Fire Technology and Arson Investigation

Prelimenary Examination
Instruction: write only the letter of the corresponding correct answer on your test paper.
1. AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE FIRE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES,
REPEALING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1185 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
A.
R.A. 9514
B.
BP 220
C.
PD. 1096
D.
PD 957
2.
A.
B.
C.
D.

R.A. 9514 is also known as

The Act shall be known as the "Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008".
The Act shall be known as the "Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2010".
The Act shall be known as the "Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2009".
The Act shall be known as the "Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 2007".

3. Act that would remove or neutralize a fire hazard.

A.
Fire resistivity
B.
Fire exit
C.
Suppression
D.
Abatement
4. Any person who acts as agent of the owner and manages the use of a building for him.
A.
Officer
B.
Building Official
C.
Chief
D.
Administrator
5. Any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer used to set off explosives.
A.
Blasting Agent
B.
Foam
C.
Chemical Fire reducer
6. A highly combustible and explosive compound produced by the reaction of nitric acid with a
cellulose material.
A.
Sodium nitrate
B.
Nitrate oxide
C.
Cellulose Nitrate/Nitro Cellulose
7. Descriptive of materials that are easily set on fire.
A.
Combustible Fiber
B.
Combustible, Flammable or Inflammable
C.
Combustible Liquid
D.
Corrosive Liquid
8. Any readily ignitable and free burning fiber such as cotton, oakum, rags, waste cloth, waste paper,
kapok, hay, straw, Spanish moss, excelsior and other similar materials commonly used in commerce.
A.
Combustible Fiber
B.
Combustible Liquid
C.
Corrosive Liquid
D.
Curtain Board
9. Liquid having a flash point at or above 37.8_C (100_F).
A.
Curtain Board
B.
Corrosive Liquid
C.
Combustible Liquid

D.

Combustible Fiber

10. Any liquid which causes fire when in contact with organic matter or with certain chemicals.
A.
Corrosive Liquid
B.
Combustible Liquid
C.
Combustible Fiber
11. Descriptive of any material which by its nature or as a result of its reaction with other elements
produces a rapid drop in temperature of the immediate surroundings
A.
Flash Point
B.
Fulminate
C.
Cryogenic
12. A normally open device installed inside an air duct system which automatically closes to restrict the
passage of smoke or fire.
A.
Damper
B.
Ember
C.
Hose Box
13. The process of first raising the temperature in separate the more volatile from the less volatile parts
and then cooling and condensing the resulting vapor so as to produce a nearly purified substance.
A.
Condensation
B.
Distillation
C.
Vaporization
14.
A.
B.
C.
D.

A continuous passageway for the transmission of air.

Exhaust system
Pipe line system
Duct system
Air duct system

15. A finely powdered substance which, when mixed with air in the proper proportion and ignited will
cause an explosion.
A.
Powder
B.
Chemical compound
C.
Gust
D.
Dust
16. An extremely hot luminous bridge formed by passage of an electric current across a space between
two conductors or terminals due to the incandescence of the conducting vapor.
A.
Electric arc
B.
Electric current
C.
Electric shock
D.
Electric ground
17. A hot piece or lump that remains after a material has partially burned, and is still oxidizing without
the manifestation of flames.
A.
Fire
B.
Ember
C.
Burned piece
18. Materials used as final coating of a surface for ornamental or protective purposes.
A.
Erection
B.
Finishes
C.
Laid-on
D.
Final phase
19. The active principle of burning, characterized by the heat and light of combustion.
A.
Boil
B.
Ember
C.
Smoke
D.
Fire

20. A building unsafe in case of fire because it will burn easily or because it lacks adequate exits or fire
escapes.
A.
Fire trap
B.
Fire unsafe
C.
Fire creator
D.
Building fire
21. A fire resistive door prescribed for openings in fire separation walls or partitions.
A.
Fire resistive door
B.
Fire door
C.
Fire reducer door
D.
Door fire
22. Any condition or act which increases or may cause an increase in the probability of the occurrence of
fire, or which may obstruct, delay, hinder or interfere with fire fighting operations and the
safeguarding of life and property.
A.
Fire trap
B.
Fire unsafe
C.
Fire hazard
D.
Fire warning
23. 1. Under the Fire Code, what is the maximum width (meters) of a single door in a doorway?
A.
A. 0.80
B.
B. 1.50
C.
C. 1.40
D.
D. 1.22
24. The minimum temperature at which any material gives off vapor in sufficient concentration to form
an ignitable mixture with air.
A.
Flash point
B.
Electric Arc
C.
Fulminate
25. A process where a piece of metal is heated prior to changing its shape or dimensions.
A.
Forcing
B.
Stretching
C.
Heated
D.
Tempered
26. Kind of stable explosive compound which explodes by percussion.
A.
Fulminate
B.
Percussive explosion
C.
Compound
D.
Electric arc
27. Any act of manufacturing, fabrication, conversion, etc., that uses or produces materials which are
likely to cause fires or explosions.
A.
Combustible Operation/ process
B.
Hazardous Operation/Process
C.
Chemical Operation/ process
28. Passageway from one building to another or through or around a wall in approximately the same
floor level.
A.
Corridor exit
B.
Vertical Exit
C.
Horizontal Exit
D.
Fire Exit
29. A box or cabinet where fire hoses, valves and other equipment are stored and arranged for fire
fighting.
A.
Hose Reel
B.
Hose Box

C.
D.

Junction Box
Reel Box

30. - A cylindrical device turning on an axis around which a fire hose is wound and connected.
A.
Reel Box
B.
Hose Reel
C.
Junction Box
D.
Hose Box
31. A rocket or liquid propellant which consist of combinations of fuels and oxidizers which ignite
spontaneously on contact with each other.
A.
Hypergolic Fuel
B.
Jet fuel
C.
Propellant Fuel
32. A piece of metal or an electrical conductor used to bypass a safety device in an electrical system.
A.
By pass device
B.
Jumper
C.
Fuse
33. Any person actually occupying and using a building or portions thereof by virtue of a lease contract
with the owner or administrator or by permission or sufferance of the latter.
A.
User
B.
Occupant
C.
Watchman
D.
Usage
34. A strong oxidizing organic compound which releases oxygen readily. It causes fire when in contact
with combustible materials especially under conditions of high temperature.
A.
Oxide nitrate
B.
Organic Peroxide
C.
Peroxide
D.
Calcium Peroxide
35. Use of one or more electrical appliances or devices which draw or consume electrical current beyond
the designed capacity of the existing electrical system.
A.
Overloading
B.
Underloading
C.
Loading
36. The person who holds the legal right of possession or title to a building or real property.
A.
Occupant
B.
Chief of police
C.
Owner
D.
Beaureu of Fire protection
37. A material that readily yields oxygen in quantities sufficient to stimulate or support combustion.
A.
Oxide Material
B.
Combustive material
C.
Oxidizing Material
D.
Peroxide Material
38. Type or burner where the fuel is subjected to pressure prior to discharge into the combustion
chamber and/or which includes fans or other provisions for the introduction of air at above normal
atmosphere pressure into the same combustion chamber.
A.
Pressurized burner equipment
B.
Pressurized Or Forced Draft Burning Equipment
C.
Combustion Chamber equipment
39. Any building or structure where fifty (50) or more people congregate, gather, or assemble for any
purpose.
A.
Private Assembly Building
B.
Public Assembly Building

C.

Assembly

40. Any street, alley or other strip of land unobstructed from the ground to the sky, deeded, dedicated or
otherwise permanently appropriated for public use.
A.
Public way
B.
Public street
C.
Public alley
D.
Public hi-way

41. Combustion or burning in which substances combine chemically

with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat and
smoke.
A. Flame
B. Heat
C. Fire
D. Smoke
42. A hot glowing body of ignited gas that is generated by something
on fire.
A. Flame
B. Heat
C. Fire
D. Smoke
43. An extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property.
A. Conflagration
B. Burning
C. Fire
D. Combustion
44. Means on fire or very hot or bright.
A. Flame
B. Burning
C. Fire
D. Combustion
45. The rapid chemical combination of a substance with oxygen involving the production of heat and light.
A. Flame
B. Burning
C. Fire
D. Combustion

46. The quality of being hot or high temperature at which fuel will continue to burn for at least 5 seconds after ignit
flame.
A. Flame
B. Heat
C. Fire
D. Smoke
47. The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
A. Flame
B. Heat
C. Light
D. Smoke

48. Is one of the 4 fundamental states of matter, the other being

solid,liquid and gas.
A. Flame
B. Plasma
C. Light
D. Smoke
49. The lowest temperature a which the vapor of a combustible liquid can be ignited in air.
A. Flash point
B. Ignition temperature
C. Fire point
D. Boiling point
50. Is the temperature at which fuel will continue to burn for at least
five seconds after
ignition by an open flame.
A. Flash point
B. Ignition temperature
C. Fire point
D. Boiling point

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