FT 11/16

Question 1

An apparatus arriving at the scene of a fire should not position closer than \_\_\_\_ feet to the rear of a ladder apparatus to ensure the 20 foot straight and 35 foot extension ladders can be removed from the rear ladder racks.
Select one:
a. 20 feet 
b. 10 feet
c. 15 feet
d. 18 feet

Answer 1

A
(Ladders 1, 7.1)
The correct answer is: 20 feet

Question 2

During a Multi-Unit Drill, units are discussing the JFK AirTrain System. Of the following statements made, which one is in need of correction?
Select one:
a. Every AirTrain car has 5 sets of passenger doors, two on each side and one on each end.
b. The AirTrains have the capability to move in either direction
c. All AirTrain cars are equipped with smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and intercoms on board.
d. AirTrains normally travel at 2-4 minute intervals during peak hours and can reach speeds of 70 mph.

Answer 2

A
(Add 12 3) 4 sets of doors (2 on each side) There are no front or rear doors
The correct answer is: Every AirTrain car has 5 sets of passenger doors, two on each side and one on each end.

Question 3

Apparatus tormentors and outriggers shall never be deployed while the unit is in quarters.
Select one:
a. Agree
b. Disagree

Answer 3

A
((Regs 19.3.13)
The correct answer is: Agree

Question 4

Charges shall be withheld during weather emergencies when members are unable to report for duty on time. Individual reports for such members shall be submitted to the Chief of Operations with fully detailed circumstances and correct endorsements.
Select one:
a. Disagree
b. Agree

Answer 4

B
(AUC 159 5.5.3)
The correct answer is: Agree

Question 5

If possible, the Lobby Control Unit shall maintain one elevator in readiness at the lobby and one elevator at which location?
Select one:
a. The Fire Sector/Branch
b. The Forward Triage Area
c. The Forward Staging Area

Answer 5

C
(ICS Chap.2 Add 4 4.2)
The correct answer is: The Forward Staging Area

Question 6

Engine 54 has returned to quarters after responding to 3 alarms. The selector panel in the housewatch is “beeping” and the previous alarms are printed on the Alarm Teleprinter. The housewatch should now check the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ on the last response ticket to verify that this is previous alarm and not a new response.
Select one:
a. “Box Number”
b. “FDID number”
c. “Time Out” 
d. “Incident Number”

Answer 6

C
(Communications Chap.2 2.2.3)
The correct answer is: “Time Out”

Question 7

An engine and ladder respond to a Class 3 alarm in a private dwelling. Upon arrival they determine the alarm was due to a low battery condition. The officers would be correct to transmit which signal?
Select one:
a. 10-35 Code 3
b. 10-35 Code 1 
c. 10-35 Code 2
d. 10-35 No Code
e. 10-35 Code 4

Answer 7

D
(Communications Chap. 8) (low battery is a “No Code”)
The correct answer is: 10-35 No Code

Question 8

On a straight portable ladder, the ladder length shall be marked where?
Select one:
a. Within 18 inches from the butt on each end of the rail.
b. Within 16 inches from the butt on each end of the rail.
c. Within 12 inches from the butt on each end of the rail.
d. Within 24 inches from the butt on each end of the rail.

Answer 8

C
(Ladders 1, 6.1) On Extension Ladders the marking should be at the butt end only of each rail of the bed ladder.
The correct answer is: Within 12 inches from the butt on each end of the rail.

Question 9

Engine 99 arrives at the scene of a CFR-D response where they locate an unconscious adult in his bedroom, strongly suspected of overdosing on fentanyl in that room. The patient’s respiratory rate is 9 per minute. In this situation, they would be correct to think that they should?
Select one:
a. Treat the patient in his bedroom, administering Narcan in one nostril only at this time.
b. Treat the patient in his bedroom, and when using a Mucosal Atomizer Device (MAD) administer 2mg/ml of Naloxone in each nostril immediately.
c. Move the patient to another room, but do not treat the patient with Narcan unless his respiratory rate drops to 8 per minute or less
d. Move the patient to another room, and administer Narcan in one nostril only at this time

Answer 9

D
(HM 18—4—Note, d, e)
The correct answer is: Move the patient to another room, and administer Narcan in one nostril only at this time

Question 10

Ladder 3 is responding to an alarm and is designated on the response ticket as “L003H”. Based on the suffix “H”, Ladder 3 is responding for which one of the following tasks?
Select one:
a. Haz-Mat Tech Unit
b. Tech Decon Task Force Ladder
c. Hi-Rise Roof Team

Answer 10

C
(Communications Chap. 2 Page 37)
The correct answer is: Hi-Rise Roof Team

Question 11

Under most conditions, the number of members assigned to the search rope team should be limited to how many?
Select one:
a. 3 
b. 2
c. 4
d. 5

Answer 11

A
(TB Rope 6, 7.1) The Officer and 2 firefighters.
The correct answer is: 3

Question 12

Response to ERS boxes varies with the time of day. When a caller from an ERS box fails to make verbal contact with a dispatcher between 2300 and 0800 hours, one engine is dispatched. At other times the policy is “no contact, no response.”
Select one:
a. Disagree
b. Agree

Answer 12

B
(Communications Chap.2 2.4.1 H)
The correct answer is: Agree

Question 13

During a 9x6 tour the member on the housewatch answers the doorbell and finds members from BITS who would like to perform an inspection of the firehouse. Which action taken is this situation was incorrect?
Select one:
a. The housewatch firefighter immediately made an announcement requesting the officer to the housewatch area. No other notification or announcement was made.
b. BITS personnel were given unrestricted ability to interview members collectively or individually.
c. After presenting proper identification, members from BITS used their employee identification number in lieu of signing in for entry into the journal.
d. BITS personnel were given immediate and unrestricted access to all areas of the firehouse.

Answer 13

A
((Regs 20.3.10) No FDNY employee shall make any notification to any superior officers or other announcements regarding the entry of BITS, DOI, or Testing Unit personnel unless specifically ordered to by BITS, DOI or Testing Unit personnel.
The correct answer is: The housewatch firefighter immediately made an announcement requesting the officer to the housewatch area. No other notification or announcement was made.

Question 14

When placing the ladder to the roof, extend the ladder so that the tip is at least how many feet above the point where the ladder comes in contact with the building?
Select one:
a. 5 
b. 10
c. 3
d. 2

Answer 14

A
(Lad. 2, 7.13)
The correct answer is: 5

Question 15

Company Journals shall have a \_\_\_\_\_\_ year retention period.
Select one:
a. 25
b. 10
c. 20 
d. 30

Answer 15

C
(Regs 15.2.1)
The correct answer is: 20

Question 16

When the Pak-Tracker receives a signal from a PASS device that has been in full-alarm for \_\_\_\_ seconds, the receiver will admit a 2-tone audible alarm, and the LCD display will show the SCBA’s identity (unit and member assignment) and relative strength.
Select one:
a. 5
b. 15
c. 3
d. 10

Answer 16

D
(SCBA Add 8 5.2)
The correct answer is: 10

Question 17

You are a Company Officer that has just finished hydrant inspection duty. You should know which hydrant(s) below should be identified to the DEP as requiring a priority repair?
Select one:
a. Two hydrants, not adjacent, but both in the same block, and both are out of service. There is a serviceable hydrant in between the two out of service hydrants. Report both out of service hydrant as requiring a priority repair
b. Two adjacent hydrants in the same block, one is out of service, and the other has a defective drain. Report the out of service hydrant as a priority repair.
c. A hydrant vital to the protection of the Brooklyn Bridge that has a defective drain
d. A hydrant that is the only hydrant in a block that is out of service

Answer 17

D
(AUC 205 — 3.2)
The correct answer is: A hydrant that is the only hydrant in a block that is out of service

Question 18

During an emergency involving the Buckeye Pipeline, what should be the primary consideration of FDNY units?
Select one:
a. Evacuation of the area involved
b. Isolation of the area involved
c. Extinguishment of any fire
d. Immediate shutting of the pipeline valve(s)

Answer 18

A
(AUC 149 6.5.2) Avenues of escape must remain open for civilians and FD personnel
The correct answer is: Evacuation of the area involved

Question 19

Units arrive at the scene of a reported manhole fire and find smoke issuing from the manhole under pressure. The first arriving unit would be correct to advise the dispatcher that they are operating at a 10-25 with which code?
Select one:
a. Code 2
b. Code 4
c. Code 1
d. Code 3

Answer 19

A
(Communications Chap. 8) (Code 2 for blown manhole cover(s) or smoke issuing under pressure)
The correct answer is: Code 2

Question 20

Members of an Engine Company are drilling at a building that is under construction. Wood forms are being used to support the concrete floors that are being poured. Which statement made by the officer of this Engine Company was incorrect?
Select one:
a. This type of construction progresses by pouring one concrete floor every other day.
b. One shoring stud is placed every 4 feet on center extending from the floor to the underside of the plywood.
c. The method of forming the poured concrete floors consists of plywood being held in place by 4”x4” wood studs.
d. The fire load in this type of construction is created by the storage of plywood and wood studs previously stripped from a cured floor. This lumber is usually found on the floor below the most recently poured floor and will serve as the forms for the next floor poured.

Answer 20

D
(SB 66) Will usually be found 2 floors below the most recently poured floor.
The correct answer is: The fire load in this type of construction is created by the storage of plywood and wood studs previously stripped from a cured floor. This lumber is usually found on the floor below the most recently poured floor and will serve as the forms for the next floor poured.

Question 21

Frequently a member’s tool assignment calls for two tools, one of which is the 6 foot hook. The hook is the only tool that need not be actually carried on aerial ladders, portable ladders or fire escapes. The other tool (axe, halligan) is carried and the hook is extended arm’s length overhead and hooked on a rung. It is not touched again until the member has climbed to a position where the top of the hook is about \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ level.
Select one:
a. Knee 
b. Shoulder
c. Chest
d. Waist

Answer 21

A
(Lad 2., 7.15.1)
The correct answer is: Knee

Question 22

Department apparatus shall be kept a minimum of \_\_\_\_\_ feet from a leak in the Buckeye Pipeline system.
Select one:
a. 250
b. 600 
c. 300
d. 500

Answer 22

B
(AUC 149 6.5.7)
The correct answer is: 600

Question 23

During roof or floor cutting operations, everyone in the vicinity of a saw in operation shall observe, “As near as possible and practical, a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ foot radius Circle of Danger.”
Select one:
a. 25
b. 15
c. 20 
d. 10

Answer 23

C
(TB Tools 9 4.7)
The correct answer is: 20

Question 24

Please choose an incorrect construction characteristic for older cast iron lofts (1840s to 1870s) from the list below?
Select one:
a. Maximum 7 to 8 stories in height having front and rear exterior walls of brick, stone or iron.
b. These structures have one unenclosed wooden stair, often winding around the elevator shaft or one straight run stair.
c. Fire escapes can be found on the front and rear, however not on the sides.
d. Frontage is usually 25 feet (indicating no interior columns) with depths reaching 90 feet and frontage on only one street.

Answer 24

C
(Lofts, sec 4) Fire escapes can be found on the front, rear, as well as the sides (corner buildings).
The correct answer is: Fire escapes can be found on the front and rear, however not on the sides.

Question 25

At collapse operations, the Search Assessment Marking System consists of a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ marking system that when completed, will form the letter “X” with designated markings in each quadrant.
Select one:
a. 2’ x 2’ 
b. 18 inch x 18 inch
c. 1’ x 1’
d. 3’ x 3’

Answer 25

A
(Collapse Addendum 2 2.1)
The correct answer is: 2’ x 2’

Question 26

Lt. Cuomo is operating at a food on the stove when his CO meter begins a slow vibrate and slow flashing red light once every second. It also emits a slow modulating tone every second. Lt. Cuomo would be correct to know that this indicates which one of the following choices?
Select one:
a. The battery is low
b. The CO in the atmosphere has exceeded 35 PPM
c. The CO in the atmosphere has exceeded 100 PPM

Answer 26

B
(Haz-Mat 4 Add 1 2.4)
The correct answer is: The CO in the atmosphere has exceeded 35 PPM

Question 27

The Emergency Evacuation Device (EED) was designed by the New York City Transit Authority’s Office of System Safety. EEDs are provided for FDNY use and are located throughout the Transit Authority’s subway system. The EED is a yellow, 7-foot long device with steps on the front and a flat surface on the backside. A non-skid surface is applied to both sides. Please choose the incorrect location for the EED from the list below?
Select one:
a. At elevated stations, the EED will be located in the area of the full time token booth.
b. At underground and grade level stations, the EED is located at the first Blue Light location south of the southbound platform (typically within 50 feet of the platform end).
c. Keys to remove EEDs from their mounting brackets are available at every token booth.
d. An EED is located at the top of the emergency exit, at both ends of each under river tunnel.

Answer 27

D
(AUC 207 add # 11, section 3) An EED is located at the base of the emergency exit, at both ends of each under river tunnel.
The correct answer is: An EED is located at the top of the emergency exit, at both ends of each under river tunnel.

Question 28

An Engine Officer responds to 4 incidents on a day tour during which he transmitted the following radio code signals. In which radio code transmission was he correct?
Select one:
a. 10-34 Code 2 for a sprinkler system emergency due to a surge in pressure
b. 10-35 Code 2 for an unnecessary alarm activation due to servicing of the alarm system
c. 10-29 Code 2 for an elevator emergency where a civilian was removed from the elevator car
d. 10-25 Code 2 for smoke issuing under pressure from a transformer in the street

Answer 28

A
(Comm Chap 8 — Pages 8, 9, 10, 11)
The correct answer is: 10-34 Code 2 for a sprinkler system emergency due to a surge in pressure

Question 29

Which statement made about company operations at Buckeye Pipeline emergencies is incorrect?
Select one:
a. Department apparatus should not be brought closer than 600’ to a leak
b. All engine companies responding on the second alarm for a street box associated with a leak should place additional cans of foam on the apparatus.
c. The potential for explosion is greatest on hot, humid, and calm days.
d. Units special called to an incident that do not have the necessary equipment (wrenches, Instruction Cards, etc.) shall ascertain from the dispatcher the location of the nearest unit so equipped.

Answer 29

B
(AUC 149 4.12, 4.8.1, 6.5.4, 6.5.7) Engines responding FROM QUARTERS should bring additional foam. Engine companies out of quarters, receiving a run for pipeline leak, MUST NOT return to quarters for additional foam.
The correct answer is: All engine companies responding on the second alarm for a street box associated with a leak should place additional cans of foam on the apparatus.

Question 30

All FDNY facilities shall have an Emergency Action Plan to safely and systematically evacuate such facilities if an emergency situation was to occur. The Officer on duty within each facility shall review the plan with personnel how often?
Select one:
a. Semi-Annually
b. Quarterly 
c. Annually
d. Monthly

Answer 30

B
(SB 61 7.1.4) During the first week of January, April, July and October
The correct answer is: Quarterly

Question 31

Commanding officers of all units shall forward Veterans reports (BP-93) within how many days after the date veterans’ holiday duty was performed?
Select one:
a. 14
b. 10
c. 4 
d. 7

Answer 31

C
((Regs 17.5.6) Prepared in triplicate
The correct answer is: 4