BISP EDUCATIONAL 2008

Question 0

Automatic sprinklers are required for group E occupancies where the group E fire area is greater than ______ square feet and throughout every portion of the educational building below the level of exit discharge

Answer 0

20,000 SQ FT

Question 1

In the 2008 building code group E (all schools) must have a manual automatics interior fire alarm system. When an automatic sprinkler system or smoke detectors are installed they shall

Answer 1

Be connected to the building fire alarm system

Question 2

True or False

Automatic sprinklers are not required in any fire area or area below the level of exit discharge in educational buildings where every classroom throughout the building has at least one exterior exit door at ground level without intervening corridors, passageways or exit enclosures

Answer 2

True

Question 3

In the 2008 building code AREAS OF RESCUE ASSISTANCE are required for non ambulatory students that are located so that the maximum travel distance from any accessible space to a area of rescue assistance is

Answer 3

150 Feet

Question 4

Areas of Rescue Assistance are required to

Answer 4

• Have direct access to an encloses stairway or elevator
• Shall be separated from the remainder of the story by a smoke barrier, except when located within a stairway enclosure or when a sprinkler protects all such areas of rescue assistance and the areas it serves
• Must have 2 way communication to a central control point
• Must have an exterior area for assisted rescue open to the outside

Question 5

True or False

An Area of Rescue Assistance must have in each of its doors providing access thereto a sign stating “Area of Rescue Assistance” and include the International Symbol of Accessability, and the sign shall be illuminated

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Exterior exit stairs that are part of an accessible means of egress for the exterior area for assisted rescue shall provide a clear width of _____ inches between handrails

Answer 6

48 inches