FPFF exit exam questions and answers — Set 8
Set 8 of the Fire Prevention & Fire Fighting (FPFF) exit exam bank — 30 of 310 questions, with the correct option marked, and 28 of them also carry a one-line explanation. Read it end to end, jump to a single set, or search it — then sit the same bank as a timed paper. The real DG Shipping exit exam is 30 marks with 15 to pass.
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Set 8 — 30 FPFF exit exam questions with answers
1. Where shall manually operated call points in fixed fire- detection and alarm systems be located in accommodation spaces? (SOLAS II-2/13.2.1)?
- A. In all crew and passenger cabins
- B. In messrooms, public lounges and other public rooms
- C. In stairways and escape routes
- D. At exits and in corridors
2. Foam is more suitable to extinguish;
- A. Class A type fire
- B. Class B type fire
- C. Class C type fire
- D. Class D type fire
3. Which type of fire extinguish do you use to fight an electrical fire if a carbon dioxide extinguisher is unavailable?
- A. water
- B. Wet Chemical
- C. foam
- D. Dry powder
4. Water fire should be on fires started by which of the following materials?
- A. Materials such as gasoline that are highly flammable
- B. Materials made up of combustible metals
- C. Fires caused by electricity
- D. Materials such as paper, textiles, wood and other solid materials
5. If there is a black coloured band above the fire extinguisher; what does the colour of the band tell you?
- A. That this extinguisher is a wet chemical fire extinguisher
- B. That this extinguisher is a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher
- C. That this extinguisher is broken and should not be used
- D. That this extinguisher is a water fire extinguisher
6. Titanium and aluminum materials can be classified under which of the following categories?
- A. Category A
- B. Category C
- C. Category D
- D. Category B
7. You should avoid using __________ fire extinguishers when extinguishing a fire in a confined space.
- A. Dry Powder Fire Extinguishers
- B. Water Fire Extinguishers
- C. Foam Fire Extinguishers
- D. Wet Chemical Fire Extinguishers
8. Which of the following fire extinguishers would you use in order to extinguish an electrical fire?
- A. Water Fire Extinguisher
- B. Foam Fire Extinguisher
- C. Wet Chemical Fire Extinguisher
- D. Carbon Dioxide Fire Extinguisher
9. While you are using a fire extinguisher containing to carbon dioxide; what happens to the nozzle?
- A. It becomes extremely hot
- B. It becomes warm
- C. It becomes slightly cold
- D. It becomes extremely cold
10. Which of the following types of fire extinguishers have a yellow band above it?
- A. Foam
- B. Water
- C. Wet Chemical
- D. Carbon Dioxide
11. Class A materials do not include which of the following?
- A. Wood Materials
- B. Propane Materials
- C. Plastic Materials
- D. Paper Materials
12. The fire assembly point can be best described as:
- A. Where the fire extinguishers are stored
- B. An area that has a high risk for fires to occur
- C. An area where you are required to assemble in the event of a fire
- D. An area you are required to avoid in the event of a fire
13. When you see a fire on the worksite, what is the first thing you should do?
- A. Sound the fire alarm
- B. Tell you, master
- C. Try and put the fire out
- D. Grab your tools and quickly exit the area
14. Where should you go if you hear the fire alarm going off?
- A. To the supervisor’s office in order to inform him what is happening
- B. To the fire assembly point
- C. To the break room to make sure everyone got out
- D. Home, the work day is over
15. Fires that are fueled by _________ require you to use water fire extinguishers in order to fight them
- A. Live electricity
- B. Gasoline, kerosene, and other flammable liquids
- C. Solid materials; such as wood, paper, and textile
- D. Propane, butane, and other flammable gases
16. When do you go to the fire assembly point?
- A. When discussion about fire safety is taking place
- B. When the fire alarm goes on
- C. If you are the first one to see the fire
- D. When practicing using the different types of fire extinguishers
17. The area you must assemble in the event of the fire is called :
- A. The Fire Safety Meeting Spot
- B. There is no specific name
- C. The Fire Assembly Point
- D. The supervisor’s office
18. A hot permit allows you to
- A. Carry out work that can potentially cause a fire
- B. To work on a worksite containing extreme temperatures
- C. Gives you the authority to start a fire on the worksite
- D. Allows you to practice fire drills on the worksite
19. Which of the following materials can be classified under Category D?
- A. Titanium
- B. Aluminum
- C. Propane
- D. Both A & B
20. In the event of a fire, everyone is responsible for:
- A. Informing the supervisor of what is happening
- B. Pulling the fire alarm if they see a fire
- C. Making sure everyone gets to the fire assembly point safely
- D. None of the above
21. What are the criteria that it must be automatic fire detection on board?
- A. It is the owner’s option to have fire detection onboard a ship with heat/smoke detectors and audio alarm
- B. All ships that are built after 1986
- C. All ships covered by the IMO safety conventions
- D. All ships that are built on or after 1986 in accordance with local rules and regulations
22. How many fireman’s outfit are required to be carried on tankers?
- A. At least three sets
- B. At least four sets
- C. At least one set
- D. At least two sets
23. What is oxygen’s role in making a fire?
- A. It sustains combustion
- B. It cools down
- C. It spreads it
- D. none of these
24. Combustion generates
- A. Fumes, gases, vapors
- B. Heat smoke Light
- C. Sound , rust, dust
- D. Heat, vibration, smell
25. When extinguishing a fire you should?
- A. Turn your back always to the north
- B. Turn your back to the fire exit(Outward)
- C. Turn your face to the fire exit(inward)
- D. Turn your face always to the south
26. Of the four kinds of fire extinguishers, which one would use on a class B fire
- A. Water
- B. Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
- C. Foam
- D. Dry Chemical
27. In order to discharge a CO2 portable extinguisher, the operator must first
- A. open the discharge valve
- B. remove the locking pin
- C. invert the CO2 extinguisher
- D. squeeze the two trigger handles together
28. The fire fighting water sprinklers covers a distance of
- A. 16 sq meters
- B. 5 sq meter
- C. 10 sq meter
- D. 3 sq meter
29. In order to produce a high velocity water fog using a all purpose nozzle, you must
- A. Pull the nozzle handle halfway back
- B. Pull the nozzle handle completely forward
- C. Insert an in-line fog applicator
- D. Change to a small nozzle tip after changing the position of the nozzle handle
30. Which mechanism is not a way to transfer heat?
- A. Fusible link
- B. Conduction
- C. Convection
- D. Radiation
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