Passed
c - Answers 1. A straight tube longitudinal drum boiler with a chain grate stoker usually had:
a. One pass
b. Two passes
c. Three passes
d. Four passes
e. An internal furnace.
c - Answers 2. The Haycock boiler was:
a. A watertube unit
b. Of multiple flue gas pass design
c. Used around 1720
d. Of welded construction
e. A packaged unit.
e - Answers 3. When hot combustion gases travel through boiler tubes which are surrounded by the
boiler water, the boiler is called a:
a. Watertube boiler
b. Tubular boiler
c. Packaged boiler
d. Coil type boiler
e. Firetube boiler.
a - Answers 4. A characteristic that made early boilers very inefficient was:
a. Lack of heating surface
b. An excess of flat surfaces
c. The internal furnace
d. Lack of good quality fuels
, e. Inadequate water treatment.
b - Answers 5. Boiler structural strength must:
a. Be at least ten times the normal working pressure rating
b. Be at least equal to the various code requirements
c. Take into account only pressure values and not consider temperatures
d. Be increased if thinner metal is to be used
e. Be verified by the purchaser.
e - Answers 6. A _____ is a water filled section which surrounds the firebox in locomotive boilers.
a. Crown sheet
b. Boiler drum
c. Tell tale stay
d. Steam dome
e. Water leg.
e - Answers 7. The steam space of a boiler consists of the:
a. Highest portion of the heating surface
b. Portion of the boiler below the water line
c. Inside area of the economiser
d. Inside area of the superheater tubes
e. Portion of the boiler not filled with water.
b - Answers 8. The first boiler to have an internal furnace was the:
a. HRT boiler
b. Scotch Boiler
c. Longitudinal drum firetube boiler
d. Locomotive boiler
e. Watertube boiler.