ABSA -4th Part B-Final Exam with
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Power Engineering - Answer
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. - Answer d
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. - Answer d
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.
b. Any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a
working pressure exceeding 1100 kPa.
c. Any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a
working temperature exceeding 121°C.
d. Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is
generated at less than 57 kPa.
e. Any engine run from one or more boilers containing liquid and
having a working pressure exceeding 1100 kPa. - Answer d
,Committees that 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. - Answer c
A Fourth Class Power Engineer's certificate of competency qualifies
the holder to 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 of not more than _____ kW, when
used for the sole purpose of underground thermal flooding in oil
fields, as chief steam engineer.
a. 1,000
b. 2,000
c. 3,000
d. 4,000
e. 5,000. - Answer e
"Power plant" means any one or more boilers:
a. In which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103
kPa.
b. In which steam or other liquid is generated at more than 103
kPa.
c. Containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding
1,200 kPa (160 psi), and temperature exceeding 121°C.
d. Containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding
1,200 kPa (160 psi), and a temperature not exceeding 121°C.
e. Containing liquid and having a working pressure not exceeding
121°C. - Answer a
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. - Answer b
A Fourth Class Power Engineer's certificate of competency qualifies
the holder to 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 _____ kW, when used for the sole purpose of
underground thermal flooding in oil fields, as shift engineer.
a. 10,000
b. 20,000
c. 30,000
d. 40,000
e. 50,000. - Answer a
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. - Answer b
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 - Answer a
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. - Answer d
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. - Answer a
The holder of a Certificate of Competency, the classification of which
authorises 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. - Answer c
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Power Engineering - Answer
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. - Answer d
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. - Answer d
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.
b. Any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a
working pressure exceeding 1100 kPa.
c. Any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a
working temperature exceeding 121°C.
d. Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is
generated at less than 57 kPa.
e. Any engine run from one or more boilers containing liquid and
having a working pressure exceeding 1100 kPa. - Answer d
,Committees that 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. - Answer c
A Fourth Class Power Engineer's certificate of competency qualifies
the holder to 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 of not more than _____ kW, when
used for the sole purpose of underground thermal flooding in oil
fields, as chief steam engineer.
a. 1,000
b. 2,000
c. 3,000
d. 4,000
e. 5,000. - Answer e
"Power plant" means any one or more boilers:
a. In which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103
kPa.
b. In which steam or other liquid is generated at more than 103
kPa.
c. Containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding
1,200 kPa (160 psi), and temperature exceeding 121°C.
d. Containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding
1,200 kPa (160 psi), and a temperature not exceeding 121°C.
e. Containing liquid and having a working pressure not exceeding
121°C. - Answer a
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. - Answer b
A Fourth Class Power Engineer's certificate of competency qualifies
the holder to 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 _____ kW, when used for the sole purpose of
underground thermal flooding in oil fields, as shift engineer.
a. 10,000
b. 20,000
c. 30,000
d. 40,000
e. 50,000. - Answer a
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. - Answer b
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 - Answer a
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. - Answer d
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. - Answer a
The holder of a Certificate of Competency, the classification of which
authorises 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. - Answer c
