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1
Q

What is a rapid oxidation process with the evolution of light and heat in varying intensities ?

A

Fire

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2
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What are the 3 basic elements of fire?

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  1. Heat
  2. Fuel
  3. Oxygen
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What are the 4 parts of the Fire Tetrahedron?

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  1. Heat
  2. Fuel
  3. Oxygen
    1) Uninhibited (chemical) chain reaction
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4
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What are the 3 methods of heat transfer?

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  1. Conduction
  2. Convection
  3. Radiation
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5
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What is the heat transfer to another body or within a body by direct contact?

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Conduction

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What is the heat transfer by cicrculation within a medium, such as a gas or liquid?

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Convection

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What is heat transfer by way of electromagnetic waves?

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Radiation

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2 types of combustion

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  1. Smoldering

2. Flaming

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9
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Types of flames

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  1. Premixed

2. Diffusion

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10
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What is any flame in which the fuel and oxidizer are inititially mixed and ignited?

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Pre-mixed flame

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What is a flame in which fuel and air mix or diffuse together at the region of combustion?

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Diffusion

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12
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What are the 3 types of fuel?

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  1. Solid
  2. Liquid
  3. Gaseous
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13
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What type of fuel needs to be heated in order to decompose and produce ignitable vapors?

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Solid fuel

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14
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What type of fuel needs to produce vapors to be ignited?

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Liquid fuel

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15
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What is known as the lowest temperature at which a liquid produces vapors at a sufficient rate to support a momentary flame?

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Flashpoint

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16
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What liquids have a flashpoint of less than 100° F?

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Flammable

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17
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What liquids have a flashpoint of greater than 100°F?

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Combustible

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18
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What statue is 18 USC 844 (f)?

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Arson of Federal Property

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19
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What statue is 18 USC 844(i)?

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Business property (interstate commerce)

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20
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What are the minimum and maximum pentalies for 18 USC 844(i) for
- no injury
- injury 
- death 
?
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  • not less than 5 yrs, not more than 20
  • not less than 7 yrs, not more than 40
  • not less than 20 yrs,life, or death
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21
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What is considered real property?

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Land and buildings

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22
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What is considered personal property?

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Moveable property

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23
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What is 18 USC 247(a) ?

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Arson of religious property

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What are the maximum punishments for 18 USC 247(c) for:

  • no injury
  • injury
  • death ?
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  • up to 20
  • up to 40
  • any term of years, life or death penalty
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25
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What is 18 USC 844(h)?

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Arson to commit another federal felony

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26
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What is the mandatory penalty for 18 USC 844 (h) ?

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10 years in addition to underlying felony (consecutive not concurrent)

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27
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What is 18 USC 844(m)?

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Conspiracy to commit 844(h)

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28
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In situations in which the property of another is damaged, 844(i) can only be used with which statute as a predicate where death or injury to another results from the fire?

A

18 USC 924(c)

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29
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Arson for profit falls under what statute ?

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18 USC 1341 and 1343 wire and mail fraud

18 USC 1957 Simple money laundering

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30
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What is when an ATF undercover agent is hired by a person (suspect) who wants a property burned?

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Sting

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31
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What is when an ATF UC hires a suspected arsonist to burn property?

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Reverse sting

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32
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In order to prove an attempt to commit 18USC (i) ATF must prove what?

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A substantial step was made in trying to commit the arson

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33
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T or F ? A UC or CI cannot be one of the 2 required to form a conspiracy?

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True, no true criminal agreement

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34
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During exigency circumstances who may enter a fire without a warrant?

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Firefighters justified by public safety

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35
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What firefighters see or smell is admissible under what?

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Plain view doctrine

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36
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After the fire is extinguished firefighters may remain on the premises to prevent rekindling and preserve the owners property without a search warrant or consent, this is known as?

A

Overhaul

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37
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ATF is not allowed to release criminal case information to everyone because of ?

A

The Privacy Act of 1974

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38
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For ATF to release a file to a company they first must?

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  1. Have insurance company make a request to ATF

2. ATF management can only give information

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39
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What may be used to determine if a bullet or casing was shot from a particular gun?

A

Microscopic comparison of marks on ammunition

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40
Q

What must be packaged and shipped separate from the firearm?

A

Live ammunition

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41
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What is permanence?

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Your fingerprints will remain unchanged unless serious injury that leaves a permenant scar

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42
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How are fingerprints unique?

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No 2 people have the same arrangement of friction ridges

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43
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Do identical twins have the same arrangement of friction ridges?

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No

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44
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What reduces the chance that latent prints will be found on a weapon that submitted to the lab ?

A

Excessive handling

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45
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Where can latent prints be obtained from tape?

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On both the adhesive and non-adhesive sides

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46
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What is FATT?

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Fingers Away from person being printed

Thumbs Towards person being printed

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47
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Major case prints have how many impressions for each finger?

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5

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48
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Major case prints should be taken not on a standard fingerprint card but on?

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Plain 8x8 cards or white paper

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49
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What is Next Generation Identification (NGI)?

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Latent fingerprint and palm print database ran by the FBI

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50
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What lighting can be used to help visualize prints?

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Oblique lighting

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51
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What is fire debris analyzed for?

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The presence of ignitable liquids

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52
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What are the best samples to collect fire debris?

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Absorbent and protected from the heat of the fire

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53
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What are the worst samples for collecting fire debris?

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  • Non-porous surfaces such as glass or metal
  • heavily charred debris
  • samples with contributions from pyrolysis
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54
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What is the most important aspect of collecting fire debris?

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Ensuring you put it in a vapor tight container

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55
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What are reccomended for collecting solid samples of fire debris?

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Metal cans, preferably lined but NOT gold lined

56
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Metals cans used for fire debris collection should be how full?

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No more than 2/3

57
Q

You should package what in separate boxes when shipping to the lab ?

A

Suspect and scene evidence

58
Q

Can old containers be reused for packaging evidence

A

No

59
Q

What is the exception for cells in the human body where DNA can be found?

A

Red blood cells (no nucleus )

60
Q

DNA testing cannot tell what?

A
  1. How long ago DNA was deposited
  2. The source of the DNA
  3. Age, race or physical appearance of individual
61
Q

What is the best way to prevent contamination before collecting a new item of evidence?

A

Change gloves right before handling

62
Q

When both fire debris and DNA analysis are needed what packaging guidelines should be followed?

A

The fire debris guidelines

63
Q

You should submit known examples from who?

A
  1. Victim(s)
  2. Suspect(s)
  3. Known handlers
  4. Owner of property
  5. LE who may have come in contact with evidence
64
Q

What is the easiest way to collect reference samples?

A

Use sterile cotton swabs

65
Q

Low explosives undergo what?

A

Deflagration

66
Q

High explosives undergo what?

A

Detonation

67
Q

What are the best sources of post-blast/residue particles?

A
  1. Device container frags
  2. Blast seat
  3. Witness material
68
Q

Can you combine different chemicals or explosives in the same package?

A

No

69
Q

When submitting intact explosives you must use what common carrier?

A

FEDEx

70
Q

What can associate an item with a suspect in their environment, or may associate items of the evidence from different locations to one another?

A

Trace evidence

71
Q

What are collected writings such as Drivers license , cancelled checks etc.?

A

Standards

72
Q

What are requested of the subject and filled out on an ATF 7100.7?

A

Exemplars

73
Q

What are the 4 stages of a fire?

A
  1. Ignition
  2. Growth
  3. Fully developed
  4. Decay
74
Q

What happens when heat is transferred by the methods of convection, conduction and radiation?

A

The fire spreads

75
Q

What area of a room will make a fire grow the fastest?

A

Corner configuration

76
Q

What is the transition phase in fire development when all combustibles in the room reach ignition temperatures simultaneously?

A

Flashover phase

77
Q

What are the 2 major types of fuel air explosions that are most commonly encountered by fire investigators ?

A
  1. Mechanical explosions

2. Chemical explosions

78
Q

What type of explosion have a high gas pressure that creates an internal pressure within a confining container and produces a purely physical reaction?

A

Mechanical explosions

79
Q

What is the most common explosion and is also referred to as a gas/vapor explosion, a fuel-air explosion or a combustion explosion?

A

Chemical explosion

80
Q

What is a mechanical explosion involving the expansion and subsequent failure of a vessel containing liquid?

A

BLEVE (boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion)

81
Q

What explosions involve solid, combustible or explosive mixtures, but the most common to the fire investigator will be reactions involving gases, vapors or dusts?

A

Chemical explosion

82
Q

What are those explosions that occur most often when the fuels are dispersed or diffused at the time of the explosion because of the rates of pressure rise are moderate and because the explosive velocities are subsonic?

A

Non-seated explosions

83
Q

Chemical explosions require a chemical reaction that could occur during what 3 reactions?

A
  1. Combustion reaction
  2. Decomposition reaction
  3. Rapid exothermic reaction
84
Q

What are the 3 types of combustion explosions?

A
  1. Lean
  2. Rich
  3. Stoichiometric
85
Q

What are the 7 steps of the systematic approach?

A
  1. Recognize the need
  2. Define the problem
  3. Collect the data
  4. Analyze the data
  5. Develop a hypothesis
  6. Test the hypothesis
  7. Select final hypothesis
86
Q

When examining a fire scene for origin and cause you should start with what?

A
  1. Exterior to interior

2. Least damage to most damage

87
Q

What is the intentional or unintentional destruction of evidence which would prohibit the interested parties from a fair examination of evidence?

A

Spoliation

88
Q

What incendiary fire indicator involves arranging fuel to move or trail the fire to areas?

A

Trailering

89
Q

What is “negative corpus”?

A

The credible elimination of all other potential ignition sources

90
Q

What will the final hypothesis report answer?

A
  1. Where did the fire begin? (Origin)

2. How did the fire start? (Cause)

91
Q

What are the 3 typical causes an ATF CFI will conclude?

A
  1. Accidental
  2. Incendiary
  3. Undetermined
92
Q

What is an additional catergory for fire caused without human intervention or action?

A

Natural

93
Q

Who is the only Bureau employee that is allowed to render an expert opinion on fire causation and testify as an expert on the same?

A

ATF certified fire investigator

94
Q

What are the 2 types of insurance agents?

A
  1. Captive

2. Independent

95
Q

What insurance terminology refers to what is uninsured, I.e buildings, contents business interruption?

A

Risk

96
Q

What insurance terminology refers to temporary insurance, until the policy is issued?

A

Binder

97
Q

What insurance terminology refers to the insurance company’s analysis of risk and determination of premium ?

A

Underwriting file

98
Q

What insurance terminology refers to the insuring document?

A

Policy

99
Q

What insurance terminology refers to a change to policy?

A

Endorsement

100
Q

What insurance terminology refers to the summary of insured, coverage amounts, endorsements, loss payees, additionally insured and mortgages?

A

Declaration sheet

101
Q

What insurance terminology refers to someone other than the insured who will receive money directly from payment of a claim?

A

Loss payee

102
Q

What insurance terminology refers to a document that is the formal chain of the insured?

A

Proof of loss

103
Q

What insurance terminology refers to if a claim is not paid in a timely manner the insurance company can be fined up to triple the amount of the claim?

A

Bad faith

104
Q

What insurance terminology refers to advanced payments made to the insured before claim is paid or denied?

A

Additional living expense

105
Q

What insurance terminology refers to compensating the insured for monies lost while business is closed down?

A

Business interruption

106
Q

What is a non- profit organization that receives support from 1000+ insurance companies ?

A

The national insurance crime bureau (NICB)

107
Q

What is an excellent resource for any complex arson case involving the insurance industry?

A

NICB

108
Q

What is the most common red flag of insurance fraud?

A

Prior losses. Usually small test fires

109
Q

What is an ATF forensic auditor?

A
  1. highly trained accountant
  2. Knowledgeable of financial transactions
  3. Understands LE investigative techniques
110
Q

At a fire scene how do we obtain records?

A
  1. Consent

2. Search warrant

111
Q

Who are some people at a fire scene of a business that should be interviewed?

A
  1. Owner
  2. Employees
  3. Neighborhood canvas
  4. Insurance agent
  5. Suppliers
  6. Customers
112
Q

What is the best question to ask an owner of a business at a fire scene?

A

How is business?

113
Q

What are the 3 credit reporting agencies?

A
  1. TransUnion
  2. Equifax
  3. Experian
114
Q

What is net worth?

A

Your money, assests etc. minus your debtw

115
Q

What is arson-for-profit?

A

Insurance fraud

116
Q

Why would a businessman burn his building down?

A
  1. Greed
  2. Retire
  3. Remodel
  4. Cover-up other crimes
117
Q

Possession of a Molotov Cocktail (Destructive Device) falls under what statute?

A

26 USC 5861(d)

118
Q

What is the most common motive for committing arson?

A

To defraud an insurance company

119
Q

How do flame spread?

A
  1. Upward and outward
  2. buoyance principle
  3. path of least resistance
120
Q

What is the major way heat is transferred at the beginning of a fire?

A

Convection

121
Q

What is the major way heat is transferred half way through and and the end of the fire?

A

Radiation

122
Q 
How many kilowatts does a
1. Trash basket
2. Large polyurethane chair
3. 1 gallon of gasoline
4. Large Polyurethane sofa
give off?
A
  1. 50kw
  2. 1000kw
  3. 1600kw
  4. 3000kw
123
Q

What is used to measure the size of a fire/ amount of energy ?

A

Kilowatts

124
Q

What is when a fire in a room becomes a room on fire?

A

Flashover

125
Q

in terms of the scientific approach documenting the scene refers to?

A

collecting data

126
Q

at the fire scene security of the scene is considered what part of the scientific approach?

A

define the problem

127
Q

What are some examples of indicators for an incendiary fire?

A
  1. Multiple origins
  2. ignitable liquids
  3. crime concealment
  4. Trailers
  5. Disabled fire protection
128
Q

When something is gassing off turning from a solid or a liquid into fuel it is known as

A

pyrolysis

129
Q

When burn patterns extend up and out you have a?

A

V pattern

130
Q

the level of smoke staining on the walls is called?

A

lines of demarcation

131
Q

the drying out of sheet rock by heat or direct flame impingement is called

A

calcination

132
Q

Clean burns are created by

A

direct fuel impingement, duration and fuel load

133
Q

the drying out of concrete caused by makeup, fuel loads or ignitable liquids is called

A

spalling

134
Q

candle flames are considered to be what type of diffusion flame?

A

Laminar

135
Q

the ideal combustion level with the ideal amount of fuel is known as

A

stoichiometric

136
Q

What is the role of forensic auditors?

A
  1. Analyze records needed and how to obtain those records
  2. analyze records for investigative needs
  3. conduct financial interviews
  4. testify at trial
137
Q

What are some services provided by the lab?

A
  1. Fire debris
  2. Explosives
  3. Firearms/tool marks
  4. latent fingerprints
  5. DNA

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