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Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: According to the USFA, what was determined to be the most common cause of fires.
	A: Unknown
	B: Incendiary/suspicious
	C: Open flame
	D: Cooking

2: What should a fire officer do when they are unable to determine the origin or cause of a fire?
	A: Request an arson dog.
	B: Spend more time investigating.
	C: Request a fire investigator.
	D: Request the Battalion Chief.

3: What is the term for the exact physical location where the heat source and fuel come in contact with each other and the fire begins?
	A: Area of origin
	B: Fire pattern
	C: Fire point
	D: Point of origin

4: Fire analysis is defined as what?
	A: The scientific process of examining a fire occurrence to determine all of the relevant facts, including the origin, cause, and subsequent development of the fire, as well as determining the responsibility for whatever occurred.
	B: The process of determining the type of fire.
	C: The process of determining if arson took place.
	D: The scientific process of examining a fire occurrence to determine all of the relevant facts, including the origin, cause, and subsequent development of the fire.

5: Why is noting the make, model, and year important in a vehicle fire?
	A: To determine the likelihood of insurance fraud.
	B: To determine whether the vehicle is old enough for mechanical problems.
	C: To determine if other vehicles of the same make, model, and year have experienced fires.
	D: To determine if it was stolen.

6: When the area of origin has been determined in a wildland fire, what clues should be considered?
	A: Campfire remains
	B: Time-delay devices
	C: Cigarette remains
	D: All of the above.

7: According to NFPA 921, which of the following is NOT a fire cause classification?
	A: Accidental
	B: Natural
	C: Simple
	D: Undetermined

8: Many fires around zero-clearance chimneys have started in the surrounding wood because of what?
	A: Pyrolysis
	B: Convection
	C: Defects
	D: Absorption

9: Which of the following is a basic motive for arson?
	A: Profit
	B: Crime concealment
	C: Excitement
	D: Extremeism
	E: All of the above

10: A photograph is considered what type of evidence.
	A: Demonstrative
	B: Documentary
	C: Testimonial
	D: Quantifiable

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