TFM01 ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔The back of a service tag for non-listed items (DOT or Coast Guard ONLY) should
be marked: - ✔✔"no listing mark"
✔✔Who needs to be present for the final test of a fixed or pre-engineered system prior
to certification? - ✔✔the person whose signature appears on the installation label
✔✔Who certifies a pre-engineered or a fixed system for registration? - ✔✔Type A or
Type PL License Holder
✔✔What is a Type A or Type PL looking for when certifying a fixed or pre-engineered
system? - ✔✔that the system was installed in compliance with the manufacturer's
installation specs.
✔✔Fixed fire systems must be planned by someone with a - ✔✔Type PL License
✔✔Order in which to get certified: - ✔✔Apprentice, B, K, A, Pl
✔✔Fee for any duplicate or revised license - ✔✔$20
✔✔Fire marshal can suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a license to anyone who -
✔✔violates Ch. 6001 or any of its rules
✔✔Purpose of Ch. 6001 - ✔✔-Regulating the leasing, selling, installing, and servicing of
extinguishers
-Regulating the planning, certifying, installing, and servicing of fixed systems
-To prohibit the use of extinguishers or fixed systems that are not listed by a testing lab
✔✔Purpose of monthly fire extinguisher inspections - ✔✔-Ensure all extinguishers are
in the correct locations
-Ensure they haven't been tampered with
-Ensure they do not have any physical damage
✔✔Rules the commissioner can implement: - ✔✔-anything published by NFPA
-anything recognized by federal law
-anything published by a standard making organization
-anything listed on the manufacturer's install label
✔✔Hydrostatic registration renewal - ✔✔$150
✔✔Insurance needed for a firm - ✔✔100k bodily
300k aggregate
, ✔✔NFPA can deny, suspend, or revoke your license if you do not - ✔✔maintain liability
insurance
✔✔Apprentices can only install or service - ✔✔under the direct supervision of a license
holder
✔✔What do you do when a fire extinguisher is unsafe or inoperable? - ✔✔-put a red tag
on it
-deem it "out of order"
-notify the owner in writing
-notify owner and LAHJ within 24 hours
-copy of written notice given to owner must be provided to LAHJ within 3 business days
✔✔T or F: The LAHJ must be notified when corrections are made and a red tag is
removed or revised. - ✔✔True
✔✔LAHJ must be notified within ____ of the removal of a red tag. - ✔✔5 business days
✔✔Hydrostatic testing must be done every - ✔✔12 years (from manufacture date)
✔✔Internal maintenance must be done every - ✔✔6 years
✔✔After internal maintenance, the extinguisher gets a - ✔✔verification collar
✔✔Business vehicles used regularly must have what displayed? - ✔✔-company name
-phone number
-certificate of registration number
✔✔Where should information be displayed on business vehicle? - ✔✔both sides, and
all letters must be at least 1" tall and permanently affixed (or magnetic)
✔✔Change in corporate officers: - ✔✔-must be reported in writing to the state within 14
days of the change
-does NOT require a revised certificate
✔✔How should certificate-of-registration information be displayed on business vehicle?
- ✔✔TX ECR-number
✔✔Total change in firm ownership: - ✔✔-new certificate required
-apply 14 days prior to change
✔✔Partial change in firm ownership: - ✔✔-revised certificate required ONLY IF the
change affects the firm's name, location, or mailing address
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔The back of a service tag for non-listed items (DOT or Coast Guard ONLY) should
be marked: - ✔✔"no listing mark"
✔✔Who needs to be present for the final test of a fixed or pre-engineered system prior
to certification? - ✔✔the person whose signature appears on the installation label
✔✔Who certifies a pre-engineered or a fixed system for registration? - ✔✔Type A or
Type PL License Holder
✔✔What is a Type A or Type PL looking for when certifying a fixed or pre-engineered
system? - ✔✔that the system was installed in compliance with the manufacturer's
installation specs.
✔✔Fixed fire systems must be planned by someone with a - ✔✔Type PL License
✔✔Order in which to get certified: - ✔✔Apprentice, B, K, A, Pl
✔✔Fee for any duplicate or revised license - ✔✔$20
✔✔Fire marshal can suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue a license to anyone who -
✔✔violates Ch. 6001 or any of its rules
✔✔Purpose of Ch. 6001 - ✔✔-Regulating the leasing, selling, installing, and servicing of
extinguishers
-Regulating the planning, certifying, installing, and servicing of fixed systems
-To prohibit the use of extinguishers or fixed systems that are not listed by a testing lab
✔✔Purpose of monthly fire extinguisher inspections - ✔✔-Ensure all extinguishers are
in the correct locations
-Ensure they haven't been tampered with
-Ensure they do not have any physical damage
✔✔Rules the commissioner can implement: - ✔✔-anything published by NFPA
-anything recognized by federal law
-anything published by a standard making organization
-anything listed on the manufacturer's install label
✔✔Hydrostatic registration renewal - ✔✔$150
✔✔Insurance needed for a firm - ✔✔100k bodily
300k aggregate
, ✔✔NFPA can deny, suspend, or revoke your license if you do not - ✔✔maintain liability
insurance
✔✔Apprentices can only install or service - ✔✔under the direct supervision of a license
holder
✔✔What do you do when a fire extinguisher is unsafe or inoperable? - ✔✔-put a red tag
on it
-deem it "out of order"
-notify the owner in writing
-notify owner and LAHJ within 24 hours
-copy of written notice given to owner must be provided to LAHJ within 3 business days
✔✔T or F: The LAHJ must be notified when corrections are made and a red tag is
removed or revised. - ✔✔True
✔✔LAHJ must be notified within ____ of the removal of a red tag. - ✔✔5 business days
✔✔Hydrostatic testing must be done every - ✔✔12 years (from manufacture date)
✔✔Internal maintenance must be done every - ✔✔6 years
✔✔After internal maintenance, the extinguisher gets a - ✔✔verification collar
✔✔Business vehicles used regularly must have what displayed? - ✔✔-company name
-phone number
-certificate of registration number
✔✔Where should information be displayed on business vehicle? - ✔✔both sides, and
all letters must be at least 1" tall and permanently affixed (or magnetic)
✔✔Change in corporate officers: - ✔✔-must be reported in writing to the state within 14
days of the change
-does NOT require a revised certificate
✔✔How should certificate-of-registration information be displayed on business vehicle?
- ✔✔TX ECR-number
✔✔Total change in firm ownership: - ✔✔-new certificate required
-apply 14 days prior to change
✔✔Partial change in firm ownership: - ✔✔-revised certificate required ONLY IF the
change affects the firm's name, location, or mailing address
