CSIA C-DET LATEST COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS FIRM A+
✔✔Confined Space - ✔✔A space whose volume is less than 50 cu ft per 1,000 btu/hr of
the aggregate input rating of all appliances installed in that space. Also defined as 512
cubic feet.
✔✔Connector - ✔✔The pipe that connects the clothes dryer to the exhaust duct, also
known as the transition duct.
✔✔Duct - ✔✔Any tube or canal by which a fluid, air or other substances is conducted or
conveyed
✔✔Exhaust - ✔✔The discharge of used gas, moisture, etc. and the pipe through which
it is released
✔✔Flashing - ✔✔Sheet metal used in waterproofing roof valleys, hips, or the angle
between a chimney or vent and a roof
✔✔Flow - ✔✔Amount (Volume) of gases that actually pass through the venting system
✔✔Flow Capacity - ✔✔The amount of air or gases able to flow through a venting
system in a given time and at a given system resistance
✔✔Flue Gases - ✔✔Combustion products from fuel burning appliances plus excess air
✔✔FPM feet per minute - ✔✔As used to measure air flow
✔✔Gasketing - ✔✔Special Rope like or tape like noncombustible and compressible
material that is used to make airtight seals
✔✔Guage or Gage - ✔✔As used to describe a tool
✔✔Heat Exchanger - ✔✔Chamber in a heating appliance where heat, often resulting
from combustion of fuel, is transferred through the wall of the chamber to air or water
passing through the exchanger
✔✔Heating System - ✔✔A heat producing appliance with a combustion chamber and a
heat exchanger
✔✔Histoplasmosis - ✔✔A fungal infection from bird dung
✔✔IBC - ✔✔INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE
ANSWERS FIRM A+
✔✔Confined Space - ✔✔A space whose volume is less than 50 cu ft per 1,000 btu/hr of
the aggregate input rating of all appliances installed in that space. Also defined as 512
cubic feet.
✔✔Connector - ✔✔The pipe that connects the clothes dryer to the exhaust duct, also
known as the transition duct.
✔✔Duct - ✔✔Any tube or canal by which a fluid, air or other substances is conducted or
conveyed
✔✔Exhaust - ✔✔The discharge of used gas, moisture, etc. and the pipe through which
it is released
✔✔Flashing - ✔✔Sheet metal used in waterproofing roof valleys, hips, or the angle
between a chimney or vent and a roof
✔✔Flow - ✔✔Amount (Volume) of gases that actually pass through the venting system
✔✔Flow Capacity - ✔✔The amount of air or gases able to flow through a venting
system in a given time and at a given system resistance
✔✔Flue Gases - ✔✔Combustion products from fuel burning appliances plus excess air
✔✔FPM feet per minute - ✔✔As used to measure air flow
✔✔Gasketing - ✔✔Special Rope like or tape like noncombustible and compressible
material that is used to make airtight seals
✔✔Guage or Gage - ✔✔As used to describe a tool
✔✔Heat Exchanger - ✔✔Chamber in a heating appliance where heat, often resulting
from combustion of fuel, is transferred through the wall of the chamber to air or water
passing through the exchanger
✔✔Heating System - ✔✔A heat producing appliance with a combustion chamber and a
heat exchanger
✔✔Histoplasmosis - ✔✔A fungal infection from bird dung
✔✔IBC - ✔✔INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE
