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A joisted floor has one tremendous advantage over the truss floor system: Each joist acts as a _____________.
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Web
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Post
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Column
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Fire Stop
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A party wall is _______ than two separate walls.
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Thinner
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Thicker
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More Solid
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Wider
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A space within a beam where there is neither tension nor compression is known as the?
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Vertical plane
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Horizontal plane
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Intersected plane
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Neutral plane
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A type of collapse that leaves a single triangular void space is?
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Lean-to-floor collapse
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V-shaped floor collapse
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Cantilever floor collapse
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Frame floor collapse
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A(n) _______ code applies to all structures and conditions within them, including existing hazards that were created even before the adoption of the code.
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Building
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Mechanical
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Fire
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Electrical
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All loads of a heavy timber building must be delivered to the ______?
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Ground
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Bearing walls
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Main supports
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Wooden columns
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All of the following are major areas of concern in ordinary construction buildings except
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The non-bearing wood walls as a barrier to fire extension
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The structural stability of the masonry walls
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Void Spaces
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The stability of the interior beam systems
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At about ______ degrees F, steel will begin to elongate.
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600
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800
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1000
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1300
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Building codes regulate the size and height of structures, based on the construction classification and the __________.
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Occupancy type
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Construction type
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Building materials
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Manufacturer recommendations
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Cold-drawn steel will fail at what temperature?
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400 degrees F
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600 degrees F
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800 degrees F
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1000 degrees F
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Concrete is a mixture of portland cement, water, and ______.
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Aggregates
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Cement
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Admixtures
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Composites
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Concrete is inherently?
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Weak in compression
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Strong in tension
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Combustible
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Non-Combustible
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Concrete is tested in _______ because it virtually has no tensile strength.
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Tension
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Torsion
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Compression
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Pressure
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Draft stopping consists of plywood, sheet metal, or other approved material and is installed to protect against ________ fire spread.
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Horizontal
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Vertical
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Forced
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Opposite
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Fire fighters are reduced to just reacting to a fire rather than being prepared for its many potential hazards if they do not do what?
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Conduct fire inspections
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Conduct fire prevention programs
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Conduct safety surveys
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Conduct pre-fire plans
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Fire stops typically limit the _______ movement of fire through small, concealed passages.
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Horizontal
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Vertical
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Forced
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Opposite
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Heavy timber construction is a descendent of true ______ construction.
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Refined
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Wood
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Mill
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Innovative
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In the typical downtown ordinary construction building, the side walls are the ________ walls, whereas the front and back walls are ________.
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Bearing, non-bearing
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All are bearing
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Non-bearing, bearing
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All are nonbearing
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In which type of non-combustibel building is the entire structure engineered to act as one unit with the walls and roof structure relying on each other for stability?
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Masonry wall with steel bar joist
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Rigid frame
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Concrete tilt-up
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Reinforced masonry
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It is essential that you have a working knowledge of how buildings are designed, constructed, ________, altered and fall into disrepair.
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Renovated
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Brought up to code
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Restored
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Reestablished
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Masonry walls are no designed to resist?
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Concentrated loads
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increased live loads
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Lateral impact loads
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Dead loads
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Masonry walls in ordinary construction may consist of all of the following except
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Concrete block
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Terra Cotta tile
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Wood studs
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Precast concrete
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One of the major problems with the modification procedures in heavy timber construction is that?
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It may create void spaces
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It creates unsprinklered areas
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Steel trusses or girders may be used instead of heavy timbers
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Any of the above
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Reinfored concrete is a _________ material
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Admixture
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Aggregate
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Cured
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Composite
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Steel cable will have complete failure at _______ degrees F.
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800
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600
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1000
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1200
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Steel heated to _________ degrees F elongates 9 inches per 100 feet of length.
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1000
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1500
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2000
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2500
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Steel provides the _______ strength that concrete lacks.
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Tensile
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Torsion
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Compressive
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All of the above
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The bottom chord of a truss is said to be in _______ while the top chord is under ______.
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Compression, tension
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Tension, compression
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Torsion, compression
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Tension, Torsion
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The destruction of the World Trade Center is best described as an example of?
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Global collapse
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Partial collapse
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Secondary collapse
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V-shaped floor collapse
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The stone arch works because all members of the arch are under_______, and little or no tensile load is placed on a material that is weak in tensile strength.
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Strain
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Torsion
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Compression
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Tension
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There are many ways to stabilize a wall in ordinary construction buildings, which of the following is one of these?
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Buttresses or mass of masonry outside the wall
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Pilastrers or colus built inside the wall
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Wall columns built within the wall
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Any of the above
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Spraying water on heated steel is dangerous as it can cause the steel to shatter and fall.
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- True
- False
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What are two methods used fro pre-stressing?
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Pre-compression, post compression
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Pre-tensioning, post-tensioning
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Pre-releasing, post releasing
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Pre-stressing, Post-stressing
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What construction method describes a building where all of the concrete is properly bonded together and acts as one?
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Monolithic construction
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Composite construction
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Precast construction
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Fire-resistive construction
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What is known as the eternal enemy of every building?
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Gravity
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Fire
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Dead Loads
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Shock Loads
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What is the major difference between noncombustible construction and fire resistive construction?
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The level of fire resistance
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the lack of fire suppression
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The number of floors
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The materials used for construction
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When a brick is laid so that the long side is visible, it is referred to as?
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Stretcher course
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Header course
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Bond course
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Veneer course
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When a column is offset, the girder on which it rests becomes a __________ beam.
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Transfer
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Suspended
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Simple
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Needle
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When exposed to fire, plywood will begin to ________.
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delaminate
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corrode
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flake
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chip
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When exposed to heat, steel does all of the following except:
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Hardens
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Elongates
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Conducts heat
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Ultimately fails
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Which item would lessen the code requirements for a given building?
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Sprinkler system
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Standpipe system
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Fire alarm system
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none of the above
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Which type of non-combustible buildings are a cousin to the arch in that they transmit the load as one structure from the roof to the ground?
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Rigid Frame
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Masonry wall with steel bar joists
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Concrete tilt up
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Reinforced masonry
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What type of wall is of a non-load-bearing nature and can carry no other weight than its own?
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Curtain Wall
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Wall-bearing
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Wooden walled
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Paneled Wall
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Why does post-tensioned concrete pose a greater collapse hazard when involved in a construction fire than conventional reinforced concrete?
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No bond between the tendons and the concrete
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Less compressive strength
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Lower weight to mass ratio
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All of the above
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Why would it be beneficial to separate pre-fire planning and the inspection function?
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Because inspection are essentially a policing function
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Because of time constraints
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Because of inadequate personnel
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Because of training limitations
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___________ are concrete pads, usually heavily reinforced, that transfer the loads of piers or columns to the ground.
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Footings
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Caissons
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Corrugations
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Foundations
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__________ are false spaces above built-in cabinets, usually in a kitchen or in the undersides of stairways and projecting eaves.
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soffits
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trimmers
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battens
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splines
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[blank_start]Zoning regulations[blank_end] spell out what types of buildings can be built in specific locations in a city and what they can be used for.
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Zoning regulations
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Building codes
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Fire codes
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Construction safety regulations
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Fire codes are usually the result of lessons learned from the past. Which one of these was the location of the deadliest nightclub fire in history?
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Cocoanut Grove - November 28, 1942
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London Fire of 1666
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire - March 25, 1911
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The Station Club Fire - February 20, 2003
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For maximum lifesaving coverage, the Boise Fire Department recommends installing smoke detectors in all of the folowing except
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Garage areas
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Each bedroom
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Every level of your home
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Every living area
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If a customer calls your station coplainging that their smoke detector regularly responds to cooking smoke or shower steam, what should you do? All of the following are correct except.
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Refer them to fire prevention
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If ceiling mounted, relocate the unit to a wall, if possible
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Replace the detector with one that has a silence button feature
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Move the detector further away to give smoke or steam a chance to dissipate before reacing the unit.
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If you only had one CO detector to give away to a family in need, where would be the best location according to NFPA 720?
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Outside sleeping areas
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In the bedroom of mom and dad
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In the infant or child's bedroom
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In the garage next to the water heater and furnace
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The City of Boise adopted the 2006 version of International Fire Code through which Title of the municipal code?
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Title 7
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Title 3
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Title 5
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Title 9
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The best location for mounting a smoke detector is where?
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Middle of the ceiling
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On the wall in the corner next to the ceiling
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Near the heating or cooling ducts
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In mobile home units, install smoke detectors on outside walls
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The poison emergency hotline number is?
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1-800-222-1222
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1-800-632-8000
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1-800-570-6500
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1-800-321-1492
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The radioactive element used to generate alpha particles in Ionization Smoke Detectors is called?
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Americium
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Cadmium
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Radium
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Uranium
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The two main types of smoke detectors available to the public are Photoelectric Smoke detectors and Ionization Smoke Detectors?
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- True
- False
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A particular hazard of the ________ stream, when used for interior firefighting, is that it can actually push the fire with the massive amounts of air that it introduces.
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Fog
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Straight
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Smooth
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Combination
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When considering where to place a carbon monoxide detector, keep in mind that although carbon monoxide is roughly.
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Same weight as air
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Lighter than air
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Heavier than air
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An exterior exposure is a building that, if left unprotected could be ignited by all of the following types of heat except
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Transient
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Radiant
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Conducted
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Convected
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Applying water directly to exposures is the ________ effective way of protecting them.
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Most
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Least
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Partially
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Slightest
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Choose the answer that best describes the word size-up.
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An evaluation of what is happening
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Critical description used for structural fire attack only
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Specific firefighting procedures performed by company officers to meet the strategic goals
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Method of extinguishment
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Important points that a firefigther should gain from initial reports from the first arriving unit are all of the above except.
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Map page and directions
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Location of fire in a building and severity
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Size and height
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Report of trapped victims
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In order to minimize costs and maximze profits restaurants are often _________ constructed buildings
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Lightweight
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Heavyweight
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Platform
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Ordinary
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Offensive strategies can be used _____________
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When an aggressive interior search can save lives
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If it is determined that no savable life is present
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If the building is unsafe due to heavy fire involvment
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If no items are salvage due to damage and fire
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One good tactic for suppressing a dumpster fire is to ______________
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fill the container with water
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let it burn itself out
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fill it full of foam from a CAFs system
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None of the above
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Opening _________ after the initial fire attack must be done quickly to search for hidden fire.
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Floors and ceilings
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Windows and doors
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Drywall and windows
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Doors and Walls
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Protecting exposures is one of many steps for a successful fire attack.
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- True
- False
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Strip malls are a modern version of the __________
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Taxpayer
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Mega Malls
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Tavern
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Big Box stores
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The first 50 feet of hoseline being stretched into the structure on fire is referred to as the _________.
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Working Line
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Kill length
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First Stretch
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Dead load
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The most proven stream (and safest for firefighters) for interior fire attack is a ___________ stream
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Straight or solid
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Fog or combination
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Solid or fog
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Solid or stiff
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The nozzle operator is responsible for _______________
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bleeding air at the door
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backing up the officer
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hooking the hydrant
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backing up the officer in a stairwell
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The standard search-and-rescue plan uses the ________-team approach
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two
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one
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three
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four
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Vetical ventilation is the act of opening a hole in the ________ to allow the products of combustion, smoke, and heat to leave the building.
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Roof
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Window
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Sliding door
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Wall
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What is the best way to prevent "water hammer"?
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Open and close nozzles slowly
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Use spanner wrenches to tighten couplings
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There is no best way
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Use lower hose pressure
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What problems could occur in the event of a "water hammer"?
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Damage to the hoseline and pumper
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Pressures decreases on the attack crew's hoseline
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If a firefighter get hit direct with this, they could be severly injured
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The pump on the pumper may cavitate
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Why must the nozzle team remain low upon initial entry into the door of the fire building?
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To allow smoke and heat to vent over their heads
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There is no need to remain low upon entry
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So the door firefighter can see the door they are opening.
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None of the above
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A _________ is the development and implementation of a plan, incorporating specific goals, to bring a fire under control.
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Strategy
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Tactic
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Goal
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Coordinated attack
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When using common terminology for structures, divisions A, B, C and D depict different sides of a building. With side A usually being the side of the building with the main entrance that faces the street, which way is side B?
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Clockwise from side A
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Counterclockwise from side A
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Right of side A
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None of the Above
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