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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. 3 Elements required for combustion
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
Backdrafting
Used to measure appliance capacity
Used in hydronic and steam systems

2. Boiler
Used to measure appliance capacity
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
Used in hydronic and steam systems
Smallest BTU input rating to highest

3. CO >35 ppm
100 -000
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
NEGATIVE draft pressure

4. Category I vents - under normal conditions - will have...
100 -000
base of the chimney liner or flue
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Used in forced hot air system

5. Category IV vents - under normal conditions - will have...
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
CFMn*NC
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
POSITIVE pressure

6. 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
3412
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
POSITIVE pressure

7. AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency)
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
60 Seconds

8. NC

9. 3 Forms of Heat Transfer
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
base of the chimney liner or flue

10. Furnace
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
250 Pascals
Used to measure appliance capacity
Used in forced hot air system

11. Combustion
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen

12. Distribution Type
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
Backdrafting
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion

13. What is the order of testing when a chimney is shared by mutiple appliances?
NEGATIVE draft pressure
not done
60 Seconds
Smallest BTU input rating to highest

14. AFUE
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Backdrafting
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam

15. Methods to differentiate Heating Systems
Backdrafting
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
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion

16. Heat Loss
Backdrafting
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
POSITIVE pressure
Total Seasonal Heat Loss

17. Category IV includes...

18. Occupancy BAS
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
60 Seconds
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants

19. Amount of permissible time after ignition that spillage is allowable from the flue.
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
POSITIVE pressure
100 -000
60 Seconds

20. Draft heating should always be checked for spillage at the...
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
base of the chimney liner or flue
CFMn*NC

21. How many BTUS in 1 Therm of Gas
100 -000
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'

22. One inch of Water Column
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
Used to measure appliance capacity
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
250 Pascals

23. CAZ
Combustion Appliance Zone
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
60 Seconds
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam

24. Length of time that a combustion appliance should run to achieve'Steady State Efficiency'
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
5 minutes
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Used in hydronic and steam systems

25. How Many BTUs in 1 kWh?
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
not done
natural draf and fan assisted draft
3412

26. Combustion by-products
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
5 minutes
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide

27. Carbon Monoxide
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
.35 * Volume/60
3412
base of the chimney liner or flue

28. Heat Load
Used to measure appliance capacity
base of the chimney liner or flue
CFMn*NC
60 Seconds

29. Category I includes...
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
5 minutes
not done
natural draf and fan assisted draft

30. Seasonal Efficiency
base of the chimney liner or flue
Backdrafting
natural draf and fan assisted draft
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season

31. Continuous Spillage
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
Backdrafting

32. 'Draft Measurement' is ______ in both Category I and IV heating systems.
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
Used in hydronic and steam systems
not done

33. Volume BAS
Combustion Appliance Zone
NEGATIVE draft pressure
.35 * Volume/60
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam

34. Draft
250 Pascals
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
100 -000

35. CFM50
NEGATIVE draft pressure
250 Pascals
CFMn*NC
Convection - Conduction - Radiation