TFM12 Fire Alarm Exam Prep: Questions With
Accurate Answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade
Approved
- accurate answers-Acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.
Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)
- accurate answers-An organization office, or individual responsible for
enforcing the requirements of code or standard, or for approving equipment,
materials, and installation, or procedure.
Code
- accurate answers-A standard that is an extensive compilation of provisions
covering broad subject matter or that is suitable for adoption into law
independently of other codes and standards
Labeled
- accurate answers-Equipment or materials to which has been attached a
label, symbol, or other identifying mark of an organization that is acceptable
to the authority having jurisdiction and concerned with product evaluation,
that maintains periodic inspection of production of labeled equipment or
materials, and by whose labeling the manufacturing indicates compliance with
appropriate standards or performance in a specified manner.
Listed
- accurate answers-Equipment,materials, or services included in a list
published by an organization that is acceptable to the authority having
jurisdiction and concerned with evaluation of products or services, that
maintains periodic inspection of production of listed equipment or materials
or periodic evaluation of services, and whose listing states that either the
equipment, material, or service meets appropriate designated standards or
has been tested and found suitable for a specified purpose.
Shall
- accurate answers-Indicates a mandatory requirement.
Should
- accurate answers-Indicates a recommendation or that which is advised but
no required.
,Acknowledge
- accurate answers-To confirm that a message or signal has been received,
such as by the pressing of a button or the selection of a software command.
(SIG-SSS)
Acoustically Distinguishable Space (ADS)
- accurate answers-An emergency communications system notification zone,
or subdivision thereof, that might be an enclosed or otherwise physically
defined space, or that might be distinguished from other spaces because of
different acoustical, environmental, or use characteristics, such as
reverberation time and ambient sound pressure level. (SIG-NAS)
Active Multiplex System
- accurate answers-A multiplexing system in which signalling devices such as
transponders are employed to transmit status signals of each initiating device
or initiating device circuit within a prescribed time interval so that the lack of
receipt of such a signal can be interpreted as a trouble signal. (SIG-SSS)
Addressable Device
- accurate answers-A fire alarm system component with a discrete
identification that can have its status individually identified or that is used to
individually control other functions. (SIG-IDS)
Adverse Condition
- accurate answers-Any condition occuring in a communications or
transmission channel that interferes with the proper transmissions or
interpretation, or both, of status change signals at the supervising sation. (See
also 3.3.240.7, Trouble Signal.)(SIG-SSS)
Alarm
- accurate answers-A warning of danger. (SIG-FUN)
Nuisance Alarm
- accurate answers-Any alarm caused by mechanical failure,malfunction,
improper installation, or lack of proper maitenence, or any alarm activated by
a cause that cannot be determined. (SIG-FUN)
,Auxiliary Box
- accurate answers-An alarm box that can only be operated from one or more
remote initiating devices or an auxiliary alarm system used to send an alarm
to the communications center. (SIG-PRS)
Combination Fire Alarm and Guard's Tour Box
- accurate answers-A manually operated box for seperately transmitting a fire
alarm singal and a distinctive guard patrol supervisory signal. (SIG-IDS)
Manual Fire Alarm Box
- accurate answers-A manually operated device used to initiate a fire alarm
signal. (SIG-IDS)
Master Box
- accurate answers-A publically accessible alarm box that can also be operated
by one or more remote initiating devices or an auxiliary system used to send
an alarm to the communications center. (SIG-PRS)
Publicly Accessible Alarm Box
- accurate answers-An enclosure, acessibly to the public, housing a manually
operated transmitter used to send an alarm to the communications center.
(SIG-PRS)
Alarm Service
- accurate answers-The service required following the receipt of an alarm
signal. (SIG-SSS)
Alarm Verification Feature
- accurate answers-A feature of automatic fire detection and alarm system to
reduce unwanted alarms wherein smoke detectors report alarm conditions
for a minimum period of time, or confirm alarm conditions within a given time
period after being reset, in order to be accepted as a valid alarm initiation
signal. (SIG-PRO)
Alert Tone
- accurate answers-An attention-getting signal to alert occupants of the
pending transmission of a voice message. (SIG-PRO)
, Ancillary Functions
- accurate answers-Ancillary functions are those non-emergency activations of
the fire alarm or mass notification audible, visual, and textual output circuits
allowed. Ancillary functions can include general paging, background music, or
other non-emergency signals. (SIG-ECS)
Annunciator
- accurate answers-A unit containing one or more indicator lamps,
alphanumeric displays, or other equivalent means in which each indication
provides status information about a circuit, condition, or location. (SIG-FUN)
Apartment Building
- accurate answers-A building or portion thereof containing three or more
dwelling units with independent cooking and bathroom facilities. (SIG-HOU)
[5000,2009]
Average Ambient Sound Level
- accurate answers-The Root mean square, A-weighted, sound pressure level
measured over the period of time that any person is present, or a 24-hour
period, which ever time period is the lesser. (SIG-NAS)
Building Fire Safety Plan
- accurate answers-Documentation that provides information on the use of
alarms, transmission of alarms, response to alarms, evacuation of immediate
area, evacuation of smoke compartment, preparation of floors and building for
evacuation and extinguishment of fire. (SIG-ECS)
Carrier
- accurate answers-High-frequency energy that can be modulated by voice or
signalling impulses. (SIG-SSS)
Carrier System
- accurate answers-A means of conveying a number of channels over a single
path by modulating each channel on a different carrier frequency and
demodulating at the receiving point to restore the signals to their original
form. (SIG-SSS)
Ceiling
- accurate answers-The upper surface of a space, regardless of height. Areas
Accurate Answers 2025\2026 A+ Grade
Approved
- accurate answers-Acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.
Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)
- accurate answers-An organization office, or individual responsible for
enforcing the requirements of code or standard, or for approving equipment,
materials, and installation, or procedure.
Code
- accurate answers-A standard that is an extensive compilation of provisions
covering broad subject matter or that is suitable for adoption into law
independently of other codes and standards
Labeled
- accurate answers-Equipment or materials to which has been attached a
label, symbol, or other identifying mark of an organization that is acceptable
to the authority having jurisdiction and concerned with product evaluation,
that maintains periodic inspection of production of labeled equipment or
materials, and by whose labeling the manufacturing indicates compliance with
appropriate standards or performance in a specified manner.
Listed
- accurate answers-Equipment,materials, or services included in a list
published by an organization that is acceptable to the authority having
jurisdiction and concerned with evaluation of products or services, that
maintains periodic inspection of production of listed equipment or materials
or periodic evaluation of services, and whose listing states that either the
equipment, material, or service meets appropriate designated standards or
has been tested and found suitable for a specified purpose.
Shall
- accurate answers-Indicates a mandatory requirement.
Should
- accurate answers-Indicates a recommendation or that which is advised but
no required.
,Acknowledge
- accurate answers-To confirm that a message or signal has been received,
such as by the pressing of a button or the selection of a software command.
(SIG-SSS)
Acoustically Distinguishable Space (ADS)
- accurate answers-An emergency communications system notification zone,
or subdivision thereof, that might be an enclosed or otherwise physically
defined space, or that might be distinguished from other spaces because of
different acoustical, environmental, or use characteristics, such as
reverberation time and ambient sound pressure level. (SIG-NAS)
Active Multiplex System
- accurate answers-A multiplexing system in which signalling devices such as
transponders are employed to transmit status signals of each initiating device
or initiating device circuit within a prescribed time interval so that the lack of
receipt of such a signal can be interpreted as a trouble signal. (SIG-SSS)
Addressable Device
- accurate answers-A fire alarm system component with a discrete
identification that can have its status individually identified or that is used to
individually control other functions. (SIG-IDS)
Adverse Condition
- accurate answers-Any condition occuring in a communications or
transmission channel that interferes with the proper transmissions or
interpretation, or both, of status change signals at the supervising sation. (See
also 3.3.240.7, Trouble Signal.)(SIG-SSS)
Alarm
- accurate answers-A warning of danger. (SIG-FUN)
Nuisance Alarm
- accurate answers-Any alarm caused by mechanical failure,malfunction,
improper installation, or lack of proper maitenence, or any alarm activated by
a cause that cannot be determined. (SIG-FUN)
,Auxiliary Box
- accurate answers-An alarm box that can only be operated from one or more
remote initiating devices or an auxiliary alarm system used to send an alarm
to the communications center. (SIG-PRS)
Combination Fire Alarm and Guard's Tour Box
- accurate answers-A manually operated box for seperately transmitting a fire
alarm singal and a distinctive guard patrol supervisory signal. (SIG-IDS)
Manual Fire Alarm Box
- accurate answers-A manually operated device used to initiate a fire alarm
signal. (SIG-IDS)
Master Box
- accurate answers-A publically accessible alarm box that can also be operated
by one or more remote initiating devices or an auxiliary system used to send
an alarm to the communications center. (SIG-PRS)
Publicly Accessible Alarm Box
- accurate answers-An enclosure, acessibly to the public, housing a manually
operated transmitter used to send an alarm to the communications center.
(SIG-PRS)
Alarm Service
- accurate answers-The service required following the receipt of an alarm
signal. (SIG-SSS)
Alarm Verification Feature
- accurate answers-A feature of automatic fire detection and alarm system to
reduce unwanted alarms wherein smoke detectors report alarm conditions
for a minimum period of time, or confirm alarm conditions within a given time
period after being reset, in order to be accepted as a valid alarm initiation
signal. (SIG-PRO)
Alert Tone
- accurate answers-An attention-getting signal to alert occupants of the
pending transmission of a voice message. (SIG-PRO)
, Ancillary Functions
- accurate answers-Ancillary functions are those non-emergency activations of
the fire alarm or mass notification audible, visual, and textual output circuits
allowed. Ancillary functions can include general paging, background music, or
other non-emergency signals. (SIG-ECS)
Annunciator
- accurate answers-A unit containing one or more indicator lamps,
alphanumeric displays, or other equivalent means in which each indication
provides status information about a circuit, condition, or location. (SIG-FUN)
Apartment Building
- accurate answers-A building or portion thereof containing three or more
dwelling units with independent cooking and bathroom facilities. (SIG-HOU)
[5000,2009]
Average Ambient Sound Level
- accurate answers-The Root mean square, A-weighted, sound pressure level
measured over the period of time that any person is present, or a 24-hour
period, which ever time period is the lesser. (SIG-NAS)
Building Fire Safety Plan
- accurate answers-Documentation that provides information on the use of
alarms, transmission of alarms, response to alarms, evacuation of immediate
area, evacuation of smoke compartment, preparation of floors and building for
evacuation and extinguishment of fire. (SIG-ECS)
Carrier
- accurate answers-High-frequency energy that can be modulated by voice or
signalling impulses. (SIG-SSS)
Carrier System
- accurate answers-A means of conveying a number of channels over a single
path by modulating each channel on a different carrier frequency and
demodulating at the receiving point to restore the signals to their original
form. (SIG-SSS)
Ceiling
- accurate answers-The upper surface of a space, regardless of height. Areas
