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How long does a candidate have to finish the non-fire component computer exam (Z-89)?

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Getting the certificate 6

  • A candidate passes the fire component and receives the N-85 passing letter. How long is that letter valid? FDNY notice of examination for F-89, T-89 and R-59 (revised 10/26/2022), part 2 (2), computer based exams
  • How long does a candidate have to finish the non-fire component computer exam (Z-89)? FDNY notice of examination for F-89, T-89 and R-59 (revised 10/26/2022), part 2 (2), computer based exams
  • How many hours does the full director course at an approved school add up to? FDNY notice of examination for F-89, T-89 and R-59 (revised 10/26/2022), part 2 (1), training courses
  • How many multiple-choice questions does the notice of examination give for the computer exam on the fire component (N-85)? FDNY notice of examination for F-89, T-89 and R-59 (revised 10/26/2022), part 2 (2), computer based exams
  • What is the lowest age at which a person can apply for the director's certificate? FDNY notice of examination for F-89, T-89 and R-59 (revised 10/26/2022), part 2 (2), computer based exams
  • What score does the notice of examination require on each computer exam? FDNY notice of examination for F-89, T-89 and R-59 (revised 10/26/2022), part 2 (2), computer based exams
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The plan and the owner 8

  • A building occupant refuses to take part in what the plan requires. Whom does the owner notify first? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 1.1
  • An owner's procedure says the director must reach a property manager before implementing the plan. How does the curriculum treat that? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 1.3
  • The director decides to implement the plan for a non-fire emergency, and nobody is hurt. What must be reported? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 1.5
  • The director is away from the building during business hours. Who takes over the authority to implement the plan? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 1.3
  • How does section 1.6 say an announcement to building occupants should begin? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 1.6
  • Where must the paper copy of the plan, the Building Information Card and the floor plans be kept? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 1.1
  • Which description fits the Building Information Card that the curriculum describes? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 1.1
  • Whose obligation is it to have the plan prepared and to designate the fire and life safety staff? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 1.1

Director and staff duties 12

  • A deputy director can stand in for the director. Which duty still needs the director's personal supervision? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), sections 3.1 and 3.2
  • A searcher calls into a restroom and hears no reply. Is the search of that room complete? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), sections 3.5.1 and 3.6
  • How do staff make themselves known to occupants during a drill or an emergency? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), chapter 3
  • How much of the required staff training in a year may be computerized in place of live instruction? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 3.8
  • How often does the director check that wardens and deputy wardens are available? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 3.1
  • One employer occupies 16,000 square feet on a single floor. How many deputy wardens does that employer need there, at the least? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 3.5.2
  • What do critical operations staff do when the plan is implemented? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 3.7
  • What is the smallest set of searchers allowed for each employer on a floor? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 3.6
  • When is a building evacuation supervisor on duty in an office building? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 3.4
  • When must the director be present in a building that requires one? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 3.1
  • Which pair may NOT serve as members of the fire brigade? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 3.3
  • Who makes up the brigade for non-fire emergencies, according to section 3.3? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 3.3

Drills and training 13

  • A Drill Conductor (W-07 or F-07) runs a fire drill in a building that requires a director. What condition applies? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 10.1
  • After the first year, how often must a non-fire drill include stairwell familiarization? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 14.2
  • An occupant smells smoke but sees neither smoke nor flames. What does a fire drill teach about the manual pull station? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 10.5.3
  • An office building's Comprehensive Fire Safety and Emergency Action Plan was accepted eight months ago. How often are its fire drills? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 10.1
  • How does the curriculum rank fire escapes as a way out? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 10.5.4
  • How many non-fire drills are due in the first year after the Fire Department accepts a building's first comprehensive plan? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 14.2
  • How often are fire drills held in an office building once its plan has been in place for more than two years? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 10.1
  • How often does a hotel (Group R-1, not a shelter or dormitory) hold fire drills? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 10.1
  • In a stairwell familiarization drill held on the ninth floor, how far are occupants escorted down the stairs? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 14.1.2
  • May an office building hold its fire drill and its emergency action plan drill in one session? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), sections 10.1 and 14.2
  • What do the letters TIPS stand for in a non-fire drill? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 14.6.1
  • What does a fire drill teach about open access stairs that connect tenant floors? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 10.5.4
  • Why does a warden wait on the warden phone until the Fire Command Center answers? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 10.5.3

Fire emergencies 11

  • A contractor asks to do torch work on a floor where the sprinkler system is impaired. What does section 11.1 say? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 11.1
  • The fire alarm activates. Where does the director go first? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 11.4.1
  • How wide must an exit aisle generally be, according to the inspection list in section 11.1? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 11.1
  • In what order does the director make announcements about a fire? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 11.4.2
  • Occupants of the fire floor relocate inside the building. How far down are they sent, unless the plan says otherwise? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 11.4.2
  • Stairways are filling with smoke. Which elevators stay off limits no matter what the director decides? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 11.4.3
  • What are occupants of floors with no alarm activity told, unless conditions call for something else? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 11.4.2
  • When may the director silence the fire alarm system during a fire response? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 11.5
  • Where does at least one brigade member report to meet the firefighters? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 11.4.2
  • Which stairway gets priority for occupants when the building has a fire tower? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 11.4.2
  • Which way of passing information is ruled out as the primary method in a fire emergency? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 11.4.1

Non-fire emergencies 15

  • After an evacuation for an airborne hazard, where should occupants assemble? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 15.5.1
  • An announcement in a non-fire emergency tells occupants what happened, where, and what to do. What is the fourth part? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 15.1
  • An elevator is recalled for arriving medical responders. In which mode is it held? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 19.2
  • During a medical emergency, where does the director work from? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), sections 19.1 and 19.2
  • Elevators are being used in a non-fire emergency. What happens to the cars that the plan does not designate? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 15.6
  • For about how long an exposure does the curriculum call sheltering in place suitable against an outside airborne hazard? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 15.5.2
  • How many First Responder Kits does the curriculum say a building should provide? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 18.2.1
  • Occupants refuse to shelter in place during a non-fire emergency. What may staff do? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 15.1
  • What are occupants trained about the manual fire alarm during an active shooter emergency? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 18.2.2
  • What does the curriculum require of an owner about people on the premises who know CPR? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 19.1
  • What two things must the 911 call cover in a non-fire emergency? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 15.1
  • When can the all clear be given after a non-fire emergency? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 15.1
  • Which kind of agent generally shows a rapid onset of symptoms? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 15.5.5
  • Which term means moving occupants in a controlled way from an endangered area to a designated area in the same building? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 15.2
  • Which three words name the survival techniques the curriculum takes from the Police Department? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 18.2.2

The logbook 6

  • A building keeps one combined logbook for its fire safety plan and its emergency action plan. How long is it kept on the premises? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 8.3
  • The fire alarm system is taken off-line. Which of these belongs in the logbook entry? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 8.2.4
  • What form must the logbook take unless the Fire Department has approved electronic records? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 8.1
  • What must appear on the front cover of the logbook? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 8.1
  • Which detail does the curriculum recommend recording for an evacuation drill in particular? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 8.2.6
  • Which set of facts goes into the logbook every day? FDNY Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum (version of 10/26/2022), section 8.2.2

How this list was compiled: Written from two documents the New York City Fire Department publishes for the F-89 Certificate of Fitness, both read 2026-10-05: the Fire and Life Safety Director training curriculum, version of 10/26/2022 (https://www.nyc.gov/assets/fdny/downloads/pdf/business/fire-and-life-safety-director-FLSD-curriculum.pdf), chapters 1, 3, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19, and the notice of examination for F-89, T-89 and R-59, revised 10/26/2022 (https://www.nyc.gov/assets/fdny/downloads/pdf/business/cof-f89-t89-r59-noe.pdf). Each question names the section it rests on. The certificate's page is https://www.nyc.gov/site/fdny/business/all-certifications/cof-f89.page. Licence: Own work. Questions, answer choices and explanations were written for this site from the facts in the two documents and restate them in new words; no sample question, table or passage is copied. The documents themselves are copyright the City of New York.

How it works

This unofficial F-89 practice test holds 71 questions written from the New York City Fire Department's Fire and Life Safety Director curriculum, version of 10/26/2022, and its notice of examination. Each answer names its section. Checked October 5, 2026.

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An FLSD practice test in question form

The Start from menu drills one part at a time: getting the certificate, the plan and the owner, director and staff duties, drills and training, fire emergencies, non-fire emergencies, the logbook. Building systems, fire science and the on-site exam are not covered.

Exam mode uses the notice's pass mark

Exam mode passes at 70 percent, the score the notice of examination asks for. The real computer exams are longer: 120 questions in 186 minutes for the fire component and 55 questions in 83 minutes for the non-fire component.

  • Office building fire drills are semiannual, and quarterly for the two years after the plan is accepted (section 10.1).
  • One deputy warden for each 7,500 square feet or part of it; one male and one female searcher per employer (sections 3.5.2 and 3.6).
  • Logbooks stay on the premises three years for fire safety, five for emergency action and five when combined (section 8.3).

Questions and answers

How many questions are on the F-89 exam?

There are two computer exams. The fire component has 120 multiple-choice questions in 186 minutes and the non-fire component has 55 in 83 minutes, each passed at 70 percent, says the notice of examination revised 10/26/2022. An on-site exam follows.

Are these the real F-89 exam questions?

No. This site has never seen the department's exams and is not affiliated with the New York City Fire Department. The questions were written from the public curriculum and the notice of examination. No certificate holder has reviewed them yet.

What does FLSD stand for?

Fire and Life Safety Director. The curriculum says the 2014 Fire Code replaced the earlier Fire Safety Director and Fire Safety and Emergency Action Plan Director certificates with this single one, the F-89 Certificate of Fitness.

Is a course required before the F-89 exam?

Yes. The notice asks for a diploma from a 31-hour course at a school the department approves: 20 hours on general topics and fire emergencies, 11 hours on non-fire emergencies. This page is not that course and gives no credit toward it.

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