Fire Alarm Practice Test 1

Based on the 2010 NFPA 72

Select the best possible answer based on the information contained in the above referenced code only.

  1. A fire alarm system installed in an occupancy that does not require a fire alarm system shall ______.
  2. comply with NFPA 72
  3. not be required to comply with NFPA 72
  4. comply with chapters 17 and 18 of NFPA 72 only
  5. comply with the NEC only
  6. A class A circuit in a protected premises using physical conductors shall be installed so that the outgoing and return conductors are routed separately unless for a distance not to exceed ______feet where the conductors enter or exit the initiating device, notification appliance, or control unit enclosures.
  7. 3
  8. 6
  9. 10
  10. 15
  11. A class B circuit in protected premises shall be designed and installed in a manner to ensure so that a ______signal shall annunciate in the condition of an open or ground condition in the wiring.
  12. Supervisory
  13. Alarm
  14. Trouble None of the above
  15. Actuation of alarm notification appliances or emergency voice communications, fire safety functions, and annunciationat the protected premises shall occur within ______after the activation of an initiating device.
  16. 5 seconds
  17. 10 seconds
  18. 30 seconds
  19. 1 minute
  20. Signals from a carbon monoxide detectors and carbon monoxide detection systems transmitted to a fire alarm system shall be permitted to be ______signals.
  21. Alarm
  22. Trouble
  23. Supervisory
  24. Indicative
  25. Visible notification signals ______be required in exit stair enclosures and exit passageways.
  26. Shall
  27. Shall not
  28. The evacuation signal ______be required to operate in elevator cars.
  29. Shall
  30. Shall not
  31. As applies to guard’s tour supervisory service, the system shall automatically transmit a delinquency signal within ______after the predetermined actuation time if the guard fails to actuate a tour station as scheduled.
  32. 10 seconds
  33. 30 seconds
  34. 5 minutes
  35. 15 minutes
  36. The occurrence of any single fault at the protected premises that disables transmission between any low-power radio transmitter and the receiver/ fire alarm control unit shall cause a latching trouble signal within ______.
  37. 10 seconds
  38. 30 seconds
  39. 60 seconds
  40. 200 seconds
  41. A fire alarm system must be supplied by a minimum of ______independent and reliable power supplies.
  42. One
  43. Two
  44. Three
  45. Four
  46. A coded alarm signal shall consist of not less than______complete rounds of the number transmitted.
  47. One
  48. Two
  49. Three
  50. Four
  51. A coded supervisory signal shall be permitted to consist of ______rounds of the number transmitted to indicate a supervisory off-normal condition.
  52. One
  53. Two
  54. Three
  55. Four
  1. Two way telephone communications circuit installation conductors shall be monitored for ______fault conditions that would cause the telephone communications circuit to become fully or partially inoperative.
  2. Ground fault
  3. Open fault
  4. Both ground fault and open fault
  5. None of the above
  6. Which of the following is not required to be delivered to the owner or the owner’s representative upon final acceptance of a fire alarm system?
  7. Record drawings
  8. A written sequence of operation
  9. And owner’s manual
  10. The Authority Having Jurisdiction’s final inspection report
  11. A discharge system such as an Ansul system is required to be tested ______.
  12. Every 6 months
  13. Once every year
  14. Twice every year
  15. None of the above
  16. The lamps and LED’s for the control equipment of a Mass Notification System shall be visually inspected ______.
  17. Monthly
  18. Quarterly
  19. Semi-annually
  20. Annually
  21. Smoke detectors are required to be visually inspected ______.
  22. Monthly
  23. Quarterly
  24. Semi-annually
  25. Annually
  26. A magnetic trip form of test is acceptable for the required smoke entry testing of a smoke detector.
  27. True
  28. False
  29. Smoke detectors are required to be tested for function ______.
  30. Monthly
  31. Quarterly
  32. Semi-annually
  33. Annually
  1. Spot type smoke detectors shall be located on the ceiling, or if on a side wall, between the ceiling and ______inches down from the ceiling to the top of the detector.
  2. 6 inches
  3. 12 inches
  4. 18 inches
  5. 24 inches