Skip to main content

Fire resistance

An air duct installed through a fire-rated partition between separate fire areas requires what?

AnswerAn automatic fire damper (or fire assembly).

ARE 4.0 exam prep: PPP

Comments

  1. architectstamp10/23/11, 12:43 PM

    is there a difference between smoke damper and fire damper?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Building Simply10/23/11, 7:15 PM

    Yes, there is a difference - for a good discussion and explanation I found this on the AREforum: http://www.areforum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=150225

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Try These Too!

Fire detection

Which of the following detector types can detect smoke or a smoldering fire that has not yet burst into flames? A. Ionization B. Rise-of-temperature C. Photoelectric D. Flame detectors
Post a Comment
See the answer »

Risk management

How does an owner provide a financial safeguard for the following situations: - unanticipated price escalation of a particular product - an architect’s omission of flashing in the construction documents - a necessary change during construction, modifying the project’s scope. A. Allowance B. Alternates C. Contingency D. Escalation Answer C. Contingency is an amount, usually a percentage, that is part of the project budget to offset changes in the scope of the project, unknown conditions, and gaps/oversights in the documents. ARE 4.0 exam prep: PPP
Post a Comment
See the answer »