BPI TEST - BUILDING ANALYST
1. Energy and matter move
Answer from high concentrations to low concentrations.
2. Hot moves to
Answer cold.
3. High pressure moves to
Answer low pressure.
4. Wet moves to
Answer dry.
5. Energy
Answer The ability to bring about change or to do work.
6. BTU
Answer Amount of heat required to change 1 lb of water 1 degree F.
7. 1 gallon #2 fuel oil
Answer 139,000 BTU
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,8. 1 therm of natural gas
Answer 100,000 BTU
9. 1 kW of electricity
Answer 3,412 BTU
10. Bimetal
Answer Uses ditterent rates of expansion/contraction of 2 ditterent metals fused together.
11. T= Answer Ditterence in temperature from one place to another.
12. Conduction
Answer Heat flow from molecule to molecule in a solid.
13. Convection
Answer Heat flow by movement of fluids (liquids and gasses).
14. Radiation
Answer Heat flow across an empty space.
15. Thermal Bridging
Answer Rapid flow of heat, by conduction, through a highly conductive material in a building assembly.
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, 16. R
Answer Resistance to heat flow.
17. U
Answer Amount of heat (in BTU's) that transmits through 1 sq ft of material, or building assembly, in 1 hour when
there is a 1 degree temperature ditterence between the 2 sides.
18. Heat Transmission Formula
Answer q = U • A • T=
19. U
Answer Amount of heat a material or assembly allows to flow.
20. Solar gains depend on
Answer home's compass orientation.
21. Most energy efficient orientation is
Answer East-West of the long wall.
22. Heating Load
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1. Energy and matter move
Answer from high concentrations to low concentrations.
2. Hot moves to
Answer cold.
3. High pressure moves to
Answer low pressure.
4. Wet moves to
Answer dry.
5. Energy
Answer The ability to bring about change or to do work.
6. BTU
Answer Amount of heat required to change 1 lb of water 1 degree F.
7. 1 gallon #2 fuel oil
Answer 139,000 BTU
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,8. 1 therm of natural gas
Answer 100,000 BTU
9. 1 kW of electricity
Answer 3,412 BTU
10. Bimetal
Answer Uses ditterent rates of expansion/contraction of 2 ditterent metals fused together.
11. T= Answer Ditterence in temperature from one place to another.
12. Conduction
Answer Heat flow from molecule to molecule in a solid.
13. Convection
Answer Heat flow by movement of fluids (liquids and gasses).
14. Radiation
Answer Heat flow across an empty space.
15. Thermal Bridging
Answer Rapid flow of heat, by conduction, through a highly conductive material in a building assembly.
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, 16. R
Answer Resistance to heat flow.
17. U
Answer Amount of heat (in BTU's) that transmits through 1 sq ft of material, or building assembly, in 1 hour when
there is a 1 degree temperature ditterence between the 2 sides.
18. Heat Transmission Formula
Answer q = U • A • T=
19. U
Answer Amount of heat a material or assembly allows to flow.
20. Solar gains depend on
Answer home's compass orientation.
21. Most energy efficient orientation is
Answer East-West of the long wall.
22. Heating Load
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