Ifsta

Question 1

Batteries contain 2 items

Answer 1

Lead and sulfuric acid

Question 2

Nfpa 1901 minimum requirements for a pumper

Answer 2

750 gpm 300 gal tank

Question 3

What is brake fade

Answer 3

Overuse and overheat of brakes

Question 4

Shutting Down Procedure Engine time idle

Answer 4

3 to 5 min

Question 5

What are the angle of approach
Breakover
And angle of departure

Answer 5

AAO: tire touch ground to lowest part of front engine
Breakover: wheel to wheel to midbase of engine
AAD: rear wheel to back bumper

Question 6

Adverse weather conditions it may take how many times greater to stop on snow and ice

Answer 6

3 to 15

Question 7

What is overthrottling

Answer 7

More fuel injected than burned

Question 8

Outrunning siren speed

Answer 8

50mph

Question 9

When more than one emergency vehixle is reaponding along the same route keep a distance of

Answer 9

300 to 500

Question 10

NFPA 1901 requires that vehicles with a GVWR of ______pounds or greater be equipped with an auxiliary braking system

Answer 10

36000

Question 11

What is an exhaust brake

Answer 11

The least capable of the four auxiliary devices uses a valve to restrict the flow of the exhaust which creates back pressure that adds to the engines, inherit breaking ability

Question 12

What are tyoes of auxiliary braking sustems

Answer 12

Exhaust brakes
Engine conpression
Electromagnetic retarders
Transmission retarders

Question 13

Preposition lights to illuminate the area where the SPOTTER will stand approximately __ to __ feet behind the Apparatus

Answer 13

8 to 10

Question 14

Inside outside method more than five stories

Answer 14

Aerial inside engine.outisde

Question 15

Inside outside method less than five stories

Answer 15

Engine inside aerial outside

Question 16

In tandem pumping operations, apparatus may be located up to blank feet apart

Answer 16

300

Question 17

Relay pumping is used to increase the volume of water available but scene tandem pumping is increasing what

Answer 17

Water pressure

Question 18

What is Level 1 staging

Answer 18

Two or more units
Awaiting orders, stage by hydrant

Question 19

Level 2 Staging

Answer 19

Multiple alarm or mutual aid response. Officer is staging area manager

Question 20

Fluid Pressure is perpendicular to any surface on which it acts

Fluid pressure at a point in fluid at rest is the same intensity in all directions

Pressure applied to a confined fluid is equal in All directions

Pressure of liquid in a vessel is proportional to it’s depth and density

Pressure of liquid at the bottom of the vessel is independent of the shape

Answer 20

Principles of a fluid

Question 21

What is flow pressure

Answer 21

Water flowing from a discharge orifice is the flow pressure

Question 22

What is critical velocity in friction loss

Answer 22

Practical limits to the velocity of flow of water. The friction will become so great it is agitated by resistance

Question 23

3 means of moving water

Answer 23

Direct pumping
Gravity
Combination

Question 24

3 distribution systems

Answer 24

Primary feeders
Secondary feeders
Distributors

Question 25

Average daily consumption Max daily consumption Peak hourly consumption

Answer 25

Avergae water per day Max water used in a day within a 3 year period Max water in any 1 hour interval

Question 26

Types of flowmeters

Answer 26

Paddle wheel And Spring Probe

Question 27

Condensed Q for 3 4 5

Answer 27

Qsquared Qsquared over 5 Qsquared over 15

Question 28

Types of Positive Displacement

Answer 28

Piston Pump rotary Gear Rotary Vane

Question 29

Parts of the centrifugal pump

Answer 29

Eye Impeller Volute

Question 30

Three main factors influence a centrifugal pump

Answer 30

Amount of water discharge Speed at which impeller is turning Incoming pressure

Question 31

The piping system in the fire pump cell must be cable standing a hydrostatic test of blank

Answer 31

500 psi

Question 32

According to NFPA 1901 pumpers with the capacity of blank GPM’s or less should have piping capable of flowing blank GPM

Answer 32

500 250

Question 33

More than 500 gpm pump, the piping capacity in the system shall be rated for

Answer 33

500gpm

Question 34

Automatic pressure control devices according to NFPA 1901 needs to operate within what to watch after the discharge pressure rises

Answer 34

3 to 10

Question 35

It is generally recommended that the intake relief valves be set to open when the intake pressurizes more than blank PSI above the necessary operating pressure

Answer 35

10

Question 36

What are the types of primers?

Answer 36

Positive displacement primers Oil less primers Vacuum primer Exhaust primer Air primer

Question 37

What is the tachometer

Answer 37

Engine speed in RPMS

Question 38

What are the two types of auxiliary cooling devices

Answer 38

Marine cooler Immersion cooler

Question 39

Types of Lift with respective heights per ifsta

Answer 39

Maximum lift 25 Theoretical lift 33.9 Dependable lift 14.7

Question 40

3 ways foam works

Answer 40

Separate Smother Cools

Question 41

Pail Barrel Totes What are the gallons on each

Answer 41

5 gal 55 gal 275 gal

Question 42

1500 gpm pumpers must be primed within _____ for priming system test

Answer 42

45 seconds

Question 43

Parking brake must hold at what degrees

Answer 43

20 degrees

Question 44

Aerial ladder: how high above railroad can you set the stick

Answer 44

25ft

Question 45

3 types of stabilizers

Answer 45

Post type stabilizer Box stabilizers A frame

Question 46

Priorities of rescue in Aerial

Answer 46

Most severely threatened Largest Number or Group of People Remainder of People in the Hazard Area People in Exposed Area

Question 47

How high does the driver spot the aerial above roof line

Answer 47

6 feet