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  • This prevents negative pressure in the building?
  • Which type of fan creates a negative pressure inside the boiler furnace?
  • What is the minimum size of a blow off line from a boiler over 100 ft.²?
  • HTHW systems operate above what temperature and pressure?
  • The two valves on a boiler blow off or what type?
  • How many pressure gauges should be used when pressure testing?
  • Which device is used to remove dissolved gases from boiler feedwater in a steam system?
  • The exhaust steam source in a turbine-driven boiler system is the turbine.
  • The driving force for a turbine pump is:
  • Which component is used to prevent backflow of flame into the piping system?
  • Which two valve types are typically used on a boiler blow-off line?
  • All defective components on a medical gas system must be:
  • Water droplets entrained in steam leaving the boiler are referred to as what?
  • There is over how many designated trades and occupations in Alberta?
  • What is another name for a double back elbow?
  • What must be the side clearance when installing a LP boiler?
  • Which law relates pressure and volume when temperature is constant?
  • Who on the job site is responsible for receiving and verifying piping materials?
  • In a medical gas installation, what is the minimum number of braised joints that must be inspected?
  • Who enforces Alberta's boiler regulations?
  • On the job site, who looks after the welders?
  • Which device is used to verify water level on a steam boiler?
  • The foundational document that informs the design of the Red Seal examination is what?
  • Lobster back is another name for which piping component?
  • Which geothermal heat exchanger is a series of loops placed in a body of water?
  • HTHW generators differ from water-tube boilers in what way?
  • The maximum distance between medical gas labels is which value?
  • Exhaust steam in a steam system originates from which component?
  • Industry practitioners are individuals who primarily work where?
  • Boiler blow down is used to control the concentration of which in boiler water?
  • An HRV system that creates an indoor-outdoor pressure difference is described as which type?
  • What is the name of the device that controls superheated steam?
  • What is the most common problem with a new steam or a hydronic heating system?
  • Using a series of flash tank is referred to as what?
  • Labels for medical gas must be a max distance of?
  • In a boiler feedwater system, the hot water is located between which two components?
  • To prevent misting in the steam boiler, the steam drum is equipped with which device?
  • Who appoints the Alberta apprenticeship and industry training board?
  • Which device is used to remove oil from the exhaust steam line from a turbine?
  • On the job site, who does the QCM work for?
  • What device is used to reduce superheat of steam before it enters the system, protecting equipment?
  • A deaerator must be how high above the feed water pump?
  • Which statement best describes a balanced draft boiler?
  • A boiler with the furnace outside the shell and surrounded by brickwork is what type?
  • What does AGSS stand for in the context of medical gas systems?
  • Which systems are served by a typical HTHW generator?
  • Oxygen gas labeling color scheme should be which of the following?
  • What is the primary purpose of the steam separator in the steam drum?
  • Which device is an electric component that extracts heat from one place and transfers it to a building?
  • In wastewater treatment, which statement best describes the purpose of screens?
  • Which of the following is the standard diameter for a sprinkler head?
  • A drawback of wet pipe sprinkler systems is their susceptibility to what condition?
  • What device prevents flashback in a pipe?
  • A cooling tower with a fan is called:
  • The steel boilers are rated by which organization?
  • Which component in the steam drum is used to remove suspended particles and oil from condensate?
  • Who on the job site receives and checks materials?
  • What is the minimum pipe size for regular medical gas systems?
  • Which component prevents liquid refrigerant from reaching the compressor?
  • In a wastewater context within a food processing facility, which sector is identified as a major contributor?
  • Flue gas travels through the fire box of a natural draft burner via which mechanism?
  • What type of water tub boiler has three drums?
  • When treating wastewater, what treatment removes phosphorus from the wastewater?
  • Smelt from a recovery boiler is processed in which tank?
  • The removal of grit in wastewater treatment is important to prevent which problems?
  • Which component removes large objects when treating wastewater?
  • In a heat exchanger, which component provides flow direction and support for the tube bundle?
  • The outlets of medical gas terminal units are designed to prevent which hazard?
  • Which code designation specifies piping attached to a power boiler?
  • Industry practitioners are individuals who perform work in which setting?
  • What are the two main types of steam plants?
  • What component is associated with a PSV?
  • What provides separation between the interior and exterior environments of a building?
  • Redundancies are required in medical gas supply because the installation is considered what?
  • What do flash tanks produce?
  • Which device cleans the fireside of a high-pressure steam boiler?
  • What is the term for radiation that is reflected from Earth's surface?
  • High-pressure gas cylinders serve which purpose in medical gas systems?
  • What is a disadvantage of a wet pipe sprinkler system?
  • Evacuated tube collectors are commonly used for which two applications?
  • What is roughing?
  • Which device is used to prevent negative pressure in the building by supplying air?
  • Boyle's Law describes the relationship between pressure and volume at constant temperature. What is the relation?
  • Where is the automatic drip ball valve located on a fire system?
  • If water is visible in the boiler site glass, what action should the operator take?
  • Corrosion due to electrolysis is caused by a loss of which particle?
  • A boiler with over 500 ft² of heating surface requires two what?
  • What prevents a boiler from collapsing when being dumped?
  • NFPA standard governing standpipe system requirements is NFPA number?
  • Sprinkler heads are always open on which system?
  • Concentrations of solids in boiler water are controlled by what?
  • What is the last heating device before feed water enters the boiler?
  • Hybrid solar systems refer to a combination of which approaches?
  • A steam injector operates on which principle?
  • Because medical gas is considered a critical installation, the source of supply will require what?
  • What is the maximum water temperature in a deaerator?
  • What is the most popular steel package boiler?
  • What is the minimum size of feed water line on a boiler over 100 ft²?
  • If the deaerator is not functioning, what happens to feedwater dissolved gas content?
  • Solar heating systems that rely on mechanical equipment for heat transfer are called:
  • New medical gas systems are pressure tested with which gas?
  • A boiler with both an induced and forced draft fan is referred to as what?
  • Which boiler type requires a super heater?
  • A steam boiler must have two means of feed water makeup if over how many square feet?
  • What is cited as the most common problem in a new steam or hydronic heating system?
  • The exhaust steam line from a turbine requires what to clean the steam?
  • Tubes and an HEX are supported by what?
  • Phosphorus removal from wastewater is achieved during which stage?
  • Try cocks for a boiler are attached to which component?
  • Active solar systems are solar heating systems that rely on what to move heat transfer fluid?
  • For vacuum medical gas systems, what is the minimum pipe size?
  • Medium temperature hydronic systems operate within what temperature range?
  • Which device is used to extinguish a solid fuel boiler fire when water level is low?
  • The duct between a boiler and the stack is called?
  • What is the main purpose of a boiler site glass?
  • Closed feed water heaters are of which type?
  • In what geothermal system is the refrigerant used in the ground heat exchanger instead of an antifreeze solution?
  • What percentage of the apprentice's training takes place on the job?
  • The most common form of mine wastewater treatment is which structure?
  • The cooling tower design that relies on fans to move air is known as what type of draft?
  • What term describes the practice of using sequential flash tanks to separate condensate?
  • Two types of oil separators are:
  • In a boiler feedwater system, hot water is located immediately downstream of which component?
  • Labels for oxygen gas must be what color?
  • A boiler that employs moving furnace grates uses which type of fuel?
  • What is used to supply gas for smaller installations or as a reserve supply for larger installations?
  • Which type of compressor uses a rotating action to compress refrigerant?
  • Which protection method protects steel tank bottoms from corrosion by applying an external current?
  • A blow-off vessel must withstand what percentage of boiler pressure, depending on boiler size?
  • Helical gear compressors have two mating:
  • What should the range on a pressure test gauge be?
  • The steam injector relies on which fluid dynamic principle?
  • Prolonged radiation exposure affecting plastics typically increases which property?
  • The device that captures heat from building exhaust air and transfers it to fresh air entering the building is known as what?
  • What is the standard size of a sprinkler head?
  • The mixing of hydraulic fluids can cause what?
  • A steam plant that exhaust steamed the atmosphere is called what?
  • What device cleans the fireside of a water-tube high-pressure steam boiler?
  • What must be done to a horizontal discharge pipe from a PSV?
  • A dry pipe sprinkler system is charged with what?
  • What is the advantage of HTHW heating over steam heating?
  • In Canada, what credential is the industry standard for excellence in a trade?
  • Which ASME code covers piping attached to a power boiler?
  • 75% of fire systems are what type?
  • HTHW boiler construction is governed under:
  • In solid fuel boilers, what mechanism extinguishes the fire if the water level is low?
  • Coal fired power plants are major major source of:
  • New hydraulic piping requires what prior to use?
  • The Scotch Marine Boiler is best described as what type of boiler in steel package design?
  • What is a combination of active and passive solar heating systems?
  • What are the two types of solar space heating systems?
  • Compressed gases in a hydraulic system can cause what?
  • LP boiler installation requires how much side clearance?
  • Which credential is widely recognized in Canada as the standard of excellence for trades?
  • Try cocks are used to verify what on a steam boiler?
  • What is the foundation document used to design the Red Seal exam?
  • The acronym SBI in boiler rating stands for which organization?
  • To properly align the three pieces of a true Y, what initial action should be performed?
  • The Alberta apprenticeship and industry training board is appointed by the lieutenant governor and consists of how many members?
  • Which item is not among the three factors affecting cooling tower efficiency?
  • ABSA registration applies to piping systems exceeding how many liters?
  • What is the biggest disadvantage to the DDCV venting system?
  • Which device captures heat from building exhaust air and transfers it to fresh air entering the building?
  • Class One standpipes can be used by who?
  • What does a skimmer do in the steam drum?
  • What is the simplest type of cooling power?
  • Two means of feedwater makeup are required if the boiler’s heating surface exceeds how many square feet?
  • Condensate from the condenser re-enters the feed water system at the:
  • Deposits in HEX are called what?
  • The requirement set for standpipe systems are found in:
  • What system is used exclusively to remove exhaled anaesthetic gas from a patient?
  • For boilers larger than 100 ft², what is the minimum feed water line size?
  • A fire pressure vessel is covered under which ASME section?
  • The term for the accumulation of deposits inside a heat exchanger is called what?
  • Which type of fan creates a positive pressure inside the boiler furnace?
  • Hard water causes what problems in a boiler?
  • Prolonged radiation exposure commonly causes which change in plastic piping?
  • The standard minimum pipe size for regular medical gas piping is what?
  • Priming is the term for water droplets carried with steam leaving a boiler. Which option describes this phenomenon?
  • What is the largest heat exchanger in a steam plant?
  • Dry pipe sprinkler systems are charged with which of the following?
  • For boilers over 300 psi, the blow-off vessel must withstand at least how many psi?
  • The minimum length of a cooling leg from a heating coil to a steam trap should be:
  • The measure of how much solar radiation is reflected by a surface is known as what?
  • Which section of the ASME code covers fire pressure vessels as referenced here?
  • Which standard would you consult for standpipe system requirements?
  • What uses gravity to settle out large particulate in power plants?
  • Which equation represents Charles' Law?
  • Class One standpipes are designed for use by which group?
  • Carryover in a steam boiler can cause what?
  • Which geothermal system is employed where space isn't limited and consists of two pipes placed side-by-side in a trench (3 to 10 m)?
  • A boiler with the furnace outside the shell and brickwork around is described as which type?
  • A piping system must be registered with ABSA if over what volume?
  • QCM work on a job site is performed for which party?
  • What is the duct between a boiler and the stack?
  • Ash ponds are primarily used in power plants to:
  • What three factors affect the efficiency of cooling tower?
  • Regenerative air heaters transfer heat from the flue gases to combustion air using a:
  • Sprinkler system type where all heads are open and discharge through a common outlet?
  • Which of the following correctly describes a non-condensing steam plant?
  • Coal ground into a fine powder is called what?
  • A HTHW generator is designed for what systems?
  • Which component is associated with a PSV discharge to collect condensate?
  • Reaming of medical tub tubing is recommended. True or False?
  • One of the largest contributors of food processing wastewater is:
  • Which is a key advantage of active solar systems over passive systems?
  • Geothermal heating plants use which energy source?
  • A deaerator must be installed a certain height above the feedwater pump. What is that height?
  • What is the maximum size of blow-off piping for a steam boiler with more than 100 ft² of heating surface?
  • What is the most common type of heat exchanger?
  • ABSA is the regulatory body responsible for which area?
  • Which device lists API and the Parallel Plate Separator among oil separators?
  • What’s the maximum horizontal support spacing for half-inch medical piping?
  • Which geothermal heating system draws water up through a well directly to a heat exchanger where heat is extracted?
  • What standard is used as the benchmark for installations of medical gas systems in Canada?
  • In geothermal installations, which configuration exchanges heat with the ground using the refrigerant directly, without antifreeze?
  • What is the minimum pressure test for medical gas piping?
  • Evacuated tube collectors are used for hydronic heating and what else?
  • A heating coil's cooling leg to steam trap should be at least how long?
  • A heat exchanger with the heating medium in the tubes is called?
  • What is the diameter of a flash leg?
  • The standard for medical gas installations in Canada is which document?
  • What is one advantage of an active solar heating system over a passive system?
  • In a steam plant, what component uses high-pressure exhaust steam?
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