F02 EXAM PRACTICE TEST 45
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Building occupants - answer All persons in the building, including employees, building personnel
and visitors.
CENTRAL STATION COMPANY - answer A facility that receives alarm signals from a protected
premise and retransmits or otherwise reports such alarm signals to the FDNY.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN - answer also known as the fire safety and evacuation plan
and/or emergency action plan.
EVACUATION - answer - the emptying of a building of all building occupants in response to a fire
or an emergency
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM - answer - any system, including any interconnected fire alarm sub-system,
of components and circuits arranged to monitor and annunciate the status of fire alarm or
supervisory signal-initiating devices.
FIRE GUARD - answer - A person holding a Certificate of Fitness for such purposes, who is
trained in and responsible for maintaining a fire watch.
FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS - answer - Approved devices, equipment and systems or
combinations of systems used to detect a fire, activate an alarm, extinguish or control a fire,
control or manage fire alarm systems, sprinkler systems and standpipe systems
FIRE WATCH - answer A temporary measure intended to ensure continuous and systematic
surveillance of a building or portion thereof by one or more qualified individuals for the
purposes of identifying and controlling fire hazards, including detecting early signs of fire,
raising an alarm of fire, notifying the department, and performing such other fire safety duties
as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
, IMPAIRMENT - answer - Any condition in which a fire protection system cannot perform its
designed fire safety function.
IMPAIRMENT COORDINATOR - answer - The person designated by the building owner who is
responsible for ensuring that proper notification and safety precautions are taken when a
standpipe system, sprinkler system or fire alarm system is out of services
NON-FIRE EMERGENCY - answer A biological, chemical or nuclear incident or release;
declaration of emergency by a lawful authority; explosion; medical emergency; natural disaster;
or other emergency affecting the premises or the safety of building occupants.
OWNER/OCCUPANT RESPONSIBILITY - - answer The owner shall be responsible at all times for
the safe maintenance of a building, structure and premises in accordance with this code.
TWO-WAY VOICE COMMUNICATION - answer - a form of transmission in which both parties
involved have the ability to transmit information.
Two way voice communication uses warden phones that are placed at several locations
throughout the building, usually near the exit stairways in the building.
Certificate of Occupancy - answer is the official document that establishes the maximum
number of occupants authorized to be in the shelter.
Fire Guard Patrols - answer Fire guards are responsible for patrolling every area of the shelter at
least once every hour.
Out-of-Service Conditions - answer When a required fire protection system in a shelter is out of
service, the building should be evacuated or a fire watch shall be maintained by one or more
persons holding an F-02 certificate of fitness.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Building occupants - answer All persons in the building, including employees, building personnel
and visitors.
CENTRAL STATION COMPANY - answer A facility that receives alarm signals from a protected
premise and retransmits or otherwise reports such alarm signals to the FDNY.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN - answer also known as the fire safety and evacuation plan
and/or emergency action plan.
EVACUATION - answer - the emptying of a building of all building occupants in response to a fire
or an emergency
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM - answer - any system, including any interconnected fire alarm sub-system,
of components and circuits arranged to monitor and annunciate the status of fire alarm or
supervisory signal-initiating devices.
FIRE GUARD - answer - A person holding a Certificate of Fitness for such purposes, who is
trained in and responsible for maintaining a fire watch.
FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS - answer - Approved devices, equipment and systems or
combinations of systems used to detect a fire, activate an alarm, extinguish or control a fire,
control or manage fire alarm systems, sprinkler systems and standpipe systems
FIRE WATCH - answer A temporary measure intended to ensure continuous and systematic
surveillance of a building or portion thereof by one or more qualified individuals for the
purposes of identifying and controlling fire hazards, including detecting early signs of fire,
raising an alarm of fire, notifying the department, and performing such other fire safety duties
as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
, IMPAIRMENT - answer - Any condition in which a fire protection system cannot perform its
designed fire safety function.
IMPAIRMENT COORDINATOR - answer - The person designated by the building owner who is
responsible for ensuring that proper notification and safety precautions are taken when a
standpipe system, sprinkler system or fire alarm system is out of services
NON-FIRE EMERGENCY - answer A biological, chemical or nuclear incident or release;
declaration of emergency by a lawful authority; explosion; medical emergency; natural disaster;
or other emergency affecting the premises or the safety of building occupants.
OWNER/OCCUPANT RESPONSIBILITY - - answer The owner shall be responsible at all times for
the safe maintenance of a building, structure and premises in accordance with this code.
TWO-WAY VOICE COMMUNICATION - answer - a form of transmission in which both parties
involved have the ability to transmit information.
Two way voice communication uses warden phones that are placed at several locations
throughout the building, usually near the exit stairways in the building.
Certificate of Occupancy - answer is the official document that establishes the maximum
number of occupants authorized to be in the shelter.
Fire Guard Patrols - answer Fire guards are responsible for patrolling every area of the shelter at
least once every hour.
Out-of-Service Conditions - answer When a required fire protection system in a shelter is out of
service, the building should be evacuated or a fire watch shall be maintained by one or more
persons holding an F-02 certificate of fitness.
