ESA Level 1 Certified Alarm
Technician
SIAC - CORRECT ANSWER-Security Industry Alarm Coalition
501(c)(6) not for profit
one voice for dispatch issues
funded by donations
instrumental in bridging the gap between the industry and the police
False Dispatch Error - CORRECT ANSWER-A cooperative effort between FARA and
ESA that predicates the "average" # of responses per system per year. # of
dispatches/# of monitored systems.
ECV - CORRECT ANSWER-Enhanced Call Verification
telephone verification of alarm calls for burglart/intrusion calls
CP-01 Control Panel Standard - CORRECT ANSWER-Industry Standard
No add'l cost to customer & commonly available to manufacturers
Designed to reduce high incidence of user error
40% effective
Required by many municipalities and in some states
Induction - CORRECT ANSWER-influence exerted on a charged body or by magnetic
field on neighboring bodies without apparent communication.
Forms of energy that produce electricity? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Mechanical Energy
2. Chemical Energy
3. Light Energy
4. Heat Energy
Hertz - CORRECT ANSWER-The # of cycles (a single shift from zero to the peak
positive voltage back to zero to the peak negative cycle and back to zero) per second.
AC Sine Wave.
DC Sine Wave - CORRECT ANSWER-Does not alternate.
Produced by batteries or the rectifier circuit in a transformer
Electrical Power in the U.S.? - CORRECT ANSWER-60 Hz
Current - CORRECT ANSWER-Measurement of the amount and rate of free electrons
flowing in a circuit
Unit is the ampere (amp)
