EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
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• what material must NPLFA circuit conductors be made from? -✓✓solid or stranded
copper
• what is a single station detector -✓✓Battery powered smoke alarms that do not
communicate off premises.
• what is a multiple station detector -✓✓Smoke alarms that are battery backed up and
are
linked together, so that if one unit initiates, alarms in all detectors will sound. They do
not communicate off premises.
• how frequently must household (single and multiple station detectors) be inspected
and tested? -✓✓with accordance to manufacturers at least Monthly
• what does restorable mean -✓✓a device that can be restored or reused after it has I
initiated an alarm
• how frequently must household (fire akram systems) be inspected and tested -✓✓at
least every year by a qualified technician.
• What size conductors are permitted? -✓✓Size 18 A.W.G and 16 A.W.G
• what is used to protect transformers or other devices supplied from power-supply
conductors. -✓✓an overcurrent device not rated over 20 Amperes.
• When located within 7ft of the floor, how shall cables be fastened? -✓✓Cables shall
be fastened in an approved manner at intervals of not more than 18 inches.
• Single conductors shall not be smaller than ___ A.W.G? -✓✓18
• Conductors of 26 A.W.G shall only be permitted in which circumstances? -✓✓where
spliced with a connector listed as suitable for 26 or 24 AWG
• what is a Plenum cable -✓✓Cable that can be installed in ducts, plenums or other
spaces used for environmental air.
It has adequate fire resistance and low smoke producing characteristics.