UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
A member of the LP Gas Board - CORRECT ANSWER Other than a Deputy State Fire
Marshal of the Division of State Fire Marshal, who may be permitted to enter during
reasonable business hours to inspect your gas industry to assure the safety of the public?
An individual certified as competent by the Division of State Fire Marshal - CORRECT
ANSWER South Carolina's laws regarding the retail sale of propane to the public
require that the seller have a license from the LP Gas Board and...?
Not to exceed 6 months from the date of installation - CORRECT
ANSWER According to the National Fire Protection Association Pamphlet (NFPA)
#58, what is the limit on a temporary installation?
1.0 lbs. per 10,000 gallons of LP-Gas - CORRECT ANSWER The ratio of Ethyl
Mercaptan per 10,000 gallons of LP Gas by test shall be how many lbs. per gallon?
U.S. Department of Transportation - CORRECT ANSWER DOT containers shall be
designed, fabricated, tested, and marked (or stamped) in accordance with which organization?
120,000 water gallons - CORRECT ANSWER Containers for general use shall not
have individual water capacities greater than how many gallons?
30,000 water gallons - CORRECT ANSWER Service station containers shall not have
individual capacities greater than how many gallons?
Bathroom - CORRECT ANSWER NFPA pamphlet #54 states that unvented space
heaters are not to be installed in which area?
, NFPA #58 as adopted by the LP Gas Board - CORRECT ANSWER When LP-Gas and
other compressed gases are to be stored in the same area, the containers shall be marked
according to which regulatory agency?
Cast Iron - CORRECT ANSWER What material may NOT be used under service
conditions for container appurtenances for LP Gas?
250 PSIG - CORRECT ANSWER Container appurtenances shall have a rated working
pressure of at least what PSIG?
12 years from manufacture date and every 10 years thereafter - CORRECT
ANSWER All industrial trucks, including fork lift containers in use shall have the
pressure relief valve replaced at what interval?
60 drill size opening - CORRECT ANSWER Excess flow valves shall be designed to
close automatically at the rated flow of vapor or liquid specified by the manufacturer. Valves
shall be designed with a bypass, not to exceed what size drill opening?
To indicate the maximum filling level - CORRECT ANSWER What is the purpose of a
fixed liquid level gauge on containers to be filled by volume?
Container opening or to a valve or fitting which is attached directly to container - CORRECT
ANSWER Pressure gauges shall be installed in what part of a LP Gas System used in a
bulk plant?
350 PSIG - CORRECT ANSWER Fittings used at pressures higher than container
pressure on the discharge of the liquid transfer pump shall be suitable for a working pressure
of at least how much PSIG?
250 PSIG - CORRECT ANSWER Fittings used with liquid LP Gas or with vapor LP
Gas at operating pressures over 125 PSIG shall have a working pressures of what PSIG?