Ohio Fire Alarm Test Questions And Answers
Where Public Mode audible appliances are A spot-type heat detector located on a wall shall
installed they shall be ____________ above not be more than _____ inches from the ceiling -
average ambient sound level - ANSWER - ANSWER -12''
15dba
With a peak ceiling, heat and smoke detectors
Where audible appliances are installed in shall be located within _____ of the peak,
mechanical equipment rooms, the average measured horizontally - ANSWER -36''
ambient sound level is - ANSWER -85dba
smoke detectors shall not be located near -
An average ambient sound level greater than ANSWER -Air supply diffusers
______ shall require the use of a visible
notification appliance - ANSWER -105dba
When beams project more than _____ inches
below the ceiling and are more than 8' on center,
All fire detection devices shall be listed or each bay formed by the beams shall be treated
approved for the purpose for which they are as a separate area for heat detectors -
intended - ANSWER -True ANSWER -18''
A detector should not be recessed in any way When manual fire alarm boxes are used, the
unless they have been tested for such a distance between boxes will not be in excess of -
mounting - ANSWER -True ANSWER -200'
How far from the doorway shall a Manual fire A water flow device should be field adjusted so
alarm station be mounted - ANSWER -5' that an alarm is initiated in no more than _____
seconds - ANSWER -90 seconds
Vane type flow switch have no longer than _____
to initiate alarm - ANSWER -90 sec smoke detectors shall not be located directly in
the air stream of - ANSWER -supply
registers
smoke detectors must be tested every -
ANSWER -1 year
Detectors shall not be installed until after -
ANSWER -Final clean up of all trades
Sensitivity in smoke detectors and single &
multiple-station smoke alarms in other than 1&2
family dwellings shall be checked within _____ a heat detector integrally mounted on a smoke
year or years after installation - ANSWER - detector shall be listed and approved for not less
1 year than - ANSWER -50'
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Detectors for common return systems should be ANSWER -21 feet
installed up to ______ in front or behind
openings - ANSWER -12''
Wall mounted heat detectors must be mounted
between _____ and _____ inches from a ceiling -
A line-type obsucration smoke detector, where ANSWER -4''/12''
the light beam is projected across the area to be
protected - ANSWER -projected beam
smoke detector a fire alarm system must operate on standby for
a period of not less than ______ days followed by
at least ______ minutes of alarm -
A device which detects the visible particles of ANSWER -7/4
combustion is a ____ detector - ANSWER -
Smoke
For spot type smoke detectors _____ feet shall
be permitted to be used as a guide -
Manual Fire alarm boxes shall not be less than ANSWER -30'
_______ inches and not more than ______
inches above the floor level - ANSWER -
42/48 Actuation of alarm notification appliances or
emergency voice communications. fire alarm
safety functions, and annunciation at the
single and multiple stations smoke alarms shall protected premises shall occur within _____
be tested after the initial installation test every seconds after the activation of the initiating
____ - ANSWER -1 year device - ANSWER -10 seconds
smoke detectors installed within _______ feet of the secondary power source for a fire alarm may
cooktop or range must be of the _____ type - be a battery with enough capacity to support the
ANSWER -20 feet/photo fire alarm panel with enough power to last for
______ hours after which it shall have enough
capacity to sound the notification appliances for
Dwelling smoke alarms must produce an audible at least _______ minutes - ANSWER -24
_____ signal for at least _____ minutes - hours/ 5 minutes
ANSWER -evacuation/ 4 minutes
a fire alarm system is required to have _____
Rechargeable power supplies for smoke alarms sources of power - ANSWER -2
must recharge in _____ hours or less when
connected to a _____ portion of branch circuit -
ANSWER -4/switched If heat detectors are used to shut down elevator
power prior to sprinkles operation, they shall be
placed within _____ feet of each sprinkler head -
smoke detectors must be installed within ______ ANSWER -2 feet
feet of a door to a sleeping room -
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Where Public Mode audible appliances are A spot-type heat detector located on a wall shall
installed they shall be ____________ above not be more than _____ inches from the ceiling -
average ambient sound level - ANSWER - ANSWER -12''
15dba
With a peak ceiling, heat and smoke detectors
Where audible appliances are installed in shall be located within _____ of the peak,
mechanical equipment rooms, the average measured horizontally - ANSWER -36''
ambient sound level is - ANSWER -85dba
smoke detectors shall not be located near -
An average ambient sound level greater than ANSWER -Air supply diffusers
______ shall require the use of a visible
notification appliance - ANSWER -105dba
When beams project more than _____ inches
below the ceiling and are more than 8' on center,
All fire detection devices shall be listed or each bay formed by the beams shall be treated
approved for the purpose for which they are as a separate area for heat detectors -
intended - ANSWER -True ANSWER -18''
A detector should not be recessed in any way When manual fire alarm boxes are used, the
unless they have been tested for such a distance between boxes will not be in excess of -
mounting - ANSWER -True ANSWER -200'
How far from the doorway shall a Manual fire A water flow device should be field adjusted so
alarm station be mounted - ANSWER -5' that an alarm is initiated in no more than _____
seconds - ANSWER -90 seconds
Vane type flow switch have no longer than _____
to initiate alarm - ANSWER -90 sec smoke detectors shall not be located directly in
the air stream of - ANSWER -supply
registers
smoke detectors must be tested every -
ANSWER -1 year
Detectors shall not be installed until after -
ANSWER -Final clean up of all trades
Sensitivity in smoke detectors and single &
multiple-station smoke alarms in other than 1&2
family dwellings shall be checked within _____ a heat detector integrally mounted on a smoke
year or years after installation - ANSWER - detector shall be listed and approved for not less
1 year than - ANSWER -50'
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Detectors for common return systems should be ANSWER -21 feet
installed up to ______ in front or behind
openings - ANSWER -12''
Wall mounted heat detectors must be mounted
between _____ and _____ inches from a ceiling -
A line-type obsucration smoke detector, where ANSWER -4''/12''
the light beam is projected across the area to be
protected - ANSWER -projected beam
smoke detector a fire alarm system must operate on standby for
a period of not less than ______ days followed by
at least ______ minutes of alarm -
A device which detects the visible particles of ANSWER -7/4
combustion is a ____ detector - ANSWER -
Smoke
For spot type smoke detectors _____ feet shall
be permitted to be used as a guide -
Manual Fire alarm boxes shall not be less than ANSWER -30'
_______ inches and not more than ______
inches above the floor level - ANSWER -
42/48 Actuation of alarm notification appliances or
emergency voice communications. fire alarm
safety functions, and annunciation at the
single and multiple stations smoke alarms shall protected premises shall occur within _____
be tested after the initial installation test every seconds after the activation of the initiating
____ - ANSWER -1 year device - ANSWER -10 seconds
smoke detectors installed within _______ feet of the secondary power source for a fire alarm may
cooktop or range must be of the _____ type - be a battery with enough capacity to support the
ANSWER -20 feet/photo fire alarm panel with enough power to last for
______ hours after which it shall have enough
capacity to sound the notification appliances for
Dwelling smoke alarms must produce an audible at least _______ minutes - ANSWER -24
_____ signal for at least _____ minutes - hours/ 5 minutes
ANSWER -evacuation/ 4 minutes
a fire alarm system is required to have _____
Rechargeable power supplies for smoke alarms sources of power - ANSWER -2
must recharge in _____ hours or less when
connected to a _____ portion of branch circuit -
ANSWER -4/switched If heat detectors are used to shut down elevator
power prior to sprinkles operation, they shall be
placed within _____ feet of each sprinkler head -
smoke detectors must be installed within ______ ANSWER -2 feet
feet of a door to a sleeping room -
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