INNOVATIVE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE &

TECHNOLOGYMalitbog, Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro

CRIMINOLOGY DEPARTMENT
FIRE TECHNOLOGY AND ARSON INVESTIGATION
FINAL EXAMINATION

NAME: DATE:
YEAR AND SECTION:

I. IDENTIFICATION: Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper. Wrong spelling corresponds to a
wrong answer.
1. A standard rules for safety in the construction of buildings.
2. Installed to separate areas of hazardous occupancies from areas of ordinary or light hazard occupancies
that resist the passage of fire from one area to another.
3. It is process of an advanced and organized planning of possible fire-fighting operations in a particular building or
groups of buildings.
4. This type of disaster includes all emergencies which the general public and civil emergency crews can handle.
5. A type of natural cover fires travel at ground level or below the surface.
6. A type of natural cover fires burn over grass, weeds, grain, brush, and shrubs. This type of fire travels rapidly if
the wind is high and when the fuel is abundant. The heat is intense but short lived because of the quick-burning
characteristics of the fuels.
7. Fires in the tops of trees and in high brush.
8. Fires started in advance of the heads by windblown sparks or bits of burning material.
9. Parts of natural cover fire where the fireline is progressing faster.
10. Methods for Controlling and Extinguishing Various Types of Natural Cover Fires consists of placing a unit on a
specific section of the fire line.
11. It is the fastest and easiest method to use on a running fire. A firefighting team is placed at the location designated
as the fire line and ordered to work in a specific direction.
12. This method is very effective against natural cover fires but can be used only on moderately hot fires.
13. This natural cover fire control method entails the use of firebreaks or barriers. Natural fire barriers consist of
lakes, rivers, creeks, deserts, or bare rock formation.
14. It was employed to burn back toward the advancing heads, thus creating a fast break and stopping the fire because
of a lack of fuel.
15. The ___________ explains the existence of fire, or the WHAT of investigation.
16. It establishes the WHY of the fire and investigation.
17. Fire caused naturally without human intervention or aid; such as lightning, spontaneous ignition, mechanical
malfunction of equipment.
18. Fire cause as a result of the willful and criminal action of some persons.
19. Fire causes where human action is involved directly or indirectly.
20. It provide a pictorial representation which is easily understood and evaluated.
21. It has the major power to investigate all causes of fires, and if necessary, file the proper complaints with
the proper authority that has jurisdiction over the case.
22. It is a law signed by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo known as the "Revised Fire Code of the
Philippines" An Act Establishing A Comprehensive Fire Code of the Philippines, Repealing Presidential
Decree No. 1185 and for other purposes.
23. It is the law creating the Bureau of Fire Protection.

24. The willful and malicious burning of another's property or the burning of one' own property with intent
to injure or defraud the insurer of that property.
25. The purpose or design with which the act is done and involves the will to do the act.
26. The moving cause that induces the commission of the crime.
27. It is the fact of that crime was committed.
28. The uncontrollable impulse of a person to burn anything without any motivation.
29. A person responsible setting a building on fire and pretends to discover it, turn the alarm or make some rescue
works to appear as "hero.
30. It is the degree of heat given off by a fire.
31. In a fire situation, or burning building, an important factor in determining the use of incendiary and a good
indication of the intensity of the fire.
32. A law that amends the Law on Arson.
33. The final written results of taking notes, recording observations and interviewing witnesses.
34. A factor constituting arson that denotes hatred or desire to get even or for revenge.
35. Burning of any ammunition factory and other establishment where explosives, inflammable or combustible
materials are stored;
36. An Act Defining Henious Crimes and Reimposing the Death Penalty Law."
 37. It is a device used for making a connection when threads do not match or when they are different in sizes.
38. a sudden influx of oxygen causing combustion to restart possibly at devastating speeds consistent with an
explosion.
39. It is the transfer of heat by circulation of heated currents of liquids and gases.
40. It is the manner in which fuel ignites, flame develops, and fire spreads. Sometimes used to distinguish
characteristics of one particular fire from typical fire characteristics.

II. ENUMERATION:
A. Types of Report and Reporting System (Philippine Setting)
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B. Special Aggravating Circumstances in Arson

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C. Basis of Criminal Liability in Arson:

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D. Tell Tale Signs of Arson

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III. ESSAY. (5pts each)

A. Elements of Arson

B. What makes photographs very important in the field of fire/arson investigation?

C. Discuss the different building code requirements

GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS!!!

HAVE A JOYFUL SUMMER

PREPARED: NOTED:

MR CRISMARK NALING MARIANO MRS. MELODY COMIA DIMAPILIS

Criminology Instructor Department Head, Criminology