TFM 11 EXAMS MANUAL 2025 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
RATED A+
✔✔Incomplete Renewal Application Consequences - ✔✔Granted 30 days to complete,
may incur late fees after
✔✔Renewing License When Not Employed by Registered Firm - ✔✔Yes, but cannot
engage in License activity until re-employed
✔✔Employment Requirement for License Issuance - ✔✔Must be employed by a
registered firm
✔✔Use of Non-Laboratory Certified Equipment - ✔✔Allowed if compliant with law at
installation and unmodified
✔✔License Revocation Re-application Wait Time - ✔✔You must wait at least one year
after the date the license was revoked. Request a public hearing to justify re-application.
✔✔Actions Constituting Criminal Offense - ✔✔-Planning, installing or monitoring
systems without a license.
-Running a separate branch without its own certificate.
-Running a firm without at least one employee who is a Technician, Superintendent or
Planning Superintendent.
✔✔Type of Criminal Offense - ✔✔Class B misdemeanor.
✔✔Monitoring Equipment Definition - ✔✔Equipment used to transmit and receive Fire
Trouble, Supervisory and Alarm Signals to and from a firm registered to monitor such
signals.
✔✔N.I.C.E.T Acronym - ✔✔National Institute for Certification and Engineering
Technologies
✔✔Approved Testing Laboratory Definition - ✔✔An organization that lists all the
equipment that complies with the state fire rules.
✔✔Approved Testing Organization Definition - ✔✔An organization that tests applicants,
such as N.I.C.E.T
✔✔Firm's Certificate of Registration Rules - ✔✔-A specific location must be maintained
by the firm and listed on the certificate.
-The certificate must be posted CONSPICUOUSLY at the business location.
✔✔Firm's Certificate Invalidation Cause - ✔✔A total change of a firm's ownership.
, ✔✔Firm's Certificate Revision Cause - ✔✔A change in business name, location or
mailing address.
✔✔Business Change Requiring Notification - ✔✔A change in corporate officers.
✔✔Activities Allowed with FIRE ALARM TECHNICIAN License - ✔✔Installation,
inspection, certifying, servicing, testing, maintaining, and monitoring of fire devices and
systems.
✔✔Activities Allowed with RESIDENTIAL FIRE ALARM SUPERINTENDENT SINGLE
STATION License - ✔✔Planning, installation, inspection, certifying, servicing, testing,
maintaining, and monitoring of RESIDENTIAL SINGLE STATION devices and systems.
✔✔Activities Allowed with FIRE ALARM MONITORING TECHNICIAN License -
✔✔Monitoring of fire devices and systems ONLY.
✔✔Activities Allowed with RESIDENTIAL FIRE ALARM SUPERINTENDENT License -
✔✔Planning, installing, certifying, inspecting, testing, servicing, monitoring, and
maintenance of RESIDENTIAL devices and systems. This license allows the
SUPERINTENDENT to act as a fire alarm technician.
✔✔Activities Allowed with FIRE ALARM PLANNING SUPERINTENDENT License -
✔✔Planning, installing, certifying, testing, servicing, monitoring, and maintenance of fire
devices and systems. This license allows the SUPERINTENDENT to act as a fire alarm
technician or as a residential fire alarm superintendent.
✔✔License Display Requirement - ✔✔A pocket license must be kept on the licensee
when working, and a paper wall license must be displayed conspicuously at the
business location. Altered licenses are invalid.
✔✔Restriction on Engaging in Fire Activities - ✔✔Cannot engage in fire activities when
NOT employed by a registered firm.
✔✔Notification Period for Employee Termination - ✔✔Firm must notify the fire Marshall
within 14 days of an employee's termination.
✔✔License Applicants Requiring Fire Marshall's Technical Test - ✔✔Residential fire
alarm single station and fire alarm monitoring technician applicants ONLY need to take
the fire Marshall's technical test.
✔✔What must a Fire Alarm Technician and Residential Fire Alarm Superintendent
applicants furnish the Fire Marshall with? - ✔✔Notification from NICET confirming
RATED A+
✔✔Incomplete Renewal Application Consequences - ✔✔Granted 30 days to complete,
may incur late fees after
✔✔Renewing License When Not Employed by Registered Firm - ✔✔Yes, but cannot
engage in License activity until re-employed
✔✔Employment Requirement for License Issuance - ✔✔Must be employed by a
registered firm
✔✔Use of Non-Laboratory Certified Equipment - ✔✔Allowed if compliant with law at
installation and unmodified
✔✔License Revocation Re-application Wait Time - ✔✔You must wait at least one year
after the date the license was revoked. Request a public hearing to justify re-application.
✔✔Actions Constituting Criminal Offense - ✔✔-Planning, installing or monitoring
systems without a license.
-Running a separate branch without its own certificate.
-Running a firm without at least one employee who is a Technician, Superintendent or
Planning Superintendent.
✔✔Type of Criminal Offense - ✔✔Class B misdemeanor.
✔✔Monitoring Equipment Definition - ✔✔Equipment used to transmit and receive Fire
Trouble, Supervisory and Alarm Signals to and from a firm registered to monitor such
signals.
✔✔N.I.C.E.T Acronym - ✔✔National Institute for Certification and Engineering
Technologies
✔✔Approved Testing Laboratory Definition - ✔✔An organization that lists all the
equipment that complies with the state fire rules.
✔✔Approved Testing Organization Definition - ✔✔An organization that tests applicants,
such as N.I.C.E.T
✔✔Firm's Certificate of Registration Rules - ✔✔-A specific location must be maintained
by the firm and listed on the certificate.
-The certificate must be posted CONSPICUOUSLY at the business location.
✔✔Firm's Certificate Invalidation Cause - ✔✔A total change of a firm's ownership.
, ✔✔Firm's Certificate Revision Cause - ✔✔A change in business name, location or
mailing address.
✔✔Business Change Requiring Notification - ✔✔A change in corporate officers.
✔✔Activities Allowed with FIRE ALARM TECHNICIAN License - ✔✔Installation,
inspection, certifying, servicing, testing, maintaining, and monitoring of fire devices and
systems.
✔✔Activities Allowed with RESIDENTIAL FIRE ALARM SUPERINTENDENT SINGLE
STATION License - ✔✔Planning, installation, inspection, certifying, servicing, testing,
maintaining, and monitoring of RESIDENTIAL SINGLE STATION devices and systems.
✔✔Activities Allowed with FIRE ALARM MONITORING TECHNICIAN License -
✔✔Monitoring of fire devices and systems ONLY.
✔✔Activities Allowed with RESIDENTIAL FIRE ALARM SUPERINTENDENT License -
✔✔Planning, installing, certifying, inspecting, testing, servicing, monitoring, and
maintenance of RESIDENTIAL devices and systems. This license allows the
SUPERINTENDENT to act as a fire alarm technician.
✔✔Activities Allowed with FIRE ALARM PLANNING SUPERINTENDENT License -
✔✔Planning, installing, certifying, testing, servicing, monitoring, and maintenance of fire
devices and systems. This license allows the SUPERINTENDENT to act as a fire alarm
technician or as a residential fire alarm superintendent.
✔✔License Display Requirement - ✔✔A pocket license must be kept on the licensee
when working, and a paper wall license must be displayed conspicuously at the
business location. Altered licenses are invalid.
✔✔Restriction on Engaging in Fire Activities - ✔✔Cannot engage in fire activities when
NOT employed by a registered firm.
✔✔Notification Period for Employee Termination - ✔✔Firm must notify the fire Marshall
within 14 days of an employee's termination.
✔✔License Applicants Requiring Fire Marshall's Technical Test - ✔✔Residential fire
alarm single station and fire alarm monitoring technician applicants ONLY need to take
the fire Marshall's technical test.
✔✔What must a Fire Alarm Technician and Residential Fire Alarm Superintendent
applicants furnish the Fire Marshall with? - ✔✔Notification from NICET confirming
