3RD CLASS STATIONARY STEAM ENGINEER
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 ADVANCED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FULLY
SOLVED A+
●● What is the purpose of cinder reinjection?. Answer: increase
efficiency
●● 2 forces of equal intensity acting in opposite directions is?. Answer:
tension
●● What is true about the dew poimt of flue gasses. Answer: dew point
is the temp at which the gasses will condense
●● What will not cause high stack temps?. Answer: plugged dry pipe
●● What is true about smoke. Answer: smoke consists of unburned
hydrocarbons
●● WHat is used to reduce SO2 emissions in coal fired boilers?.
Answer: Wet or dry scrubbers
,●● In a solid fuel fired boiler, a gradual increase in flue gas exit temps
over a course of a shift inidicates the boiler operator needs to _______.
Answer: operate soot blowers
●● What watertube bolier is the largest in size and steam-generating
compacitity. Answer: Utility watertube boiler
●● the blowdown on a safety valve can be altered by changing the
setting of the _____. Answer: huddling ring
●● Copper and brass piping may be used for piping systems as long as
the temp does not exceed. Answer: 406 degrees
●● What is not measured in a 3 element feedwater system
-feedwater flow
-drum pressure
-steam flow
-drum level. Answer: drum pressure
●● If the flame in a gas-fired bolier is pulsating how can the problem be
fixed?. Answer: increase furnace draft
,●● Grindability of coal is an issue to be considered when operating
which kid of coal-burining equipment?. Answer: ball-and-race
pulvarizer
●● When using an induced draft fan, where will the strongest negative
draft be found. Answer: at the inlet of the ID fan
●● How do you bank a fuel oil-fired boiler?. Answer: turn off the fuel
and air supplies, the re-light the burner as necessary to maintain a
predetermined minimum steam pressure
●● What is true about the lube oil used in a steam turbine. Answer: it
must readily seperate oil and water
●● What supplies the oil to a large steam turbine during start-up.
Answer: aux oil pump
●● What device prevents the over-travel of the governor linkage that
might be caused by the weight of the governor components. Answer:
Dashpot
●● When taking a boiler out of service what should you not do. Answer:
close the vent
, ●● what type of turbine oil purification system periodically removes a
potion of the oil and replaces it with fresh oil?. Answer: makeup oil
system
●● what type of steam turbine system has steam take-offs prior to going
into the condenser?. Answer: extraction turbine
●● What is the pressure above which the exhaust side of a steam turbine
and the connected piping may be protected by either a safety valve or a
rupture disc, or a combination of the 2. Answer: 15 psi
●● What grade fuel oil may be ignited by an electric spark from
electrodes powered by an ignition transformer?. Answer: #2
●● what is the cheapest, easiest form of water treatment?. Answer:
heating the water
●● A turbine exhausts steam @ 15 psi. This steam is used in a low-
pressure application such as a deareator. this type of turbine is called a:.
Answer: back-pressure turbine
●● At what temp should you add cooling water to a turbines bearings?.
Answer: 110-120 degrees
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 ADVANCED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FULLY
SOLVED A+
●● What is the purpose of cinder reinjection?. Answer: increase
efficiency
●● 2 forces of equal intensity acting in opposite directions is?. Answer:
tension
●● What is true about the dew poimt of flue gasses. Answer: dew point
is the temp at which the gasses will condense
●● What will not cause high stack temps?. Answer: plugged dry pipe
●● What is true about smoke. Answer: smoke consists of unburned
hydrocarbons
●● WHat is used to reduce SO2 emissions in coal fired boilers?.
Answer: Wet or dry scrubbers
,●● In a solid fuel fired boiler, a gradual increase in flue gas exit temps
over a course of a shift inidicates the boiler operator needs to _______.
Answer: operate soot blowers
●● What watertube bolier is the largest in size and steam-generating
compacitity. Answer: Utility watertube boiler
●● the blowdown on a safety valve can be altered by changing the
setting of the _____. Answer: huddling ring
●● Copper and brass piping may be used for piping systems as long as
the temp does not exceed. Answer: 406 degrees
●● What is not measured in a 3 element feedwater system
-feedwater flow
-drum pressure
-steam flow
-drum level. Answer: drum pressure
●● If the flame in a gas-fired bolier is pulsating how can the problem be
fixed?. Answer: increase furnace draft
,●● Grindability of coal is an issue to be considered when operating
which kid of coal-burining equipment?. Answer: ball-and-race
pulvarizer
●● When using an induced draft fan, where will the strongest negative
draft be found. Answer: at the inlet of the ID fan
●● How do you bank a fuel oil-fired boiler?. Answer: turn off the fuel
and air supplies, the re-light the burner as necessary to maintain a
predetermined minimum steam pressure
●● What is true about the lube oil used in a steam turbine. Answer: it
must readily seperate oil and water
●● What supplies the oil to a large steam turbine during start-up.
Answer: aux oil pump
●● What device prevents the over-travel of the governor linkage that
might be caused by the weight of the governor components. Answer:
Dashpot
●● When taking a boiler out of service what should you not do. Answer:
close the vent
, ●● what type of turbine oil purification system periodically removes a
potion of the oil and replaces it with fresh oil?. Answer: makeup oil
system
●● what type of steam turbine system has steam take-offs prior to going
into the condenser?. Answer: extraction turbine
●● What is the pressure above which the exhaust side of a steam turbine
and the connected piping may be protected by either a safety valve or a
rupture disc, or a combination of the 2. Answer: 15 psi
●● What grade fuel oil may be ignited by an electric spark from
electrodes powered by an ignition transformer?. Answer: #2
●● what is the cheapest, easiest form of water treatment?. Answer:
heating the water
●● A turbine exhausts steam @ 15 psi. This steam is used in a low-
pressure application such as a deareator. this type of turbine is called a:.
Answer: back-pressure turbine
●● At what temp should you add cooling water to a turbines bearings?.
Answer: 110-120 degrees
