5-Minute Tech Quiz
Notification Appliances
Test Your Knowledge
Can Your Fire Alarm System Survive?
All Answers relate to NFPA 101, 2018 Edition
1. The “requirements for audible and visual notification appliances for all types of systems” can be found in _____________.
A. NFPA 70 Article 760
B. NFPA 72 Chapter 18
C. UL 217
D. All of the above
2. An ambient sound level greater than _____ dBA shall require the use of a visual notification appliance(s).
A. 75
B. 90
C. 105
D. 120
3. The combined ambient and all operating notification appliance sound pressure levels shall not exceed ________ dBA.
A. 90
B. 105
C. 110
D. 230
4. Table __________ is new for the 2019 edition of the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code derived from OSHA 29 CFR 1910.5 regarding permissible occupational noise exposures.
A. 16.3.1.1
B. A 18.4.1.2
C. 18.4.2.2
D. 14.3
5. Requirements in the 2019 edition of NFPA 72 include the requirements for CO detectors and systems that came from the ______________ , which has been withdrawn.
A. 2015 edition of NPFA 720
B. 2016 edition of NFPA 72
C. 2017 edition of NFPA 74
D. 2009 edition of NFPA 70
6. Audible appliances that are installed in sleeping areas shall have a sound level of at least ____________ dB above the average ambient sound level.
A. 5
B. 15
C. 60
D. 75
7. Audible appliances that are installed in sleeping areas shall have a sound level of at least ____________ dB above the maximum sound level having a duration of at least 60 seconds.
A. 5
B. 15
C. 60
D. 75
8. This coordinates signals to and from the fire alarm system and other systems.
A. 720 Hz +/- 5 percent
B. 1120 Hz +/- 10 percent
C. 50 Hz +/- 10 percent
D. 520 Hz +/- 10 percent.
9. According to the table, Room Spacing for Wall-Mounted Visual Notification Appliances, the minimum required light output [effective intensity (cd)] for a room of 15.2 x 15.2 m utilizing a single appliance is _____________.
A. 75
B. 94
C. 110
D. 177
10. According to the table, Room Spacing for Wall-Mounted Visual Notification Appliances, a room that is 9.14 x 9.14 m ____________ to have four visual notification appliances.
A. is required
B. may be allowed
C. is not required
D. is not allowed
E. none of the above are correct
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