently appropriated for public use.

Answer 19

Public Way

Question 20

A process where impurities and/or deleterious materials are removed from a mixture in order to produce a pure element of compound.

Answer 20

Refining

Question 21

It shall also refer to partial distillation and electrolysis.

Answer 21

Refining

Question 22

Automatic closing doors that are designed to confine smoke and heat and delay the spread of fire.

Answer 22

Self-Closing Doors

Question 23

Melting or fusing of metallic ores or compounds so as to separate impurities from pure metals.

Answer 23

Smelting

Question 24

An integrated network of hydraulically designed piping installed in a building, structure or area with outlets arranged in a systematic pattern which automatically discharges water when activated by heat or combustion products from a fire.

Answer 24

Sprinkler System

Question 24

A system of vertical pipes in a building to which fire hoses can be attached on each floor, including a system by which water is made available to the outlets as needed.

Answer 24

Standpipe System