BEFO Final Exam Study Questions with Complete verified Solutions
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BEFO
building type which provides the highest level of fire protection, made of concrete and steel
- ANSWER Type 1 (fire resistive)
building type which is composed of materials that won't contribute to fire development
or spread, commonly with open web joists - ANSWER Type 2 (noncombustible)
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BEFO Final Exam Study Questions with
Complete verified Solutions
building type which provides the highest level of fire protection, made of concrete and steel
- ANSWER Type 1 (fire resistive)
building type which is composed of materials that won't contribute to fire development
or spread, commonly with open web joists - ANSWER Type 2 (noncombustible)
building type commonly found in mercantile, business, and residential structures. Usually has
void spaces. - ANSWER Type 3 (ordinary construction)
Building type which is made of large dimensioned lumber or laminated wood - ANSWER Type 4
(heavy timber)
Building type commonly known as wood frame, load bearing walls are composed entirely
of wood - ANSWER Type 5 (wood frame)
A factory assembled residence built in units or sections that are transported to a permanent
site and erected on a foundation. - ANSWER manufactured home
Units that are constructed in factories off-site according to state building codes. Once
assembled on the home site, it is immediately considered to be real property. - ANSWER
modular home
Home assembled on site consisting of constructed panels made of foam insulation sandwiched
between sheets of plywood. - ANSWER panelized homes
potential energy available for release in the combustion process - ANSWER heat of combustion
, The quantity of heat required to change the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree
Celcius - ANSWER 4.2 joules
reactions that emit energy as they occur - ANSWER exothermic reaction
reactions that absorb energy as they occur - ANSWER endothermic reaction
off gassing chemical change in solids - ANSWER vaporization
most common form of ignition, when a mixture of fuel and oxygen encounter an external
heat source - ANSWER piloted ignition
3 sides of a fire triangle - ANSWER heat, fuel, oxygen
4 sides of fire tetrahedron - ANSWER reducing agent (fuel, chemical chain reaction, oxidizing
agent, heat
minimum temperature at which a fuel in the air must be heated in order to start self
sustained combustion - ANSWER autoignition temperature (AIT)
_______ combustion occurs more slowly and at lower temperatures, producing a smoldering
glow in the materials surface - ANSWER nonflaming
_______ combustion produces a visible flame above the material's surface. AKA fire - ANSWER
flaming
Smoke is the product of? - ANSWER incomplete combustion
colorless, odorless gas, released when an organic material burns with limited supply of
oxygen. - ANSWER Carbon monoxide (CO)
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