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Truck Book 2 Flashcards

1
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If entry is required for hose line deployment entry shall be decided with who?

A

Engine Officer

P. 5

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2
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What are the entry priorities?

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Immediate, Delayed

P. 5

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3
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What are the 5 type of door locks

A
  1. Exit Devices/Panic hardware
  2. Rim
  3. Mortise
  4. Bored
  5. Pre-assembled

P. 8

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4
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When removing a lock using the K-tool, the firefighter should remove it by.

A

Pulling up, not downward

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5
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After “try before you pry” what are the conventional forcible entry steps for entry through doors?

A

Shock, Gap, Set, Force, and control

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6
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During the step “Set” what are the standardized commands given?

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Hit, Stop, Drive

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7
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Typically how many pumps on a hydra ram are needed for successful forcible entry?

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5 to 8

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8
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A hydra ram will exert—– lbs. and travel—-“ with each pump

A

10,000 lbs., 3/4”

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9
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A series of bolt patterns typical just above the door handle on a exterior may indicate, what?

A

Static Bar (aka drop bar)

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10
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Between what build years are casement windows primarily found?

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1940s and 1960s

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11
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At a working incident what must be identified?

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Every Casement Window

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12
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What can be evident from bolts observed on the rear of a strip shopping center door?

A

Panic Bar

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13
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What type or types of proven methods are used when breaching HUD windows?

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Method 1: strike the head of the carriage bolt with the sledgehammer driving it through the plywood, then sick the handle in and attempt to rotate interior cross boards.
Method 2: use chainsaw/rotary saw to cut away material from bolt heads. Cut small triangles around each bolt head
Method 3: use rotary saw with a diamond, carbide, or steel abrasive blade to saw through both the wood and the bolt.

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14
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What is the proven method for getting through VPS windows?

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Use rotary saw to attack the assembly holding the covering.

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15
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During any forcible entry what must be removed?

A

Storm and screen doors.

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16
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Per the NOVA truck book 2 what are 3 methods for cutting roll up doors?

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Inverted V, Three-cut, The L cut

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17
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If a night latch is engaged on a rim lock you must use which technique to force entry?

A

Modified punch lock method.

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18
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What should be done by Engine Company personnel if glass is present within the entryway prior to advancing?

A

Use hose stream to clear path.

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19
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Prior to pulling a mortise lock cylinder, note the position of the key plug. The key plug will become ______ o’clock position.

A

6

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20
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What is the first rule of forcible entry?

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Try before you pry

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21
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What is the preferred length of the Halligan bar?

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30”

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22
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When forcible entry needs to be “IMMEDIATE” what two things take precedence over concern of property damage?

A

Speed and efficiency

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23
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Which way will exterior entrance/exit doors in commercial structures open?

A

Outward

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24
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Which one of these is NOT one of the five recognized lock categories recognized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and most lock manufactures?

A

Case-hardend Latch Bolts

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25
Q

If the night latch is engaged on a rim lock, what method may be needed to go thru-the-lock?

A

Modified punch lock method

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26
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Prior to forcing a mortise lock, you should note the position of the key plug as the key plug position becomes the reference of what time on a clock?

A

6 o’ clock

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27
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When given the command “HIT” by the Halligan crew member, how many times should the Halligan be struck per command?

A

One time

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28
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If a door is not forced in how much time should you rethink your tactics?

A

30 seconds

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29
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How far does a Hydra Ram travel per pump?

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3/4”

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30
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How many lbs. of force does a Hydra Ram exert?

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10,000 lbs.

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31
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If a hydraulic forcible entry tool is low on hydraulic fluid, how much power can it lose?

A

As much as one ton or more of power

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32
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What part of a hockey puck lock do you cut with a rotary saw?

A

Upper third portion

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33
Q

Where do you strike a glass door to break out the entire glass?

A

Lower corner

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34
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What is the only way to ensure egress on a casement window?

A

Completely remove with a power saw

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35
Q

Which HUD Window Removal Method cuts a small triangle around the bolts?

A

Method 2

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36
Q

What does the acronym VPS stand for regarding HUD coverings?

A

Vacant Property Security

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37
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In a multi-lock door, how many sides of the door are locked?

A

Four sides

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38
Q

Where will you find a Phelps Lock?

A

Shopping mall

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39
Q

What type of lock is surface-mounted and for this reason is used as an add on lock for doors that have other types of locks already in place?

A

Rim lock

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40
Q

What are the proper steps when forcing entry into an outward opening door?

A

Try before you pry, shock, gap, set, force, control

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41
Q

Where do you cut hockey puck locks?

A

Upper third portion

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42
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What type of window needs to be completely removed with a power saw to ensure safe egress?

A

Casement windows

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43
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What type of blade is used to cut the hinges off a door?

A

Metal composite type blade

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44
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What does the presence of bolt heads on a door signify?

A

The presence of a drop bar

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45
Q

Where should the tool be placed when using a hydraulic forcible entry tool to force a multi lock door?

A

Place at the lower left hand corner

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46
Q

What is an alternative way of gaining entry into an outward opening metal door set in a metal frame?

A

Barn door cut

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47
Q

What cut method is a series of four cuts designed to gain the maximum opening yet control the flow path of the fire?

A

L cut method

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48
Q

What type of door openings are found in residential dwellings?

A

Inward opening

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49
Q

The deadbolt and latch uses a ____o’clock to ___o’clock (or vice versa) motion to unlock the deadbolt.

A

5 o’clock and 7 o’clock

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50
Q

When shocking the door, where do you strick the door?

A

high (top 1/3), middle, low (bottom 1/3)

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51
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When forcing a door, what command is used to continuously strick the halligan bar with the blunt portion if the axe head?

A

Drive

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52
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After the door has been forced open, what shouold be done to prevent the creation or alteration of the flow path?

A

Control the door

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53
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Where are outward opening doors typically found?

A

commercial buildings

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54
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What is found on the outside of the door if a drop bar is present?

A

presence of bolt heads

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55
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What is the primary method of securing an overhead door?

A

bend the tracks

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56
Q

What cut method is started at the center of a roll down door?

A

Inverted V

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57
Q

The three cut method is only effective on what type of doors?

A

roll down doors

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58
Q

Primary order of placement for portable ladders on a fireground are?

A

Fire floor, Floor above,Adjacent compartments and roof

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59
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How many feet is estimated per floor in a residential structure?

A

9

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60
Q

A 24’ extention ladder, what size is the bed section?

A

14

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61
Q

A 24’ extention will reach what floor of a residential window

A

3rd

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62
Q

How much does a 35’ extention ladder with 2 sections weigh?

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120-150

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63
Q

When ascending the roof how many rungs should be above the roof line

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3 to 5

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64
Q

How many rungs should be above the railing of a balcony where the railing is flush with the wall?

A

min 2

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65
Q

If positioning a ladder next to a cantilevered balcony, place against wall on the ______ Side.

A

upwind

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66
Q

Which ladder is preferred ladder used for bridging?

A

Extention Ladder

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67
Q

When using the aerial ladder for a rescue what is the proper sequence?

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Raise, Rotate, Extend, Lower

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68
Q

What are the tree main uses for elevated stream operations?

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Extinguishment, Exposure protection, Flying standpipe

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69
Q

If large volume of fire is seen on several floors where should the fire attack start when using aerial master?

A

Lowest floor then move up

70
Q

If large volume of fire is spreading horizontally where should you start the attack?

A

Stop horizontal spread then back towards origin

71
Q

What is a fastening device that is square or round that slides into a notch?

A

Bolt

72
Q

What is a lock that has 2 steel bars that spread across the width of door, also known as a police lock?

A

Fox lock

73
Q

What are the two types of entry priorities to identfy?

A

Immediate and delayed

74
Q

How do most commercial doors open?

A

Outward

75
Q

How do most residential doors open?

A

Inward

76
Q

What lock has a stem that protrudes from the cylinder?

A

Rim locks

77
Q

When forcing a door at a fire, you must remember this will effect?

A

Flow path

78
Q

What lock has a guillotine that springs shut when cylinder is pulled?

A

Modern rim locks

79
Q

What does it mean if you encounter a night latch?

A

Someone might be inside

80
Q

What is the process for conventional forcible entry?

A

Shock, gap,set,force,control

81
Q

What is more effective on case hardened padlock?

A

Duck-bill lock breaker

82
Q

Where is the cut needed to be made on a hockey puck lock?

A

Top 1/3 of lock

83
Q

Where do you hit the glass door with a pike end of a halligan?

A

Lower corner

84
Q

What windows are typically large square and metal framed that hinge from the top, bottom or both?

A

Projected or factory

85
Q

What windows have a very narrow section of glass (3-4 inches)?

A

Jalousie

86
Q

Forible entry is a form of?

A

Ventilation

87
Q

The ideal sledgehammer for use in forcible entry at residential and commercial structures weighs approximately ___ pounds.

A

10

88
Q

Inward opening doors can be found on main entrances, bedrooms, and bathroom doors for what type of dwellings?

A

Residential and multiple dwellings example garden apartment

89
Q

What are the five categories of locks?

A
  1. Exit devices/panic hardware 2. Rim 3. Mortise 4. Bored 5. Pre-assembled
90
Q

Medic and Engine 488 run and ALS call to an address where forcible entry is required to make access into the home. Upon investigation of the door it is found that a rim lock with the night latch feature is engaged. What is the appropriate method to open the door with little to no damage to the door frame?

A

Punch lock method

91
Q

On a mortise cylinder the position of the key plug will become what time on the clock?

A

6 o’clock

92
Q

What is the five step process of conventional forcible entry?

A
  1. Shock 2. Gap 3. Set 4. Force 5. Control
93
Q

During the Set step it’s command means to continually strike the halligan bar with the flat head side of the axe.

A

Drive

94
Q

Some window bars are able to be opened and closed from within the occupancy using one of three types of release mechanisms. What are those three types of release mechanisms?

A
  1. Turn handle 2. Push button 3. Foot Pedal
95
Q

After making a hole above the static drop bar with a Halligan, one can use a _______ to defeat the static bar

A

1/4” rebar

96
Q

An alternative method for gaining access through an outward opening metal door set, is a ____________

A

Barn door cut

97
Q

What is the primary method to secure overhead doors?

A

Bend the tracks

98
Q

This method of forcible entry through roll-down doors uses three vertical cuts in the door

A

Three cut method

99
Q

The Phelps Lock is a timed release lock. Firefighters can defeat this lock by

A

Cutting the slide bolt with a power saw

100
Q

Modern Rim locks have what feature that prevents manipulation by a key tool

A

Guillotine

101
Q

What are two ways to remove the mortise lock cylinder?

A
  1. Unscrew it counter-clockwise 2. Pull the it with a K-tool or A-tool
102
Q

The First point of ventilation is usually?

A

Forcible entry

103
Q

What tupe of forcible entry is done when fire or life safety hazards exist?

A

Immediate

104
Q

What type of entry is done when no life hazards exist?

A

Delayed

105
Q

Main entrance doors (residential)usually open?

A

Inward

106
Q

Commercial main enterenace doors open?

A

Outward

107
Q

What must be done everytime you force entry and are entering the residence?

A

Announce Yourself

108
Q

When Shocking doors divide the doors into?

A

1/3s

109
Q

What is the command for the axe to be continually striking the halligan?

A

Drive

110
Q

How long should you try a plan before changing it?

A

30 sec

111
Q

The hydra ram has how much spread?

A

4”

112
Q

What is the most dangerous type of window?

A

Casement

113
Q

What are HUD windows made of?

A

Plywood

114
Q

What is the most secure method to keep garage doors open?

A

Bending the track

115
Q

What type of cut is used in metal doors?

A

Inverted V

116
Q

What is the inside curve of the halligan called?

A

Concave

117
Q

What is the outside curve of the halligan called?

A

Bevel

118
Q

What is also known as a police lock?

A

Fox Lock

119
Q

Screen and storm doors need to be

A

Removed completely

120
Q

Unique to shopping malls for roll down doors

A

Phelps lock

121
Q

The most common type of gate

A

Horizontal rod roll up

122
Q

Another security measure used to deter criminals from breaking the front door and windows of a structure

A

Scissor gate

123
Q

An alternative way of gaining entry into an outward opening metal door set in a metal frame

A

Barn door cut

124
Q

Are almost exclusively found in breezeways and enclosed porches in this area of the country

A

Jalousie windows

125
Q

Doorknobs and key in the knob locks

A

Bored locks

126
Q

Among the oldest locks in use today

A

Mortise locks

127
Q

A combination of a mortise, rim and key in the knob lock

A

Tubular dead bolt locks

128
Q

The lock is secured in place on the door by it’s rim, the rim is larger than the hole in the door, screws hold the cylinder in place, a team protrudes from the cylinder which turns the locking mechanism

A

Rim locks

129
Q

Locking mechanism on doors usually found in public assemblies

A

Exit devices or panic hardware

130
Q

Means of gaining entry by attacking the locking device with little or no damage to the door

A

Thru the lock entry

131
Q

Inward opening doors in these structures are usually the main entrance

A

Residential.Dwellings

132
Q

Public or common area exit doors swing outward and private entrances swing inward

A

Garden apartments

133
Q

Outward opening doors are the main entrance doors that can be located on front and rear of the structure.

A

Commercial occupancies

134
Q

Priority is indicative of an emergency condition such as a life hazard or fire condition

A

Immediate entry priority

135
Q

Priority is indicative of a potential emergency where the crew gains entry to verify the emergency

A

Delayed entry priority

136
Q

A form of ventilation

A

Forcible entry

137
Q

A fastening device that is square and pivots into a notch

A

pivoting deadbolt

138
Q

The inside curve on the fork on the fork end of the halligan bar where the 2 blades of the fork are joined.

A

Arch

139
Q

The curved outside portion of the fork end of the halligan bar.

A

Bevel side

140
Q

A forcible entry tool that is approximatley 36 inches long with a hook on one end, like a sheperds crook

A

Claw Tool

141
Q

The curved inside portion of fork end of the halligan bar.

A

Concave side

142
Q

The opening, or space, acchieved by force that is between the door and doorframe.

A

Purchase point

143
Q

A thin metal tool that is shaped with a rounded hook on one end.

A

Shove knife

144
Q

The top side of the forked end of the halligan where the shaft of the took attaches.

A

Shoulder

145
Q

When forcing entry, entry priority can be one of two ways.

A

immediate or delayed

146
Q

In residential dwellings the main entrance, bedrooms, and bathroom door are___.

A

Inward opening

147
Q

In residential dwellings the closets, mechanical areas, and basement stairs are _____.

A

Outward opening

148
Q

An exit device that requires an occupant to push a plate or bar to release the door lock.

A

Panic bar

149
Q

A dead bolt, night latch, and vertical dead bolt are all types of this lock.

A

Rim lock

150
Q

Doorknobs are classified in 3 weights.

A

light, standard, heavy

151
Q

The status of locks installed on the door should be initially confirmed by implementing the basic forcible entry advice.

A

try before you try

152
Q

Conventional forcible entry process is divided into a 5 step process.

A

shock, gap, set, forece, control

153
Q

Standardized commands for setting the halligan

A

hit, stop, drive

154
Q

These windows are almost exclusively found in breezeways and enclosed porches.

A

Jalousie windows

155
Q

When forcing entry, it is important to remember that it is a form of what?

A

Ventilation

156
Q

Forcible entry can be grouped into what two entry priorities?

A

Immediate or delayed

157
Q

What method of forcible entry is characterized by attacking the locking device with little or no damage to the door?

A

Thru-the-lock

158
Q

What type of lock is described as being surface mounted, only requires a single hold in the face of the door (none on the edge), and is commonly used as an add on lock?

A

Rim lock

159
Q

When encountering an occupancy with multiple locks, what is a way to identify which locks are operational?

A

Fresh key marks

160
Q

What type of lock is among the oldest locks, is found on balloon-frame residences, and has a “peeping Tom” keyhole for a skeleton key?

A

mortise lock

161
Q

What feature of rim locks is engaged from the inside and prevents the lock from turning, even with the key?

A

Night latch

162
Q

What type of lock is a combination of mortise, rim, and key-in-the-knob lock, has the lock cylinder extended out approximately 1 to 2 inches from the door, and can be difficult to open with conventional forcible entry?

A

Tubular dead bolt locks

163
Q

Which device is defined as a beveled, triangular-shaped lock puller that appears similar to a Halligan bar with an adz and pick end. It may also be referred to as an officers tool, and is typically used for the removal of a lock face by placing the adz end lock puller behind the lock?

A

A-tool

164
Q

What type of lock is classified in three ways and can be found in doorknobs?

A

Bored locks

165
Q

What is the five step process of conventional forcible entry?

A

Shock, gap, set, force, control

166
Q

When multiple locks are encountered, where should the forcible entry attempt be conducted?

A

Between the engaged locks

167
Q

What standardized commmands are used to maintain consistency when striking the tool during conventional forcible entry?

A

Hit, stop, drive

168
Q

Once a door has been forced, what next critical step must be performed to manage the creation or alteration of flow paths?

A

Control the door

169
Q

When encountering a padlock, what cool has a progressive taper and is specifically designed to forced the lock open?

A

Duck bill lock breaker

170
Q

Outward opening doors will typically be found on what type of structure?

A

Commercial buildings

171
Q

What is a major consideration when breaking glass for entry?

A

Uncontrolled ventilation

172
Q

What method/type of tool is best utilized when facing the need to force multiple inward opening doors that are constructed of metal or set in metal frames?

A

Hydraulic forcible entry/tools

2023 Lieutenants Exam (32 decks)

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