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Fire Detection, Alarm, & Suppression Systems

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Lesson Plan # 35 Fire detection, alarm, & suppression systems

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Questions and Answers

1.        Protected Premises Fire Alarm System is

A. Most basic

B. Designed to be initiated manually

C. Both a & b

D. Used at banks only

2.       Automatic Alarm Systems

A. Signals through dedicated wire pairs, leased telephone lines, fiber-optic cable,
or wireless communications link

B. Have a high degree of false alarms compared to other systems

C. Can only be manually activated

D. Both b & c

3.        Basic types of automatic alarm-initiating devices include

A. Heat detectors

B. Rate-of-rise heat detectors

C. Smoke detectors

D. All of the above

4.  1    Two basic types of smoke detectors are

A. Ionization & Rate-of-rise

B. Ionization & Photoelectric

C. Photoelectric & Rate-of-rise

D. Rate-of-rise & Flame

5.        Photoelectric smoke detectors are

A. More sensitive to smoldering fires

B. Less sensitive to smoldering fires

C. Have the same reaction to smoldering fires

D. More responsive to flaming fires

6.        Ionization smoke detectors are

A. More sensitive to smoldering fires

B. Have the same reaction to smoldering fires as photoelectric detectors

C. More responsive to flaming fires

D. Have the same reaction to flaming fires as photoelectric detectors

7.        The value of automatic sprinklers in providing safety to the occupants
of a structure include

A. Provides better chance of survival for occupants on upper floors

B. Discharges water directly on the fire

C. Products of combustion are limited

D. All of the above

8.       Fire department connection is

A. Usually a Siamese connection with two 2 ½” female connections with a clapper

valve or one clapper large-diameter inlet

B. Usually a Siamese with two 2 ½” male connections with a clapper valve or one
clapper large-diameter inlet

C. Located outside the building

D. Both a & c

9.       Water ow alarm

A. Indicates a problem with the water flow to the sprinkler system

B. Located outside the building usually close to the sprinkler connection

C. Indicates no water flow

D. Located inside the building on the sprinkler valve head

10.       The dry pipe sprinkler valve is equipped with an air pressure gauge
above the clapper and a water pressure gauge below the clapper. The air
pressure gauge will read

A. The same as the water pressure gauge

B. Substantially lower than the water pressure gauge

C. Substantially higher than the water pressure gauge

D. None of the above

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