COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWER FOR A.

Class A
FIRE OFFICER EXAMINATION B. Class B
PRE-TEST C. Class C
D. Class D
(FIRE PREVENTION, SUPPRESSION AND
INVESTIGATION) 10. Which of the following classes involves
Instruction: Encircle the letter of the best answer. electrical fire?
A. Class A
1. Bakery is what type of occupancy? B. Class B
A. Public assembly C. Class C
B. Miscellaneous D. Class D
C. Storage
D. Industrial 11. The type of occupancy that involves hospital.
A. Public assembly
2. Emergency rooms, operating rooms, intensive B. Educational
care units, delivery rooms and other similar facilities A. c. Institutional
shall not be located more than above or below the C. Health care
floor of exit discharge.
A. 1 storey 12. Chemical change in which fuel and oxygen
B. 2 storey react, releasing heat.
C. 3 storey A. Decomposition
D. 4 storey B. Detonation
C. Oxidation
3. The letters "NO SMOKING" shall be made D. Ignition
readable and recognizable within a minimum
distance of meters at any given time, at least ten 13. An extremely hot luminous bridge formed by
(10cm) high preferably with white-colored letters passage of an electric current across a space
upon a red background. between two conductors or terminals due to the
A. 15.25 incandescence of the conducting vapor.
B. 16.25 A. Ember
C. 17.25 B. Electrical Arc
D. 18.25 C. Blasting Agent
D. Cryogenic
4. The time duration that a material or construction
can withstand the effect of a standard fire test. 14. The portion of a roadway or public way that
A. Fire Yielding should be kept opened and unobstructed at all
B. Fire Resistance Rating times for the expedient operations of firefighting
C. Fire Control units.
D. Fire Alarm A. Fire Lane
B. Fire Exit
5. A box or cabinet where fire hoses, valves and C. Public way
other equipment are stored and arranged for D. Means of egress
firefighting,
A. Fire Box 15. A building is unsafe in case of fire because it
B. Hose Box will burn easily or because it lacks adequate exits
C. Tool Box or fire escapes.
D. Cartoon Box A. A Fire door
B. Fire exit
6. A continuous passage for the transmission of air: C. Fire trap
A. Ventilation D. Fire hazard
B. Curtain Board
C. Duct System 16. A system of vertical pipes in a building to which
D. Damper fire hoses can be attached on each floor, including
a system by which water is made available to the
7. Which of the following best illustrates arson? outlets as needed.
A. Simultaneous fire A. Standpipe system
B. Faulty electric wiring B. Smelting
C. Unexplained explosion C. Sprinklers system
D. Thick reddish smoke D. Vestibule

8. Why is water prohibited to quench Class D fires? 17. That portion of an airport where flammable
A. Burning metals are too hot liquids are stored or dispensed and shall include all
B. Water is not capable extinguishing the fire facilities essential thereto, such as underground
C. There is the danger of electrocution tanks from which aircraft fuel and lubricants maybe
D. Class D fires react violently with water drawn through dispensing agents.
A. Storage
9. A class of fire that involves ordinary combustible B. Gasoline station
materials. C. Aircraft service station
 D. None A. Type I
B. Type II
18. Any compound mixture which when applied C. Type III
properly improves the fire resistant quality of fabrics D. Type V
and other materials.
A. Flame retardant 28. The location of a deputy ground commander in
B. Fumigant the fire scene.
C. Pyrolysis A. Front
D. Explosive B. Back
C. Left Side
19. The content of the color blue fire extinguisher is D. Right Side
called...
A. Dry Chemical 29. The location of a ground commander in the fire
B. AFFF scene.
C. HCFC A. Front
D. None of these B. Back
C. Left Side
20. A piece of metal or an electrical conductor used D. Right Side
to bypass a safety device in an electrical system.
A. Fuse 30. Which of the following is tax-free?
B. Electrical A. Hospitals
C. Insulator B. Church
D. Jumper C. Park
D. Schools
21. Who among the fire marshals cannot impose
fine? 31. What ethical conduct is required for government
A. City Fire Marshal employees to provide service to everyone without
B. Provincial Fire Marshal unfair discrimination and regardless of party
C. Regional Fire Marshal affiliation?
D. None of these A. Political Neutrality
B. Professionalism
22. Who promotes Fire safety in the absence of C. Justness and sincerity
Bureau of Fire Protection? D. none of these
A. Chief of Police
B. Mayor 32. Destructive arson is committed to the following
C. Building official places except.
D. Barangay Captain A. Ammunition factory
B. Hospital
23. Failure to submit fire insurance policy should be C. Inhabited house or dwelling
corrected within. D. None
A. 12 hours
A. B 24 hours 33. The kind of heat transfer through circulation
B. 36 hours within a medium such as gas or liquid.
C. None of these A. Convection
B. Conduction
24. Any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and D. Radiation
oxidized used to set off explosives. E. Direct Contact
A. Cellulose Nitrate
B. Explosives 34. The following are parts of the investigation
C. Blasting agent report except
D. None of these A. Authority
B. Facts of the Case
25. The following are factors that affect the degree C. Matters investigated
of hazard except. D. Opinion of the investigator
A. Height of the building
B. Occupant load 35. Which of the following fire is the most difficult to
C. Age of building extinguish?
D. Contents of the building A. Hospital fire
B. Residential fire
26. High rise buildings are structures or facilities C. Forest fire
____ in height D. Structural fire
A. 10 meters
B. 15 meters 36. The transformation of a compound into one or
C. 20 meters more other substances by heat alone.
D. 25 meters A. Ignition
B. Flash point
27. A type of building where structural elements are C. Flashover
made of wood. D. Pyrolysis
 C. Heat
37. The heat transfer by way of electromagnetic D. Flames
energy.
A. Radiation 47. The Bureau of Fire Protection was created by
B. Convection virtue of R.A. No.
C. Conduction A. 9263
D. Direct Contact C. 6975
D. 6759
38. The phase of firefighting operation that removes E. None of these
smoke and heat from the building
A. Cover exposure 48. The Fire Code of the Philippines of 2008?
B. Confinement A. RA 9263
C. Ventilation B. RA 9415
D. Salvage C. PD 1185
D. RA 8551
39. Physical effects that are visible or measurable
that remains after the fire is called. 49. Presidential Proclamation 115. A, The
A. Lines of demarcation observance of the fire prevention month every
B. Fire pattern A. January
C. Wood char B. February
D. Loss of Material C. March
D. April
40. A phase of fire operation that prevents fire from
extending to other portion within the building. 50. Miss Farah Sulo emptied a container inside the
A. Confinement house of Mr. Ador Brut, her gallivanting boyfriend;
B. Cover-exposure she got her lighter and threw into rugs moistened
C. Extinguishment by gasoline. As a result fire automatically ensued. It
D. Overhauling was the instance that Mr. Brut arrived and
extinguished the fire by the use of fire extinguisher.
41. A phase of fire operation that prevents fire from What is the crime committed by Miss Sulo
affecting uninvolved structure. assuming only the rugs were burned?
A. Confinement A. Malicious mischief
B. Cover-exposure B. Attempted arson
C. Extinguishment C. Consummated Arson
D. Overhauling D. Frustrated Arson

42. The chemical decomposition of matter through 51. The color of smoke that indicate humid
the action of heat. materials.
A. Charcoal A. Black smoke
B. Carbon B. White smoke
C. Ashes C. Biting smoke
D. Pyrolysis D. Garlic odor smoke

43. The combustion product must responsible for 52. The following are the components of the
the spread of fire in the building is triangle of fire, except one.
A. Heat A. Heat
B. Smoke B. Oxygen
C. Flame C. Fuel
D. Conduction D. Flame

44. The primary reason why arson is committed by 53. Heat generated in a stove is distributed
suspect. throughout the room by heating the air
A. Revenge conductively, but the circulation of the heated air
B. Jealousy through the room to some distant is a heat transfer
C. Economic gain made of.
D. Mental illness A. Convection
B. Conduction
45. Any act that would remove or neutralize a fire C. Radiation
hazard. D. All of the above
A. Administer
B. Abatement 54. When steam pipes in contact with a wood
C. Extinguish transfer its heat to the wood, this heat transfer is an
D. None of these example of
A. Convection
46. Incandescent gases accompanied by rapid B. Conduction
oxidation of combustible materials is called C. Radiation
A. Smoke D. All of the above
B. Ashes
55. This type of heat energy is when a current flows B. Fire Alarm
through a conductor or when a sparks jump on air C. Fire Hazard
gap. D. Fire Lane
A. Solar
B. Chemical 64. Burning of magnesium produced the color of...
C. Electrical A. white smoke with bright white flames
D. Mechanical B. heavy brown smoke
A. c. greenish yellow flames
56. These are the system attached and distributed C. Black smoke with red flames
in the ceiling of buildings, activated by the increase
of temperature and water is delivered right where it 65. What special law punishes the crime of Arson
is needed. which amends the provision of the Revised Penal
A. Fire Hydrant Code?
B. Fire Extinguisher D. A PD 603
C. Automatic Sprinkler B. PD 968
D. Fire Pump C. PD 1612
D. PD 1613
57. Arson to prejudice an insurance company is
motivated by 66. What factors are taken into consideration in the
A. Revenge determination of the liability of the person found
B. Pyromania guilty of arson?
C. Fraud A. The kind of building or property that was
D. Vandalism burned
B. The location of the building
58. Any material that produces flames or burns. C. Whether the building is inhabited or not
A. Oxygen D. All of the above
B. Fuel
C. Heat 67. In accordance with Se. 6 of PD 1613, which of
D. Chain Reaction the following circumstances does not constitute a
prima facie evidence of arson?
59. Amount of oxygen in percent sufficient for A. The property was insured substantially more
combustion than its actual value at the time of the
A. A 16% issuance of the policy
B. 21% B. Substantial amounts of flammable
C. 30% substances were stored within the building
D. 1% not necessary in the business.
C. Doors and windows that were normally kept
60. A means of heat transfer when energy travels open in the course of business were found
thru space or extreme heat from sunlight. closed during fire.
A. Radiation D. The fire started in more than one part of the
B. Conduction building or establishment
C. Convection
D. Direct Contact 68. One of the following situations is a good
indication of an accidental fire.
61. Any visual or audible signal produced by a A. Smell of ammonia
device or system to warn the occupants of the B. Fire of several origin
building or firefighting elements of the presence of C. Intense heat
danger of fire to enable them to undertake D. Fire of only one origin.
immediate action to save lives and property.
A. Fire Trap 69. The purpose of closing the doors and windows
B. Fire Alarm during fire is to
C. Fire Hazard A. Stop the fire
D. Fire Lane B. Confine the fire
C. Slow the spread of fire
62. In essence, it is a chemical reaction in which D. Spread the accelerant
the substance combines with oxygen, heat is
released and the form of substance is destroyed. 70. The purpose of opening the doors and windows
A. Fire of adjacent rooms in a burning building is to
B. Fuel A. Extinguish the fire
C. Ignition B. Supply the oxygen in the area
D. Oxygen C. Prevent back draft
D. Serve as entrance of firemen.
63. Condition or act which increases or may cause
an increase in the probability of the occurrence of 71. An arsonist may rearrange materials of furniture
fire, or which may obstruct, delay, hinder or in a room prior to setting it on fire in order to
interfere with firefighting operations and the A. Mislead the investigators
safeguarding of life and property. B. Camouflage the odor of accelerants
A. Fire Trap C. Provide a quick burning situation
 D. All of the Above. 80. Fires in cooking appliances that involve
combustible cooking media (vegetable or animal
72. If the fire is set by rationale motive, the oils and fats).
important point to establishment is A. Class A
A. Intensity of fire B. Class B
B. Size of fire C. Class C
C. Rapidity of spread D. Class K
D. Origin of fire
81. Releasing device shall be bars or panel
73. The fire that started in almost all corners of the extending not less than of the width of the floor.
building at the same time is called A. 1/2
A. Separate burning B. 1/3
B. Related burning A. c. 1/4
C. Spontaneous burning C. 2/3
D. Non-related burning
74. In cases where a structure is completely burned 82. For business occupancies, the clear width of
to the ground, the position of doors during fire any corridor or passage- way serving an occupant
whether opened or closed may be ascertained by load of fifty (50) or more shall be not less than__
A. Consulting the original structure blueprint on meters.
file A. 1.12
B. Interviewing the spectators B. 1.10
C. Collecting broken pieces of window glasses C. 1.22
D. Locating the hardware used in the D. 1.21
construction of such doors.
83. For both mechanical ventilation and pressurized
75. Using electrical appliances, which draws stair enclosure systems, the activation of the
electrical current beyond the designed capacity of systems shall be initiated by a smoke detector
the electrical circuit, is known as. installed in an approved location within meters of
A. Over Capacity the entrance to the smoke proof enclosure.
B. Over Plugging A. 2
C. Over Loading B. 3
D. Over Using C. 4
D. 5
76. Fire Extinguisher recommended for the
protection of delicate electronic equipment. 84. As per Fire Code, emergency lighting shall be
A. Water based type arranged to maintain specified level of illumination
B. Halogenated agent type in the event of failure of the normal lighting for a
C. Multi-purpose dry chemical type period of at least ____ hours in buildings more than
D. Wet chemical type 36.5 meters.
A. 1.0
77. Dwelling units in row apartments shall be B. 1.5
separated from each other by partition walls having C. 2.0
a fire resistance rating of hours. Such walls shall be E. 3.0
constructed solidly and continuously from the
ground to level one (1) meter above the ridge line 85. The occupant load for which means of egress
of the roof. shall be provided for any floor shall be the
A. 2 maximum number of persons intended to occupy
B. 3 that floor but not less than one (1) person for each
C. 4 ____ square meters gross floor area for detention
D. 5 and correctional occupancies.
A. 11.1
78. For health care facilities, any room and any B. 11.2
suite or room of more than square meters shall C. 12.1
have at least two (2) exit access doors remote from D. 12.2
each other.
A. 92 86. Each wet standpipe outlet shall be supplied with
B. 93 a hose not less than ____ millimeters in diameter.
C. 94 A. 32
D. 95 B. 34
C. 36
79. Occupant load factor for a standing room or D. 38
waiting space of a place of assembly. (Square
meters per person) 87. Which of the following is the most important
A. 0.18 element of fire?
B. 0.28 A. Heat
C. 0.38 B. Oxygen
D. 0.48 C. Fuel
D. Temperature
 98. Flammable liquids are liquids having flash
88. Which of these best describes conduction? points below degrees
A. Heat transfer through liquid Celsius
B. Heat transfer through heat wave A. 37.8
C. Heat transfer through solid materials B. 38.7
D. Heat transfer through air motion D. 39.7
E. 39.8
89. Which of the following does not fall under Class
A fires? 99. Which of the following fire is most difficult to
A. None of these respond?
B. Exploding gas depot A. Hospital Fire
C. Burning nipa hut B. Residential Fire
D. Forest fire C. Industrial Fire
D. Forest Fire
90. Carbon dioxide is hazardous because it is
A. Poisonous 100. In the crime of arson, what is the very
B. Explodes when ignited by spark important evidence to prove the liability of arsonist?
C. Does not support life A. Motive
D. Supports combustion B. Prima Facie
C. Documentary
91. The following is commonly used to put out D. Probable
Class C Fires?
A. CO
B. Sand
C. Water
D. Baking soda

92. Primary component of wood.

A. Fiber
B. Carbon
A. c. Pulp
C. Cellulose

93. Which of the following is commonly used in fire

resistant materials?
A. Cotton
B. Diamond
C. Asbestos
D. Asphalt

94. The active principle of burning, characterized by

the heat and light of combustion.
A. Flash Point
B. Boiling Point
C. Oxidation
D. Fire

95. A pre-requisite to grant permits/license by local

government unit for any particular establishment.
A. Fire Drill Certificate
B. Fire Safety Evaluation Certificate (FSEC)
A. c. Fire Safety Inspection Certificate (FSIC)
C. Certificate of Recognition

96. They are fires caused by unforeseen acts of

God.
A. Intentional
B. Accidental
C. Providential
D. Arson

97. Gasoline is an example of...

A. Combustible liquid
B. Flammable Liquid
C. Both A and B
D. None of these
ANSWER KEY
Pre-test

1. D 51. A
2. A 52. D
3. A 53. D
4. B 54. B
5. B 55. C
6. C 56. C
7. A 57. C
8. D 58. B
9. A 59. A
10. C 60. A

11. D 61. B
12. C 62. А
13. B 63. C
14. A 64. А
15. C 65. D
16. A 66. D
17. C 67. C
18. A 68. D
19. B 69. C
20. D 70. C

21. D 71. D
22. C 72. C
23. D 73. C
24. C 74. D
25. C 75. C
26. B 76. B
27. D 77. C
28. B 78. B
29. A 79. B
30. B 80. D

31. B 81. D
32. D 82. A
33. A 83. B
34. D 84. В
35. C 85. A
36. A 86. D
37. A 87. А
38. C 88. С
39. A 89. B
40. A 90. А

41. В 91. D
42. C 92. D
43. В 93. C
44. А 94. D
45. В 95. C
46. D 96. C
47. B 97. B
48. B 98. A
49. C 99. D
50. А 100. B