Heat Exchangers, 4A Power Engineering With - Units 1 – 6 Exam Questions Correct Solutions

Heat Exchangers, 4A Power Engineering - Units 1 – 6 Exam Questions With Correct Solutions /.1. Which of the following is not a definition of a power plant? a) Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103 kPa (15 psi). b) Any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding 1100 kPa (160 psi). c) Any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working temperature exceeding 121 degrees Celsius (250 degrees Fahrenheit). d) Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at less than 57 kPa (8 psi). e) Any engine run from one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding 1100 kPa (160 psi). /.1. Early government involvement in certification of power engineers became more important for the following reasons except: a) efficiency b) labour mobility c) safety d) pollution e) technological advancements /.1. Which of the following is not characteristic of increased automation in power plants? a) computerized control stations b) increased mechanization c) manual flame checking d) continuous monitoring of processes e) continuous monitoring of costs /.1. "Power plant" means a) any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103 kPa (15 psi). b) any one or more boilers in which steam or other liquid is generated at more than 103 kPa (15 psi). c) any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding 1,200 kPa (160 psi), and a temperature exceeding 121 degrees C (250 degrees F). d) any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding 1,200 kPa (160 psi), and a temperature not exceeding 121 degrees C (250 degrees F). e) any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure not exceeding 1,100 kPa (160 psi), and a temperature exceeding 121 degrees C (250 degrees F). /.1. Power engineers are a) safety code officers in a power plant automatically. b) qualified to perform any welding jobs in a power plant. c) skilled workers who operate and maintain the equipment in a power plant. d) qualified to perform any electrical jobs in a power plant. e) qualified to make design changes in a power plant. /.1. In the early days, owners of power plants hired __________ workers, who started out doing manual labour and through acquired experience they were promoted to jobs with gradually increasing levels of skill. a) qualified b) highly educated c) trained d) unskilled e) college trained /.1. In order to produce greater efficiency, higher boiler pressures were used and this led to __________ due to employing of unqualified operators in a power plant. a) economic gains b) serious accidents c) higher efficiency d) safer working conditions e) less labour disputes /.1. Which of the following is not a common work schedule for power engineers? a) Year round employment b) Seasonal lay-offs c) Eight hour days d) Twelve hour days e) Rotating day and night shifts /.1. When oil mixes with water in the boiler the resultant effect is: a) serious foaming b) accumulation of very hard scale resulting in tube burnout c) accumulation of soot d) decrease in water level e) shifting and loosening of baffles /.The holder of a Certificate of Competency, the classification of which authorizes him or her to act as a engineer, may sketch, construct, install, operate, repair, and give advice on all things pertaining to any __________ in which that person is employed. a) welding shop b) automotive shop c) power plant d) fish plant e) hydro plant /.Power engineers can usually expect to work a) straight 8 hour day shifts. b) straight 12 hour day shifts. c) straight 8 hour night shifts. d) straight 12 hour night shifts. e) rotating shifts. /.In a power plant, the power engineer may function as a supervisor who directs others in the __________ operation on a shift. a) simple and economical b) welding and electrical c) administrative and cooperative d) production and receiving e) safe and efficient /.Committees which establish standards are composed primarily of which of the following elements? a) only experts from the industry and government b) one government appointed standards board c) experts from the industry, professional and insurance groups and all levels of government d) only multi-National power corporations e) one independent safety and standardization board /.Which of the following certificates of competency qualifies the holder to take charge of the general care and operation of any power plant as chief steam engineer, and to supervise the engineers in that plant and take charge of a shift in any power plant as shift engineer? a) Third Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency b) Building Operator's Certificate of Competency c) Pressure Welder's Certificate of Competency d) First Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency e) Fireman's Certificate of Competency /.Which of the following duties is a holder of a Fourth Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency not qualified to perform? a) Take charge of a shift in a power plant having a capacity of more than 10,000 kW, as shift engineer. b) Take charge of the general care and operation of a power plant consisting of one or more coil type drumless boilers having an aggregate capacity not over 5,000 kW, when only in use for the purpose of subterranean thermal flooding in oil fields, as chief engineer. c) Take charge of the general care and operation of a power plant having a capacity of not more than 1,000 kW as chief steam engineer, and to supervise the engineers in that plant. d) Take charge of a shift in a power plant consisting of one or more coil type drumless boilers having an aggregate capacity of not more than 10,000 kW, when used only for underground thermal flooding in oil fields, as shift engineer. e) Take charge of a /.Which of the following is required in order to progress to a higher certificate? a) Experience only b) Education only c) Hold the next lower level certificate only d) Both education and the next lower level certificate e) Education, experience, and the next lower level certificate. /.The IAO is an organisation who's primary concern is: a) lowering of maintenance costs through standardisation b) lowering of production costs through increased automation c) increase in safety awareness through public education d) lowering of insurance costs through standardisation e) increase in equipment quality through tougher government regulation /.In the early days, the following two agencies got involved in the certification of both power plant operators and equipment due to the many accidents that were caused by employing unqualified operators and improper use of equipment in power plants: a) owners and governments b) insurance underwriters and governments c) educational institutions and owners d) governments and educational institutions e) owners and insurance underwriters /.Unqualified individuals operating a power plant or pressure plant risk the __________ of the plant and the general public. a) health b) comfort c) resources d) safety e) economy /.In Alberta, the Safety Codes Act established the following classes of Power Engineer's certificates (Other provinces and territories have also established the same structure for these certifications.) a) A, B, C, and D b) 1, 2, 3, and 4