National Fuel Gas Code – Questions With
Complete Answers
What does NFPA stand for? Correct Ans - National Fire
Protection Association
NFPA 54 is a safety code? Correct Ans - Yes
Coverage in this code NFPA 54 shall extend from _______ to ___________.
Correct Ans - the point of delivery to the appliance?
The max operating pressure of piping systems covered under this
code shall be ________. Correct Ans - 125 psig.
ASME stands for _________. Correct Ans - American Society of
Mechanical Engineers.
ASTM stands for _____. Correct Ans - American Society for
Testing Materials.
MSS stands for __________. Correct Ans - Manufacturing Society
for Standardization of the Valve and Fitting Industry.
MSS SP-58 is the title of a publication, published by the
Manufacturers Standardization Society of the Valve and Fitting
Industry, entitled _________. Correct Ans - Pipe Hangers and
Supports--Materials, Design and Manufacture.
UL stands for ______. Correct Ans - Underwriters Laboratories
Inc.
NFPA 70 is the _______. Correct Ans - National Electric Code.
, Approved Correct Ans - Acceptable to the Authority having
jurisdiction.
Authority having Jurisdiction Correct Ans - An Organization,
office or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of a
code or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, and
installation or procedure.
Listed Correct Ans - Equiptment, materials or services
included in a list published and approved by an organization that is
acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.
Venting System Correct Ans - A continuous open passageway
from the flue collar or draft hood of an appliance to the outdoors for
the purpose of removing flue or vent gases.
A column of water 100' high will exert ____ psig at it's base. Correct
Ans - 43.4
A piping offset of 12" will have a travel of _____. Correct Ans -
17"
A cylindrical tank with a diameter of 4' which is 5' long contains
how many cubic feet? Correct Ans - 62.8 cu. ft
(diameter squared times .785 times height)
1 inch equals how many millimeters? Correct Ans - 25.4
water weighs ______ lbs. Correct Ans - 8.33
The UA was founded in what year? Correct Ans - 1889.
Complete Answers
What does NFPA stand for? Correct Ans - National Fire
Protection Association
NFPA 54 is a safety code? Correct Ans - Yes
Coverage in this code NFPA 54 shall extend from _______ to ___________.
Correct Ans - the point of delivery to the appliance?
The max operating pressure of piping systems covered under this
code shall be ________. Correct Ans - 125 psig.
ASME stands for _________. Correct Ans - American Society of
Mechanical Engineers.
ASTM stands for _____. Correct Ans - American Society for
Testing Materials.
MSS stands for __________. Correct Ans - Manufacturing Society
for Standardization of the Valve and Fitting Industry.
MSS SP-58 is the title of a publication, published by the
Manufacturers Standardization Society of the Valve and Fitting
Industry, entitled _________. Correct Ans - Pipe Hangers and
Supports--Materials, Design and Manufacture.
UL stands for ______. Correct Ans - Underwriters Laboratories
Inc.
NFPA 70 is the _______. Correct Ans - National Electric Code.
, Approved Correct Ans - Acceptable to the Authority having
jurisdiction.
Authority having Jurisdiction Correct Ans - An Organization,
office or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of a
code or standard, or for approving equipment, materials, and
installation or procedure.
Listed Correct Ans - Equiptment, materials or services
included in a list published and approved by an organization that is
acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.
Venting System Correct Ans - A continuous open passageway
from the flue collar or draft hood of an appliance to the outdoors for
the purpose of removing flue or vent gases.
A column of water 100' high will exert ____ psig at it's base. Correct
Ans - 43.4
A piping offset of 12" will have a travel of _____. Correct Ans -
17"
A cylindrical tank with a diameter of 4' which is 5' long contains
how many cubic feet? Correct Ans - 62.8 cu. ft
(diameter squared times .785 times height)
1 inch equals how many millimeters? Correct Ans - 25.4
water weighs ______ lbs. Correct Ans - 8.33
The UA was founded in what year? Correct Ans - 1889.
