Fire Inspector Training Quiz 23

221) You are inspecting a new 505 square foot portable boiler that produces 500,000 BTU/hour output that just arrived on site. It has one exit door. People are moving in. What is your finding?

It is too small for the BTU output It needs two doors It is okay The heating system is too small

222) A sprinklered business (Group-B) occupancy building has a room that is 75’X80’. It has one exit access door in the center of one of the walls. Is this a problem?

Yes, it needs two exits as the common path of travel exceeds 100’ Yes, it exceeds an occupancy load of 49 people so needs two exit doors No, it does not have the occupancy requiring two doors No, it does not have the travel distance to require two doors

223) A sprinklered business occupancy has a single door midway on a 50’ wall. The overall footprint of the building is 40’X100’. Is there a problem?

No, does not need two doors due to common path of travel restrictions No, does not need two doors due to occupancy Yes, needs two doors due to common path of travel restrictions Yes, needs two doors due to occupancy load

224) A sprinklered open warehouse with a footprint of 100’X100’ has only one door midway on one of the walls. Is this a problem?

No, does not need two doors due to common path of travel restrictions No, does not need two doors due to occupancy No, does not need two doors due to either occupancy or common path of travel Yes, needs two doors due to occupancy load

225) A 3-story business occupancy with two exits has been retrofitted for an assembly type occupancy where the occupancy load has gone up to 600 personnel on the 2nd floor. The first floor doors were not updated. Is this a problem?

No, two doors can handle the egress based upon 0.2” per person No, two doors can handle an A and B mixed occupancy No, the first floor is not affected by the second floor egress due to egress delays Yes, the floor has over 500 people so must have three doors for both the 2nd and 1st floors

226) The business side of a sprinklered mixed use 30,000 ft² business and industrial occupancy has been remodeled. It requires two doors based upon occupancy and common path of travel. The two doors have been placed on the east facing side. All the other exit doors have been removed, even the ones into the adjacent industrial area. The diagonal distance of the building from corner to corner is 128’. The doors are placed 40’ apart. Is this a problem?

Yes, a sprinklered building is required to have doors no closer than 128’/3 Yes, the doors on this building must be no closer together than 128’/2 No, the doors cannot be more than 128’/3 apart No, the doors cannot be more than 128’/2 apart

227) An occupant of a 1,500 ft² room within a business occupancy comes to you complaining that there is a code violation because there is no exit sign or emergency lighting in this room. There is only one exit access door from this sprinklered room. What do you tell this person?

Code does not require exit signs or emergency lighting You need to issue an EFM to get this corrected It is left to AHJ discretion It may need extra doors if there is no fire alarm

228) The electricians come to you asking how long to perform an acceptance test of light operation for newly installed emergency lighting. What do you tell them?

Test for 1 hour No need to test as factory says it works 30 minutes 90 minutes

229) The safety group comes to you with a report that a corridor served by an emergency light was tested at only 2 foot-candles when the power went off. They want to add another emergency light. What do you tell them?

No light is even necessary in a corridor Lighting is too low so another light or a more powerful light needs to be added No problem, don’t do anything Too bright, need to remove a light

230) What is the minimum CLEAR width of any new door?

30” 32” 34” 36”

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