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1. Introduction Material Flashcards

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What does NFPA 70 2017 (NEC) Cover?

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The wiring requirements for the fire alarm systems

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What does Chapter 1 cover?

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Administration - Defines the scope, purpose, and administration of NFPA 72 2016

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What does Chapter 2 cover?

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Referenced Publications - Lists all referenced NFPA and ANSI specifications and codes

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What does Chapter 3 cover?

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Definitions - Has a brief explanations of almost every fire alarm term

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What does Chapter 10 cover?

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Fundamentals of Fire Alarm Systems - Includes power supplies, installation, equipment, and documentation

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What does Chapter 12 cover?

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Circuits and Pathways - Capabilities of types of circuits or system pathways

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What does Chapter 14 cover?

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Inspection, Testing & Maintenance - requirements for the inspection, testing, and maintenance for all devices and systems

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What does Chapter 17 cover?

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Initiating Devices - requirements for signaling devices, such as smoke and heat detectors

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What does Chapter 18 cover?

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Notification Devices - requirements for alarm bells, sirens, lights, and any device that indicates an alarm.

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What does Chapter 21 cover?

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Emergency Control Functions an Interfaces - requirements for emergency control function interfaces

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What does Chapter 23 cover?

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Protected Premises Fire Alarm Systems - system performance and integrity requirements

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What does Chapter 24 cover?

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Emergency Communications Systems (ECS) - Requirements of communications & mass notification systems

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What does Chapter 26 cover?

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Supervising Station Fire Alarm Systems - requirements between a continuously attended supervising station and the protected premises

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What responsibility does the State Fire Marshal have?

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Responsibility for administration and enforcement of any matter related to the installation, repair, modification or removal of fire protection equipment.

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Is a person able to work on a fire alarm system without being licensed?

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The only exception is for a provisional person in an approved formal apprenticeship program. They are permitted to work under the constant supervision of a certified person. The certified person is only allowed to supervise one provisional person.

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What article covers fire alarm systems specifically?

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Article 760 covers fire alarm systems specifically

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What does Chapter 27 cover?

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Public Reporting Fire Alarm Systems – Covers the requirements for municipal fire alarm systems.

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What does Chapter 29 cover?

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Single- and Multiple-Station Alarms and Household Fire Alarm Systems – Covers requirements for dwellings, hotels, day care, and nursing facilities.

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What does AHJ stand for?

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AHJ - Authority Having Jurisdiction

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What does CFPS stand for?

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CFPS - Certified Fire Protection Specialist

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What does FACU stand for?

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FACU - Fire Alarm Control Unit (also called a Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP)

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What does FAS stand for?

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FAS - Fire Alarm System

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What does IBC stand for?

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IBC - International Building Code

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What does IDC stand for?

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IDC - Initiating Device Circuit

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What does IFC stand for?

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IFC - International Fire Code

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What does NAC stand for?

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NAC - Notification Appliance Circuit

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What does NEC stand for?

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NEC - National Electrical Code

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What does NFPA stand for?

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NFPA - National Fire Protection Association

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What does NICET stand for?

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NICET - National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies

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What does SLC stand for?

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SLC - Signaling Line Circuit

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What is an Addressable Fire Alarm System?

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A system in which the fire alarm control unit and its associated devices are connected and communicate digitally. Each device is separately addressed.

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What is an Alarm Signal?

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A signal that results from the manual or automatic detection of an alarm condition. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.253.1)

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What is an Authority Having Jurisdiction?

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An organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing requirements of a code or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, an installation, or a procedure. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.2.2

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What is an Automatic Fire Detector? List some examples

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A device designed to detect the presence of a fire signature and to initiate action. Automatic fire detectors are classified as follows:
- automatic fire extinguishing or suppression system operation detector
- heat detector
- radiant energy-sensing fire detector
- fire-gas detector
- other fire detector
- smoke detector

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What is a Beam Construction and what are the requirement heights?

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Ceilings that have solid structural or solid nonstructural members projecting down from the ceiling surface more than 4 in. (100 mm) and spaced more than 36 in. (910 mm), center to center. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.38.1)

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What response is required for a Carbon Monoxide Alarm Signal?

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A signal indicating a concentration of carbon monoxide at or above the alarm threshold that could pose a risk to the life safety of the occupants and that requires immediate action. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.253.2)

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What is a Coded signal?

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An audible or visible signal that conveys several discrete bits or units of information. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.48)

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What is a Combination System? What are examples?

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A fire alarm system in which components are used, in whole or in part, in common with a non-fire signaling system. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.103.1) Examples of non-fire systems are:
- Security
- Card access control
- Closed circuit television
- Sound reinforcement
- Background music
- Paging
- Sound masking
- Building automation
- Time (Clocks)
- Attendance (Bell Schedule)

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What is a Control Unit? What is it also known as?

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A component of the fire alarm system, provided with primary and secondary power sources, which receives signals from initiating devices or other fire alarm control units, and processes these signals to determine part or all of the required fire alarm system output function(s). (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.100) Also known as the Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP), control panel, or control unit.

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What is a Conventional Fire Alarm System?

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A fire alarm system that consists of a control panel employing one or more initiating circuits, wired in parallel. The system is not capable of identifying the device that is in alarm, supervisory, or trouble status.

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What is a Detector?

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A device suitable for connection to a circuit that has a sensor that responds to a physical stimulus such as heat or smoke. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.66)

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What is a Dwelling Unit? What classifies a space as a Dwelling Unit?

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A single unit, providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.79)

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What is an Emergency Communications System?

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A system for the protection of life by indicating the existence of an emergency situation and communicating information necessary to facilitate an appropriate response and action. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.85)

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What is an Evacuation Signal?

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A distinctive alarm signal intended to be recognized by the occupants as requiring evacuation of the building. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.253.4)

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What is the definition of a Fire Alarm System?

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A system or portion of a combination system that consists of components and circuits arranged to monitor and annunciate the status of fire alarm or supervisory signal-initiating devices and to initiate the appropriate response to those signals.) (Section 3.3.103)

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What is the definition of a Household Fire Alarm System?

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A system of devices that uses a fire alarm control unit (panel) to produce an alarm signal in the household for the purpose of notifying the occupants of the presence of a fire so that they will evacuate the premises. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.103.2)

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What is the definition of an Initiation Device?

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A system component that originates transmission of a change-of-state condition, such as in a smoke detector, manual fire alarm box, or supervisory switch. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.131)

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What is the definition of an Initiation Device Circuit?

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A circuit to which automatic or manual initiating devices are connected where the signal received does not identify the individual device operated. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.132)

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What is the definition of an Inspection Personnel?

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Individuals who conduct a visual examination of a system or portion thereof to verify that it appears to be in operating condition, in proper location, and is free of physical damage or conditions that impair operation. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.190.1)

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What is the definition of Labeled?

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Equipment or materials to which has been attached a label, symbol, or other identifying mark of an organization that is acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction and concerned with product evaluation, that maintains periodic inspection of production of labeled equipment or materials, and by whose labeling the manufacturer indicates compliance with appropriate standards or performance in a specified manner. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.2.4)

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What is the definition of a Level Ceiling?

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Ceilings that have a slope of less than or equal to 1 in 8 (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.36.1)

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What is the definition of Listed?

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Equipment, materials, or services included in a list published by an organization that is acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction and concerned with evaluation of products or services, that maintains periodic inspection of production of listed equipment or materials or periodic evaluation of services, and whose listing states that either the equipment, material, or service meets appropriate designated standards or has been tested and found suitable for a specified purpose. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.2.5)

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What is the definition of a Malicious Alarm?

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An unwanted activation of an alarm initiating device caused by a person acting with malice. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.304.1)

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What is the definition of a Manual Fire Alarm Box?

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A manually-operated device used to initiate a fire alarm signal. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.12.3)

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What is the definition of a Multiple-Station Alarm Device?

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Two or more single station alarm devices that can be interconnected so that actuation of one causes all integral or separate audible alarms to operate; or one single station alarm device having connections to other detectors or to a manual fire alarm box. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.161)

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What is the definition of Multiplexing?

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A signaling method characterized by simultaneous or sequential transmission, or both, and reception of multiple signals on a signaling line circuit, a transmission channel, or a communications channel, including means for positively identifying each signal. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.162)

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What is the definition of a Notification Appliance?

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A fire alarm system component such as a bell, horn, speaker, light, or text display that provides audible, tactile, or visible outputs, or any combination thereof. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.172)

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What is the definition of a Notification Appliance Circuit?

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A circuit or path directly connected to a notification appliance(s). (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.173)

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What is the definition of a Nuisance Alarm?

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An unwanted activation of a signaling system or an alarm initiating device in response to a stimulus or condition that is not the result of a potentially hazardous condition. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.304.2)

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What is the definition of Private Operating Mode?

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Audible or visible signaling only to those persons directly concerned with the implementation and direction of emergency action initiation and procedure in the area protected by the fire alarm system. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.183.1)

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What is the definition of Public Operating Mode?

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Audible or visible signaling to occupants or inhabitants of the area protected by the fire alarm system. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.183.2)

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What is the definition of a Record of Completion?

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A document that acknowledges the features of installation, operation (performance), service, and equipment with representation by the property owner, system installer, system supplier, service organization, and the Authority Having Jurisdiction. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.229)

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What is the definition of a Service Personnel?

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Individuals who perform those procedures, adjustments, replacement of components, system programming, and maintenance as described in the manufacturer’s service instructions that can affect any aspect of the performance of the system. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.190.2)

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What does the term SHALL mean?

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Indicates a mandatory requirement. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.2.6)

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What does the term SHOULD mean?

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Indicates a recommendation or that which is advised but not required. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.2.7)

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What does the term SIGNAL mean?

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An indication of a condition communicated by electrical, visible, audible, wireless, or other means. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.253)

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What is the definition of a Signaling Line Circuit?

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A circuit or path between any combination of circuit interfaces, control units, or transmitters over which multiple system input signals or output signals, or both, are carried. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.255)

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What is the definition of a Single-Station Alarm Device?

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An assembly that incorporates the detector, the control equipment, and the alarm-sounding device in one unit operated from a power supply either in the unit or obtained at the point of installation. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.260)

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What is the definition of a Sloping Ceiling?

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A ceiling that has a slope of more than 1 in 8. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.36.2)

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What is the definition of a Sloping Peaked-Type Ceiling?

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A ceiling in which the ceiling slopes in two directions from the highest point. Curved or domed ceilings can be considered peaked with the slope figured as the slope of the chord from highest to lowest point. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.36.3)

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What is the definition of a Sloping Shed-Type Ceiling?

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A ceiling in which the high point is at one side with the slope extending toward the opposite side. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.36.4)

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What is the definition of a Smoke Detector?

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A device that detects visible or invisible particles of combustion. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.66.20)

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What is the definition of a Smooth Ceiling?

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A ceiling surface uninterrupted by continuous projections, such as solid joists, beams, or ducts, extending more than 4 in. (100 mm) below the ceiling surface. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.38.3)

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What is the definition of a Solid Joist Construction?

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Ceilings that have solid structural or solid nonstructural members projecting down from the ceiling surface for a distance of more than 4 in. (100 mm) and spaced at intervals of 36 in. (910 mm) or less, center to center. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.38.4)

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What is the definition of a Supervising Station?

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A facility that receives signals and at which personnel are in attendance at all times to respond to these signals. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.280)

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What is the definition of a Supervisory Signal?

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A signal indicating the need for action in connection with the supervision of guard tours, the fire suppression systems or equipment, or the maintenance features of related systems. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.253.9)

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What is the definition of a System Designer?

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Individual responsible for the development of fire alarm and signaling system plans and specifications in accordance with this Code. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.190.3)

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What is the definition of a System Installer?

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Individual responsible for the proper installation of fire alarm and signaling systems in accordance with plans, specifications, and manufacturer’s requirements. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.190.4)

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What is the definition of a Testing Personnel?

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Individuals who perform procedures used to determine the status of a system as intended by conducting acceptance, reacceptance, or periodic checks on systems. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.190.5)

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What is the definition of a Trouble Signal?

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A signal that results from the detection of a trouble condition. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.253.10)

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What is the definition of a Unintentional Alarm?

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An unwanted activation of an alarm initiating device caused by a person acting without malice. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.304.3)

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What is the definition of a Unknown Alarm?

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An unwanted activation of an alarm initiating device or system output function where the cause has not been identified. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.304.4)

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What is the definition of a Unwanted Alarm?

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Any alarm that occurs that is not the result of a potentially hazardous condition. (NFPA 72 2016, Section 3.3.304)

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