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

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

Where a single storey building must retain stability to prevent fire spread to adjacent buildings (i.e. a boundary condition), the most efficient method of designing is usually to?

Fire protect the whole building
Fire protect the stanchions along the affected wall(s) and design the bases to resist the overturning moment from collapse of the unprotected rafters
Fire protect selected frames of the building
Rely on the owner of the adjacent building to install cladding capable of resisting the fire spread

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

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

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

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

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

Boards
Sprays
Thin film intumescent coatings
Flexible blankets

Which form of fire protection is most commonly used to fire protect structural steelwork for buildings off-site?

Boards
Sprays
Thin film intumescent coatings
Concrete encasement

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 of the following is/are true?

Approved Document B must be used in the design of fire precautions in England?
The use of Approved Document B for the design of fire precautions in buildings in England is deemed to satisfy the requirements of the Building Regulations.
It is not necessary to use Approved Document B for the design of fire precautions in England if it can be shown that you have met the requirements of the Building Regulations in some other way.
The use of Approved Document B does not guarantee that all buildings will be safe in fire