CEA Level 1
When drilling into brick or concrete block, you will need _______ plus your protective
equipment - ✔✔Hammer drill and masonry bit
T/F When selecting personal protective equipment for protection against air
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CEA Level 1
When drilling into brick or concrete block, you will need _______ plus your protective
equipment - ✔✔Hammer drill and masonry bit
T/F When selecting personal protective equipment for protection against air borne particles, a
dust mask is not considered a respirator ` - ✔✔False
A ____ bit is required with a hole in the end for the purpose of attaching a wire - ✔✔Bell Hanger
A __ is used for pulling wires and cables through a conduit - ✔✔Fish Tape
Which of the following is not considered a specialty CCTV tool?
a.) tone generator with probe
b.) compression tool
c.) test monitor
d.) coax stripper - ✔✔A
A hybrid system does which of the following? - ✔✔-Combines hardwired and wireless
technologies
- uses resistors for supervision
- combines technologies allowing you to keep cost down
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Which one is not a component of a CPU?
a.) potentiometer
b.) PGM terminal
c.) heat sink
d.) PIR - ✔✔D
T/F primary power should never be unswitched - ✔✔False
T/F The function of the communicator is to transmit a signal to a predetermined location -
✔✔True
What would you expect in/from an alarm control panel? - ✔✔- responds to user inputs
-responds to signals form initialing devices
-activates notifications devices
-performs off-site notifications
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Y/N 24AWG ---> 3.5 MAX CURRENT -----> 88OHMS PER 1000 FT - ✔✔yes its current
carrying capacities
T/F Every control panel does not require a means for the customer to submit request for arming,
disarming, bypassing zones or obtain system status and history. - ✔✔False
A small subdivision into which large areas are divided to permit selective access to some while
maintaining other zone secure defines what? - ✔✔Zone
A good device or location to program as a zone type 2 is? - ✔✔Overhead door or door needing
extended entry delay
A smoke detector should be programmed as what zone type? - ✔✔type 09
T/F If a device programmed as type 22 is tripped, it will activate the bell/siren circuit. - ✔✔False
T/F when using a normally closed contract, a protective loop will open during an alarm event -
✔✔False
T/F A normally open contract will allow potential to move through the contract when under the
influence of a magnetic field - ✔✔True
Windows located more than 18 feet above the ground or other roofs are considered _____ -
✔✔inaccessable
T/F An intruder entering a premise through a broken window would be detected if a magnetic
contact were installed on the window. - ✔✔False
When installing magnetic contact on a movable window, the _____ must be placed on the
movable portion of the window - ✔✔Magnet
__________ should be installed in front of and within range of the windows they are designed to
protect - ✔✔Glass break sensors
T/F Smoke alarms are more commonly used by the home builders due to their increased
sensitivity - ✔✔False
A smoke ____ is connected to a circuit which is connected to an alarm pannel. - ✔✔Detector
T/F If a siren is "integral" to the burglar alarm panel, it is not built-in to the panel - ✔✔False
The T3 audible notification pattern is used to indicate what type of notification. - ✔✔Fire
emergency
According to NFPA 72 when using a decibel meter to test proper audible notification levels in a
sleeping room, the door to the sleeping room must be? - ✔✔Closed
According to the standard UL 68(1), removable covers of plates of conduit boxes or junction
boxes shall be electrically tampered or permanently secured with ____-way screws or similar
type of fastening device. - ✔✔One
A general emergency, mass notification system is used to warn the public of what? - ✔✔Severe
weather
A _____ is used to reduce the standard commercial supply voltage to a lower voltage for use by
an alarm system - ✔✔transformer
T/F The primary voltage of a step-down transformer will have a higher voltage than the
secondary voltage - ✔✔True
A 12 volt security system requires secondary power for any potential commercial power
interruption. It has been determined that the security system will require a minimum of 10 AMP
hour of battery capacity. Two 12 volt 7 amp hour batteries have been supplied. How should the
batteries be connected? - ✔✔Connect the 12 volt batteries in parallel
A sealed lead acid battery is used for the _____ power supply for most wired alarm systems -
✔✔Secondary
two 1.5 V alkaline batteries installed in a TV remote connected in a series would supply _____
volts to the connected circuitry - ✔✔3
An alarm system has a total current draw of 1 amp which includes the control panel, 1 keypad, 2
motion detectors and 1 glass break detector. If the control panel draws .4 amps, the keypad draws
.2 amps and the glass break detector draws .1 amps. What is the current draw of each motion
detector? - ✔✔.15
Where subject to physical damage, cables must be _____ - ✔✔protected
The following components must be bonded to the building ground - ✔✔Metal conductors, metal
cabinets
T/F The alarm system installer is responsible to ensure a proper electrical grounding system in
accordance with NEC article 250 - ✔✔True
According to COPS report, in a single year of the last decade police responded to ___ million
false alrms - ✔✔36
The standard time for an alarm system entry delay is ____ - ✔✔30 seconds
A ____ would cause multiple alarms activation in a single arming period - ✔✔Swinger
The "model cities" project reported that roughly ____ of all false dispatches are causes by ____
of alarm systems - ✔✔80. 20
Police departments which accept _____ can experience as much as a 35% reduction in dispatch
rates - ✔✔Cancellation request
(pertaining to VCR- based analog CCTV systems) analog cameras had a very limited range in
the beginning and were only available on black and white - ✔✔True
(pertaining to VCR- based analog CCTV systems) DVR's had between 4 and 16 inputs allowing
for multiple cameras and multiplexers for split screen viewing - ✔✔True
(pertaining to VCR- based analog CCTV systems) infra red cameras did not allow for night time
images. Illumination allowed for increased range - ✔✔False
(pertaining to VCR- based analog CCTV systems) video cant be sent over an IP network via a
network switch to a PC server which runs video management software - ✔✔False
(pertaining to VCR- based analog CCTV systems) monitors can be anything from LCD screens,
elaborate multi-screen plasma set ups and portable devices such as laptops, tablets, but not
smartphones - ✔✔False
What are three common access control device types - ✔✔Locking hardware, entry, exit
A ____ reader identifies features unique to one individual and will grant access based on those
pre-programmed features - ✔✔Bio metric
According to life safety code (NFPA 101) locks, latches and alarm devices must meet the
following criteria - ✔✔A key and a tool NOT special knowlegde or effort to open the egress size
T/F All device locations should meet the requirements of this code - ✔✔True
T/F All smoke alarms are connected to a control panel - ✔✔False
Reasonable fire safety can be produced through the following... - ✔✔Minimizing fire hazards,
providing fire-warning equipment, having and practicing an escape plan, minimizing fire
hazards, having and practicing an escape plan
What are examples of fire warning equipment - ✔✔Smoke alarm, smoke detector, heat
detector/alarm, smoke alarm, smoke detector.
Choose the best answer for a 110v smoke ______ - ✔✔alarm
T/F A smoke alarm/smoke detector shall be located a minimum of three feet from a bathroom
not containing a bath or shower - ✔✔False
T/F NFPA 101 chapter 9.6 refers to NFPA 72 unless otherwise stated in FFPA 101 - ✔✔True
Smoke alarm/ smoke detector shall be located a minimum of ____ from the tip of a paddle fan -
✔✔36 inches
What is involved in the three point program? - ✔✔Minimizing fire hazards, providing firewarning equipment, having and practicing a fire escape plan
What are 3 correct issues that will effect the operations of a smoke alarm/detector - ✔✔Air
velocity, humidity, temperature
What is the correct location of placement for a smoke alarm/detector? - ✔✔back bedroom
Name 3 correct locations of placement for a heat/alarm/detector - ✔✔Garage, attic, unfinished
basement
The ends of a network cable have what type of end terminated on them - ✔✔RJ45
What is the difference of the wiring colors between the T568A and T568B standards? - ✔✔The
only difference between the 2 color codes is that the orange and green pairs are interchanged
All of the following apply to doorbell intercoms except?
A.) they easily connect to a home's network via wifi
B.) they have the ability to record video and audio
C.) They ar used to control the temperature inside the home - ✔✔C
T/F According to the National Electrical code, electrical equipment, including home automation
equipment does not need to be installed and used in accordance with the instructions included
with the listing or labeling - ✔✔False
Name 3 applications for a PoE - ✔✔CCTV, Lighting, Wifi access points
What would be an advantage of PoE? - ✔✔Simpler cable instillation
Bio-metrics allows for unique feature such as ____ to be used to identify and verify the identity
of individuals. - ✔✔Fingerprints
One application of cloud computing is ___ - ✔✔Collaborative applications
The ____ amendment to the constitution provides some basic privacy rights in the United States
- ✔✔4th
T/F Cost of a PoE switch is typically higher than the cost of a stand-alone power supply? -
✔✔True
In a ___ circuit, electrons have one or more paths - ✔✔parallel
____ is the same at all points in s series circuit - ✔✔Current
In a series circuit, ___ is additive - ✔✔resistance
T/F in a series circuit, the total voltage drops is always equal to supplied voltage - ✔✔True
To convert kilo-ohms, the provided value must me _____ by 1000 - ✔✔multiplied
The symbol use to represent ___ is the greek letter omega - ✔✔resistance
In the Ohm's Law formula the I use to represent current stands for ____ - ✔✔intensity
In an alarm panel, a rectifier converts what? - ✔✔AC voltage to DC
A _____ often times receives a low current input signal from a security, access control or fire
alarm panel in turn, closes or opens an internal contact which controls a circuit with a higher
ratings - ✔✔Relay
T/F NFPA 70 should be consulted when designing electrical installations - ✔✔true
Unless properly tagged ____ alarm cables are not permitted in buildings - ✔✔abandonded
when alarm conductors are installed between floors of a building, the cable, the cable must be
___ rated - ✔✔riser or plenum
Alarm cables installed in a plenum rated ceiling must be ____ rated - ✔✔plenum
In both exposed and concealed locations, where a cable or raceway-type wiring is installed
through bored holes and joist, rafters,or wood members, what minimum separation is needed
from the edge of the hole to the nearest edge of wood member - ✔✔1 1/4 inches
_____ was created to ensure safe working conditions - ✔✔OSHA
T/F ground fault protection is not required for the protection of personnel and is not intended to
provide over current protection - ✔✔false
T/F a driver of a vehicle involved in an accident no matter how minor should never move the
vehicle until emergency forces arrive. - ✔✔False
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