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Quiz #4

4- Vehicle fire engineering investigation quiz

1) All fires are legally presumed to be accidental.

a) True
b) False

2) In order to establish arson we have to rule out every possibility that the fire could be accidental.

a) True
b) False

3) Vehicle fires are most likely to stat in any of the following location: the engine, fuel system, exhaust system or electrical system.

a) True
b) False

4) In determining the origin of a fire, the place that the fire has burned the hottest for the
longest time is most likely the origin of the fire.

a) True
b) False

5) In some cases where the fire appeared to have burned very intensely at one location for a
short period of time, the cause may be incendiary.

a) True
b) False

6) In a vehicle fire investigation when the vehicle is burned so badly that the there is no evidence, it is acceptable in the industry to say "that the vehcile is burned beyond reasonable recognition and it's not possible to establish a cause & origin of the fire"

a) True
b) False

7) With all the plastic and petroleum base products that are found in a vehicle, it's quite possible the vehicle can completely burn on its own, once the fire has started.

a) True
b) False

8) An electric wiring short can start burning its plastic jacket and all the rest of the plastic jackets in a wire bundle around it. This can start a fire underneath the hood or in the interior of the vehicle.

a) True
b) False

9) An electrical fire can start even if a car is not running. The wire from the battery to the iginition switch is a "hot wire" (electricity always flows even if the car is turned off).

a) True
b) False

10) An overflow of the transmission fluid onto the hot catalytic converter can cause a fire in the
engine compartment.

a) True
b) False

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