Supervising Station Alarm Systems
Most fire alarms must be monitored to be code compliant. How well do you know the requirements for supervising station alarm systems? Take this quiz and test your knowledge.
1. If fire alarm signal verification is used by the supervising station, the verification process can’t take longer than _____ seconds from the time the alarm signal is received at the supervising station until retransmission is initiated.
Correct Answer: 90
2. Servicing of a carbon monoxide system that cannot be reset shall occur within _____ hours of the carbon monoxide alarm signal.
Correct Answer: 4
3. Central station service elements shall be provided under contract to a subscriber by a prime contractor listed for central station fire alarm services.
Correct Answer: True
4. For a central station alarm service system, the central station must dispatch a runner or technician to the protected premises to arrive within _____ hours after receipt of an alarm signal if equipment must be manually reset.
Correct Answer: 2
5. Complete records of all signals received at a central station shall be retained for at least _____ year(s).
Correct Answer: 1
6. Owners using remote station alarm systems shall provide annual documentation to the authority having jurisdiction identifying the party responsible for the inspection, testing and maintenance of the system.
Correct Answer: True
7. If using a single communication path to send signals to the supervising station, the path must be supervised at an interval of not more than _____ minutes.
Correct Answer: 60
8. If multiple transmission paths are used, each path shall be supervised within not more than _____ hours.
Correct Answer: 6
9. The maximum duration between the initiation of an alarm signal at the protected premises and the display and recording of the signal at the supervising station shall not exceed _____ seconds.
Correct Answer: 90
10. Digital alarm communicator transmitters are always allowed to use two telephone lines for transmitting signals to the supervising station.
Correct Answer: False
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