TFM-08 Exam Questions and Answers
| Complete Review with Detailed
Rationales | Grade A+
• FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM -✓✓AN ASSEMBLY OF
UNDERGROUND OR OVERHEAD PIPING OR CONDUITS THAT CONVEYS
WATER WITH OR WITHOUT OTHER AGENTS TO DISPERSAL OPENINGS
OR DEVICES TO: EXTINGUISH, CONTROL, OR CONTAIN FIRE, AND
PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM EXPOSURE TO FIRE OR THE PRODUCTS
OR COMBUSTION
• FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM CONTRACTOR -✓✓AN
INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION THAT OFFERS TO UNDERTAKE,
REPRESENTS ITSELF AS BEING ABLE TO UNDERTAKE THE PLAN,
SALE, INSTALLATION, MAITENANCE OR SERVICING OF: A FIRE
PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM OR ANY PART OF A FIRE
PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM
• "INSURANCE AGENT" -✓✓AN INDIVIDUAL, FIRM, OR CORPORTAION
LICENSED UNDER SUBCHAPTER E, CHAPTER 981 OR SUBCHAPTER A-
E,G CHAPTER 4051 OR AN INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT
AN INSURANCE FUND OR POOL CREATED BY A MUNICIPALITY,
COUNTY, OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE UNDER
CHAPTER 791, GOVERNMENT CODE
• "REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE" -✓✓DOCUMENT ISSUED TO A FIRE
PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM CONTRACTOR AUTHORIZING THE
CONTRACTOR TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS IN THIS STATE
• "RESPONSIBLE MANAGING EMPLOYEE" -✓✓MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL
DESIGNATED BY A COMPANY THAT PLANS, SELLS, INSTALLS,
MAINTAINS, OR SERVICES FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEMS TO
ENSURE THAT EACH FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM AS
INSTALLED, MAINTAINED, OR SERVICED MEETS THE STANDARDS
FOR THE SYSTEM AS PROVIDED BY LAW
, • WHO DOES THIS CODE NOT APPLY TO? -✓✓-EMPLOYEE OF THE US,
TX, OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE WHO ACTS AS A
FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM CONTRACTOR FOR THE
EMPLOYING GOV ENTITY
-THE PLAN, SALE, INSTALLATION, MAITENANCE, OR SERVICING OF A
FPSS IN ANY PROPERTY OWNED BY THE US OR TX
-AN INDIVUDAL OR ORG ACTING UNDER COURT ORDER AS
AUTHORIZATION
-AN IND OR ORG THAT SELLS OR SUPPLIES PRODUCTS OR MATERIALS
TO A REGISTERED FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM CONTRACTOR
-AN INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, OR SERVICE PROJECT FOR
WHICH THE TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE IS LESS THAN $100
-AN ENGINEER LICENSED UNDER CHAPTER 1001, OCCUPATIONS CODE
-A REGULAR EMPLOYEE OF A REGISTERED FPSS CONTRACTOR
-OWNER/LESSEE OF PROPERTY AND INSTALLING FPSS FOR PERSONAL
USE
• EFFECTS ON LOCAL REGULATION -✓✓-UNIFORM FORCE AND
EFFECT THROUGHOUT TX
-COUNTIES CAN ONLY REQUIRE PERMIT AND PERMIT FEES, AND
CONFORMITY TO BUILDING CODE ADDITIONAL TO REGISTRATION
CERTIFICATE
-A MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY ORDER, ORDINANCE, OR RULE IN EFFECT
ON SEPT 1, 1983 IS NOT INVALIDATED BECAUSE OF ANY PROVISION
OF THIS CHAPTER
• SUBCHAPTER B -✓✓POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER,
DEPARTMENT, AND STATE FIRE MARSHAL
• THE COMMISIONER MAY USE RECOGNIZED STANDARDS IN
ADOPTING NECESSARY RULES INCLUDING: -✓✓ADOPTED BY
FEDERAL LAW/REGULATION, PUBLISHED BY NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED STANDARD-MAKING ORGANIZATIONS, AND
INDIVIDUAL MANUFACTURERS
• RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING -
✓✓COMMISIONER CANNOT ADOPT RULES RESTRICTING
ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING BY THE HOLDER OF A
LICENSE OR REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED UNDER THIS
| Complete Review with Detailed
Rationales | Grade A+
• FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM -✓✓AN ASSEMBLY OF
UNDERGROUND OR OVERHEAD PIPING OR CONDUITS THAT CONVEYS
WATER WITH OR WITHOUT OTHER AGENTS TO DISPERSAL OPENINGS
OR DEVICES TO: EXTINGUISH, CONTROL, OR CONTAIN FIRE, AND
PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM EXPOSURE TO FIRE OR THE PRODUCTS
OR COMBUSTION
• FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM CONTRACTOR -✓✓AN
INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION THAT OFFERS TO UNDERTAKE,
REPRESENTS ITSELF AS BEING ABLE TO UNDERTAKE THE PLAN,
SALE, INSTALLATION, MAITENANCE OR SERVICING OF: A FIRE
PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM OR ANY PART OF A FIRE
PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM
• "INSURANCE AGENT" -✓✓AN INDIVIDUAL, FIRM, OR CORPORTAION
LICENSED UNDER SUBCHAPTER E, CHAPTER 981 OR SUBCHAPTER A-
E,G CHAPTER 4051 OR AN INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT
AN INSURANCE FUND OR POOL CREATED BY A MUNICIPALITY,
COUNTY, OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE UNDER
CHAPTER 791, GOVERNMENT CODE
• "REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE" -✓✓DOCUMENT ISSUED TO A FIRE
PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM CONTRACTOR AUTHORIZING THE
CONTRACTOR TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS IN THIS STATE
• "RESPONSIBLE MANAGING EMPLOYEE" -✓✓MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL
DESIGNATED BY A COMPANY THAT PLANS, SELLS, INSTALLS,
MAINTAINS, OR SERVICES FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEMS TO
ENSURE THAT EACH FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM AS
INSTALLED, MAINTAINED, OR SERVICED MEETS THE STANDARDS
FOR THE SYSTEM AS PROVIDED BY LAW
, • WHO DOES THIS CODE NOT APPLY TO? -✓✓-EMPLOYEE OF THE US,
TX, OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE WHO ACTS AS A
FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEM CONTRACTOR FOR THE
EMPLOYING GOV ENTITY
-THE PLAN, SALE, INSTALLATION, MAITENANCE, OR SERVICING OF A
FPSS IN ANY PROPERTY OWNED BY THE US OR TX
-AN INDIVUDAL OR ORG ACTING UNDER COURT ORDER AS
AUTHORIZATION
-AN IND OR ORG THAT SELLS OR SUPPLIES PRODUCTS OR MATERIALS
TO A REGISTERED FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM CONTRACTOR
-AN INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, OR SERVICE PROJECT FOR
WHICH THE TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE IS LESS THAN $100
-AN ENGINEER LICENSED UNDER CHAPTER 1001, OCCUPATIONS CODE
-A REGULAR EMPLOYEE OF A REGISTERED FPSS CONTRACTOR
-OWNER/LESSEE OF PROPERTY AND INSTALLING FPSS FOR PERSONAL
USE
• EFFECTS ON LOCAL REGULATION -✓✓-UNIFORM FORCE AND
EFFECT THROUGHOUT TX
-COUNTIES CAN ONLY REQUIRE PERMIT AND PERMIT FEES, AND
CONFORMITY TO BUILDING CODE ADDITIONAL TO REGISTRATION
CERTIFICATE
-A MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY ORDER, ORDINANCE, OR RULE IN EFFECT
ON SEPT 1, 1983 IS NOT INVALIDATED BECAUSE OF ANY PROVISION
OF THIS CHAPTER
• SUBCHAPTER B -✓✓POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER,
DEPARTMENT, AND STATE FIRE MARSHAL
• THE COMMISIONER MAY USE RECOGNIZED STANDARDS IN
ADOPTING NECESSARY RULES INCLUDING: -✓✓ADOPTED BY
FEDERAL LAW/REGULATION, PUBLISHED BY NATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED STANDARD-MAKING ORGANIZATIONS, AND
INDIVIDUAL MANUFACTURERS
• RULES RESTRICTING ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING -
✓✓COMMISIONER CANNOT ADOPT RULES RESTRICTING
ADVERTISING OR COMPETITIVE BIDDING BY THE HOLDER OF A
LICENSE OR REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED UNDER THIS
