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Sporting Ammunition and the Firefighter Quiz

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1. Smokeless powders must be ________ to propel a projectile at a high velocity.*

2. The most common shot shell available is....*

3. T or F: Projectiles ignited outside a firearm have significantly lower velocities and energies than when shot from a firearm.*

4. T or F: When dropped from extreme heights, sporting ammunition will ignite and propogate.*

5. T or F: Blasting caps are usually unable to ignite sporting ammo. When placed directly against an exposed primer, it may ignite that cartridge, but there will be no propogation from cartridge to cartridge.*

6. T or F: When sporting ammo is subject to compression and friction, it is likely to ignite and propogate.*

7. Projectiles during a sporting ammunition fire have ________ energy and are extremely noisy.*

8. T or F: Normal turnout gear will protect the firefighter working at a reasonable distance.*

9. T or F: Lack of packaging caused the ammo to burn more fiercely.*

10. T or F: In a simulated store fire, projectiles were low velocity and did not impede firefighters.*

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