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Test your knowledge with this multiple choice quiz

TEST YOUR fire and burn
education: skills with our first
of two 20-question surveys.
Please choose the best answer:

‘1. When cooking at a stove, it is
‘Most important that you wear:
“A. Clothes that. fit loosely
. around arms and body
B. Clothes that are made from
nylon fabric

C. Clothes that fi it tightly around

“arms and body »
‘D. Clothes that are made from
‘cotton fabric...
“2. The most common kitchen fires
involve: ©”
A. Grease buiid-up in broiler
B. Pan on top of the stove
.C. Microwave ovens
D. Electrical appliances
+ The most effective way. to
extinguish a grease fire in a pan
is:
A. Place lid directly down on’ the

B. Shake baking soda on the fire
Cc: Carry the pan. to the sink

4. The: most effective s way. to .
xtinguish’ ani oven fire is: :
* A; Remove pan from the oven |
B. Use a fire extinguisher
“AC. Close the‘oven door’...
DY Shake’ baking soda:i in the
oven: ..
5. The best way ‘to, prevent. a
kitchen fire is to:

A Remain in the. chen while

more. than five minutes -
6. Most, home extinguishers. ‘may

“APSIX'IO 2'secdiids :
B2'30'to 60 seconds:
C.'60 to 90 seconds ©:
; D. 90 to: 120 ‘s¢conds °
‘a:fire xtinguisher
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8. Most residential fires start in
the;

A. Bedroom

B. Kitchen

C. Garage

D. Living room

If you are only installing one
smoke detector, it should be
placed near:

A. Kitchen area

B. Garage

C. Bedroom area

D. Living room
10. Which of the following fabrics
is the most difficult to ignite aud
burn:

A. Wool

B. Cotton

C. Synthetics

D. Silk
ik. Most fire deaths are caused
by: ’ :

A. Cooking fires

’_B. Electrical fires

 C. Heating fires

D. Smoking fires
12. If you attempted to jump
from a burning building, kaw

“many feet could you drop and
still have a 50% chance of surviv-

zg without serious injury:
A. Less than 10 feet

oc B. Less than 20 feet -
C. Less than 30 feet -
‘D. Less than 40 feet

_ 13. Carbon monoxide causes:

_A. Coughing

“BE Watering of cyes

C. Disorientation

D. Fumes a ;
14. If you woke up at night,
“ smelled smoke, and found your
:, Cesed door hot to the touch, you
should: .

A. Call the fire department

B. Use your alternative exit”

~ C. Break the window

D. Open the door to see if there
is smoke .
AS. If you were trapped | ina bed-

-room on the fifth floor with:

flames and’ smoke i in the hall, you
Should:

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A. Put wet towels around door
cracks

B. Break the window and let
clean airin +

C. Open door, crawl to exit

D. Open door, crawi to the ele-
vators
16. If you need to leave your
hotel room in the event of a fire,
you should:

A. Take your room key

B. Prop the door open

C. Take the elevator up

D. Take the elevator down
17, Spontaneous combustion is
caused by:

A. An external heat source

B. Things that generate their
own heat

C. Storing rags in a closed metal
container

D. Storing flammable liquids
properly
18. The best way to extinguish an
electrical fire is:,

A. Throwing baking powder on
the fire ;

B. Throwing water on the fire
C. Using an AB type of fire
extinguisher

D. Using an ABC type fire
extinguisher
19. A jelly-filled pastry, heated in
a microwave oven can be cool to
the touch, yet have an interna!
temperature that is:

A. Same as outside

B. Equa} to boiling

C. Cooler than outside
20. If there is a fire in your home
the first thing you should do is: |
A. Try to put out the fire

B. Open all the windows

C. Get out and stay out

D. Call the fire department

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