Fire Inspector Part 2

The procedure, in order, to perform a main drain test is 1) Record the static pressure, 2) Open fully (slowly) the main drain, 3) Record the flow pressure, 4) Close the drain slowly

• The procedure is correct

• The procedure is not correct

What time of the year is prefeable for the performance of trip tests?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

How often should the main drain test be conducted?

• Bi-weekly

• Weekly

• Quarterly

• Annually

What tyoe of quick-opening device speeds the release of air from the system?

• Dry-pipe exhauster

• Dry-pipe accelerator

• Pipe blower

• Pneumatic accelerator

The required air pressure for dry-pipe systems above trip pressure is ____ psi.

• 5

• 7

• 10

• 20

On what type of fire is a Halon extinguishing system most effective?

• Class A

• Class A and Class D

• Class B and Class C

• Class D

A wet chemical system is most effective on fires caused by which of the following?

• Lightning

• Smoldering paper

• Electrical sparks

• Cooking hazards

High expansion foam is hazardous due to:

• Toxicity

• Poisonous nature

• Lack of visibility

• All options

What type of automatic alarm-initiating device is considered to be among the oldest types of fire detection systems in use but are also the slowest of all of the different types of alarm initiating systems to activate? These devices are placed in high areas of a room, generally on the ceiling and detect heat by either the expansion or melting of heated material or the changes in resistance of the heated material.

• Rate of rise heat detectors

• Fixed-temperature heat detectors

• Smoke detectors

• Photoelectric smoke dector

What type of heat detector functions on the principle that the ambient temperature within a room will increase faster from fire than from normal atmospheric temperature?

• Continuous line detector

• Smoke detector

• A rate-of-rise heat detector

• Fixed-temperature heat detector