Reading Comprehension - Home Smoke Detectors

CMAT 2018 · LC · Easy · Reading Comprehension

Passage / data set

Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows.

Passage IV

Smokejumpers are often asked to address to organizations and the public groups about the importance of fire protection, particularly fire deterrence and detection. Because smoke detectors reduce the risk of dying in a fire by half, smokejumpers often provide audiences with information on how to fix these protective devices in their homes. Specifically, they tell them these things: A smoke detector should be placed on each floor of a home. While sleeping, people are in particular risk of a surfacing fire, and there must be a detector outside each sleeping area. A good site for a detector would be a hallway that runs between living spaces and bedrooms. Because of the dead-air space that might be missed by turbulent hot air bouncing around above a fire, smoke detectors should be installed either on the ceiling at least four inches from the adjoining wall, or high on a wall at least four, but no further than twelve, inches from the ceiling. Detectors should not be mounted near windows, exterior doors, or other places where drafts might direct the smoke away from the unit. Nor should they be placed in kitchens and garages, where cooking and gas fumes are likely to cause bogus alarms.

Question 1 of 3

What is the main focus of this passage?

  1. A.

    How smokejumpers carry out their errands

  2. B.

    The proper installation of home smoke detectors

  3. C.

    The concealment of dead-air space on walls and ceilings

  4. D.

    How smoke detectors thwart fires in homes

Question 2 of 3

The passage states that, compared with people who do not have smoke detectors, persons who live in homes with smoke detectors have a:-

  1. A.

    50% better chance of surviving a fire.

  2. B.

    50% poorer chances of preventing a fire

  3. C.

    75% worse chance of detecting a hidden fire.

  4. D.

    100% shoddier chance of being injured in a fire.

Question 3 of 3

The passage indicates that one responsibility of smokejumpers is to:-

  1. A.

    Install smoke detectors in the homes of residents in the community.

  2. B.

    Check homes to see if smoke detectors have been properly installed.

  3. C.

    Develop fire safety programs for public leaders and corporate workers.

  4. D.

    Address to corporate about the importance of preventing fires.

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