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NICET PRACTICE FIRE ALARM
SYSTEMS
LEVEL II ACTUAL EXAM UPDATE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is not one of the three primary fire
protection elements
for providing fire protection in a building? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Reporting
Which of the following are considered as primary functions of a
fire alarm system? - CORRECT ANSWERS IS Actuation of
emergency control functions, building system management, early
detection of fires, notifications of the fire department, occupant
notification.
The world's first public fire alarm reporting system was used
in? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS
Boston
Fusible link technology was first used for? - CORRECT ANSWERS IS
Heat detectors
The first ? was made commercially available in the 1960s. -
CORRECT ANSWERS IS
Smoke-
detector
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Single-station smoke alarms for dwellings are only used
for ? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Life
safety
Air-sampling smoke detectors were developed in? -
CORRECT ANSWERS IS
Austral
ia
What type of detection was developed to protect large open
areas? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Projected beam smoke
detectors
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in
the? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS
1990s
Central, Proprietary, and Remote are all examples of ?
systems. - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Supervising
system
Supervising stations that only monitor property owned by the
supervising station
operator are called? - CORRECT ANSWERS IS Proprietary
supervising stations
An in-building fire emergency voice/alarm communications
system is usually
found in a ? - CORRECT ANSWERS IS High-
rise building
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The primary purpose of dwelling fire warning equipment or
systems is ? -
CORRECT ANSWERS IS
Life Safety
A ? usually provides signal information in a floor plan format -
CORRECT ANSWERS
IS Graphic
annunciator
A fire alarm control unit performs which of the following
functions? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Provides graphical user interface, monitoring of
circuits, power to
initiating
devices
An addressable fire alarm system control unit monitors the
status of initiating
devices ? - CORRECT ANSWERS IS by periodically
polling the device
Which type of sprinkler is most commonly used to protect
buildings? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Wet-pipe
sprinklers
Which of the following is an alarm signal initiating device? -
CORRECT ANSWERS IS
Manual
station
Which of the following is considered an emergency safety
control function? -
CORRECT ANSWERS IS Door unlocking, elevator recall,
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elevator shutdown
A ? system usually requires the actuation of ? detector(s) to
open the charging
valve, which floods the sprinkler piping in the protected
space. - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Pre-
action / 2
Which of the following types of notification appliances are
frequently used to
alert occupants? - CORRECT ANSWERS IS Horns,
speakers, strobes
? is an example of an emergency control function that may be
controlled by a fire
alarm system. - CORRECT ANSWERS IS Elevator
recall or shutdown
supervisory initiating device - CORRECT ANSWERS IS Valve tamper
switch
Which of the following circuit types is addressable? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS SLC
Computer rooms are sometimes protected by ? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS gaseous
suppression
systems
The National Fire Protection Association was founded in ? -
CORRECT ANSWERS IS
189
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NICET PRACTICE FIRE ALARM
SYSTEMS
LEVEL II ACTUAL EXAM UPDATE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is not one of the three primary fire
protection elements
for providing fire protection in a building? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Reporting
Which of the following are considered as primary functions of a
fire alarm system? - CORRECT ANSWERS IS Actuation of
emergency control functions, building system management, early
detection of fires, notifications of the fire department, occupant
notification.
The world's first public fire alarm reporting system was used
in? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS
Boston
Fusible link technology was first used for? - CORRECT ANSWERS IS
Heat detectors
The first ? was made commercially available in the 1960s. -
CORRECT ANSWERS IS
Smoke-
detector
NICET PRACTICE FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS LEVEL II ACTUAL EXAM UPDATE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Single-station smoke alarms for dwellings are only used
for ? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Life
safety
Air-sampling smoke detectors were developed in? -
CORRECT ANSWERS IS
Austral
ia
What type of detection was developed to protect large open
areas? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Projected beam smoke
detectors
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in
the? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS
1990s
Central, Proprietary, and Remote are all examples of ?
systems. - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Supervising
system
Supervising stations that only monitor property owned by the
supervising station
operator are called? - CORRECT ANSWERS IS Proprietary
supervising stations
An in-building fire emergency voice/alarm communications
system is usually
found in a ? - CORRECT ANSWERS IS High-
rise building
NICET PRACTICE FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS LEVEL II ACTUAL EXAM UPDATE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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The primary purpose of dwelling fire warning equipment or
systems is ? -
CORRECT ANSWERS IS
Life Safety
A ? usually provides signal information in a floor plan format -
CORRECT ANSWERS
IS Graphic
annunciator
A fire alarm control unit performs which of the following
functions? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Provides graphical user interface, monitoring of
circuits, power to
initiating
devices
An addressable fire alarm system control unit monitors the
status of initiating
devices ? - CORRECT ANSWERS IS by periodically
polling the device
Which type of sprinkler is most commonly used to protect
buildings? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Wet-pipe
sprinklers
Which of the following is an alarm signal initiating device? -
CORRECT ANSWERS IS
Manual
station
Which of the following is considered an emergency safety
control function? -
CORRECT ANSWERS IS Door unlocking, elevator recall,
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elevator shutdown
A ? system usually requires the actuation of ? detector(s) to
open the charging
valve, which floods the sprinkler piping in the protected
space. - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS Pre-
action / 2
Which of the following types of notification appliances are
frequently used to
alert occupants? - CORRECT ANSWERS IS Horns,
speakers, strobes
? is an example of an emergency control function that may be
controlled by a fire
alarm system. - CORRECT ANSWERS IS Elevator
recall or shutdown
supervisory initiating device - CORRECT ANSWERS IS Valve tamper
switch
Which of the following circuit types is addressable? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS SLC
Computer rooms are sometimes protected by ? - CORRECT
ANSWERS IS gaseous
suppression
systems
The National Fire Protection Association was founded in ? -
CORRECT ANSWERS IS
189
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