The central station: who it calls, and when a system may go off-line

Rule out what you can with the ✕ buttons, then choose. The debrief for every option opens here.

1. ACorrect: Give facts you can verify: where you are, what the panel shows, and whether staff have checked the area yet.
2. BWaterflow is an alarm in its own right; no smoke detector activation does not rule out a fire.
3. CGuessing at plumbing work and asking to clear the signal is exactly the speculation that delays a needed response.
4. DNo one may delay the reporting of an emergency to the FDNY, and “under control” has not been verified.

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1. AThis is honest and useful; it tells the operator exactly where the check stands.
2. BThe device location shown on the panel is a fact you can give, and it helps responders.
3. CCorrect: Saying there is no fire before anyone checks is unverified, and residents not reporting smoke proves nothing.
4. DAsking the operator to hold while staff check is reasonable; it gives information and does not deny the alarm.

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1. ALocal sounders only alert people inside; the signal reaches the FDNY through the central station.
2. BCorrect: A central station company receives the building’s signals and retransmits them to the FDNY, so help is called even if staff cannot call.
3. CNo device removes the log book requirement; tests, drills, and alarms are recorded either way.
4. DCentral station reporting does not wait on the coordinator; it works automatically.

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1. AA missing local alarm is a reason to check, not proof of a fault; assuming a malfunction could ignore a real fire.
2. BResetting clears signals without finding the cause, and the panel is not reset before the FDNY verifies the condition.
3. CWaiting for another call wastes the minutes a real fire would use; the signal calls for action now.
4. DCorrect: Treat the signal as real until it is checked; send staff to the detector’s floor to find out what set it off and report what they see.

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1. ABypassing a zone right after a repair leaves it unmonitored; the point is to prove it works, not to hide it.
2. BA drill tests people and notification appliances, not the communicator’s link to the central station.
3. CRestoring service is the impairment coordinator’s job: test, then notify the FDNY, owner, and central station; it is not handed to the vendor.
4. DCorrect: A repair is not done until a test shows signals reach the central station, and the result is written in the log.

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1. AOff-line status does not end on its own; the coordinator must call the central station to restore it.
2. BLeaving the system off-line means real alarms would not reach the FDNY; it goes back on-line right after the drill.
3. CCorrect: After the drill, the coordinator asks the central station company to put the system back on-line and, once confirmed, logs the time in the alarm log book.
4. DThe central station took the system off-line, so the call that puts it back on-line goes to the central station.

Rule out what you can with the ✕ buttons, then choose. The debrief for every option opens here.

1. AThe transmitter problem needs follow-up, but first the alarm itself must reach the FDNY, and a fire watch does not do that.
2. BWaiting on the central station means nobody has reported a possible fire.
3. CResetting before the FDNY verifies the alarm is not allowed, and it can wipe the very condition that needs checking.
4. DCorrect: If the central station never got the signal, the FDNY has not been told, so report it yourself; transmitter faults go to the central station and the log.