queens 6 Flashcards
(40 cards)
Question 1:
Which chemical agent has a clear to pale yellow color and an odor of musky hay?
A: Phosgene
B: Chlorine
C: Sulfur mustard
D:VX
a Explanation:
Know your colors and odors
Haz-Mat ERP add 2 page 20
Question 2:
The IC was incorrect in which action below upon arrival at a buckeye pipeline incident?
A: Verify that the isolation and search phases have been carried out.
B: Request that the Field Communications Unit respond.
C: Upon confirmation of a confirmed leak, transmit a second alarm for the originally reported leak location.
D: Consider calling additional foam units over and above those assigned on the first alarm by use of 10-86 signal.
Explanation:
C) Upon confirmation of a confirmed leak, transmit a second alarm for the “street box nearest the leak location”.
AUC 149 7.3.1-7.3.4
Question 3:
You just received the portable citywide radio from the administrative division due to the apparatus radio being OOS. In reference to the portable citywide radio, all of the following should be adhered to except?
A: Once received, the company officer shall perform an operational check by requesting a 10-11 radio test count from their respective borough dispatcher
B: During a response, the affected unit will use the citywide radio in lieu of the non-operating apparatus radio for all communications to the borough dispatcher until the apparatus radio is repaired
C: Once 10-84 at an incident, the portable citywide radio must be carried/worn by the company officer to effectively communicate with the borough dispatcher
D: If a response is received while awaiting the arrival of the portable citywide radio, the officer shall notify the dispatcher that the unit is responding without an operating apparatus radio. The dispatcher will then ensure that an additional unit (nearest available Engine or Ladder) with an operating apparatus radio is dispatched to the same alarm
Explanation: c
The portable citywide radio is not to be carried/worn by the company officer; it shall remain in the front cab of the apparatus and serve as a communication link from the unit to the borough dispatcher
Comm ch 8 sec 8.14
Question 4:
When a rowframe fire is of a multiple alarm proportion, the strategy is correctly indicated in all choices below except?
A: Set up a perimeter of lines consisting usually of heavy caliber streams in the front and the rear, with 1 ¾” lines flanking the sides of the fire and moving toward the center of the fire.
B: As hand lines reach the center of the fire, the outside lines shall be directed into the buildings in which the companies are operating.
C: Once charged handlines are in position, ceilings must be pulled to expose and extinguish the fire in the common cockloft. When possible, this should take place after the cockloft is vented from above.
D: To cut off fire that is traveling in the cockloft toward the exposures, it may be necessary to skip a building in order to get ahead of the fire.
b Explanation:
B) As hand lines reach the center of the fire, the outside lines must not be directed into the buildings in which the companies are operating.
RowFrames 7.7-7.9
Question 5:
All of the following Emergency Roll Call procedures are correct except?
A: The member conducting the emergency roll call will be known as the Roll Call Officer (RCO)
B: All Battalion and Division vehicles have pads of pre-printed Emergency Roll Call forms
C: If weather is an issue, the RCO and assisting member will have to take a position in a dry area, such as an apparatus cab or battalion vehicle
D: The RCO and member assisting and filling out the pre-printed form, should be in an area close to the command post
d
form, should be in an area close to the command post
Explanation:
Away from the command post. This will reduce radio feedback, thereby putting the roll call team in a better position to hear and talk over the HT roll call frequency
Comm ch 9 add 2 page 3
Question 6:
The severity of clutter shall be communicated at a fire operation. Of the following, which is the only acceptable term?
A: Collyer’s Mansion
B: Minimum Clutter
C: Maximum Clutter
D: Medium Clutter
d Explanation:
Acceptable terms are “Light Clutter”, “Medium Clutter” and “Heavy Clutter”. The term “Collyer’s Mansion” shall no longer be used.
Safety Bulletin 92 2.3
Question 7:
During a recent company drill being supervised by the BC, you made the following statements in reference to the NYCHA key FOBS. The BC corrected you in which statement?
A: Key FOBS have been issued to all FDNY units and provide access to all NYCHA buildings
B: Should the key FOB fail to unlock the door, then the door can be forced using forcibly entry tools
C: Should the building lose electrical power, the electromagnetic lock will deactivate, but the door will remain locked by the crash bar lock. A special key will be needed to unlock the door from outside the building
D: If the key FOB is lost or damaged, the OOD shall call the 24 hour NYCHA Emergency number
Explanation:b
Should the key FOB fail to unlock the door, it can be unlocked remotely by NYCHA security. This can be done by calling the 24 hour NYCHA emergency number
FFPs MDs add 4
Question 8:
At an operation where foam is required, an experienced officer should know that a first alarm assignment of three Engines and two Ladders should have enough containers of foam to provide approximately ______ minutes of finished firefighting foam at a 3% setting on the eductor with the aerating foam nozzle.
A: 15
B: 17
C: 21
D: 30
b Explanation:
A first alarm assignment of three Engines and two Ladders should provide 13 five-gallon containers of foam which is a total of 65 gallons of AR-AFFF foam concentrate. This will provide approximately 17 minutes of finished firefighting foam at a 3% setting on the eductor with the aerating foam nozzle. At 3% the eductor will be consuming 3.75 gallons of foam concentrate per minute.
TB Foam 7.2
Question 9:
Choose the most correct signal to give initially upon arrival of an airborne irritant incident, such as pepper spray, mace or a mace-like substance
A: 10-27
B: 10-31
C: 10-33-1
D :10-80
d Explanation:
Transmit the initial 10-80 signal to alert incoming units to proceed with caution to avoid entering a contaminated area
Haz-Mat 17 sec 2.5
Question 10:
According to the FDNY’s “Firefighting Procedures - Ventilation” bulletin, you would be most correct to know that all horizontal ventilation tactics, whether Ventilation for Extinguishment or Ventilation for Search, require communication with, and coordination by?
A: the first arriving Ladder Company Officer
B: the second arriving Ladder Company Officer
C: the Engine Company Officer operating inside the fire area to be vented.
D :the Ladder Company Officer operating inside the fire area to be vented.
d
Question 11:
Gas emergencies can pose great risk to FDNY members and the civilians we protect. This is why members should know that all of the following gas emergency points are correct except?
A: Peck vents are normally found on low pressure systems
B: Service regulators are usually located before the gas meter on high and medium pressure systems to reduce incoming gas pressure to ¼ psi
C: Most natural gas shutoffs are of the 1⁄4 turn variety and can easily be shut off using the fork end of a Halligan tool, vice grips or pliers to turn the wing cock valve 1⁄4 turn counter-clockwise.
D: FDNY members shall not operate main valves
a Explanation:
Medium and High pressure systems
EP Natural gas 4.4.2, page 22, 25
Question 12:
The air supply of a member in distress needs to be assessed whether the member is conscious or unconscious. Removing the member from the IDLH is critical for survival and assuring that the distressed member has an adequate supply of air is the next priority. A member will suffer brain damage without air in?
A: one to two minutes
B: two to three minutes
C: four to six minutes
D: six to ten minutes
c Explanation:
In six to ten minutes a member will move towards clinical death
MMID Ch 3 7.1
Question 13:
In order to assure efficient and timely stretching of the first attack handline, engine companies adhere to all of the following procedures except?
A: Unless the presence of a confirmed life hazard requires the immediate stretching of a second line, the second engine shall augment and assist the first engine
B: Both engine companies shall retain unit cohesiveness. With the exception of the first due control FF, second due engine FFs assisting in stretching the first line, should strive to maintain their position assignment on the line
C: The officers of the first and second due engines companies shall communicate with each other and with the IC
D: In one to three story structures, where the amount of hose required is four lengths or less, the need to assist on the first hoseline is not as great and engine companies are generally capable of stretching and operating individually
d Explanation:
One to two stories
Eng ops ch 8 page 3
Question 14:
The most prevalent type of taxpayer is usually larger in area than older types, with many being one-tenant occupancies, such as supermarkets, bowling alleys, restaurants, or factories. This type was constructed when?
A: Prior to the 1920’s
B: From the 1920’s into the 1960’s
C: From 1945 to 1968
D: From the 1960’s to the present
b
Question 16:
At a fire operation, when the engine officer reports there is little or no water and the ECC sees an adequate pressure reading and an increased flow showing on the outlet flowmeter with the pumps RPMs increasing automatically, this indicates?
A: a short stretch
B: a kink
C: a burst length
D: multiple, severe kinks
c Explanation:
Eng 12 3.2
Question 17:
You, the company officer overheard two FFs discussing the procedures for first arriving units at a United States Postal Service (USPS) facility for a Bio-Detection System (BDS) activation. You corrected them in which one?
A: Make contact with USPS Liaison
B: Verify activation of BDS
C: Inquired if all employees are out of the building or in a Safe Refuge Area (SRA) within the facility
D: FDNY units will conduct primary and secondary searches within the facility
d Explanation:
USPS will conduct primary and secondary searches. FDNY units will enter only for immediate life safety concerns
Haz-Mat ch 14 sec 6
Question 18:
During winter operations units shall be cognizant of street conditions in their response areas. Surveys shall be made and Battalion Chiefs shall evaluate conditions by personal survey and unit advisement, and report all of the following to Division headquarters at 3 hour intervals except?
A:Percentage of response area impassable.
B: Main arteries which are impassable.
C: Specific large areas or special hazards inaccessible.
D: Alternative response patterns and routes
Explanation:
D) Action taken to alleviate conditions.
Acronym: MAPS
Main arteries impassable
Actions taken to alleviate conditions
Percentage of response area impassable
Specific large areas or special hazards inaccessible
AUC 200 5.3.8 A
Question 19:
L-300 has just been assigned three probies from the last class. The senior members decided their first drill should be on portable ladders. While supervising the drill, you corrected them in which choice?
A: When portable ladders are placed over holes in a floor or roof or over a shaft opening, they aid in preventing members from falling into these unprotected openings
B: Portable ladders used in bridging operations can span courts, alleys, shafts and similar openings between floors and roofs. When performing this evolution, straight ladders must be used
C: Short ladders are used to support a bent cellar pipe during its operation, from exterior cellar stair or below grade openings. The ladders can also be placed across trench cuts, holes in a floor, or other openings to facilitate distributor use in cocklofts, cellars or wherever required
D: In order to prevent electrically operated overhead doors from closing when power in the fire building is shut down or affected by fire, a short ladder may be used to chock the door in the open position
b Explanation:
Extension ladders must be used only in the nested position when bridging
Ladders 1 page 21
Question 20:
A separate DOB Referral Report marked for High Priority shall be prepared for each of the following except?
A: For a condition requiring a joint inspection
B: For each high priority referral condition for the same address
C: For each address or premise
D: When both a normal priority referral item and a high priority referral item exist at the same address or premise
Explanation:
A) False; this does not require a separate document. A joint inspection can be requested for both normal and high priority referrals. All you have to do is check off the “joint inspection” box.
BISP Ch 5 2.1 A 2.1.1
Question 21:
When live electrical wires fall onto a TL, all of the following actions shall be taken except?
A: Any members already in position on an energized apparatus should attempt to remain in place and are not to be touched until power has been removed.
B: Notify the IC and transmit an Urgent
C: Immediately request a priority response of the utility company
D: Explanation:
d Explanation:
No member shall touch the apparatus
TL Ch 2 Page 24
Question 22:
At an under river rail emergency, the first arriving Battalion Chief should special call all of the following units to stage at the stations and emergency exits nearest to the under river tube except?
A: a Battalion Chief
B: at least one engine
C: at least one ladder
D: a Communications Unit
d Explanation:
D) a unit with monitoring capability
Under River River 4.2
Question 23:
Members at the pedestal position of an Aerial Ladder shall ensure the following safeguards and actions are taken before placing aerial into operations. Select the incorrect action.
A: The area immediately around the turntable be designated a danger zone (turntable platform)
B: The danger zone around turntable be clear of members, tools or any impediments before rotation of aerial
C: If a FF is to climb the aerial ladder at the start of an operation, he or she shall be in position on the turntable before the aerial ladder is to be raised and rotated
D: The danger zone only exists during night time operations
d Explanation:
This statement doesn’t exist in books….watch for bluff answers
Ladders 2 sec 8.25
Question 24:
Two officers were incorrect in which statement made when discussing the Purple K truck-mounted system?
A:Discharge range is only 5-10 feet.
B: Start attack about 20-30 feet from the fire, wind at your back, and use a side to side sweeping motion.
C: Two electric hose reels containing 100’ of 1” hose, with special nozzles for expelling the product are installed. It is possible to attach 2 lengths together but discharge pressure may be reduced.
D: The Purple K truck-mounted system will last less than 2 minutes.
Explanation:
A) Discharge range is approximately 30-40 feet.
TB Purple K Add 1 1.1.6, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.9
Question 25:
Answer the following question according to Chief Dunne’s book Collapse of Burning Buildings 2nd edition……..There are three ways a masonry exterior building wall can collapse such as 90 degree wall collapse, curtain wall collapse, and inward-outward collapse. Which of the following is the most common to collapse during a fire
A: 90 degree wall collapse
B :Curtain wall collapse
C: Inward-outward collapse
D: None of the above
a Explanation:
This type falls straight out and the top of the collapsing wall strikes the ground a distance equal to the height of the falling section measured from the base of the wall…..Bricks and steel lintels may bounce or roll out even further..Chapter 4
