Codes

Question 1

ASTM

Answer 1

American Society for Testing and Materials: publishes standards and test procedures; it does not actually perform test, but its procedures and standards are used by testing agencies

Question 2

NFPA

Answer 2

National Fire Protection Agency: Develop standards related to the causes and prevention of destructive fires

Question 3

Standard writing organization that have interest in a particular material, product, or filed of expertise, such as ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers)

Answer 3

Industry Trade Groups

Question 4

ANSI

Answer 4

American National Standard Institute: does not develop or write standars; it approves standards developed by other organizations and works to avoid duplications between differ standards

Question 5

NRTL

Answer 5

Nationally Recongnized Testing Laboratory: when a standard describes a test procedure or requires tests in its description of a material or product, a testing laboratory must perform the test. Underwriters Laboratories (UL) is one of the most well known ____.

Question 6

passed safety test and is manufactured under the UL follow-up services program

Answer 6

Listed Label

Question 7

Samples of the product were tested for certain types of uses only

Answer 7

classified Label

Question 8

building construction and material: evaluates an assembly’s ability to prevent the passage of fire, heat, and hot gasses for a given amount of time; these assemblies are given a rating according to time: 1-4 hr ratings, and for doors and other assemblies 20/30/45 min rating

Answer 8

ASTM E119

Question 9

Door assemblies: evaluates the ability of a door assembly to resist the passage of flame, heat, and gases

Answer 9

NFPA 252

Question 10

Window and Glass block assembly: prescribes specific fire and hose stream test procedures to establish a degree of fire protection in units of time

Answer 10

NFPA 257

Question 11

Surface burning characteristics of building materials; test samples in a narrow chamber that has a controlled flame at one hand. The result is a materials flame spread rating (class A (I), B (II), C (III))

Answer 11

ASTM E84 (Steiner Tunnel Test)

Question 12

sometimes required in addition to the ASTM E84 test for textile interior finishes or instead of it. It determines the contribution of interior textile and ceiling covering to fire growth

Answer 12

NFPA 265 ( Room Corner Test)

Question 13

Evaluating contribution of wall and ceiling interior finish to room fire growth; it evaluates material other than textiles and addresses displacement during the ASTM E84 test

Answer 13

NFPA 286

Question 14

a space or room that in an accessory to a main occupancy but that does not exceed 10% of the floor area of the main occupancy. It does not need to be separated from the main occupancy with a fire barrier

Answer 14

Accessorry use Occupancy

Question 15

a space or room not exceeding 10% of the floor area of the sotry where it is located which is incidental to a main occupancy and has the same qualifications as the nearest main occupancy but must be separate from the main occupancy by a fire barrier

Answer 15

Incidental Use Occupancy

Question 16

Type I and II construction

Answer 16

noncombustible materials

Question 17

Type III Construction

Answer 17

the exterior walls are of noncombustible material and the interior walls must rated

Question 18

Type IV Construction

Answer 18

heavy timber; the exterior walls are of noncombustible material and the interior walls are of solid or laminated wood without concealed spaces

Question 19

Type V Construction

Answer 19

least fire resistive; both exterior and interior walls must be rated.

Question 20

portion of the means of egress that leads to the entrance of an exit. It does not provide a protected path of travel distance but the travel dis. Is measured and regulated

Answer 20

Exist Access

Question 21

Portion of the means of egress that provides a protected (1 or 2 hr) rating and fully enclosed path of egress from all interior spaces between the exit access and exit discharge.

Answer 21

Exit

Question 22

Portion of the means of egress between the termination of an exit and public way.

Answer 22

exist discharge

Question 23

a street, alley, or similar parcel of land essentially unobstructed from the ground to the sky that is permanently appropriated to the public use and has a clear width of no less than 10’

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public way

Question 24

corridor clear width if occupant load is >50

Answer 24

44”

Question 25

exit/egress stairway width that is ADA

Answer 25

48” b/w handrails

Question 26

dimensions of a ADA clear floor space

Answer 26

30”x48”

Question 27

ADA Accessible route slope maximum

Answer 27

5% or 1:20

Question 28

ADA Accessible route cross slope

Answer 28

1:50 max

Question 29

Maximum ramp slope

Answer 29

1:12