NFPA-99: Practice Test Questions
A blank system is an assembly of equipment such as storage containers , pressure regulators,
pressure relief devices, vaporizers, manifold, and interconnecting piping that has storage
capacity of more than 20,000 cubic feet including unconnected reserves on hand at the site?
A) bulk oxygen.
B) high pressure manifold.
C) Micro bulk.
D) vacuum. - ANS A) Bulk oxygen
A book cryogenic supply containing parallel pipe duplex line regulators. What is a requirement
for regulators?
A) A balanced design
B) check valves on the source side of each regulator.
C) each regulator sized for 110 percent of the peak calculated demand. - ANS A) A balanced
design
A faculty is in the planning stages of installing an emergency oxygen service connection
(ESOC). How many feet is the minimum amount of clearance required around this connection?
A) 1 foot
B) 3 feet
C) 5 feet
D) Clearance must be 1-1/2 times the width of the auxiliary. - ANS B) 3 feet
A low pressure, vacuum insulated vessel containing gases in liquid form. This is an NFPA 99
definition for which of the following?
A) appliance.
B) container.
C) cylinder.
D) safety can. - ANS C) Cylinders
,A medical gas master or area alarm panel should be set to accurate a blank indicator when the
communication with an alarm initiating device is disconnected?
A) audible.
B) audible and visual.
C) high and low.
D) visual. - ANS B) Audible and visual
A new bulk system is to be installed.In compliance with NFPA 70 the new wiring is being run
installed underground from initiating device to a junction box located where the wiring first
enters the building. NFPA 99 permits what minimum number of sets of wire to connecting the
initiating device with a junction box for each signal?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4 - ANS B) 2
A non document in which the main text contains only mandatory provisions. Non-mandatory
provisions are located in the appendix or the Annex. This is that NFPA 99 definition for which of
the following?
A) code.
B) guide.
C) reference.
D) standard. - ANS D) It is the standard
A patient care room is any room of health care faculty where in patients are being intended to
be?
A) either admitted or discharged
B) Examined or treated
C) interviewed
, D) sent for x-rays - ANS B) Examined or treated
A standard gauge pressure of psi applies to?
A) instrument air.
B) Laboratory air.
C) Laboratory vacuum.
D) non-medical air. - ANS A) Instrument air
A valve installed in each medical gas in vacuum piping system shall be tested to verify which of
the following?
A) date of installation
B) flow and pressure drops.
C) pressure range.
D) proper operation in rooms or areas of control. - ANS D) Proper operation and rooms or
areas of control
A wireless communication device is employed in a medical gas or vacuum warning system.
what type of supervision is required for this device?
A) a visual indicator Shelby located in maintenance officer or engineering department.
B) this device shall be installed at the medical gas or vacuum source.
C) this device shall be located at nurses station.
D) this device will be supervised such that failure communication shall initiate an alarm. - ANS
D) This device will be supervised such that failure of communication shall initate an alarm
According to the NFPA, an oxygen enriched atmosphere is one where the concentration of the
oxygen exceeds what percentage?
A) 23.5%.
B) 25.5%.
C) 30%.
D) 99%. - ANS 23.5%
A blank system is an assembly of equipment such as storage containers , pressure regulators,
pressure relief devices, vaporizers, manifold, and interconnecting piping that has storage
capacity of more than 20,000 cubic feet including unconnected reserves on hand at the site?
A) bulk oxygen.
B) high pressure manifold.
C) Micro bulk.
D) vacuum. - ANS A) Bulk oxygen
A book cryogenic supply containing parallel pipe duplex line regulators. What is a requirement
for regulators?
A) A balanced design
B) check valves on the source side of each regulator.
C) each regulator sized for 110 percent of the peak calculated demand. - ANS A) A balanced
design
A faculty is in the planning stages of installing an emergency oxygen service connection
(ESOC). How many feet is the minimum amount of clearance required around this connection?
A) 1 foot
B) 3 feet
C) 5 feet
D) Clearance must be 1-1/2 times the width of the auxiliary. - ANS B) 3 feet
A low pressure, vacuum insulated vessel containing gases in liquid form. This is an NFPA 99
definition for which of the following?
A) appliance.
B) container.
C) cylinder.
D) safety can. - ANS C) Cylinders
,A medical gas master or area alarm panel should be set to accurate a blank indicator when the
communication with an alarm initiating device is disconnected?
A) audible.
B) audible and visual.
C) high and low.
D) visual. - ANS B) Audible and visual
A new bulk system is to be installed.In compliance with NFPA 70 the new wiring is being run
installed underground from initiating device to a junction box located where the wiring first
enters the building. NFPA 99 permits what minimum number of sets of wire to connecting the
initiating device with a junction box for each signal?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4 - ANS B) 2
A non document in which the main text contains only mandatory provisions. Non-mandatory
provisions are located in the appendix or the Annex. This is that NFPA 99 definition for which of
the following?
A) code.
B) guide.
C) reference.
D) standard. - ANS D) It is the standard
A patient care room is any room of health care faculty where in patients are being intended to
be?
A) either admitted or discharged
B) Examined or treated
C) interviewed
, D) sent for x-rays - ANS B) Examined or treated
A standard gauge pressure of psi applies to?
A) instrument air.
B) Laboratory air.
C) Laboratory vacuum.
D) non-medical air. - ANS A) Instrument air
A valve installed in each medical gas in vacuum piping system shall be tested to verify which of
the following?
A) date of installation
B) flow and pressure drops.
C) pressure range.
D) proper operation in rooms or areas of control. - ANS D) Proper operation and rooms or
areas of control
A wireless communication device is employed in a medical gas or vacuum warning system.
what type of supervision is required for this device?
A) a visual indicator Shelby located in maintenance officer or engineering department.
B) this device shall be installed at the medical gas or vacuum source.
C) this device shall be located at nurses station.
D) this device will be supervised such that failure communication shall initiate an alarm. - ANS
D) This device will be supervised such that failure of communication shall initate an alarm
According to the NFPA, an oxygen enriched atmosphere is one where the concentration of the
oxygen exceeds what percentage?
A) 23.5%.
B) 25.5%.
C) 30%.
D) 99%. - ANS 23.5%
