How may types of low pressure are there? - Correct Answer Three
Boiler and boiler fitting used in the state of Minnesota must be constructed to what code? - Correct
Answer A.S.M.E
What controls the starting ans stopping of the burner by sending the temperature of the water in a hot
water boiler? - Correct Answer Aqua Stat
When a hydrostatic test of a boiler exceeds the maximum allowed working pressure each safety valve, if
left attached to the boiler, should: - Correct Answer Have its valve disc held to its seat by means of
testing clamp or "gag"
Heat can be transferred in three ways and they are: - Correct Answer Conduction --Convection -
Radiation
The first sequence in the series of automatic burner control is: - Correct Answer Purging
Can a low water low water condition i a hot water heating type boiler? - Correct Answer Yes, for
numerous reasons
Other than a safety relieve valve what other safety device should be installed on a hot water heating
boiler? - Correct Answer Low water cut off
Each boiler in a battery (pipe together sharing the same common header) must have: - Correct Answer
A main stem stop
what removes air from a hot water boiler system? - Correct Answer Air Control
, In a stem boiler system, the unit that turns be burner on and off based on steam pressure is the: -
Correct Answer Pressure Control
If water in the gauge is not visible because of failure of the feed water supply, what should be done? -
Correct Answer Shut off the fuel to the burner and secure the boiler.
What conditions are necessary to cause a furnace explosion? - Correct Answer Accumulation of
unburned fuel, oxygen and an ignition source
The LWCO should be tested: - Correct Answer Daily
Gauge pressure plus 14.7 psi is called what? - Correct Answer Absolute pressure
The evaporation of 34.5 ponds of water per hour from and at a temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit
is defined as: - Correct Answer One boiler horsepower
When a safety valve opens and closes rapidly it is referred to as - Correct Answer Chattering
Furnace explosions are caused by a buildup of combustible gases, or vapors in the combustion chamber,
what is the term used to remedy this condition? - Correct Answer Purging
Why is a pigtail or siphon required in steam pressure gauge lines? - Correct Answer to protect the gauge
from a high temperature.
In a stem boiler system, what is the term used for replacing the water that has been lost by blowing
down the boiler through leaks in the system? - Correct Answer A make up water
On steam boiler system, why are bottom blow down valves installed at the lowest point of the waterside
of boilers? - Correct Answer To remove sludge and sediment.
Boiler heating is defining as : - Correct Answer Water on one side hot gases on the other side.