Unique Fire Stop Online Certification Test

Certifications are issued to the INDIVIDUAL. Their employers may be listed on the Map of Installers with links to the student's email and their employer's website.

The purpose of this exam is to qualify the cabling professional with the concept of ‘Fire Stopping by the Numbers’. Let’s see if you understand the concept. Please call us for clarification on any of the questions: 251.960.5018 Certifications will be awarded for 100% scores only.

The Administrator from a local hospital calls your office. He is concerned about some cables penetrating fire-rated walls and saw you listed as a Certified Installer on the UNIQUE Fire Stop Products Map of Certified Installers on our website. The Joint Commission will pay him a visit soon and he is about to panic. He is interested in our Split Sleeve System. Can you help him?

They have (50) Cat 5 UTP cables that are routed through a firewall with (4) sheets of 5/8" fire rated gypsum. The cables are .20" in diameter.

The job site address is 111 Main Street, Dallas, TX, 74453. The Inspector's jurisdiction is Local.

The hospital is calling again. Now they are installing new cables and would like for you to install sleeve systems for their job. They are running (100) Cat 5E cables measuring .25" each, through a cinder block wall. The wall is not reinforced with concrete or steel rebar. When you've decided which UNIQUE Fire Stop product to use, go to that product page and use the information there plus the article, Firestopping by the Numbers, to answer the following questions.

Your new client is now expanding their offices to include running cables between floors. You must core drill and route (175) Cat 5 cables vertically between floors. The cables are .20" in diameter. This is a metal pan, poured with a 3" slab of concrete.

Engineering is perplexed about routing cables inside his fire-rated walls from above the ceiling grid. He has on many occasions seen contractors just pop a hole in the drywall with a screw driver and drop the cables in and fish them out. NOW, the State Fire Marshal will require the membrane penetration be done with an acceptable "tested" System. He wants the existing membrane penetration violations retrofitted to restore the rating of the wall and has once again hired you. Think about this for a moment and answer the questions below.

Hospital administration loves your work and is once again calling with a new problem. There are seven (7) abandoned core bores on the 3rd floor and the Inspector is demanding something be done about them. They pose a fire hazard. All 7 of them are 4.5" holes in a 3" slab.

Five (5) of the holes will be left unused for the foreseeable future. The other two (2) holes will be reused for (110) count (.20) cables, one immediately and the other one in a few months. What should you recommend for the hospital going forward?

A new building is being built at the hospital. You are responsible for "future proofing" all cable penetrations for the life of the building. No small task. It is a 5 story building and Admin wants all pathways in the firewalls to be alpha/numerically ID'd for designated crafts to use when they get there. The functions will include the nurse call system, CATV, security, voice, data, and more. What to do? Life of the building? NO STRESS!

Review the UNIQUE Future Proof Plates page before answering the following questions.

We have developed a handy AHJ Email Preapproval Form used to gain preapproval of your selected Firestop System from your AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction). It only takes a few moments to fill it out and our website emails it to your Inspector with a copy to you.

The last Scenario of this test gives you experience in properly filling out and submitting the AHJ Email Preapproval Form along with your Official Online Certification Test.

Remember ... your System is not approved until your Inspector says it is! Seek acceptance – not forgiveness. Inspectors these days are not very forgiving. We will be glad to clarify the many benefits of having your firestop system preapproved. Just call the factory and ask for Tom Milano.

Please read all the instructions first and follow them closely.

To finish the Certification process, you will submit TWO (2) documents in this order:
1. AHJ Email Preapproval Form
2. Official Online Certification Test

Fill out and Submit the AHJ Email Preapproval Form 1st, and follow these steps:
1. You will use Scenario #1 of your Practice Test to fill out the AHJ Email Preapproval Form.
2. Be sure you fill out the form completely using the information in Scenario #1 and if needed, the website Product page for your System.
3. The AHJ Inspector is Mike Tobias and his email is [email protected] The Inspector's jurisdiction is Local.
4.The Contractor is you.
5. Use this link to access the AHJ Email Preapproval Form and Submit when completed. The link will open a new tab do not close this one or you will loose your test. Once you have submitted your AHJ form come back to this tab and submit your test.
AHJ Email Preapproval Form

Submit the Official Online Certification Test 2nd, and follow these steps:
1. Check the box below, and
2. Submit your Official Online Certification Test.

We will grade your test and your AHJ Email Preapproval Form and let you know if you are “preapproved” for the job!