ABSA 3A2 – Comprehensive Reviewer with Accurate Answers

A2 ABSA Reviewer questions with accurate answers
1. Qualified and authorized Boiler and Pressure Manufacturers must be
registered with
the:
a. National Board
b. Canadian Standards Association
c. American National Standards Institute
d. Provincial Boilers & Pressure Vessel Safety Branch
e. Association of Chief Inspectors Ans✓✓✓ a. National Board


2. With the written permission from the Director a power engineer may:
a. be the chief only one low pressure steam plant
b. be the chief of several plants of any capacity
c. be the chief of 4 or 5 high pressure steam plants
d. be the chief of 2 or 3 low pressure steam plants
e. be the chief of several high pressure steam plants if within 10
kilometer
distance Ans✓✓✓ b. be the chief of several plants of any capacity


3. A Third Class Power engineer may be the chief of a low pressure
steam plant not
exceeding:
a. 500 meter square of boiler heating surface
b. 750 meter square of boiler heating surface

,c. 800 meter square of boiler heating surface
d. 1000 meter square of boiler heating surface
e. 600 meter square of boiler heating surface Ans✓✓✓ b. 750 meter
square of boiler heating surface


4. The purpose of boiler and pressure vessel safety legislation is to:
a. license power engineers
b. safeguard life and property
c. reduce plant operating costs
d. specify boiler design parameters
e. generate revenue for government Ans✓✓✓ b. safeguard life and
property


5. The categories of Welder's Certificates of Competency are Grades:
a. A, B
b. A, B, C, D
c. B, C
d. A, B, C and provisional
e. A, B, C Ans✓✓✓ d. A, B, C and provisional


6.The Power Engineers and Boiler and pressure vessel Safety Act does
not apply to:
a. a high pressure steam boiler with heating surface of 2 meters square
b. a low pressure steam boiler with heating surface of 3 meters square

,c. a boiler used to heat a building that contains only 6 or fewer self
Ans✓✓✓ contained
residential units
d. a pressure vessel that is 152 mm or less in diameter and 0.0425 meter
cube
or less in volume
e. a pressure vessel that is constructed so that it is capable of being used
only at
a pressure of 103 kPa or less
-b. a low pressure steam boiler with heating surface of 3 meters square


7. The name of the legislation that deals with boilers and pressure
vessels is called the:
a. Boiler and Pressure Vessels Act
b. Power Engineers and Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act
c. Boilers and Power Engineers Safety Act
d. Boiler and Elevating Devices Safety Act
e. Power Boiler and Pressure Vessels Safety Act Ans✓✓✓ b. Power
Engineers and Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act


8. The Third Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency qualifies the
holder to be the
Chief Engineer and in charge of the general care and operation of a
power plant not
exceeding:

, a. the capacity of 500 square meter of heating surface
b. the capacity of 400 square meter of heating surface
c. the capacity of 1000 square meter of heating surface
d. the capacity of 250 square meter of heating surface
e. the capacity of 750 square meter of heating surface Ans✓✓✓ d. the
capacity of 250 square meter of heating surface


9. A pressure vessel which has the Canadian Registration Number
B0635.234 stamped
on it would have its design registered in:
a. British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario
b. Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia
c. Saskatchewan, Alberta and Ontario
d. Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
e. Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island Ans✓✓✓ d.
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba


10. When testing a safety valve that is set for 300 psig (2068 kPa gauge)
by means of
the lifting lever, the pressure in the boiler be at least:
a. 75 psig (517 kPa)
b. 150 psig (1034 kPa)
c. 225 psig (1551 kPa)
d. 300 psig (2068 kPa)