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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. AFUE
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion

2. One inch of Water Column
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
250 Pascals
natural draf and fan assisted draft
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts

3. Continuous Spillage
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Used to measure appliance capacity
natural draf and fan assisted draft
Backdrafting

4. AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency)
5 minutes
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency

5. 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
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
250 Pascals
Backdrafting

6. NC

7. Category I includes...
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
natural draf and fan assisted draft
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam

8. CO >35 ppm
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
Used in forced hot air system

9. Seasonal Efficiency
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition

10. CFM50
CFMn*NC
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
natural draf and fan assisted draft
Convection - Conduction - Radiation

11. How Many BTUs in 1 kWh?
3412
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season

12. Furnace
5 minutes
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
Used in forced hot air system
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition

13. CAZ
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
250 Pascals
5 minutes
Combustion Appliance Zone

14. Boiler
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
Used in hydronic and steam systems
60 Seconds
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding

15. Category I vents - under normal conditions - will have...
NEGATIVE draft pressure
3412
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts

16. Length of time that a combustion appliance should run to achieve'Steady State Efficiency'
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
base of the chimney liner or flue
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
5 minutes

17. Amount of permissible time after ignition that spillage is allowable from the flue.
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
.35 * Volume/60
60 Seconds

18. Heat Loss
60 Seconds
POSITIVE pressure
.35 * Volume/60
Total Seasonal Heat Loss

19. Carbon Monoxide
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding

20. Combustion
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
base of the chimney liner or flue

21. 'Draft Measurement' is ______ in both Category I and IV heating systems.
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
not done
Used in forced hot air system
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'

22. Occupancy BAS
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Combustion Appliance Zone
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants

23. Combustion by-products
Used in forced hot air system
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building

24. 3 Forms of Heat Transfer
Used to measure appliance capacity
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'

25. Heat Load
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
Used to measure appliance capacity

26. How many BTUS in 1 Therm of Gas
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
100 -000
NEGATIVE draft pressure
.35 * Volume/60

27. Category IV includes...

28. Draft heating should always be checked for spillage at the...
Backdrafting
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
100 -000
base of the chimney liner or flue

29. Methods to differentiate Heating Systems
base of the chimney liner or flue
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
.35 * Volume/60
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building

30. Category IV vents - under normal conditions - will have...
POSITIVE pressure
Backdrafting
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts

31. Volume BAS
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
Used to measure appliance capacity
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
.35 * Volume/60

32. What is the order of testing when a chimney is shared by mutiple appliances?
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
Backdrafting
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season

33. Draft
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
not done
60 Seconds

34. Distribution Type
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
natural draf and fan assisted draft
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
not done

35. 3 Elements required for combustion
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
3412
natural draf and fan assisted draft
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide