Design for fire quiz

Please answer the following 10 multiple choice questions, then click 'submit' to check the result. The pass mark for a CPD certificate is 8 out of 10, and you may retake the quiz as many times as you wish, but the questions will vary! Please note that one, two, three or all of the possible answers presented for each question may be right, and to gain a mark for that question all correct answers must be identified.

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Design for fire

What is the word or phrase used to describe the moment when simultaneous ignition of the contents of a fire compartment takes place?

Super ignition
Flashover
Auto ignition
Pyrolysis

The most widely used source of information for the design of fire precautions in buildings in England is?

Technical Handbook 2
Approved Document B
Technical Booklet E
BS9999

Which of the following have been used as compensatory features where beams have been designed to be unprotected in composite steel deck construction?

Increased numbers of shear studs
Increased mesh size
Flexible connections to accommodate increased deflections
Changing the floor to precast plank

In which areas of the UK are sprinklers not mandatory in buildings over 30 metres in height?

England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
All of the above

Which of the following describes the building at Cardington in which the major fire test programme was carried out between 1994 and 2003?

Non-composite steel frame with precast planks
Steel frame with Slimdek beams
Steel frame with composite steel deck floors
Post tensioned flat slab

Which of the following statements is correct?

The standard fire test is always a good representation of what happens in a real building fire.
A standard fire test on composite steel deck floors is a good indicator of how these floors will behave in real fires.
Continuous composite steel deck floors generally have much greater strength in fire than is indicated by the standard fire test on isolated elements.
The standard fire test is unsafe.

Which is the most common form of structural fire protection used in the UK?

Boards
Sprays
Thin film intumescent coatings
Flexible blankets

The maximum period of fire resistance required in the documents published by Government across the UK to help meet the requirements of their Building Regulation is?

60 minutes
90 minutes
120 minutes
240 minutes

How does an element of construction demonstrate that it can perform a fire resisting function if required?

Through trial and error in real building fires
Through a detailed theoretical study
Via a fire test carried out in accordance with a standard acceptable in the country in which that element is to be used
Via tests carried out in the manufacturer's own furnaces

The dominant mechanism which enables a composite steel deck floor to enhance its load carrying capacity at large deflections is based on what?

Tensile membrane action in the slab
Catenary action in the beams
Robust connections
Thermal gradients in the slab