NFPA 160 Exam Questions and Answers
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Accessible hazard area - ANSWER-Area made hazardous by the flame effect that
is normally accessible to a person without the deliberate use of an additional means
of access that is not normally in place
Storage area - ANSWER-where fuel or materials are held prior to use to movment
to holding area
Direct ignition - ANSWER-automatic or manual ignition system that ignites fuel
without a pilot
Fail-safe - ANSWER-a state or an attribute of a system such that every single point
failure in the system results in all controlling parts of the system with the ability to
do harm to humans, animals, or equipment being disconnected from all sources of
power and stored energy at the primary disconnect point
Fire - ANSWER-after arm, it is the control system functions that result in the
deliberate release of fuel for ignition
Flame effect burner - ANSWER-A burner designed to produce specific sizes and
configurations of flames for flame effects
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, Flame effect material - ANSWER-A flammable material that is used as fuel to
create a flame
Flame effect safety controller - ANSWER-A control system that is part of a flame
effect appliance that is used to prove that the source of ignition is present (flame
safeguard control)
Group II flame effect - ANSWER-An individual or group flame effect designed
fro unattended operation that is temporarily or permanently installed outside any
sructure (eternal monument flame)
Group III flame effect - ANSWER-An attended, temporarily installed flame effect
for a specific production with limited operation and fixed time for removal
Group IV flame effect - ANSWER-Large or group flame effect that is
permanently installed inside or outside any structure desined for unattended
operation WITHOUT a main show supervisory control system
Group V flame effect - ANSWER-A large individual or group flame effect that is
temporarily or permanently installed inside or outside any structure and is designed
for intermittent or continuous operation under the supervision of a main show
control system, but without full-time supervision by a technition
Group VI flame effect - ANSWER-A large individual or group flame effect that is
temporarily or permanently installed outside or inside any structure and is designed
for intermittent operation under the supervision of a main show control system
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Accessible hazard area - ANSWER-Area made hazardous by the flame effect that
is normally accessible to a person without the deliberate use of an additional means
of access that is not normally in place
Storage area - ANSWER-where fuel or materials are held prior to use to movment
to holding area
Direct ignition - ANSWER-automatic or manual ignition system that ignites fuel
without a pilot
Fail-safe - ANSWER-a state or an attribute of a system such that every single point
failure in the system results in all controlling parts of the system with the ability to
do harm to humans, animals, or equipment being disconnected from all sources of
power and stored energy at the primary disconnect point
Fire - ANSWER-after arm, it is the control system functions that result in the
deliberate release of fuel for ignition
Flame effect burner - ANSWER-A burner designed to produce specific sizes and
configurations of flames for flame effects
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, Flame effect material - ANSWER-A flammable material that is used as fuel to
create a flame
Flame effect safety controller - ANSWER-A control system that is part of a flame
effect appliance that is used to prove that the source of ignition is present (flame
safeguard control)
Group II flame effect - ANSWER-An individual or group flame effect designed
fro unattended operation that is temporarily or permanently installed outside any
sructure (eternal monument flame)
Group III flame effect - ANSWER-An attended, temporarily installed flame effect
for a specific production with limited operation and fixed time for removal
Group IV flame effect - ANSWER-Large or group flame effect that is
permanently installed inside or outside any structure desined for unattended
operation WITHOUT a main show supervisory control system
Group V flame effect - ANSWER-A large individual or group flame effect that is
temporarily or permanently installed inside or outside any structure and is designed
for intermittent or continuous operation under the supervision of a main show
control system, but without full-time supervision by a technition
Group VI flame effect - ANSWER-A large individual or group flame effect that is
temporarily or permanently installed outside or inside any structure and is designed
for intermittent operation under the supervision of a main show control system
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