Security Sales & Integration

October 2012

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SCIENCE WITH JEFF ZWIRN SECURITY Jeffrey D. Zwirn, CPP, CFPS, CFE, DABFET, CHS-III, SET, RI, is a forensic alarm industry expert and President of Teaneck, N.J.-based IDS Research & Development Inc. He can be reached at (201) 287-0900 or jeffzwirn@alarmexpert.com. Quick QUIZ 1. WHAT IS A SECURITY SURVEY? a) An exhaustive search of all risks and vulnerabilities of a premise b) A written contract c) Only applicable for proprietary systems d) Only used for commercial premises 2. WHAT IS A NEED ANALYSIS? a) The customer's motivation for wanting a security system b) How much the customer is willing to spend c) For panic alarms d) AHJ requirement 3. WHAT STANDARDS APPLY TO HOLDUP ALARM SYSTEMS? a) UL 636 and industry standards / practices b) Equipment manufacturer specifi cations c) One panic button shall be hardwired d) There are no standards 4. HOW MANY MILLISECONDS IN A MINUTE? a) 65 b) 6,000 c) 60,000 d) 65,000 5. STANDARD LOOP RESPONSE TIME REQUIRED FOR HOLDUP BUTTONS? a) 40-50 milliseconds b) 600 milliseconds c) 750 milliseconds d) What the manufacturer specifi ed 6. WHAT IS THE STANDARD LOOP RE- SPONSE TIME FOR PROTECTIVE LOOP CIRCUITS FOR INTRUSION DETECTION DEVICES WITH SWINGERS? a) 50 milliseconds b) 67 milliseconds c) 700 milliseconds d) 750 milliseconds 7. UL STANDARDS FOR INTRUSION DETECTION UNITS? a) UL 639 b) UL 2034 c) UL 1023 d) UL 98 8. NORMALLY CLOSED CIRCUITS REQUIRE AN END-OF-LINE RESISTOR (EOLR) IN WHAT CONFIGURATION? a) Series b) Parallel c) In the control panel d) Normally closed circuits do not require EOLRs 9. WHAT IS THE DETECTION RANGE OF A STANDARD FLOOD SENSOR? a) At the detector b) 25 feet on its vertical axis c) 15 feet on its horizontal axis d) 52 feet 10. INFRARED MOTION DETECTORS ARE CONSIDERED: a) Point to point devices b) Passive infrared devices c) Passive and then active when movement is detected d) Active and then passive when movement is detected 11. CPTED IS DEFINED AS: a) Crime prevention through environmental design b) Crime protection through electronic detection c) Circuit protection through electronic detection d) Not applicable to the security industry 12. DOUBLE-PULL DOUBLE-THROW PHONE LINE SEIZURE REQUIRED FOR: a) Burglar alarms b) Burglar and fi re alarms c) Not required if you use an RJ3X jack and coupler cord d) For systems only 13. GENERAL LAWSUIT ELEMENTS: a) Jury, breach of jury, proximate cause, damages b) Contract, subrogation, liquidated dam- ages provisions, AHJ c) Breach of contract, negligence, gross negligence, waiver of subrogation d) Duty, breach of duty, proximate cause, damages 14. SERVICE TICKETS SHOULD PRO- VIDE DETAIL TO A SUBSCRIBER: a) What did you do, what didn't you do, and what, if anything else needs to be done b) Where the payment should be sent to the alarm company c) How long the service call took d) The name of the local authority having jurisdiction (AHJ) 15. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ONE- AND TWO-WAY RADIO: a) No difference per UL 1639 b) A one-way radio is polled once every six minutes and a two-way radio is polled once a month c) A one-way radio is polled daily, weekly or monthly. A two-way radio is polled once every six minutes d) Two-way radios are used for fi re alarm systems only 1. All equipment you install is required to be listed for its intended use (e.g. UL or a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory [NRTL]). 2. Test all zones of the system upon completion of the job. Preserve this documentation in your computer so that you can prove the system was tested in the event someone fi les a claim against your company years after the original installation date. Otherwise, proof from your cen- tral station may already have been purged and/or may no longer be available. 3. Photograph the inside of each of the control panels that your company in- stalls and maintain this record in your computer after inspecting it yourself. 78 / SECURITYSALES.COM / OCTOBER 2012 Security Science ANSWER KEY 1. A 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. A 8. A 9. A 10. B 11. A 12. B 13. D 14. A 15. C

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