FDNY NON-FIRE EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔The shelter in place provision of the EAP is activated because of an external
airborne hazard that is not expected to harm the building occupants. The emergency
action plan director correctly shuts down the outside air intake fans, released the fail-
safe doors and activates phase 1 of elevator recall even though the hazard is external.
Are these the correct actions on the part of the emergency action plan director? Why?
Explain your answer. - ✔✔Yes, these are the correct actions. You want to prevent the
spread of the hazard, and restrict movement in the building
✔✔A candidate who holds an f-25 and who brings a letter indicating their intent to be
listed in the building's EAP, visits the FDNY at 9 Metro Tech Center to take the EAP
computer-based test. The candidate is rejected and informed to return at a later date to
take the computer-based test. Why? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The candidate failed to
take the EAP course and provide a copy of the graduation diploma to the FDNY
representative
✔✔A commercial high-rise building is 700 feet in height. The emergency action plan
director has to select a building as the primary assembly area in the event of a partial
evacuation or evacuation; and has two options to choose from: Building "A" is at a
distance of 600 feet and building "B" is at a distance of 800 feet. Which building must
the emergency action plan director select? Why? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The
director must evacuate the people away from the building at least the height of the
building or greater so the correct answer would be building B
✔✔The emergency action plan director informs Kenneth, a security officer, to account
for the number of people employed by Xyz Company and who evacuated the building to
the assembly area. Kenneth refuses to account for the number of employees from Xyz
Company. Why did Kenneth refuse to cooperate with the emergency action plan
director, who also happened to be the security supervisor? Explain your answer. - ✔✔A
representative from each tenant company is responsible for accounting for their
employees not the EAPD or the EAP staff. However the EAPD approves the methods
for accounting for employees submitted by the tenant companies. The fire/ EAP warden
is usually assigned this task. Kenneth however didn't listen to his boss and could be
subject to disciplinary actions.
✔✔Allen, an employee of ABC Company in a commercial high-rise feels that he has the
right to refuse to remain inside the building after the shelter in place provision of the
EAP is activated. The emergency action plan director informs Allen that he is not
allowed to leave the property and failure to follow directives will result in his arrest. Who
is correct? Explain your answer - ✔✔Allen is correct he will not be arrested. The EAPD
doesn't have the authority to force occupants to remain in the property, even when the
shelter in place provision is activated. These people are exercising their right to risk
,their lives. All EAP's have a designated route for the purpose of occupants who wish to
leave the property when shelter in place or in-building relocation is activated.
✔✔The following announcement was made by the emergency action plan director over
the public announcement system to the building occupants upon deciding to activate the
EAP: "There has been an explosion and we are activating the shelter in place response
because airborne gases surrounding the building may be harmful to your health." Is this
the announcement accurate and complete? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The
announcement is incomplete because it didn't state where the explosion occurred. All
announcements must contain the WHAT, WHERE, WHY, and which EAP provision is
being implemented.
✔✔The emergency action plan director has to form an EAP brigade and has the
following people to choose from: property manager, deputy fire safety director, porter,
director of security, manager of security, fire warden and chief engineer. How many
people should be selected and whom? Explain your answers. - ✔✔There should be at
least 3 brigade members, and he can choose all of the following except for the fsd, and
the fire warden may not be on the brigade
✔✔During an EAP on-site test, how many key switches will the candidate activate with
the 2642 key? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The candidate will activate on key switch with
the 2642 key, this will be to activate phase 1 of the elevator recall.
✔✔A person who holds a certificate of fitness F-59 mails a resume for a position as an
emergency action plan director in a high-rise hotel. The HR director doesn't call the
candidate for an interview. Why? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The EAP applies on to
commercial high-rises only.
✔✔Upon activation of the EAP, the emergency action plan director must first activate
the "silent" switch to the central monitoring station. True or false? Explain your answer. -
✔✔This is false the first step of activating the EAP should be to report to the fire
command station. The silent switch plays no role in activation of the EAP.
✔✔The EAP mandated that a primary an alternate stairwell be designated on each floor
in the even of a partial evacuation or evacuation. Theoretically, occupants in a building
with two emergency means of egress will share the stairwells equally to evacuate (for
example: odd floors use stairwell "A"; even floors use stairwell "B"). What is the
fundamental flaw with this system? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The fundamental flaw
with designating primary and alternate stairwell to each floor for the purpose of having
an equal number of people utilizing stairwells is that the populations on the floors differ
from floor to floor. Because one stairwell might be over-crowded, and one under utilized.
✔✔The building information card is designed to provide "at-a-glance" information for the
building personnel and fire department personnel. The card has data boxes on one side
, and detailed information on standpipes, elevators, stairwells and other base -building
components on the opposite side. What sections of the card will the FDNY examiner
question the candidate during the EAP on-site and why? Explain your answers. -
✔✔The examiner will question the candidate on the whole card, not just parts of it. The
EAPD should be familiar with the property.
✔✔What is being referred to by the term "Temporary Consideration" on the building
information card (BIC)? Why? Explain your answers. - ✔✔Things those are temporary
in nature, like construction going, on for example.
✔✔What is a utility shaft? Explain your answer. - ✔✔A utility shaft is a shaft that is used
to run cables throughout the building. All buildings have multiple shafts.
✔✔The total number of building occupant (including visitors) on a non-typical day must
be noted as part of the EAP Appendix. True or false? Why? Explain your answer. -
✔✔This is false the EAP plan asks for the total number of tenants on a typical day
✔✔A building has two service elevator banks with one elevator each. Service elevator
#11 services floors 1-30 (the entire building) and SE #12 services floors 1-15. What is
the elevator designation for the elevator bank that has service elevator #12? Which
elevator will be used as the primary elevator in an EAP emergency in the building? -
✔✔Explain your answers. The letter designation for the elevator bank that has se# 12 is
D since "A" and "B" consists of passenger elevators and "C" consists of se# 11. Se# 11
is the designated elevator for rescuing people needing assistance because it serves the
entire building.
✔✔The names of the owner representatives for two neighboring buildings appear on the
EAP for your building. What is the distance between your building and the two
neighboring buildings? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The distance no greater than 200
feet, you must include buildings that are with in 200 feet of your building.
✔✔Upon completing a perimeter patrol at 2:00 a.m., a security officer observes a
private BMW with tinted windows parked in front of the building "taxi stand." There is no
one around to claim ownership. At 8:00 a.m., the vehicle is observed in the same
location. What should the emergency action plan director do immediately after being
informed of the suspicious vehicle? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The NYPD will then
determine whether the suspicious item poses a threat to the area. If the suspicious item
is deemed credible, the NYPD/ FDNY will inform the EAPD on what to do to protect the
building occupants
✔✔the emergency path of egress consists of the "exit access", "exit" and "exit
discharge." What is considered the "exit access"? - ✔✔Explain your answer. The exit
access is the path that leads to the emergency stairwell. The exit is the stairwell. And
the exit discharge is the sidewalk/street where occupants exit.
GRADED A+
✔✔The shelter in place provision of the EAP is activated because of an external
airborne hazard that is not expected to harm the building occupants. The emergency
action plan director correctly shuts down the outside air intake fans, released the fail-
safe doors and activates phase 1 of elevator recall even though the hazard is external.
Are these the correct actions on the part of the emergency action plan director? Why?
Explain your answer. - ✔✔Yes, these are the correct actions. You want to prevent the
spread of the hazard, and restrict movement in the building
✔✔A candidate who holds an f-25 and who brings a letter indicating their intent to be
listed in the building's EAP, visits the FDNY at 9 Metro Tech Center to take the EAP
computer-based test. The candidate is rejected and informed to return at a later date to
take the computer-based test. Why? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The candidate failed to
take the EAP course and provide a copy of the graduation diploma to the FDNY
representative
✔✔A commercial high-rise building is 700 feet in height. The emergency action plan
director has to select a building as the primary assembly area in the event of a partial
evacuation or evacuation; and has two options to choose from: Building "A" is at a
distance of 600 feet and building "B" is at a distance of 800 feet. Which building must
the emergency action plan director select? Why? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The
director must evacuate the people away from the building at least the height of the
building or greater so the correct answer would be building B
✔✔The emergency action plan director informs Kenneth, a security officer, to account
for the number of people employed by Xyz Company and who evacuated the building to
the assembly area. Kenneth refuses to account for the number of employees from Xyz
Company. Why did Kenneth refuse to cooperate with the emergency action plan
director, who also happened to be the security supervisor? Explain your answer. - ✔✔A
representative from each tenant company is responsible for accounting for their
employees not the EAPD or the EAP staff. However the EAPD approves the methods
for accounting for employees submitted by the tenant companies. The fire/ EAP warden
is usually assigned this task. Kenneth however didn't listen to his boss and could be
subject to disciplinary actions.
✔✔Allen, an employee of ABC Company in a commercial high-rise feels that he has the
right to refuse to remain inside the building after the shelter in place provision of the
EAP is activated. The emergency action plan director informs Allen that he is not
allowed to leave the property and failure to follow directives will result in his arrest. Who
is correct? Explain your answer - ✔✔Allen is correct he will not be arrested. The EAPD
doesn't have the authority to force occupants to remain in the property, even when the
shelter in place provision is activated. These people are exercising their right to risk
,their lives. All EAP's have a designated route for the purpose of occupants who wish to
leave the property when shelter in place or in-building relocation is activated.
✔✔The following announcement was made by the emergency action plan director over
the public announcement system to the building occupants upon deciding to activate the
EAP: "There has been an explosion and we are activating the shelter in place response
because airborne gases surrounding the building may be harmful to your health." Is this
the announcement accurate and complete? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The
announcement is incomplete because it didn't state where the explosion occurred. All
announcements must contain the WHAT, WHERE, WHY, and which EAP provision is
being implemented.
✔✔The emergency action plan director has to form an EAP brigade and has the
following people to choose from: property manager, deputy fire safety director, porter,
director of security, manager of security, fire warden and chief engineer. How many
people should be selected and whom? Explain your answers. - ✔✔There should be at
least 3 brigade members, and he can choose all of the following except for the fsd, and
the fire warden may not be on the brigade
✔✔During an EAP on-site test, how many key switches will the candidate activate with
the 2642 key? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The candidate will activate on key switch with
the 2642 key, this will be to activate phase 1 of the elevator recall.
✔✔A person who holds a certificate of fitness F-59 mails a resume for a position as an
emergency action plan director in a high-rise hotel. The HR director doesn't call the
candidate for an interview. Why? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The EAP applies on to
commercial high-rises only.
✔✔Upon activation of the EAP, the emergency action plan director must first activate
the "silent" switch to the central monitoring station. True or false? Explain your answer. -
✔✔This is false the first step of activating the EAP should be to report to the fire
command station. The silent switch plays no role in activation of the EAP.
✔✔The EAP mandated that a primary an alternate stairwell be designated on each floor
in the even of a partial evacuation or evacuation. Theoretically, occupants in a building
with two emergency means of egress will share the stairwells equally to evacuate (for
example: odd floors use stairwell "A"; even floors use stairwell "B"). What is the
fundamental flaw with this system? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The fundamental flaw
with designating primary and alternate stairwell to each floor for the purpose of having
an equal number of people utilizing stairwells is that the populations on the floors differ
from floor to floor. Because one stairwell might be over-crowded, and one under utilized.
✔✔The building information card is designed to provide "at-a-glance" information for the
building personnel and fire department personnel. The card has data boxes on one side
, and detailed information on standpipes, elevators, stairwells and other base -building
components on the opposite side. What sections of the card will the FDNY examiner
question the candidate during the EAP on-site and why? Explain your answers. -
✔✔The examiner will question the candidate on the whole card, not just parts of it. The
EAPD should be familiar with the property.
✔✔What is being referred to by the term "Temporary Consideration" on the building
information card (BIC)? Why? Explain your answers. - ✔✔Things those are temporary
in nature, like construction going, on for example.
✔✔What is a utility shaft? Explain your answer. - ✔✔A utility shaft is a shaft that is used
to run cables throughout the building. All buildings have multiple shafts.
✔✔The total number of building occupant (including visitors) on a non-typical day must
be noted as part of the EAP Appendix. True or false? Why? Explain your answer. -
✔✔This is false the EAP plan asks for the total number of tenants on a typical day
✔✔A building has two service elevator banks with one elevator each. Service elevator
#11 services floors 1-30 (the entire building) and SE #12 services floors 1-15. What is
the elevator designation for the elevator bank that has service elevator #12? Which
elevator will be used as the primary elevator in an EAP emergency in the building? -
✔✔Explain your answers. The letter designation for the elevator bank that has se# 12 is
D since "A" and "B" consists of passenger elevators and "C" consists of se# 11. Se# 11
is the designated elevator for rescuing people needing assistance because it serves the
entire building.
✔✔The names of the owner representatives for two neighboring buildings appear on the
EAP for your building. What is the distance between your building and the two
neighboring buildings? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The distance no greater than 200
feet, you must include buildings that are with in 200 feet of your building.
✔✔Upon completing a perimeter patrol at 2:00 a.m., a security officer observes a
private BMW with tinted windows parked in front of the building "taxi stand." There is no
one around to claim ownership. At 8:00 a.m., the vehicle is observed in the same
location. What should the emergency action plan director do immediately after being
informed of the suspicious vehicle? Explain your answer. - ✔✔The NYPD will then
determine whether the suspicious item poses a threat to the area. If the suspicious item
is deemed credible, the NYPD/ FDNY will inform the EAPD on what to do to protect the
building occupants
✔✔the emergency path of egress consists of the "exit access", "exit" and "exit
discharge." What is considered the "exit access"? - ✔✔Explain your answer. The exit
access is the path that leads to the emergency stairwell. The exit is the stairwell. And
the exit discharge is the sidewalk/street where occupants exit.
