Journeyman Oil Maine Fuel Board Rules COMPLETE (2025) EXAM
TEST WITH LATEST UPDATED (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) already
passed!!
What must you do if you notice code Notify them and recommend ways to address them
violations in a homeowners
house?
What must be done when A combustion efficiency test and a copy must be posted on site
performing an annual tune-up on a
heating system?
Whenever a furnace, direct fired hot NFPA 31
water heater, or boiler is installed
the total
installation must be brought into
compliance with what
requirements BEFORE appliance
can be fired?
When an emergency arises that 90 days
does not allow adequate time to
get a chimney lined/and or
repaired before installing the new
heating appliance the licensee
may defer the required repairs
for how long?
What must be performed before a A heat loss system design and load calculation. A copy must be
new installation? retained to be presented upon request of board inspector
All oil fired BOILERS must be Low Water cut off
provided with a properly
installed and operating what?
Where shall a low water cutoff be At the level recommended by the manufacture, but in no case
installed? below the crown sheet
If the low water cut off is not Main supply line (vertical riser) as close to boiler as possible, or in a
installed directly in the boiler water column of continuous piping attached directly to the
where may it be installed? boiler
, A listed lever or wheel thermally At the burner and the oil supply tank
operated oil shut off valve must be
installed where?
When outside tanks are used a The supply line enters the inside of the building and where the oil
thermally operated shut off line enters the room where the appliance is located
valve must be installed where?
When inside tanks are used and the Where the line enters the room where the appliance is located
oil
supply tank is installed in a
separate room, a thermally
shutoff valve must be installed
where?
Whenever the oil supply is taken At the tank and at the burner
from the top of an oil tank a
thermally operated
wheel or lever type shut-off valve
must be installed where?
What may be installed in the supply A check valve
line but not a return line?
All copper oil supply and return 2 inches
lines must be encased in a
continuous piece of no
metallic liquid tight conduit such as
PVC,
ENT, coated copper tubing. The end
of the conduit shall not exceed how
far from any connection except the
connection at fuel tank?
In order to avoid undetected oil One pipe size larger
leaks under floors, the conduit
must be how
much bigger than the supply and
return
lines?
TEST WITH LATEST UPDATED (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS) already
passed!!
What must you do if you notice code Notify them and recommend ways to address them
violations in a homeowners
house?
What must be done when A combustion efficiency test and a copy must be posted on site
performing an annual tune-up on a
heating system?
Whenever a furnace, direct fired hot NFPA 31
water heater, or boiler is installed
the total
installation must be brought into
compliance with what
requirements BEFORE appliance
can be fired?
When an emergency arises that 90 days
does not allow adequate time to
get a chimney lined/and or
repaired before installing the new
heating appliance the licensee
may defer the required repairs
for how long?
What must be performed before a A heat loss system design and load calculation. A copy must be
new installation? retained to be presented upon request of board inspector
All oil fired BOILERS must be Low Water cut off
provided with a properly
installed and operating what?
Where shall a low water cutoff be At the level recommended by the manufacture, but in no case
installed? below the crown sheet
If the low water cut off is not Main supply line (vertical riser) as close to boiler as possible, or in a
installed directly in the boiler water column of continuous piping attached directly to the
where may it be installed? boiler
, A listed lever or wheel thermally At the burner and the oil supply tank
operated oil shut off valve must be
installed where?
When outside tanks are used a The supply line enters the inside of the building and where the oil
thermally operated shut off line enters the room where the appliance is located
valve must be installed where?
When inside tanks are used and the Where the line enters the room where the appliance is located
oil
supply tank is installed in a
separate room, a thermally
shutoff valve must be installed
where?
Whenever the oil supply is taken At the tank and at the burner
from the top of an oil tank a
thermally operated
wheel or lever type shut-off valve
must be installed where?
What may be installed in the supply A check valve
line but not a return line?
All copper oil supply and return 2 inches
lines must be encased in a
continuous piece of no
metallic liquid tight conduit such as
PVC,
ENT, coated copper tubing. The end
of the conduit shall not exceed how
far from any connection except the
connection at fuel tank?
In order to avoid undetected oil One pipe size larger
leaks under floors, the conduit
must be how
much bigger than the supply and
return
lines?
