FIRE INSPECTOR 2 LATEST 2026 ACTUAL FINALS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector and Plan Examiner -
✔✔NFPA 1031
✔✔Outlines the retirement that a design has to meet, but does not state that a particular
method or material must be used to meet the requirement. - ✔✔Performance-based
code
✔✔Defines the specifics of a material of construction or action to be taken; such as the
type of electrical wiring to use, based on the anticipated usage or requirement to
conduct evacuation drills in a structure. - ✔✔Prescriptive code
✔✔A document issued by the authority having jurisdiction for the purpose of authorizing
performance of a specified activity. - ✔✔Permit
✔✔Exposure to the high temperatures generated by a fire can also decrease the
strength of wood through? - ✔✔Pyrolysis
✔✔Materials that will melt and drip when exposed to high temperatures? -
✔✔Thermoplastic Materials
✔✔_____ are fused by heat and will no melt as the plastic burns, although their strength
will decrease dramatically - ✔✔Thermoset Materials
✔✔Type I Construction: - ✔✔Fire Resistive
✔✔Type II Construction: - ✔✔Noncombustible
✔✔Type III Construction: - ✔✔Ordinary
✔✔Type IV Construction: - ✔✔Heavy Timber
✔✔Type V Construction: - ✔✔Wood Frame
✔✔Standard on Types of Building Construction: - ✔✔NFPA 220
✔✔Construction commonly found in Schools, hospitals, and high-rise buildings? -
✔✔Type I
✔✔The weight of the building itself is called? - ✔✔Dead Load
, ✔✔The weight of a buildings contents? - ✔✔Live Load
✔✔Interior walls that extend from a floor to the underside of the floor above: - ✔✔Fire
partitions
✔✔Fire rated assemblies that enclose interior vertical openings, such as stairwells,
elevator shafts, and chases for building utilities: - ✔✔Fire enclosures
✔✔Annealed glass is: - ✔✔Single-pane
✔✔Insulated Windows are: - ✔✔Double-pane
✔✔How many Specific occupancy groupings are defined by NFPA 101? - ✔✔15
✔✔A drawing showing the proposed building's load-bearing components. -
✔✔Structural plan
✔✔Shows floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, building sections, elevations, and the
building details. - ✔✔Architectural plan
✔✔The intensity of the illumination should be not less than _____ measured at the floor.
- ✔✔1 footcandle
✔✔Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems - ✔✔NFPA 13
✔✔Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One and Two Family Dwellings
and Manufactured Homes - ✔✔NFPA 13D
✔✔Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systes in Low and Mid-Rise Residential
Occupancies - ✔✔NFPA 13R
✔✔How far apart may hydrants be placed in residential areas - ✔✔500'
✔✔How far apart may hydrants be placed in high-value commercial and industrial areas
- ✔✔300'
✔✔Fire extinguishers weighing up to 40 lbs should be mounted so that the top of the
extinguisher is not more than ____ above the floor. - ✔✔5'
✔✔Fire extinguishers weighing more than 40 lbs should be mounted so that the top of
the extinguisher is not more than ____ above the floor. - ✔✔3.5'
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MARKED A+
✔✔Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector and Plan Examiner -
✔✔NFPA 1031
✔✔Outlines the retirement that a design has to meet, but does not state that a particular
method or material must be used to meet the requirement. - ✔✔Performance-based
code
✔✔Defines the specifics of a material of construction or action to be taken; such as the
type of electrical wiring to use, based on the anticipated usage or requirement to
conduct evacuation drills in a structure. - ✔✔Prescriptive code
✔✔A document issued by the authority having jurisdiction for the purpose of authorizing
performance of a specified activity. - ✔✔Permit
✔✔Exposure to the high temperatures generated by a fire can also decrease the
strength of wood through? - ✔✔Pyrolysis
✔✔Materials that will melt and drip when exposed to high temperatures? -
✔✔Thermoplastic Materials
✔✔_____ are fused by heat and will no melt as the plastic burns, although their strength
will decrease dramatically - ✔✔Thermoset Materials
✔✔Type I Construction: - ✔✔Fire Resistive
✔✔Type II Construction: - ✔✔Noncombustible
✔✔Type III Construction: - ✔✔Ordinary
✔✔Type IV Construction: - ✔✔Heavy Timber
✔✔Type V Construction: - ✔✔Wood Frame
✔✔Standard on Types of Building Construction: - ✔✔NFPA 220
✔✔Construction commonly found in Schools, hospitals, and high-rise buildings? -
✔✔Type I
✔✔The weight of the building itself is called? - ✔✔Dead Load
, ✔✔The weight of a buildings contents? - ✔✔Live Load
✔✔Interior walls that extend from a floor to the underside of the floor above: - ✔✔Fire
partitions
✔✔Fire rated assemblies that enclose interior vertical openings, such as stairwells,
elevator shafts, and chases for building utilities: - ✔✔Fire enclosures
✔✔Annealed glass is: - ✔✔Single-pane
✔✔Insulated Windows are: - ✔✔Double-pane
✔✔How many Specific occupancy groupings are defined by NFPA 101? - ✔✔15
✔✔A drawing showing the proposed building's load-bearing components. -
✔✔Structural plan
✔✔Shows floor plans, reflected ceiling plans, building sections, elevations, and the
building details. - ✔✔Architectural plan
✔✔The intensity of the illumination should be not less than _____ measured at the floor.
- ✔✔1 footcandle
✔✔Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems - ✔✔NFPA 13
✔✔Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One and Two Family Dwellings
and Manufactured Homes - ✔✔NFPA 13D
✔✔Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systes in Low and Mid-Rise Residential
Occupancies - ✔✔NFPA 13R
✔✔How far apart may hydrants be placed in residential areas - ✔✔500'
✔✔How far apart may hydrants be placed in high-value commercial and industrial areas
- ✔✔300'
✔✔Fire extinguishers weighing up to 40 lbs should be mounted so that the top of the
extinguisher is not more than ____ above the floor. - ✔✔5'
✔✔Fire extinguishers weighing more than 40 lbs should be mounted so that the top of
the extinguisher is not more than ____ above the floor. - ✔✔3.5'
