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WorksheetsFIRE TECHNOLOGY PART 1 2026
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 59mins
What is this almost anything that will burn when heated with sufficient oxygen?
Combustion
Fuel
Heat
Oxygen
1. Fire is an example of what type chemical reaction?
Precipitation
Oxidation-reduction
Acid-base
All of these
Because of the metallic nature of this flammable materials, this fire can be best extinguished by using dry powder ABC chemical, baking soda or sand. This is a _________fire.
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class D
What is this class of fire that involves woods and wood products?
Class A
Class B
Class C
Class D
1. The phenomena by which a combustible materials products heat because of internal chemical reaction is _________.
Ignition temperature
Combustion
Fusion
Spontaneous combustion
At a major fire in a factory, a number of compressed gas cylinders containing carbon dioxide (CO2) are threatened by the flames. Which is CORRECT to say about this situation?
The cylinder may explode and injure the firefighters.
Since CO2 is a non-flammable gas there is no hazard and no problem.
If the safety valves let go, the CO2 will intensify the fire.
The gas is toxic and will make fighting the fire very hazardous
While responding to fire, fire officers do not talk with the firefighter driving the apparatus. The primary reason for this is to ________.
Allow the officers to prepare mentally to fight the fire
Allow the officer to watch how the firefighter handles the apparatus
Ensure that the chain of command is maintained
Ensure that the driver is able to concentrate and safety get the apparatus to the fire
At a large fire in a factory, a firefighter discovers a number of compressed gas that a severely exposed by the fire. Which is the MOST critical hazard in this situation?
The cylinder may explode.
The flammable compressed gas may be released and intensify the fire.
The valuable gas and cylinders may be damaged.
The toxic fumes from the compressed gas may be released.
Firefighters should not use water on live electrical equipment because ______
There is a danger of conducting electricity and endangering the firefighter
It will cause short circuit and damage the equipment
This expensive sophisticated equipment may be ruined
It is ineffective on electrical equipment
The motive of the arsonist who enjoys the actual fire setting or the fire suppression activities is __.
Thrill
Vandalism
Adventure
Excitement
1. What is this mechanical device strategically located in an installation or in a street where a fire hose will be connected?
Sprinkler
Stand pipe
Fire hydrant
Fire extinguisher
The burning of a building used as offices of government or any of its agencies was burned it is classified as ____.
Other cases of arson
Malicious arson
Destructive arson
None of these
What is the motive of the fire setter in relation to real or perceived injustice?
Revenge
Hatred
Vandalism
Pyromania
Which is NOT a description of materials or compounds that easily set on fire?
Combustible
Flammable
Corrosive
a. Inflammable
What is this kind of fire suppuration activity manifested by the readiness of the people by means of fire drills especially in schools, hospitals and tall building?
Fire safety
Fire law enforcement
Fire suppression
Fire prevention
The fire suppression activity that is meant to mitigate or reduce the impact of fires by means of research and development, production and testing of mitigating systems if fire ___________.
Law enforcement
Education
Control
Safety
Arson prober, primary duty.
Identify suspect
Identify the root of fire
Identify witnesses
All of these
When person sets fire to his own assets under circumstances which is exposed to peril of life or belongings of another.
The owner of the property has no liability
Unintentional fire
Arson
Spiteful destruction of property
Refers to the effect made by the heat on tangible walls due to the difference coefficient of expansion of its materials.
Alligatoring effect
Spalling effect
Charring effect
Clean burn pattern
The normally open device installed inside an air duct system automatically closest to restrict the passage of smoke or fire is ____________.
Damper
Ventilation
Jumper
Exhaust System
The necessary consequence of extinguishing fire is retardation of the reaction of the elements of fire, this is __________.
Smothering
Inhibition of chain reaction
Removal
Cooling
The AFFF extinguishing agent is primarily used on ____________.
Class A Fire
Class B Fire
Class C Fire
Class D Fire
Any material having a flash point at or above 37.80 degree Celsius or 100 degree Fahrenheit.
Combustible liquid
Inflammable liquid
Flammable liquid
Corrosive liquid
Any liquid that causes fire when in contact with organic matter.
Combustible liquid
Inflammable liquid
Flammable liquid
Corrosive liquid
An extremely hot luminous bridge formed by the passage of an electric current across the space between two conductors.
Electrical arc
Short circuit
Static electricity
Overloading
What kind of search method wherein the crime scene is subdivided into areas, a building into rooms or floors, then each of the fire officer or officers are then assigned accordingly.
Sector search
Concentric circle search
Point to point search
Digging out
Rapid oxidation of fuel accompanied by heat and light.
Combustion
Fire
Oxidation
Flame
Visual or audible signal produced by a device to warn the occupants of the building of the presence or danger of fire:
Smoke detector
Heat detector
Fire alarm
All of these
Smoke that indicates lack of air but if accompanied by large flames it indicates petroleum and petroleum products and rubber.
Black smoke
Bright reddish smoke
Heavy brown smoke
White smoke
The tool employed by an arsonist to delay the start of the fire and allow him to establish an alibi is ______.
Timing device
Trailers
Accelerant
Plants
The following are basis in criminal liability in arson EXCEPT:
Kind and character of the building burned
Location of the building
Whether the building burned was occupied or not
Location of fire
The Dry chemical that is intended to be used for Class "A", "B", and "C* fires is
Multi-purpose Dry Chemical
Ordinary dry chemical
All purpose dry chemical
Regular dry chemical
A building must have this design which is used as continuous passageway for the transmission of air?
Fire exit
Exhaust fan
Duct System
Fire resistance
Investigating a burning building, you look for the source of fire and its ignition. The following are the sources of ignition EXCEPT.
Electrical
Chemical
Mechanical
Accidental
As arson investigator, you understood the following as some of the factors that may affect the EXTENT of burning EXCEPT:
Wind velocity
Relative humidity
Air temperature
Number of incendiary
Elements of Tetrahedron of Fire EXCEPT:
Fuel
Air
Heat
Chemical Chain Reaction
Automatic discharge of water upon detection of heat:
Sprinkler system
Stand pipe
Fire hydrant
Fire extinguisher
The Methods of Extinguishing Fires EXCEPT :
Cooling the Burning Material
Fire extinguisher
Excluding Oxygen from the Fire
Using a Flame Inhibitor
Purpose of breaking windows and chopping holes during fire ___
To ventilate the building
To remove smoke
To remove fire gases
Entrance of fire fighters
Portable firefighting device.
Sprinkler system
Stand pipe
Fire hydrant
Fire extinguisher
Reason why hero type arsonists help in firefighting.
Thrill
Vandalism
Adventure
Enjoyment
Arson crime are difficult to prove because _______
Most evidences are burned
Most evidence are consume
Most evidence are destroyed
Most evidence are contaminated
Heat can be transferred from one place to another by three methods;
Conduction in solids,
Convection of fluids (liquids or gases)
Radiation through anything that will allow radiation to pass.
Any of the choices
Most important motive of setting fire:
Profit
Concealment of crime
Economic gain
Punitive measures
The means employed to avoid the occurrence of fire is referred to as
Fire suppression
Fire control
Fire inspection
Fire prevention
Which type of fire caused by volcanic eruption or humidity?
Providential
Intentional
Unnatural
Accidental
Decomposition of matter in reaction to heat is known as.
Thermal balance
Oxidation
Burning
Pyrolysis
The means employed by the fire fighters to pacify the fire is known as.
Fire prevention
Fire safety
Fire control
Fire suppression
Which process is performed by government authorities such as the Bureau of Fire Protection to assess the safety of an installation from destructive fires?
Fire control
Fire safety
Fire prevention
Fire inspection
Basically, fire has three important elements for its sustenance. Authorities however established what is known as the 4th element of fire? This refers to .
Fuel
Heat which is responsible for the spreading of fire
Uninhibited chemical reaction
Oxygen
Which term is used to refer the means employed by the fire fighters to keep the blaze to a minimum or manageable level?
Fire control
Fire prevention
Fire suppression
Fire inspection
Upon inspection the Bureau of Fire Protection recommended the removal of material in the building that may accelerate the burning during the fire. Compliance to such recommendation by building occupants is termed.
Lien
Abatement
Inspection
Renovation
Which Office at the Bureau of Fire Protection that facilitates the implementation of the Fire Code of the Philippines?
Fire Investigation Section
Fire Safety Enforcement Branch
Fire Safety Inspection Section
Arson Investigation Branch
When fire occurs, the first thing to be observed in ascertaining its cause is.
The point of origin
The burnt
The room of origin
The color of smoke and flame
What is the term used that refers to the burnt pattern in woods indicating the spontaneous and intensive burning has occurred?
Alligatoring
Discoloration
Collapse
Charring
A fire which there are human casualties is classified as.
Deadly fire
Fatal fire
Spot fire
Arson
Which of the following will NOT cause the investigator to hypothesize that the series of fires were NOT performed by a serial arsonist?
Modus operandi in all series of fire are different
The time of the commission of arson varies
The manner of commission of an offenses are similar
Devices used to propagate the fire are the same
Which of the following shall cause the investigator to assume that the victim died of direct contact with flame?
Presence of soot and fire gases at respiratory tract
Prominence of trauma that is probably caused by a stab
Intense charring of the whole body
Absence of carbon monoxide in the hemoglobin
Which product of fire that can be detected by gas chromatogram and ion spectrometer?
Flames
Heat
Soot
Fire gases
Most arson cases are proved by evidence rather than that direct evidence.
Circumstantial
Documentary
Testimonial
Physical
When carbon monoxide is absent in the blood of the dead body found in a burned structure, this will be a strong circumstantial evidence that the person.
Was dead when the fire began
Was still alive before the fire
Was killed by someone else during the blaze
Died due to suffocation
When fire occurs, your first action upon its discovery is
To run for life
To raise the alarm
To pack up personal belongings
To call an ambulance
Which of the following is a primary purpose of statutory requirements for fire protection?
To see to it that the building is insured.
To safeguard life
To insure that the building is hazard free
To generate income for the government
Preparation to set a building to fire, which is design to feed the combustion as rapidly as possible when ignition device is lighted. Which is being referred?
Plants
Trailers
Accelerants
Fuel
Which term is used that refers to the chemical decomposition of matter through the action of heat?
Flash over
Pyrolysis
Ignition
Combustion
What is the enclosed space of passage that extends from floor to floor as well as from the base to the top of the building?
Vertical shaft
Sprinkler system
Standpipe
Flash point
What equipment is made of trussed or solid beam where rungs are connected horizontally to the beam forming ascent or descent?
Rope
Ladder
Hydrant
Nozzle
What type of ladder is best suited for firefighting operation involving high-rise building?
Attic
Aerial
Extension
Hook
Jessie is the step father of Jean. One day, Jessie and Jean quarreled. Because of anger, Jessie put the clothes of Jean in a luggage and burned them.
Jessie committed arson but is exempt from criminal liability under Article 332 of the Revised Penal Code
Jessie committed malicious mischief and is liable
Jessie committed malicious mischief but is exempt from criminal liability
Jessie committed arson and is criminally liable
If the investigator did not found any trace of incendiarism, his assumption will be
The fire was intentional
The fire was providential
The fire was accidental
the fire was not accidental
Feeling unjustly treated by his landlord Mang Kanor burned five warehouses owned by his landlord, where farm products are stored. Mang Kanor committed a crime of
Malicious mischief
Burning of farm products
Five counts of arson
Destructive arson
The fundamental responsibility of the officer in charge of protecting the crime scene is:
Interrogating the witness
Engaging in the search for traces left by the search for traces left by the criminal
Removal of evidence which may prone important to the case
Preserving the site of the fire scene in the same physical condition as it was left by the perpetrator.
When an investigator finds a tool at the fire crime scene, he should first of all:
a. Pick it up for closer examination taking care not to jar it
a. Compare the cutting edge of the tool with the impressions to determine if this was the tool used in the crime
a. Immediately collect it and always send it to the crime laboratory for scientific examination
a. Wait until the crime scene has been sketched or photographed and measurements taken before he collects the evidence.
Depending on the time and location of the fire, the arson or fire investigator must consider these as potential eyewitness whom during the course of each day, pass by the place routinely.
Chance witness
Expert witness
Fire fighter
Accidental witness
It is a thing, which will help an arson investigator to solve the fire mystery. The fact that fire feeds on combustible while propagating itself, this thing will indicate generally be deepest part from where the fire originated.
Alligator pattern
Charring
V-pattern
Pouring pattern
Smoke is very important to observe in responding fire incident because the color of smoke will greatly help the investigator. When materials or substances like magnesium is burn, it produce a.
Heavy brown smoke
Black smoke
Greenish smoke
White smoke
In homicidal fire investigation, the Post-mortem examination of the human body to determine cause of death is:
Ante-mortem examination
Body examination
Autopsy
Physical examination
It involves the physical examination of the victims of fire. In this instance, the medico-legal officer is responsible for ensuring that both an investigation at the scene and subsequent autopsy on the victim are conducted.
Autopsy examination
Body examination
Corpse examination
Victim examination
The photographs to be taken during the progress of the fire are the following except.
Rapidity, direction and manner of spread of the fire
Condition of the room
The nature of the burning substances as indicated by the color of the smoke, and the color and size of the flame
Area of fire origin
Upon arrival at the fire incident, the fireman should observed the color of smoke and flame because it indicates the burning fuel. If petroleum products such as tar, rubber, plastics are burn, it produce….
Heavy brown smoke with red flame
Greenish smoke with yellow flame
Black smoke with deep red flame
Heavy brown smoke with bright red flame
It is necessary to determine whether a fire started inside or outside the building in order to
Aids in placing responsibility and establishing motive.
Eliminates parts of the suspect.
Provide data for statistical reports on how the fire started.
Study the techniques of the person who started the fire.
The spalling effect that produced on concrete walls at the area of fire origin darkened by products of combustion is called.
Alligatoring effect
Charring effect
Half moon pattern
Clean burn pattern
Arson is a crime, which is difficult to secure evidence, because
Crime scene cannot be reconstructed.
Evidence can easily be removed.
Evidence is usually consumed
Investigator does not know what to look for.
When black smoke with red and blue –green flames is visible in the fire, it indicates that this type of materials burning is.
Asphalt shingles
Chorine of manganese
Petroleum products
Potassium
It is the fire investigator’s responsibility to insure that every precaution is exercised to preserve physical evidence in the state in which it was recovered/obtained until it is released to the evidence custodian:
Tagging of evidence
Preservation of evidence
Evaluation of evidence
Releasing evidence
A device used by the arsonist to delay the start of fire and allow them to establish an alibi.
Candles
Cigarettes
Matches
Timing devices
Three cause of fire, providential, human error or negligence and?
Physical
Incendiary origin
Electrical
Mechanical
If a fire is unobstructed, it will travel upward and outward, resembling as:
U-pattern
“V” or cone pattern
Clean burn pattern
Half-moon pattern
Arson probe, 3 important facts to established?
Cause of fire move and assailant
Suspect whereabouts motive origin and cause of fire
Origin fire suspect motive and Address
Motive suspects identity and their number
The corpus delicti of the crime of arson has the following elements, EXCEPT.
The fire occurred in a property protected by the law.
That the fire of burning was intentional, neither accidental nor attributable negligence.
That someone has failed to observed arson laws
That someone set the fire, caused it to be set, or otherwise furthered the act.
The arson investigators is successfully made his investigation depends on his ability to determine correctly _______.
The exact causes of fire
The modus opirandi
The insurable interest of the owner
The point of origin of the fire
In most cases, the initial step for obtaining information to determine the origin and causes of fire is:
Interview witness
Surveillance
To investigate the insurance company and the owners of the insurance policy
Undercover work assignment
Burning one’s house is punishable with the penalty of arresto mayor in its maximum period to prison correctional in its minimum period, if arson was committed in any of the following circumstances EXCEPT.
If the burning was used only for the purpose of destroying his own property and without prejudice to another
In burning have been committed for the purpose of defrauding another.
If burning is made in an inhabited place
All of them
In which of the following are elements of arson of property of small value?
Burning of any uninhabited hut, storehouse, or any other property
Under circumstances clearly excluding all danger of fire spreading
Value of the property does not exceed P25.00
All of these
One of the following circumstances concerning a fire that indicates most strongly the possibility of arson is that
Fire apparently started in oil soaked rugs.
Fires apparently broke out simultaneously.
Heat was intense that glasses in the building became molten and fused.
Was heavy charring of wood around the point of origin of the fire?
If a fire breaks out simultaneously in six different parts of a building it is most reasonable to believe that the fire is the result of
Explosives
Spontaneous combustion
Carelessness
Arson
Which of the following is necessary element in the crime of arson?
Financial gain must be present
The building must be occupied
The burning must be malevolent
The fire must be occur at night time
It is a prima facie evidence that the fire was of incendiary origin, since such condition is highly improbable and virtually impossible under normal conditions.
Discovery of heat source in the scene
Discovery of fuel source in the scene
Discovery of multiple points of origin
Discovery of physical evidence
Arson is a crime which is difficult to secure evidence because the
Crime scene cannot be reconstructed
Evidence is usually consumed
Evidence can easily be removed
Investigator does not know what to look for
Example of destructive arson is burning of?
Church
Movie House
School building
All of the above
