Chapter 2

Question 1

Fire Retardent

Answer 1

Any substance, except plain water, that when applied to another material or substance will reduce the flammability of fuels or slow their rate of combustion by chemical or physical action.

Question 2

Fire Stop

Answer 2

Solid materials, such as wood blocks, used to prevent or limit the vertical and horizontal spread of fire and the products of combustion; installed in hollow walls or floors, above false ceilings, in penetrations for plumbing or electrical installations, in penetrations of a fire-rated assembly, or in cocklofts and crawl spaces.

Question 3

Occupancy

Answer 3

Building code classification based on the use to which owners or tenants put buildings or portions of buildings. Regulated by the various building and fire codes. Also know as Occupancy Classification.

Question 4

Fire Load

Answer 4

Maximum amount of heat that can be released if all fuel in a given area is consumed; expressed in pounds per square foot and obtained by dividing the amount of fuel present by the floor area. Used as a measure of the potential heat release of a fire within a compartment. Similar to Fuel Load and Heat of combustion.

Question 5

Heat of Combustion

Answer 5

Total amount of thermal energy (heat) that could be generated by the combustion (oxidation) reaction if a fuel were completely burned. The heat of combustion is measured in British Thermal Units (Btu) per pound, kilojoules per gram, or Megajoules per kilogram.

Question 6

Fire Resistance

Answer 6

The ability of a structural assembly or material to maintain its load-bearing ability under fire conditions.

Question 7

Fire Resistance Rating

Answer 7

Rating assigned to material or assembly after standardized testing by an independent testing organization; identifies the amount of time a material or assembly will resist a typical fire, as measured on a standard time-temperature curve.

Question 8

NFPA 220

Answer 8

Standard on types of building construction

Question 9

First digit

Answer 9

Fire resistance rating in hours of exterior bearing walls

Question 10

Second digit

Answer 10

Fire resistance rating of structural frames or columns and girders that support loads of more than one floor

Question 11

Third digit

Answer 11

Fire resistance rating of the floor construction

Question 12

Reinforced concrete can fail

Answer 12

Under an explosion or intense fire of long duration

Question 13

Type II-A (protected) requires

Answer 13

That structural components have one hour fire resistance

Question 14

The use of unprotected steel is the

Answer 14

Most common characteristic of unprotected, noncombustible construction.

Question 15

The most commonly used test for determining combustibility

Answer 15

ASTM E 136 standard test method for behavior of materials in a vertical tube furnace at 750C

Question 16

A greater heat release rate

Answer 16

Results in a faster developing fire

Question 17

Laboratory testing is the

Answer 17

Most common method used to determine fire resistance

Question 18

ASTM E 119 also known as NFPA 251

Answer 18

Standard method of test of fire endurance of building construction and materials

Question 19

ASTM Standard 1529

Answer 19

Standard test methods for determining effects of large hydrocarbon pool fires

Question 20

IBC occupancy classification

Answer 20

Assembly 
Business 
Educational
Factories
High hazard groups
Institutional 
Mercantile 
Residential 
Storage group
Utility and miscellaneous group

Question 21

NFPA occupancy classification

Answer 21

Assembly 
educational
Day care
Health care
Ambulatory health care
Detention and correctional
Residential 
Residential board and care
Mercantile 
Business 
Industrial 
Storage

Question 22

With the wxception of type IV, heavy timber the major classification are

Answer 22

Further divided into teo or three subclassifications.

Question 23

Type II-A requires

Answer 23

That structural components have one hour fire resistance