What is NOT one of the 3 basic requirements for all devices? - Answers They must be installed indoors
What is the standard spacing for smoke detectors? - Answers 30 feet
What is the minimum number of required smoke detectors/alarms for a one floor of a household fire
alarm system? - Answers B. 1
What is the purpose of fire warning equipment? - Answers To notify occupants of the presence of fire
and of the need to escape
What is the minimum number of required heat detectors for a one floor of a household fire alarm
system? - Answers 0
What is the definition of a smoke alarm? - Answers A single or multiple station alarm responsive to
smoke
What is the definition of a smoke detector? - Answers A device that detects visible or invisible particles
of combustion
What is the definition of a household fire alarm system? - Answers A system of devices that uses a fire
alarm control unit to produce an alarm signal in the household for the purpose of notifying the
occupants of the presence of fire so that they will evacuate the premises
The emergency evacuation signal that shall be used is ANSI S6.41, or the International Standard
Evacuation Signal. T/F? - Answers False
Can the emergency evacuation signal be used for other devices? - Answers Yes, so long as those devices
are used to indicate the need for evacuation
Whose responsibility is it to determine that there are occupants with hearing disabilities? - Answers The
hearing impaired party
All points on a ceiling shall have a smoke alarm within a distance of (xft) travel distance or shall have the
equivalent of (x) smoke alarm(s) per (xft) squared. - Answers 30ft, One, 500ft
What must be visible on all AC power primary sources? - Answers A 'power on' indicator
Electrical systems not designed to be installed by an electrician shall be powered by a source not in
excess of how many volts? - Answers 30
All plug-in installations shall have what? - Answers Restraining means (Transformer screw)
AC primary power must be supplied by a dedicated branch circuit or what? - Answers The unswitched
portion of a branch circuit used for power and lighting
What does GFCI stand for? - Answers Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter
, What does AFCI stand for? - Answers Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter
Operation of a switch or GFCI shall not cause loss of what? - Answers Primary power
In satisfying the minimum requirements for a household fire alarm system, a combination of smoke
alarms and smoke detectors may be used. T/F? - Answers False
Neither loss nor restoration of primary power shall cause what? - Answers Alarm signals to generate
If secondary power is provided, the primary power source must be capable of what? - Answers
Operating the system under full load with the secondary power source disconnected
A list of acceptable replacement batteries must be placed by the manufacturer in what location? -
Answers Near the battery compartment
If a rechargeable battery is used, it must be fully recharged within how many hours? - Answers 48 hours
If the rechargeable battery is powered by a circuit that can be switched on and off by means other than
the circuit breaker, it must be fully recharged within how many hours? - Answers 4 hours
A rechargeable battery must be capable of producing a trouble signal at least (x) a minute for (x)
consecutive days - Answers Once, seven
A visible notification appliance required to be supplied with a secondary power supply. T/F? - Answers
False
If smoke alarms are powered by a primary battery, all power requirements must be met for at least how
long, including weekly testing? - Answers 1 year
Any failure of non-reliable or short life component within a detector shall result in what? - Answers A
trouble signal
What is standard heat detector spacing? - Answers 50 feet
Fixed temperature detectors shall have a rating of at least how many degrees above ambient
temperature? - Answers 25 degrees Fahrenheit
Fixed temperature detectors shall not be rated more than (x degrees) higher than the maximum
ambient temperature. - Answers 50 degrees Fahrenheit
All detectors must be provided with a convenient means of what? - Answers Testing operability
If power is lost and then restored, the system control equipment must do what? - Answers
Automatically restore itself
Why must fire signals be distinctive from other signals? - Answers So that different actions can be taken
by the occupants