2025/2026 IRC EXAM PART 3 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Photoelectric smoke alarms shall not be installed less than feet horizontally from a per
manently installed cooking appliance.
Ionization alarm separation distance is feet, and ionization alarms with a silencing button i
s __________ feet. - CORRECT ANSWER -6
20
10
Section R314 3.1 Installation near cooking appliances, Item 3.
Smoke alarms shall receive their primary power from the building wiring where such wiring is served f
rom a commercial source and, where primary power is interrupted, shall receive power from a
. - CORRECT ANSWER -battery
Section R314.6 Power source.
Physical interconnection of smoke alarms shall not be required where
, alarms are installed. - CORRECT ANSWER -listed wireless
(all alarms must sound upon activation of one alarm)
Section R314.4 Interconnection.
Smoke alarms are required in each .
Smoke alarms are required outside each separate .
Smoke alarms are required on each additional story of the dwelling, including and
and not including and .-
CORRECT ANSWER -sleeping room
sleeping area
basements, habitable attics
crawl spaces, uninhabitable attics
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Photoelectric smoke alarms shall not be installed less than feet horizontally from a per
manently installed cooking appliance.
Ionization alarm separation distance is feet, and ionization alarms with a silencing button i
s __________ feet. - CORRECT ANSWER -6
20
10
Section R314 3.1 Installation near cooking appliances, Item 3.
Smoke alarms shall receive their primary power from the building wiring where such wiring is served f
rom a commercial source and, where primary power is interrupted, shall receive power from a
. - CORRECT ANSWER -battery
Section R314.6 Power source.
Physical interconnection of smoke alarms shall not be required where
, alarms are installed. - CORRECT ANSWER -listed wireless
(all alarms must sound upon activation of one alarm)
Section R314.4 Interconnection.
Smoke alarms are required in each .
Smoke alarms are required outside each separate .
Smoke alarms are required on each additional story of the dwelling, including and
and not including and .-
CORRECT ANSWER -sleeping room
sleeping area
basements, habitable attics
crawl spaces, uninhabitable attics
