ICC Fire Plans Examiner (F3) Quiz 1

The references are from the 2015 IBC


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1) What is the required fire rating for girders in a Type I building?

2) What is the fire separation between a dining room assembly occupancy and the commercial kitchen that serves it?

3) How high shall vehicle barriers be within a parking garage that serves a mall?

4) What is the fire separation between an open garage that dispenses fuel and an air-terminal?

5) What is the occupancy classification of an aircraft hangar where painting occurs?

6) An industrial rolling operation produces vapors of ABS and Methyl ethyl ketone. What occupancy type should the building be?

7) An unsprinklered Type VB building is designed for an art gallery. The owner wants to substitute a water sprinkler system with a clean agent gas automatic system. He wants two stories for his building. Is this allowed?

8) Is a two story building allowed for a shopping store constructed as a Type VB building?

9) What is the design occupant load for a mixed occupancy with 300’X400’ S-1, 50’X50’ office area and a 20’ wide X 400’ long mezzanine in the S-1 area?

10) What is the maximum area permitted for the mezzanine in the previous problem before it is considered as part of the regulated building area?

11) What are the minimum dimensions for a floor beam in Type IV construction?

12) In Type I and II construction, which of the following is allowed to have fire-retardant treated wood?

13) Which of the following is a true statement about fire-retardant treated wood used for Type IA construction?

14) What fire rating is required to separate R-1 dwelling units in Type VB construction that are fully NFPA 13 sprinklered?

15) Which of the following is true concerning walls passing through fire rated horizontal assemblies?

16) Which of the following is true of horizontal fire door assemblies?

17) A three story Type VB building has a Class I standpipe than is not in the stairwell. What kind of fire rated construction, if any, is required to protect it?

18) What fire rating is required for a door within a 2 hour fire wall?

19) Are automatic door closers required in fire doors in common walls separating sleeping units in R-1 occupancies?

20) Automatic closing fire doors are required to have?

21) How long is permitted after a detector senses smoke shall it take for an automatic-closing door to start closing?

22) What standard shall fire rated glazing meet that is used in fire doors?

23) Smoke damper leakage ratings shall be?

24) The operating temperature of a fire damper actuation device shall be?

25) Which of the following is true concerning duct smoke detectors that control damper actuation?

26) What size brick with mortar fill is required to provide a 1 hour fire rating?

27) Which of the following requires a manual fire alarm system?

28) Which of the following does not need fire rated construction in corridors?