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Question 1

What is the maximum spacing in corridors?

Answer 1

No more than 100 feet apart.

Question 2

What is the minimum number of cycles a voice alarm system must report for an evacuation procedure?

Answer 2

2

Question 3

What is the minimum required number of smoke alarms in a single story dwelling unit with two bedrooms not located near one another?

Answer 3

4

Question 4

What is the minimum spacing for heat detectors used within a single family unit?

Answer 4

50’

Heat detectors must be listed or approved.

Question 5

What is a privately owned and monitored alarm system classified as?

Answer 5

Proprietary system

Question 6

What is a decibel?

Answer 6

1/10th of a bell

Question 7

What must notification appliances of a local protective signaling system include on their nameplate?

Answer 7

Electrical requirements and rated audible or visible performance.

Question 8

What is the ambient sound level that requires a visible notification device in a fire alarm system?

Answer 8

Greater than 105 dBa

Question 9

What is the maximum blink rate on a strobe light on a notification appliance per second?

Answer 9

2

Question 10

What is the maximum interval that a fire alarm signal is allowed at the console?

Answer 10

15 seconds

Question 11

What is the detector that reacts to convected thermal reaction?

Answer 11

Heat detector

Question 12

What type of system are components that are non fire alarm but connected to fire alarm components considered?

Answer 12

Combination system

Question 13

What is the minimum distance pad mounted equipment must be from fire hydrants?

Answer 13

4 feet

Question 14

How is electrical power measured?

Answer 14

In Watts

Question 15

What is the term for a frequency that has been amplified to four frequencies?

Answer 15

Frequency multiplexing

Question 16

What type of network is not considered multipoint?

Answer 16

Point to point

Question 17

What is the result when a company ties together different devices such as computers and printers?

Answer 17

A network

Question 18

Which part of a power supply converts electrical current from AC to DC?

Answer 18

Rectifier

Question 19

What is the standard impedance of a video coaxial cable?

Answer 19

75 ohms

Question 20

What is the electrical path called when telecom wire is grounded on each end?

Answer 20

Ground loop

Question 21

What will a voltmeter test all of the following EXCEPT?

Answer 21

Power

Question 22

What are the disadvantages of fiber optics over copper?

Answer 22

Cost

Question 23

What is the measurement of the amount of signal for fiber optics?

Answer 23

Bandwidth

Question 24

Why does light L not come on when switch S1 is in the on position and voltage across S1 is 120 volts?

Answer 24

The lamp is good but the switch does not make contact.

Question 25

Which material is commonly used as an anode?

Answer 25

Magnesium

Question 26

What does a length of coax terminated at one end with a 50 ohm terminator and 0 ohms resistance at the other end indicate?

Answer 26

Cable continuity is shorted.

Question 27

What is the potential difference between any two points in a circuit?

Answer 27

Voltage

Question 28

What does Ohm’s law state about current and resistance?

Answer 28

Current is inversely proportioned to the resistance.