S13 STANDPIPE TEST COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Supervisory signal-initiating device. Answer: an initiating device,
such as a valve supervisory switch, water level indicator, or low-air
pressure switch on a dry-pipe system, that triggers a supervisory signal.
⩥ What is testing?. Answer: A procedure used to determine the status of
a system.
⩥ Water Hammer. Answer: The surge in pressure when a high-velocity
flow of water is abruptly shut off. The pressure exerted by the flowing
water against a closed system can be seven or more times that of the
static pressure
⩥ Water Spray. Answer: Water in a form having a predetermined pattern,
particle size, velocity, and density discharge from specially designed
nozzles or devices.
⩥ Water Tank. Answer: A tank supplying water for water-based fire
protection systems.
, ⩥ Water Supply. Answer: A source of water that provides the flows and
pressures required by the water-based fire protection system.
⩥ Wet Standpipe System. Answer: A standpipe system having piping
containing water at all times.
⩥ Standpipe class I. Answer: This system is designed to be used by
professional fire fighters. For example, the system is used by Fire
Department and Fire Brigade personnel. The fire hoses in these systems
are 2 1/2 inches in diameter. The large hose diameter makes it difficult to
control the stream of water from the hose.
⩥ Dry Standpipe with No Permanent Water Supply (Manual Standpipe).
Answer: Standpipe system that relies exclusively on the fire department
connection to supply the system demand.
⩥ Standpipe class II. Answer: This system is designed to be used by the
occupants of a building. The hose stream is easier to control than the
Class I hose.
⩥ Standpipe class III. Answer: This system may be used by either
professional fire fighters or by occupants of the building.
⩥ Which option best describes a Wet Standpipe System?. Answer: This
system always has water in the piping. The water in the system is always
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Supervisory signal-initiating device. Answer: an initiating device,
such as a valve supervisory switch, water level indicator, or low-air
pressure switch on a dry-pipe system, that triggers a supervisory signal.
⩥ What is testing?. Answer: A procedure used to determine the status of
a system.
⩥ Water Hammer. Answer: The surge in pressure when a high-velocity
flow of water is abruptly shut off. The pressure exerted by the flowing
water against a closed system can be seven or more times that of the
static pressure
⩥ Water Spray. Answer: Water in a form having a predetermined pattern,
particle size, velocity, and density discharge from specially designed
nozzles or devices.
⩥ Water Tank. Answer: A tank supplying water for water-based fire
protection systems.
, ⩥ Water Supply. Answer: A source of water that provides the flows and
pressures required by the water-based fire protection system.
⩥ Wet Standpipe System. Answer: A standpipe system having piping
containing water at all times.
⩥ Standpipe class I. Answer: This system is designed to be used by
professional fire fighters. For example, the system is used by Fire
Department and Fire Brigade personnel. The fire hoses in these systems
are 2 1/2 inches in diameter. The large hose diameter makes it difficult to
control the stream of water from the hose.
⩥ Dry Standpipe with No Permanent Water Supply (Manual Standpipe).
Answer: Standpipe system that relies exclusively on the fire department
connection to supply the system demand.
⩥ Standpipe class II. Answer: This system is designed to be used by the
occupants of a building. The hose stream is easier to control than the
Class I hose.
⩥ Standpipe class III. Answer: This system may be used by either
professional fire fighters or by occupants of the building.
⩥ Which option best describes a Wet Standpipe System?. Answer: This
system always has water in the piping. The water in the system is always
