a.

Ignition temperature
Midterm Examination in CDI 6 b. Kindling temperature
Fire Protection and Arson
c. Fire point
Investigation
d. Flash point
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each of 7. Minimum temperature in which the substance in
the following question. Mark only one answer for each the air must be heated in order to initiate or cause
item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of a self-contained combustion without the addition
your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY of
NO ERASURE ALLOWED..
1. Class A fires may be extinguished by:
heat from outside sources.
a. CO2
a. Boiling point
b. Sand
b. Ignition temperature
c. Water
c. Fire point
d. Baking Soda
d. Flash point
2. Excess heat energy liberated by an oxidation
8. An exothermic chemical change in which a
reaction is called ______________.
combustible material react with an oxidizing
a. Latent heat
agent. a. Thermal balance
b. Heat of combustion
b. Thermal imbalance
c. Specific heat
c. Combustion
d. Thermal heat
d. Oxidation
3. The minimum temperature at which a fuel will
9. Rapid oxidation accompanied by heat and light.
burn is:
a. Pyrolysis
a. Ignition temperature
b. Combustion
b. Thermal heat
c. Detonation
c. Heat of combustion
d. All of these
d. Specific heat
10. A chemical decomposition of matter through the
4. Descriptive of any material when by its nature or
action of heat.
as a result of its reaction with other elements
a. Pyrolysis
promotes a rapid drop in temperature of the
b. Combustion
immediate surroundings.
c. Detonation
a. Dust
d. Oxidation
b. Oxidizing
11. Measures of the rate of flow of heat, through unit
c. Pyrolysis
area of the material with unit temperature
d. Hydrant key
gradient. a. Conduction
5. Lowest temperature of a liquid in open container
b. Thermal conductivity
at which vapors are evolved fast enough to
c. Radiation
support continuous combustion.
d. Oxidation
a. Ignition temperature
12. A means of heat transfer when energy travels
b. Kindling temperature
through space or materials as waves.
c. Fire point
a. Conduction
d. Flash point
b. Convection
6. The temperature at which a flammable liquid from
c. Radiation
vapor air mixture that ignites.
d. Fission
13. . It is legally classified as arson and set on purpose d. All of the foregoing
with motives. 20. A means by which heat is transformed by a
a. Providential fire circulating medium either gas or a liquid.
b. Accidental fire a. Conduction
c. Intentional fire b. Convection
d. None of the foregoing c. Radiation
14. First element known to man by experience, a d. Fission
colorless, tasteless and odorless gas which 21. It is the amount of heat necessary to convert solid
supports life and fire. to liquid.
a. Nitrogen a. Specific heat
b. Hydrogen b. Latent heat
c. Oxygen c. Heat of combustion
d. Neon d. Heat of fusion
15. Known as ignition heat, it refers to any 22. Matter made up of very fine particles and
contrivance to start a fire. condensed vapor as a result of:
a. Fuel a. Fire
b. Oxygen b. Flame
c. Heat c. Heat
d. None of the foregoing d. Smoke
16. Refers to the normal pattern or movement of fire, 23. Incandescent gases accompanied by oxidation.
smoke and fire gases within a building or a. Fire
structure under natural conditions. b. Flame
a. Free radicals c. Heat
b. Pyrolysis d. Smoke
c. Thermal balance 24. A form of static electricity or an electrical current
d. Thermal imbalance of great magnitude producing tremendous
17. An occurrence which the heat has brought the amperage and voltage, it is the most common
combustible portion of the ceiling to their ignition cause of providential fire.
temperature, it is characterized by a sudden burst a. Rays of the sun
or shooting light and flames. b. Spontaneous heating
a. Flashover c. Arcing
b. Backdraft d. Lightning
c. Thermal balance 25. Most common cause of accidental fires is related
d. Thermal imbalance to: a. Smoking
18. An explosive condition in the smoldering phase of b. Arcing
fire, it is a result of a sudden introduction of c. Sparking
oxygen. a. Flashover d. Overloading
b. Backdraft 26. It is the result of slow oxidation of a combustible
c. Thermal balance material.
d. Thermal imbalance a. Spontaneous heating
19. A combination of three elements namely fuel, heat b. Combustible gases
and oxygen. c. Combustible dust
a. Fire d. None of these
b. Origin of fire 27. Heat transfer by direct contact from one body to
c. Fire triangle another.
a. Radiation a. Incipient phase
b. Convection b. Initial phase
c. Conduction c. Free burning phase
d. Fission d. Smoldering phase
28. The active principle of burning characterized by 36. Which causes the greatest number of fire?
the heat and light of combustion. a. spontaneous combustion
a. Oxidation b. leaking gas pipes
b. Flashpoint c. electrical wiring
c. Smoldering d. smoking and matches
d. Fire 37. Which of the following occur when a room is
29. Changes whereby heat is absorbed before the heated enough that flame sweep over the entire
reaction takes place. surface?
a. Endothermic reaction a. oxidation
b. Exothermic reaction b. flash over
c. Oxidation c. back draft
d. Combustion d. combustion
30. Product of an incomplete combustion. 38. If a high wind has an extinguishing effect on a
a. Soot fire, the most probable extinguishing method is:
b. Charring [Link]
c. Ashes b. fuel removal
d. All of these [Link]
31. Color of luminous flames. d. dilution
a. Orange-red 39. What is the material which produces and liberates
b. Blue its own oxygen when heated?
c. Yellow [Link]
d. Red [Link]
32. Refers to the gas that remains when the products [Link] agent
of combustion are cooled to normal temperature. d. vapor
a. Fire gases 40. .Light is transferred by light rays through the
b. Combustion gases method of
c. Oxidation gases [Link]
d. Incendiarism [Link]
33. Fires caused by human error and negligence. [Link]
a. Providential fires [Link]
b. Intentional fires 41. What is the constant temperature at which the
c. Accidental fires vapor pressure of the liquid is equal to the
d. Incendiarism atmospheric pressure?
34. During this fire phase, the burnt inverted cone [Link] density
pattern or fingerprint of fire is developed. [Link] point
a. Incipient phase [Link] point
b. Initial phase d. vapor pressure
c. Free burning phase 42. The ration of the weight of a solid or liquid
d. Smoldering phase substance to the weight of an equal volume of
35. Phase whereby the fire can no longer support the water.
flame and carbon monoxide builds up in volume. [Link] density
[Link] gravity c. Nuclear fusion
[Link] weight d. Detonation
[Link] pressure 50. What chemical reaction specifically takes place
43. The transfer of heat from one material to another the moment the spilled gasoline ignites?
by direct contact is called a. Explosion
[Link] point b. Exothermic reaction
[Link] c. Fusion
[Link] d. Detonation
d. radiation
44. In a combustion process, which event comes first? Test II. Identification. Identify the following items or
[Link] point concepts accurately and write your answers clearly in the
b..none of these provided spaces.
[Link] temperature _____________1. A method produces a spark to a set a
[Link] point kindling fire.
45. Which of the following occur when a room is
heated enough that flame sweep over the entire _____________2. the graphical representation of the three
surface? [Link] elements of fire.
b..flash over
[Link] draft _____________3. A form of energy generated by the
[Link] transmission of some other form of energy, as in
46. What is the measure of the degree of thermal combustion or burning.
agitation of molecules
____________4. Any substance which reacts chemically
[Link] point
with oxygen and flames.
[Link]
c. flash point ____________5. these are those materials that yield
[Link] point oxygen or other oxidizing gases during the process of
47. What is the constant temperature at which the chemical reaction.
vapor pressure of the liquid is equal to the
atmospheric pressure? ____________6. the material or substance being burned in
a. vapor density the combustion process.
b. boiling point
____________7. The energy component of the fire
c. fire point
tetrahedron.
d. vapor pressure
48. Burning is the result of rapid combination of ____________8. solid or liquid fuel are already vaporized
oxygen with combustible substance. The French in order to produce actual burning.
chemist who proved this in 1777 was
a.. Antoine Lavoisier. ____________9. combustion propagates at supersonic
b. John Walker. speed.
c. Thomas Alva Edison.
___________10. it is a luminous body of a burning gas
d. Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit
which gets hotter and less luminous when mixed with
49. What chemical reaction involves combining 2
more oxygen.
light nuclei causing the development of a very
strong energy? ___________11. are those that remain when other
a. Nuclear fission products of combustion cool to normal temperature.
b. Exothermic reaction
___________12. It is the visible product of incomplete ___________27. A numerical basis of measuring the
combustion, usually a mixture of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon tendency of a fabric to continuously burn once source of
dioxide, carbon monoxide, finely divided particles of soot ignition is removed.
carbon.
___________28. A violent effect of chemical reaction
___________13. The ratio of the weight of a solid or when combustion process is confined so that appreciable
substance to the weight of an equal volume of water. pressure occurs.

___________14. The force exerted by the molecules on ___________29. Refers to the rising movement or pattern
the surface of the liquid at equilibrium. of the fire; the normal behavior when the fire is
undisturbed.
___________15. The weight of a volume of pure gas
compared to the weight of a volume of dry air at the same ___________30. the final phase of burning wherein flame
temperature and pressure. ceases but dense smoke and heat completely fill the
confined room.
___________16. The constant temperature at which the
vapor pressure of the liquid is equal to the atmospheric TEST III. Enumeration. List the requested items clearly
pressure. and legibly, doing your best with spelling, as only
understandable answers will be graded
___________17. The temperature at which the material
will give off ample vapors to keep burning. 1-3. Enumerate the classification of fire based on cause.
4-7. Enumerate the types of heat transmission
___________18. when the temperature of a certain 8-10. What are the stages of fire?
substance is very high, it releases highly combustible 11-14. What are the dangerous behaviors of fire?
vapors known as______________. 15-20. What are the Physical properties of fire?
___________19. it is chemical decomposition through the
action of heat.

___________20. Reactions or changes that release or

___________21. A chemical change in which combustible

___________23. The manifestation of fire when the fire is

___________24. A type of flame where in a lower

___________25. those having unsteady, irregular swirls

___________26. solid fuels that are difficult to ignite.