TFM08 LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GRADED A+
✔✔Department - ✔✔The Texas Department of Insurance.
✔✔Emergency impairment - ✔✔A condition where a water-based fire protection system
or portion thereof is out of order due to an unexpected occurrence, such as ruptured
pipe, an operated sprinkler, or an interruption of the water supply to the system.
✔✔Employee - ✔✔An individual that who performs tasks assigned by the employer.
The employee's pay is subject to the deduction of social security and federal income
tax. The employee may be full time, part time, or seasonal. For the purposes of this
section, employees of a registered firm who are paid through a staff leasing company
are considered to be employees of the registered firm.
✔✔Firm - ✔✔A person or organization as defined in this section
✔✔Full-time - ✔✔The number of hours that represents the regular, normal, or standard
amount of time per week each employee of the firm devotes to work-related activities.
✔✔Full-time employment basis - ✔✔An employee is considered to work on a fulltime
basis if the employee works per week at least the average number of hours worked per
week by all other employees of the firm.
✔✔Inspection - ✔✔A visual examination of a system or portion thereof to verify that it
appears to be in operating condition and is free of physical damage.
✔✔Inspection, testing, and maintenance service - ✔✔A service program provided by a
qualified contractor in which all components unique to the property's systems are
inspected and tested at the required times and necessary maintenance is provided
and/or recommended. This program includes logging and retention of relevant records
✔✔NFPA - ✔✔National Fire Protection Association, a nationally recognized standards-
making organization.
✔✔NICET - ✔✔National Institute for the Certification in Engineering Technologies.
✔✔Outsource testing service - ✔✔The testing service selected by the state fire marshal
to administer certain designated qualifying tests for licenses under this subchapter.
✔✔Person - ✔✔A natural person
, ✔✔Plan - ✔✔To lay out, detail, draw, calculate, devise, or arrange an assembly of
underground and overhead piping and appurtenances in accordance with either
adopted fire protection standards or specifications especially designed by an engineer.
✔✔Registered firm - ✔✔A person or organization holding a current certificate of
registration.
✔✔Repair - ✔✔Any work performed after initial installation on fire protection sprinkler
systems, not including inspecting or testing.
✔✔Responsible managing employee - ✔✔A responsible managing employee, as
defined in Insurance Code §6003.001(10), and also referenced within this subchapter
as an RME.
✔✔Section 34.707 Adopted Standards - ✔✔(a) The commissioner adopts by reference
in their entirety the following copyrighted standards and recommended practices
published by and available from the National Fire Protection Association, Inc. (NFPA),
Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269. A copy of the standards will be
available for public inspection in the State Fire Marshal's Office
✔✔Sprinkler system - ✔✔A sprinkler system, for fire protection purposes which: (A) is
an integrated system of underground and overhead piping designed in accordance with
fire protection engineering standards; (B) is an installation including a water supply such
as a gravity tank, fire pump, reservoir, or pressure tank, or connection by underground
piping to a city main from the point of connection or valve where the primary purpose of
the water is for a fire protection sprinkler system; (C) includes, as the portion of the
sprinkler system aboveground, a network of specially sized or hydraulically designed
piping installed in a building, structure, or area, generally overhead, and to which
sprinklers are connected in a systematic pattern; (D) includes a controlling valve and a
device for actuating an alarm when the system is in operation; and (E) is usually
activated by heat from a fire and discharges water over the fire area. (22) Testing--A
procedure used to determine the status of a system as intended by conducting periodic
physical checks on water-based fire protection systems such as water-flow tests, fire
pump tests, alarm tests, and trip tests of dry pipe, deluge, or preaction valves. These
tests follow up on the original acceptance test at intervals specified in the applicable
adopted standard.
✔✔NFPA 13-2013 - ✔✔Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems
✔✔NFPA 25-2014 - ✔✔Standard for the Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Water-
Based Fire Protection Systems
✔✔NFPA 13D-2013 - ✔✔Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and
Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes
GRADED A+
✔✔Department - ✔✔The Texas Department of Insurance.
✔✔Emergency impairment - ✔✔A condition where a water-based fire protection system
or portion thereof is out of order due to an unexpected occurrence, such as ruptured
pipe, an operated sprinkler, or an interruption of the water supply to the system.
✔✔Employee - ✔✔An individual that who performs tasks assigned by the employer.
The employee's pay is subject to the deduction of social security and federal income
tax. The employee may be full time, part time, or seasonal. For the purposes of this
section, employees of a registered firm who are paid through a staff leasing company
are considered to be employees of the registered firm.
✔✔Firm - ✔✔A person or organization as defined in this section
✔✔Full-time - ✔✔The number of hours that represents the regular, normal, or standard
amount of time per week each employee of the firm devotes to work-related activities.
✔✔Full-time employment basis - ✔✔An employee is considered to work on a fulltime
basis if the employee works per week at least the average number of hours worked per
week by all other employees of the firm.
✔✔Inspection - ✔✔A visual examination of a system or portion thereof to verify that it
appears to be in operating condition and is free of physical damage.
✔✔Inspection, testing, and maintenance service - ✔✔A service program provided by a
qualified contractor in which all components unique to the property's systems are
inspected and tested at the required times and necessary maintenance is provided
and/or recommended. This program includes logging and retention of relevant records
✔✔NFPA - ✔✔National Fire Protection Association, a nationally recognized standards-
making organization.
✔✔NICET - ✔✔National Institute for the Certification in Engineering Technologies.
✔✔Outsource testing service - ✔✔The testing service selected by the state fire marshal
to administer certain designated qualifying tests for licenses under this subchapter.
✔✔Person - ✔✔A natural person
, ✔✔Plan - ✔✔To lay out, detail, draw, calculate, devise, or arrange an assembly of
underground and overhead piping and appurtenances in accordance with either
adopted fire protection standards or specifications especially designed by an engineer.
✔✔Registered firm - ✔✔A person or organization holding a current certificate of
registration.
✔✔Repair - ✔✔Any work performed after initial installation on fire protection sprinkler
systems, not including inspecting or testing.
✔✔Responsible managing employee - ✔✔A responsible managing employee, as
defined in Insurance Code §6003.001(10), and also referenced within this subchapter
as an RME.
✔✔Section 34.707 Adopted Standards - ✔✔(a) The commissioner adopts by reference
in their entirety the following copyrighted standards and recommended practices
published by and available from the National Fire Protection Association, Inc. (NFPA),
Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269. A copy of the standards will be
available for public inspection in the State Fire Marshal's Office
✔✔Sprinkler system - ✔✔A sprinkler system, for fire protection purposes which: (A) is
an integrated system of underground and overhead piping designed in accordance with
fire protection engineering standards; (B) is an installation including a water supply such
as a gravity tank, fire pump, reservoir, or pressure tank, or connection by underground
piping to a city main from the point of connection or valve where the primary purpose of
the water is for a fire protection sprinkler system; (C) includes, as the portion of the
sprinkler system aboveground, a network of specially sized or hydraulically designed
piping installed in a building, structure, or area, generally overhead, and to which
sprinklers are connected in a systematic pattern; (D) includes a controlling valve and a
device for actuating an alarm when the system is in operation; and (E) is usually
activated by heat from a fire and discharges water over the fire area. (22) Testing--A
procedure used to determine the status of a system as intended by conducting periodic
physical checks on water-based fire protection systems such as water-flow tests, fire
pump tests, alarm tests, and trip tests of dry pipe, deluge, or preaction valves. These
tests follow up on the original acceptance test at intervals specified in the applicable
adopted standard.
✔✔NFPA 13-2013 - ✔✔Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems
✔✔NFPA 25-2014 - ✔✔Standard for the Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Water-
Based Fire Protection Systems
✔✔NFPA 13D-2013 - ✔✔Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and
Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes
