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NICET LEVEL 3 FIRE ALARMS (NEW 2025 /
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Two employees are joking about their futures. The male employee tells the female employee that she should marry a rich man. They both laugh heavily afterwards. You overhear it from your desk. What should you do? - ANS ✓Go over and tell them in front of the others the comments are inappropriate You are cleaning the area where employees store their personal belongings while they are out working at customers' sites. You find a bag of white powder that you suspect is cocaine. What should you do? - ANS ✓Call the police to investigate The laptop shared by the technicians has been missing for a week. Last week a new employee started, and you suspect that he has stolen it. What should you do? - ANS ✓Call a meeting with your employees and ask if anyone has seen the laptop You notice that one of your employees smells of alcohol after lunch. What should you do? - ANS ✓D. Call a taxi to take them home
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The correct answer is: You need to call a taxi to take them home. You cannot risk the safety of the employee and others. There should be a _________ harassment policy in the workplace. - ANS ✓Zero-tolerance Define: Willful neglect - ANS ✓intentional failure to perform duties because of negligence. True or False: You can require any employees to take a drug test prior to being hired as a condition of employment. - ANS ✓True If the employee is unproductive due to taking too many breaks or wasting time, you need to - ANS ✓discuss the issue one-on-one with the employee and document the discussion. It may become necessary to terminate the employee, so documentation is very important if that time comes. Match the three priorities of major companies on the left with their order of importance on the right according to their philosophy.
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Specifications - ANS ✓define in detail the processes and materials for the project The specs perform a variety of functions, including: - ANS ✓1 Legal Basis Serving as the legal basis for the Contract for Construction 2 Material Quality Defining the quality or grade of materials to be used in the project 3 Acceptable Workmanship Defining the acceptable workmanship or providing standards to judge workmanship 4 Resolving disputes Providing guidelines for resolving disputes between parties to the contact 5 Estimating Providing a basis for accurately estimating cost along with the working drawings True or False: Specifications always take precedence over the drawings whenever there is a discrepancy between the two - ANS ✓False When there is a discrepancy between the specifications and the drawings what are some factors taken into consideration while considering which one takes precedence over the other? - ANS ✓1. whichever results in the greater quantity.
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- is more expensive
- is of greater benefit to the project A good specification will have all of the details you need to __________ and ___________ the system and nothing more - ANS ✓Bid, design Specifications typically use____________ Format - ANS ✓Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) What is The CSI Master Format 2016 - ANS ✓a list of numbers and titles used throughout the North American construction industry to organize project manuals, detailed cost information, and relate drawing notations to specifications. Master Format 2016 groups the information into four major categories: - ANS ✓Bidding Requirements Contract Forms General Conditions Technical Specification Sections Fire Alarm Systems are in what group of CSI? - ANS ✓28 00 00 Electronic Safety and Security. AIA Document A201™ - 2017, General Conditions of the Contract for Construction sets forth the________, __________, and __________ of the owner, contractor, and architect. - ANS ✓rights, responsibilities, and relationships
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Article _________ of AIA A201 assigns responsibility for the correction of defective and nonconforming work. - ANS ✓ 12 Articles _________ of AIA A201 Explains the legal provisions for the assignment of rights or termination of the contract by either signatory party. - ANS ✓13 and 14 Article _________ of AIA A201 covers the owner's right to contract separately with other independent contractors to perform work concurrently with the prime contractor. - ANS ✓ 6 Article _________ of AIA A201 Introduces an Initial Decision Maker (IDM), allowing for claims to initially be decided by someone other than the architect. This article also defines the requirements for arbitration, if chosen for dispute resolution. - ANS ✓ 15 Which article of A1A A201 Defines procedures for handling changes to the work, including when there is disagreement. - ANS ✓Article 7 Which article of A1A A201 Explains time and its impact on the schedule, and defines the remedies for delay, as well as the procedure for requesting an extension of time. - ANS ✓Article 8 Which sub group of fire detection in the CSI master format covers Fire Detection and Alarm Interfaces - ANS ✓28 31 33 Which sub group of fire detection in the CSI master format covers Fire Detection and Alarm Interfaces to Intrusion Detection - ANS ✓28 31 33.
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Which sub group of fire detection in the CSI master format covers Fire Detection and Alarm Interfaces to Video Surveillance - ANS ✓28 31 33. Which sub group of fire detection in the CSI master format covers Fire Detection and Alarm Interfaces to Elevator Control - ANS ✓28 31 33. Which sub group of fire detection in the CSI master format covers Smoke Detection Sensors - ANS ✓28 31 46 Which sub group of fire detection in the CSI master format covers Carbon- Monoxide Detection Sensors - ANS ✓28 31 49 Which sub group of fire detection in the CSI master format covers Fire Alarm Initiating Devices - ANS ✓28 31 53 Which sub group of fire detection in the CSI master format covers Fire Alarm Pull Stations - ANS ✓28 31 53. Which sub group of fire detection in the CSI master format covers Digital, Addressable Fire-Alarm Systems - ANS ✓28 31 11 Which sub group of fire detection in the CSI master format covers Zoned (DC Loop) Fire-Alarm Systems - ANS ✓28 31 12 Which sub group of fire detection in the CSI master format covers Fire Detection and Alarm Control, GUI, and Logic Systems - ANS ✓28 31 13 Which sub group of fire detection in the CSI master format Fire Detection and Alarm Annunciation Panels and Fire Stations - ANS ✓28 31 23
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To help reduce the exclusivity of the proprietary spec, the designer sometimes adds phrasing called the "_________ ____________" clause, which allows limited _________________.. - ANS ✓Or equal. Competition ____________ ____________ is a method of specifying products and materials and is based less on makes and models and more on the ability to satisfy a ____________ _____________or perform a specific _______________.. - ANS ✓Performance Specification. design requirement. function written instructions or details for assembling various components to make up a system or assembly. - ANS ✓Descriptive Specifications Most often, descriptive specifying is used for ___________ ____________such as mortar or concrete. These are typically not used for fire protection projects. - ANS ✓generic products, information presented in the form of additions or deletions to the base price - ANS ✓Alternates What is are allowances - ANS ✓Sometimes when the contract documents are issued, certain items have yet to be finalized and are not ready for inclusion in the bid set.
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Rather than leaving the item out altogether, the designer includes a cash allowance. The allowance is a fixed lump sum, such as "$3,000 for the purchase of the fire alarm control panel." Be sure to include the ____________ or ___________ in cost for all work, including all taxes, labour burden, and overhead...both direct and indirect costs and profit. - ANS ✓Increase Decrease What major items should be considered when estimating a project? - ANS ✓ 1 Profit Margin 2 Material 3 Labour 4 Equipment 5 Insurance 6 Bonds
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Once the wage rate has been modified by all taxes, insurance, and overhead components, the rate is referred to as the what? - ANS ✓burdened labor cost. After____________ has been added, the result is the full value of the labor hour, referred to as the________ __________. This is the rate that would be charged for labor in a time and material application. - ANS ✓profit billing rate labor costs are not just the hourly rate for each worker. There are also many costs added on to the labor cost: - ANS ✓ 1 Worker's Compensation Insurance 2 Social Security 3 State and Federal Unemployment insurance (SUTA and FUTA) 4 Company health or other benefits 5 General liability insurance for damages caused by the workers _____________ ____________ is sometimes required on public works projects and is normally set by the state as the minimum wage required for the employees working on that project. - ANS ✓Prevailing wage
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Indirect Overhead - ANS ✓Costs related to the operation of the main office and its staff Indirect overhead costs are tracked__________ or ____________ and adjusted as dictated by the____________ ___________ of the company. - ANS ✓Weekly Biweekly financial health Indirect overhead includes, but is not limited to, expenses such as: - ANS ✓ 1 Corporate officers' salaries and benefits. 2 Rent or mortgage for the main office. 3 Monthly telephone, cell phones, fax, internet charges, salaries and benefits, insurance, and taxes, vehicles, etc. 4 Legal, accounting, and technology service fees outside the firm. 5 Utilities for the main office/workplace. While profit is not specifically a cost, it does need to be captured in the calculation of the: - ANS ✓billing rate.
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What is the travel time to the job site? 3 What is the environment (cold, hot, wet, hazardous)? 4 Productivity factor - Eight hours of pay is normally not eight hours of working time when you consider setup and clean-up each day. Guarantees contractor will pay for labor and materials. - ANS ✓Labor and Materials Bond Submitted with the bid and guarantees the contractor can bond the project.
- ANS ✓Bid bond Guarantees compliance with statutes and ordinances. - ANS ✓License or Permit Bond Lien Bond - ANS ✓Protects the owner against liens. Guarantees that the contractor will perform all the work in accordance with the contract documents. - ANS ✓Performance Bond Labor and materials bond provided by the subcontractor to the general contractor, that reduces the general contractor's risk and preserves the general contractor's bonding capacity. - ANS ✓Subcontractor Bonds
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Guarantees payment on another party's obligations to meet all terms in the contract. - ANS ✓Surety Bond You may be asked to provide a____________ _______________ Statement with your proposal and estimate. - ANS ✓Contractor Qualification The American Institute of Architects has a format that is commonly used for a Contractor Qualification Statement and includes: - ANS ✓ 1 The name of your company. 2 The owner or CEO. 3 The type of legal structure that your business is - LLC, Corporation, or Partnership. 4 State your primary business - General Contractor, Electrical Contractor, or Fire Alarm Systems Provider. In a Contractor Qualification Statement You need to provide information about your company as to _________ it was formed, how long in business under the ___________ ____________, and any ________ _________ used by your company in the past - ANS ✓when. current name. other names. In a Contractor Qualification Statement You should list all of the _________ and ____________ your company is licensed to do business in, along with the ___________ ____________. - ANS ✓states.
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legal actions In a Contractor Qualification Statement You will want to list all of the current projects you have in progress, with a ___________ completion, ____________ completion date, and the value of the ____________. - ANS ✓percent. estimated. contract. The RFP may include a bid form or the format for the proposal. You should attach a __________ of ____________ with the proposal. - ANS ✓letter. transmittal The ____________, or cover letter, should do more than simply transmit your proposal documents to the _____________ or private-sector client. The letter should be viewed as one more opportunity to call your client's attention to the advantages to be gained from doing business with _______ ____________. - ANS ✓transmittal. Government. your company The RFP cover letter should be prepared on your company's letterhead with the appropriate _________ location address, and it should be signed by your company's ____________ or _________ ________ ____________. - ANS ✓office.
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president or executive vice president There may be items in the proposal that you take exception to or are __________ upon the award date of the bid. If you agreed to this timetable, you would be legally responsible for __________ _____ _______. Sometimes the timetable is contingent on the contract being awarded by a specified date. - ANS ✓contingent. meeting the date. There will likely be a section in the proposal where you acknowledge you have studied all bidding documents. You may want to list the documents along with the ______ or ____________ _________ on each document. - ANS ✓date or revision number There will be a section of items that you acknowledge you have performed or reviewed in preparing the bid, and terms you are in agreement: list them
- ANS ✓ 1 A site visit was made. 2 You are familiar with all local, state and federal laws. 3 The bidder has given notice in writing of all conflicts, errors, and discrepancies found on the drawing or specifications. 4 You are authorized to do business in the state.
