SAFETY (Fire Safety) Quiz

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

According to the small passenger vessel regulations, a vessel’s required power-driven fire pump may also be used for the:

a) Drinking water supply system.

b) Bilge pump.

c) Engine cooling water.

d) None of the above.

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

According to the small passenger vessel regulations, how often should foam portable extinguishers be discharged and refilled?

a) Every 6 months.

b) Every 3 months.

c) At each inspection and re-inspection.

d) Only when used.

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

According to the small passenger vessel regulations, what portable fire extinguishers are required in the wheelhouse of a small passenger vessel?

a) None are required.

b) One B-I is required.

c) One B-II extinguisher is required.

d) Two B-I extinguishers are required.

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

According to the small passenger vessel regulations, the controls to operate a fixed carbon dioxide fire extinguishing system shall be installed in an accessible location:

a) Outside the space protected.

b) Inside the space protected.

c) At the carbon dioxide cylinders.

d) In a padlocked waterproof metal box.

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

According to the small passenger vessel regulations, which extinguisher will fulfill your vessel’s requirement of a B-II fire extinguisher?

a) 2 lb. dry chemical

b) 15 lb. dry chemical

c) 15 lb. carbon dioxide

d) 12 gallon foam

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

According to the small passenger vessel regulations, the type of fire extinguishers permitted on inspected vessels are:

a) Foam

b) Carbon dioxide

c) Dry chemical

d) All of the above

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

According to the small passenger vessel regulations, in the propulsion machinery spaces of a gasoline fueled vessel without a fixed carbon dioxide system on board, which of the following portable fire extinguishers would be permitted?

a) 2 ½ gallon foam extinguisher

b) 4 lbs. CO2 extinguisher

c) 2 lb. dry chemical extinguisher

d) None of the above

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

According to the small passenger vessel regulations, where should your fire axe be located if your vessel is required to have one?

a) In or next to the pilothouse

b) In below decks passenger accommodations

c) Just outside the engine room access

d) In the galley near the stove

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

According to the small passenger vessel regulations, what should the fire pump required for a 75 GT mechanically propelled vessel, 58 feet in length, carrying 52 passengers, be capable of?

a) A minimum pumping capacity of 10 gallons per minute.

b) A minimum pumping capacity of 25 gallons per minute.

c) A minimum pumping capacity of 50 gallons per minute.

d) Discharging an effective stream from a hose connected to the highest outlet.

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

The fire hose on a small passenger vessel should be which of the following?

a) Fire hose on “L” designated vessels shall be at least ¾ “ outside diameter.

b) One length of fire hose shall be provided for every two fire hydrants on board.

c) All fittings on hoses shall be of steel or other ferrous metal.

d) A length of hose shall be attached to each fire hydrant at all times.

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

Which vessels are required to be equipped with an approved backfire flame arrester?

a) Those with diesel engines.

b) All of those with gasoline engines.

c) Those with large engines only.

d) None of the above.

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

In which of the following ways can fire be spread?

a) Conduction of heat from one surface to another.

b) Convection.

c) Radiation.

d) All of the above can spread a fire.

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

Which gas, when removed, will extinguish a fire?

a) Nitrogen

b) Carbon Dioxide

c) Oxygen

d) Helium

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

For a fire to burn, which three things are needed?

a) Fuel, oxygen, heat

b) Fuel, nitrogen, heat

c) Heat, oxygen, nitrogen

d) Heat, fuel, nitrogen

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

How are fires classed?

a) Type 1, 2, 3, 4.

b) Class A, B, C, D.

c) Solid, liquid, gas.

d) Flammable and inflammable.

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

Which of the following would an electrical fire be?

a) Type 1.

b) Class C.

c) Class B.

d) Type 3.

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

Which of the following would a galley grease fire be?

a) Type 1.

b) Class C.

c) Class B.

d) Type 3.

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

An advantage of water spray or water fog over a straight stream of water in fighting an oil or grease fire would be:

a) It requires less water to remove the same amount of heat.

b) It offers more protection for the person fighting the fire.

c) It has a smothering effect on the fire.

d) All of the above.

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

Foam extinguishers would be limited by the fact that:

a) It conducts electricity.

b) It cannot be made from salt water.

c) It is corrosive.

d) It is heavier than oil and sinks below it.

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Category: MASTERS – SAFETY – Fire Safety

The extinguishing agent that would absorb the most heat is:

a) Water

b) Foam

c) Dry chemical

d) CO2

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