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Building & Construction Practice Test: Fire Protection in Building
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Fire protection systems in buildings can include: Fire alarms: Smoke alarms are the best early warning system for fires. Fire sprinklers: Fire sprinklers are always ready to put out a fire, even if no one is in the building. Emergency exit lighting: Helps evacuees get out of a building quickly and safely. Fire suppression systems: Use gases, such as clean agents, to suppress fires. Fire suppression foam systems: Used in flammable liquid. Fire fighting systems: Use proper fire safety equipment like extinguisher, hose reels, fire monitors, nozzles and hose pipes.  Other fire protection... Show more
Building & Construction Practice Test: Fire Protection in Building
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1. The _____________ alarm system consist of hand bell or such other arrangement by which the occupants of the whole or part of the building are informed about the happening of a fire.
2. ________________ is rarely used as a structural material at present construction works.
3. ___________________ include portable fire extinguishers, the usual being carbon dioxide type.
4. ____________________ system includes a supply of dry chemical, an expellent gas such as compressed nitrogen, detection devices and nozzles for discharging the dry chemical into the hazard area.
5. During fire, the human body can withstand temperature upto __________
6. ____________________ arrangement consists of a system of overhead pipe which are fixed in the ceiling of the roof.
7. The class of fire-load not exceeding 1.15×10^6 is considered as _________
8. The ________________ indicates of specific family of chemicals which are produced by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with halogen atoms.
9. ______________ is a poor conductor of heat and the cracks are formed in this material when heated and then suddenly cooled.
10. The class of fire-load limiting between 2.23×10^6 to 4.60×10^6 is considered as ______________
11. ___________________ is a bad conductor of heat and it is an effective material for fire resisting construction.
12. _________________ extinguishes fire by dilute inflammable mixtures of air and flammable gases or vapours to proportion below their flammable limits.
13. It is found that the _______ are not seriously affected until very high temperature of 1200°C to 1300°C are reached.
14. The hazard due to fire spread into a building through the open air is known as__________
15. ______________ is a non combustible building material, but it is a good conductor of heat and hence, it is rapidly heated in case of a fire.
16. _________________ is a non combustible building material with low coefficient of expansion.
17. _________________ systems are installed with a view to give an alarm and to call for assistance in case of fire.
18. The content of oxygen is normally ________% in air.
19. The hazard with concerns damage or destruction of building itself is known as the ______________
20. In ___________________ system, the chemical foam is formed by passing foam producing liquid and water through an agitation device.
21. The term _____________ is used to indicate the amount of heat liberated in kilojoules per square metre of floor area of any compartment by the combustion of the content of the building and any combustible part of the building itself.
22. ________________ gas hampers oxygen from reaching the brain.
23. ____________________ gas overestimates the rate of breathing and it is thus responsible for increasing the intake of other toxic gases.
24. The __________ is a bad conductor of heat and it is also non-combustible building material.
25. The hazard which concerns with the loss or damage to life is referred to as the ______________

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