HIGH PRESSURE STEAM EXAM NYC
1 The maximum blow down for a safety valve on a forced drift steam generator or high
temperature water boiler shall be of what percent of the set stress? - ANS-10%. HP Code:
14-nine.12
2 How is the Main Steam pressure gauges tested? - ANS-With an Inspectors Gage. HP Code:
14-nine.21, 14-10.19/NYC Mech:1011.2
3 Who oversees the code for any plumbing installations? - ANS-The NYC Plumbing Code NYC
Mech: 1002.1
four When will anchorage or guides be inspected? - ANS-Annually. NYC Mech: 1210.3.1.2
5 How many brass washout plugs does a miniature boiler have? - ANS-Not less than 3 Brass
Washout Plugs 1 inches in size. HP Code 14-eleven.Five
6 How often are high pressure piping growth joints inspected? - ANS-Weekly RCNY: 20-02 a.2.I
(HP steam piping). NYC Mech: 1210.3.1 (hydronics - monthly)
7 How lengthy should a Hydronic System be pressure examined for? - ANS-2 hours at no much
less than 100 PSIG. NYC Mech: 1208.1
eight How is a gauge covered from immoderate pressure? - ANS-Shut off Cock RCNY: 20-03
c,7
nine Who is allowed in witnessing a test on a gasoline piping machine? - ANS-Plumbing
Inspector, Architect, Licensed PE, Master Plumber, or Agency with the aid of the D.O.B RCNY
20-01 a,1,2
10 How need to a faraway disconnect be categorised? - ANS-Remote manage for burner. NYC
Mech: 1006.8.1
11 When is a fusible plug no longer had to be installed on a boiler? - ANS-Over two hundred
PSIG. HP Code: 14-10.17, b
12 When shall a electricity boiler with a MAWP over four hundred be tested? - ANS-Pressure
tested yearly ( protection valve). HP Code: 14-9.7, a,2
,thirteen What shall a Design plan of a boiler and application contain however no longer
restricted to? - ANS-Size + Location, Operating Pressure + Temperature of the Pressure vessel,
and Type + Specification of Pressure Relief.
14 Who is responsible for maintaining the copies of the certified welder qualifications
document? - ANS-Copies of the licensed welder qualification document she'll be maintained by
means of the accountable WELDING AGENCY and the corporation acting the welding, and will
be made available upon request to the DOB. RCNY: 20-02, b,2v,/22-01,d,5. HP Code: 14-3.7
15 Who desires to grant a manipulate diagram and boiler operation instructions? - ANS-The
Installer. NYC Mech: 1004.7
sixteen Who will certify and calibrate all gauges utilized for checking out? - ANS-All gauges
utilized for trying out shall be calibrated and certified yearly according with ASME B40.A
hundred by using the test operathor. NYC Mech: 1011.2
17 What will be placed in among specific joints and piping cloth? - ANS-An approved Adapter
Fitting NYC Mech: 1203.1.2
18 What gadgets are exempt from the reporting requirements? - ANS-Exemptions: (1) the
installation of backing rings in handhole or manhole openings or the building up of same; and
(2) the seal welding of tubes to the tube sheet. HP Code: 14-three.Four, b, 1-2
19. Who could be beneath control for any welding performed to a High-strain tank? - ANS-The
welding will be beneath controlled inspection of an ENGINEER, supervising a welding
inspection organization suited to the DOB RCNY: 22-01 d,2
20 At what stress is it required to have more heavy valves mounted? - ANS-HP Code:
14-10.21b / 14-9.2,b
21 The -------------- documents an software for a boiler alteration - ANS-Inspector HP Code:
14-3.Three c, 2, ii
22 How many safety valves does a boiler have with over 500 square feet of heating floor? -
ANS-At least 2 HP Code: 14-nine.4a
23 Gas fired Boilers now not exceeding 100 rectangular toes of heating floor shall de provided
with a ? - ANS-Single or Double Cone form of Hood Diverter within the stack HP Code: 14-6.2
24 A heater for both liquid fuels or different liquids dangerous to the boiler shall now not be
installed? - ANS-Directly in the steam or water space within a boiler. HP Code: 14-five.1
25 Who is answerable for any spatial courting between tanks and gasoline offerings? - ANS-The
Installer of the closing set up to correct the violation. RCNY: 22-01, c,three
, 27 With what protection becoming shall you defend High Pressure Steam and Water boilers
with? - ANS-DUAL Low Water Cut Outs. NYC Mech: 1007.1. HP Code: 14- 1. 14, a
28 Spring loaded protection valves have a complete mixed relieve capacity of? - ANS-100% of
the Max Designed Capacity of the Boiler. HP Code: 14-9.5, b
29 What is the overall blended relieving capability of strength actuated relieving valves? -
ANS-NO LESS THAN 10% of the MAWP or NO HIGHER THAN 20% ABOVE the MAWP. HP
Code: 14-nine.5, a, b
30 What is the minimal blowdown for a spring-loaded safety valve? - ANS-2%. HP Code:
14-9.12
31 When a boiler is de-rated what changes? - ANS-The MAWP Decreases and the BTU Output.
HP Code: 14-three.21, a
32 In Hydronic piping systems where shall a shutoff valve be established? - ANS-Shutoff valves
shall be mounted on both facets of a strain-lowering valve. NYC Mech: 1205.1.4
33 Hydronic piping joints among steel tubing and fittings will be? - ANS-Mechanical or Welded
NYC Mech: 1203.14
34 What appears at the plate of a boiler? - ANS-Serial #, Name of Manufacturer, Serial # of
manufacturer, MAWP, Heating Surface, Year Built, and Rated Steam Capacity. HP Code:
14-nine.43, d (1-6)
35 Waste Gas removal of a boiler shall conduct the goods of combustion where? - ANS-To the
surroundings. HP Code: 14-6.1
36 When a quick final valve creates water hammer what's established on the road? - ANS-An
engineered water-hammer arrestor shall be set up. NYC Mech: 1206.7
37 Safety valve ability may be checked in what 3 ways? - ANS-Accumulation Test, Amount of
Fuel Burned, Evaporative Capacity of Feed water. HP Code: 14-10.14 (1-3)
39 No joint anchorages or courses shall be repaired replaced or relocated with out a work
permit issued with the aid of the department this shall now not practice to the acquire king of a
_____________________ or ___________________ joint. - ANS-Ball or Slip Joints. RCNY:
20-02, a ,3
40 Internal high pressure inspection requires the boiler to be
__________________,_____________________,_____________________ and
1 The maximum blow down for a safety valve on a forced drift steam generator or high
temperature water boiler shall be of what percent of the set stress? - ANS-10%. HP Code:
14-nine.12
2 How is the Main Steam pressure gauges tested? - ANS-With an Inspectors Gage. HP Code:
14-nine.21, 14-10.19/NYC Mech:1011.2
3 Who oversees the code for any plumbing installations? - ANS-The NYC Plumbing Code NYC
Mech: 1002.1
four When will anchorage or guides be inspected? - ANS-Annually. NYC Mech: 1210.3.1.2
5 How many brass washout plugs does a miniature boiler have? - ANS-Not less than 3 Brass
Washout Plugs 1 inches in size. HP Code 14-eleven.Five
6 How often are high pressure piping growth joints inspected? - ANS-Weekly RCNY: 20-02 a.2.I
(HP steam piping). NYC Mech: 1210.3.1 (hydronics - monthly)
7 How lengthy should a Hydronic System be pressure examined for? - ANS-2 hours at no much
less than 100 PSIG. NYC Mech: 1208.1
eight How is a gauge covered from immoderate pressure? - ANS-Shut off Cock RCNY: 20-03
c,7
nine Who is allowed in witnessing a test on a gasoline piping machine? - ANS-Plumbing
Inspector, Architect, Licensed PE, Master Plumber, or Agency with the aid of the D.O.B RCNY
20-01 a,1,2
10 How need to a faraway disconnect be categorised? - ANS-Remote manage for burner. NYC
Mech: 1006.8.1
11 When is a fusible plug no longer had to be installed on a boiler? - ANS-Over two hundred
PSIG. HP Code: 14-10.17, b
12 When shall a electricity boiler with a MAWP over four hundred be tested? - ANS-Pressure
tested yearly ( protection valve). HP Code: 14-9.7, a,2
,thirteen What shall a Design plan of a boiler and application contain however no longer
restricted to? - ANS-Size + Location, Operating Pressure + Temperature of the Pressure vessel,
and Type + Specification of Pressure Relief.
14 Who is responsible for maintaining the copies of the certified welder qualifications
document? - ANS-Copies of the licensed welder qualification document she'll be maintained by
means of the accountable WELDING AGENCY and the corporation acting the welding, and will
be made available upon request to the DOB. RCNY: 20-02, b,2v,/22-01,d,5. HP Code: 14-3.7
15 Who desires to grant a manipulate diagram and boiler operation instructions? - ANS-The
Installer. NYC Mech: 1004.7
sixteen Who will certify and calibrate all gauges utilized for checking out? - ANS-All gauges
utilized for trying out shall be calibrated and certified yearly according with ASME B40.A
hundred by using the test operathor. NYC Mech: 1011.2
17 What will be placed in among specific joints and piping cloth? - ANS-An approved Adapter
Fitting NYC Mech: 1203.1.2
18 What gadgets are exempt from the reporting requirements? - ANS-Exemptions: (1) the
installation of backing rings in handhole or manhole openings or the building up of same; and
(2) the seal welding of tubes to the tube sheet. HP Code: 14-three.Four, b, 1-2
19. Who could be beneath control for any welding performed to a High-strain tank? - ANS-The
welding will be beneath controlled inspection of an ENGINEER, supervising a welding
inspection organization suited to the DOB RCNY: 22-01 d,2
20 At what stress is it required to have more heavy valves mounted? - ANS-HP Code:
14-10.21b / 14-9.2,b
21 The -------------- documents an software for a boiler alteration - ANS-Inspector HP Code:
14-3.Three c, 2, ii
22 How many safety valves does a boiler have with over 500 square feet of heating floor? -
ANS-At least 2 HP Code: 14-nine.4a
23 Gas fired Boilers now not exceeding 100 rectangular toes of heating floor shall de provided
with a ? - ANS-Single or Double Cone form of Hood Diverter within the stack HP Code: 14-6.2
24 A heater for both liquid fuels or different liquids dangerous to the boiler shall now not be
installed? - ANS-Directly in the steam or water space within a boiler. HP Code: 14-five.1
25 Who is answerable for any spatial courting between tanks and gasoline offerings? - ANS-The
Installer of the closing set up to correct the violation. RCNY: 22-01, c,three
, 27 With what protection becoming shall you defend High Pressure Steam and Water boilers
with? - ANS-DUAL Low Water Cut Outs. NYC Mech: 1007.1. HP Code: 14- 1. 14, a
28 Spring loaded protection valves have a complete mixed relieve capacity of? - ANS-100% of
the Max Designed Capacity of the Boiler. HP Code: 14-9.5, b
29 What is the overall blended relieving capability of strength actuated relieving valves? -
ANS-NO LESS THAN 10% of the MAWP or NO HIGHER THAN 20% ABOVE the MAWP. HP
Code: 14-nine.5, a, b
30 What is the minimal blowdown for a spring-loaded safety valve? - ANS-2%. HP Code:
14-9.12
31 When a boiler is de-rated what changes? - ANS-The MAWP Decreases and the BTU Output.
HP Code: 14-three.21, a
32 In Hydronic piping systems where shall a shutoff valve be established? - ANS-Shutoff valves
shall be mounted on both facets of a strain-lowering valve. NYC Mech: 1205.1.4
33 Hydronic piping joints among steel tubing and fittings will be? - ANS-Mechanical or Welded
NYC Mech: 1203.14
34 What appears at the plate of a boiler? - ANS-Serial #, Name of Manufacturer, Serial # of
manufacturer, MAWP, Heating Surface, Year Built, and Rated Steam Capacity. HP Code:
14-nine.43, d (1-6)
35 Waste Gas removal of a boiler shall conduct the goods of combustion where? - ANS-To the
surroundings. HP Code: 14-6.1
36 When a quick final valve creates water hammer what's established on the road? - ANS-An
engineered water-hammer arrestor shall be set up. NYC Mech: 1206.7
37 Safety valve ability may be checked in what 3 ways? - ANS-Accumulation Test, Amount of
Fuel Burned, Evaporative Capacity of Feed water. HP Code: 14-10.14 (1-3)
39 No joint anchorages or courses shall be repaired replaced or relocated with out a work
permit issued with the aid of the department this shall now not practice to the acquire king of a
_____________________ or ___________________ joint. - ANS-Ball or Slip Joints. RCNY:
20-02, a ,3
40 Internal high pressure inspection requires the boiler to be
__________________,_____________________,_____________________ and
