Question 2

Read each statement carefully and determine whether the statement is true or false. If the statement is incorrect then correct it. Give justification for your answers, including any conditions to which it is subject when relevant. That is, your answer must, when relevant, refer to one or more NCC DTS Provisions which support your answer.

Under the DTS Provisions:

(a)no door in a path of travel to an exit in an office building can be key locked?

(i)TrueFalse

(ii)Justification

(b)the entry doorway to an apartment in a multi-unit residential building mustbe at least 750mm wide?

(i)TrueFalse

(ii)Justification

(c)a 3m wide required stairway with handrails each side but no intermediatehandrail is counted as 3m wide in determining exit capacity.

(i)TrueFalse

(ii)Justification

(d)the entrance doorway from the street to a 250m2 suburban shop cannot befitted with a roller shutter? The entrance doorway is also the only exit fromthe shop.

(i)TrueFalse

(ii)Justification

(e)all main electrical switch and distribution boards located in a path of travelto an exit must be separated from the rest of the building by fire-resistingconstruction?

(i)TrueFalse

(ii)Justification