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NYC FSD Class TestWhich of the following audible alarm sequences is not correct?
A. Low-rise non-fireproof buildings may sound the alarm on all floors.
B. Alarm sounds on the fire floor only.
C. Sounds in zones or groups of floors. - answerB. Alarm sounds on the fire floor only.
While acknowledging trouble conditions for a lower floor, an alarm condition registers at
the fire command station for an upper floor. What action should you take?
A. Alert upper floor fire wardens, activate brigade, and verify that the FD has been
notified.
B. Due to troubles on lower floor, ignore alarm for the moment.
C. Send brigade to lower floor first then to upper floor condition.
D. Call FD and report both trouble and fire alarm conditions for the building. - answerA.
Alert upper floor fire wardens, activate brigade, and verify that the FD has been notified.
All of the following items are to be tested or serviced annually EXCEPT:
A. Pull Stations
B. Water Flow Alarms
C. Smoke Detectors
D. Speaker/strobe - answerB. Water Flow Alarms
Initiating devices cause the alarm panel actions EXCEPT:
A. Area smoke detectors recall elevators.
B. Manual pull stations do not unlock fail safe reentry doors.
C. Sprinkler water flow alarms recall elevators.
D. HVAC duct smoke detectors shut off associated fan units. - answer...A. Area smoke
detectors recall elevators.
Which is not a responsibility of a High Rise office building owner?
A. to train the fire brigade.
B. to provide for fire drills
C. designate a Fire Safety Director
D. provide for a written Fire Safety Plan - answerA. to train the fire brigade
Phone jacks in J-1 (hotels) are located where?
A. In stairwell with the standpipe.
,B. Near warden phones.
C. Near an emergency exit.
D. In the elevator lobby. - answerA. In stairwell with the standpipe.
In an office building after normal working hours with less than 100 persons above or
below the street lobby floor or less than 500 persons in the entire building, who may
operate the Fire Command Station during a fire alarm condition?
A. Building Evacuation Supervisor
B. Fire Guards on duty
C. building owner's representative
D. Fire Chief - answerA. Building Evacuation Supervisor
Class E or J (Class B & R-1 new code) signaling devices operate for what purpose?
A. Alert all people above the fire.
B. Initially, to alert all those on the fire floor and one above (if alarm system is upgraded
also sounds on the floor below)
C. Sounds on all floors for a general evacuation of the building-hi rise.
D. To calm people down. - answerB. Initially, to alert all those on the fire floor and one
above (if alarm system is upgraded also sounds on the floor below)
How do you determine that a pull station in a building called the FD?
A. White painted front.
B. Box has diagonal stripe from upper right corner to lower left.
C. Red box says "Local alarm".
D. Red box has 1 diagonal stripe from upper left to lower right front of box. - answerD.
Red box has 1 diagonal stripe from upper left to lower right front of box.
All maintenance procedures are correct EXCEPT:
A. Spray paint red only on pull station boxes.
B. Clean smoke detectors every six months.
C. Break glass stations require one replacement per station.
D. Intelligent smoke detectors report their cleaning needs automatically. - answerA.
Spray paint red only on pull station boxes.
Hotels must conduct fire drills how often?
A. quarterly
B. monthly
C. quarterly on each shift
D. semi-annually on each shift - answerC. quarterly on each shift
Who may be exempt from fire drills in New York City?
A. guests
B. maintenance
, C. security
D. front desk clerks - answerA. guests
When may office building fire wardens order the use of elevators?
A. as needed
B. never
C. elevator banks unaffected by the fire with permission of FSD
D. before the smoke detectors recall elevators in the early stage of the fire - answerC.
elevator banks unaffected by the fire with permission of FSD
A 30,000 sq/ft office floor would require how many deputy floor wardens?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four - answerD. four (one every 7,500 sq/ft)
Who selects persons for the fire warden team?
A. tenant
B. building owner
C. Fire Safety Director
D. Building Evacuation Supervisor - answerA. tenant
When would fire wardens NOT begin evacuation of their floor?
A. upon orders to evacuate from the Fire Safety Director and no sign of fire
B. when seeing smoke at ceiling level
C. with alarm sounding but ordered to stand by from the Fire Safety Director
D. when the office floor is below grade - answerC. with alarm sounding but ordered to
stand by from the Fire Safety Director
Instructions for the fire brigade members does NOT include:
A. reporting to the fire floor and attempt to extinguish small fires
B. leaving one member on the floor below the fire to meet the fire department
C. attempting to control fire if conditions pose not personal threat
D. upon arrival of the Fire Department on floor below, brigade returning to lobby -
answerA. reporting to the fire floor and attempt to extinguish small fires
What conditions permit the use of elevators during a high-rise fire emergency?
A. when the elevator bank serves the fire floor
B. only if the cars are operated by the fire brigade
C. for brief periods when the fire is small
D. when elevators do not serve the fire floor and have no shaft openings on floors
affected by the fire or smoke - answerD. when elevators do not serve the fire floor and
have no shaft openings on floors affected by the fire or smoke
Which is NOT an objective of a Fire Safety Plan?
A. to establish method for response to alarms
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