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Certified Fire Investigator Exam With Complete Solutions
Question 1: What are the reasons for investigating fires?
CORRECT ANSWER : To eliminate reoccurrence, Upgrade
existing fire codes, Determine if a criminal act took place
Question 2: What is NFPA 921?
CORRECT ANSWER : Guide for Fire and Explosion
Investigations
Question 3: What is NFPA 1033?
CORRECT ANSWER : Standards for Professional
Qualifications for Fire Investigation
Question 4: What is NIST?
CORRECT ANSWER: National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Question 5: What is CCAI?
CORRECT ANSWER : California Conference of Arson
Investigators
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Question 6: What is Subrogation?
CORRECT ANSWER : The assumption of a third party, such as
an insurance company, of another's legal right to collect a debt or damages.
Question 7: What is a High Explosive?
CORRECT ANSWER : An explosive that detonates at a
supersonic velocity speed of greater than 3,300 ft/sec
Question 8: What is a Low Explosive?
CORRECT ANSWER : An explosive that detonates at a
subsonic velocity speed usually less than 3,300 ft/sec
Question 9: What is a Low Order Explosive?
CORRECT ANSWER : An explosion where the explosive is not
completely consumed.
Question 10: What is Flashback?
CORRECT ANSWER : Reignition of flammable vapors
immediately following a suppression attempt
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Question 11: What is a Fire Bomb?
CORRECT ANSWER : A breakable container filled with a
flammable liquid with a flash point of 150F or less with a wick or similar device.
Question 12: What is a device?
CORRECT ANSWER : Any arrangement of material used to
start a fire or explosion
Question 13: What is ANFO?
CORRECT ANSWER : A highly explosive mixture of
ammonium nitrate and fuel oil- Classified as a Blasting Agent
Question 14: What is a Blasting Agent?
CORRECT ANSWER : Any material or mixture consisting of a
fuel and an oxidizer
Question 15: What is Fragmentation Primary?
CORRECT ANSWER : Actual parts or pieces of a bomb or
improvised explosive device
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Question 16: What is Fragmentation Secondary?
CORRECT ANSWER : Parts or pieces of material other than the
explosive device that are thrown or projected by the blast
Question 17: What is a Pyrotechnic?
CORRECT ANSWER : A mixture of chemicals, one of which
must be an oxidizer, designed to produce heat, light, smoke, gas, or noise
Question 18: What is Michigan vs. Tyler?
CORRECT ANSWER : Once a fire has been extinguished and
firefighters have left the premises, a warrant is required to re- enter and search the premises
Question 19: When is an Inspection Warrant necessary?
CORRECT ANSWER : When the following DO NOT exist: Consent, Exigent Circumstances, Abandonment, No probable cause for a criminal search warrant, When re-entry is beyond a reasonable time