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✅Introduction to Power Engineering
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).
- Correct Answers ✅d) Any one or more boilers in which
steam or other vapour is generated at less than 57 kPa (8
psi).
Early government involvement in certification of power
engineers became more important for the following reasons
except:
a) efficiency
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b) labour mobility
c) safety
d) pollution
e) technological advancements - Correct Answers ✅d)
pollution
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 - Correct Answers ✅c)
manual flame checking
"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).
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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). -
Correct Answers ✅a) any one or more boilers in which
steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103 kPa (15
psi).
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. -
Correct Answers ✅c) skilled workers who operate and
maintain the equipment in a power plant.
In the early days, owners of power plants hired __________
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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 - Correct Answers ✅d) unskilled
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 - Correct Answers ✅b) serious
accidents
Which of the following is not a common work schedule for
power engineers?