NYC FSD Class Test questions and
answers
How many fire extinguishers are required in Public Assembly (gathering of at least 75
ppl) areas ✔✔One 2-A fire extinguisher for every 2,500 sq/ft
Flash Point ✔✔The lowest temperature of the liquid at which it gives off vapor sufficient
to cause a flammable mixture with air near surface of liquid.
Fire Point ✔✔The lowest temperature at which a substance continues to burn in air.
Locked door Fail-Safe System: Re-entry doors will unlock if... ✔✔1. Any automatic fire
directing device operates
2. Elevator Firemen Service operates
3. Power Failure
These doors can be opened from the command station or mechanical control center
Re-entry Stairwells ✔✔1. Top building, minimum of every 4th floor
2. Buildings under 100 ft tall, all doors may be locked from the stair side above the
street floor.
3. Buildings over 100 ft, doors may be locked on the stair side EXCEPT intervals of 4
stories
Prior to taking the system out of service, the Impairment Coordinator must notify: ✔✔1.
Central station company
2. Fire Department Borough Dispatcher
3. Insurance carrier
4. Occupants in the effected area(s)
5. and make appropriate recommendations to management or owner
Which of the following audible alarm sequences is not correct?
A. Low-rise non-fireproof buildings may sound the alarm on all floors.
B. Alarm sounds on the fire floor only.
C. Sounds in zones or groups of floors. ✔✔B. Alarm sounds on the fire floor only.
While acknowledging trouble conditions for a lower floor, an alarm condition registers at
the fire command station for an upper floor. What action should you take?
,A. Alert upper floor fire wardens, activate brigade, and verify that the FD has been
notified.
B. Due to troubles on lower floor, ignore alarm for the moment.
C. Send brigade to lower floor first then to upper floor condition.
D. Call FD and report both trouble and fire alarm conditions for the building. ✔✔A. Alert
upper floor fire wardens, activate brigade, and verify that the FD has been notified.
All of the following items are to be tested or serviced annually EXCEPT:
A. Pull Stations
B. Water Flow Alarms
C. Smoke Detectors
D. Speaker/strobe ✔✔B. Water Flow Alarms
Initiating devices cause the alarm panel actions EXCEPT:
A. Area smoke detectors recall elevators.
B. Manual pull stations do not unlock fail safe reentry doors.
C. Sprinkler water flow alarms recall elevators.
D. HVAC duct smoke detectors shut off associated fan units. ✔✔...A. Area smoke
detectors recall elevators.
Which is not a responsibility of a High Rise office building owner?
A. to train the fire brigade.
B. to provide for fire drills
C. designate a Fire Safety Director
D. provide for a written Fire Safety Plan ✔✔A. to train the fire brigade
Phone jacks in J-1 (hotels) are located where?
A. In stairwell with the standpipe.
B. Near warden phones.
C. Near an emergency exit.
D. In the elevator lobby. ✔✔A. In stairwell with the standpipe.
In an office building after normal working hours with less than 100 persons above or
below the street lobby floor or less than 500 persons in the entire building, who may
operate the Fire Command Station during a fire alarm condition?
A. Building Evacuation Supervisor
B. Fire Guards on duty
C. building owner's representative
D. Fire Chief ✔✔A. Building Evacuation Supervisor
Class E or J (Class B & R-1 new code) signaling devices operate for what purpose?
, A. Alert all people above the fire.
B. Initially, to alert all those on the fire floor and one above (if alarm system is upgraded
also sounds on the floor below)
C. Sounds on all floors for a general evacuation of the building-hi rise.
D. To calm people down. ✔✔B. Initially, to alert all those on the fire floor and one above
(if alarm system is upgraded also sounds on the floor below)
How do you determine that a pull station in a building called the FD?
A. White painted front.
B. Box has diagonal stripe from upper right corner to lower left.
C. Red box says "Local alarm".
D. Red box has 1 diagonal stripe from upper left to lower right front of box. ✔✔D. Red
box has 1 diagonal stripe from upper left to lower right front of box.
All maintenance procedures are correct EXCEPT:
A. Spray paint red only on pull station boxes.
B. Clean smoke detectors every six months.
C. Break glass stations require one replacement per station.
D. Intelligent smoke detectors report their cleaning needs automatically. ✔✔A. Spray
paint red only on pull station boxes.
Hotels must conduct fire drills how often?
A. quarterly
B. monthly
C. quarterly on each shift
D. semi-annually on each shift ✔✔C. quarterly on each shift
Who may be exempt from fire drills in New York City?
A. guests
B. maintenance
C. security
D. front desk clerks ✔✔A. guests
When may office building fire wardens order the use of elevators?
A. as needed
B. never
C. elevator banks unaffected by the fire with permission of FSD
D. before the smoke detectors recall elevators in the early stage of the fire ✔✔C.
elevator banks unaffected by the fire with permission of FSD
A 30,000 sq/ft office floor would require how many deputy floor wardens?
A. one
B. two
C. three
answers
How many fire extinguishers are required in Public Assembly (gathering of at least 75
ppl) areas ✔✔One 2-A fire extinguisher for every 2,500 sq/ft
Flash Point ✔✔The lowest temperature of the liquid at which it gives off vapor sufficient
to cause a flammable mixture with air near surface of liquid.
Fire Point ✔✔The lowest temperature at which a substance continues to burn in air.
Locked door Fail-Safe System: Re-entry doors will unlock if... ✔✔1. Any automatic fire
directing device operates
2. Elevator Firemen Service operates
3. Power Failure
These doors can be opened from the command station or mechanical control center
Re-entry Stairwells ✔✔1. Top building, minimum of every 4th floor
2. Buildings under 100 ft tall, all doors may be locked from the stair side above the
street floor.
3. Buildings over 100 ft, doors may be locked on the stair side EXCEPT intervals of 4
stories
Prior to taking the system out of service, the Impairment Coordinator must notify: ✔✔1.
Central station company
2. Fire Department Borough Dispatcher
3. Insurance carrier
4. Occupants in the effected area(s)
5. and make appropriate recommendations to management or owner
Which of the following audible alarm sequences is not correct?
A. Low-rise non-fireproof buildings may sound the alarm on all floors.
B. Alarm sounds on the fire floor only.
C. Sounds in zones or groups of floors. ✔✔B. Alarm sounds on the fire floor only.
While acknowledging trouble conditions for a lower floor, an alarm condition registers at
the fire command station for an upper floor. What action should you take?
,A. Alert upper floor fire wardens, activate brigade, and verify that the FD has been
notified.
B. Due to troubles on lower floor, ignore alarm for the moment.
C. Send brigade to lower floor first then to upper floor condition.
D. Call FD and report both trouble and fire alarm conditions for the building. ✔✔A. Alert
upper floor fire wardens, activate brigade, and verify that the FD has been notified.
All of the following items are to be tested or serviced annually EXCEPT:
A. Pull Stations
B. Water Flow Alarms
C. Smoke Detectors
D. Speaker/strobe ✔✔B. Water Flow Alarms
Initiating devices cause the alarm panel actions EXCEPT:
A. Area smoke detectors recall elevators.
B. Manual pull stations do not unlock fail safe reentry doors.
C. Sprinkler water flow alarms recall elevators.
D. HVAC duct smoke detectors shut off associated fan units. ✔✔...A. Area smoke
detectors recall elevators.
Which is not a responsibility of a High Rise office building owner?
A. to train the fire brigade.
B. to provide for fire drills
C. designate a Fire Safety Director
D. provide for a written Fire Safety Plan ✔✔A. to train the fire brigade
Phone jacks in J-1 (hotels) are located where?
A. In stairwell with the standpipe.
B. Near warden phones.
C. Near an emergency exit.
D. In the elevator lobby. ✔✔A. In stairwell with the standpipe.
In an office building after normal working hours with less than 100 persons above or
below the street lobby floor or less than 500 persons in the entire building, who may
operate the Fire Command Station during a fire alarm condition?
A. Building Evacuation Supervisor
B. Fire Guards on duty
C. building owner's representative
D. Fire Chief ✔✔A. Building Evacuation Supervisor
Class E or J (Class B & R-1 new code) signaling devices operate for what purpose?
, A. Alert all people above the fire.
B. Initially, to alert all those on the fire floor and one above (if alarm system is upgraded
also sounds on the floor below)
C. Sounds on all floors for a general evacuation of the building-hi rise.
D. To calm people down. ✔✔B. Initially, to alert all those on the fire floor and one above
(if alarm system is upgraded also sounds on the floor below)
How do you determine that a pull station in a building called the FD?
A. White painted front.
B. Box has diagonal stripe from upper right corner to lower left.
C. Red box says "Local alarm".
D. Red box has 1 diagonal stripe from upper left to lower right front of box. ✔✔D. Red
box has 1 diagonal stripe from upper left to lower right front of box.
All maintenance procedures are correct EXCEPT:
A. Spray paint red only on pull station boxes.
B. Clean smoke detectors every six months.
C. Break glass stations require one replacement per station.
D. Intelligent smoke detectors report their cleaning needs automatically. ✔✔A. Spray
paint red only on pull station boxes.
Hotels must conduct fire drills how often?
A. quarterly
B. monthly
C. quarterly on each shift
D. semi-annually on each shift ✔✔C. quarterly on each shift
Who may be exempt from fire drills in New York City?
A. guests
B. maintenance
C. security
D. front desk clerks ✔✔A. guests
When may office building fire wardens order the use of elevators?
A. as needed
B. never
C. elevator banks unaffected by the fire with permission of FSD
D. before the smoke detectors recall elevators in the early stage of the fire ✔✔C.
elevator banks unaffected by the fire with permission of FSD
A 30,000 sq/ft office floor would require how many deputy floor wardens?
A. one
B. two
C. three
