CHFM Compliance of Health Care Exam
Questions And Answers
What is the CMS-adopted NFPA standard for portable fire extinguishers? - ANS NFPA 10
2010 Edition
What is the CMS-adopted NFPA National Electric Code? - ANS NFPA 70
2011 Edition
What is the CMS-adopted NFPA standard for a health care facilities code? - ANS NFPA 99
2012 Edition
What is the title of CMS-adopted NFPA 241? - ANS Standard for Safeguarding
Construction, Alteration and Demolition Operations
2009 Edition
Where can you find design standards adopted by the majority of states? - ANS Facilities
Guidelines Institute (FGI)
2014 Edition
What is CMS? - ANS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
What does ASHRAE stand for? - ANS American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers
What are DNV, The Joint Commission and HFAP? - ANS Accrediting Organizations (AOs)
that have deemed authority for CMS.
What is an AHJ? - ANS Authority Having Jurisdiction
What are the four elements of the Life Safety Code? - ANS Compartmentalization.
Detection.
Suppression.
, Egress
What are the first components of fire defense in a building design for patients? - ANS The
first components of fire defense in a building design for patients are room and corridors.
A space within a building enclosed by smoke barriers on all sides, including top and bottom, is a
. - ANS smoke compartment
What is the maximum smoke compartment size? - ANS 22,500 sq. ft.
Per 2012 Edition of the Life Safety Code
What date was the NFPA 101", Life Safety Code adopted? - ANS July 5, 2016
Every story used by for sleeping for more than 30 patients shall be divided into two smoke
compartments. - ANS inpatients
What is the maximum travel distance for a non-sprinklered building? - ANS The maximum
travel distance for a non-sprinklered building is 150 feet
The maximum travel distance for a sprinklered building is 200 feet
A hospital floor must resist the passage of and . - ANS fire, smoke
Per CMS, what type of door hardware is NOT permitted in health care? - ANS Roller
latches are NOT permitted in health care.
Typical types of occupancies in a health care facility are , and. . - ANS health care,
business, assembly
A separation is typically required between health care and other occupancies. - ANS
2-hour
are provided to subdivide building spaces to restrict the movement of smoke. - ANS Smoke
barriers
What fire rating required for a smoke partition? - ANS None
Corridor walls in non-sprinklered buildings must extend . - ANS Above the ceiling to the
deck above.
Also known an floor-to-deck
The maximum smoke compartment size in new construction is
Questions And Answers
What is the CMS-adopted NFPA standard for portable fire extinguishers? - ANS NFPA 10
2010 Edition
What is the CMS-adopted NFPA National Electric Code? - ANS NFPA 70
2011 Edition
What is the CMS-adopted NFPA standard for a health care facilities code? - ANS NFPA 99
2012 Edition
What is the title of CMS-adopted NFPA 241? - ANS Standard for Safeguarding
Construction, Alteration and Demolition Operations
2009 Edition
Where can you find design standards adopted by the majority of states? - ANS Facilities
Guidelines Institute (FGI)
2014 Edition
What is CMS? - ANS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
What does ASHRAE stand for? - ANS American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers
What are DNV, The Joint Commission and HFAP? - ANS Accrediting Organizations (AOs)
that have deemed authority for CMS.
What is an AHJ? - ANS Authority Having Jurisdiction
What are the four elements of the Life Safety Code? - ANS Compartmentalization.
Detection.
Suppression.
, Egress
What are the first components of fire defense in a building design for patients? - ANS The
first components of fire defense in a building design for patients are room and corridors.
A space within a building enclosed by smoke barriers on all sides, including top and bottom, is a
. - ANS smoke compartment
What is the maximum smoke compartment size? - ANS 22,500 sq. ft.
Per 2012 Edition of the Life Safety Code
What date was the NFPA 101", Life Safety Code adopted? - ANS July 5, 2016
Every story used by for sleeping for more than 30 patients shall be divided into two smoke
compartments. - ANS inpatients
What is the maximum travel distance for a non-sprinklered building? - ANS The maximum
travel distance for a non-sprinklered building is 150 feet
The maximum travel distance for a sprinklered building is 200 feet
A hospital floor must resist the passage of and . - ANS fire, smoke
Per CMS, what type of door hardware is NOT permitted in health care? - ANS Roller
latches are NOT permitted in health care.
Typical types of occupancies in a health care facility are , and. . - ANS health care,
business, assembly
A separation is typically required between health care and other occupancies. - ANS
2-hour
are provided to subdivide building spaces to restrict the movement of smoke. - ANS Smoke
barriers
What fire rating required for a smoke partition? - ANS None
Corridor walls in non-sprinklered buildings must extend . - ANS Above the ceiling to the
deck above.
Also known an floor-to-deck
The maximum smoke compartment size in new construction is
