Smoke Guard AIA Test: SG-104D

Course Title: Passive Fire+Smoke Protection for Hospitals

AIA Course Number: SG-104D

Instructions: Please enter your contact information below to begin the AIA 10-question test. To pass and receive credit, you must score at least 70%. Upon passing, you will receive a certificate of completion and, if you provided your AIA member number, we will submit your credit to the AIA.

Course Credit: This course provides one (1) AIA Learning Unit for Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW). You must watch the full AIA video presentation before taking the test.

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Note: Certificates will be sent to the email address you provide. AIA credit can only be submitted if you include your AIA member number. For all other associations that accept AIA credit, please submit your certificate directly.

1) In hospitals, occupiable vertical openings are primarily defined as what two types?

Shaft enclosures or atriums

Communicating spaces or mezzanines

Two-story openings or unclosed exit access stairways

Slab penetrations or unclosed exit access stairways

2) Which of the following wall types are considered smoke-rated?

Smoke barriers and smoke partitions

Fire barriers, fire partitions, and smoke barriers

3) What is the generally accepted translation of "limit the transfer of smoke" for openings in smoke partitions?

Any door with a positive latching

An S label on a door or tested to UL 1784

A visually appealing door

4) Why are fabric curtains often preferred over steel for smoke-rated systems in hospitals?

Smaller housing, no reinforcement needed, and easier installation

They are less expensive and more aesthetically pleasing

They are not required to limit smoke transfer

They do not require an S label

5) What is the maximum size for smoke compartments in hospitals according to the 2012 NFPA 101?

20,000 square feet

22,500 square feet

25,000 square feet

6) If a wall has multiple requirements, such as a two-hour fire rating and a smoke rating, which applies?

Only the two-hour fire rating

Only the smoke rating

It must comply with all applicable requirements for both

Whichever is easier to achieve

7) What is the initiating device for an elevator to go into Phase One emergency recall mode?

A smoke detector specifically associated with that elevator shaft

The building's general alarm system

A manual switch operated by building occupants

The fire department's key

8) What is a critical requirement for any door immediately in front of an elevator?

It must be a side-hinged door

It must provide visibility through it

It must be tested with an artificial bottom seal

It must be held open on magnets

9) Why are elevator shaft pressurization systems often prohibited or problematic in hospitals?

They are too expensive to install and maintain

They are not effective in controlling smoke spread

They can propagate pathogens and diminish positive pressure in adjacent rooms

They require constant supervision by staff

10) In hospitals, if an atrium has complete floor-to-floor separation by smoke barriers, what kind of smoke control solution is provided?

A mechanical smoke evacuation system

No smoke control is needed

A combined mechanical and passive solution

A passive solution