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FDNY 8-Week Study Guide Week 1 Lesson 2 Part 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Choose the answer that is most correct based on
Chapter 16, Ladder Company Operations:

  1. Ladder Company assignments are given to each member __________________.
    a) Upon arrival at the fire scene
    b) At roll call
    c) Upon reporting for duty
    d) Upon arrival at an emergency
A

Chapter 16, Ladder Company Operations

1. B

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  1. Each member shall personally check how many of the following items after Roll Call? (more than one)
    a) Firefighting gear
    b) Mask
    c) Pass alarm
    d) Flashlight
    e) Personal rope
    f) Assigned tools
A
  1. All
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  1. Members shall inform their ______________of the results of their apparatus, tool and equipment inspections.
    a) Battalion Chief
    b) Senior firefighter
    c) Officer
    d) Senior firefighter on duty
A
  1. C
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  1. If the second Ladder Company will not arrive within a reasonable time, who is responsible to make an interior search and removal of endangered occupants above the fire?
    a) 1st Ladder company
    b) 1st Engine company
    c) 2nd Engine company
    d) 1st Battalion Chief
A
  1. A
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  1. What building type represents the bulk of the FDNY’s responses?
    a) Taxpayer buildings
    b) Row frame buildings
    c) Brownstones
    d) Private dwellings
    e) Non-fireproof multiple dwellings
    f) Vacant buildings
    g) High rise office buildings
    h) Fireproof multiple dwellings
A
  1. E
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  1. Which one of the following ladder company members would not be considered part of the outside team?
    a) Extinguisher (can)
    b) Chauffeur
    c) OV
    d) Roof
A
  1. A
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  1. Which one of the following ladder company members would not be considered part of the inside team?
    a) Officer
    b) FE (irons)
    c) Extinguisher (can)
    d) OV
A
  1. D
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  1. Which of the following are the tools of the first arriving Ladder Company Chauffeur?
    a) Thermal Imaging Camera
    b) Halligan and Halligan Hook
    c) Halligan and Life Saving Rope
    d) What he/she deems necessary to complete their assignment
A
  1. D
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  1. For top floor fires in some occupancies the OV position will vary. Which of the following is a possible change in his/her procedure?
    a) Proceed to roof with the saw
    b) Proceed to rear with saw
    c) Proceed to roof with life saving rope
    d) Proceed to rear with life saving rope
A
  1. A
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  1. In some situations, the OV will take what tool in place of the halligan hook?
    a) Thermal imaging camera
    b) Maul
    c) Pike axe
    d) Hydra ram
A
  1. B
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  1. Which of the following tools has become more common in initial operations and can be utilized by any member?
    a) RAD 50
    b) Duckbill
    c) Life saving rope
    d) Thermal Imaging Camera
A
  1. D
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  1. A length of 1 3⁄4” hose weighs 22lbs., once charged, the weight increases to approximately 52lbs. A length of 2 1⁄2” hose weighs 35lbs., once charged the weight increases to approximately _____________lbs.
    a) 65lbs.
    b) 75lbs.
    c) 100lbs.
    d) 135lbs.
A
  1. D
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13
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  1. What is the most serious factor at any fire?
    a) Building construction
    b) Water supply
    c) Fire location
    d) Life hazard
    e) Weather
A
  1. D
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Chapter 8, Building Construction:

  1. The extension of fire in or on the exterior of a building from fire originating in the same building is called ________________.
    a) Air shaft
    b) Auto exposure
    c) Variation
    d) Channeling
A

Chapter 8, Building Construction

14. B

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  1. A story partly underground but having at least one-half its height measured from finished floor to finished ceiling above the curb level is called a _______________.
    a) Sub-cellar
    b) Cellar
    c) Sub-basement d) Basement
A
  1. D
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  1. A story having more than one-half its height from finished floor to finished ceiling below the curb level is called a _______________.
    a) Sub-cellar
    b) Cellar
    c) Sub-basement
    d) Basement
A
  1. B
17
Q
  1. A _______________ is a horizontal member used to carry loads perpendicular to its length.
    a) Beam
    b) Joist
    c) Stud
    d) “H” column
A
  1. A
18
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  1. A _______________ is a bevel cut at the end of roof beams in brick walls which leave the beams free to fall if burned through without causing the walls to fall.
    a) Bevel cut beam
    b) Fire cut beam
    c) Concave cut beam
    d) Collapse preventer cut beam
A
  1. B
19
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19. The picture at the bottom depicts what type of support on a bearing wall?
a) Within a brick cavity
b) Fire cut
c) Corbel shelf
d) Bevel cut
A
  1. B
20
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  1. The picture at the bottom depicts what type of support on a bearing wall?
    a) Within a brick cavity
    b) Fire cut
    c) Corbel shelf
    d) Bevel cut
A
  1. C
21
Q
  1. A building housing 3 or more families in which residency is permanent in nature is called a ________________.
    a) Class “A” Multiple dwelling
    b) Class “B” Multiple Dwelling
    c) Class “C” Multiple Dwelling
    d) Class ”D” Multiple Dwelling
A
  1. A
22
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  1. A multiple dwelling which is occupied transiently is called a ________________.
    a) Class “A” Multiple dwelling
    b) Class “B” Multiple Dwelling
    c) Class “C” Multiple Dwelling
    d) Class ”D” Multiple Dwelling
A
  1. B
23
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  1. A building in which the walls, floors, structural members and stairway enclosures are made of incombustible materials with fire resistive ratings as required by the Building Code is called a_______________.
    a) Brownstone building
    b) Limestone building
    c) Fireproof building
    d) Concrete building
A
  1. C
24
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  1. A fire partition protects life by furnishing an area of exit, or refuge, and has a fire resistive rating of at least how many hours under the 1938 Building Code?
    a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
A
  1. B
25
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  1. A fire wall resists the passage of fire from one structure to another or from one area of a structure to another, and has a fire resistive rating of at least how many hours under the 1968 Building Code?
    a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
A
  1. C

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