Deck 10: Life Safety and Security

Question 1

There are fewer hotel fires than in the past because:

A) more hotels have smoke detectors and sprinkler systems.
B) many hotels have banned guests from smoking in their rooms.
C) new hotels are fireproof.
D) older hotels that are made of combustible materials are declining.

Answer 1

more hotels have smoke detectors and sprinkler systems.

Question 2

The best type of accident prevention program is in:

A) accident cycle properties.
B) continuous improvement properties.
C) plateau properties.
D) None of the responses are correct.

Answer 2

continuous improvement properties.

Question 3

The least desirable building alarm system is the:

A) remote alarm.
B) multiple station alarm.
C) single station alarm.
D) None of the responses are correct.

Answer 3

single station alarm.

Question 4

Which one of the following is not a resource for emergency action planning?

A) Environmental Protection Agency
B) American Hotel & Lodging Association
C) Red Cross
D) Department of Homeland Security

Question 5

When the fire triangle became the fire tetrahedron, a new side was added, it is:

A) fuel.
B) chemical reaction.
C) oxygen.
D) heat.

Question 6

Which is not a product of combustion?

A) light
B) particulates
C) carbon monoxide
D) oxygen

Question 7

Which of the following is a multi-purpose dry chemical?

A) ammonium phosphate
B) carbon dioxide
C) potassium acetate
D) carbon tetrachloride

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a type of sprinkler head?

A) branch
B) sidewall
C) upright
D) pendant

Question 9

When a lock can report when the room was entered and whose key was used to unlock the door, that is called:

A) a remote annunciation system.
B) an addressable system.
C) remote reporting system.
D) an interrogation system.

Question 10

Slip and falls in the workplace account for ________ workplace deaths.

A) 4%
B) 10%
C) 1%
D) 15%

Question 11

Security and safety are the responsibility of everyone who works at a property.

Question 12

Guest room doors should have automatic door closure devices.

Question 13

Photocell detectors contain a small amount of americium-241.

Question 14

There are four classifications of fire: A,B,C, and D.

Question 15

Every building in the U.S. that requires fire extinguishers must also have an emergency action plan.