TEXAS FIRE ALARM EXAMINATION SETS QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔All vehicles regularly used in installation, service, maintenance, testing, or
certification activities must - ✔✔prominently display the company name, telephone
number and certificate number. Numbers and letters must be at least one inch in height
and permanently or magnetically attached to each side of the vehicle.
✔✔The total change of a firm's ownership invalidates the current certificate. To assure
continuance of the business, a complete application for a new certificate must be
submitted to the State Fire Marshal at least ______ days prior to such change - ✔✔14
days
✔✔Any change of corporate officers must be reported in writing to the State Fire
Marshal within ______ days. This change does not require a revised certificate. - ✔✔14
days
✔✔An adhesive label with the text "DO NOT REMOVE BY ORDER OF THE STATE
FIRE MARSHAL (for at least two years) SERVICE RECORD" is what color - ✔✔White
✔✔After an installation or modification has been completed, an installation label must
be affixed - ✔✔to the inside of the control panel cover
✔✔On new installations pending completion - ✔✔installation labels may not be used
✔✔True or False: Fire alarm plans, manuals, and documents shall be stored in a
dedicated cabinet adjacent to or inside of the fire alarm panels to which they refer -
✔✔False
✔✔How many inspections shall be performed by the licensed firm in order to assure
proper installation techniques are followed by another person under constant
supervision - ✔✔3
✔✔An installation certificate is required to be filled out after installation of a single
station smoke alarm by a licensee - ✔✔True except for a one or two family residence
✔✔When an installation certificate form has been completed, at least how many legible
copies (including original) shall be distributed within 10 days after completion of the
installation? - ✔✔3 - original at site, one retained for life of system or 10 yrs by certifying
company, one sent to local authority having jurisdiction (AHJ).
✔✔A person whose license has been expired for _____ who makes an application for a
new license must take and pass another examination - ✔✔2 yrs or longer
, ✔✔All required installation and service labels (Red, Yellow, Blue & White) must be
approximately _____ inches high and _____ inches wide - ✔✔3" x 3"
✔✔Installation labels for commercial fire alarm systems must include - ✔✔the name and
license number of the fire alarm planning superintendent who planned the system
✔✔How many types of licenses can a Field Technician be issued from Texas
Commission on Fire Protection? - ✔✔6 - FAL, AMT, RAS-SS, RAS, RAL, APS
✔✔To plan, install, certify, inspect, test, service, monitor, or maintain single station
smoke or heat detection devices in single-family or two-family residences requires at
least a - ✔✔Residential Fire Alarm Superintendent Single Station License (RAS-SS)
✔✔Texas corporations applying for a certificate of registration are not required to submit
- ✔✔a certificate of authority to do business in Texas from the Texas Secretary of State
✔✔A licensed electrician may install smoke detectors without a fire alarm license - ✔✔If
the devices are installed in single family or multi-family residence
if the devices installed are Single station Alarms
if the devices installed do not transmit a signal off the premises
✔✔If you hold a valid Residential Fire Alarm Superintendent Single Station License
(RAS-SS) you may - ✔✔None of the above
✔✔If a system does not comply with applicable building code OR installation standard
(applicable meaning "in force at time of installation") - ✔✔The owner or his
representative must be notified in writing by the registered firm
The registered firm must send a copy of this notice to the local authority having
jurisdiction (AHJ)
A completed yellow label must be attached to the outside of the control panel cover
✔✔A red label may be removed only by - ✔✔the state fire marshal, or his representative
by a licensed employee of a registered firm
a governmental agency with appropriate regulatory authority
✔✔If a system or any part thereof has a fault condition, at the time of service performed
a - ✔✔a completed red label must be attached to the outside of the control panel cover
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔All vehicles regularly used in installation, service, maintenance, testing, or
certification activities must - ✔✔prominently display the company name, telephone
number and certificate number. Numbers and letters must be at least one inch in height
and permanently or magnetically attached to each side of the vehicle.
✔✔The total change of a firm's ownership invalidates the current certificate. To assure
continuance of the business, a complete application for a new certificate must be
submitted to the State Fire Marshal at least ______ days prior to such change - ✔✔14
days
✔✔Any change of corporate officers must be reported in writing to the State Fire
Marshal within ______ days. This change does not require a revised certificate. - ✔✔14
days
✔✔An adhesive label with the text "DO NOT REMOVE BY ORDER OF THE STATE
FIRE MARSHAL (for at least two years) SERVICE RECORD" is what color - ✔✔White
✔✔After an installation or modification has been completed, an installation label must
be affixed - ✔✔to the inside of the control panel cover
✔✔On new installations pending completion - ✔✔installation labels may not be used
✔✔True or False: Fire alarm plans, manuals, and documents shall be stored in a
dedicated cabinet adjacent to or inside of the fire alarm panels to which they refer -
✔✔False
✔✔How many inspections shall be performed by the licensed firm in order to assure
proper installation techniques are followed by another person under constant
supervision - ✔✔3
✔✔An installation certificate is required to be filled out after installation of a single
station smoke alarm by a licensee - ✔✔True except for a one or two family residence
✔✔When an installation certificate form has been completed, at least how many legible
copies (including original) shall be distributed within 10 days after completion of the
installation? - ✔✔3 - original at site, one retained for life of system or 10 yrs by certifying
company, one sent to local authority having jurisdiction (AHJ).
✔✔A person whose license has been expired for _____ who makes an application for a
new license must take and pass another examination - ✔✔2 yrs or longer
, ✔✔All required installation and service labels (Red, Yellow, Blue & White) must be
approximately _____ inches high and _____ inches wide - ✔✔3" x 3"
✔✔Installation labels for commercial fire alarm systems must include - ✔✔the name and
license number of the fire alarm planning superintendent who planned the system
✔✔How many types of licenses can a Field Technician be issued from Texas
Commission on Fire Protection? - ✔✔6 - FAL, AMT, RAS-SS, RAS, RAL, APS
✔✔To plan, install, certify, inspect, test, service, monitor, or maintain single station
smoke or heat detection devices in single-family or two-family residences requires at
least a - ✔✔Residential Fire Alarm Superintendent Single Station License (RAS-SS)
✔✔Texas corporations applying for a certificate of registration are not required to submit
- ✔✔a certificate of authority to do business in Texas from the Texas Secretary of State
✔✔A licensed electrician may install smoke detectors without a fire alarm license - ✔✔If
the devices are installed in single family or multi-family residence
if the devices installed are Single station Alarms
if the devices installed do not transmit a signal off the premises
✔✔If you hold a valid Residential Fire Alarm Superintendent Single Station License
(RAS-SS) you may - ✔✔None of the above
✔✔If a system does not comply with applicable building code OR installation standard
(applicable meaning "in force at time of installation") - ✔✔The owner or his
representative must be notified in writing by the registered firm
The registered firm must send a copy of this notice to the local authority having
jurisdiction (AHJ)
A completed yellow label must be attached to the outside of the control panel cover
✔✔A red label may be removed only by - ✔✔the state fire marshal, or his representative
by a licensed employee of a registered firm
a governmental agency with appropriate regulatory authority
✔✔If a system or any part thereof has a fault condition, at the time of service performed
a - ✔✔a completed red label must be attached to the outside of the control panel cover
