NISP FIRE SAFETY COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔You are called to investigate a fire at a residence in which a child died of smoke
inhalation. After careful examination and dissection of the portable electric heater used
in the child's room, you determine a faulty automatic shut-off sensor led the heater to
overheat and become enflamed. What might result from this investigation? - ✔✔A
national recall of the portable electric heater
✔✔After failing to self-regulate insurance rates and commissions, the insurance industry
developed __________ to promote the prevention of fires and the reduction of
conflagration potential. - ✔✔codes and standards
✔✔__________ are allowed to vote in the ICC process. - ✔✔Only code officials
representing member jurisdictions
✔✔Because of membership costs, travel expenses, and time away from the job,
__________ has/have not been well represented in the NFPA code change process. -
✔✔the fire service
✔✔Because they create uniformity within the state, most business interests and
developers prefer: - ✔✔mini-maxi codes.
✔✔Buildings built before __________ were designed under a construction code
different from the code in effect today - ✔✔2000
✔✔Codes and laws can only be effective in preventing tragedies from happening if they:
- ✔✔are obeyed.
✔✔__________ is one way model code groups can make money. - ✔✔Adoption by
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,✔✔__________ major regional codes evolved in the 20th century, and almost every
state adopted at least one of them. - ✔✔Three
✔✔NFPA code-change committees are structured so that no more than __________ of
any committee represents a single interest in the group. - ✔✔one-third
✔✔__________ tell us what to do; __________tell us how. - ✔✔Codes; standards
✔✔The __________ may well be the most widely used model code in the world. -
✔✔National Electrical Code
✔✔The National Fire Protection Association publishes all of the following EXCEPT the:
- ✔✔International Fire Code.
✔✔THE NFPA's code change process requires __________ weeks and relies on
meetings of the __________ individual technical committees. - ✔✔14; 205
✔✔The number of voting delegates in the ICC code change process is based on the: -
✔✔population of the jurisdiction.
✔✔The Triangle Shirtwaist fire, which killed 147 factory workers in 1911, led to the
development of the: - ✔✔Life Safety Code.
✔✔The __________ was the regional model code organization that served the
Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwestern states in the 20th century. - ✔✔Building
Officials and Code Administrators International
✔✔__________ was established by the ICC to represent the common interests of the
fire service and the ICC, and gives members direct access to the ICC board. - ✔✔The
Fire Service Membership Council
✔✔__________ was formed when the Building Officials and Code Administrators
International, the Southern Building Code Congress International, and the International
Conference of Building Officials combined in 1994. - ✔✔The International Code Council
✔✔What is the first step in the ICC code change process? - ✔✔Submit code change
form
✔✔Which of the following measures would have been LEAST effective in preventing the
1985 fire at the Valley Parade Soccer Stadium in Bradford, England; the 2003 nightclub
fire at The Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island; and the 2007 Sofa Super Store fire?
- ✔✔Decreasing fines for code violations
, ✔✔A __________ is a plan for proposed development; it is submitted to the jurisdiction
and includes location of structures, occupancy and construction type, proposed
roadway and parking facilities, and available fire flow. - ✔✔site plan
✔✔A __________ is a system of piping, valves, hose outlets, and allied equipment
installed in a building to distribute fire protection water. - ✔✔standpipe
✔✔All of the following are determined during the site plan approval process EXCEPT: -
✔✔the means of egress.
✔✔All of the following are responsibilities of the plan examiner EXCEPT: - ✔✔creating
codes for the ICC.
✔✔__________ compare a structure to approved plans and the code. - ✔✔Inspectors
✔✔NFPA 1031, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector and Plan
Examiner does NOT address: - ✔✔management responsibilities.
✔✔NICET certification is relevant to all of the following EXCEPT: - ✔✔life safety
educators.
✔✔Protection provided for building elements from the effects of fire expressed in terms
of time is called: - ✔✔a fire protection rating.
✔✔__________ review building and fire protection system plans for code compliance;
represent the fire department at meetings with architects, engineers, and developers;
and make recommendations for variances and code modifications. - ✔✔Plan examiners
✔✔__________ review site plans, plans for structural fire protection and separation or
fire protection ratings, emergency egress, and fire protection systems. - ✔✔Fire
departments
✔✔The acronym JPR stands for: - ✔✔job performance requirement.
✔✔The jurisdiction's site plan approval may be subject to certain conditions such as: -
✔✔All of the above
✔✔The National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies certifies fire
protection technicians: - ✔✔through testing, employment history, and personal
recommendation.
✔✔The primary purpose of the plan review process is to: - ✔✔verify that a proposed
structure is code compliant before work begins.
AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔You are called to investigate a fire at a residence in which a child died of smoke
inhalation. After careful examination and dissection of the portable electric heater used
in the child's room, you determine a faulty automatic shut-off sensor led the heater to
overheat and become enflamed. What might result from this investigation? - ✔✔A
national recall of the portable electric heater
✔✔After failing to self-regulate insurance rates and commissions, the insurance industry
developed __________ to promote the prevention of fires and the reduction of
conflagration potential. - ✔✔codes and standards
✔✔__________ are allowed to vote in the ICC process. - ✔✔Only code officials
representing member jurisdictions
✔✔Because of membership costs, travel expenses, and time away from the job,
__________ has/have not been well represented in the NFPA code change process. -
✔✔the fire service
✔✔Because they create uniformity within the state, most business interests and
developers prefer: - ✔✔mini-maxi codes.
✔✔Buildings built before __________ were designed under a construction code
different from the code in effect today - ✔✔2000
✔✔Codes and laws can only be effective in preventing tragedies from happening if they:
- ✔✔are obeyed.
✔✔__________ is one way model code groups can make money. - ✔✔Adoption by
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,✔✔__________ major regional codes evolved in the 20th century, and almost every
state adopted at least one of them. - ✔✔Three
✔✔NFPA code-change committees are structured so that no more than __________ of
any committee represents a single interest in the group. - ✔✔one-third
✔✔__________ tell us what to do; __________tell us how. - ✔✔Codes; standards
✔✔The __________ may well be the most widely used model code in the world. -
✔✔National Electrical Code
✔✔The National Fire Protection Association publishes all of the following EXCEPT the:
- ✔✔International Fire Code.
✔✔THE NFPA's code change process requires __________ weeks and relies on
meetings of the __________ individual technical committees. - ✔✔14; 205
✔✔The number of voting delegates in the ICC code change process is based on the: -
✔✔population of the jurisdiction.
✔✔The Triangle Shirtwaist fire, which killed 147 factory workers in 1911, led to the
development of the: - ✔✔Life Safety Code.
✔✔The __________ was the regional model code organization that served the
Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwestern states in the 20th century. - ✔✔Building
Officials and Code Administrators International
✔✔__________ was established by the ICC to represent the common interests of the
fire service and the ICC, and gives members direct access to the ICC board. - ✔✔The
Fire Service Membership Council
✔✔__________ was formed when the Building Officials and Code Administrators
International, the Southern Building Code Congress International, and the International
Conference of Building Officials combined in 1994. - ✔✔The International Code Council
✔✔What is the first step in the ICC code change process? - ✔✔Submit code change
form
✔✔Which of the following measures would have been LEAST effective in preventing the
1985 fire at the Valley Parade Soccer Stadium in Bradford, England; the 2003 nightclub
fire at The Station in West Warwick, Rhode Island; and the 2007 Sofa Super Store fire?
- ✔✔Decreasing fines for code violations
, ✔✔A __________ is a plan for proposed development; it is submitted to the jurisdiction
and includes location of structures, occupancy and construction type, proposed
roadway and parking facilities, and available fire flow. - ✔✔site plan
✔✔A __________ is a system of piping, valves, hose outlets, and allied equipment
installed in a building to distribute fire protection water. - ✔✔standpipe
✔✔All of the following are determined during the site plan approval process EXCEPT: -
✔✔the means of egress.
✔✔All of the following are responsibilities of the plan examiner EXCEPT: - ✔✔creating
codes for the ICC.
✔✔__________ compare a structure to approved plans and the code. - ✔✔Inspectors
✔✔NFPA 1031, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector and Plan
Examiner does NOT address: - ✔✔management responsibilities.
✔✔NICET certification is relevant to all of the following EXCEPT: - ✔✔life safety
educators.
✔✔Protection provided for building elements from the effects of fire expressed in terms
of time is called: - ✔✔a fire protection rating.
✔✔__________ review building and fire protection system plans for code compliance;
represent the fire department at meetings with architects, engineers, and developers;
and make recommendations for variances and code modifications. - ✔✔Plan examiners
✔✔__________ review site plans, plans for structural fire protection and separation or
fire protection ratings, emergency egress, and fire protection systems. - ✔✔Fire
departments
✔✔The acronym JPR stands for: - ✔✔job performance requirement.
✔✔The jurisdiction's site plan approval may be subject to certain conditions such as: -
✔✔All of the above
✔✔The National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies certifies fire
protection technicians: - ✔✔through testing, employment history, and personal
recommendation.
✔✔The primary purpose of the plan review process is to: - ✔✔verify that a proposed
structure is code compliant before work begins.
