BOILERMAKER NCCR TEST EXAM 2025/
2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What is the primary purpose of P&ID? - correct answer -Provides scale drawings of piping and
instrumentation control systems
Eye bolts, anchor bolts, and self taping bolts are all types of? - correct answer -Fasteners
How much is 3 inches in hundredths of a foot - correct answer -0.35
How is a plate dog used? - correct answer -It clamps onto a flat shell-plate, for lifting the plate
into position
Why are there ball checks on sight glass valves? - correct answer -To stop the flow if there are
leaks or if the sight glass breaks
What type of gasket is usually used when a steam service drum is blinded? - correct answer -
Garloc
,Pack beds are found in all of the following locations except in. - correct answer -Furnaces
The length of a rectangle is 8 Feet 6 Inches and the width is 4 Feet 7 Inches. What is the
perimeter. - correct answer -26 Ft 2 In
What is the proper way to attach two slings together? - correct answer -Use a shackle
What is a "Rosebud" normally used for? - correct answer -Heating metal
Which of the following characteristics of a gasket must be checked before the gasket is installed
in a flange? - correct answer -Check the size and rating stamped on the flanges
What type of gasket is normally used on a flange valve in a High-Pressure/ High-Temperature
line? - correct answer -Flexitallic Spiral Wound
A boilermaker who is hydrostatically testing an exchanger should have which of the following
information? - correct answer -The correct test pressure.
When an exchanger is blinded, spacers are used - correct answer -To space open the exhanger
side for steaming or nitrogen purge
, When an exchanger tube is plugged, why is tube cut before the second plug is installed - correct
answer -To prevent pressure build up
When performing a welding repair, you must have a copy of what on hand? - correct answer -
The quality assurance manual
Rigging is to be done with a wire sling over a steel beam, when is a softener required? - correct
answer -At all times
Where can the pass partition of an exchanger be found - correct answer -On the channel head
A reinforcement pad is used on the shell of a vessel to - correct answer -Strengthen nozzles and
man-ways
What tool is typically used to remove hole caps from a stainless steel header? - correct answer -
Cutting torch
Where is the exchanger blinded during a tubeside pressure test? - correct answer -On the
channel head flanges
2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What is the primary purpose of P&ID? - correct answer -Provides scale drawings of piping and
instrumentation control systems
Eye bolts, anchor bolts, and self taping bolts are all types of? - correct answer -Fasteners
How much is 3 inches in hundredths of a foot - correct answer -0.35
How is a plate dog used? - correct answer -It clamps onto a flat shell-plate, for lifting the plate
into position
Why are there ball checks on sight glass valves? - correct answer -To stop the flow if there are
leaks or if the sight glass breaks
What type of gasket is usually used when a steam service drum is blinded? - correct answer -
Garloc
,Pack beds are found in all of the following locations except in. - correct answer -Furnaces
The length of a rectangle is 8 Feet 6 Inches and the width is 4 Feet 7 Inches. What is the
perimeter. - correct answer -26 Ft 2 In
What is the proper way to attach two slings together? - correct answer -Use a shackle
What is a "Rosebud" normally used for? - correct answer -Heating metal
Which of the following characteristics of a gasket must be checked before the gasket is installed
in a flange? - correct answer -Check the size and rating stamped on the flanges
What type of gasket is normally used on a flange valve in a High-Pressure/ High-Temperature
line? - correct answer -Flexitallic Spiral Wound
A boilermaker who is hydrostatically testing an exchanger should have which of the following
information? - correct answer -The correct test pressure.
When an exchanger is blinded, spacers are used - correct answer -To space open the exhanger
side for steaming or nitrogen purge
, When an exchanger tube is plugged, why is tube cut before the second plug is installed - correct
answer -To prevent pressure build up
When performing a welding repair, you must have a copy of what on hand? - correct answer -
The quality assurance manual
Rigging is to be done with a wire sling over a steel beam, when is a softener required? - correct
answer -At all times
Where can the pass partition of an exchanger be found - correct answer -On the channel head
A reinforcement pad is used on the shell of a vessel to - correct answer -Strengthen nozzles and
man-ways
What tool is typically used to remove hole caps from a stainless steel header? - correct answer -
Cutting torch
Where is the exchanger blinded during a tubeside pressure test? - correct answer -On the
channel head flanges
