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A series of questions and answers related to power engineering, specifically for fourth-class certification. It covers various topics including boiler operation, safety codes, steam engines, basic physics concepts, and mechanical principles. Designed to help students prepare for their fourth-class power engineer certification exam.
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What approximate pressure is the fuel delivered to a high pressure add atomizing oil burner ✔✔700 kpa
What is the minimum temperature rating for a blow off valve fitted to a heating boiler ✔✔ 120
In Alberta the safety codes act established the following classes of power engineers certificates ✔✔1st,2nd,3rd,4th
When oil mixes with water in the boiler the resultant effect is ✔✔Serious foaming
Which of the following is not a common work schedule for power engineers? ✔✔Seasonal layoffs
Somebody responsible for standardizing symbols used to indicate materials of construction and the sketch is the ✔✔American standard association
And have piping layout blank line sketches are used ✔✔Single
And octagon has how many sides OK ✔✔Eight
After an initial inspection have a boiler or pressure vessel and I'll Burda identification number proceeded by the letter a in a blank shall be stamped on the boiler or pressure vessel ✔✔Circle
A candidate for a welder's performance qualification card ✔✔Must first pass at performance qualification test
When applying to write a certificate of qualification examination the candidate when applicable may have to ✔✔Be in possession of the next lower class of certificate
The IAO is an organization who's primary concern is ✔✔Lowering of insurance costs through standardization
Which of the following certificates of competency qualifies the holder to take charge of the general care and operation of any power plant as chief steam engineer and to supervise the
Fourth class power engineer certificate of competency qualify as a holder to take charge of the general care and operation of a power plant consisting of one or more coil type drum less boilers having an aggregate capacity of not more than blank kilowatts when used for the sole purpose of underground thermal flooding and oil fields as chief steam engineer ✔✔ 5000
Power engineers are ✔✔Skilled workers who operate and maintain the equipment and a power plant
Went to straight lines meet our cross each other they form ✔✔And angle
A blank is a four sided figure having no two sides parallel ✔✔Trapezium
A/An Blank triangle has two sides of equal length and the third side is longer or shorter ✔✔Isosceles
What type of triangle has three sides of equal length ✔✔Equilateral
A/An Blank triangle has no two sides or angles equal and no right angle ✔✔Scalene
Which of the following statements about parallel lines is false ✔✔They can cross
When all the angles of a quadrilateral are added together their sum is blank degrees ✔✔ 360
Quadrilaterals are figures that have blank straight sides ✔✔ 4
The unit of measure of power used in the SI system is ✔✔Kilowatts
Rate of doing work is defined as ✔✔Power
The unit of force used in the SI system is the ✔✔Newton
Any action on a body which tends to change its size shape or its state of motion is defined as ✔✔Force
Rate of doing work is defined as ✔✔Power
Which of the following statements is true? ✔✔N
A Simple machine and is one which receives energy by means of a single applied force and produces work by means of blank ✔✔A single output force
Velocity ratio is defined as ✔✔The ratio of the distance moved by the effort to the distance moved by the load
The ratio of the load to the effort is called ✔✔Actual mechanical advantage
Distance is: ✔✔A scalar quantity
A vector quantity has ✔✔A direction, magnitude and necessary units of the quantity
A scalar quantity has ✔✔Both magnitude and necessary units
Vectors that are all in the same plane are defined as ✔✔Coplanar
The SI unit for acceleration is ✔✔M/s squared
Acceleration may be defined as the rate of change in : ✔✔Velocity
According to Newton's law of motion which statement is false? ✔✔A body in motion will come to rest unless acted upon by an external unbalanced force
Work is defined as ✔✔The product of the force applied on an object and the distance through which the force moved
To start a body moving which of the following must be overcome? ✔✔Static friction
The coefficient of friction is defined as : ✔✔The ratio of the force required to move a body to the normal reaction force
Which of the following statements is false? ✔✔Kinetic friction is greater than static friction
Stress ✔✔
A unit of stress is ✔✔Kpa
Which of the following statements about belt drive systems is false? ✔✔Tension in the bottom belt is always double that in the top belt is false
Following is true: linear speed on a point on each pulley will be the same as the linear speed of the belt.
Belt driver pulleys move follower pulleys by means of frictional force between the belt and pulleys. Rotational speed will be equal if the pulley diameters are equal. A belt system is 100 percent efficient if there is no slippage
The clearance necessary between the teeth that have to mesh is called ✔✔Backlash
Columns 8,9,10 deal with which type of energy? ✔✔Enthalpy
Superheated steam is ✔✔Temperature is higher than the saturated temperature
Heat which brings about a change of state ✔✔Latent heat
In columns 8 of table 1 of the steam tables the enthalpy found in that column is known as the ✔✔Sensible heat
In column 1 of table 1 of the steam tables the unit used for pressure is in ✔✔Kpa
The unit used for specific volume in the steam tables is ✔✔Cm3/h
Which is an example of a physical change in a material ✔✔Melting evaporation condensation sublimation
Which of the following involves a chemical change ✔✔Burning natural gas
The state of matter observed for a particular substance is dependant on its ✔✔Temperature and pressure
An ellipse is the result of ✔✔Viewing at circle obliquely
In order for a sketch to look like the object it represents we ✔✔Make this sketch in proportion
An ellipse is the result of ✔✔Viewing at circle obliquely
The three most commonly used views in drawing are ✔✔Front plan side
In order to show all sides of an object being sketched a number of views required ✔✔Six
Lines used to indicate distance between two points on a sketch are called ✔✔
Dimension lines ✔✔
And air piping layout blank line sketches are used ✔✔Single
And down which means rule or law is ✔✔Principle
And ideal sentence should be approximately ✔✔15 to 20 words long
When two or more complete thoughts are punctuated into one sentence the sentence is known as a ✔✔Run on or fused sentence
Far part of a sentence which must agree with its antecedent in number gender or person is the ✔✔Pronoun
When a sentence is easy to understand at its first reading we can say it has good ✔✔Clarity
When we wish to avoid blaming A person and we should use ✔✔A passive voice sentence
A punctuation mark not used with pronouns is the ✔✔'Apostrophe
Choose the word below which is the correct representation of a possession word ✔✔Anybody's
One difference between an essay and a technical report is ✔✔Very few readers will read the complete report
When key information is placed at the beginning of the paragraph that reader may ✔✔Read more efficiently
The 5W's and H used in the introductory paragraph answer what is commonly called ✔✔The journalistic questions
Of the four methods used to achieve paragraph coherent the most complex is the use of ✔✔Parallel structure
When writing a paragraph on how to make or do something the development is called ✔✔Process development
The five methods of paragraph development are ✔✔Process reasons and examples contrast and comparison spatial and chronological
The five methods of paragraph development are ✔✔RENNS reasons process comparison and contrast
The scope origin and purpose of a report should be covered ✔✔Within the opening paragraph
A memo paragraph should not exceed ✔✔8 to 10 lines
When organizing a memo they should follow a clear middle ending and ✔✔Beginning
Memo format is used in written communication ✔✔For short correspondence between the members within the organization
That subject line should include ✔✔The main subject and purpose of the memo expressed in a phrase
It is important that a memo ✔✔Be adapted to the reader
The content of effective memos is written ✔✔In paragraphs and lists
A fitting as defined in the act means ✔✔A gauge glass
The purpose of the safety codes act and engineers regulations is to ✔✔Ensure safe installation and operation of Power plants
Expected conduct during an examination for a Certificate of competency is stated in ✔✔The engineers regulations of Alberta
Add body which was formed in 1919 for the promotion of safety and uniformity in the construction and installation an inspection of boilers and pressure vessels was the ✔✔National board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors
When applying to write a certificate of qualification Examination the candidate where applicable may have to ✔✔Be in possession of the next lower class of certificate
The American Society of mechanical engineers aSME codes has how many sections ✔✔ 9
The purpose of the safety codes act and engineers regulations is to ✔✔Ensure safe installation and operation of power plants
Take a grade B pressure welders certificate of competency Examination a candidate must apply to as safety codes officer at least blank days before the Examination ✔✔ 7
When applying to write a certificate of qualification examination the candidate when applicable may have to ✔✔Be in possession of the next lower class of certificate
If there was a conflict between the codes in ASME section 1 and CSA B-51 which code would take precedence ✔✔CSA B-
According to CSAB - 51 for lap seam riveted boiler has been relocated what shall be its maximum operating pressure ✔✔103 kpa
Heating boiler means ✔✔Boiler worst team is produced at a pressure of 103 kPa or less
Once you have taken over a shift in a high-pressure boiler plant you may leave the boiler unattended for ✔✔No period of time