TEXAS FIRE ALARM UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Monitoring; Fire Alarm tech or residential Fire Alarm superintendent; Fire Alarm tech
- ✔✔A fire alarm tech can perform/supervise __________.
A fire alarm planning superintendent (APS) can act as _____________ or __________.
A residential fire alarm superintendent (RAS) may act as ____________
✔✔2 years - ✔✔Renewal license is valid for how long?
✔✔Before the expiration date - ✔✔An unexpired license may be renewed when?
✔✔Renew by paying: Renewal fee and a fee not to exceed 1/4 the initial fee - ✔✔How
to renew a license that is expired for 90 days or less
✔✔Renew by paying: all unpaid fees and a fee not to exceed the initial fee - ✔✔How to
renew a license that is expired for more than 90 days but less than 2 years?
✔✔May not renew, must reapply (initial fee) - ✔✔How to renew a license that is expired
for more than 2 years?
✔✔Only after notice and hearing - ✔✔When can the fire marshal suspend, revoke, or
refuse certificate or license?
✔✔14 days prior to change - ✔✔Change of ownership application should be completed
how many days before completion?
✔✔In writing to the state within 14 days of the change - ✔✔How and when should a
change corporate officers be reported?
✔✔Install, inspect, service, test, maintain, monitor, and certify alarms or detection
devices - ✔✔Functions of: Fire Alarm Tech license
✔✔The monitoring of fire alarm or devices and systems - ✔✔Function of: Fire Alarm
Monitoring Tech license
✔✔Provide training school in installing, certifying, inspecting, and servicing systems in
single- or two-family residences - ✔✔Functions of: Instructor approval
✔✔Planning, install, certifying, inspecting, testing, servicing, and maintaining to single-
station smoke or heat detectors which are not a part of or connected to any other
device/system in single- or two-family residences. - ✔✔Function of: Residential fire
alarm superintendent single station license
, ✔✔Plan, install, certify, inspect, test, service, monitor and maintain alarm/detection
devices and systems in single-family or two-family residences. - ✔✔Functions of:
Residential fire alarm superintendent
✔✔Planning, install, certify, inspect, test, service, monitor and maintain alarm/devices -
✔✔Functions of: Fire Alarm Planning Superintendent
✔✔Install, certify, inspect and service (but NOT plan) alarm/devices and systems in
single- or two-family residence - ✔✔Functions of: Residential Fire Alarm Tech
✔✔Conducting required training necessary for obtaining a residential fire alarm tech
license - ✔✔Functions of: Training School Approval
✔✔*Name of each shareholder owning more than 25% of shares
*Corporate Tax ID number
*Charter Number
*Copy of corporate charter of a TX Corp
*TX certification of authority to do business
*Copy of current franchise tax certificate of good standing - ✔✔Applications for
corporations must include:
✔✔60 Days - ✔✔Fire Marshal's have how many days to approve application for a
training school?
✔✔A minimum of 7 days before termination - ✔✔How many days do you have to report
a cancellation of monitoring to the AHJ?
✔✔White with black lettering; 3in H and 3 in W - ✔✔What color, height and width are
installation tags?
✔✔Blue with black lettering; 3in H and 3in W - ✔✔What color, height and width are
inspection tags?
✔✔After 5 years by a licensed employee or agent of a registered firm - ✔✔An
inspection/test tag may be removed after how long? By who?
✔✔After any service, inspection or test a system does not comply with applicable codes
and adopted standards - ✔✔When to apply a yellow tag?
✔✔After any service, inspection or test a system or any part is inoperable, has a fault
condition, or is impaired from normal operation. - ✔✔When to apply a red tag?
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Monitoring; Fire Alarm tech or residential Fire Alarm superintendent; Fire Alarm tech
- ✔✔A fire alarm tech can perform/supervise __________.
A fire alarm planning superintendent (APS) can act as _____________ or __________.
A residential fire alarm superintendent (RAS) may act as ____________
✔✔2 years - ✔✔Renewal license is valid for how long?
✔✔Before the expiration date - ✔✔An unexpired license may be renewed when?
✔✔Renew by paying: Renewal fee and a fee not to exceed 1/4 the initial fee - ✔✔How
to renew a license that is expired for 90 days or less
✔✔Renew by paying: all unpaid fees and a fee not to exceed the initial fee - ✔✔How to
renew a license that is expired for more than 90 days but less than 2 years?
✔✔May not renew, must reapply (initial fee) - ✔✔How to renew a license that is expired
for more than 2 years?
✔✔Only after notice and hearing - ✔✔When can the fire marshal suspend, revoke, or
refuse certificate or license?
✔✔14 days prior to change - ✔✔Change of ownership application should be completed
how many days before completion?
✔✔In writing to the state within 14 days of the change - ✔✔How and when should a
change corporate officers be reported?
✔✔Install, inspect, service, test, maintain, monitor, and certify alarms or detection
devices - ✔✔Functions of: Fire Alarm Tech license
✔✔The monitoring of fire alarm or devices and systems - ✔✔Function of: Fire Alarm
Monitoring Tech license
✔✔Provide training school in installing, certifying, inspecting, and servicing systems in
single- or two-family residences - ✔✔Functions of: Instructor approval
✔✔Planning, install, certifying, inspecting, testing, servicing, and maintaining to single-
station smoke or heat detectors which are not a part of or connected to any other
device/system in single- or two-family residences. - ✔✔Function of: Residential fire
alarm superintendent single station license
, ✔✔Plan, install, certify, inspect, test, service, monitor and maintain alarm/detection
devices and systems in single-family or two-family residences. - ✔✔Functions of:
Residential fire alarm superintendent
✔✔Planning, install, certify, inspect, test, service, monitor and maintain alarm/devices -
✔✔Functions of: Fire Alarm Planning Superintendent
✔✔Install, certify, inspect and service (but NOT plan) alarm/devices and systems in
single- or two-family residence - ✔✔Functions of: Residential Fire Alarm Tech
✔✔Conducting required training necessary for obtaining a residential fire alarm tech
license - ✔✔Functions of: Training School Approval
✔✔*Name of each shareholder owning more than 25% of shares
*Corporate Tax ID number
*Charter Number
*Copy of corporate charter of a TX Corp
*TX certification of authority to do business
*Copy of current franchise tax certificate of good standing - ✔✔Applications for
corporations must include:
✔✔60 Days - ✔✔Fire Marshal's have how many days to approve application for a
training school?
✔✔A minimum of 7 days before termination - ✔✔How many days do you have to report
a cancellation of monitoring to the AHJ?
✔✔White with black lettering; 3in H and 3 in W - ✔✔What color, height and width are
installation tags?
✔✔Blue with black lettering; 3in H and 3in W - ✔✔What color, height and width are
inspection tags?
✔✔After 5 years by a licensed employee or agent of a registered firm - ✔✔An
inspection/test tag may be removed after how long? By who?
✔✔After any service, inspection or test a system does not comply with applicable codes
and adopted standards - ✔✔When to apply a yellow tag?
✔✔After any service, inspection or test a system or any part is inoperable, has a fault
condition, or is impaired from normal operation. - ✔✔When to apply a red tag?
