2. Basics & Wiring Quiz

Question 1

True or False: A four-wire smoke detector receives operating power from the IDC or SLC?

Answer 1

False

Question 2

True or False: The overcurrent device for a fire alarm branch circuit shall not be provided with a circuit breaker lock.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

What do trouble circuits monitor?

Answer 3

All device wiring for open conductors : All device wiring for shorts to ground : The Primary Power Supply : The Secondary Power Supply

Question 4

Required signals shall not be lost, interrupted, or delated by no more than ____ sec as a result of a primary power failure.

Answer 4

10 Seconds

Question 5

The location of remotely located power supplies shall be identified at the ____?

Answer 5

Master Control Unit

Question 6

True or False: Fire alarm system branch circuits may be powered through ground-fault circuit interrupters, but not arc-fault circuit interrupters.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

A two-wire Class B circuit has 10 smoke detectors on it. A Class B circuit will typically have an end-of-line device on the last detector in the circuit. The end-of-line device is usually a ____?

Answer 7

Resistor

Question 8

During the normal (non-alarm) mode, the fire alarm system secondary power supply must be capable of providing standby power for a period of not less than 24hrs, and at the end of that period all alarm notification appliances used for evacuation or to direct aid to the location of an emergency for ____.

Answer 8

5 Min

Question 9

True or False: Systems that have positive alarm features shall be permitted, if approved by the AHJ.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

A fire alarm system branch circuit shall have what markings and who can access it?

Answer 10

Identified as a Fire Alarm Circuit, Red Marking. Accessible only to Authorized Personnel

Question 11

What type of cable could be used in place of FPL in a power limited fire alarm circuit? List 3.

Answer 11

FPLP (Fire Power Limited Plenum) : FPLR (Fire Power Limited Riser) : CM/CMG (Communications Multipurpose)

Question 12

Which cable types below are permitted to be installed from the fire alarm control unit on the first floor to a circuit on the second floor? Give 4 examples.

Answer 12

NPLFR (Non-Power-Limited Fire Alarm Circuit Riser Cable) NPLFP(Non-Power-Limited Fire Alarm Circuit Cable (for spaces of environmental air)) FPLR(Fire Power Limited Riser) FPLP(Fire Power Limited Plenum)

Question 13

True or False: A Class X circuit is a redundant pathway that only applies to addressable fire alarm signaling device circuits.

Answer 13

True