OHIO SPRINKLER TECHNICIAN EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔60 seconds - ✔✔A dry system must deliver water to the inspectors test connecting
within _____
✔✔200 psi for 2 hours - ✔✔The hydrostatic test and Working Pressure test is run at
_______
✔✔Schedule 40 and types K & L - ✔✔Bending of _____ steel like and ______ copper
tube shall be permitted in a standpipe system proving the bend are made with no kinks,
ripples, distortions, or reductions in diameter
✔✔400 - ✔✔An extended coverage sprinkler has a maximum protection area of _____
square feet
✔✔True - ✔✔The operating stems of outside screws and yolked valves shall be
lubricated annually
✔✔False ( screwed unions cannot be used in pipe larger then 2") - ✔✔Screwed unions
can be used on pipe larger then 2"
✔✔True - ✔✔A Multipurpose piping system serves both sprinkler and domestic needs
✔✔Can be used in heated and unleaded areas - ✔✔Which of the following statements
is correct regarding pre-action sprinkler systems
✔✔Obstructed construction - ✔✔Panel construction and other construction where
beams, trusses, or other members impede heat flow or water distribution in a manner
that materially affects the ability of sprinklers to control or suppress a fire is:
✔✔False - ✔✔Sprinklers manufactured prior to 1920 shall be tested yearly
✔✔1-12 inches - ✔✔Under unobstructed construction, the distance between the
sprinkler deflector and the ceiling shall be _____
✔✔Ceiling - ✔✔Sidewall sprinklers are installed with the deflector parallel to the ____
✔✔Class I, Class II, Class III - ✔✔Standpipe systems fall into which of the following
systems
✔✔0.10 him/ft 2 - ✔✔Per NFPA 13R requirements, quick- response sprinklers are
permitted for use in mechanical closets. The minimum discharge for these sprinkler is
which of the following
, ✔✔The gauges indicate normal supply water pressure is being maintained the valve is
free of physical damage and all valves are in the appropriate open or closed positions,
the retarding chamber or alert drains are not leaking - ✔✔Alarm valves and system riser
check valves shall be externally inspected monthly and shall verify the following
✔✔Central station, Proprietary, or remote station signaling service, local alarm service
that causes the sounding of an audible signal all a constantly attended location, valves
are locked open - ✔✔System water supply valves l, isolation control valves, and other
valves in feed main shall be supervised in an approved manner in the open position by
which of the following methods:
✔✔False - ✔✔Sprinklers having a temperature rating of 135F to 170F shall be classified
as intermediate temperature-rated sprinklers and sprinklers having a temperament
rating of 175F 225 f shall be classified as ordinary temperature-rated sprinklers
✔✔Flashover - ✔✔The primary purpose of residential sprinklers installed per NFPA 13D
is to prevent _____ from occurring in the room of origin
✔✔True - ✔✔A one -piece reducing fitting shall be used wherever a change is made in
the size of pipe. Hexagonal or face bushing shall be permitted in reducing the size of
opening of fittings when standard fitting of the required size are not available
✔✔Cross main - ✔✔Which of the following sprinkler systems components supplies the
branch lines, either directly or through riser nipples?
✔✔True - ✔✔Escutcheons use with recessed, flush-type, or concealed sprinklers are
required to be part of a listen sprinkler assembly
✔✔Miscellaneous storage - ✔✔Storage that does not exceed 12 ft (3.66 m) in height
and is incidental to another occupancy use group. Such storage shall not constitute
more than 10 percent of the building area or 4000 ft2 (372 m2) of the sprinklered area,
whichever is greater. Such storage shall not exceed 1000 ft2 (93 m2) in one pile or
area, and each such pile or area shall be separated from other storage areas by at least
25 ft (7.62 m)
✔✔Apartment buildings, lodging and rooming houses, board and care facilities, hotels,
motels, and dormitory's - ✔✔Residential occupancies are defined by NFPA 13R as
which of the following:
✔✔30. - ✔✔The air supply for a dry system shall have a capacity capable of restoring
normal air pressure in the system within _____ minutes
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔60 seconds - ✔✔A dry system must deliver water to the inspectors test connecting
within _____
✔✔200 psi for 2 hours - ✔✔The hydrostatic test and Working Pressure test is run at
_______
✔✔Schedule 40 and types K & L - ✔✔Bending of _____ steel like and ______ copper
tube shall be permitted in a standpipe system proving the bend are made with no kinks,
ripples, distortions, or reductions in diameter
✔✔400 - ✔✔An extended coverage sprinkler has a maximum protection area of _____
square feet
✔✔True - ✔✔The operating stems of outside screws and yolked valves shall be
lubricated annually
✔✔False ( screwed unions cannot be used in pipe larger then 2") - ✔✔Screwed unions
can be used on pipe larger then 2"
✔✔True - ✔✔A Multipurpose piping system serves both sprinkler and domestic needs
✔✔Can be used in heated and unleaded areas - ✔✔Which of the following statements
is correct regarding pre-action sprinkler systems
✔✔Obstructed construction - ✔✔Panel construction and other construction where
beams, trusses, or other members impede heat flow or water distribution in a manner
that materially affects the ability of sprinklers to control or suppress a fire is:
✔✔False - ✔✔Sprinklers manufactured prior to 1920 shall be tested yearly
✔✔1-12 inches - ✔✔Under unobstructed construction, the distance between the
sprinkler deflector and the ceiling shall be _____
✔✔Ceiling - ✔✔Sidewall sprinklers are installed with the deflector parallel to the ____
✔✔Class I, Class II, Class III - ✔✔Standpipe systems fall into which of the following
systems
✔✔0.10 him/ft 2 - ✔✔Per NFPA 13R requirements, quick- response sprinklers are
permitted for use in mechanical closets. The minimum discharge for these sprinkler is
which of the following
, ✔✔The gauges indicate normal supply water pressure is being maintained the valve is
free of physical damage and all valves are in the appropriate open or closed positions,
the retarding chamber or alert drains are not leaking - ✔✔Alarm valves and system riser
check valves shall be externally inspected monthly and shall verify the following
✔✔Central station, Proprietary, or remote station signaling service, local alarm service
that causes the sounding of an audible signal all a constantly attended location, valves
are locked open - ✔✔System water supply valves l, isolation control valves, and other
valves in feed main shall be supervised in an approved manner in the open position by
which of the following methods:
✔✔False - ✔✔Sprinklers having a temperature rating of 135F to 170F shall be classified
as intermediate temperature-rated sprinklers and sprinklers having a temperament
rating of 175F 225 f shall be classified as ordinary temperature-rated sprinklers
✔✔Flashover - ✔✔The primary purpose of residential sprinklers installed per NFPA 13D
is to prevent _____ from occurring in the room of origin
✔✔True - ✔✔A one -piece reducing fitting shall be used wherever a change is made in
the size of pipe. Hexagonal or face bushing shall be permitted in reducing the size of
opening of fittings when standard fitting of the required size are not available
✔✔Cross main - ✔✔Which of the following sprinkler systems components supplies the
branch lines, either directly or through riser nipples?
✔✔True - ✔✔Escutcheons use with recessed, flush-type, or concealed sprinklers are
required to be part of a listen sprinkler assembly
✔✔Miscellaneous storage - ✔✔Storage that does not exceed 12 ft (3.66 m) in height
and is incidental to another occupancy use group. Such storage shall not constitute
more than 10 percent of the building area or 4000 ft2 (372 m2) of the sprinklered area,
whichever is greater. Such storage shall not exceed 1000 ft2 (93 m2) in one pile or
area, and each such pile or area shall be separated from other storage areas by at least
25 ft (7.62 m)
✔✔Apartment buildings, lodging and rooming houses, board and care facilities, hotels,
motels, and dormitory's - ✔✔Residential occupancies are defined by NFPA 13R as
which of the following:
✔✔30. - ✔✔The air supply for a dry system shall have a capacity capable of restoring
normal air pressure in the system within _____ minutes
