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Denver Fire Alarm Technician License Tips and Drill

Ted “ Smitty ” Smith. Denver Fire Alarm Technician License Tips and Drill. Some Tips. I have included in the following slides some key sections from each of the codes you will primarily encounter on the test. I recommend reading each of the key sections noted.

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Denver Fire Alarm Technician License Tips and Drill

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  1. Ted “Smitty” Smith Denver Fire Alarm Technician License Tips and Drill

  2. Some Tips • I have included in the following slides some key sections from each of the codes you will primarily encounter on the test. I recommend reading each of the key sections noted. • The Denver Building Amendments can be difficult to navigate. I recommend reading through one time the entire Chapter 5 and reading through two times the entire Chapter 9. • The majority of the second part of your test will be answered in Chapter 9 of the Denver Building Amendments.

  3. Key Sections to Study • NEC • Article 760.142 • Article 760.154(B)(1) • Article 760.130(A) • Article 760.143 • Article 760.176

  4. NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm CodeChapter 10 Fundamentals • 10.4.1.2 • 10.5.5.2.2 • 10.5.5.2.3 • 10.5.6.3 • 10.5.6.4.1 • 10.5.9.1.1 • 10.5.9.3.2 • 10.5.9.6.1 • 10.5.9.6.2 • 10.11.5.2 • 10.16.3.1 • 10.16.3.2 • 10.17.1.13 • 10.18.2.3

  5. NFPA 72 Chapter 14 Inspection, Testing and Maintenance • 14.2.2.1 • 14.2.7.2 • 14.2.8 • T14.3.1 Section 8 • T14.3.1 Section 9 (h) • T14.3.1 Section 19(3) • 14.4.5.3 • 14.4.5.3.1 • 14.4.5.3.2 • T14.4.5 Section 5(a) • T14.4.5 Section 15(h) • 14.4.5.3.3 • 14.4.6 • 14.4.8.1 • 14.6.1.3

  6. NFPA 72 Chapter 17 Initiating Devices and Chapter 18 Notification Appliances • 17.5.2 • 17.6.3.1.2 • 17.7.3.2.1 • 17.3.2.3.1 • 17.7.6.3.1 • T17.7.6.3.3.1 • 17.12.2 • 18.3.3.2 • 18.3.4.2 • 18.3.5.2 • 18.4.1.1 • 18.4.4.1 • 18.5.2.4 • 18.5.2.6 • 18.5.4.4.1 • 18.5.4.4.4

  7. NFPA 72 Chapter 23 Protected Premises Fire Alarm Systems • 23.2.3.1 • 23.5.2 • 23.8.1.1 • 23.8.4.7 • 23.8.5.5.2 • 23.8.5.6.2 • 23.8.6.2.1 • 23.8.6.2.4 • 23.16.4 • 23.18.4.2

  8. Denver Building Amendments • 510.1.1.3 • 907.1.2.2 Exceptions 1 and 2 • 907.1.6 Exception 2 • 907.1.6 Exception 9 • 907.2.13.1 (6) • 907.2.23 • Also be sure to check exception • 907.6.2.1 • 907.7.3.1 • 907.7.3.1.2

  9. Instructions • This slide show contains multiple timed questions. All questions can be answered using the International Fire Code, The National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code and the Denver Building Amendments. • If you put the slide show into slide show mode, the slides will transition automatically and allow you 3 minutes for each question. The answers will stay up for only 15 seconds. When you reach the end of the practice test there will be a slide that reads STOP. • You can then click on the slide and the questions will be repeated without the timer so that you can write down questions and answers and take notes. • During the timed section, do not worry about writing down the correct answer. Proceed through the timed section then review the questions and answer again without the timer.

  10. Conductors of ______ AWG shall be permitted only where spliced with a connector listed as suitable when used in a PLFA circuit.

  11. 26 • 760.142

  12. Type ________ cable may be used in place of FPLP cable in a plenum area for PLFA circuit.

  13. CMP • 760.154 (A)

  14. Conductors for NPLFA wiring methods shall be cables that are made of solid or stranded copper or aluminum only. • True or False

  15. False • Copper Only • 760.130 (A)

  16. Complete records of all signals received by a supervising station shall be kept for a period of ________________.

  17. 1 year NFPA 72 26.4.6.1

  18. A type public alarm system shall be required where the number of all alarms required to be retransmitted exceeds _____________ per year.

  19. 2500 NFPA 72 27.5.2.1.2

  20. A fire alarm system installed in an occupancy that does not require a fire alarm system shall ____________________________. • A. comply with NFPA 72 • B. not be required to comply with NFPA 72 • C. comply with chapters 17 and 18 of NFPA 72 only • D. comply with the NEC only

  21. A. comply with NFPA 72 (23.2.3.1)

  22. 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. • 3 • 6 • 10 • 15

  23. 10 (23.4.2.2 List item 1)

  24. 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. • Supervisory • Alarm • Trouble • None of the above

  25. Trouble (23.5.2)

  26. Actuation of alarm notification appliances or emergency voice communications, fire safety functions, and annunciation at the protected premises shall occur within ____________ after the activation of an initiating device. • 5 seconds • 10 seconds • 30 seconds • 1 minute

  27. 10 seconds (23.8.1.1)

  28. Power limited fire alarm circuit conductors shall not be strapped, taped, or attached by any means to the exterior of any conduit or other raceway as a means of support. • True • False

  29. True • NEC 760.143

  30. Visible notification signals _______________________ be required in exit stair enclosures and exit passageways. • Shall • Shall not

  31. Shall not (23.8.6.2.1)

  32. Type NPLFP cable shall be listed for use if used in other spaces used for environmental air and shall also be listed as having adequate fire resistance and ________________characteristics.

  33. Low smoke producing • NEC 760.176(C)

  34. New and existing buildings shall have approved address numbers, building numbers or letters, or approved building identification placed in a position that is plainly legible and visible from the street or road fronting the property. Addresses are not required to be posted at the rear of the property at the alleyway. • True or False

  35. False • Must be at alleyway also • DBA 505.1

  36. High Rise buildings shall be supplied by a minimum of three independent public water mains. • True or False

  37. False • Two • DBA 507.2.3

  38. A fire alarm system must be supplied by a minimum of __________ independent and reliable power supplies. • One • Two • Three • Four

  39. Two (10.5.3.2)

  40. A coded alarm signal shall consist of not less than__________ complete rounds of the number transmitted. • One • Two • Three • Four

  41. Three (10.9.3)

  42. A coded supervisory signal shall be permitted to consist of ___________ rounds of the number transmitted to indicate a supervisory off-normal condition. • One • Two • Three • Four

  43. Two (10.11.1.1)

  44. In existing buildings undergoing a panel replacement, remote annunciators with silence and reset functions may be provided when approved by the dire code official. The units shall be equipped with enable/disable switches and shall be contained behind a transparent, lockable cover. • True or False

  45. False • Shall not be equipped with an enable/disable • DBA 907.1.2.2 Exception 1

  46. 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. • 6 inches • 12 inches • 18 inches • 24 inches

  47. 12 inches ( 17.7.3.2.1)

  48. The lamps and LED’s for the control equipment of a Mass Notification System shall be visually inspected ________________________________. • Monthly • Quarterly • Semi-annually • Annually

  49. Semi-Annually (Table 14.3.1 Page 57)

  50. Systems undergoing maintenance or modification shall not have any portion of the system our of service for more than 8 hours. • True or False

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