TCFP INSPECTOR'S CLASS 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a category that building roofs can be broadly
classified into from a fire protection standpoint?
a) flat
b) truss
c) pitched
d) curved - ✔✔truss
✔✔One method of persuasion is based on Monroe's Motivated Sequence Pattern
developed by Alan Monroe in the 1930's. Which is NOT listed in the sequence?
ATTENTION, NEED, ULTIMATUM, SATISFACTION - ✔✔ULTIMATUM
✔✔_____ are commonly used in high-rise buildings and hospitals as a means of
passing through a fire-barrier wall that separates two fire compartments in a structure.
a) Horizontal exits
b) Exit discharge
c) Exit passageways
d) Smokeproof enclosure - ✔✔Horizontal exits
✔✔Which is not an hourly fire-protection rating given to fire doors?
A. 4 hours
B. 1 1/2 hours
C. 1/2 hour
D. 1/3 hour - ✔✔1/2 hour
✔✔What are the two types of permits?
A. Allowance & Granted
B. C&D
C. Operational & Construction
D. A&B - ✔✔Operational & Construction
✔✔All are elements of the Communication Model except...
A. Message
B. Personal Appearance
C. Interference
D. Feedback - ✔✔Personal Appearance
✔✔Which of the following in not one of the three key elements to an evacuation plan:
A: Evacuation Routes
B: Monitor Duties
C: Protect-In-Place Drills
D: Employee/Occupant Duties - ✔✔Protect-In-Place Drills
, ✔✔39. A dormitory is any building or portion of a building in which sleeping
accommodations are provided to ___ or more persons who are not related.
A: 4
B: 10
C: 16
D: 50 - ✔✔16
✔✔Self-closing doors activated by fire-detection, water-flow, or other alarm devices can
be found in all of the following locations, except:
A. Openings into mechanical or electrical spaces
B. Openings into secure zones
C. Walls separating connected buildings
D. Walls that separate two different occupancy use groups - ✔✔Openings into secure
zones
✔✔41. Which one of the following is not a Mercantile Occupancy?
a. Pharmacy
b. Supermarket
c. Hotel
d. Mall - ✔✔Hotel
✔✔Which of the following is not a characteristic of Type IV building construction?
A) Exterior walls constructed of non-combustible material.
B) Large dimensional lumber greater than 4 inches used for all structural elements.
C) The presence of voids and concealed spaces in floors and roofs.
D) The use of small-dimensional lumber glued together to form laminated beams. -
✔✔The presence of voids and concealed spaces in floors and roofs.
✔✔Which of the following is not one of the three basic elements in the "Means of
Egress System"?
a. Exit Pathway
b. Exit
c. Exit Access
d. Exit discharge - ✔✔Exit Pathway
✔✔Red oak flooring was assigned a flame and smoke spread rating of __ during a 10
minute Steiner Tunnel Test? All materials are tested against this rating.
A) 25
B) 75
C) 100 - ✔✔100
✔✔A ______ is a framed structural unit made of a group of triangles in one plane.
a. joist
ANSWERS TAGGED A+
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a category that building roofs can be broadly
classified into from a fire protection standpoint?
a) flat
b) truss
c) pitched
d) curved - ✔✔truss
✔✔One method of persuasion is based on Monroe's Motivated Sequence Pattern
developed by Alan Monroe in the 1930's. Which is NOT listed in the sequence?
ATTENTION, NEED, ULTIMATUM, SATISFACTION - ✔✔ULTIMATUM
✔✔_____ are commonly used in high-rise buildings and hospitals as a means of
passing through a fire-barrier wall that separates two fire compartments in a structure.
a) Horizontal exits
b) Exit discharge
c) Exit passageways
d) Smokeproof enclosure - ✔✔Horizontal exits
✔✔Which is not an hourly fire-protection rating given to fire doors?
A. 4 hours
B. 1 1/2 hours
C. 1/2 hour
D. 1/3 hour - ✔✔1/2 hour
✔✔What are the two types of permits?
A. Allowance & Granted
B. C&D
C. Operational & Construction
D. A&B - ✔✔Operational & Construction
✔✔All are elements of the Communication Model except...
A. Message
B. Personal Appearance
C. Interference
D. Feedback - ✔✔Personal Appearance
✔✔Which of the following in not one of the three key elements to an evacuation plan:
A: Evacuation Routes
B: Monitor Duties
C: Protect-In-Place Drills
D: Employee/Occupant Duties - ✔✔Protect-In-Place Drills
, ✔✔39. A dormitory is any building or portion of a building in which sleeping
accommodations are provided to ___ or more persons who are not related.
A: 4
B: 10
C: 16
D: 50 - ✔✔16
✔✔Self-closing doors activated by fire-detection, water-flow, or other alarm devices can
be found in all of the following locations, except:
A. Openings into mechanical or electrical spaces
B. Openings into secure zones
C. Walls separating connected buildings
D. Walls that separate two different occupancy use groups - ✔✔Openings into secure
zones
✔✔41. Which one of the following is not a Mercantile Occupancy?
a. Pharmacy
b. Supermarket
c. Hotel
d. Mall - ✔✔Hotel
✔✔Which of the following is not a characteristic of Type IV building construction?
A) Exterior walls constructed of non-combustible material.
B) Large dimensional lumber greater than 4 inches used for all structural elements.
C) The presence of voids and concealed spaces in floors and roofs.
D) The use of small-dimensional lumber glued together to form laminated beams. -
✔✔The presence of voids and concealed spaces in floors and roofs.
✔✔Which of the following is not one of the three basic elements in the "Means of
Egress System"?
a. Exit Pathway
b. Exit
c. Exit Access
d. Exit discharge - ✔✔Exit Pathway
✔✔Red oak flooring was assigned a flame and smoke spread rating of __ during a 10
minute Steiner Tunnel Test? All materials are tested against this rating.
A) 25
B) 75
C) 100 - ✔✔100
✔✔A ______ is a framed structural unit made of a group of triangles in one plane.
a. joist
