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By Sara Hart

AIA/Architectural Record Continuing Education

Instructions

• Read the article "A New Era for Fire Protection and Life Safety"
• Complete the questions below, then fill in your answers .
• Fill out and submit the AIA/CES education reporting form in the magazine or print the form to receive one AIA learning unit.

Questions:

LU: 1
HSW: 1

1. Recommendations for improvement in the way buildings are designed, constructed, maintained, and inhabited were made by which group?
a. NIST
b. a regulatory agency of the Department of Commerce
c. a Department of Commerce authority
d. all of the above

2. Which of these is not included in the concept of concentric rings of defense?
a. fire suppression
b. armament of occupants
c. evacuation of occupants
d. protection of the structure

3. In this defense concept, there is a greater opportunity for evacuation and less property damage if which is in place?
a. good egress routes
b. good alarm systems
c. good fire-suppression systems
d. good emergency lighting

4. Which is not a part of the redundancy and diversity plan for sprinklers at 7WTC?
a. two completely independent risers
b. two looped risers
c. increased density of sprinkler heads
d. water supply increased from 30 minutes to an hour

5. How will smoke be purged from stairwells at 7WTC?
a. by ventilation
b. by ventilation and pressurization
c. by exhaust
d. by controlled pressurization

6. The stairwells at 7WTC are illuminated by which method?
a. generator
b. battery
c. photo-luminescent paint
d. all of the above

7. The stairwells at 7WTC exit to what area?
a. lobby
b. transfer level
c. parking garage
d. grade level at exterior

8. According to this article, the life-safety features at 7WTC might provide a precedent for adopting which type of building codes?
a. prescriptive-based
b. performance-based
c. New York City codes
d. International Building Codes

9. A code that states the desired outcome is which type?
a. prescriptive-based
b. performance-based
c. variance-based
d. descriptive-based

10. At 7WTC, the New York fire department can override all except which fire- protection device?
a. interactive exit signs
b. stairwell exhaust
c. sprinkler valves
d. fireproofing on the steel columns

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