FIRE INSPECTOR 2, BLOCK 1 AND 2 ACUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TESTED AND
APPROVED!!!
Locations where lodging boarding and personal care are provided to
FOUR or more residents who are unrelated to the owner or Operator -
- ANSWER-Residential board and care occupancies
Contain both large quantities of combustible materials, and the
potential for high life loss -- ANSWER--Mercantile occupancies
Arrangement of merchandise both on display, and in storage can
result in high
Fire loads of class a materials, and at the same time restrict access for
customers -- ANSWER--Mercantile occupancies
What type of occupancies are divided into group areas and individual
working spaces? -- ANSWER--Business occupancies
Any building or portion of a building that is used for the purpose of
education of six or more persons from preschool through the 12th
grade -- ANSWER-Educational occupancy
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,What are the three NFPA codes? -- ANSWER--General purpose
Special purpose
High hazard
Describe factory/industrial occupies as buildings that are used in
manufacturing, packaging, finishing, assembling, or disassembling
products that are not classified as hazardous -- ANSWER--ICC
Facilities that provide health or medical services to FOUR OR MORE
individuals, who cannot evacuate themselves during an emergency
without assistance from staff or emergency responders -- ANSWER--
Healthcare occupancies
Buildings or portions of buildings that provide medical services to
FOUR OR MORE patients on an OUTPATIENT basis -- ANSWER--
Ambulatory healthcare occupancies
These help building officials gain a reasonable expectation of the
level of hazard of a particular building -- ANSWER--Occupancy
classifications
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,Any building structure or compartment room that is used for the
gathering of 50 or more persons -- ANSWER--Assembly occupancies
NFPA - loads over 1000 is what class? -- ANSWER--Class A
NFPA - loads between 301 to 1000 is what class? -- ANSWER--Class
B
NFPA - loads between 50 to 300 is what class? -- ANSWER--Class C
Include patients that may be incapable of self preservation without
assistance due to anesthesia or medication -- ANSWER--Ambulatory
healthcare occupancies
Cannot be located above Mercantile occupancy, unless separated by a
1 - HOUR Fire separation wall or the Mercantile occupancy is
equipped with an approved automatic fire sprinkler system --
ANSWER--Boarding or rooming houses
Any building or group of buildings that provides sleeping rooms for
transients --
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, ANSWER--Hotels
Present a wide range of fire and life, safety challenges for the
inspector --
ANSWER--Hotels
Include structures that have two or more very different types of
activities occurring within them -- ANSWER--Multiple use
occupancies
Self closing, or automatic, closing doors that activate when a fire
alarm is activated -- ANSWER--Code requires fire resistance, rated
separations regarding incidental use
The total number of persons who may occupy a building or a portion
of it at any one time -- ANSWER--Occupant loads
This Should be established during plans review -- ANSWER--
Occupant loads
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TESTED AND
APPROVED!!!
Locations where lodging boarding and personal care are provided to
FOUR or more residents who are unrelated to the owner or Operator -
- ANSWER-Residential board and care occupancies
Contain both large quantities of combustible materials, and the
potential for high life loss -- ANSWER--Mercantile occupancies
Arrangement of merchandise both on display, and in storage can
result in high
Fire loads of class a materials, and at the same time restrict access for
customers -- ANSWER--Mercantile occupancies
What type of occupancies are divided into group areas and individual
working spaces? -- ANSWER--Business occupancies
Any building or portion of a building that is used for the purpose of
education of six or more persons from preschool through the 12th
grade -- ANSWER-Educational occupancy
Page 1 of 36
,What are the three NFPA codes? -- ANSWER--General purpose
Special purpose
High hazard
Describe factory/industrial occupies as buildings that are used in
manufacturing, packaging, finishing, assembling, or disassembling
products that are not classified as hazardous -- ANSWER--ICC
Facilities that provide health or medical services to FOUR OR MORE
individuals, who cannot evacuate themselves during an emergency
without assistance from staff or emergency responders -- ANSWER--
Healthcare occupancies
Buildings or portions of buildings that provide medical services to
FOUR OR MORE patients on an OUTPATIENT basis -- ANSWER--
Ambulatory healthcare occupancies
These help building officials gain a reasonable expectation of the
level of hazard of a particular building -- ANSWER--Occupancy
classifications
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,Any building structure or compartment room that is used for the
gathering of 50 or more persons -- ANSWER--Assembly occupancies
NFPA - loads over 1000 is what class? -- ANSWER--Class A
NFPA - loads between 301 to 1000 is what class? -- ANSWER--Class
B
NFPA - loads between 50 to 300 is what class? -- ANSWER--Class C
Include patients that may be incapable of self preservation without
assistance due to anesthesia or medication -- ANSWER--Ambulatory
healthcare occupancies
Cannot be located above Mercantile occupancy, unless separated by a
1 - HOUR Fire separation wall or the Mercantile occupancy is
equipped with an approved automatic fire sprinkler system --
ANSWER--Boarding or rooming houses
Any building or group of buildings that provides sleeping rooms for
transients --
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, ANSWER--Hotels
Present a wide range of fire and life, safety challenges for the
inspector --
ANSWER--Hotels
Include structures that have two or more very different types of
activities occurring within them -- ANSWER--Multiple use
occupancies
Self closing, or automatic, closing doors that activate when a fire
alarm is activated -- ANSWER--Code requires fire resistance, rated
separations regarding incidental use
The total number of persons who may occupy a building or a portion
of it at any one time -- ANSWER--Occupant loads
This Should be established during plans review -- ANSWER--
Occupant loads
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