PE 4th Part A ABSA Test Bank Questions With
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Introduction to Power Engineering
Which of the following is not a definition of a power plant?
a) Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103 kPa (15 psi).
b) Any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding 1100 kPa (160
psi).
c) Any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working temperature exceeding 121
degrees Celsius (250 degrees Fahrenheit).
d) Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at less than 57 kPa (8 psi).
e) Any engine run from one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure
exceeding 1100 kPa (160 psi).
d) Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at less than 57 kPa (8 psi).
Early government involvement in certification of power engineers became more important for the
following reasons except:
a) efficiency
b) labour mobility
c) safety
d) pollution
e) technological advancements
d) pollution
Which of the following is not characteristic of increased automation in power plants?
a) computerized control stations
b) increased mechanization
c) manual flame checking
d) continuous monitoring of processes
e) continuous monitoring of costs
c) manual flame checking
"Power plant" means
a) any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103 kPa (15 psi).
b) any one or more boilers in which steam or other liquid is generated at more than 103 kPa (15 psi).
c) any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding 1,200 kPa (160
psi), and a
temperature exceeding 121 degrees C (250 degrees F).
,d) any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding 1,200 kPa (160
psi), and a temperature not exceeding 121 degrees C (250 degrees F).
e) any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure not exceeding 1,100 kPa
(160 psi), and a temperature exceeding 121 degrees C (250 degrees F).
a) any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103 kPa (15 psi).
Power engineers are
a) safety code officers in a power plant automatically.
b) qualified to perform any welding jobs in a power plant.
c) skilled workers who operate and maintain the equipment in a power plant.
d) qualified to perform any electrical jobs in a power plant.
e) qualified to make design changes in a power plant.
c) skilled workers who operate and maintain the equipment in a power plant.
In the early days, owners of power plants hired __________
workers, who started out doing manual labour and through acquired experience they were promoted
to jobs with gradually increasing levels of skill.
a) qualified
b) highly educated
c) trained
d) unskilled
e) college trained
d) unskilled
In order to produce greater efficiency, higher boiler
pressures were used and this led to __________ due to
employing of unqualified operators in a power plant.
a) economic gains
b) serious accidents
c) higher efficiency
d) safer working conditions
e) less labour disputes
b) serious accidents
Which of the following is not a common work schedule for power engineers?
a) Year round employment
b) Seasonal lay-offs
c) Eight hour days
d) Twelve hour days
e) Rotating day and night shifts
,b) Seasonal lay-offs
When oil mixes with water in the boiler the resultant effect is:
a) serious foaming
b) accumulation of very hard scale resulting in tube burnout
c) accumulation of soot
d) decrease in water level
e) shifting and loosening of baffles
a) serious foaming
The holder of a Certificate of Competency, the classification of which authorizes him or her to act as a
engineer, may sketch, construct, install, operate, repair, and give advice on all things pertaining to any
__________ in which that person is employed.
a) welding shop
b) automotive shop
c) power plant
d) fish plant
e) hydro plant
c) power plant
Power engineers can usually expect to work
a) straight 8 hour day shifts.
b) straight 12 hour day shifts.
c) straight 8 hour night shifts.
d) straight 12 hour night shifts.
e) rotating shifts.
e) rotating shifts.
In a power plant, the power engineer may function as a supervisor who directs others in the
__________ operation on a shift.
a) simple and economical
b) welding and electrical
c) administrative and cooperative
d) production and receiving
e) safe and efficient
e) safe and efficient
Committees which establish standards are composed primarily of which of the following elements?
a) only experts from the industry and government
b) one government appointed standards board
c) experts from the industry, professional and insurance groups and all levels of government
d) only multi-National power corporations
e) one independent safety and standardisation board
,c) experts from the industry, professional and insurance groups and all levels of government
Which of the following certificates of competency qualifies the holder to take charge of the general
care and operation of any power plant as chief steam engineer, and to supervise the engineers in that
plant and take charge of a shift in any power plant as shift engineer?
a) Third Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency
b) Building Operator's Certificate of Competency
c) Pressure Welder's Certificate of Competency
d) First Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency
e) Fireman's Certificate of Competency
d) First Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency
Which of the following duties is a holder of a Fourth Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency not
qualified to perform?
a) Take charge of a shift in a power plant having a capacity of more than 10,000 kW, as shift engineer.
b) Take charge of the general care and operation of a power
plant consisting of one or more coil type drumless boilers having an aggregate capacity not over 5,000
kW, when only in use for the purpose of subterranean thermal flooding in oil fields, as chief engineer.
c) Take charge of the general care and operation of a power plant having a capacity of not more than
1,000 kW as chief steam engineer, and to supervise the engineers in that plant.
d) Take charge of a shift in a power plant consisting of one or more coil type drumless boilers having
an aggregate capacity of not more than 10,000 kW, when used only for underground thermal flooding
in oil fields, as shift engineer.
e) Take charge of a shift in a power plant having a capacity of not more than 5,000 kW, as shift
engineer.
a) Take charge of a shift in a power plant having a capacity of more than 10,000 kW, as shift engineer.
Which of the following is required in order to progress to a
higher certificate?
a) Experience only
b) Education only
c) Hold the next lower level certificate only
d) Both education and the next lower level certificate
e) Education, experience, and the next lower level
certificate.
e) Education, experience, and the next lower level
, The IAO is an organisation who's primary concern is:
a) lowering of maintenance costs through standardisation
b) lowering of production costs through increased automation
c) increase in safety awareness through public education
d) lowering of insurance costs through standardisation
e) increase in equipment quality through tougher government
regulation
d) lowering of insurance costs through standardisation
In the early days, the following two agencies got involved in
the certification of both power plant operators and equipment
due to the many accidents that were caused by employing
unqualified operators and improper use of equipment in power
plants:
a) owners and governments
b) insurance underwriters and governments
c) educational institutions and owners
d) governments and educational institutions
e) owners and insurance underwriters
b) insurance underwriters and governments
Unqualified individuals operating a power plant or pressure
plant risk the __________ of the plant and the general
public.
a) health
b) comfort
c) resources
d) safety
e) economy
d) safety
In Alberta, the Safety Codes Act established the following
classes of Power Engineer's certificates (Other provinces and
territories have also established the same structure for
these certifications.)
a) A, B, C, and D
b) 1, 2, 3, and 4
c) First, Second, Third, and Fourth
d) Operators A, B, C, and D
e) Boiler maker first, second, third, and fourth year
c) First, Second, Third, and Fourth
Complete Solutions Graded To Pass!!
Introduction to Power Engineering
Which of the following is not a definition of a power plant?
a) Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103 kPa (15 psi).
b) Any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding 1100 kPa (160
psi).
c) Any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working temperature exceeding 121
degrees Celsius (250 degrees Fahrenheit).
d) Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at less than 57 kPa (8 psi).
e) Any engine run from one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure
exceeding 1100 kPa (160 psi).
d) Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at less than 57 kPa (8 psi).
Early government involvement in certification of power engineers became more important for the
following reasons except:
a) efficiency
b) labour mobility
c) safety
d) pollution
e) technological advancements
d) pollution
Which of the following is not characteristic of increased automation in power plants?
a) computerized control stations
b) increased mechanization
c) manual flame checking
d) continuous monitoring of processes
e) continuous monitoring of costs
c) manual flame checking
"Power plant" means
a) any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103 kPa (15 psi).
b) any one or more boilers in which steam or other liquid is generated at more than 103 kPa (15 psi).
c) any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding 1,200 kPa (160
psi), and a
temperature exceeding 121 degrees C (250 degrees F).
,d) any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding 1,200 kPa (160
psi), and a temperature not exceeding 121 degrees C (250 degrees F).
e) any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure not exceeding 1,100 kPa
(160 psi), and a temperature exceeding 121 degrees C (250 degrees F).
a) any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103 kPa (15 psi).
Power engineers are
a) safety code officers in a power plant automatically.
b) qualified to perform any welding jobs in a power plant.
c) skilled workers who operate and maintain the equipment in a power plant.
d) qualified to perform any electrical jobs in a power plant.
e) qualified to make design changes in a power plant.
c) skilled workers who operate and maintain the equipment in a power plant.
In the early days, owners of power plants hired __________
workers, who started out doing manual labour and through acquired experience they were promoted
to jobs with gradually increasing levels of skill.
a) qualified
b) highly educated
c) trained
d) unskilled
e) college trained
d) unskilled
In order to produce greater efficiency, higher boiler
pressures were used and this led to __________ due to
employing of unqualified operators in a power plant.
a) economic gains
b) serious accidents
c) higher efficiency
d) safer working conditions
e) less labour disputes
b) serious accidents
Which of the following is not a common work schedule for power engineers?
a) Year round employment
b) Seasonal lay-offs
c) Eight hour days
d) Twelve hour days
e) Rotating day and night shifts
,b) Seasonal lay-offs
When oil mixes with water in the boiler the resultant effect is:
a) serious foaming
b) accumulation of very hard scale resulting in tube burnout
c) accumulation of soot
d) decrease in water level
e) shifting and loosening of baffles
a) serious foaming
The holder of a Certificate of Competency, the classification of which authorizes him or her to act as a
engineer, may sketch, construct, install, operate, repair, and give advice on all things pertaining to any
__________ in which that person is employed.
a) welding shop
b) automotive shop
c) power plant
d) fish plant
e) hydro plant
c) power plant
Power engineers can usually expect to work
a) straight 8 hour day shifts.
b) straight 12 hour day shifts.
c) straight 8 hour night shifts.
d) straight 12 hour night shifts.
e) rotating shifts.
e) rotating shifts.
In a power plant, the power engineer may function as a supervisor who directs others in the
__________ operation on a shift.
a) simple and economical
b) welding and electrical
c) administrative and cooperative
d) production and receiving
e) safe and efficient
e) safe and efficient
Committees which establish standards are composed primarily of which of the following elements?
a) only experts from the industry and government
b) one government appointed standards board
c) experts from the industry, professional and insurance groups and all levels of government
d) only multi-National power corporations
e) one independent safety and standardisation board
,c) experts from the industry, professional and insurance groups and all levels of government
Which of the following certificates of competency qualifies the holder to take charge of the general
care and operation of any power plant as chief steam engineer, and to supervise the engineers in that
plant and take charge of a shift in any power plant as shift engineer?
a) Third Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency
b) Building Operator's Certificate of Competency
c) Pressure Welder's Certificate of Competency
d) First Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency
e) Fireman's Certificate of Competency
d) First Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency
Which of the following duties is a holder of a Fourth Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency not
qualified to perform?
a) Take charge of a shift in a power plant having a capacity of more than 10,000 kW, as shift engineer.
b) Take charge of the general care and operation of a power
plant consisting of one or more coil type drumless boilers having an aggregate capacity not over 5,000
kW, when only in use for the purpose of subterranean thermal flooding in oil fields, as chief engineer.
c) Take charge of the general care and operation of a power plant having a capacity of not more than
1,000 kW as chief steam engineer, and to supervise the engineers in that plant.
d) Take charge of a shift in a power plant consisting of one or more coil type drumless boilers having
an aggregate capacity of not more than 10,000 kW, when used only for underground thermal flooding
in oil fields, as shift engineer.
e) Take charge of a shift in a power plant having a capacity of not more than 5,000 kW, as shift
engineer.
a) Take charge of a shift in a power plant having a capacity of more than 10,000 kW, as shift engineer.
Which of the following is required in order to progress to a
higher certificate?
a) Experience only
b) Education only
c) Hold the next lower level certificate only
d) Both education and the next lower level certificate
e) Education, experience, and the next lower level
certificate.
e) Education, experience, and the next lower level
, The IAO is an organisation who's primary concern is:
a) lowering of maintenance costs through standardisation
b) lowering of production costs through increased automation
c) increase in safety awareness through public education
d) lowering of insurance costs through standardisation
e) increase in equipment quality through tougher government
regulation
d) lowering of insurance costs through standardisation
In the early days, the following two agencies got involved in
the certification of both power plant operators and equipment
due to the many accidents that were caused by employing
unqualified operators and improper use of equipment in power
plants:
a) owners and governments
b) insurance underwriters and governments
c) educational institutions and owners
d) governments and educational institutions
e) owners and insurance underwriters
b) insurance underwriters and governments
Unqualified individuals operating a power plant or pressure
plant risk the __________ of the plant and the general
public.
a) health
b) comfort
c) resources
d) safety
e) economy
d) safety
In Alberta, the Safety Codes Act established the following
classes of Power Engineer's certificates (Other provinces and
territories have also established the same structure for
these certifications.)
a) A, B, C, and D
b) 1, 2, 3, and 4
c) First, Second, Third, and Fourth
d) Operators A, B, C, and D
e) Boiler maker first, second, third, and fourth year
c) First, Second, Third, and Fourth
