Fire Protection Engineering
Test your knowledge of fire protection engineering.
- 1.“The pressure in a fluid at rest is the same in all directions” is the definition of _____.
- A.
Pascal's Law
- B.
Ohm's Law
- C.
Law of Inertia
- D.
Resistance
- 2._____ can be considered a measure of a fluid’s resistance to deformation or shear, or its readiness to flow when acted upon by an external force.
- A.
Gravity
- B.
Viscosity
- C.
Fluidity
- D.
Density
- 3.A pressure due only to the weight of a column of fluid is called _____.
- A.
Vacuum pressure
- B.
Inertia
- C.
Static pressure
- D.
Atmospheric pressure
- 4.A prefect vacuum is ______ absolute pressure.
- A.
32 pounds of
- B.
-32 pounds of
- C.
Zero
- D.
Twice the normal atmospheric
- 5.The _____ can be considered a statement of the conservation of energy principle appropriate for flowing fluids.
- A.
Voltaic Equation
- B.
Bernoulli Equation
- C.
Pythagorean Theorem
- D.
Newton Equation
- 6.The _____ of a fluid is defined as the mass of the fluid per unit volume.
- A.
Viscosity
- B.
Weight
- C.
Atmospheric pressure
- D.
Density
- 7.Energy slowly diffusing through a medium from a point of higher temperature to a point of lower temperature is called _____.
- A.
Radiation
- B.
Conduction
- C.
Convection
- D.
Diffusion
- 8.There are both combustible and noncombustible materials in buildings.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Energy that is transmitted with the speed of light by electromagnetic waves, and for which a transmitting medium is not required is called _____.
- A.
Radiation
- B.
Conduction
- C.
Convection
- D.
Diffusion
- 10._____ is some measurable or sensible phenomenon present during combustion.
- A.
Buoyancy
- B.
Asphyxia
- C.
Pascal’s Law
- D.
A fire signature
- 11.The best possible location for a heat detector is _____.
- A.
Spacing of no more than 30 ft. apart
- B.
Wherever a sprinkler head is located
- C.
At least one per room
- D.
Directly over the fire
- 12._____ refers to the relatively rapid gas flow in a shallow layer beneath the ceiling surface which is driven by the buoyancy of the hot combustion products.
- A.
Dispersion
- B.
Ceiling jet
- C.
Fire plume
- D.
Aspiration
- 13._____ inhibits the chain reaction of the combustion process because it chemically suppresses the fire very quickly.
- A.
Class D extinguishers
- B.
Water
- C.
Halon 1301
- D.
Foam
- 14.When the air in a building is warmer and less dense than the outside air, it tends to have a buoyant force. The phenomenon is referred to as _____.
- A.
Stratification
- B.
Normal stack effect
- C.
Reverse hydrolysis
- D.
Neutral plane hydraulics
- 15._____ detectors complement ionization detectors in that they have high sensitivity to smoldering fires and low sensitivity to low-smoke flaming fires, such as paper and wood fires.
- A.
Aspiration type
- B.
Light-scattering
- C.
Light-absorbing
- D.
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