CSIA ACTUAL FINALS ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔How does a positive pressure respirator work? - ✔✔A fan forces air into the mask
✔✔2 Fundamental tools for a chimney sweep - ✔✔Lights and mirrors
✔✔3 Must-have safety items - ✔✔Gloves, hearing protection, safety glasses
✔✔Before setting up a ladder you should... - ✔✔walk around perimeter to choose best
location
✔✔What should shoe soles be made of? - ✔✔soft sole / crepe or gum sole. NEVER
leather.
✔✔Ladders should be set up at what ratio? - ✔✔4:1
✔✔Best method of climbing ladders - ✔✔Climb with both hands on rails (sides)
✔✔Best way to avoid creosote related illness... - ✔✔Protect yourself from exposure
✔✔Animal hazards from raccoons, squirrels, and birds include: - ✔✔rabies, fleas, ticks,
bites, roundworms, and histoplasmosis
✔✔Hazards from stinging insects include: - ✔✔Allergic reactions and anaphylactic
shock
✔✔Progressive decrease of draft is an indication of: - ✔✔Development of blockage in
the flue
✔✔Open thimbles with pie plate covers should be made of what materials if not going to
be used? - ✔✔Brick and mortar
, ✔✔2 Names for the crown - ✔✔Splay or Wash
✔✔When sweeping from top, you should close or open the damper? - ✔✔close damper
- unless you think you will need to open it afterwards becaue of debris
✔✔Work from the bottom when sweeping a blocked flue because... - ✔✔allows gravity
to help remove softer mass of a clog
✔✔After cleaning a clogged flue, double check that... - ✔✔no obstructions still exist
✔✔To increase flue flow and decrease smoking out of the fireplace... - ✔✔Increase flue
size and decrease fireplace opening
✔✔Is soot/ash easier to brush or vacuum from a smoke shelf? - ✔✔vacuum
✔✔brick between flue liners is called a... - ✔✔wythe
✔✔best choice tool to sweep a factory built chimney - ✔✔rods with same diameter as
the flue and a soft brush
✔✔chimneys _______ be replaced if they have suffered extreme heat - ✔✔MUST
✔✔connector pipe from a stove inserts the flue, passing through a ______ and is
______ with the inside of the flue - ✔✔Thimble / Flush
✔✔illness related to creosote is directly correlated to what two factors? - ✔✔quality of
exposure / length of exposure (should keep exposure to a minimum to avoid
carcinogenic material)
✔✔sweep stove connector pipes inside or outside? - ✔✔outside
✔✔size of the connector should or should not be reduced for a wood burning stove? -
✔✔should not
✔✔one pound of pellets for a pellet stove should ideally produce how many BTUs? -
✔✔1 lb pellets = 8200 BTUs
✔✔good solution relative to damaged bricks in a wood stove is? - ✔✔use full bricks
from the floor of the fire box
✔✔a pipe that passes through a wall, goes up the wall, to a slanted cap, is called? -
✔✔snorkel vent
SET A+
✔✔How does a positive pressure respirator work? - ✔✔A fan forces air into the mask
✔✔2 Fundamental tools for a chimney sweep - ✔✔Lights and mirrors
✔✔3 Must-have safety items - ✔✔Gloves, hearing protection, safety glasses
✔✔Before setting up a ladder you should... - ✔✔walk around perimeter to choose best
location
✔✔What should shoe soles be made of? - ✔✔soft sole / crepe or gum sole. NEVER
leather.
✔✔Ladders should be set up at what ratio? - ✔✔4:1
✔✔Best method of climbing ladders - ✔✔Climb with both hands on rails (sides)
✔✔Best way to avoid creosote related illness... - ✔✔Protect yourself from exposure
✔✔Animal hazards from raccoons, squirrels, and birds include: - ✔✔rabies, fleas, ticks,
bites, roundworms, and histoplasmosis
✔✔Hazards from stinging insects include: - ✔✔Allergic reactions and anaphylactic
shock
✔✔Progressive decrease of draft is an indication of: - ✔✔Development of blockage in
the flue
✔✔Open thimbles with pie plate covers should be made of what materials if not going to
be used? - ✔✔Brick and mortar
, ✔✔2 Names for the crown - ✔✔Splay or Wash
✔✔When sweeping from top, you should close or open the damper? - ✔✔close damper
- unless you think you will need to open it afterwards becaue of debris
✔✔Work from the bottom when sweeping a blocked flue because... - ✔✔allows gravity
to help remove softer mass of a clog
✔✔After cleaning a clogged flue, double check that... - ✔✔no obstructions still exist
✔✔To increase flue flow and decrease smoking out of the fireplace... - ✔✔Increase flue
size and decrease fireplace opening
✔✔Is soot/ash easier to brush or vacuum from a smoke shelf? - ✔✔vacuum
✔✔brick between flue liners is called a... - ✔✔wythe
✔✔best choice tool to sweep a factory built chimney - ✔✔rods with same diameter as
the flue and a soft brush
✔✔chimneys _______ be replaced if they have suffered extreme heat - ✔✔MUST
✔✔connector pipe from a stove inserts the flue, passing through a ______ and is
______ with the inside of the flue - ✔✔Thimble / Flush
✔✔illness related to creosote is directly correlated to what two factors? - ✔✔quality of
exposure / length of exposure (should keep exposure to a minimum to avoid
carcinogenic material)
✔✔sweep stove connector pipes inside or outside? - ✔✔outside
✔✔size of the connector should or should not be reduced for a wood burning stove? -
✔✔should not
✔✔one pound of pellets for a pellet stove should ideally produce how many BTUs? -
✔✔1 lb pellets = 8200 BTUs
✔✔good solution relative to damaged bricks in a wood stove is? - ✔✔use full bricks
from the floor of the fire box
✔✔a pipe that passes through a wall, goes up the wall, to a slanted cap, is called? -
✔✔snorkel vent
