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Water tube boilers have:
A.One fusible plug

B.No fusible plug
C.Two fusible plugs
D.None of the above
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The valve that prevents water from
backing out of the boiler into the feeding is
the:
A. Bottom -blow valve

B. Skin valve
C. Feed check valve
D. Feed-stop valve
The fuel oil heater is located:
A. On the discharge side of the service pump

B. On the suction side of the service pump
C. On the discharge side of the transfer pump
D. Between the setting tank and the service
pump
Boiler “pulsations” are caused by:
A. Too high fuel pressure

B. Forcing the boiler beyond capacity
C. Insufficient air
D. All of the above
In the forced draft system:
A. Each furnace has its own fan

B. The fan is located in the uptake
C. One fan supplies air to all uptake
D. None of the above
In the closed fireroom system:
A. Each boiler has its own fan

B. The fan is located in the uptake
C. Each furnace has its own fan
D. The fireroom is supplied with air
from one fan
The air cock on a boiler is located at the:
A. End of the superheater

B. Superheater inlet
C. Highest point of the steam and water
drum
D. Top of the return headers
Soot blowers should be used in proper sequence
so that:
A. Excess stresses will not be set up in the

boiler
B. The deck will not be covered with soot
C. The soot will not be swept toward the
uptakes
D. There will not be a loss of steam pressure
What is the first thing you would check
on taking over a watch?
A. The bilges
B. The periscope
C. The water level
D. The oil pressure
A boiler with its fan (blower) located in
the uptake is operating on:
A. Induced draft
B. Forced draft
C. Natural draft
How many feedwater lines are
connected to the boiler?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
If the water in the gage glass has not been blown
down for a period of time, the level of the water in
the glass will be:
A. The same as that in the stream and water

drum
B. Less than that in the steam and water drum
C. More than that in the steam and water drum
On taking over a watch, the fireman
should check:
A. The water level in the boilers

B. The bilges
C. The periscope
D. All of the above
When you are cleaning fuel-oil
burner tips, use a:
A. Steel scraper
B. Wire brush
C. Brass knife
D. Pocket knife
The amount of steam generated by a
boiler is dependent upon:
A. The size of the sprayer plate

B. The air pressure
C. The oil pressure
D. All of the above
When installing a new gage glass in a water
gage you should secure the bolts from:
A. Top to bottom
B. Center, alternately, toward each end
C. Bottom to top
D. Top to bottom or bottom to top
One of the main purpose of refractories in a
boiler furnace is to:
A. Help preheat the air for the furnaces

B. Protect the economizer from excessive heat
C. Help preheat the feedwater
D. Prevent excessive furnace heat losses

All fuel-oil tanks are vented through a:
A. Check vent to the settling tanks

B. Gooseneck vent located on the main deck
C. Check valve to the transfer pump
D. Gooseneck vent which discharges to the
settlers

All fuel-oil service pump steam valves are
fitted with:
A. Safety locks
B. Reach rods leading to a location outside the
fireroom
C. Automatic controls
D. Reach rods leading to the engine room

Which of the following fire extinguishers
would not be found in the fireroom?
A. Foam type
B. Sand
C. CO2
D. SO2
What is the average fuel-oil temperature
range of the oil in the discharge line to the
burners?
A. 180o-200o
B. 160o-180o
C. 200o-220o
D. 150o-200o

Which of the following is a common type
of oil burner?
A. Bethlehem
B. Todd
C. B&W
D. All of the above

The boiler gage glasses should be blown
down:
A. Once a day
B. Every 12 hrs
C. At the beginning of every watch
D. Every 8 hrs

The double-bottom tanks in a ship are
used for:
A. Storing fuel oil

B. Storing fresh water
C. Ballasting when ship is light
D. All of the above

In a fuel-oil service system the quick closing
fuel-oil shutoff valve is located between the:
A. Fuel-oil heaters and discharges strainers

B. Service pumps and the fuel-oil heaters
C. Master fuel-oil shutoff valve and the boiler
D. Suction strainers and the service pumps

A fuel-oil meter placed between the fuel-oil
service pumps and the fuel-oil heaters would
be a:
A. Cold-type meter
B. Hot-type meter
C. Vertical meter
D. Supermeter

The condensate from the coils in the fuel-oil
heaters to the fuel-oil heaters goes to the:
A. Feedwater heater
B. Auxiliary exhaust system
C. Observation tank
D. Bilges

The valve between the fuel-oil headers
and the burner valve is called the:
A. Root valve
B. Base valve
C. Safety valve
D. Leakoff valve

The safety device located in the crown
sheet of a scotch boiler is called a:
A. Bubble plug
B. Safety plug
C. Crown plug
D. Fusible plug

“Skin” valves are located on the:
A. Ship’s hull
B. Boiler drum
C. Waterlight bulkhead
D. Tank tops

Tube retarders in Scotch boilers are used to:
A. Slow down the water circulation around the

tubes
B. Prevent the tubes from sagging
C. Slow down the combustion gases
D. Speed up water circulation around the
tubes

In order for oil to burn properly it must:
A. Be at the proper temperature

B. Be atomized properly
C. Have sufficient air to support
combustion
D. All of the above

The steam that is discharged from the
safety valves goes to the:
A. Main condenser
B. Auxiliary condenser
C. Atmospheric line
D. Bilges

How can extra feedwater be obtained for the
boilers when the ship is at sea?
A. By opening the extra feed valve on the main

condenser
B. By using the steam injector
C. By taking suction from the potable water
tanks
D. By putting both feed pumps into operation

The application used in a Scotch boiler to help
circulate the water when getting up steam is
called a:
A. Pyrometer
B. Hydrokineter
C. Manometer
D. Hydrofoil

When draining a Scotch boiler the:
A. Manhole must be removed

B. Horsecollar must be removed
C. Belly plug must be removed
D. Crown sheet must be removed

The sides of a combustion chamber in a
Scotch boiler are called:
A. Wrapper sheets
B. Bottom sheets
C. Crown sheets
D. Support sheets

The brick wall at the back of the furnace
in a Scotch boiler is called a:
A. Side wall
B. Plate wall
C. Bridge wall
D. Crown wall

The damper in the air duct between the
fan and the boiler is usually a:
A. Butterfly-type valve
B. Double-beat valve
C. Gate valve
D. Spring-loaded valve

Most gages in the fireroom are:
A. Bourdon-type tube
B. Manometers
C. Thermocouples
D. Dual-purpose

The “steam injector” is used to pump
water:
A. Into the boilers in case the main feed

pumps stop
B. Out of the main condenser
C. Out of the auxiliary condenser
D. To the boilers when being USOG

The oil burners on conventional vessels should
be cleaned at least:
A. Once a week
B. Once a watch
C. Every hour
D. Once a day

Special type of periscopes are fitted to boilers
to observe:
A. Oil atomization in the furnace

B. Combustion gases entering the uptake
C. Smoke going out the stack
D. Water level in the boilers

A duplex strainer is better than a simplex
strainer because it:
A. Removes more foreign matter from the fuel

oil
B. Can be cleaned while it is in use
C. Causes a smaller pressure drop through the
unit
D. Can handle oil with a lower viscosity

A faulty steam trap on a fuel-oil heater can
cause:
A. A lowering of the heating capacity of the

heater
B. A fuel-oil leak
C. An increase in oil temperature
D. An increase in the heating capacity of the
heater

The presence of oil or scale on boiler
tubes causes:
A. Overheating
B. Oxidation
C. Electrolysis
D. Galvanic action

What would you do before giving a boiler a
“bottom blow”?
A. Let the water level drop slightly below

normal
B. Decrease the steam pressure
C. Raise the water level about 2” above normal
D. Decrease the oil pressure

What precaution must be taken before using
the soot blowers?
A. Wear gloves when operating

B. Decrease boiler steam pressure
C. Blow tubes only during the day
D. Drain thoroughly

Which of the following would you do before
blowing tubes with steam soot blowers?
A. Notify bridge
B. Drain soot-blower lines thoroughly
C. Increase steam pressure slightly
D. All of the above

Which of the following could cause a
“flareback?”
A. Oil pressure too high

B. Trying to relight burner from hot
brickwork
C. Oil temperature too high
D. Opening air registers too quickly

If a large section of the roof tile in a three-pass
boiler fell out, an immediate indication would
be:
A. A decrease in stack temperature

B. An increase in stack temperature
C. An increase in stack pressure
D. An increase in boiler pressure

“Sputtering” oil burners might indicate:
A. Water in the fuel oil

B. Fuel oil too cold
C. Fuel oil too hot
D. Oil pressure too high

The boiler feedwater in the feedwater
heater is heated by:
A. Superheated steam
B. Auxiliary exhaust steam
C. Desuperheated steam
D. Steam from the boiler

If a boiler is smoking “white smoke” a
possible cause should be:
A. Fuel-oil temperature too low

B. Fuel-oil pressure too low
C. Too much air
D. Too little air

In a reciprocating engine steam and water
cycle, the level of the water in the feed-and
filter-tank is controlled by the:
A. Feed-pump bypass valve

B. Chronometer valve
C. Pneumercator valve
D. Manometer valve

The fuel-oil service pump takes suction from
the:
A. Contaminated inspection tank

B. Feed-and filter-tank
C. Double-bottom tanks
D. Settling tanks

The auxiliary exhaust steam is used to:
A. Heat the feedwater

B. Drive the bilge pump
C. Heat the fuel oil
D. Drive small auxiliaries

If a boiler is giving off black smoke, a
possible cause could be:
A. Insufficient air
B. Fuel-oil temperature too low
C. Dirty burners
D. All of the above

The feedwater check valves are
located on the:
A. Feed-pump suction line

B. Hotwell
C. Shell of the feedwater heater
D. Feedlines to the boiler

A “scoop” condenser must be:
A. A single-pass condenser
B. A counterflow condenser
C. A double-pass condenser
D. An incerted condenser

The deaerating (D.C.) heater is used in:
A. The open-type feedwater system

B. All steam plants
C. The low-pressure-type steam plant
D. The closed-type feedwater system

The main purpose of the superheater vent
valve on a boiler is to:
A. Remove air from the superheaters

B. Insure a flow of steam through the
superheaters when steam is being raised on
the boiler
C. Lower the steam pressure on a boiler that
has just been secured
D. Remove water from the superheater
The purpose of the salonimeter cock is to:
A. Test for oil in the water

B. Blow down the gage glass
C. Obtain a sample of boiler water for a
testing
D. Blow down the boiler to reduce the solids
in the boiler water

The main engine of a steam-turbine plant
uses:
A. Superheated steam
B. Saturated steam
C. Desuperheated steam
D. Back-pressure steam

Another name for the fuel-oil suction
strained is the:
A. Cold strainer
B. Hot strainer
C. Fine strainer
D. Magnetic strainer

In a manually controlled feedwater system the
proper water level is maintained by:
A. Operating the recirculating valve

B. Operating the feed-stop valve
C. Opening the feed-pump steam valve
D. Operating the feed-check valve

To change the firing rate of a boiler:
A. Open the recirculating valve

B. Start the second fuel-oil service pump
C. Change the size of the burner tips
D. Close the recirculating valve

Which of the following steps would you
take if you found an accumulation of
oil on the furnace floor?
A. Put in smaller burner tips

B. Open all air registers
C. Close all air registers
D. Close fuel-oil discharge valve

Which of the following methods can be
used to clean the firesides of a boiler?
A. Steam lance
B. Soot blowers
C. Water hose
D. Any of the above

Another name for the fuel-oil discharge
strainer is the:
A. Cold strainer
B. Hot strainer
C. Magnetic strainer
D. Coarse strainer

In an automatically controlled feedwater
system, the proper water level is maintained
by:
A. Operating the auxiliary feed-check valve

B. Opening the feedwater heater bypass
C. The fluctuations in water level in the boiler
D. Bypass the deaerator

The F.O. service pump must have:
A. Only one operating valve

B. A means of shutting down from
outside the machinery space
C. Two sets of operating valves in the
fireroom
D. A discharge to the bilge

The relief valve on the F.O. transfer
pump discharges:
A. To the settling tanks

B. To the F.O. service suction line
C. Back to the transfer pump suction
line
D. To the double bottom tanks

The air register on an extinguished fire
should be:
A. Kept open
B. Kept closed
C. Kept half open
D. Removed and placed in rack

Too low F. O. temperature will cause:
A. Excessive steam temperature

B. The F.O. pump to vibrate
C. Poor combustion and smokey fires
D. Increase in superheater temperature

Too high F.O. temperature will cause:
A. A decrease in boiler pressure

B. Fires to go out
C. Burners to smoke
D. Carbon-scale deposits on the F.O.
heater coils

The condensate from the F.O. heaters is
led to the
A. Feed-and filter-tank
B. Observation tank
C. Double-bottom
D. Condenser

If the water goes out of sight in the gage
glass, the first thing to do is:
A. Close the feed-stop valve

B. Speed up the feed pump
C. Secure all the burners
D. Add extra feedwater

When the fuel-oil temperature is too high it
causes:
A. Flarebacks
B. High fuel-oil pressure
C. White smoke to come from the stack
D. Carbon deposits on the fuel-oil heater coils

How much time should be taken to raise
steam on a water tube boiler?
A. 4 hours
B. 2 hours
C. 1 hour
D. 5 hours

How much time should be taken to raise
steam on a fire tube boiler?
A. 6-8 hours
B. 8-10 hours
C. 4-6 hours
D. 1-3 hours

How would you vent the superheater
when getting up steam or securing a
boiler?
A. Open the throttle drain

B. Open vacuum breaker
C. Open superheater vent drain
D. Open air cock

The bottom blow valve on a watertube
boiler is located on the:
A. Front headers
B. Mud drum
C. Steam-and water-drum
D. Superheater

When entering a “closed fireroom system:”
A. One enters directly into the fireroom

B. One must pass through an air lock
C. One enters directly from the engine room
D. One must wear protective glasses

Before a burner is lit off:
A. Close air register

B. Open air register
C. Change air register
D. Lower fuel-oil temperature

One purpose of the bottom blow valve is to:
A. Remove scale and sediment from the boiler

B. Clean soot from the tubes
C. Drain the economizer
D. Regulate the amount of water going to the
boiler

The feed-stop valve is located:
A. On the feed pump

B. On the main steam line
C. Nearest the steam – and water- drum
on the feedline
D. On the superheater

The dry pipe is located:
A. In the top of the steam-and water-drum

B. In the superheater
C. In the bottom of the of the steam-and water
–drum
D. On the bottom of the furnace

“Cyclone separators” are located in the:
A. Furnace
B. Steam-and water-drum
C. Feed system
D. Fuel-oil line

The internal feedline is located:
A. In the bottom of steam-and water-drum

B. Between the feed pump and the boiler
C. In the superheater
D. In the upper part of the furnace

The purpose of the surface blow valve is to:
A. Test for oil in the water

B. Remove sludge and scale from boiler
C. Removes oil and scum from surface of
water
D. Drain boiler

The purpose of salinometer cock is to:
A. Heat the fuel oil

B. Blow down the gage glass
C. See how much water is in the boiler
D. Obtain a sample of boiler water for testing

An economizer is used to:
A. Heat the fuel oil

B. Heat air before it enters the furnace
C. Desuperheater the steam
D. Heat the feedwater before it enters the
boiler

A “manometer” measures:
A. Air pressure
B. Steam pressure
C. Oil pressure
D. Water pressure

A “pyrometer” measures:
A. Steam pressure
B. Stack temperature
C. Steam temperature
D. Oil temperature

A “pneumercator” measures:
A. Oil pressure
B. Air level
C. Liquid level
D. Air pressure

An “attemporator” is another name for a:
A. Desuperheater
B. Dry pipe
C. Superheater
D. Hydrokineter

Waterwalls are used to:
A. Drain waters from the headers

B. Carry off excess heat from the furnace walls
C. Strengthen the furnace brickwork
D. Heat the air before it enters the furnace

The studs on the waterwall tubes are to:
A. Help keep them clean

B. Give added surface area to tubes
C. Strengthen the tubes
D. Help support the tubes in place

The superheater is used to:
A. Help the fuel oil

B. Increase the temperature of feedwater
C. Raise the steam pressure
D. Remove moisture from steam

Watertube boiler tubes are:
A. Welded in place
B. Increase temperature of feedwater
C. Rolled in
D. Threaded and held with nuts

The recirculating valve is used to:
A. Recirculate the feedwater in the economizer

B. Drain water from the oil line
C. Drain the service pump
D. Recirculate and heat the fuel oil prior to
lighting off

The fusible plug in a Scotch boiler is screwed
into the:
A. Furnace air register

B. Rear tube sheet
C. Crown sheet
D. Wrapper sheet

The retarders in a Scotch boiler are found in
the:
A. Firetubes
B. Watertubes
C. Furnace
D. Combustion chamber

Which of the following valves are arranged in
a “Y” branch fitting?
A. Superheater safety valves

B. Main-feed stop and check valves
C. Boiler-drum safety valves
D. Back-pressure valve and atmospheric valve

The coils in the feedwater heater are secured
by:
A. Welding
B. Nipples
C. Union fitting
D. Bonnets

The hydrokineter in a scotch boiler is used to:
A. Take a sample of boiler water

B. Retard the hot gases circulation
C. Force water into the boiler
D. Warm up and circulate the water when
bringing up steam

When the temperature of the feedwater
leaving the feedwater is too low, it is an
indication that the:
A. Reducing valve is not functioning properly

B. Back pressure is too low
C. Back pressure is too high
D. Atmospheric exhaust valve is open

In order to increase back pressure, one must:
A. Increase the boiler pressure

B. Open up the back-pressure valve
C. Close in on the back-pressure valve
D. Close in on the atmospheric line

The exhaust steam that condenses in the
feedwater heater:
A. Is fed back to the boiler

B. Discharges to the auxiliary condenser
C. Discharges to the feed-and filter-tank
D. Discharges to the hotwell through a trap

The excess stream pressure in the back-
pressure system exhausts to the:
A. Feedwater heater
B. Atmosphere
C. Main condenser
D. Atmospheric through a relief valve

The air pressure supplied to the boiler is
measured in:
A. Psi
B. Inches of water
C. Psig
D. Psia

When you light a fire in a boiler, you must
always:
A. Use a torch
B. Close the air register before lighting off
C. Open the burner valve halfway
D. Open the burner valve before you open the
root valve

The recirculating line on the burner valve
returns the oil to the:
A. Settling tanks
B. Suction side of service pump
C. Double bottoms
D. Transfer pump

The valve which shuts off a liquid line with the
least amount of resistance to flow is the:
A. Globe valve
B. Check valve
C. Gate valve
D. Relief valve

The process applied to iron pipe which retards
corrosion is called:
A. Galvanizing
B. Annealing
C. Soldering
D. Tinning

Listed in sequence, iron pipe sizes are:
A. ¼ , 1/2, ¾, 7/8, 1
B. ¼, 3/8, ½,7/8, 1
C. ¼, 3/8, ½, ¾, 1
D. ¼, 3/8, ½, 5/8, ¾, 1

The two main purpose of the main condenser
are to:
A. Convert exhaust steam to water

B. Remove air from exhaust steam
C. Raise back-pressure on condenser
D. Reduce back-pressure on main engine

The Edwards-type air pump has:
A. Three sets of valve

B. Two sets of valve
C. One set of valve

A scoop condenser is a:
A. Double-pass condenser
B. Vertical condenser
C. Single-pass condenser
D. Counterflow condenser

The purpose of the steam baffle in a condenser
is to:
A. Separate the steam from the fresh water

B. Prevent hot steam from hitting directly in
the cooler tubes
C. Separate the steam from the salt water
D. Prevent steam from the mixing with the
cooling water

The condenser vacuum feed valve is open and
the water in the reserve tank runs dry. The
result will be:
A. A loss of water in the boiler

B. A loss of vacuum
C. A loss of condenser water
D. An increase in back-pressure

The division plate in a two-pass condenser:
A. Support the tubes

B. Separates the water from the steam
C. Separate the air from the steam
D. Prevents the circulating water from passing
directly to overload discharge

The holes in Kingdom-valve discs:
A. Prevent water from leaking from condenser

B. Let water seep between discs to form a
water seal
C. Make them lighter in weight
D. Prevent water from leaking to air pump

The inlet sides of condenser tubes are rolled
and flared to:
A. Strengthen the tube sheets

B. Allow for expansion and contraction
C. Allow a smoother entrance flow of
circulating water
D. Make the tube stronger

The purpose of inspection plates on the main
condenser is to:
A. Give access to clean water boxes

B. Check the steam side of the condenser
C. Check tubes without removing condenser
heads
D. Check the steam baffle

A pump that has one steam cylinder and two
liquid cylinders is called a:
A. Double pump
B. Triplex pump
C. Tandem pump
D. One-to-two pump

The size of a reciprocating pump is stamped on
the builder’s plate 3” x 4” x 6”. The
diameter of the steam cylinder is:
A. 4”
B. 3”
C. 6”
D. 8”

The stroke of the pump in an automatic
combustion control:
A. 3”
B. 4”
C. 8”
D. 6”

It is possible for water to get into the fuel oil
by:
A. Leaks in the hull

B. Condensation in the tanks
C. Being pump aboard with the oil
D. all of the above

The accumulated water in the Bailey feedwater
regulator is disposed by:
A. using the centrifugal purifier

B. boiling out
C. pumping to settling tank and draining off
D. not pumping out all the oil in the tank

Oil meters register the amount used
in:
A.pounds
B.gallons
C.barrels
D.quarts

Air chambers are attached to the:
A. discharge side of all pumps

B. air pumps
C. discharge side of the reciprocating pumps
D. feed pumps only

On automatic combustion control:
A. reduce the number of burners when the oil

pressure approaches the minimum specified
B. keep the same number of burners going at
all times
C. change the size of the burner tips in all
burners when the pressure drops
D. A or C

One pound of fuel oil contains approximately:
A. 50,000 BTU
B. 5,000 BTU
C. 18,000 BTU
D. 25,000 BTU

A pyrometer is a:
A. High-temperature thermometer
B. Thermometer marked in centigrade
C. Pneumercator
D. Manometer

The Bailey feedwater regulator works on the
principle of:
A. Hydroelectric
B. Thermohydraulic
C. Thermoelectric
D. Pressure-temperature

The low-suction strainers are located between
the:
A. Service pumps and fuel-oil heaters

B. Transfer pump and settling tanks
C. Fuel-oil heaters and discharge strainers
D. Settling tanks and service pumps

All fuel-oil tanks are fitted with:
A. Heating coils
B. Air vents
C. Suction valves
D. All of the above

What pump takes fuel-oil from the double
bottoms and discharges it to the settling
tanks?
A. Service pump
B. Transfer pumps
C. General service pump
D. Sump pump

The purpose of water –drum baffles is to:
A. Give added strength to the drum

B. Prevent steam from mixing with the water
C. Direct the path of the feedwater through the
drum
D. Prevent the water in the drum from
sloshing around where the ship is rolling

In a variable capacity oil burner the amount of
oil going to the atomizer is controlled by
the:
A. Root valve
B. Oil-return line valve
C. Burner valve
D. All of the above

Another name for an air preheater is:
A. An economizer
B. An aerator
C. A deaerator

The complete unit housing the burner, air
scoop, bladed cone, etc, is called:
A. Burner assembly
B. Register
C. Boiler assembly
D. Air-duct assembly

Which of the following lines are connected to
the atmospheric line?
A. Deck-exhaust lines
B. Safety-valve discharge lines
C. Auxiliary-exhaust lines
D. All of the above

The air entering the furnace is given a swirling
motion by the:
A. Diffuser
B. Impeller
C. Cone
D. All of the above

The valve closest to the boiler in the feedline is
the:
A. Feed-pump discharge valve

B. Feed-check valve
C. Feed-stop valve
D. Heater bypass valve

The point of highest pressure in the steam and
water cycle is found between the:
A. Boiler and feed pump

B. Boiler and main engine
C. Feed pump and the boiler
D. Steam-and water-drum and superheater

The purpose of a dry pipe is to:
A. Remove air from the steam

B. Supply dry air to the boiler
C. Cut down oxygen content of the boiler
water
D. Restrict priming and reduce moisture in the
steam

A stay tube in a Scotch boiler helps to support
the:
A. Crown sheet
B. Furnace
C. Tube sheets
D. Boiler shell

A Bourdon steam-pressure gage is always
fitted with a:
A. Loop in the pipe to prevent live steam from

getting to the tube
B. Double shutoff valve
C. Plain pipe with no shutoff valve
D. Nonreturn shutoff valve

When operating with automatic combustion control
always use:
A. At least two different sized tips in the burners

B. Only one size tip throughout the system
C. Larger tips on the boiler with lower pressure
D. Smaller tips on the boiler with higher pressure

If it difficult to maintain the proper steam
pressure, it will be necessary to change all the
tips and:
A. Readjust the setting of the oil-air ratio

controller
B. Change from automatic to manual control
C. Make no changes
D. Speed up the fan (blower)

If the main circulator breaks down, it is
possible to obtain cooling water from:
A. General service pump

B. Evaporator feed pump
C. Fire pump
D. A and C

Salt in boiler water usually comes from:
A. Zinc plates being corroded away

B. Leaky condenser tubes
C. Leaks in drain valves
D. Leaky heating coils

Before blowing down a boiler, always:
A. Reduce steam pressure

B. Open air vent
C. Open the skin valves
D. Increase steam pressure

In order to reduce the possibility of flarebacks,
one should always:
A. Use a torch to light off burner

B. Prevent oil from accumulating on furnace
floor
C. Use large amount of excess air
D. Keep all air register open at all times

You would give a boiler a surface blowdown
when:
A. The salinity increases

B. Oil appears on the surface of the water in
the gage glass
C. Scum appears on the surface of the water in
the gage glass
D. All of the above

The function of the water-screen tubes in a boiler is
to:
A. Allow the superheater tubes to absorb more

radiant heat from the furnace
B. Prevent the direct heat of the furnace from
reaching the superheater tubes
C. Heat the feeadwater on its way to the steam-and
water-drum
D. Desuperheat the steam for auxiliaries

According to furnace arrangement, a “D” type
boiler is a:
A. Multiple-furnace boiler
B. Low-pressure boiler
C. Divided-furnace boiler
D. Single-furnace boiler

Firetube boilers have been replaced by watertube
boilers because:
A. Firetube boilers are not able to meet the demand

for rapid changes in load that a watertube boiler
can meet
B. Firetube boilers have more complicated
construction
C. Firetube boilers are more difficult to repair
D. Firetube boilers are more difficult to examine and
inspect

In addition to the generating tubes in a boiler,
which of the following also function as
generating tubes?
A. Water-wall tubes
B. Water-screen tubes
C. Superheater tubes
D. A and B

The function of the water-screen tubes between the
superheater and the furnace in a “D” type boiler is to:
A. Protect the superheater from the radiant heat of

the furnace
B. Carry away some of the heat from the furnace
refractory
C. Preheat the water going to the economizer

A “flame scanner” is used to:
A. Check the color of the oil film

B. Shut off the flow to the burner if the flame
goes out
C. Control the amount of air to the burner

A “solenoid trip valve” on a fuel line:
A. Shuts off the fuel-oil supply in event of air

loss
B. Shuts off the air supply in event of fire loss
C. Shuts off the fuel-oil supply if the fire goes
out
D. A and C

The normal fuel-oil temperatures usually vary
from:
A. 180 to 200 F
B. 160 to 180 F
C. 200 to 220 F
D. Any of the above

The greatest pressure in a steam and water
cycle is found between the:
A. Condensate pump and the feedwater heater

B. Feed pump and boiler
C. Boiler and the feed pump
D. Boiler and the main engine

What prevents the exhaust steam from passing
through the feedwater heater too rapidly?
A. An atmospheric pump
B. A relief valve on the heater shell
C. A trap installed on the condenser outlet
D. A check valve installed on the condensate
outlet

What would be the first indication of a broken
coil in the feedwater heater?
A. The boiler water level would go up

B. The relief valve on the shell would open
C. The boiler water level would go down
D. The feed pump would slow down

A sUDDEN increase in lube-oil pressure in a
turbine installation could be caused by
A. Slowing down of main turbines

B. Too much cooling water
C. Clogging somewhere in the system
D. a leak in the cooling water

In a turbine lube-oil cooler which of the
following is kept at the highest pressure?
A. The water
B. The oil
C. The air
D. The steam

A bucket-type air pump has:
A. Two sets of valve

B. Three sets of valve
C. One set of valve
D. No valve

An Edwards-type air pump has:
A. No valves
B. Two sets of valves
C. Three sets of valves
D. One set of valves

Which of the following types of packing would
be used on steam joints?
A. Asbestos
B. Neoprene
C. Metallic
D. A or C

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