NFPA CLSS-HC EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Dead-end corridors are limited to ___ feet in new and existing health care
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occupancies. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-30 feet | | | |
For new health care occupancies, the travel distance between any point in a room
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and an exit may not exceed _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-200 ft
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The travel distance between any point in a health care sleeping room and an exit
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access door in that room may not exceed ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-50 feet
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A common path of travel in a new health care occupancy may not exceed ___. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-100 feet | |
In a new health care occupancy what distance must separate the two exit access
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doors?
A. One-third of the building or area's longest wall
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B. One-third of the building or area diagonal measurement
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C. One-fourth of the building or area's longest wall
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D. One-fourth of the building or area diagonal measurement - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-B. one-third of the building or area diagonal measurement | | | | | | | |
Which of the following statements about areas of refuge is true?
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,A. An area of refuge must have smoke-resisting partitions.
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B. An area of refuge must have sprinkler protection.
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C. The Code requires areas of refuge in all buildings.
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D. Supplemental requirements, such as a two-way communication system apply
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to areas of refuge. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Supplemental requirements, such
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as a two-way communication system apply to areas of refuge.
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Intervening rooms in a patient sleeping room with not more than eight beds:
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A. Are limited to one per room
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B. Are limited to two per room
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C. Are limited to three per room
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D. Are not limited in number - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Are not limited in
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number
When a second exit access is required in a suite:
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A. One exit access door must be to an exit stair
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B. One exit access door must be to the corridor
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C. Both exit access doors must be to the corridor
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D. Both exit access doors may be to adjoining suites - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B.
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One exit access door must be to the corridor
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Where two exits in a new health care occupancy are remotely located, their exit
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discharge points need not be remotely located. T/F - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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, Accessible means of egress is defined as a means of egress that provides an
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accessible route to: | |
A. An area of refuge or a public way
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B. An area of refuge or a horizontal exit
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C. An area of refuge or a ramp
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D. An area of refuge, a horizontal exit, or a public way - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D.
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An area of refuge, a horizontal exit, or a public way
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What chapter of the Life Safety Code establishes minimum requirements for the
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means of egress? | |
A. Chapter 4
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B. Chapter 6
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C. Chapter 7
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D. Chapter 8 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Chapter 7
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In the Life Safety Code, the words "shall be" or "shall have" indicate:
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A. Optional provisions
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B. Limited provisions
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C. Mandatory requirements
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D. How to do it - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Mandatory requirements
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CORRECT ANSWERS
Dead-end corridors are limited to ___ feet in new and existing health care
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occupancies. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-30 feet | | | |
For new health care occupancies, the travel distance between any point in a room
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and an exit may not exceed _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-200 ft
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The travel distance between any point in a health care sleeping room and an exit
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access door in that room may not exceed ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-50 feet
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A common path of travel in a new health care occupancy may not exceed ___. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-100 feet | |
In a new health care occupancy what distance must separate the two exit access
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doors?
A. One-third of the building or area's longest wall
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B. One-third of the building or area diagonal measurement
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C. One-fourth of the building or area's longest wall
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D. One-fourth of the building or area diagonal measurement - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-B. one-third of the building or area diagonal measurement | | | | | | | |
Which of the following statements about areas of refuge is true?
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,A. An area of refuge must have smoke-resisting partitions.
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B. An area of refuge must have sprinkler protection.
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C. The Code requires areas of refuge in all buildings.
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D. Supplemental requirements, such as a two-way communication system apply
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to areas of refuge. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Supplemental requirements, such
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as a two-way communication system apply to areas of refuge.
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Intervening rooms in a patient sleeping room with not more than eight beds:
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A. Are limited to one per room
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B. Are limited to two per room
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C. Are limited to three per room
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D. Are not limited in number - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D. Are not limited in
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number
When a second exit access is required in a suite:
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A. One exit access door must be to an exit stair
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B. One exit access door must be to the corridor
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C. Both exit access doors must be to the corridor
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D. Both exit access doors may be to adjoining suites - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-B.
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One exit access door must be to the corridor
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Where two exits in a new health care occupancy are remotely located, their exit
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discharge points need not be remotely located. T/F - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-False
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, Accessible means of egress is defined as a means of egress that provides an
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accessible route to: | |
A. An area of refuge or a public way
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B. An area of refuge or a horizontal exit
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C. An area of refuge or a ramp
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D. An area of refuge, a horizontal exit, or a public way - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-D.
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An area of refuge, a horizontal exit, or a public way
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What chapter of the Life Safety Code establishes minimum requirements for the
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means of egress? | |
A. Chapter 4
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B. Chapter 6
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C. Chapter 7
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D. Chapter 8 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Chapter 7
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In the Life Safety Code, the words "shall be" or "shall have" indicate:
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A. Optional provisions
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B. Limited provisions
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C. Mandatory requirements
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D. How to do it - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-C. Mandatory requirements
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