Actual Questions and CORRECT Answers
AABC - CORRECT ANSWER Associated Air Balance Council
ASHRAE - CORRECT ANSWER American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers
ANSI - CORRECT ANSWER American National Standards Institute
ASTM - CORRECT ANSWER ASTM International, formerly known as American
Society for Testing and Materials
ISO - CORRECT ANSWER International Organization for Standardization
ASME - CORRECT ANSWER American Society of Mechanical Engineers
NFPA - CORRECT ANSWER National Fire Protection Association
SMACNA - CORRECT ANSWER Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors'
National Association
What does EBCx stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Existing Building Commissioning
What does FIM stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Facility improvement measure
What does NETA stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER International Electricl Testing
Associaiton
,What does NFPA stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER National Fire Protection
Associaiton
What does NICET stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER National Institute for
Certificaiton in Engineering Technology
What does CFR stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Current Facility Requirements
Define ACG - CORRECT ANSWER AABC Commissioning Group. A non-profit
association dedicated to the advancement of the building commissioning industry
What does AABC stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Associated air balance council
What does AI stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Analog Input
What does AO stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Analog Output
What does ATC stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Automatic Temperature Controls
What does BAS stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Building Automation system
What does CA stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Commissioning Authority
What does CT stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Cooling Tower
What does CHWR stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Chilled water return
What does CHWS stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Chilled water supply
,What does CWR stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Condenser water return
What does CWS stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Condenser water supply
What does DDC stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Direct Digital Control
What does DI stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Digital Input
What does DID stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Design Intent Document
What does DO stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Digital output
Define FPT - CORRECT ANSWER Functional Preformance Test. Process of testing
the DDC/BAS/EMS in every possible condition and verifying correct equipment response.
This is the "Heart of the commissioning process".
What does HVAC stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Heating, Ventilation & Air
Conditioning
What does IAQ stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Indoor Air Quality
What does LEED stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design, USGBC trademarked "Green Building Rating System"
What doesO&M stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Operation and Maintenance
What does OA stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Outside Air
What does PM stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Preventive Maintenance
, What does RFP stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Request for proposal
What does RFT stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Resolution Tracking Form
What does SVC stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER System Verificaiton Checklist
Define TAB - CORRECT ANSWER Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing or Test and
Balance. Process of controlling air and water flow through HVAC equipment. Recommended
that a third party be directly contracted with owner
What does TBE stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Test and Balance Engineer
What does USGBC stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER United States Green Building
Council
What does ECM stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Energy Conservation Measure
What does ANSI stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Americans National Standards
Institute
What does ASTM stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER American Society for Testing and
Materials International
What does ISO stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER International Organization for
Standards
What does ARI or AHRI stand for? - CORRECT ANSWER Air Conditionaing,
(Heating), and Refrigeration Instiute