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Vehicle fire engineering investigation

Quiz Questions:

1.	All fires are legally presumed to be accidental.

		True
		False

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

		True
		False

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

		True
		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.

		True
		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.

		True
		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"

		True
		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.

		True
		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.

		True
		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).

		True
		False

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

		True
		False

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