Exits Training

Question 1

An exit must lead to:

a. An area that will not be needed for fire department operations.
b. A safe, open area with enough room for all of the people who use
the exit.
c. An area that is upwind of the fire.
d. The front of the building or a parking lot.

Answer 1

b. A safe, open area with enough room for all of the people who use
the exit.

Question 2

Exit routes:

a. Can’t lead toward a ramp.
b. Can be used for temporary storage.
c. Can’t lead toward a room that may be locked.
d. Must be inspected at the beginning and end of each shift.

Answer 2

c. Can’t lead toward a room that may be locked.

Question 3

A door that leads from a room to an exit route must swing out from the room into the exit route:

a. If the room may be occupied by more than 50 people.
b. If the room contains explosive materials.
c. Always.
d. Either a or b.

Answer 3

d. Either a or b.

Question 4

A doorway that might be mistaken for an exit:

a. Can be marked “Not an Exit.”
b. Must be locked.
c. Can be marked with a sign that says how the room is used.
d. Either a or c.

Answer 4

d. Either a or c.

Question 5

Exit routes need to be marked:

a. With signs that show the direction to the nearest exit.
b. With color-coded stripes.
c. With flashing lights after the alarm has sounded.
d. With 6-inch wide red arrows on a white background.

Answer 5

a. With signs that show the direction to the nearest exit.

Question 6

An exit:

a. Is the same thing as an exit route.
b. Is part of an exit route.
c. Can be locked if more than one person has the key.
d. Can include the hallway that leads from the cafeteria.

Answer 6

b. Is part of an exit route.

Question 7

When a building has two exit routes:

a. They must lead to different exits in case one exit route is blocked.
b. Both exit routes can lead to the same exit.
c. Only one of the exit routes can use a stairway.
d. They do not need to be as wide as when there is only one exit
route.

Answer 7

a. They must lead to different exits in case one exit route is blocked.

Question 8

The portion of the exit route that generally is separated from other areas to provide a protected way of travel to the exit discharge is the definition of:

a. Doorway.
b. Stairway.
c. Exit.
d. None of the above.

Answer 8

c. Exit.

Question 9

____________ must be posted along the exit route to indicate the direction of travel to the nearest exit.

a. Lights.
b. Signs.
c. Labels.
d. Arrows.

Answer 9

b. Signs.

Question 10

A _________________ exit door must be used to connect any room to an exit route.

a. Red.
b. Windowless.
c. Side-hinged.
d. Top-hinged.

Answer 10

c. Side-hinged.