QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
●● Arrive on a construction site and sprinkler contractor asks if sprinkler
can pass through steel beams.
Answer: Ask building official IBC 104.10
●● Protection around LPG tanks.
Answer: IFC 312.2 and NFPA 58, 6.27.3.13
●● Spaces with one exit or exit access doorway. 2 story building with
occupant load of 30 on each floor, how many people can door handle?.
Answer: 49 occupant load, IFC and IBC Table 1006.2.1
●● How many exit doors in a boiler room?.
Answer: Two exits access doorways are required in rooms over 500
square feet and exceeds 400,000 BTU. IFC and IBC 1006.2.2.1
●● What is the minimum width of Fire access road?.
Answer: 20 ft IFC 503.2.1
, ●● Minimum feet for hydrant at new facility.
Answer: 400 ft IFC 507.5.1
●● What is the travel distance to a Class A Hazard fire extinguisher?.
Answer: 75 feet IFC and IBC Table 906.3(1)
●● Distance to pull station for kitchen? Required pull force?.
Answer: 10-20 feet and max. force of 40 pounds, IFC and IBC 904.12.1
●● What is the travel distance to an exit in a Group E with occupant
load of 30?.
Answer: 75 feet IFC and IBC Table 1006.2.1
●● What code provides emergency power generator for high-rise
buildings?.
Answer: NFPA 110 Standard for Emergency and Standby Power, Ch 80
Referenced Standards
●● Can you utilize alternate extinguishing system on a two story
building?.
Answer: Up to AHJ, IFC and IBC 904.2
●● What is the minimum standpipe riser protection?.