HKIA Exam Paper 4 Quiz 19

Accessible route, is a continuous unobstructed path which is easily identifiable for persons with a disability or the elderly to approach, enter and leave the building and to use the facilities therein without assistance or undue difficulties. (Design manual: Barrier free access 2008 – Chapter 3 Preliminary).

Access, means to enable persons with a disability to approach, enter and leave the building and to use the facilities therein without assistance or undue difficulties. (Design manual: Barrier free access 2008 – Chapter 3 Preliminary).

Accessible, describes a site, building, facility or portion thereof that is barrier-free, can be approached, entered and used by persons with a disability and complies with this Manual. (Design manual: Barrier free access 2008 – Chapter 3 Preliminary).

Redevelopment site means a site that is not a virgin site. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Required staircase, means to enable persons with a disability to approach, enter and leave the building and to use the facilities therein without assistance or undue difficulties. (Design manual: Barrier free access 2008 – Chapter 3 Preliminary).

Tactile warning strip means a standardized pattern applied to or built onto walking surfaces through the use of tactile hazard warning tiles / blocks to warn persons with visual impairment of certain construction features. (Design manual: Barrier free access 2008 – Chapter 3 Preliminary).

Tactile guide path means a standardized pattern applied to or built onto walking surfaces through the combined use of tactile directional tiles / blocks, positional tiles / blocks and tactile hazard warning tiles / blocks for way finding and orientation for persons with visual impairment. (Design manual: Barrier free access 2008 – Chapter 3 Preliminary).

Assistive listening system means a system which 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).

Directional Tile/Block, this has parallel raised bars for guiding the users along an intended safe path. (Design manual: Barrier free access 2008 – Typical Tactile Guide Path Junction).

Hazard Warning Tile/Block, this has raised big dots (35mm in diameter) arranged in square grid parallel to the sides of the slab for indication of potential hazards ahead. This type of tile/block could be used alone to form tactile warning strips at the top and bottom ends of staircase or ramps. (Design manual: Barrier free access 2008 – Typical Tactile Guide Path Junction).

Positional Tile/Block, this has raised small dots (23mm in diameter) placed in staggered positions for indication of possible change in walking directions. (Design manual: Barrier free access 2008 – Typical Tactile Guide Path Junction).

Dead band means the range of values within which an input variable can be varied without initiating any noticeable change in the output variable. (Code of practice for energy efficiency of building services installation 2018 – 2 Interpretations and abbreviations).

Thermal conductivity means the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of a homogeneous flat slab of infinite extent and of unit thickness when unit difference of temperature in degree Celsius is established between its faces. (Code of practice for energy efficiency of building services installation 2018 – 2 Interpretations and abbreviation).

Bounding condition, means the set of fire safety provisions that must be maintained as a result of a performance-based approach to the fire safety design and that if altered will invalidate the performance-based fire safety design. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Shading coefficient, is the ratio of solar heat gain at normal incidence through the glazing to that through 3 mm thick clear double-strength glass, and should not include the shading from interior or exterior shading devices. (Code of practice for energy efficiency of building services installation 2018 – 2 Interpretations and abbreviation).

Fire resistance rating, means the period of time that a building element is capable of resisting the action of fire when tested in accordance with ISO 834, BS 476: Parts 20 to 24 or equivalent. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Fire compartment, means a space enclosed by fire barriers or appropriate construction to all sides such that fire will not spread from the space; or spread into adjoining space. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Fire barrier, means the construction that has a fire resistance rating separating one space from another. It may form part of a fire compartment. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Fire safety provisions, means the installations, equipment, systems, building elements or methods used in a building to achieve the fire safety objectives as stated within Subsection A2. The provisions include active fire safety provisions (sprinklers, detectors, alarms etc.) and passive fire safety provisions. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Protected exit, means a required staircase, or ramp, or passageway, being enclosed by fire barriers, that leads to an ultimate place of safety. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Exit route, means the continuous path of travel from any part of a building to the ultimate place of safety, not including a revolving door, lift or escalator. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Protected lobby, means a lobby formed by fire and smoke resisting construction in accordance with Part C to prevent the spread of heat and smoke. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Refuge floor, means a protected floor that serves as a refuge for the occupants of the building to assemble in case of fire, for a short period of time, before reaching an ultimate place of safety. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Virgin site, means a site where there is no temporary or permanent building, including a building exempted from the Buildings Ordinance under the Buildings Ordinance (Application to the New Territories) Ordinance, in existence before. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Required staircase, means an access staircase, whether in a firefighting and rescue stairway or not, or a staircase required for means of escape in case of fire. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Ground story, means the story in which is situated an entrance from a street to the building and, where a building fronts or abuts on more than one street and due to a difference in street levels there are two or more entrances serving different streets and situated in different stories, means each such story. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Maisonette, means a flat not being a tenement floor and having more than one but not more than three stories. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Balcony approach, means a balcony which is used as an external approach to a common staircase and which serves two or more occupancies. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Access staircase, means a staircase so designed and constructed as to allow firemen safe and unobstructed access to all stories of a building in the event of fire. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).

Compartment area, means the area of the floors of a building contained within the external surfaces of a fire compartment. (Code of practice for fire safety in buildings 2011 – Section 3 Definitions).