THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EXAMINERS FOR ENGINEERING AND SURVEYING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF ENGINEERING EXAMINATION FIRE PROTECTION EFFECTIVE October 1999 Approximate Percentage of Examination 1. PLANNING AND DESIGN OF WATER SUPPLIES 12% Water supplies dedicated to fire protection, public water supplies 2. PLANNING AND DESIGN OF BUILDING SYSTEMS 13% Structural fire resistance, fire barriers, opening protection, means of egress, construction materials, smoke management systems, building use and occupancy 3. PLANNING AND DESIGN OF WATER-BASED SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS 12% Specifying, evaluating, testing, and maintaining sprinkler and waterspray systems; fire and explosion suppression systems 4. PLANNING AND DESIGN OF NON WATER-BASED SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS 13% Specifying, evaluating, testing, and maintaining CO2 , dry chemical, foam, and alternate agent systems; fire and explosion suppression systems 5. PLANNING AND DESIGN OF DETECTION AND ALARM SYSTEMS 12% Specifying, evaluating, testing and maintaining heat, smoke, and flame detectors; alarm and supervisory systems 6. PLANNING AND DESIGN OF FIRE PREVENTION 13% Control of combustible materials, ignition sources, and oxidizing agents 7. IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING OF FIRE PREVENTION 12% Inspection, testing and preventive maintenance; process safety; hazard abatement 8. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF HAZARD AND RISK ANALYSIS 13% Quantification of frequency and severity of fire events, estimation of time available for occupant egress from rooms, analysis of damage potential to exposed objects from fire or explosion Total 100% Notes: 1. The examination is developed with problems that will require a variety of approaches and methodologies including design, analysis, application and operations. Some problems may require knowledge of engineering economics. 2. This examination contains a total of 80 multiple-choice questions. Examinee works all questions.