S12 Certificate of Fitness Sprinkler Exam (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A

S12 Certificate of Fitness Sprinkler Exam (Latest 2024 / 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A Q: Any head which has ----or has been----1. Shall be replaced immediately with sprinkler head of similar characteristics such as operating temperature, orifice size, deflector orientation and thermal sensitivity. Answer: Opened/damaged Q: At least once every ---- years Answer: Fire Department connection or connections for a sprinkler system shall be subjected to a hydrostatic pressure test to demonstrate its suitability for Fire Department use. Q: At least once every five years, the Fire Department connection or connections for a sprinkler system shall be subjected to a hydrostatic pressure test to demonstrate its suitability for Fire Department use. The test shall be arranged to be conducted by a ----by a----The contractor shall be hired by----- Answer: Master Fire Suppression Piping Contractor/1. A Fire Department representative/the owner or the owner's representative. Q: There shall be---more employees or individuals contracted by the owner with a----Certificate of Fitness 1. Inspect the sprinkler system following the standard of the NFPA 25 of 2011. Answer: One/COF Q: It shall be the -----'s responsibility to maintain the sprinkler system and to determine the individual qualifications and competencies of the COF holder that performs the functions related to inspection, testing and maintenance of such system. Answer: Owner's Q: The building owner shall assign an ----to comply with the requirements of study material. Answer: Impairment coordinator Q: The impairment coordinator shall take the action(s) when Answer: A standpipe system, sprinkler system or fire alarm system is out of service. Q: The impairment coordinator shall maintain records of all Answer: System inspections, tests, servicing and other items of maintenance Q: The impairment coordinator's records of system inspections, tests, servicing and other items of maintenance shall be kept on the premises or other approved location for a minimum of --- and made available for inspection by any member of---- Answer: 3 years/FDNY Q: In absence of a specific designee,the ---shall be considered the impairment coordinator. Answer: Building owner Q: Planned removal from service: When the system, or a portion of the sprinkler system, is placed out of service for a scheduled inspection, testing, regular maintenance, minor repairs or for construction affecting not more than 1 floor, the ---- and ----of and authorize the placing of the system out of service. Answer: COF holder/impairment coordinator Q: Unplanned out of service condition Answer: A serious defect in the sprinkler system including, but not limited to: an empty tank, a break or major leak in the system's water piping, inoperative or shut water supply valves, defective fire department connections, construction related shut downs affecting more than one floor, or complete or partial shut downs of the sprinkler system, other than a shut down for a planned removal from service Q: When a Fire Protection system is out of service fire watch personnel must: Answer: • Continuously patrol the area affected by the out-of-service fire protection system to which such person has been assigned, keeping constant watch for fires. • Be provided with at least one approved means for notification of the Fire Department and emergency preparedness staff. • Immediately report any fire to the Fire Department and notify emergency preparedness staff on premises. • Be trained in the used of portable fire extinguisher. 10 • Be responsible for extinguishing fires limited in size and spread that can be readily extinguished. • Maintain a record of such fire watch on the premises during the fire watch and for a minimum of 48 hours after the fire watch has concluded. • Have no other duties. Q: NOTIFICATION THAT A SPRINKLER SYSTEM OR FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, OR ANY PART THEREOF, IS OR WILL BE OUT OF SERVICE SHALL BE MADE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES: Answer: 1. The sprinkler system or fire alarm system is or will be out of service on more than one floor of a building; or 2. The work or repairs cannot be completed, and the system restored to service, within 8 hours of the time the system was placed or went out of service; or 3. With respect to a fire alarm system, the work or repairs will require the fire alarm system to be out of service for more than 8 hours in any 24-hour period; or 4. One or more other fire protection systems in the area in which a fire protection system is out of service are or will also be out of service at the same time. Q: a) The initial Fire Department notification shall include the following: Answer: 1. A brief description and extent of the out-of-service condition and system it affects. 2. The area of the building affected, including the floors where fire protection system is out of service. 3. The type of occupancy. 4. The estimated time the system will be out of service. 5. The name and phone number of the person making the notification or the owner of the premises. 6. The building address. 7. Whether the fire protection system is out of service by reason of a planned removal from service (and if so, the reason for placing it out of service) or an unplanned out-of-service condition. 8. Whether or not the other fire protection systems are in good working order.