Boilermaker NCCER Test Question
and Answer Grade A+
• All of the following are examples of internal manway hardware except -✓✓Slide
fastener
• The fitting that makes it easy to dissemble threaded pipe is -✓✓Union
• What type of wrench measures how much a fastener is being tightened -
✓✓Torque
• What is the purpose of a gasket? -✓✓to create a seal between 2 stationary
parts
• What is the first consideration when making a gasket -✓✓material compatibility
• In order to get the bundle to line up with the shell side gasket the best tool to
use to lift the bundle is a -✓✓drift pin
• ring gaskets may be affected by all of the following except -✓✓Number of bolts
• Which way should the teeth face on a hacksaw blade -✓✓Away from handle
• Pressure of a 1" and 10" pipe when both are 20" tall -✓✓The pressure is both
the same
• When making a threaded connection and it stops on 2nd thread.... -✓✓Stop,
something is wrong
• When using a sealing ring on heat exchanger, what material is used to seal off in
between the floating tube sheet and test ring? -✓✓Permatex
• For duct bolted together there is usually some kind of -✓✓gasket
, • If the end of a tube sheet of an exchanger has been smashed this is caused by all
of the following except -✓✓The partition plate being to short
• Which of the following should be removed when pressure testing the vessel -
✓✓relief valve
• What components are attached to the baffle on an exchanger tube bundle -
✓✓Tie rods
• All of the following are safety hazards associated with vessel confined space
except -✓✓improper inspection
• Valves used to relieve pressure in a pipeline -✓✓safety valve
• What tool can be used to generate force making tightening or loosening easier -
✓✓impact
• Washers are used to prevent fasteners from marrying? -✓✓surface
• Title blocks are found where -✓✓Bottom right corner
• The following threaded fitting requires a thread lubricant except -✓✓rubber
• Taps are used to cut what type of threads? -✓✓internal threads
• chain hoist are primarily used for what type of lifting -✓✓vertical lifting
• Oxyfuel torch what valve must be turned off first -✓✓Acetylene
• What does SWL stand for? -✓✓Safe Working Load
• On a variable can (spring can) support, when are the load straps removed -
✓✓Just prior to energizing the system
• When rigging a valve the spring should be placed around the -✓✓body
and Answer Grade A+
• All of the following are examples of internal manway hardware except -✓✓Slide
fastener
• The fitting that makes it easy to dissemble threaded pipe is -✓✓Union
• What type of wrench measures how much a fastener is being tightened -
✓✓Torque
• What is the purpose of a gasket? -✓✓to create a seal between 2 stationary
parts
• What is the first consideration when making a gasket -✓✓material compatibility
• In order to get the bundle to line up with the shell side gasket the best tool to
use to lift the bundle is a -✓✓drift pin
• ring gaskets may be affected by all of the following except -✓✓Number of bolts
• Which way should the teeth face on a hacksaw blade -✓✓Away from handle
• Pressure of a 1" and 10" pipe when both are 20" tall -✓✓The pressure is both
the same
• When making a threaded connection and it stops on 2nd thread.... -✓✓Stop,
something is wrong
• When using a sealing ring on heat exchanger, what material is used to seal off in
between the floating tube sheet and test ring? -✓✓Permatex
• For duct bolted together there is usually some kind of -✓✓gasket
, • If the end of a tube sheet of an exchanger has been smashed this is caused by all
of the following except -✓✓The partition plate being to short
• Which of the following should be removed when pressure testing the vessel -
✓✓relief valve
• What components are attached to the baffle on an exchanger tube bundle -
✓✓Tie rods
• All of the following are safety hazards associated with vessel confined space
except -✓✓improper inspection
• Valves used to relieve pressure in a pipeline -✓✓safety valve
• What tool can be used to generate force making tightening or loosening easier -
✓✓impact
• Washers are used to prevent fasteners from marrying? -✓✓surface
• Title blocks are found where -✓✓Bottom right corner
• The following threaded fitting requires a thread lubricant except -✓✓rubber
• Taps are used to cut what type of threads? -✓✓internal threads
• chain hoist are primarily used for what type of lifting -✓✓vertical lifting
• Oxyfuel torch what valve must be turned off first -✓✓Acetylene
• What does SWL stand for? -✓✓Safe Working Load
• On a variable can (spring can) support, when are the load straps removed -
✓✓Just prior to energizing the system
• When rigging a valve the spring should be placed around the -✓✓body
