the ULTIMATE Fire Alarm State Test Study
Guide Part 2 quiz with actual answers
2025.
To ensure that audible public mode signals are clearly heard, they shall have a sound
level of at least ? db above the average ambient or ? db above the maximum sound
level having a duration of at least 60 seconds - ANSWER: 15, 5
What type of fire alarm system transmits alarms to a public fire service communications
center? - ANSWER: Municipal fire alarm system
For smoke detector spacing on peaked ceilings, detectors shall be spaced and located
within ? feet of the peak measured along the horizontal axis - ANSWER: 3
For smooth ceilings, all points on the ceiling shall have a detector within a distance
equal to ? times the selected spacing - ANSWER: .5
You must be certified by the state of Ohio if you are:
a. installing fire pumps
b. installing fire alarm systems
c. testing and inspecting fire alarm systems - ANSWER: all of the above
The number of waterflow initiating devices permitted to be connected to a single
initiating device circuit shall not exceed - ANSWER: 5
The maximum distance of a pull station from the means of egress is ? - ANSWER: 5
feet
Initiating device circuits and signaling line circuits that transmit an alarm or supervisory
signal, or notification appliance circuit that allow all connected devices to operate during
a single open or non simultaneous single ground fault shall be designated as ? -
ANSWER: Class A
, A smoke detector cannot be installed in the following condition unless rated for the
appilication:
a. Temps below 32 degrees
b. Temps above 100 degrees
c. Humidity above 93%
d. Air velocity above 300 ft/min - ANSWER: All of the above
Fire alarm systems that are monitored by a central service station are required to be
connected to ? telephone lines - ANSWER: two
What classification are smoke detectors installed and used to prevent the control of
smoke spread by initiation controls of doors, fans, and dampers?
a. Area smoke detectors that are installed in the rated smoke compartments
b. Detectors installed in the duct system - ANSWER: both
A sprinkler valve tamper switch is an example of a ? - ANSWER: supervisory device
The number of supervisory devices permitted to be connected to a single initiating
device circuit shall not exceed - ANSWER: twenty
A signalling method characterized by simultaneous or sequential transmission or both,
and reception of multiple signals on a signaling line circuit, a transmission channel, or a
communications channel, including means for positively identifying each signal -
ANSWER: multiplexing
A device that responds when the temperature rises at a rate exceeding a predetermined
value is a ? detector - ANSWER: rate of rise heat detector
For spot type smoke detectors ? feet shall be permitted to be used as a guide -
ANSWER: 30 feet
A fire alarm system is required to have ? sources of power - ANSWER: 2
Fire pumps shall be supervised for
a. loss of power
b. phase reversal
c. pump run - ANSWER: all of the above
Guide Part 2 quiz with actual answers
2025.
To ensure that audible public mode signals are clearly heard, they shall have a sound
level of at least ? db above the average ambient or ? db above the maximum sound
level having a duration of at least 60 seconds - ANSWER: 15, 5
What type of fire alarm system transmits alarms to a public fire service communications
center? - ANSWER: Municipal fire alarm system
For smoke detector spacing on peaked ceilings, detectors shall be spaced and located
within ? feet of the peak measured along the horizontal axis - ANSWER: 3
For smooth ceilings, all points on the ceiling shall have a detector within a distance
equal to ? times the selected spacing - ANSWER: .5
You must be certified by the state of Ohio if you are:
a. installing fire pumps
b. installing fire alarm systems
c. testing and inspecting fire alarm systems - ANSWER: all of the above
The number of waterflow initiating devices permitted to be connected to a single
initiating device circuit shall not exceed - ANSWER: 5
The maximum distance of a pull station from the means of egress is ? - ANSWER: 5
feet
Initiating device circuits and signaling line circuits that transmit an alarm or supervisory
signal, or notification appliance circuit that allow all connected devices to operate during
a single open or non simultaneous single ground fault shall be designated as ? -
ANSWER: Class A
, A smoke detector cannot be installed in the following condition unless rated for the
appilication:
a. Temps below 32 degrees
b. Temps above 100 degrees
c. Humidity above 93%
d. Air velocity above 300 ft/min - ANSWER: All of the above
Fire alarm systems that are monitored by a central service station are required to be
connected to ? telephone lines - ANSWER: two
What classification are smoke detectors installed and used to prevent the control of
smoke spread by initiation controls of doors, fans, and dampers?
a. Area smoke detectors that are installed in the rated smoke compartments
b. Detectors installed in the duct system - ANSWER: both
A sprinkler valve tamper switch is an example of a ? - ANSWER: supervisory device
The number of supervisory devices permitted to be connected to a single initiating
device circuit shall not exceed - ANSWER: twenty
A signalling method characterized by simultaneous or sequential transmission or both,
and reception of multiple signals on a signaling line circuit, a transmission channel, or a
communications channel, including means for positively identifying each signal -
ANSWER: multiplexing
A device that responds when the temperature rises at a rate exceeding a predetermined
value is a ? detector - ANSWER: rate of rise heat detector
For spot type smoke detectors ? feet shall be permitted to be used as a guide -
ANSWER: 30 feet
A fire alarm system is required to have ? sources of power - ANSWER: 2
Fire pumps shall be supervised for
a. loss of power
b. phase reversal
c. pump run - ANSWER: all of the above
