NFPA 101 NICET 3 Question and
answer 100% correct 2025/2026
One of the primary purposes of NFPA 101 2015 is the protection of life from _______. - correct answer
✔fire.
NFPA 101 covers the requirements for construction, protection, and occupancy features required to
minimize the danger to _______ from fire, and the effects of fire. It does not address the preservation of
_______.. - correct answer ✔Life.
property.
Chapter ____ of NFPA 101 covers occupancy classification and the hazard of contents. You can see a
direct correlation between this chapter and the ________ classifications. - correct answer ✔6.
IBC
Chapter____ refers you to the corresponding chapter for the requirements of each occupancy,
including:
______________ (Section 6.1.2)
______________ (Section 6.1.3)
Day Care (Section 6.1.4)
,________ _______ (Section 6.1.5)
Ambulatory Health Care (Section 6.1.6)
Detention and Correctional (Section 6.1.7)
______________ (Section 6.1.8)
Residential Board and Care (Section 6.1.9)
Mercantile (Section 6.1.10)
1
Business (Section 6.1.11)
Industrial (Section 6.1.12)
Storage (Section 6.1.13)
Multiple Occupancies (Section 6.1.14) - correct answer ✔6
Assembly.
Educational.
Health Care.
,Residential.
Chapter 6 also defines multiple occupancies whether they are mixed or separated. Multiple occupancies
are considered to be separated where they are separated by _________ __________ construction. -
correct answer ✔fire-rated
Section 6.2.2 covers the hazard classification of the _________ of the building.
Low hazard contents have low combustibility, and if ignited will ________ _______ the fire.
Ordinary hazard contents will generate a _____ with a moderate growth rate, or give off a considerable
amount of _______..
High hazard contents will generate a rapidly growing fire, or create an _____________. - correct answer
✔contents.
not spread.
fire.
smoke.
explosion.
Table 6.1.14.4.1(a) provides the requirement (hours) for the ______________ of occupancies. Located
on pages 46 and 47 of NFPA 101 2015, it is important to familiarize yourself with this table and its
contents in Chapter 6. - correct answer ✔separation
, The required separation between an assembly with greater than 1,000 people and a daycare with
greater than 12 clients is no less than a ______-hour separation. - correct answer ✔Two
There are footnotes at the bottom of the table 6.1.14.4.1(a) you should be aware of in case one or more
of the exam questions asks about _____________ in the separation of fire-resistive barriers. It is
allowed, but there are stipulations. There must be an approved ___________ __________ system in the
occupancies.
No ___________ is allowed for areas marked with the double-dagger. - correct answer ✔reductions.
automatic sprinkler.
reduction.
There is a direct correlation between NFPA 101 Chapter 6 and the _____ classifications which further
divides the classifications into groups. - correct answer ✔IBC
Chapter ______ of NFPA 101 2015 covers construction requirements with fire-resistance rated walls,
barriers, and doors. - correct answer ✔Eight
Section 8.3.5 covers ____________ and fire-stopping methods of fire-rated construction. - correct
answer ✔penetrations
Section 8.5.5.7 covers the requirements for smoke detectors for _____________ operation within
_________. - correct answer ✔damper.
ducts.
answer 100% correct 2025/2026
One of the primary purposes of NFPA 101 2015 is the protection of life from _______. - correct answer
✔fire.
NFPA 101 covers the requirements for construction, protection, and occupancy features required to
minimize the danger to _______ from fire, and the effects of fire. It does not address the preservation of
_______.. - correct answer ✔Life.
property.
Chapter ____ of NFPA 101 covers occupancy classification and the hazard of contents. You can see a
direct correlation between this chapter and the ________ classifications. - correct answer ✔6.
IBC
Chapter____ refers you to the corresponding chapter for the requirements of each occupancy,
including:
______________ (Section 6.1.2)
______________ (Section 6.1.3)
Day Care (Section 6.1.4)
,________ _______ (Section 6.1.5)
Ambulatory Health Care (Section 6.1.6)
Detention and Correctional (Section 6.1.7)
______________ (Section 6.1.8)
Residential Board and Care (Section 6.1.9)
Mercantile (Section 6.1.10)
1
Business (Section 6.1.11)
Industrial (Section 6.1.12)
Storage (Section 6.1.13)
Multiple Occupancies (Section 6.1.14) - correct answer ✔6
Assembly.
Educational.
Health Care.
,Residential.
Chapter 6 also defines multiple occupancies whether they are mixed or separated. Multiple occupancies
are considered to be separated where they are separated by _________ __________ construction. -
correct answer ✔fire-rated
Section 6.2.2 covers the hazard classification of the _________ of the building.
Low hazard contents have low combustibility, and if ignited will ________ _______ the fire.
Ordinary hazard contents will generate a _____ with a moderate growth rate, or give off a considerable
amount of _______..
High hazard contents will generate a rapidly growing fire, or create an _____________. - correct answer
✔contents.
not spread.
fire.
smoke.
explosion.
Table 6.1.14.4.1(a) provides the requirement (hours) for the ______________ of occupancies. Located
on pages 46 and 47 of NFPA 101 2015, it is important to familiarize yourself with this table and its
contents in Chapter 6. - correct answer ✔separation
, The required separation between an assembly with greater than 1,000 people and a daycare with
greater than 12 clients is no less than a ______-hour separation. - correct answer ✔Two
There are footnotes at the bottom of the table 6.1.14.4.1(a) you should be aware of in case one or more
of the exam questions asks about _____________ in the separation of fire-resistive barriers. It is
allowed, but there are stipulations. There must be an approved ___________ __________ system in the
occupancies.
No ___________ is allowed for areas marked with the double-dagger. - correct answer ✔reductions.
automatic sprinkler.
reduction.
There is a direct correlation between NFPA 101 Chapter 6 and the _____ classifications which further
divides the classifications into groups. - correct answer ✔IBC
Chapter ______ of NFPA 101 2015 covers construction requirements with fire-resistance rated walls,
barriers, and doors. - correct answer ✔Eight
Section 8.3.5 covers ____________ and fire-stopping methods of fire-rated construction. - correct
answer ✔penetrations
Section 8.5.5.7 covers the requirements for smoke detectors for _____________ operation within
_________. - correct answer ✔damper.
ducts.
