Exit Routes questions for the ASP

Question 1

A contractor is altering an office wing that employees will keep using. The required exit routes will stay open and unobstructed throughout the work. However, the work requires shutting off the wing's existing fire sprinkler system for two weeks. The manager says employees can stay because the job is temporary and the exits remain usable. Which action does the standard require?

1. AEmployees may keep occupying the wing only if alternate fire protection that provides an equivalent level of safety is furnished while the sprinklers are off.
2. BEmployees may keep occupying the wing if the contractor's crew is trained to use portable fire extinguishers during the shutdown.
3. CEmployees may keep occupying the wing because the fire protection requirement applies only to new construction, not alterations.
4. DEmployees may keep occupying the wing as long as they are told about the sprinkler shutdown, since the exits remain available.

Question 2

A company is renovating the east wing of its occupied office building. The contractor proposes to shut off the existing sprinkler zone and close the east stairwell for three weeks while employees continue working on that floor. No temporary fire protection is planned, and the other stairwell is open but not enough to serve the area. Which action is required under the exit route standard before employees may keep occupying that floor?

1. AEmployees may stay as long as the contractor posts a fire watch only during hours when welding or cutting is performed.
2. BEmployees may stay if the alarm system remains operable, even though the stairwell is closed and the sprinklers are off.
3. CThe required exit routes must be available and existing fire protections maintained, or alternate fire protection providing an equivalent level of safety must be furnished, or employees must not occupy the floor.
4. DEmployees may stay if they are told about the closure at the next safety meeting and the closed stairwell is marked with signs.

Question 3

A safety professional is auditing a warehouse exit access corridor that leads to a single exit. The corridor is 36 inches wide for most of its length. A wall-mounted electrical cabinet protrudes into it, leaving a clear width of 31 inches at that point. A second location, where a rolling parts rack is routinely parked, leaves 26 inches clear. Which finding is correct under the exit route width requirements?

1. ABoth locations comply, because the corridor's overall width of 36 inches governs the entire exit access.
2. BNeither location complies, because projecting objects may not reduce the corridor below its original 36-inch width.
3. CBoth locations comply, because objects that project into the exit route are exempt from width requirements if they are fixed to the wall.
4. DThe cabinet location complies but the rack location does not, because the exit access must be at least 28 inches wide at all points.