NFPA --- CLSS-HC EXAM STUDY GUIDE
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<LATEST VERSION>
1. Dead-end corridors are limited to ___ feet in new and existing health care
occupancies. - ANSWER ✔ 30 feet
2. For new health care occupancies, the travel distance between any point in a
room and an exit may not exceed _____. - ANSWER ✔ 200 ft
3. The travel distance between any point in a health care sleeping room and an
exit access door in that room may not exceed ____. - ANSWER ✔ 50 feet
4. A common path of travel in a new health care occupancy may not exceed
___. - ANSWER ✔ 100 feet
5. In a new health care occupancy what distance must separate the two exit
access doors?
A. One-third of the building or area's longest wall
B. One-third of the building or area diagonal measurement
C. One-fourth of the building or area's longest wall
, D. One-fourth of the building or area diagonal measurement - ANSWER
✔ B. one-third of the building or area diagonal measurement
6. Which of the following statements about areas of refuge is true?
A. An area of refuge must have smoke-resisting partitions.
B. An area of refuge must have sprinkler protection.
C. The Code requires areas of refuge in all buildings.
D. Supplemental requirements, such as a two-way communication
system apply to areas of refuge. - ANSWER ✔ D. Supplemental
requirements, such as a two-way communication system apply to
areas of refuge.
7. Intervening rooms in a patient sleeping room with not more than eight beds:
A. Are limited to one per room
B. Are limited to two per room
C. Are limited to three per room
D. Are not limited in number - ANSWER ✔ D. Are not limited in
number
8. When a second exit access is required in a suite:
A. One exit access door must be to an exit stair
B. One exit access door must be to the corridor
C. Both exit access doors must be to the corridor
D. Both exit access doors may be to adjoining suites - ANSWER ✔ B.
One exit access door must be to the corridor
, 9. How many stories may convenience openings, such as open convenience
stairs, connect?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Unlimited, as long as it is not a means of egress
D. Unlimited, except for sleeping and treatment rooms - ANSWER ✔ A.
Two
10.Which of the following statements about mezzanines is true?
A. A mezzanine is counted as a building story.
B. No enclosed space is permitted on a mezzanine.
C. The aggregate area of a mezzanine must not exceed 1/4 the open area
of the room in which it is located.
D. Untenable smoke concentrations might affect the mezzanine level
before similarly affecting the floor below. - ANSWER ✔ D.
Untenable smoke concentrations might affect the mezzanine level
before similarly affecting the floor below.
11.SEVERE hazard areas must be:
A. Enclosed with 1-hour barrier
B. Enclosed with a 1-hour barrier and protected by automatic
extinguishing systems
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<LATEST VERSION>
1. Dead-end corridors are limited to ___ feet in new and existing health care
occupancies. - ANSWER ✔ 30 feet
2. For new health care occupancies, the travel distance between any point in a
room and an exit may not exceed _____. - ANSWER ✔ 200 ft
3. The travel distance between any point in a health care sleeping room and an
exit access door in that room may not exceed ____. - ANSWER ✔ 50 feet
4. A common path of travel in a new health care occupancy may not exceed
___. - ANSWER ✔ 100 feet
5. In a new health care occupancy what distance must separate the two exit
access doors?
A. One-third of the building or area's longest wall
B. One-third of the building or area diagonal measurement
C. One-fourth of the building or area's longest wall
, D. One-fourth of the building or area diagonal measurement - ANSWER
✔ B. one-third of the building or area diagonal measurement
6. Which of the following statements about areas of refuge is true?
A. An area of refuge must have smoke-resisting partitions.
B. An area of refuge must have sprinkler protection.
C. The Code requires areas of refuge in all buildings.
D. Supplemental requirements, such as a two-way communication
system apply to areas of refuge. - ANSWER ✔ D. Supplemental
requirements, such as a two-way communication system apply to
areas of refuge.
7. Intervening rooms in a patient sleeping room with not more than eight beds:
A. Are limited to one per room
B. Are limited to two per room
C. Are limited to three per room
D. Are not limited in number - ANSWER ✔ D. Are not limited in
number
8. When a second exit access is required in a suite:
A. One exit access door must be to an exit stair
B. One exit access door must be to the corridor
C. Both exit access doors must be to the corridor
D. Both exit access doors may be to adjoining suites - ANSWER ✔ B.
One exit access door must be to the corridor
, 9. How many stories may convenience openings, such as open convenience
stairs, connect?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Unlimited, as long as it is not a means of egress
D. Unlimited, except for sleeping and treatment rooms - ANSWER ✔ A.
Two
10.Which of the following statements about mezzanines is true?
A. A mezzanine is counted as a building story.
B. No enclosed space is permitted on a mezzanine.
C. The aggregate area of a mezzanine must not exceed 1/4 the open area
of the room in which it is located.
D. Untenable smoke concentrations might affect the mezzanine level
before similarly affecting the floor below. - ANSWER ✔ D.
Untenable smoke concentrations might affect the mezzanine level
before similarly affecting the floor below.
11.SEVERE hazard areas must be:
A. Enclosed with 1-hour barrier
B. Enclosed with a 1-hour barrier and protected by automatic
extinguishing systems
