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Which construction classification requires that all structural members are composed of noncombustible or limited combustible materials with a high fire-resistive rating? |
Type I |
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Type I construction buildings are considered to be: |
more collapse resistant than other building types |
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Type I construction buildings: |
are fire-resistive, but not fireproof |
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How is Type II construction different from Type I construction? |
Type II buildings are constructed of lighter-weight materials with lower fire resistance ratings |
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Which components found in Type III construction buildings may fail quickly when exposed to fire? |
Prefabricated wood truss systems |
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What characteristic of Type IV construction helps prevent unseen fire travel? |
lack of voids or concealed spaces |
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Type IV construction is commonly found in: |
churches |
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Type V construction buildings have exterior load-bearing walls composed entirely of: |
wood |
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What is likely to happen during a fire in a Type V building ? |
Combustible insulation becomes exposed as vinyl siding melts, allowing fire to spread to the interior |
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Firefighters should be aware they are likely to find __________ in the space between a building's ceiling and roof when performing vertical ventilation. |
fire suppression system pipes |
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Which action can reduce the effectiveness of a fire wall? |
An owner creating a hole to run electrical wiring |
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A fire in a basement: |
can weaken floor joists and structural supports |
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Fires in basements may be more hazardous than fires in other compartmetns because of: |
limited means of ingress/egress |
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Which type of stairs are enclosed with 1-or2-hour fire rated construction and are part of the required means of egress in a building? |
protected stairs |
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How can unprotected stairs impact fire fighting operations ? |
provide a flow path for smoke and fire gases |
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Fire separation walls that divide the roof from neighboring roofs: |
extend from teh foundation to aboe the roof |
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When ventilating a pitched roof, what might firefighters typically find applied at right angles directly over the rafters? |
Decking material |
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The weight of an arched roof is primarily supported by the: |
exterior walls |
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What feature often obstructs firefighters' view of teh entire roof? |
Parapet walls |
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IF a roof truss is exposed to fire, the gusset plates will: |
fall away from burned wood and fail to provide structural support |
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The lightweight members of a truss assembly are: |
susceptible to early failure when exposed to fire |
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Multistory builings with flat roofs usually have: |
the same structural system for the roof and the floors |
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Roof penetrations and openings may be helpful to firefighters because they: |
can indicate the location of rooms such as bathrooms or mechanical spaces |
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How can green roofs impact fire fighting operations? |
Interfere with ventilation operations and fire location indicators |
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Which type of fire fighting operations are cold roofs likely to negatively impact? |
ventilation |
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When performing vertical ventilation on a roof, firefighters should be aware that a photovoltaic cell that is fire damaged: |
can still continue to produe electricity |
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What is one major problem that rain roofs pose for firefighters? |
They create a void that conceals fires and allows them to burn undetected |
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Firefighters are at risk of becoming trapped in a void space and being caught in extreme fire conditions if they: |
enter the space betwen a rain roof and the original roof to ventilate the structure |
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Roof security features such as wired glass and iron plates can: |
make ventilating the roof more difficult and tiem consuming |
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Which roof-mounted equipment adds to the load distributed on the roof and can obstruct ventilation efforts? |
satellite dish |
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The effectiveness of a door as a fire barrier is mainly influened by its: |
construction material |
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Which type of door is likely to be encountered as an exit door? |
swinging door |
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Sliding doors are not allowed as part of a means of egree because they: |
slow the trael of people thorugh the door opening |
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Folding doors are used: |
as horizontal fire doors |
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How are vertical doors commonly used? |
Fire doors protecting openings that are not part of the required means of egress |
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What design feature of revolving doors helps provide an unobstructed opening for people to use as an emergency exit? |
the wings of the doors are designed to collapse under pressure |
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Which type of door has flat face panels that are the full height and width of the door, and are attached to a solid or hollow core? |
Flush door |
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Which type of door is typically the best fire barrier? |
Solid-core door |
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Building codes require that glass doors be made out of: |
tempered glass |
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Which type of material is often used in the core of a heavy corrugated steel door? |
Styrofoam |
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Which is an acurate statement about fire doors? |
Fire doors are very effective at limiting fire spread if they are properly maintained and operated |
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Overhead rolling steel fire doors: |
ordinarily close under the force of gravity when the fusible link melts |
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How are horizontal sliding fire doors commonly constructed? |
Metal-covered wood core with a vent hole |
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A fusible link on a swinging fire door depends on the heat from a fire to close, so: |
a significant amount of smoke may flow through the door before the door is released |
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Which window component is the lowest horizontal member of the frame and supports the window hardware? |
sill |
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What kind of window consists of only a frame and a glazed stationary sash? |
Fixed window |
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Which type of window has only one openable sash and balancing devices that hold the movable sash at the desired position? |
Single-hung window |
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A window that has one or more top-hinged sashes and uses a crank mechanism to open outward is known as a(an): |
awning |
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Which type of window has a large number of narrow glass sections that overlap and swing outward to open? |
jalousie |
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How are security bars or grills on windows likely to impact fire and life safety? |
slow access time for firefighters |
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Rolling steel shutters often block interior window openings such as factory office windows and function most similarly to: |
rolling steel doors |
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Bowstring Truss |
Lightweight truss design noted by the bow shape, or curve, of the top chord |
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Cast-in-place Concrete |
Common type of concrete construction that is poured into forms as a liquid and assumes the shape of the form in the position and location it will be used |
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Cockloft |
concealed space between the top floor an the roof of a structure |
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Dead Load |
Weight of the structure, structural members, building components, and any other features permanently attached to the building that are constant and immobile |
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Eave |
The edge of a pitched roof that overhangs an outside wall |
Attic vents in typical eaves provide an avenue for an exterior fire to enter the attic |
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Factory-Built Home |
Structure that is partially or completely built in a factory and shipped to the location on which it is to be installed |
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Fire Door |
Specially constructed, tested and approved fire rated door assembly designed and installed to prevent fire spread by automatically closing and covering a doorway in a fire wall to block the spread of fire through the door opening |
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Fire-Resistance Rating |
Rating assigned to a material or assembly after standardized testing by an independent testing organization identifies the amount of time a material or assembly will resist a typical fire, as measured on a standard time temperature curve |
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Fire Stop |
Solid materials, such as wood blocks, used to prevent or limit the vertical and horizaontal spread of fire and the products of combustion in hollow walls or floors, above false ceilings, in penetrations for plumbing or electrical installations in penetrations of a fire-rated assembly or in cocklofts and crawl spaces |
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Fire Wall |
Fire-rated wall with a specified degree of fire resistance, built of fire-resistive materials and usually extending from the foundation up to and through the roof of a building; designed to limit the spread of a fire within a structure or between adjacent structures |
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Glue-Laminated Beam |
Wooden structural member composed of many relatively short pieces of lumber glued and laminated together under pressure to form a long, extremely strong beam |
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Gusset Plates |
Metal or wooden plates used to connect and strengthen the joints of two or more separate components (such as metal or wooden truss components or roof or floor components) into a load bearing unit |
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Hollow-Core Door |
Lightweight door with wood, plastic, or fiberboard interior spacers separating the face panels rather than solid materials |
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Hybrid Modular Structure |
Structure consisting of the elements of both modular design and panelized construction; core modular units are assembled first and panels are added to complete the structure |
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Joists |
Horizontal structural members used to support a ceiling or floor; drywall materials are nailed or screwed to the ceiling joists, and the subfloor is nailed or screwed to the floor joists |
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Lightweight Steel Truss |
Structural support made from a long steel bar that is bent at a 90-degree angle with flat or angular pieces welded to the top and bottom |
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Load-Bearing Wall |
Wall of a building that by design carries at lest some part of the structural load of the building in the direction of the ground or base |
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Manufactured Home |
Dwelling that is the assembly of four major components; the chassis and the floor, wall, and roof systems: although these homes are constructed of steel, wood, plywood, aluminum, gypsum wallboard, and other materials, they are basically frame construction |
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Masonry |
bricks, blocks, stones, and unreinforced and reinforced concrete products |
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Means of Egress |
Continuous and unobstructed way of exit travel from any point in a structure to a public way, consisting of three distinct parts; exit access, exit, and exit discharge |
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Modular Home |
Structure assembled at the factory in two or more all-inclusive sections. All utilities and millwork are also installed at the factory and connected when the structure is delivered to a site |
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Open Web Joist |
Joist with a web composed of materials that do not fill the entire web space such as steel bars or tubes |
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Oriented Strand Board (OSB) |
A wooden structural panel formed by gluing and compressing wood strands together under pressure; this material has repalced plywood and planking in the majority of construction applications; roof decks, walls, and subfloors are all commonly made of this material |
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Panelized Home |
home assembled on site consisting of constucted panels made of foam insulation sandwiched between sheets of plywood. The panels are assembled on site and require no framing members |
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Parallel Chord Truss |
a truss constructed with the top and bottom chords parallel; these trusses are used as floor joists in multistory buildings and as ceiling joists in buildings with flat roofs |
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Parapet |
portion of the exterior walls of a building that extends above the roof; a low wall at the edge of a roof |
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Photovoltaic Roof |
Roof that features a solar panel array that is designed to provide electricity to the structure; existing roofs may have panels retrofitted some roofs are built with the solar panels integrated into the roof surface itself |
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Photovoltaic (PV) System |
an arrangement of components that convey electrical power to an energy system by converting solar energy into direct current (DC) electricity |
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Precast Concrete |
method of building construction where the cocrete building member is poured and set according to specification in a controlled environment and is then shipped to the construction site for use |
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Protected Stair |
stair with code-required, fire-rated enclosure construction; intended to protect occupants as they make their way through the stair enclosure |
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Protected Steel |
steel structural members that are covered with either spray-on fire proofing (an insulating barrier) or fully encased in an Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) tested and approved system |
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Purlin |
Horizontal member between trusses that support the roof |
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Rafter |
inclined beam that supports a roof, runs parallel to the slope of the roof, and to which the roof decking is attached |
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Rain or Snow Roof |
A second roof constructed over an existing roof |
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Reinforced Concrete |
Concrete that is internally fortified with steel reinforcement bars or mesh placed within the concrete before it hardens; reinforcement allows the concrete to resist tensile forces |
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Ridge |
the horizontal line at the junction of the top edges of two sloping roof surfaces |
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Solid-Core Door |
door whose entire core is filled with solid material |
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Stud |
an upright post in the framework of a wall for supporting sheets of lath and plaster, wallboard, or similar material |
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Truss |
structural member used to form a roof or floor framework; these form triangles or combinations of triangls to provie maximum load-bearing capacity with a minimum amount of material |
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Type I Construction |
Construction type in which structural members, including walls, columns, beams, floors, and roofs, are made of noncombstible, or limited combustible materials and have a specified degree of fire resistance |
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Type II Construction |
Construction type that is similar to Type I except that the degree of fire resistance is lower |
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Type III Construction |
construction type in which exterior walls and structural members are made of noncombustible or limited combustble materials, but interior structural members, including walls, columns, beams, floors, and roofs, are completely or partially constructed of wood |
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Type IV Construction |
Heavy timber construction in which interior and exterior walls and their associated structural members are made of noncombustible or limited combustible materials; interior structural framing consists of heavy timber with minimum dimensions larger than those used in Type III construction |
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Type V construction |
Construction type in which exterior walls, bearing walls, floors, roofs, and supports are made completely or partially of wood or other approved materials or smaller dimensions than those used in Type IV construction |
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