Fire engineering: Testing, principles and practice quiz

Please answer the following 5 multiple choice questions, then click 'submit' to check the result. The pass mark for a CPD certificate is 4 out of 5, 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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Fire engineering: Testing, principles and practice

The lessons of the Cardington fire tests can be applied to what types of building?

All multi-storey buildings
All multi-storey steel framed buildings
Multi-storey, steel framed composite steel deck buildings
Post tensioned flat slab buildings

Which of the following statements best describes the underlying principle of time equivalence in fire engineering?

Time equivalence relates real fire severity in a compartment to the severity of the standard fire test
Time equivalence provides an accurate assessment of how long a fire in a compartment will last
Time equivalence provides an indication of the peak temperatures in a compartment in the event of a fire.
All of the above

Which of the following statements applies to the Cardington fire tests?

The beams were unprotected but the columns were protected
The temperatures in the fires were generally greater than those measured in fires in other buildings
There was no structural collapse
All of the above

Which of the following applies to the guidance on fire precautions given in Approved Document B?

It should be used for all buildings
It must be used for all buildings
It may not be appropriate for some large and complex buildings
A fire safety engineering approach is more appropriate for some buildings

Which of the following is/are correct?

A standard fire test is an accurate representation of what is likely to happen in a real fire in a real building
A standard fire test is probably more severe than any fire which is likely to occur in a real building
A standard fire test is carried out on isolated elements of construction
All of the above