BOMA Exam Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions 2025
Usually if a motor in a system feels hot and you think it is overloading you should not open the flow
valve further because? - ✔✔Increase in flow will usually increase the horsepower requirements.
Net positive suction head is? - ✔✔The amount of absolute pressure actually available at the suction inlet
of the pump to force the liquid of the pump.
The seal has just been replaced and if the pump leak slightly at start up first? - ✔✔Allow the pump to
continue to run for a short period of time and see the leak stops.
It is ever necessary to reduce the pump flow temporarily, do so by? - ✔✔Throttling the discharge.
There are several methods used to detection of incipid fires, temperature sensing and smoke detection
are the primary ones? - ✔✔True
Smoke detection is accomplished by either photoelectric scanning, ionize chamber, smoke reflection
devices? - ✔✔True
A sprinkler system with sprinklers that stay open all the time is a? - ✔✔Deluge
Sprinkler heads that are mounted in an inverted position is called a? - ✔✔Pendant, conventional and
flush pendant
The number of sprinklers that can be placed on a given pipe is governed by? - ✔✔The pipe size.
In a fire sprinkler system there are two main types of sprinkler heads, upright and pendant? - ✔✔True
Which of the following best describes the basic type of sprinkler systems in the building? - ✔✔Standard
wet system, standard dry system and deluge system.
Usually if a motor in a system feels hot and you think it is overloading you should not open the flow
valve further because? - ✔✔Increase in flow will usually increase the horsepower requirements.
Net positive suction head is? - ✔✔The amount of absolute pressure actually available at the suction inlet
of the pump to force the liquid of the pump.
The seal has just been replaced and if the pump leak slightly at start up first? - ✔✔Allow the pump to
continue to run for a short period of time and see the leak stops.
It is ever necessary to reduce the pump flow temporarily, do so by? - ✔✔Throttling the discharge.
There are several methods used to detection of incipid fires, temperature sensing and smoke detection
are the primary ones? - ✔✔True
Smoke detection is accomplished by either photoelectric scanning, ionize chamber, smoke reflection
devices? - ✔✔True
A sprinkler system with sprinklers that stay open all the time is a? - ✔✔Deluge
Sprinkler heads that are mounted in an inverted position is called a? - ✔✔Pendant, conventional and
flush pendant
The number of sprinklers that can be placed on a given pipe is governed by? - ✔✔The pipe size.
In a fire sprinkler system there are two main types of sprinkler heads, upright and pendant? - ✔✔True
Which of the following best describes the basic type of sprinkler systems in the building? - ✔✔Standard
wet system, standard dry system and deluge system.
