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BPI Building Analyst

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Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Boiler
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
Used in hydronic and steam systems
Smallest BTU input rating to highest

2. Category I vents - under normal conditions - will have...
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Used in forced hot air system
60 Seconds
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts

3. Seasonal Efficiency
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
Used to measure appliance capacity
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season

4. CO >35 ppm
.35 * Volume/60
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
Total Seasonal Heat Loss

5. CAZ
Used in forced hot air system
Combustion Appliance Zone
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
Backdrafting

6. Category I includes...
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
natural draf and fan assisted draft
POSITIVE pressure
Used in hydronic and steam systems

7. NC

8. How many BTUS in 1 Therm of Gas
100 -000
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
3412
Used in hydronic and steam systems

9. Furnace
natural draf and fan assisted draft
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
Used in forced hot air system
Backdrafting

10. Occupancy BAS
not done
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
POSITIVE pressure
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition

11. Heat Loss
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
250 Pascals

12. Combustion by-products
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
Backdrafting
3412
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards

13. Combustion
not done
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen

14. Draft
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
Used in hydronic and steam systems
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building

15. How Many BTUs in 1 kWh?
100 -000
base of the chimney liner or flue
3412
.35 * Volume/60

16. AFUE
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Backdrafting
.35 * Volume/60
60 Seconds

17. What is the order of testing when a chimney is shared by mutiple appliances?
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen

18. Distribution Type
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
100 -000
Used in hydronic and steam systems
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam

19. 3 Elements required for combustion
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat

20. Category IV vents - under normal conditions - will have...
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
POSITIVE pressure
NEGATIVE draft pressure
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'

21. 'Draft Measurement' is ______ in both Category I and IV heating systems.
not done
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
100 -000

22. Heat Load
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
Used in forced hot air system
Used to measure appliance capacity
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts

23. One inch of Water Column
60 Seconds
NEGATIVE draft pressure
250 Pascals
.35 * Volume/60

24. Carbon Monoxide
3412
Used in forced hot air system
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion

25. Length of time that a combustion appliance should run to achieve'Steady State Efficiency'
base of the chimney liner or flue
CFMn*NC
Combustion Appliance Zone
5 minutes

26. 3 Forms of Heat Transfer
Used in forced hot air system
250 Pascals
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency

27. Draft heating should always be checked for spillage at the...
.35 * Volume/60
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
base of the chimney liner or flue
60 Seconds

28. Calculating BAS (Building Airflow Standard)
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
60 Seconds
base of the chimney liner or flue
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding

29. CFM50
Used in forced hot air system
CFMn*NC
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
5 minutes

30. AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency)
Backdrafting
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
100 -000
3412

31. Category IV includes...

32. Continuous Spillage
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
Backdrafting
base of the chimney liner or flue
CFMn*NC

33. Amount of permissible time after ignition that spillage is allowable from the flue.
60 Seconds
3412
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
natural draf and fan assisted draft

34. Volume BAS
POSITIVE pressure
not done
.35 * Volume/60
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding

35. Methods to differentiate Heating Systems
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts