FLS LATEST 2026 TEST PAPER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔1. What will occur when oxygen is introduced into a room full of hot gases
A) backdraft
B) blowback
C) flashover
D) rollover - ✔✔A
✔✔2. Fire spreads by transferring the heat energy from the flames in all of the following
ways EXCEPT:
A) convection
B) radiation
C) oxidation
D) conduction - ✔✔C
✔✔3. There are three things that must be brought together to produce fire. Which of the
ones listed below is not one of the?
A) heat B) oxygen C) fuel D) flame - ✔✔D
✔✔4. Heat can be transferred by all of the following methods except? A) conduction B)
osmosis C) convection D) radiation - ✔✔B
✔✔5. Which of the following is not a stage of fire behavior?
A) Incipient B) Decay C) Decomposition D) Growth - ✔✔C
✔✔Any building with an occupied floor located more than _____ feet above the street
level is defined as a high-rise building.
a) 65 b) 75 c)85 d) 100 - ✔✔B
✔✔A Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP) initiates following signals EXCEPT:
a) Fire Alarm Signals b) Supervisory Signals c) Trouble Signals d) National Disasters -
✔✔D
✔✔Carbon Monoxide Detectors are required in any building that has:
a) A theater
b) A lounge
c) Fossil (gas / oil ) fuel burning equipment
d) A train station under building - ✔✔C
✔✔An example of a ONE WAY Communication system is:
a) Warden Phones
b) In-building auxiliary radio communication (ARC) system
c) Cell Phones
,d) Public Address (PA) system - ✔✔D
✔✔It is unlawful to transmit _____ or more unnecessary or unwarranted alarms in any 3
month period.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4 - ✔✔B
✔✔Fire Department Connections for a Standpipe system will have _____ coloredcaps.
a) Green
b) Red
c) Yellow
d) Silver - ✔✔B
✔✔In a multi-zone standpipe system:
a) each zone will be below street level
b) each zone will have its own individual automatic water supply
c) each zone has no automatic water supply
d) required to be a combination system - ✔✔B
✔✔Fire Department Connections for an automatic dry sprinkler system will have _____
colored caps.
a) Green
b) Red
c) Yellow
d) Silver - ✔✔A
✔✔Fire Department Connections for a non-automatic dry sprinkler system will have
_____ colored caps.
a) Green
b) Red
c) Yellow
d) Silver - ✔✔D
✔✔10. Which one of the following is NOTa characteristic of fixed temperature heat
detectors?
a) They have fusible elements.
b) They are more sensitive than rate of rise heat detectors.
c) They need to be replaced after they activate the alarm.
d) They consist of two electrical contacts housed in a protective unit. - ✔✔B
✔✔11.The fire command station has the capability to __________.
a) send alarm signals directly to the fire department
, b) communicate with every floor at the same time via warden phones.
c) cancel central station company notification.
d) make an all call announcement throughout entire building or selective floors via
public address speakers - ✔✔D
✔✔The following will occur automatically to elevators in a Class B Office building when
a Sprinkler water flow device is activated:
a)They will operate normally until manually recalled by the Fire Safety Director.
b) They will return to the main lobby without stopping.
c) They will return to the main lobby floor stopping at each floor on the way down.
d) The Emergency Stop button in the elevator car will remain functional. - ✔✔B
✔✔In order to reset the Fire Alarm Panel in the event of an unwarranted fire alarm
signal the FSD can:
a) re-set the system after the Fire Department arrives and is told to re-set the system by
the Fire Department's incident commander.
b) re-set the system as soon as it is known that it was an unwarranted activation.
c) re-set the system after calling the Fire Department dispatcher and canceling the Fire
Department response.
d) re-set the alarm system upon orders from the central station company. - ✔✔A
✔✔All of the following are correct regarding a building's Fire Command Sub-
SystemEXCEPT:
a) they are interconnected to the base building fire alarm system
b) fire alarm signals are transmitted directly to the Central Station, by-passing the base
building fire alarm system
c) supervisory and trouble signals will be displayed at both the sub-system and base
building systems
d) they may be installed in a building with a required base building fire alarm system
either voluntarily or mandated - ✔✔B
✔✔Which item is required to be kept in the fire command station?
a) Comprehensive Fire Safety and Emergency ActionPlan
b) The smoke detector maintenance logbook.
c) Four 2642 elevator keys.
d) Six spare sprinkler heads. - ✔✔A
✔✔16.Supervisory devices will _______
A.notify FDNY of problems with system
B. monitor the building's components of its fire protection system
C. transmit fire alarm signals when there is a loss of power in building
D. automatically correct abnormal conditions within the protection system - ✔✔B
✔✔All newly installed fire alarm pull stations must be located within how many feet of
the exit doorway opening?
GRADED A+
✔✔1. What will occur when oxygen is introduced into a room full of hot gases
A) backdraft
B) blowback
C) flashover
D) rollover - ✔✔A
✔✔2. Fire spreads by transferring the heat energy from the flames in all of the following
ways EXCEPT:
A) convection
B) radiation
C) oxidation
D) conduction - ✔✔C
✔✔3. There are three things that must be brought together to produce fire. Which of the
ones listed below is not one of the?
A) heat B) oxygen C) fuel D) flame - ✔✔D
✔✔4. Heat can be transferred by all of the following methods except? A) conduction B)
osmosis C) convection D) radiation - ✔✔B
✔✔5. Which of the following is not a stage of fire behavior?
A) Incipient B) Decay C) Decomposition D) Growth - ✔✔C
✔✔Any building with an occupied floor located more than _____ feet above the street
level is defined as a high-rise building.
a) 65 b) 75 c)85 d) 100 - ✔✔B
✔✔A Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP) initiates following signals EXCEPT:
a) Fire Alarm Signals b) Supervisory Signals c) Trouble Signals d) National Disasters -
✔✔D
✔✔Carbon Monoxide Detectors are required in any building that has:
a) A theater
b) A lounge
c) Fossil (gas / oil ) fuel burning equipment
d) A train station under building - ✔✔C
✔✔An example of a ONE WAY Communication system is:
a) Warden Phones
b) In-building auxiliary radio communication (ARC) system
c) Cell Phones
,d) Public Address (PA) system - ✔✔D
✔✔It is unlawful to transmit _____ or more unnecessary or unwarranted alarms in any 3
month period.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4 - ✔✔B
✔✔Fire Department Connections for a Standpipe system will have _____ coloredcaps.
a) Green
b) Red
c) Yellow
d) Silver - ✔✔B
✔✔In a multi-zone standpipe system:
a) each zone will be below street level
b) each zone will have its own individual automatic water supply
c) each zone has no automatic water supply
d) required to be a combination system - ✔✔B
✔✔Fire Department Connections for an automatic dry sprinkler system will have _____
colored caps.
a) Green
b) Red
c) Yellow
d) Silver - ✔✔A
✔✔Fire Department Connections for a non-automatic dry sprinkler system will have
_____ colored caps.
a) Green
b) Red
c) Yellow
d) Silver - ✔✔D
✔✔10. Which one of the following is NOTa characteristic of fixed temperature heat
detectors?
a) They have fusible elements.
b) They are more sensitive than rate of rise heat detectors.
c) They need to be replaced after they activate the alarm.
d) They consist of two electrical contacts housed in a protective unit. - ✔✔B
✔✔11.The fire command station has the capability to __________.
a) send alarm signals directly to the fire department
, b) communicate with every floor at the same time via warden phones.
c) cancel central station company notification.
d) make an all call announcement throughout entire building or selective floors via
public address speakers - ✔✔D
✔✔The following will occur automatically to elevators in a Class B Office building when
a Sprinkler water flow device is activated:
a)They will operate normally until manually recalled by the Fire Safety Director.
b) They will return to the main lobby without stopping.
c) They will return to the main lobby floor stopping at each floor on the way down.
d) The Emergency Stop button in the elevator car will remain functional. - ✔✔B
✔✔In order to reset the Fire Alarm Panel in the event of an unwarranted fire alarm
signal the FSD can:
a) re-set the system after the Fire Department arrives and is told to re-set the system by
the Fire Department's incident commander.
b) re-set the system as soon as it is known that it was an unwarranted activation.
c) re-set the system after calling the Fire Department dispatcher and canceling the Fire
Department response.
d) re-set the alarm system upon orders from the central station company. - ✔✔A
✔✔All of the following are correct regarding a building's Fire Command Sub-
SystemEXCEPT:
a) they are interconnected to the base building fire alarm system
b) fire alarm signals are transmitted directly to the Central Station, by-passing the base
building fire alarm system
c) supervisory and trouble signals will be displayed at both the sub-system and base
building systems
d) they may be installed in a building with a required base building fire alarm system
either voluntarily or mandated - ✔✔B
✔✔Which item is required to be kept in the fire command station?
a) Comprehensive Fire Safety and Emergency ActionPlan
b) The smoke detector maintenance logbook.
c) Four 2642 elevator keys.
d) Six spare sprinkler heads. - ✔✔A
✔✔16.Supervisory devices will _______
A.notify FDNY of problems with system
B. monitor the building's components of its fire protection system
C. transmit fire alarm signals when there is a loss of power in building
D. automatically correct abnormal conditions within the protection system - ✔✔B
✔✔All newly installed fire alarm pull stations must be located within how many feet of
the exit doorway opening?
