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Which of the following audible alarm sequences is not correct?
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A. Low-rise non-fireproof buildings may sound the alarm on all floors.
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B. Alarm sounds on the fire floor only.
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C. Sounds in zones or groups of floors. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. Alarm
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sounds on the fire floor only. || || || || ||
While acknowledging trouble conditions for a lower floor, an alarm condition
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registers at the fire command station for an upper floor. What action should
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you take? ||
A. Alert upper floor fire wardens, activate brigade, and verify that the FD has
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been notified. ||
B. Due to troubles on lower floor, ignore alarm for the moment.
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C. Send brigade to lower floor first then to upper floor condition.
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D. Call FD and report both trouble and fire alarm conditions for the building.
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- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. Alert upper floor fire wardens, activate
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brigade, and verify that the FD has been notified.
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All of the following items are to be tested or serviced annually EXCEPT:
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,A. Pull Stations
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B. Water Flow Alarms
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C. Smoke Detectors
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D. Speaker/strobe - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. Water Flow Alarms
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Initiating devices cause the alarm panel actions EXCEPT:
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A. Area smoke detectors recall elevators.
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B. Manual pull stations do not unlock fail safe reentry doors.
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C. Sprinkler water flow alarms recall elevators.
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D. HVAC duct smoke detectors shut off associated fan units. - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔...A. Area smoke detectors recall elevators.
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Which is not a responsibility of a High Rise office building owner?
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A. to train the fire brigade.
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B. to provide for fire drills
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C. designate a Fire Safety Director
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D. provide for a written Fire Safety Plan - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. to
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train the fire brigade
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Phone jacks in J-1 (hotels) are located where?
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A. In stairwell with the standpipe.
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,B. Near warden phones.
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C. Near an emergency exit.
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D. In the elevator lobby. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. In stairwell with the
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standpipe.
In an office building after normal working hours with less than 100 persons
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above or below the street lobby floor or less than 500 persons in the entire
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building, who may operate the Fire Command Station during a fire alarm
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condition?
A. Building Evacuation Supervisor
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B. Fire Guards on duty
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C. building owner's representative
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D. Fire Chief - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. Building Evacuation Supervisor
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Class E or J (Class B & R-1 new code) signaling devices operate for what
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purpose?
A. Alert all people above the fire.
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B. Initially, to alert all those on the fire floor and one above (if alarm system is
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upgraded also sounds on the floor below)
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C. Sounds on all floors for a general evacuation of the building-hi rise.
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D. To calm people down. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔B. Initially, to alert all
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those on the fire floor and one above (if alarm system is upgraded also sounds
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on the floor below)
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, How do you determine that a pull station in a building called the FD?
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A. White painted front.
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B. Box has diagonal stripe from upper right corner to lower left.
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C. Red box says "Local alarm".
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D. Red box has 1 diagonal stripe from upper left to lower right front of box. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔D. Red box has 1 diagonal stripe from upper left to
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lower right front of box.
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All maintenance procedures are correct EXCEPT:
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A. Spray paint red only on pull station boxes.
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B. Clean smoke detectors every six months.
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C. Break glass stations require one replacement per station.
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D. Intelligent smoke detectors report their cleaning needs automatically. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A. Spray paint red only on pull station boxes.
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Hotels must conduct fire drills how often?
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A. quarterly
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B. monthly
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C. quarterly on each shift
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D. semi-annually on each shift - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔C. quarterly on
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each shift ||