One or more flights of steps and the necessary platforms or landings connecting them to form a continuous passage from one elevation to another describes which feature?

• A. Stairway
• B. Means of Egress
• C. Exit
• D. Exit Access

Answer: (A)

A stairway is defined as one or more flights of stairs and the necessary platforms or landings that connect them to form a continuous passage from one elevation to another. The description exactly matches this construction—the vertical path between floors built from stair segments and landings. While a stairway is a part of the broader means of egress, the feature described is specifically the stairway itself, not the entire egress path or its other segments. The other terms refer to broader portions of the evacuation route (means of egress), the segment that leads to the exterior (exit), or the portion leading to an exit (exit access).