Fire Alarm Final Exam | Questions with 100% Correct Answers

Fire Alarm Final Exam | Questions with 100% Correct Answers Which of the following is not one of the three primary fire protection elements for providing fire protection in a building? A. Containment B. Detection and alarm c. Reporting d. suppression Which of the following are considered primary functions of a fire alarm system? I. Actuation of emergency control functions II. Early detection of fires III. Notification of the fire department IV. Occupant notification V. Supervision of other systems a. II. only b. lI. and IV c. lI. and V d. All the above The world's first public fire alarm reporting system was used in? a. Baltimore b. Boston c. New York d. Washington, DC Fusible link technology was first used for? a. heat detectors b. manual fire alarm boxes c. radiant energy-sensing fire detectors d. smoke detectors The first detector was made commercially available in the 1960s? a. air-sampling smoke b. heat c. pneumatic tube-type heat d. smoke Single- and multiple-station smoke alarms for dwellings are only used for? a. heritage protection b. life safety c. mission continuity d. property protection Air-sampling smoke detectors were developed in? a. Australia b. New Zealand c. the United Kingdom d. the United States ------ were developed to protect large open areas? a. Air-sampling smoke detectors b. Projected beam smoke detectors c. Single-station smoke alarms d. spot-type smoke detectors The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in the? a. 1970s b. 1980s c. 1990s d. 2000s Central, proprietary, and remote are all examples of ___ systems. a. emergency communications b. emergency monitoring c. public emergency reporting d. supervising station Supervising stations that only monitor property owned by the supervising station operator are called? a. central supervising stations b. proprietary supervising stations c. protected premises systems d. remote supervising stations An in-building fire emergency voice/alarm communications system is usually found in a? a. dwelling b. high-rise building c. small office building d. warehouse The primary purpose of dwelling fire warning equipment or systems is? a. heritage protection b. Life safety c. mission continuity d. property protection A(n) _____ usually provides signal information in a floor plan format A. graphic annunciator b. LCD display c. NAC d. riser drawing A fire alarm control unit performs which of the following functions? a. Provides graphical user interface b. provides monitoring of circuits c. Provides power to initiating devices d. All of the above An addressable fire alarm system control unit monitors the status of initiating devices? a. by periodically polling the device b. by turning the initiating device ON and OFF c. through alarm verification d. through small supervision current through an end-of-line device ______ is/are most commonly used to protect buildings? a. Deluge systems b. Dry-pipe sprinklers c. pre-action d. Wet-pipe sprinklers Which of the following is an alarm signal initiating device? a. Manual station b. room temperature switch c. valve tamper switch d. water level switch Which of the following is considered an emergency safety control function? a. Door unlocking b. Elevator recall c. elevator shutdown d. All of the above A _______ system usually requires the actuation of ______ detector(s) to open the charging valve, which floods the sprinkler piping in the protected space. a. deluge / 4 b. dry-pipe sprinkler / 3 c. pre-action / 2 d. wet-pipe sprinkler / 1 Which of the following types of notification appliances are frequently used to alert occupants? I. FACU display II. Horns III. Printers IV. Speakers V. Strobes a. l., II., and V b. lI. and V c. II., IV., and V d. lII. only _____ is an example of an emergency control function that may be controlled by a. fire alarm system. b. Door locking c. elevator recall or shutdown d Fire pump starting identify the following supervisory initiating device. pic(