TFM12 Test (2025/ 2026 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| Grade A| 100% Correct

TFM12lTestl()lQuestionslandlVerifiedl
Answers|lGradelA|l100%lCorrect

QUESTION
Whatlthreelprocedureslmustlbelinlplacelbeforelitlislpermittedltolinstalllalmeansltolsilenceltroubl
e/supervisory/alarmlsignals?


Answer:
1.lThelmeanslshalllbelkeyloperatedlandlcontainedlwithinlthellockedlenclosure.
2.lThelmeanslshallltransferlitslaudiblelwarninglvisuallwarning.
3.lThelaudibleltroublelsignallshalllsoundlwhenlthelsystemlislsetltolthislsilentlmodelandlnoltroub
lelorlsupervisorylexists.




QUESTION
Fire/Supervisorylsignalslshalllbel__linlsoundlfromlotherlsignalslandlshalllnotlbelusedlforlanylot
herlpurpose.


Answer:
Distinctive




QUESTION
Whatlcodelshalllalllwiring,lcablelandlequipmentlbelinlaccordancelwith?


Answer:
NFPAl70landlthelnationallelectricallcode.lSpecificallylarticlesl760,l770landl800




QUESTION
Alllsystemslshallltestlfreelofl___,lexceptlforlapplicationslwhichl___larelapproved

,Answer:
Grounds,lGrounds




QUESTION
Sollonglaslsinglelopen,lgroundlorlshortlcircuitlconditionsldolnotlaffectltheloperationloflequipme
nt,lwhatlislnotlneeded?


Answer:
Monitoringlforlintegrity.lSuchlconditionslmustlnotlpreventlalarm,ltroublelorlsupervisorylsignalsl
beinglsent.




QUESTION
Iflspeakerslarelusedltolgeneratelaudiblelfirelsignals,lwhatlrulelmustlapply?


Answer:
Thelspeakerlmustlbelmonitoredlforlintegrity.lAnylfailurelshouldlresultlinlaltroublelsignal.




QUESTION
Inlonelorltwolfamilyldwelling,lwherelmustlsmokeldetectorslbellocated?


Answer:
Alllsleepinglrooms,loutsidelofleachlsleepinglarealandlonlallllevelslofltheldwelling,l(includinglba
sements)




QUESTION
Wherelmustlspotltypelheatlandlsmokelsensorslbellocatedlonlwallslandlceilings?


Answer:

, Onlthelceilingl-lnotllesslthanl4linlfromlthelsidewallslandlceilings
Onlthelwall-lbetweenl4inlandl12inlfromlthelceiling.




QUESTION
Whenlmorelthatloneldetectorlislusedlonlalceiling,lwhatlspacinglmeasurementlshalllbelused?


Answer:
Alllpointslshalllhavelaldetectorlequalltol0.7l(70%)ltimesllistedlspacing




QUESTION
Canldetectorlbelinstalledlduringlconstruction?


Answer:
No,lunlessltheylarelreplacedlafterlconstructionlislcomplete.




QUESTION
Whylmustlalsmokeldetectorlnotlbelplacedlabovel250ft?l(Smokeldetectorlshalllnotlbe)


Answer:
Becauselofltheleffectsloflstratification,lsmokelwillloftenlnotlriselabovelthislpoint.




QUESTION
Aslthelmountingllocationloflsmokeslandlheatslgetlhigher,lthellistedlspacinglmustlbelreducedlTr
uelorlFalse?


Answer:
FALSE.lThelhigherlalheatlislpositioned,lthelsmallerlspacing.lThelhigherlalsmokeluslpositioned,l
thelwiderlthelspacing