What is a key limitation of analog non-addressable devices?

• A. They can report only a general zone
• B. They can report exact zone
• C. They report battery status
• D. They are wireless only

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is reporting granularity in alarm systems. Analog non-addressable devices don’t have unique addresses for each sensor, so the control panel can’t identify exactly which device inside a zone triggered an alarm. Instead, it can only indicate that a general zone has an event. That’s why the best answer is that they report only a general zone. With addressable devices, each sensor has a unique ID, so the panel can show the precise device and its status.

Briefly, reporting battery status isn’t a built‑in feature of these non‑addressable devices, and they aren’t inherently wireless-only—analog non‑addressable setups are typically wired, and their limitation is the lack of device-level reporting within a zone.