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Safety engineers have developed specific fire standards for buildings considering characteristics of both occupants and occupancy. These standards are codified in the:

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Credit Rating Code

Life Safety code

Functional Damage Code

Natural Value Code

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The Brent Building is a large 30 story office building in a suburban office park near a major US city. The building has a fire suppression system that consists of a series of pipes running throughout the building that supply water to attached hoses. The series of pipes contain pressurized water drawn from an adequate private water supply source. Because the fire suppression system allows firefighters to can get hoses into service on upper floors without having to pull in hoses, the system is especially suitable for the high rise building. The fire suppression system being used in the Brent Building is a:

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Preaction sprinkler system

Standpipe system

Dry pipe sprinkler system

NFPA fire extinguisher system

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Seward Bakery and Deli makes pita bread for wholesale distribution. Its gas fired pita bread oven has an expected remaining life of 3 years. The oven is an older model and the company owners plan to discontinue its pita bread line when the oven reaches the end of its expected useful life. The oven is in service five days a week. For risk management purposes, the company intends to use the estimated the present value of the annual income less expenses of the oven of $150,000 to indicate the value of the pita bread oven. Which method of valuation is the Seward Bakery and Deli using to value its pita bread oven?

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Blue book value

Economic value

Actual cash value

Leasehold value

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The primary ignition sources for fires that originate in office occupancies are:

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Foot traffic and ease of public access to many parts of the building.

Faulty or malfunctioning wiring and electrical and lighting equipment.

Excess heat from cooking equipment

Large boilers, refrigeration units, and blast furnaces in use on the premises.

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Habitational occupancies such as apartments, hotels, motels, and nursing homes are often in the control of someone other that the owner and detecting or controlling hazards can be difficult. An indicator of superior habitational occupancy is when:

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Renovations and tenant improvements do not require building codes.

Vacancy rates are higher than average.

Equipment and appliances are wide ranging and wired to handle light loads.

Most of the building maintenance is handled by the property owner.

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The type of construction more susceptible to fire damage than other construction classes is:

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Frame construction

Joisted masonry construction

Heavy timber construction

Modified fire resistive construction

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Archer Camping Supply Company is in the process of building a new distribution warehouse. The company's risk manager wants the building plans to incorporate structural design elements to decrease the likelihood and consequences of fire damage in the building. A construction technique that could be used to prevent the spread of fire from one area of the warehouse to another is:

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Fender elevator piping

Static electricity sensors

Vertical ventilator shafts

Fire divisions

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The extent to which a particular building is threatened by fire spreading from the surrounding environment is influenced by characteristics of neighboring buildings. Which one of the following would be of least concern in this regard?

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A neighboring building has 24 hour on-site security personnel.

A neighboring building houses a woodworking shop.

A neighboring building occupant stores empty cardboard boxes and wooden pallets in the open space between the buildings.

A neighboring building is vacant.

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The headquarters building for Sidney Glen Industries is constructed such that the exterior walls, floor, and roof of the building are constructed of, and supported by, metal, gypsum, or other noncombustible materials. The trim and interior walls are constructed of wood or other combustible materials. The company's headquarters building would be considered to be which ISO construction class?

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Fire resistive construction

Masonry construction

Noncombustible construction

Joisted masonry construction

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Seward Bakeries is renovating its headquarters. Included in the renovation plans is a fire suppression system for the computer room areas of the building. Because a sprinkler system using water can cause considerable damage to sensitive property such as computers, the company is considering other types of systems. One type of fire suppression system suitable for use in computer rooms where water damage is a concern is a:

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Gas extinguishing system

Deluge system

Foam system

Dry chemical system

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