Legislation and trends in fire protection quiz

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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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Legislation and trends in fire protection

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

Off-site application of thin film intumescent coatings should be used on every project
Off-site application of thin film intumescent coatings is appropriate to those projects in which the cost premium is justified by the advantages of the process
There is a cost premium for off-site application
A model specification exists for off-site application of thin film intumescent coatings which contains standard specification clauses that can be put into the specifier’s own contract documents

Which, of the following statements is/are correct

The costs of structural fire protection have remained relatively steady in real terms over the past 20 years
The costs of structural fire protection have increased in real terms over the past 20 years
The costs of structural fire protection have decreased rapidly in real terms over the past 20 years
The costs of structural fire protection have decreased a little in real terms over the past 20 years

The most commonly used form of fire protection in the UK is?

Boards
Sprays
Intumescent coatings
Concrete encasement

Which, if any, of the following statements is correct?

Using Approved Document B to design fire precautions in buildings in England & Wales is obligatory.
Using a fire safety engineering approach to the design of fire precautions in buildings can be an acceptable alternative to using Approved Document B.
A fire safety engineering approach to the design of fire precautions should be used in every building.
None of these.

The most common source of information on fire precautions in buildings in England in Wales is?

BS 9999
Approved Document B
Technical Handbook 2
Technical Booklet E