FLORIDA STATE FIRE INSPECTOR Questions with Correct Solutions
Question:
1. What is the max travel distance to an exit in a sprinkler protected education building?
Answer:
200 ft
Question:
2. What is the activation temperature of an Orange Head Sprinkler?
Answer:
500-575 Degrees F (Classification is Ultra High)
Question:
3. What type of sprinkler head hangs down?
Answer:
Pendant
Question:
4. How often are fire service elevators tested?
Answer:
Monthly
Question:
5. What is fire load?
Answer:
The max amount of heat that can be produced if all the combustible materials in a given area
burn
Question:
6. What is the maximum travel distance for a Class D extinguisher
Answer:
75 feet (Same as Class A)
Question:
7. What is the minimum clearance from combustible materials for cooking equipment?
Answer:
18 Inches
,Question:
8. What is the minimum distance between above ground flammable or combustible storage
tanks
Answer:
3 feet
Question:
9. What are the four basic components of a dry chemical extinguishing system?
Answer:
Storage tank, Piping, Nozzle, Actuating Mechanism
Question:
10. What two materials is flame spread rating based on?
Answer:
Asbestos Cement Board (0 rating) Red Oak Wood (100 rating)
Question:
11. What are the three parts of Means of Egress
Answer:
Exit access, Exit, Exit discharge
Question:
12. What should an inspector do before performing any inspection?
Answer:
Ask for permission to inspect the building
Question:
13. What is the length of time a temporary platform may be erected for in a new assembly?
Answer:
30 days
Question:
14. A fire alarm must be in apartment buildings that are?
Answer:
More than 3-4 stories, More than 11 units
Question:
15. What is the pressure in a dry pipe sprinkler system?
, Answer:
15-20psi above the trip point
Question:
16. What is chipboard?
Answer:
Sometimes used for floors in mobile homes (wood chips glued together to make flat sheets)
Question:
17. Extinguishers weighing more than 40lbs must have the top no higher than?
Answer:
3.5 feet
Question:
18. Extinguishers weighing more than 40 lbs must be no closer than ___ to the floor
Answer:
4 inches
Question:
19. How tall is the typical platform-frame construction building?
Answer:
3 stories
Question:
20. What temperature is an ordinary sprinkler head rated at
Answer:
165F
Question:
21. What is fine aggregate usually made of?
Answer:
Sand
Question:
22. What is the clearance required below sprinkler heads?
Answer:
A minimum of 18" is required (measured from the deflector)
Question:
1. What is the max travel distance to an exit in a sprinkler protected education building?
Answer:
200 ft
Question:
2. What is the activation temperature of an Orange Head Sprinkler?
Answer:
500-575 Degrees F (Classification is Ultra High)
Question:
3. What type of sprinkler head hangs down?
Answer:
Pendant
Question:
4. How often are fire service elevators tested?
Answer:
Monthly
Question:
5. What is fire load?
Answer:
The max amount of heat that can be produced if all the combustible materials in a given area
burn
Question:
6. What is the maximum travel distance for a Class D extinguisher
Answer:
75 feet (Same as Class A)
Question:
7. What is the minimum clearance from combustible materials for cooking equipment?
Answer:
18 Inches
,Question:
8. What is the minimum distance between above ground flammable or combustible storage
tanks
Answer:
3 feet
Question:
9. What are the four basic components of a dry chemical extinguishing system?
Answer:
Storage tank, Piping, Nozzle, Actuating Mechanism
Question:
10. What two materials is flame spread rating based on?
Answer:
Asbestos Cement Board (0 rating) Red Oak Wood (100 rating)
Question:
11. What are the three parts of Means of Egress
Answer:
Exit access, Exit, Exit discharge
Question:
12. What should an inspector do before performing any inspection?
Answer:
Ask for permission to inspect the building
Question:
13. What is the length of time a temporary platform may be erected for in a new assembly?
Answer:
30 days
Question:
14. A fire alarm must be in apartment buildings that are?
Answer:
More than 3-4 stories, More than 11 units
Question:
15. What is the pressure in a dry pipe sprinkler system?
, Answer:
15-20psi above the trip point
Question:
16. What is chipboard?
Answer:
Sometimes used for floors in mobile homes (wood chips glued together to make flat sheets)
Question:
17. Extinguishers weighing more than 40lbs must have the top no higher than?
Answer:
3.5 feet
Question:
18. Extinguishers weighing more than 40 lbs must be no closer than ___ to the floor
Answer:
4 inches
Question:
19. How tall is the typical platform-frame construction building?
Answer:
3 stories
Question:
20. What temperature is an ordinary sprinkler head rated at
Answer:
165F
Question:
21. What is fine aggregate usually made of?
Answer:
Sand
Question:
22. What is the clearance required below sprinkler heads?
Answer:
A minimum of 18" is required (measured from the deflector)
