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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 Forms of Heat Transfer
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
Used in hydronic and steam systems
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
Total Seasonal Heat Loss

2. 3 Elements required for combustion
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
Used in hydronic and steam systems
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding

3. AFUE
natural draf and fan assisted draft
Combustion Appliance Zone
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Smallest BTU input rating to highest

4. Category I vents - under normal conditions - will have...
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
CFMn*NC
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants

5. Draft heating should always be checked for spillage at the...
base of the chimney liner or flue
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen

6. Volume BAS
Combustion Appliance Zone
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
.35 * Volume/60
CFMn*NC

7. CAZ
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
5 minutes
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
Combustion Appliance Zone

8. Amount of permissible time after ignition that spillage is allowable from the flue.
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
5 minutes
3412
60 Seconds

9. Category IV includes...

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10. Combustion by-products
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
Used to measure appliance capacity
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding

11. Draft
Combustion Appliance Zone
5 minutes
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building

12. Combustion
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
base of the chimney liner or flue
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen

13. Category I includes...
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
natural draf and fan assisted draft
not done
250 Pascals

14. Occupancy BAS
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
not done
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants

15. How Many BTUs in 1 kWh?
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
not done
3412
60 Seconds

16. 'Draft Measurement' is ______ in both Category I and IV heating systems.
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
Combustion Appliance Zone
not done
Used in forced hot air system

17. Length of time that a combustion appliance should run to achieve'Steady State Efficiency'
5 minutes
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
CFMn*NC
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat

18. What is the order of testing when a chimney is shared by mutiple appliances?
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
Backdrafting
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
NEGATIVE draft pressure

19. CFM50
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
CFMn*NC
.35 * Volume/60

20. CO >35 ppm
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
3412
natural draf and fan assisted draft
Used in forced hot air system

21. Heat Load
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
Used to measure appliance capacity
.35 * Volume/60
5 minutes

22. Carbon Monoxide
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
Used in forced hot air system
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion

23. NC

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24. One inch of Water Column
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
250 Pascals
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
natural draf and fan assisted draft

25. Heat Loss
5 minutes
.35 * Volume/60
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Total Seasonal Heat Loss

26. Continuous Spillage
Backdrafting
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition

27. Boiler
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
Used in hydronic and steam systems

28. Methods to differentiate Heating Systems
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
NEGATIVE draft pressure
Combustion Appliance Zone

29. Furnace
base of the chimney liner or flue
.35 * Volume/60
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
Used in forced hot air system

30. Category IV vents - under normal conditions - will have...
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
60 Seconds
POSITIVE pressure
natural draf and fan assisted draft

31. AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency)
3412
60 Seconds
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
Convection - Conduction - Radiation

32. Calculating BAS (Building Airflow Standard)
Used in hydronic and steam systems
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building

33. How many BTUS in 1 Therm of Gas
100 -000
Used in hydronic and steam systems
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
Combustion Appliance Zone

34. Distribution Type
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
POSITIVE pressure
100 -000
natural draf and fan assisted draft

35. Seasonal Efficiency
NEGATIVE draft pressure
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
.35 * Volume/60