Fire Alarm Wiring
How well do you know the 2023 National Electrical Code requirements for fire alarm wiring? Take this quiz and test your skills.
1. Are you allowed to run FPL cables from floor to floor?
Correct Answer: No
2. Where located within 7 feet of the floor, exposed fire alarm cables shall be securely fastened in an approved manner at intervals of not more than _____ inches.
Correct Answer: 18
3. You are allowed to install FPL cables and THHN conductors in the same raceway.
Correct Answer: True
4. Where power-limited fire alarm circuit conductors must enter an enclosure with a single opening, they shall be permitted to enter through a single fitting (such as a tee) _____.
Correct Answer: Provided the conductors are separated from the other circuit conductors by a continuous and firmly fixed nonconductor, such as flexible tubing
5. You are allowed to install FPL cables with NPLFA cables.
Correct Answer: Yes, with certain restrictions
6. How many 14 AWG conductors are allowed in a ¾-inch EMT?
Correct Answer: 22
7. Single FPL conductors shall not be smaller than _____ AWG.
Correct Answer: 18
8. Overcurrent protection shall not exceed _____ for 16 AWG NPLFA conductors.
Correct Answer: 10A
9. Listed, continuous line-type fire detectors employed for detection and carrying signaling currents shall be permitted to be used in power-limited circuits.
Correct Answer: True
10. Power-limited fire alarm circuit conductors shall not be strapped, taped or attached by any means to the exterior of any conduit or other raceway as a means of support.
Correct Answer: True
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