HKIA Exam Paper 4 Quiz 15

Automatic fixed installation other than water. A system of cylinders/containers, pipes, valves, and delivery points so designed as to automatically detect and instantaneously attack a fire with an inert medium and sound an alarm. (Code of Practice for Fire Service Installation and Equipment 2012 – 2.2 Definitions).

Fast response type sprinkler heads. In all parts of the basements, fast response type sprinkler heads shall be used with the exception of areas where covered by (ii), or strong rooms and safe deposit vaults covered by (vi). (Code of Practice for Minimum Fire Service Installations and Equipment 2012 – 4 Basements with total area exceed 230 m²).

2, 000 square meters. Required for any part or parts of the building where the area occupied by anyone single occupancy on any one floor exceeds 2 000 square meters AND where the occupants, due to their transient presence either as shoppers, audience or guests, are exposed to risks to require additional advice through such systems. (Code of Practice for Minimum Service Installations and Equipment 2012 – 4.4 Basements with total area exceed 230 m²).

Mechanically induced air movement. When a ventilation/air conditioning control system to a building is provided, it shall stop mechanically induced air movement within a designated fire compartment. (Code of Practice for Minimum Service Installations and Equipment 2012 – 4.5 Battery rooms and electrical charging facilities).

Emergency lighting shall be provided throughout the entire building and all exit routes leading to ground level. In addition, such lighting shall also be provided to ensure adequate illumination to permit safe evacuation to the outside of the site boundary. (Code of Practice for Minimum Service Installations and Equipment 2012 – 4.8 Bulk fuel storage).

1 actuating point and 1 audio warning device to be located at each hose reel point. Visual alarm signals shall be provided where necessary in accordance with the current Design Manual: Barrier Free Access. This actuating point shall include facilities for fire pump start and audio/visual warning device initiation. (Code of Practice for Minimum Service Installations and Equipment 2012 – 4.8 Bulk fuel storage).

Handrails provide support for everyone and are especially helpful for persons with a disability and the elderly to use staircases, to pull themselves up inclines, check themselves on declines and to assist them in moving within the building. (Design Manual Barrier Free Access 2008 – Division 8 Handrails).

30%. Treads of the staircase should have a minimum luminous contrast of 30% with the walls. (Design Manual Barrier Free Access 2008 – Recommended Design Requirements Dimension and Orientation).

Appropriate lighting design. To facilitate the way finding for persons with visual impairment, surfaces and finishes with luminous contrast between the wall and the ceiling, and between the wall and the floor should be adopted. Appropriate lighting design with adequate illumination should also be considered. (Design Manual Barrier Free Access 2008 – Design Considerations).

Double-action self-closing A door that shall have a check mechanism to prevent the door swinging beyond the closed position and a transparent vision-panel with a bottom edge not more than 1000 mm above the floor and the top edge not less than 1500 mm above the finished floor level. (Design Manual Barrier Free Access 2008 – Plan of Door Suitable for Wheelchair).

24 hours a day and 7 days a week. The requirement on automatic lighting control should not be applicable to any space to be occupied in what manner? (Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Building Services Installation – 5.6 Automatic Lighting Control).

All of the above. A, B, and C should consider in area of a lighting zone. (Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Building Services Installation – 5.6 Automatic Lighting Control).

Automatic fixed installation using water. A system of water supplies, pumps, pipes, valves, and delivery points so arranged as to automatically detect and instantaneously attack a fire with water and sound an alarm. (Code of Practice for Fire Service Installation and Equipment 2012 – 2.2 Definitions).

The system fan motor power required for a constant air volume air distribution system for a conditioned space should not exceed a limit of 1.6 W per liter per second (L/s) of supply system air flow. (Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Building Services Installation – 6.7 Air Distribution System Fan Power).

A water side pumping system should be designed for variable flow if its control valves are designed to modulate or step open and close as a function of load. (Code of Practice for Energy Efficiency of Building Services Installation – 6.8 Pumping System Variable Flow).

Energy audit means a systematic review of the use of energy conducted pursuant to the requirement under section 22. (Buildings Energy Efficiency Ordinance – Section 1 Part 1 Preliminary).

Ultimate place of safety, means a place of safety for final exit discharge where a protected exit terminates that provides access to an area clear of the effects of fire, where people may safely disperse. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Sufficient directional and exit signs to ensure that all exit routes from any floor within the premises are clearly indicated as required by the configuration of the staircase serving the building. (Code of Practice for Minimum Fire Service Installations and Equipment 2012 – 4.5 Battery rooms and electrical charging facilities).

Circuit main means a circuit connected from a distribution transformer to the main LV switchboard downstream of it. (Code of practice for energy efficiency of building services installation 2018 – 2 Interpretations and abbreviations).

Assistive listening system means a system that enables sound signs that are amplified in both volume and signal to be transmitted to persons with hearing impairment without interference from background noise or excessive reverberation. (Design manual: Barrier-free access 2008 – Chapter 3 Preliminary).

20 m. There shall be sufficient hydrants and hose reels on each floor to ensure that every part of the basement with the exception of strong rooms and safe deposit vaults can be reached by a length of not more than 30 m of Fire Services hose and hose reel tubing. (Code of Practice for Minimum Service Installations and Equipment 2012 – 4.4 Basements with total area exceed 230 m²).

Butterfly Valve. A valve in which a disc is rotated about a diametric axis of a cylinder to vary the aperture. It is used where space is limited or more sophisticated control is required. (Handbook on Plumbing Installation for Buildings – 1.3 – Commonly used waterworks liftings).

Anti-corruption laws. Licensed Plumber should always be aware of the anti-corruption laws and avoid contravene them during their course of works. (Handbook on Plumbing Installation for Buildings – 4.1.2. Awareness of Anti-corruption Laws).

5 times. To ensure accuracy of master meter, the plumbing designer shall provide two lengths of straight pipe, one upstream and one downstream of the master meter. The length upstream and downstream should not be less than 10 times the nominal diameter of the master meter and 5 times respectively. (Handbook on Plumbing Installation for Buildings – 5.3 Master meter – Awareness of Anti-corruption Laws).

Supply tank. A water tank containing a specified quantity of water reserved solely for firefighting. (Code of Practice for Minimum Fire Service Installations and Equipment 2012 – 2.2 Definitions).

Low rise building. Any building of which the floor of the uppermost story does not exceed 30 m above the point of staircase discharge at ground floor level. (Code of Practice for Minimum Fire Service Installations and Equipment 2012 – 2.2 Definitions).

Visual alarm signals. One actuating point and one audio warning device to be located at each hose reel point. Visual alarm signals shall be provided where necessary in accordance with the current Design Manual: Barrier Free Access. This actuating point shall include facilities for fire pump start and audio/visual warning device initiation. (Code of Practice for Minimum Fire Service Installations and Equipment 2012 – 4 Basements with total area exceed 230 m²).

Re-cooling means lowering the temperature of a medium such as air that has been previously heated by a heating system. (Code of practice for energy efficiency of building services installation 2018 2 – 2 Interpretations and abbreviation).

Overall thermal transfer value means, as regards a building, the amount, expressed in watts per square meter (W/m2), of heat transferred through that building envelope and calculated having regard to factors such as the area of the building envelope, the material used in its construction. (Building Energy Efficiency Regulation – Part II Interpretation).

Field models are based on the sub-division of the computational domain into a very large number of control volumes; they are able to give detailed information at any point of the domain. (Guidelines on Design and Construction Requirements for Energy Efficiency of Residential Buildings 2014 – 1.4 Terminology and definitions).