FAL TFM12 BFAT0 exam questions with
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If exit doors are unlocked by the fire alarm system, the unlocking function shall occur - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔before activation of the public notification appliances in the area
at the same time as the activation of the public notification appliances in that area
Fire Alarm system wiring, equipment and circuits controlled and powered by the fire alarm system
shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔NFPA
70 National Electrical Code Article 760
NFPA 72 in the 2013 edition is also known as - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔National Fire
Alarm and Signaling Code
Which document below classifies occupancy addresses the minimum acceptable attributes of a fire
alarm system based on the occupancy classification - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔NFPA 101
Life Safety Code
The gas cooking equipment extinguisher system in a commercial restaurant is most commonly
regulated by which standard? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔17A
Which code or standard covers the application, installation, performance, and maintenance of fire
alarm systems and their components? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔NFPA 72, National Fire
Alarm and Signaling Code
Foams also are defined by expansion and are arbitrarily subdivided into three ranges of expansion
low, medium, and high. High expansion foam exhibits - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔expansion up to 1000 x original volume
, A circuit breaker that serves as the primary power source disconnect means for a Fire Alarm Control
Unit is required to, - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Have its location permanently identified at
the Fire Alarm Control Unit
Supply no other loads other than those dedicated to the fire alarm or ECS
Have a permanent red marking that does not obscure the manufacturers marking
A system that permits the operator to acknowledge an alarm signal, and investigate for up to 180
seconds before automatically evacuating the building, is equipped with which feature below? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Positive Alarm Sequence
An audible or visible signal conveying more than one discrete bit of information - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Coded
The maximum number of waterflow detection devices permitted to be connected to a single
Initiating Device Circuit in a Protected Premises System? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔5
"When it operates, the temperature of the surrounding air will always be higher than the rated
temperature of the device itself"; describes which device below - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Fixed Temperature
A single element spot-type detector which may; inhibit contact closure until the total device has
been heated to its rated temperature or; close its contacts on a fast rate-of-temperature rise even if
the device has not yet reached the rated temperature - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Rate of
Rise
Spot type Heat Sensing Fire Detectors mounted on the ceiling shall be - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Not less than 4 inches form the sidewall
For Fire Alarm systems "Cu" is the standard abbreviation used for - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Copper as in copper wire
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If exit doors are unlocked by the fire alarm system, the unlocking function shall occur - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔before activation of the public notification appliances in the area
at the same time as the activation of the public notification appliances in that area
Fire Alarm system wiring, equipment and circuits controlled and powered by the fire alarm system
shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔NFPA
70 National Electrical Code Article 760
NFPA 72 in the 2013 edition is also known as - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔National Fire
Alarm and Signaling Code
Which document below classifies occupancy addresses the minimum acceptable attributes of a fire
alarm system based on the occupancy classification - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔NFPA 101
Life Safety Code
The gas cooking equipment extinguisher system in a commercial restaurant is most commonly
regulated by which standard? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔17A
Which code or standard covers the application, installation, performance, and maintenance of fire
alarm systems and their components? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔NFPA 72, National Fire
Alarm and Signaling Code
Foams also are defined by expansion and are arbitrarily subdivided into three ranges of expansion
low, medium, and high. High expansion foam exhibits - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔expansion up to 1000 x original volume
, A circuit breaker that serves as the primary power source disconnect means for a Fire Alarm Control
Unit is required to, - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Have its location permanently identified at
the Fire Alarm Control Unit
Supply no other loads other than those dedicated to the fire alarm or ECS
Have a permanent red marking that does not obscure the manufacturers marking
A system that permits the operator to acknowledge an alarm signal, and investigate for up to 180
seconds before automatically evacuating the building, is equipped with which feature below? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Positive Alarm Sequence
An audible or visible signal conveying more than one discrete bit of information - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔Coded
The maximum number of waterflow detection devices permitted to be connected to a single
Initiating Device Circuit in a Protected Premises System? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔5
"When it operates, the temperature of the surrounding air will always be higher than the rated
temperature of the device itself"; describes which device below - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Fixed Temperature
A single element spot-type detector which may; inhibit contact closure until the total device has
been heated to its rated temperature or; close its contacts on a fast rate-of-temperature rise even if
the device has not yet reached the rated temperature - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Rate of
Rise
Spot type Heat Sensing Fire Detectors mounted on the ceiling shall be - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Not less than 4 inches form the sidewall
For Fire Alarm systems "Cu" is the standard abbreviation used for - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Copper as in copper wire
