TCFP Inspector's Class
_____ and _____ are the instruments that the inspector uses to create a safe
environment for the residents and workers in the community.
A. pen / paper
B. law / order
C. standards / codes
D. peanut butter / jelly - ANS - standards / codes
_____ are commonly used in high-rise buildings and hospitals as a means of passing
through a fire-barrier wall that separates two fire compartments in a structure.
a) Horizontal exits
b) Exit discharge
c) Exit passageways
d) Smokeproof enclosure - ANS - Horizontal exits
_________ is a masonry structure that is built against a wall to provide additional
support or reinforcement.
A. Pilaster
B. Buttress
C. Corbelling
D. Concrete Block - ANS - Buttress
_____________ is the width of the actual door.
A. Gross Width
B. Actual Width
C. Natural Width
D. Whole Width - ANS - Gross Width
. A ___ is a set of principles, protocols, or procedures that is developed by committees
through a consensus process.
A. code
B. standard
C. regulation
D. legal document - ANS - standard
,39. A dormitory is any building or portion of a building in which sleeping
accommodations are provided to ___ or more persons who are not related.
A: 4
B: 10
C: 16
D: 50 - ANS - 16
41. Which one of the following is not a Mercantile Occupancy?
a. Pharmacy
b. Supermarket
c. Hotel
d. Mall - ANS - Hotel
A ______ is a framed structural unit made of a group of triangles in one plane.
a. joist
b. truss
c. web
d. beam - ANS - truss
A ___________ is a collection or compilation of rules and regulations enacted by a
legislative body to become law in a particular jurisdiction.
A) Standard
B) Rule
C) Code
D) Ordinance - ANS - Code
A course of bricks laid across two wythes, with the ends of the bricks facing outward is
known as a _______ course.
A. soldier
B. stretcher
C. header
D. brick faced - ANS - header
A Diesel fire pump controller is __less_____ complicated than an electric motor
controller.
A)true B) false - ANS - false
A independent, non-profit organization that tests products for their intended use and
certifies them as safe describes:
A) ASTM International
, B) American National Standards Institute
C) Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
D) Standards Council of Canada - ANS - Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
All are elements of the Communication Model except...
A. Message
B. Personal Appearance
C. Interference
D. Feedback - ANS - Personal Appearance
An airport terminal is classified as what occupancy?
A. Assembly
B. Transit
C. Business
D. Industrial - ANS - Assembly
An educational occupancy is any building or portion of a building that is used for the
purpose of education of ___ or more persons from preschool through the 12th grade.
a. 6
b. 5
c. 10
d. 2 - ANS - 6
An inspector assembles all of the necessary tools and equipment and PPE that may be
needed for an inspection. Which of the following is NOT on the general list of commonly
used items for fire inspections:
A. Gloves
B. Safety shoes or boots
C. Thermal imagining camera
D. Flashlight - ANS - Thermal imagining camera
An open parking garage would be classified as __ group, while a 9 Ft fence and private
garages classify as __ group.
A. S, U.
B. B. U, S
C. C. F, R3
D. D.. I, R2 - ANS - A. S, U.
Because they are extremely unsafe and unreliable, _________________________ may
not be used as any part of a means of egress in new construction.
_____ and _____ are the instruments that the inspector uses to create a safe
environment for the residents and workers in the community.
A. pen / paper
B. law / order
C. standards / codes
D. peanut butter / jelly - ANS - standards / codes
_____ are commonly used in high-rise buildings and hospitals as a means of passing
through a fire-barrier wall that separates two fire compartments in a structure.
a) Horizontal exits
b) Exit discharge
c) Exit passageways
d) Smokeproof enclosure - ANS - Horizontal exits
_________ is a masonry structure that is built against a wall to provide additional
support or reinforcement.
A. Pilaster
B. Buttress
C. Corbelling
D. Concrete Block - ANS - Buttress
_____________ is the width of the actual door.
A. Gross Width
B. Actual Width
C. Natural Width
D. Whole Width - ANS - Gross Width
. A ___ is a set of principles, protocols, or procedures that is developed by committees
through a consensus process.
A. code
B. standard
C. regulation
D. legal document - ANS - standard
,39. A dormitory is any building or portion of a building in which sleeping
accommodations are provided to ___ or more persons who are not related.
A: 4
B: 10
C: 16
D: 50 - ANS - 16
41. Which one of the following is not a Mercantile Occupancy?
a. Pharmacy
b. Supermarket
c. Hotel
d. Mall - ANS - Hotel
A ______ is a framed structural unit made of a group of triangles in one plane.
a. joist
b. truss
c. web
d. beam - ANS - truss
A ___________ is a collection or compilation of rules and regulations enacted by a
legislative body to become law in a particular jurisdiction.
A) Standard
B) Rule
C) Code
D) Ordinance - ANS - Code
A course of bricks laid across two wythes, with the ends of the bricks facing outward is
known as a _______ course.
A. soldier
B. stretcher
C. header
D. brick faced - ANS - header
A Diesel fire pump controller is __less_____ complicated than an electric motor
controller.
A)true B) false - ANS - false
A independent, non-profit organization that tests products for their intended use and
certifies them as safe describes:
A) ASTM International
, B) American National Standards Institute
C) Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
D) Standards Council of Canada - ANS - Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
All are elements of the Communication Model except...
A. Message
B. Personal Appearance
C. Interference
D. Feedback - ANS - Personal Appearance
An airport terminal is classified as what occupancy?
A. Assembly
B. Transit
C. Business
D. Industrial - ANS - Assembly
An educational occupancy is any building or portion of a building that is used for the
purpose of education of ___ or more persons from preschool through the 12th grade.
a. 6
b. 5
c. 10
d. 2 - ANS - 6
An inspector assembles all of the necessary tools and equipment and PPE that may be
needed for an inspection. Which of the following is NOT on the general list of commonly
used items for fire inspections:
A. Gloves
B. Safety shoes or boots
C. Thermal imagining camera
D. Flashlight - ANS - Thermal imagining camera
An open parking garage would be classified as __ group, while a 9 Ft fence and private
garages classify as __ group.
A. S, U.
B. B. U, S
C. C. F, R3
D. D.. I, R2 - ANS - A. S, U.
Because they are extremely unsafe and unreliable, _________________________ may
not be used as any part of a means of egress in new construction.
