Fire alarm Final Exam Questions With Correct Answers

Fire alarm Final Exam Questions With
Correct Answers


Which of the following is not one of the three primary fire protection
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elements for providing fire protection in a building?
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| A. Containment
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B. Detection and alarm
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c. Reporting
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d. suppression - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. Reporting
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Which of the following are considered primary functions of a fire alarm
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system?
I. Actuation of emergency control functions
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II. Early detection of fires
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III. Notification of the fire department
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IV. Occupant notification
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V. Supervision of other systems
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a. II. only
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b. lI. and IV
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c. lI. and V
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,d. All the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. All the above
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The world's first public fire alarm reporting system was used in ?
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a. Baltimore
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b. Boston
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c. New York
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d. Washington, DC - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. Boston
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Fusible link technology was first used for ? .
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a. heat detectors
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b. manual fire alarm boxes
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c. radiant energy-sensing fire detectors
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d. smoke detectors - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. heat detectors
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The first detector was made commercially available in the 1960s?
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a. air-sampling smoke
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b. heat
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c. pneumatic tube-type heat
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d. smoke - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. smoke
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single- and multiple-station smoke alarms for dwellings are only used for?
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,a. heritage protection
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b. life safety
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c. mission continuity
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d. property protection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. life safety
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Air-sampling smoke detectors were developed in ? .
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a. Australia
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b. New Zealand
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c. the United Kingdom
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d. the United States - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a. Australia
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------ were developed to protect large open areas?
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a. Air-sampling smoke detectors
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b. Projected beam smoke detectors
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c. Single-station smoke alarms
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d. spot-type smoke detectors - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. Projected beam
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smoke detectors |




The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in the ?
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a. 1970s
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b. 1980s
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, c. 1990s
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d. 2000s - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-c. 1990s
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Central, proprietary, and remote are all examples of ? systems.
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a. emergency communications
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b. emergency monitoring
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c. public emergency reporting
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d. supervising station - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-d. supervising station
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Supervising stations that only monitor property owned by the supervising
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station operator are called ?
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a. central supervising stations
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b. proprietary supervising stations
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c. protected premises systems
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d. remote supervising stations - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-b. proprietary
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supervising stations |




An in-building fire emergency voice/alarm communications system is
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usually found in a ?
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a. dwelling b. high-rise building c. small office building d. warehouse -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B. high rise building
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