BOILER FUNDAMENTALS LATEST EXAM
PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PDF 2026
▶ All fuels have heating value, in what units are they stated? Answer:
BTUs per lbs or per gallon
▶ To regulate burner combustion, what would the operator adjust? Answer:
Primary air
▶ Air needed for complete combustion in a fossil fuel boiler is? Answer:
Primary air
▶ Air supplied to the burners that _______ combustion is primary air.
Answer: Controls or Regulates
▶ Heating value is expressed in BTUs per _______ or pound. ? Answer:
Gallon
▶ Complete combustion is the burning of all supplied _______ with the
smallest amount of air. Answer: Fuel
▶ British thermal unit (BTU) is a measurement of the quality of?? Answer:
Heat value
▶ Water hammer is the banging inside of pipes that is the result of water
and steam mixing and can result in? Answer: Rupture
▶ Modulating pressure control devices are found at the ______ of the
steam side of the boiler? Answer: Highest point
▶ Maximum allowable working pressure (MAWP) is the industry term used
to determine by design and construction the rating of the boiler as
described by? Answer: ASME - American Standard Mechanical Engineers
PREP QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS PDF 2026
▶ All fuels have heating value, in what units are they stated? Answer:
BTUs per lbs or per gallon
▶ To regulate burner combustion, what would the operator adjust? Answer:
Primary air
▶ Air needed for complete combustion in a fossil fuel boiler is? Answer:
Primary air
▶ Air supplied to the burners that _______ combustion is primary air.
Answer: Controls or Regulates
▶ Heating value is expressed in BTUs per _______ or pound. ? Answer:
Gallon
▶ Complete combustion is the burning of all supplied _______ with the
smallest amount of air. Answer: Fuel
▶ British thermal unit (BTU) is a measurement of the quality of?? Answer:
Heat value
▶ Water hammer is the banging inside of pipes that is the result of water
and steam mixing and can result in? Answer: Rupture
▶ Modulating pressure control devices are found at the ______ of the
steam side of the boiler? Answer: Highest point
▶ Maximum allowable working pressure (MAWP) is the industry term used
to determine by design and construction the rating of the boiler as
described by? Answer: ASME - American Standard Mechanical Engineers
