TFM 11 EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What can a municipality, county, or other political subdivision NOT require of a
registered firm, a license holder, or an employee of a license holder? - ✔✔1. obtain a
registration, franchise, or license from the political subdivision
2. pay any fee or franchise tax to the political subdivision
3. post a bond
4. maintain a business location or residency within that
political subdivision
5. impose qualification or financial responsibility requirements other than proof of a
registration certificate
✔✔What can a municipality or county require? - ✔✔1. they can mandate that a fire
alarm or detection system be installed in certain facilities, if the installation conforms to
applicable state law
2. a better type of alarm or detection system or otherwise safer condition than the
minimum required by state law
3. require regular inspections by local officials of smoke detectors in dwelling units and
require the smoke
detectors to be operational at the time of inspection.
4. a permit and to pay a permit
fee for the installation of a fire alarm or fire detection device or system
5. a registered firm to make a
telephone call to a monitored property before the firm notifies the municipality or county
of an alarm signal received by the firm from a fire detection device
✔✔The following inspections shall be performed by the licensed firm in order to assure
proper installation techniques are followed: - ✔✔(1) At the completion of the device
back-box installation but prior to the start of cable installation;
(2) At the completion of cable installation but prior to the start of device installation; and
(3) At the completion of device installation but prior to activating the fire alarm system.
✔✔What 5 things must be listed on a YELLOW label - ✔✔1. DO NOT REMOVE BY
ORDER OF THE TEXAS FIRE MARSHALL
2. SYSTEM DOES NOT COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE CODES & STANDARDS
3. The firm's name, address, telephone and registration number
4. Date label was attached and Licensee signature and license number
5. A list of conditions resulting in the label
✔✔Where must the 3 copies of the installation certificate be distributed? - ✔✔(1)
original at the site of installation after completion of the installation;
(2) one copy retained for the life of the system or ten years, whichever occurs
first, by the certifying company for access by the State Fire Marshal's Office; and
, (3) one copy to be sent within 10 days after completion of installation to the local
authority having jurisdiction.
✔✔An individual or organization may not: - ✔✔(1) plan, certify, lease, sell, service,
install, monitor, or maintain a fire alarm or fire
detection device or system without a license or registration certificate;
(2) obtain or attempt to obtain a registration certificate or license by fraudulent
representation; or
(3) plan, certify, lease, sell, service, install, monitor, or maintain a fire alarm or fire
detection device or system in violation of Chapter 6002 of the Texas Insurance Code or
the rules adopted under this
chapter.
✔✔What 5 things must be listed on an Installation Label? - ✔✔1. DO NOT REMOVE BY
ORDER OF THE TEXAS FIRE MARSHALL
2. INSTALLATION RECORD
3. The firm's name, address, telephone and registration number
4. Installation date and Licensee signature and license number
5. the name and license number of the fire alarm planning superintendent or residential
fire alarm planning superintendent (as applicable) or professional engineer's name and
license number who planned the system.
✔✔In adopting necessary rules, the commissioner may use: - ✔✔(1) recognized
standards, such as, but not limited to:
(A) standards of the National Fire Protection Association;
(B) standards recognized by federal law or regulation; or
(C) standards published by a nationally recognized standards-making organization;
(2) the National Electrical Code; or
(3) information provided by individual manufacturers.
✔✔(T/F) A stamped signature is allowed on Service, Inspection, etc., labels. - ✔✔False
✔✔What 7 things must be listed on an Inspection/Test label? - ✔✔(1) DO NOT
REMOVE BY ORDER OF TEXAS STATE FIRE MARSHAL;
(2) INSPECTION/TEST RECORD;
(3) the registered firm's name, address, telephone number and certificate of registration
number;
(4) the date of the inspection performed, the licensee's signature and license number;
(5) the type of inspection/test performed: new installation, semiannual, quarterly, or
annual;
(6) the last date of sensitivity test, if known; and
(7) the status after the inspection/test if acceptable or if yellow or red label attached.
✔✔Installation labels must be: - ✔✔white with black lettering, approximately three
inches in height and width and have an adhesive on the back.
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What can a municipality, county, or other political subdivision NOT require of a
registered firm, a license holder, or an employee of a license holder? - ✔✔1. obtain a
registration, franchise, or license from the political subdivision
2. pay any fee or franchise tax to the political subdivision
3. post a bond
4. maintain a business location or residency within that
political subdivision
5. impose qualification or financial responsibility requirements other than proof of a
registration certificate
✔✔What can a municipality or county require? - ✔✔1. they can mandate that a fire
alarm or detection system be installed in certain facilities, if the installation conforms to
applicable state law
2. a better type of alarm or detection system or otherwise safer condition than the
minimum required by state law
3. require regular inspections by local officials of smoke detectors in dwelling units and
require the smoke
detectors to be operational at the time of inspection.
4. a permit and to pay a permit
fee for the installation of a fire alarm or fire detection device or system
5. a registered firm to make a
telephone call to a monitored property before the firm notifies the municipality or county
of an alarm signal received by the firm from a fire detection device
✔✔The following inspections shall be performed by the licensed firm in order to assure
proper installation techniques are followed: - ✔✔(1) At the completion of the device
back-box installation but prior to the start of cable installation;
(2) At the completion of cable installation but prior to the start of device installation; and
(3) At the completion of device installation but prior to activating the fire alarm system.
✔✔What 5 things must be listed on a YELLOW label - ✔✔1. DO NOT REMOVE BY
ORDER OF THE TEXAS FIRE MARSHALL
2. SYSTEM DOES NOT COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE CODES & STANDARDS
3. The firm's name, address, telephone and registration number
4. Date label was attached and Licensee signature and license number
5. A list of conditions resulting in the label
✔✔Where must the 3 copies of the installation certificate be distributed? - ✔✔(1)
original at the site of installation after completion of the installation;
(2) one copy retained for the life of the system or ten years, whichever occurs
first, by the certifying company for access by the State Fire Marshal's Office; and
, (3) one copy to be sent within 10 days after completion of installation to the local
authority having jurisdiction.
✔✔An individual or organization may not: - ✔✔(1) plan, certify, lease, sell, service,
install, monitor, or maintain a fire alarm or fire
detection device or system without a license or registration certificate;
(2) obtain or attempt to obtain a registration certificate or license by fraudulent
representation; or
(3) plan, certify, lease, sell, service, install, monitor, or maintain a fire alarm or fire
detection device or system in violation of Chapter 6002 of the Texas Insurance Code or
the rules adopted under this
chapter.
✔✔What 5 things must be listed on an Installation Label? - ✔✔1. DO NOT REMOVE BY
ORDER OF THE TEXAS FIRE MARSHALL
2. INSTALLATION RECORD
3. The firm's name, address, telephone and registration number
4. Installation date and Licensee signature and license number
5. the name and license number of the fire alarm planning superintendent or residential
fire alarm planning superintendent (as applicable) or professional engineer's name and
license number who planned the system.
✔✔In adopting necessary rules, the commissioner may use: - ✔✔(1) recognized
standards, such as, but not limited to:
(A) standards of the National Fire Protection Association;
(B) standards recognized by federal law or regulation; or
(C) standards published by a nationally recognized standards-making organization;
(2) the National Electrical Code; or
(3) information provided by individual manufacturers.
✔✔(T/F) A stamped signature is allowed on Service, Inspection, etc., labels. - ✔✔False
✔✔What 7 things must be listed on an Inspection/Test label? - ✔✔(1) DO NOT
REMOVE BY ORDER OF TEXAS STATE FIRE MARSHAL;
(2) INSPECTION/TEST RECORD;
(3) the registered firm's name, address, telephone number and certificate of registration
number;
(4) the date of the inspection performed, the licensee's signature and license number;
(5) the type of inspection/test performed: new installation, semiannual, quarterly, or
annual;
(6) the last date of sensitivity test, if known; and
(7) the status after the inspection/test if acceptable or if yellow or red label attached.
✔✔Installation labels must be: - ✔✔white with black lettering, approximately three
inches in height and width and have an adhesive on the back.
