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1. The door in a 2-hour fire-barrier is required to have a C. 1 1/2 hour
rating of:
A. 20 minute
B. 2 hour
C. 1 1/2 hour
D. 45 minute
2. Which of the following distinguishes a capital expense A. Cost and life expectancy
from an operational expense:
A. Cost and life expectancy
B. Fixed versus moveable
C. Fully funded depreciation
D. Non-emergent replacement
3. Ventilation in an operating room typically has: D. High air changes per
A. Low air changes per hour and negative pressure hour and positive pres-
relative to surrounding areas. sure relative to surround-
B. Low air changes per hour and positive pressure ing areas.
relative to surrounding areas.
C. High air changes per hour and negative pressure
relative to surrounding areas.
D. High air changes per hour and positive pressure
relative to surrounding areas.
4. While working on a hospital project, you witness an B. Notify the contractor's
underground oil tank that has been ruptured during safety oflce and then the
excavation. What is your best course of action after hospital's safety oflcer
ensuring the immediate safety of those in the area?
A. Notify the hospital's safety officer and then the
contractor's safety office
B. Notify the contractor's safety office and then the
hospital's safety officer
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C. Notify the contractor's safety officer and then the
State department of environment.
D. Notify the hospital's safety officer and then the
State department of public safety.
5. Which of the following types of facilities must main- D. Critical access hospital
tain operations 24-hours a day?
A. Ambulatory care center
B. Radiation therapy center
C. Ambulatory surgical center
D. Critical access hospital
6. A. The corridor D. A fire-rated elevator
B. A horizontal passageway
C. An exit discharge
D. A fire-rated elevator
7. An existing hospital is going to gut and rebuild the C. Three
entire fourth floor, which houses two medical-surgical
nursing units. It is roughly 150' x 400'. How many
smoke compartments are required on this floor to
ensure compliance to NFPA 101-2012?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
8. When planning the installation of a new access control D. Require exit doors can
system for the ICU, which, of the following, would be be opened at al times in
the most important item to address? the direction of egress.
A. Every door used to access the unit should require a
badge or staff intervention to be opened
B. Required exit doors should open immediately upon
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activation of the fire alarm system
C. Cameras should be installed at every entrance, in-
cluding stair wells, so that staff can visually identify
people before unlocking the doors.
D. Require exit doors can be opened at al times in the
direction of egress.
9. Which of the following are all elements of a capital B. New MRI, expansion
budget? of the physical therapy
A. New PET scanner, expansion of the imaging depart- department and replace-
ment and nuclear material used for PET imaging ment of a chiller
B. New MRI, expansion of the physical therapy depart-
ment and replacement of a chiller
C. Expansion of the physical therapy department, con-
struction of a new central plan and staffing the central
plant for the first year
D. New MRI, construction of a new central plant and
cryogens for the MRI
10. A university teaching hospital is planning a renova- D. Operating rooms
tion of PACU. When preparing a phasing plan, which
is most important to plan around the ratio to PACU
beds?
A. Birthing rooms
B. Emergency exam rooms
C. Medical surgical rooms
D. Operating rooms
11. Which of the following are required to have a positive A. OR room, C-section
pressure relationship with respect to the corridor? room, Protective Environ-
A. OR room, C-section room, Protective Environment ment
B. C-Section room, Airborne Infectious Isolation room,
1. The door in a 2-hour fire-barrier is required to have a C. 1 1/2 hour
rating of:
A. 20 minute
B. 2 hour
C. 1 1/2 hour
D. 45 minute
2. Which of the following distinguishes a capital expense A. Cost and life expectancy
from an operational expense:
A. Cost and life expectancy
B. Fixed versus moveable
C. Fully funded depreciation
D. Non-emergent replacement
3. Ventilation in an operating room typically has: D. High air changes per
A. Low air changes per hour and negative pressure hour and positive pres-
relative to surrounding areas. sure relative to surround-
B. Low air changes per hour and positive pressure ing areas.
relative to surrounding areas.
C. High air changes per hour and negative pressure
relative to surrounding areas.
D. High air changes per hour and positive pressure
relative to surrounding areas.
4. While working on a hospital project, you witness an B. Notify the contractor's
underground oil tank that has been ruptured during safety oflce and then the
excavation. What is your best course of action after hospital's safety oflcer
ensuring the immediate safety of those in the area?
A. Notify the hospital's safety officer and then the
contractor's safety office
B. Notify the contractor's safety office and then the
hospital's safety officer
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C. Notify the contractor's safety officer and then the
State department of environment.
D. Notify the hospital's safety officer and then the
State department of public safety.
5. Which of the following types of facilities must main- D. Critical access hospital
tain operations 24-hours a day?
A. Ambulatory care center
B. Radiation therapy center
C. Ambulatory surgical center
D. Critical access hospital
6. A. The corridor D. A fire-rated elevator
B. A horizontal passageway
C. An exit discharge
D. A fire-rated elevator
7. An existing hospital is going to gut and rebuild the C. Three
entire fourth floor, which houses two medical-surgical
nursing units. It is roughly 150' x 400'. How many
smoke compartments are required on this floor to
ensure compliance to NFPA 101-2012?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
8. When planning the installation of a new access control D. Require exit doors can
system for the ICU, which, of the following, would be be opened at al times in
the most important item to address? the direction of egress.
A. Every door used to access the unit should require a
badge or staff intervention to be opened
B. Required exit doors should open immediately upon
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activation of the fire alarm system
C. Cameras should be installed at every entrance, in-
cluding stair wells, so that staff can visually identify
people before unlocking the doors.
D. Require exit doors can be opened at al times in the
direction of egress.
9. Which of the following are all elements of a capital B. New MRI, expansion
budget? of the physical therapy
A. New PET scanner, expansion of the imaging depart- department and replace-
ment and nuclear material used for PET imaging ment of a chiller
B. New MRI, expansion of the physical therapy depart-
ment and replacement of a chiller
C. Expansion of the physical therapy department, con-
struction of a new central plan and staffing the central
plant for the first year
D. New MRI, construction of a new central plant and
cryogens for the MRI
10. A university teaching hospital is planning a renova- D. Operating rooms
tion of PACU. When preparing a phasing plan, which
is most important to plan around the ratio to PACU
beds?
A. Birthing rooms
B. Emergency exam rooms
C. Medical surgical rooms
D. Operating rooms
11. Which of the following are required to have a positive A. OR room, C-section
pressure relationship with respect to the corridor? room, Protective Environ-
A. OR room, C-section room, Protective Environment ment
B. C-Section room, Airborne Infectious Isolation room,
