Fire Alarm System Documentation
How well do you know the documentation requirements of 2022 NFPA 72? Take this quiz and test your knowledge.
1. Voltage drop calculations are required for _____ circuits.
Correct Answer: Notification appliance
2. The minimum required design documentation when occupant notification is required necessitates that the designer provide minimum sound pressure levels that must be produced by the audible notification appliances in applicable covered areas.
Correct Answer: True
3. All fire alarm drawings shall use symbols described in NFPA _____ or other symbols acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.
Correct Answer: 170
4. With every _____ system, a documentation cabinet shall be installed at the system control unit or at another approved location at the protected premises.
Correct Answer: New
5. Where forms are required for completion of a fire alarm installation, you are required to use the NFPA 72 Record of Completion and Record of Inspection and Testing forms.
Correct Answer: False
6. The documented minimum safety margin required for new systems shall be at least _____%.
Correct Answer: 25
7. Design documents shall incorporate performance criteria to ensure that the system will provide a beneficial component to the fire and life safety needs of the owner, occupants and authority having jurisdiction.
Correct Answer: True
8. Design documents shall specify the rooms and spaces that will and will not have visual notification provided.
Correct Answer: True
9. For shop drawings, a _____ of operation shall be provided to describe the sequence of operation.
Correct Answer: Narrative description or input/output matrix
10. Floor plan drawings shall include _____ for all visual notification appliances to be installed.
Correct Answer: Both A and B
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