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Sprinkler Systems Exam Q&A: Citywide Regulations and Maintenance, Exams of Engineering

A series of questions and answers related to citywide sprinkler systems, focusing on maintenance, inspection, and operational procedures. It covers topics such as owner responsibilities, record-keeping, impairment coordination, and various system components. The material is structured as a series of questions and answers, making it useful for quick review and exam preparation. It also includes information on tagging procedures, system impairments, and the roles of different personnel involved in sprinkler system management. Useful for students and professionals in fire safety and building maintenance.

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S-12 CITYWIDE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS |
Actual Exam Questions | 100% Correct
Answers | Verified Version
THE __________ IS RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN SPRINKLER SYS. AND TO DETERMINE QUALIFICATIONS. -
✔✔OWNER
RECORDS OF ALL INSPECTIONS AND MX SHALL BE MAINTAINED ON PREMISES FOR A MIN. OF
__________ YEARS. - ✔✔3
THE BUILDING OWNER SHALL ASSIGN A(N) ____________ TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS. -
✔✔IMPAIRMENT COORDINATOR
REGULAR MX AND MINOR REPAIRS NOT AFFECTING MORE THAN ________ FLOOR(S) ARE CONSIDERED
PLANNED REMOVAL FROM SERVICE. - ✔✔1
SHUTDOWNS AFFECTING MORE THAN _________ FLOOR(S) ARE CONSIDERED UNPLANNED OUT OF
SERVICE CONDITIONS. - ✔✔1
NOTIFICATION TO FDNY IS NOT REQUIRED, PROVIDED SYSTEM IS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITHIN ______
HOURS. - ✔✔8
FOR UNPLANNED REMOVAL FROM SERVICE, THE COF HOLDER SHALL IMMEDIATELY REPORT CONDITION
TO THE ___________ AND THE FIRE DEPT. - ✔✔OWNER OF THE BUILDING
IF A MINOR DEFECT IS OBSERVED, IT SHALL BE CORRECTED WITHIN _________ DAYS OR IT WILL BE
CONSIDERED AN IMPAIRMENT. - ✔✔30
WHAT DOES "OOS" STAND FOR? - ✔✔OUT OF SERVICE
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S-12 CITYWIDE SPRINKLER SYSTEMS |

Actual Exam Questions | 100% Correct

Answers | Verified Version

THE __________ IS RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN SPRINKLER SYS. AND TO DETERMINE QUALIFICATIONS. -

✔✔OWNER

RECORDS OF ALL INSPECTIONS AND MX SHALL BE MAINTAINED ON PREMISES FOR A MIN. OF

__________ YEARS. - ✔✔ 3

THE BUILDING OWNER SHALL ASSIGN A(N) ____________ TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS. -

✔✔IMPAIRMENT COORDINATOR

REGULAR MX AND MINOR REPAIRS NOT AFFECTING MORE THAN ________ FLOOR(S) ARE CONSIDERED

PLANNED REMOVAL FROM SERVICE. - ✔✔ 1

SHUTDOWNS AFFECTING MORE THAN _________ FLOOR(S) ARE CONSIDERED UNPLANNED OUT OF

SERVICE CONDITIONS. - ✔✔ 1

NOTIFICATION TO FDNY IS NOT REQUIRED, PROVIDED SYSTEM IS RETURNED TO SERVICE WITHIN ______

HOURS. - ✔✔ 8

FOR UNPLANNED REMOVAL FROM SERVICE, THE COF HOLDER SHALL IMMEDIATELY REPORT CONDITION

TO THE ___________ AND THE FIRE DEPT. - ✔✔OWNER OF THE BUILDING

IF A MINOR DEFECT IS OBSERVED, IT SHALL BE CORRECTED WITHIN _________ DAYS OR IT WILL BE

CONSIDERED AN IMPAIRMENT. - ✔✔ 30

WHAT DOES "OOS" STAND FOR? - ✔✔OUT OF SERVICE

OOS SYSTEMS SHALL BE IDENTIFIED BY PLACING ________ AT FIRE DEPT. CONNECTIONS, SYS. CONTROL

VALVES, AND FIRE COMMAND CENTER - ✔✔TAGS

A _______ SHALL BE REQUIRED TO POST TAGS AT MAIN CONTROL VALVE AND ANY SECTIONAL VALVES. -

✔✔MASTER FIRE SUPPRESSION PIPING CONTRACTOR

__________ SHALL BE POSTED ON THE TAG INDICATING BOTH STATIC AND FLOW PRESSURES BEFORE

AND AFTER. - ✔✔DRAIN TEST RESULTS

GREEN TAGS INDICATE THAT __________. - ✔✔NO IMPAIRMENT WAS FOUND

GREEN TAGS WILL BE PLACED ON THE ____________. - ✔✔MAIN CONTROL VALVE

SYSTEMS PARTIALLY OR FULLY OUT OF SERVICE SHALL HAVE A ____________ TAG PLACED ON THE MAIN

CONTROL VALVE. - ✔✔RED

A _________ DISC OF 8-9 INCHES SHALL BE PLACED ON CONNECTIONS TO INDICATE THE SYSTEM IS

FULLY OUT OF SERVICE. - ✔✔WHITE

A ________ DISC OF 8-9 INCHES SHALL BE PLACED ON CONNECTIONS TO INDICATE THE SYSTEM IS

PARTIALLY OUT OF SERVICE. - ✔✔BLUE

THE IMPAIRMENT COORDINATOR WILL NOTIFY THE ___________ CARRIER, CENTRAL STATION AND

OCCUPANTS. - ✔✔INSURANCE

PRIOR TO RETURNING A SYS. TO SERVICE, THE ___________ SHALL ENSURE THAT NECESSARY TESTS AND

INSPECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED. - ✔✔IMPAIRMENT COORDINATOR

GLYCERIN NOT GREATER THAN _________ PERCENT OR GLYCOL NOT GREATHER THAN ________

PERCENT SHALL BE USED TO PROTECT FROM FREEZING. - ✔✔50, 40

IN BUILDINGS WHERE LIFE HAZARD IS HIGH (SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS) THE ALARM IS TRANSMITTED

DIRECTLY TO THE _________. - ✔✔FIRE DEPARTMENT

DRY PIPE VALVES ARE OF A ______ DESIGN. - ✔✔CLAPPER

DRY PIPE VALVES ARE USUALLY SET AT ________ PSI ABOVE THE NORMAL TRIP LEVEL. - ✔✔ 15 - 20

AN ACCELERATOR AND EXHAUSTER ARE USED TO _______THE TIME TO ALLOW WATER INTO THE

SYSTEM. - ✔✔REDUCE

BOTH ACCLERATOR AND EXHAUSTER ARE ACTIVATED WHEN A DROP OF _______ PSI IS DETECTED IN THE

SYSTEM. - ✔✔ 2

IN A PREACTION SYSTEM, THE ___________ IS OPENED BEFORE THE SPRINKLER HEADS. - ✔✔PREACTION

VALVE

PREACTION SYSTEM ALARMS ARE GIVEN AS SOON AS THE _________ IS OPENED. - ✔✔VALVE

THREE DEVICES USED TO TRIP PREACTION VALVES ARE FIXED TEMP DEVICES, RATE DEVICES, AND

___________ DEVICES. - ✔✔COMBINATION

THE _________ FEATURE SHUTS OFF WATER WHEN THE FIRE IS EXTINGUISHED AND TURNS ON AGAIN IF

THE FIRE REKINDLES. - ✔✔RECYCLING

THE ________ IN THE DELUGE SYSTEM ARE OPEN AT ALL TIMES. - ✔✔SPRINKLER HEADS

_________ SYSTEMS ARE USUALLY FOUND IN BASEMENTS OR OTHER DIFFICULT TO REACH AREAS. -

✔✔PERFORATED PIPE

________ NOZZLES ARE USED FOR TRANSFORMER VAULTS AND OTHER HAZARDOUS AREAS. - ✔✔OPEN-

FIXED

EXTERIOR EXPOSURE SPRINKLERS USE OPEN SPRINKLER HEADS TO FORM A _______ ON THE WALL OF A

BUILDING. - ✔✔WATER CURTAIN

_________ SYSTEMS ARE USED FOR THE PROTECTION OF SPECIAL HAZARDOUS OCCUPANCIES. -

✔✔FOAM SUPPLY

THE COF HOLDER SHALL KNOW THE LOCATION OF ALL SPRINKLER HEADS, CONTROL VALVES, SUPPLY

LINES AND _________ ROOMS. - ✔✔COMPACTOR

A SIGN INDICATING THE LOCATION OF ALL _______ SHALL BE KEPT IN THE COMPACTOR ROOM. -

✔✔CONTROL VALVES

ALL INDICATING VALVES IN THE COMPACTOR SPRINKLER SYSTEM SHALL BE ________ OPEN. - ✔✔SEALED

A MINIMUM OF _________ EXTRA SPRINKLER HEADS WITH THE APPROPRIATE WRENCHES SHALL BE

AVAILABLE TO REPLACED DAMAGED ONES - ✔✔ 6

THE COF HOLDER SHALL CONDUCT AN INSPECTION OF THE ENTIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM AT LEAST

__________. - ✔✔ONCE A MONTH

AUTOMATIC BALL DRIP DEVICES SHALL BE INSTALLED IN THE _________ POSITION. - ✔✔HORIZONTAL

IF THE SPRINKLER SYS. IS SUPPLIED FROM PUBLIC WATER MAIN, THE CONTROL VALVE SIGN MAY READ

________________. - ✔✔"SHUTOFF FOR SPRINKLER SYS. LOCATED 6 FEET FROM THIS SIGN"

GATE VALVES OF THE NON-INDICATING TYPE ARE CALLED ________. - ✔✔CURB VALVES

IN AN OUTSIDE STEM AND YOLK VALVE (OS&Y), VALVE POSITION IS INDICATED BY THE POSITION OF THE

____________. - ✔✔STEM

SPRINKLERS MANUFACTURED AFTER 1/1/2000 ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A _____________. -

✔✔SPRINKLER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (SIN)

_________ SPRINKLERS HAVE BEEN RECALLED. - ✔✔CYCLING

SPRINKLER HEADS EXPOSED TO ___________ CONDITIONS ARE OFTEN COVERED WITH A COAT OF WAX,

OR LEAD. - ✔✔CORROSIVE

AT A DISTANCE OF 4 FEET BELOW THE DEFLECTOR, THE SPRAY PATTERN COVERS A DIAMETER OF

_________ FEET WHEN DISCHARGING AT 15 GPM. - ✔✔ 16

LARGE DROP SPRINKLER HEADS ARE USED TO BREAK THROUGH THE STRONG __________ OF HIGH

CHALLENGE FIRES. - ✔✔UPDRAFTS

IF A FIRE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY EXTINGUISHED, THE __________ OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVE MAY

CLOSE THE CONTROL VALVE. - ✔✔BUILDING OWNER

BUILD UP OF FOREIGN MATERIALS ON SPRINKLER HEADS IS COMMONLY CALLED _________. -

✔✔LOADING

SPARE SPRINKLERS SHALL BE KEPT AT THE FACILITY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DOES NOT EXCEED

_________. - ✔✔100 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT

FACILITIES WITH LESS THAN 300 SPRINKLERS REQUIRE __________ SPARES TO BE AVAILABLE. - ✔✔ 6

FACILITIES WITH 301-1000 SPRINKLERS REQUIRE ________ SPARES TO BE AVAILABLE. - ✔✔ 12

FACILITIES WITH OVER 1000 SPRINKLERS REQUIRE ________ SPARES TO BE AVAILABLE. - ✔✔ 24

PRESSURE TANK TEMPERATURES SHALL BE KEPT AT OR ABOVE _________. - ✔✔40 DEGREES

FAHRENHEIT

THE MAXIMUM GROSS CAPACITY OF PRESSURE TANKS IS _________ GALLONS. - ✔✔ 9000

PRIMARY WATER PRESSURE TANKS SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH TWO _____________. - ✔✔HIGH AND

LOW ALARM SYSTEMS

PRESSURE TANKS MAY BE SUPERVISED BY AN APPROVED ________ COMPANY WHICH MONITORS THE

ENTIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM. - ✔✔CENTRAL STATION

__________ TANKS ARE MADE OF WOOD, STEEL, OR CONCRETE. - ✔✔GRAVITY

GRAVITY TANKS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ________ FEET ABOVE THE HIGHEST LINE OF SPRINKLER HEADS. -

FOR EVERY 1 FOOT THE TANK IS ABOVE THE DISCHARGE OUTLET ___________ PSI OF PRESSURE IS

GENERATED. - ✔✔0.

AUTOMATIC FILL PUMPS FILL THE TANK AT A RATE OF _________ GPM OR MORE. - ✔✔ 65

THE _______ TURN ON THE FILL PUMP WHEN THE WATER IN THE TANK IS TOO LOW. - ✔✔FLOATS

SOME METHODS TO PREVENT ICE INSIDE A GRAVITY TANK ARE _________. - ✔✔CIRCULATED HOT

WATER, STEAM, STEAM COILS, AND SUN HEAT

THE MAIN REASON A SPRINKLER SYS. SUPPLIED BY A GRAVITY TANK FAILS IS __________. - ✔✔NOT

ENOUGH WATER IN THE TANK

THE __________ PUMP IS THE STANDARD PUMP CURRENTLY USED IN FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS. -

✔✔CENTRIFUGAL

__________ SHALL NOT BE USED TO FASTEN THE SYSTEM OR BUILDING ATTACHMENTS TO THE

STRUCTURE. - ✔✔NAILS

VISUAL INSPECTION OF HANGING AND BRACING IS NOT REQUIRED FOR PIPING CONCEALED ABOVE

__________. - ✔✔CEILINGS

____________ LINES ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO SPRINKLER HEADS. - ✔✔BRANCH

_________ ARE ABLE TO SUPPLY FEED MAINS OR CROSS MAINS DIRECTLY. - ✔✔RISERS

STANDARD STEEL PIPE WITH DIAMETERS OF 1-1/14 INCH REQUIRE HANGERS TO BE PLACED __________

FEET APART. - ✔✔ 12

FOR PIPE OTHER THAN 1-1/4, THE MAXIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN HANGERS IS __________ FEET. -

CPVC PIPE HANGER SPACE FOR 3/4 INCH PIPE IS ___________. - ✔✔5 FT 6 IN

CPVC PIPE HANGER SPACE FOR 3 INCH PIPE IS ________ FEET. - ✔✔ 10

THE DISTANCE FROM A HANGER ASSEMBLY TO THE CENTERLINE OF A SPRINKLER HEAD SHALL NOT BE

LESS THAN __________. - ✔✔3 INCHES

SYSTEMS ABOVE _________ PSI HAVE DIFFERENT SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS. - ✔✔ 100

NYC BUILDING CODE REQUIRES SWAY BRACING FOR SPRINKLER SYS. INSTALLED AFTER __________. -

MINIMUM SIZE HANGER RODS FOR PIPE DIAMETER UP TO 4 INCHES: ___________. - ✔✔3/

MINIMUM SIZE HANGER RODS FOR PIPE DIAMETER OF 5-8 INCHES: ____________. - ✔✔1/

MINIMUM SIZE HANGER RODS FOR PIPE DIAMETER OF 10-12 INCHES: ___________. - ✔✔5/

THE INSIDE OF PRESSURE TANKS SHALL BE INSPECTED CAREFULLY EVERY _________ YEARS. - ✔✔ 3

WHEN INSPECTING PRESSURE TANKS, THE COMPRESSOR SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PRESSURIZING TO

_________ PSI WITHIN 3 HOURS OR LESS. - ✔✔ 75

PUMPS SHOULD BE ACTIVATED EACH WEEK AND RUN FOR _______ MINUTES IN ACCORDANCE TO THE

MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS. - ✔✔ 10

INSTALLATIONS THAT DON'T APPEAR CORRECT INCLUDE SPRINKLER HEADS LOCATED MORE THAN

_________ INCHES BELOW THE CEILING. - ✔✔ 22

THE PRESENCE OF OBSTRUCTIONS IN SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SHALL BE CHECKED EVERY _________ YEARS.

- ✔✔FIVE

WHEN TUBERCULES AND SLIME ARE FOUND THEY SHALL BE TESTED FOR ___________. -

✔✔MICROBIOLOGICALLY INFLUENCED CORROSION