Texas Fire Alarm Statutes & Rules TFM11 2026–2027
– Practice Test, Answers & Study Guide
$500 - correct answers -Initial Registration Certification Fee
$500 ($1000 after 2 yrs) - correct answers -Renewal of a registration certificate for each year
$250 annually ($500 for 2yrs) - correct answers -Renewal of registration certification for selling single
station devices
$150 - correct answers -Initial Branch office registration certificate
$500 annually - correct answers -Initial/Renewal training school approval fee
$150 ($300 for 2 yrs) - correct answers -Renewal of branch office registration certificate annually
$50 annually - correct answers -Initial/Renewal of a training school instructor approval
$120 - correct answers -Initial license fee (non-residential)
$100 annually ($200 for 2 yrs) - correct answers -License Renewal fee (non-residential)
$50 ($100 for 2yrs) - correct answers -Initial license fees and annual renewal (Residential)
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,$30 - correct answers -Initial Exam Fee
$20 - correct answers -Re-exam fee
$20 - correct answers -Fee for duplicate registration certificates, license, or changes
Monitoring - correct answers -Limited registration certificates are for organizations restricted to
_____________
Branch office registration certificate - correct answers -Each separate office location must have a
_____________
Registered - correct answers -A branch office must be a part of a ____________ firm
Single; Branch office registration certificates - correct answers -Registered firms that deal only with
____________ station devices do not need ______________ for separate locations.
$100K for combines single limits for bodily injury and property damage for each occurrence;
$300K aggregate for all occurrences for each policy year - correct answers -What are the limits of
insurance?
Certificate of Insurance (COI) - correct answers -Proof of insurance must be in the form of ___________
Application and evidence of completion from an approved training school. - correct answers -What is
needed for a residential fire alarm license?
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, Monitoring; Fire Alarm tech or residential Fire Alarm superintendent; Fire Alarm tech - correct answers -
A fire alarm tech can perform/supervise __________.
A fire alarm planning superintendent (APS) can act as _____________ or __________.
A residential fire alarm superintendent (RAS) may act as ____________
2 years - correct answers -Renewal license is valid for how long?
Before the expiration date - correct answers -An unexpired license may be renewed when?
Renew by paying: Renewal fee and a fee not to exceed 1/4 the initial fee - correct answers -How to
renew a license that is expired for 90 days or less
Renew by paying: all unpaid fees and a fee not to exceed the initial fee - correct answers -How to renew
a license that is expired for more than 90 days but less than 2 years?
May not renew, must reapply (initial fee) - correct answers -How to renew a license that is expired for
more than 2 years?
Only after notice and hearing - correct answers -When can the fire marshal suspend, revoke, or refuse
certificate or license?
14 days prior to change - correct answers -Change of ownership application should be completed how
many days before completion?
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– Practice Test, Answers & Study Guide
$500 - correct answers -Initial Registration Certification Fee
$500 ($1000 after 2 yrs) - correct answers -Renewal of a registration certificate for each year
$250 annually ($500 for 2yrs) - correct answers -Renewal of registration certification for selling single
station devices
$150 - correct answers -Initial Branch office registration certificate
$500 annually - correct answers -Initial/Renewal training school approval fee
$150 ($300 for 2 yrs) - correct answers -Renewal of branch office registration certificate annually
$50 annually - correct answers -Initial/Renewal of a training school instructor approval
$120 - correct answers -Initial license fee (non-residential)
$100 annually ($200 for 2 yrs) - correct answers -License Renewal fee (non-residential)
$50 ($100 for 2yrs) - correct answers -Initial license fees and annual renewal (Residential)
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,$30 - correct answers -Initial Exam Fee
$20 - correct answers -Re-exam fee
$20 - correct answers -Fee for duplicate registration certificates, license, or changes
Monitoring - correct answers -Limited registration certificates are for organizations restricted to
_____________
Branch office registration certificate - correct answers -Each separate office location must have a
_____________
Registered - correct answers -A branch office must be a part of a ____________ firm
Single; Branch office registration certificates - correct answers -Registered firms that deal only with
____________ station devices do not need ______________ for separate locations.
$100K for combines single limits for bodily injury and property damage for each occurrence;
$300K aggregate for all occurrences for each policy year - correct answers -What are the limits of
insurance?
Certificate of Insurance (COI) - correct answers -Proof of insurance must be in the form of ___________
Application and evidence of completion from an approved training school. - correct answers -What is
needed for a residential fire alarm license?
2
, Monitoring; Fire Alarm tech or residential Fire Alarm superintendent; Fire Alarm tech - correct answers -
A fire alarm tech can perform/supervise __________.
A fire alarm planning superintendent (APS) can act as _____________ or __________.
A residential fire alarm superintendent (RAS) may act as ____________
2 years - correct answers -Renewal license is valid for how long?
Before the expiration date - correct answers -An unexpired license may be renewed when?
Renew by paying: Renewal fee and a fee not to exceed 1/4 the initial fee - correct answers -How to
renew a license that is expired for 90 days or less
Renew by paying: all unpaid fees and a fee not to exceed the initial fee - correct answers -How to renew
a license that is expired for more than 90 days but less than 2 years?
May not renew, must reapply (initial fee) - correct answers -How to renew a license that is expired for
more than 2 years?
Only after notice and hearing - correct answers -When can the fire marshal suspend, revoke, or refuse
certificate or license?
14 days prior to change - correct answers -Change of ownership application should be completed how
many days before completion?
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