FTC 106 Quizzes
Which of the following statements about a fire suppression system is MOST accurate? - correct answer
✔✔The systems control or contain hazardous conditions
A concrete firewall and sprayed-on structural fire protection are examples of: - correct answer
✔✔Passive Fire Protection
What year were battery powered smoke alarms introduced? - correct answer ✔✔1969
What year was the first commercially successful automatic fire sprinkler system patented? - correct
answer ✔✔1872
What fire caused 119 fatalities and egress was made impossible because the building had only one exit
stairway which became impassable early in the fire's development? - correct answer ✔✔The Winecoff
Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, 1946
The report America Burning was produced by the: - correct answer ✔✔National Commission on Fire
Prevention and Control.
Which type of fire detection and suppression system works to suppress the fire hazard by applying a
fire-suppression medium to the fire? - correct answer ✔✔Automatic fire suppression system
Which type of fire detection and suppression system includes standpipes, fire hoses, and fire
extinguishers? - correct answer ✔✔Manual fire suppression system
What must happen in order for standards or codes to be enforceable? - correct answer ✔✔Must be
adopted by the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ)
, Which standard and code developing organization was established in 1994 by three organizations that
had previously developed separate sets of model codes used in the United States? - correct answer
✔✔International Code Council (ICC)
The components of a fire detection and alarm system should be tested by: - correct answer ✔✔a
nationally recognized testing laboratory.
The fire alarm control panel: - correct answer ✔✔contains electronics that control and monitor the fire
alarm system.
Which of the following statements about the primary power supply is MOST accurate? - correct answer
✔✔It is usually obtained from the building's main connection to the local utility provider.
What is the purpose of initiating devices? - correct answer ✔✔Sense the presence of products of
combustion
Which of the following is NOT an alarm system function? - correct answer ✔✔Control recessed lighting.
Which of the following signals indicates a problem with a monitored circuit or component of the fire
alarm system or the power supply for the system ? - correct answer ✔✔Trouble signal
Which of the following systems enables emergency responders to identify the general location of alarm
device activation? - correct answer ✔✔Zoned/annunciated alarm
Which of the following systems is owned and operated by the facility owner and can be very complex
with a wide range of capabilities? - correct answer ✔✔Proprietary
Which of the following systems is connected to the emergency services telecommunications center
through a telephone line or a radio signal? - correct answer ✔✔Remote receiving
Which of the following emergency communications systems warns building occupants and is the most
commonly used system? - correct answer ✔✔Voice notification system
Which of the following statements about a fire suppression system is MOST accurate? - correct answer
✔✔The systems control or contain hazardous conditions
A concrete firewall and sprayed-on structural fire protection are examples of: - correct answer
✔✔Passive Fire Protection
What year were battery powered smoke alarms introduced? - correct answer ✔✔1969
What year was the first commercially successful automatic fire sprinkler system patented? - correct
answer ✔✔1872
What fire caused 119 fatalities and egress was made impossible because the building had only one exit
stairway which became impassable early in the fire's development? - correct answer ✔✔The Winecoff
Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, 1946
The report America Burning was produced by the: - correct answer ✔✔National Commission on Fire
Prevention and Control.
Which type of fire detection and suppression system works to suppress the fire hazard by applying a
fire-suppression medium to the fire? - correct answer ✔✔Automatic fire suppression system
Which type of fire detection and suppression system includes standpipes, fire hoses, and fire
extinguishers? - correct answer ✔✔Manual fire suppression system
What must happen in order for standards or codes to be enforceable? - correct answer ✔✔Must be
adopted by the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ)
, Which standard and code developing organization was established in 1994 by three organizations that
had previously developed separate sets of model codes used in the United States? - correct answer
✔✔International Code Council (ICC)
The components of a fire detection and alarm system should be tested by: - correct answer ✔✔a
nationally recognized testing laboratory.
The fire alarm control panel: - correct answer ✔✔contains electronics that control and monitor the fire
alarm system.
Which of the following statements about the primary power supply is MOST accurate? - correct answer
✔✔It is usually obtained from the building's main connection to the local utility provider.
What is the purpose of initiating devices? - correct answer ✔✔Sense the presence of products of
combustion
Which of the following is NOT an alarm system function? - correct answer ✔✔Control recessed lighting.
Which of the following signals indicates a problem with a monitored circuit or component of the fire
alarm system or the power supply for the system ? - correct answer ✔✔Trouble signal
Which of the following systems enables emergency responders to identify the general location of alarm
device activation? - correct answer ✔✔Zoned/annunciated alarm
Which of the following systems is owned and operated by the facility owner and can be very complex
with a wide range of capabilities? - correct answer ✔✔Proprietary
Which of the following systems is connected to the emergency services telecommunications center
through a telephone line or a radio signal? - correct answer ✔✔Remote receiving
Which of the following emergency communications systems warns building occupants and is the most
commonly used system? - correct answer ✔✔Voice notification system
