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BPI Building Analyst
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Instructions:
Answer 35 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Carbon Monoxide
base of the chimney liner or flue
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
2. How many BTUS in 1 Therm of Gas
NEGATIVE draft pressure
100 -000
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
3. Furnace
.35 * Volume/60
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
Used in forced hot air system
4. Draft heating should always be checked for spillage at the...
POSITIVE pressure
base of the chimney liner or flue
3412
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
5. AFUE
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
100 -000
6. AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency)
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
natural draf and fan assisted draft
base of the chimney liner or flue
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
7. Volume BAS
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
.35 * Volume/60
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
natural draf and fan assisted draft
8. Draft
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Used in hydronic and steam systems
Movement of combusion by-products through the flue and out of the building
not done
9. CAZ
Combustion Appliance Zone
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
Used in hydronic and steam systems
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
10. 'Draft Measurement' is ______ in both Category I and IV heating systems.
Used in forced hot air system
not done
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
3412
11. Category I includes...
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
natural draf and fan assisted draft
100 -000
Used in hydronic and steam systems
12. 3 Forms of Heat Transfer
Backdrafting
Combustion Appliance Zone
Convection - Conduction - Radiation
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
13. Boiler
Used in hydronic and steam systems
Combustion Appliance Zone
Used to measure appliance capacity
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
14. Seasonal Efficiency
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
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
TOTAL system efficiency. AFUE PLUS distrib losses - average over course of heatin season
15. Methods to differentiate Heating Systems
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
Colorless - odorless - tasteless and DEADLY-is the result of incomplete combustion
Backdrafting
16. How Many BTUs in 1 kWh?
3412
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Used in hydronic and steam systems
Efficiency of unit in operation (with starts/stops) UNIT ONLY
17. Combustion by-products
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
Used in hydronic and steam systems
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
base of the chimney liner or flue
18. Category I vents - under normal conditions - will have...
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
NEGATIVE draft pressure
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
19. CO >35 ppm
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
not done
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
CFMn*NC
20. Distribution Type
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
1) Disable appliance 2)Repair before proceeding
21. Length of time that a combustion appliance should run to achieve'Steady State Efficiency'
Used in hydronic and steam systems
5 minutes
.35 * Volume/60
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
22. NC
23. Continuous Spillage
Used to measure appliance capacity
Backdrafting
natural draf and fan assisted draft
60 Seconds
24. Category IV includes...
25. Amount of permissible time after ignition that spillage is allowable from the flue.
.35 * Volume/60
60 Seconds
Heat - Light - Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) - Water/vapor - Carbon Dioxide - Carbon MONOxide
natural draf and fan assisted draft
26. Category IV vents - under normal conditions - will have...
3412
5 minutes
Combustion Appliance Zone
POSITIVE pressure
27. Combustion
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency
CFMn*NC
Backdrafting
28. Heat Loss
3412
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
Fuel type - Distribution type - Vent design and General Condition
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
29. CFM50
CFMn*NC
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Combustion Appliance Zone
Backdrafting
30. One inch of Water Column
POSITIVE pressure
250 Pascals
'Power vented' and 'sealed combustion'
not done
31. Occupancy BAS
NEGATIVE draft pressure
250 Pascals
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
CFMn*NC
32. What is the order of testing when a chimney is shared by mutiple appliances?
not done
3412
Smallest BTU input rating to highest
NEGATIVE draft pressure
33. 3 Elements required for combustion
Fuel - Oxygen - Heat
natural draf and fan assisted draft
100 -000
Forced Air - Gravity - Hydronic - Steam
34. Calculating BAS (Building Airflow Standard)
not done
'N' Correction factor from LBL charts
Chemical reaction that involves the combination of a fuel with oxygen
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
35. Heat Load
1) Calculate BAS based on Volume - then 2) calculate based on Occupancy - then 3) Take the higher of the two standards
Required Airflow = 15 cfm * # of occupants
Total Seasonal Heat Loss
Used to measure appliance capacity