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Introduction to Power Engineering
Introduction to Power Engineering
Which of the following is not a definition of a power plant?
a) Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103 kPa ( psi).
b) Any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding 1100 kPa (160 psi).
c) Any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working temperature exceeding 121 degrees Celsius (250 degrees Fahrenheit).
d) Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at less than 57 kPa ( psi).
e) Any engine run from one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding 1100 kPa (160 psi).
d) Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at less than 57 kPa ( psi).
Early government involvement in certification of power engineers became more important for the following reasons except:
a) efficiency b) labour mobility c) safety d) pollution e) technological advancements
d) pollution
Which of the following is not characteristic of increased automation in power plants?
a) computerized control stations b) increased mechanization c) manual flame checking d) continuous monitoring of processes e) continuous monitoring of costs
c) manual flame checking
"Power plant" means
a) any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103 kPa ( psi).
b) any one or more boilers in which steam or other liquid is generated at more than 103 kPa ( psi).
c) any one or more boilers containing liquid and having a working pressure exceeding 1,200 kPa (160 psi), and a
c) trained d) unskilled e) college trained
d) unskilled
In order to produce greater efficiency, higher boiler pressures were used and this led to __________ due to employing of unqualified operators in a power plant.
a) economic gains b) serious accidents c) higher efficiency d) safer working conditions e) less labour disputes
b) serious accidents
Which of the following is not a common work schedule for power engineers?
a) Year round employment b) Seasonal lay-offs c) Eight hour days d) Twelve hour days e) Rotating day and night shifts
b) Seasonal lay-offs
When oil mixes with water in the boiler the resultant effect is:
a) serious foaming b) accumulation of very hard scale resulting in tube burnout c) accumulation of soot d) decrease in water level e) shifting and loosening of baffles
a) serious foaming
The holder of a Certificate of Competency, the classification of which authorizes him or her to act as a engineer, may sketch, construct, install, operate, repair, and give advice on all things pertaining to any __________ in which that person is employed.
a) welding shop b) automotive shop c) power plant d) fish plant e) hydro plant
c) power plant
Power engineers can usually expect to work
a) straight 8 hour day shifts. b) straight 12 hour day shifts.
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 engineers in that plant and take charge of a shift in any power plant as shift engineer?
a) Third Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency
b) Building Operator's Certificate of Competency
c) Pressure Welder's Certificate of Competency
d) First Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency
e) Fireman's Certificate of Competency
d) First Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency
Which of the following duties is a holder of a Fourth Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency not qualified to perform?
a) Take charge of a shift in a power plant having a capacity of more than 10,000 kW, as shift engineer.
b) Take charge of the general care and operation of a power
plant consisting of one or more coil type drumless boilers having an aggregate capacity not over 5,000 kW, when only in use for the purpose of subterranean thermal flooding in oil fields, as chief engineer.
c) Take charge of the general care and operation of a power plant having a capacity of not more than 1,000 kW as chief steam engineer, and to supervise the engineers in that plant.
d) Take charge of a shift in a power plant consisting of one or more coil type drumless boilers having an aggregate capacity of not more than 10,000 kW, when used only for underground thermal flooding in oil fields, as shift engineer.
e) Take charge of a shift in a power plant having a capacity of not more than 5,000 kW, as shift engineer.
a) Take charge of a shift in a power plant having a capacity of more than 10,000 kW, as shift engineer.
Which of the following is required in order to progress to a higher certificate?
a) Experience only b) Education only c) Hold the next lower level certificate only d) Both education and the next lower level certificate e) Education, experience, and the next lower level certificate.
e) Education, experience, and the next lower level
The IAO is an organisation who's primary concern is:
a) lowering of maintenance costs through standardisation
b) lowering of production costs through increased automation
c) increase in safety awareness through public education
c) resources d) safety e) economy
d) safety
In Alberta, the Safety Codes Act established the following classes of Power Engineer's certificates (Other provinces and territories have also established the same structure for these certifications.)
a) A, B, C, and D b) 1, 2, 3, and 4 c) First, Second, Third, and Fourth d) Operators A, B, C, and D e) Boiler maker first, second, third, and fourth year
c) First, Second, Third, and Fourth
A Fourth Class Power Engineer's certificate of competency qualifies the holder to take charge of a shift in a power plant having a capacity of not more than __________ kW, as a shift engineer.
a) 8, b) 9,
c) 7, d) 5, e) 6,
d) 5,
A Fourth Class Power Engineer's certificate of competency qualifies the holder to take charge of a shift in a power plant consisting of one or more coil type drumless boilers having an aggregate capacity of not more than __________ kW, when used for the sole purpose of underground thermal flooding in oil fields, as shift engineer.
a) 10, b) 20, c) 30, d) 40, e) 50,
a) 10,
A Fourth Class Power Engineer's Certificate of Competency qualifies the holder to take charge of the general care and operation of a power plant having a capacity of not more than __________ kW as chief steam engineer, and to supervise the engineers in that plant.
SI Units
Which of the following is a symbol for a unit of thermodynamic temperature?
a) m b) mol c) kg d) cd e) K
e) K
A mole refers to a quantity of:
a) Time b) Amount of substance c) Luminous intensity d) Electric current e) Length
b) Amount of substance
The basic unit of mass in the SI system is
a) newtons b) cubic metres c) pounds
d) kilograms e) cubic centimetres
d) kilograms
The basic unit of length in the SI system is
a) newtons b) cubic metres c) metres d) kelvin e) mole
c) metres
The basic unit of time in the SI system is
a) metre b) kilograms c) seconds d) ampere e) kelvin
c) seconds
The basic unit of electrical current in the SI system is
a) metre
The symbol for the basic unit of time is
a) m b) kg c) A d) K e) s
e) s
The symbol for the basic unit of mass is
a) m b) kg c) A d) K e) s
b) kg
Which of the following is a symbol for a unit of luminous intensity?
a) m b) mol c) kg
d) cd e) K
d) cd
One thousand of a base unit is indicated by the prefix:
a) mega b) micro c) kilo d) hecto e) milli
c) kilo
One hundredth of a gram is called a:
a) centigram b) megagram c) milligram d) ton e) kilogram
a) centigram
One million of a base unit is indicated by the prefix
a) giga
One hundredth of a base unit is indicated by the prefix
a) deci b) centi c) milli d) micro e) nano
b) centi
One hundred of a base unit is indicated by the prefix
a) giga b) mega c) kilo d) hecto e) deca
d) hecto
Convert 2,365 cm into kilometres.
a) 2.365 km b) 0.002365 km c) 23.65 km
d) 0.02365 km e) 236.5 mg
d) 0.02365 km
Find the volume of a rectangular prism 3 m long, 5 m wide and 2 m high.
a) 30 b) 3 cubic metres c) 30 square metres d) 30 metres e) 30 cubic metres
e) 30 cubic metres
If a box has side lengths of 3.5 m, 6.2 m and 1.8 m respectively its volume is:
a) 39.06 cubic metres b) 3,906 cubic metres c) 39.06 cubic feet d) 39.06 cubic centimetres e) 125 cubic metres
a) 39.06 cubic metres
