FAL TFM12 BFAT0 EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
If exit doors are unlocked by the fire alarm system, the unlocking function shall occur - CORRECT
ANSWER-✔✔✅before activation of the public notification appliances in the area
at the same time as the activation of the public notification appliances in that area
Fire Alarm system wiring, equipment and circuits controlled and powered by the fire alarm system shall
be installed in accordance with the requirements of - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅NFPA 70 National
Electrical Code Article 760
NFPA 72 in the 2013 edition is also known as - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅National Fire Alarm and
Signaling Code
Which document below classifies occupancy addresses the minimum acceptable attributes of a fire
alarm system based on the occupancy classification - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅NFPA 101 Life Safety
Code
The gas cooking equipment extinguisher system in a commercial restaurant is most commonly regulated
by which standard? - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅17A
Which code or standard covers the application, installation, performance, and maintenance of fire alarm
systems and their components? - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling
Code
Foams also are defined by expansion and are arbitrarily subdivided into three ranges of expansion low,
medium, and high. High expansion foam exhibits - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅expansion up to 1000 x
original volume
, A circuit breaker that serves as the primary power source disconnect means for a Fire Alarm Control
Unit is required to, - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Have its location permanently identified at the Fire
Alarm Control Unit
Supply no other loads other than those dedicated to the fire alarm or ECS
Have a permanent red marking that does not obscure the manufacturers marking
A system that permits the operator to acknowledge an alarm signal, and investigate for up to 180
seconds before automatically evacuating the building, is equipped with which feature below? - CORRECT
ANSWER-✔✔✅Positive Alarm Sequence
An audible or visible signal conveying more than one discrete bit of information - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔✅Coded
The maximum number of waterflow detection devices permitted to be connected to a single Initiating
Device Circuit in a Protected Premises System? - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅5
"When it operates, the temperature of the surrounding air will always be higher than the rated
temperature of the device itself"; describes which device below - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Fixed
Temperature
A single element spot-type detector which may; inhibit contact closure until the total device has been
heated to its rated temperature or; close its contacts on a fast rate-of-temperature rise even if the
device has not yet reached the rated temperature - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Rate of Rise
Spot type Heat Sensing Fire Detectors mounted on the ceiling shall be - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Not
less than 4 inches form the sidewall
For Fire Alarm systems "Cu" is the standard abbreviation used for - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Copper as
in copper wire
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
If exit doors are unlocked by the fire alarm system, the unlocking function shall occur - CORRECT
ANSWER-✔✔✅before activation of the public notification appliances in the area
at the same time as the activation of the public notification appliances in that area
Fire Alarm system wiring, equipment and circuits controlled and powered by the fire alarm system shall
be installed in accordance with the requirements of - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅NFPA 70 National
Electrical Code Article 760
NFPA 72 in the 2013 edition is also known as - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅National Fire Alarm and
Signaling Code
Which document below classifies occupancy addresses the minimum acceptable attributes of a fire
alarm system based on the occupancy classification - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅NFPA 101 Life Safety
Code
The gas cooking equipment extinguisher system in a commercial restaurant is most commonly regulated
by which standard? - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅17A
Which code or standard covers the application, installation, performance, and maintenance of fire alarm
systems and their components? - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling
Code
Foams also are defined by expansion and are arbitrarily subdivided into three ranges of expansion low,
medium, and high. High expansion foam exhibits - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅expansion up to 1000 x
original volume
, A circuit breaker that serves as the primary power source disconnect means for a Fire Alarm Control
Unit is required to, - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Have its location permanently identified at the Fire
Alarm Control Unit
Supply no other loads other than those dedicated to the fire alarm or ECS
Have a permanent red marking that does not obscure the manufacturers marking
A system that permits the operator to acknowledge an alarm signal, and investigate for up to 180
seconds before automatically evacuating the building, is equipped with which feature below? - CORRECT
ANSWER-✔✔✅Positive Alarm Sequence
An audible or visible signal conveying more than one discrete bit of information - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔✅Coded
The maximum number of waterflow detection devices permitted to be connected to a single Initiating
Device Circuit in a Protected Premises System? - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅5
"When it operates, the temperature of the surrounding air will always be higher than the rated
temperature of the device itself"; describes which device below - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Fixed
Temperature
A single element spot-type detector which may; inhibit contact closure until the total device has been
heated to its rated temperature or; close its contacts on a fast rate-of-temperature rise even if the
device has not yet reached the rated temperature - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Rate of Rise
Spot type Heat Sensing Fire Detectors mounted on the ceiling shall be - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Not
less than 4 inches form the sidewall
For Fire Alarm systems "Cu" is the standard abbreviation used for - CORRECT ANSWER-✔✔✅Copper as
in copper wire
