Answer each question with 80-120 words. Make sure to fully answer each question. Write references you use.
NFPA would be good reference
Part 3 (20 points)
- Discuss an engineering judgement you had to make during this exam. Explain your logic as to how you reach the conclusion you did. Would you feel comfortable making the same judgement at a future or current job? (5 points)
- It has been postulated that fire safety is about risk. Minimization of risk requires additional costs. Discuss how fire protection engineers should approach this issue. (5 points)
- Explain how passive fire protection is utilized to slow or stop the spread of fire. When is it an effective protection scheme as opposed to just sprinklers? (5 points)
- Utilizing the t-squared method for determining a heat release rate of a fire has several weaknesses in use for design. Discuss at least one of them.(5 points)
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