OIL BURNER LICENSE EXAM 2025

An indirect fired Appliance intended to supply heated air for space Heating and other purposes but not intended for permanent installation - Correct Ans-Air heater An electrical switch designed to prove that the proper draft has been established by the power Venter or burner and allows the burner to operate. It will de-energize the burner control circuit preventing the burner from operating, if the power venter or burner is not performing to satisfaction. - Correct Ans-Air pressure switch A primary safety control that causes the flow of fuel to be shut off upon a rise in fuel level or upon receiving excess Fuel, and which operates before the Hazardous discharge of fuel can occur. - Correct Ans-Anti flooding device Appliances in which materials are heated or melted at temperatures not exceeding 600°F (316°C) and if not larger than 100 cu ft (2.8 m3) not including any blower equipment and blower compartment. - Correct Ans-Low heat industrial Appliance Appliances operating at over 50 PSIG (345 kPa) pressure when such Appliance is larger than 100 cu ft (2.8 m3) in size. Aswell as other medium-heat appliances in accordance with recognized good practice. - Correct Ans-Medium heat industrial appliance An industrial Appliance larger than 100 cu ft (2.8 m3) in size, and other furnaces classified as high-heat appliances in accordance with recognized good practice. - Correct Ans-High heat industrial Appliance A standard form issued for use in all jurisdictions throughout the Commonwealth. - Correct Ans-Application permit/Certificate of Completion Unless otherwise indicated listed or approved by a nationally recognized testing Laboratory - Correct Ans-Approved The State Fire Marshal or his designee - Correct Ans-Authority having jurisdiction A closed vessel in which water is heated, steam is generated, steam is superheated, or any combination thereof, by the application of heat from combustible fuels in a self contained or attached furnace - Correct Ans-Boiler A boiler for generating steam at pressures in excess of 15 psi (103 kPa) or for heating water to a temperature in excess of 250° F (121°C) or at a pressure in excess of 160 PSI (1103 kPa) - Correct Ans-Boiler, High Pressure OIL OIL A low pressure hot water boiler having a volume not exceeding 120 gal (454 L) or a heat input exceeding 200,000 BTU per hour (58.6 kW) or an operating temperature exceeding 200° F (93°C) that provides hot water to be used externally to itself - Correct Ans-Boiler hot water supply A boiler for generating steam at pressures not in excess of 15 PSIG (103 kPa) or for Furnishing water at a temperature not in excess of 250° F (121°C) pressure's not in excess of 160 PSIG (1103 kPa) - Correct Ans-Boiler, low pressure A burner equipped so that the main burner fuel may be turned on and ignited automatically - Correct Ans-Burner automatically ignited A burner equipped so that main burner fuel is used on only by hand and ignited under supervision - Correct Ans-Burner manually ignited A burner that includes a power-driven fan, blower, or other mechanism as the primary means for supplying the air for combustion - Correct Ans-Burner Mechanical Draft Type A burner that depends primarily upon the natural draft created in the chimney or venting system to induce the air required for combustion into the burner - Correct Ans-Burner Natural Draft Type A stationary heating appliance compromising the following classifications: boilers, central furnaces, floor furnaces, and wall furnaces. A floor-mounted unit heater to be connected to a duct system is classified also as a central heating appliance. - Correct Ans-Central heating Appliance A system of piping through which oil is supplied from a separate central supply tank or tanks to more than one building, mobile home, recreational vehicle or other structure - Correct Ans-Centralized Oil Distribution System A standard form issued for use in all jurisdictions throughout the Commonwealth. - Correct Ans-Certificate of Completion Chimneys shall extend not less than 2 feet (610 mm) higher than any portion of a building within 10 feet (3048 mm), but shall be not less than 3 feet (914 mm) above the highest point where the chimney passes through the roof. - Correct Ans-Chimney The pipe that connects a fuel-burning appliance to a chimney. - Correct Ans-Chimney Connector The distance between a heat-producing appliance, chimney, chimney connector, vent, vent connector, or plenum and other surfaces - Correct Ans-Clearance OIL OIL Material made of or surfaced with wood, compressed paper, plant fibers, plastics, or other material that will ignite and burn, whether flame-proofed or not, or whether plastered or unplastered - Correct Ans-Combustible Material Any space whose volume is less than 50 cubic feet per 1,000 Btu/hr (4.8m3 per kW) of aggregate input rating of all fuel-burning appliances installed therein - Correct Ans Confined Space A device for maintaining within a resevoir a constant level of oil fuel for delivery to an oil burner - Correct Ans-Constant Level Valve An automatic safety control responsive to changes in fluid flow or level, pressure or temperature, and which is normally set beyond the operating range for limiting the operation of the controlled equipment by shutting off the energy supply - Correct Ans Control, Limit A safety control responsive directly to flame properties, sensing the presence or absense of flame and, in the event of ignition failure or unintentional flame extinguishment, causing safety shutdown - Correct Ans-Control, Primary Safety (Combustion Safeguard) Automatic controls that are intended to prevent unsafe operation of the controlled equipment - Correct Ans-Control, Safety Valve or plate for controlling draft or the flow of gases, including air - Correct Ans Damper A fuel-burning appliance in which the products of combustion (flue gases) are mixed with the medium (air) being heated - Correct Ans-Direct-Fired Appliance A system consisting of an appliance, combustion air and flue gas connections between the appliance and the outside atmosphere, and a vent cap supplied by the manufacturer, and constructed so that all air for combustion is obtained from the outside atmosphere and all flue gases are discharged to the outside atmosphere - Correct Ans Direct Vent Appliance A power operated fan, blower, or other device installed in the chimney connector to increase the natural draft developed in the connected chimney - Correct Ans-Draft Booster A device built into a fuel-burning appliance or made a part of a chimney connector or vent connector, which functions to reduce excessive draft through an appliance to a desired value by admitting ambient air into the appliance chimney, chimney connector, vent or vent connector - Correct Ans-Draft Regulator, Barometric OIL OIL A fire-resistance-rated wall having protected openings, which restricts the spread of fire and extends continuously from the foundation to or through the roof, with sufficient structural stability under fire conditions to allow collapse of construction on either side without collapse of the wall - Correct Ans-Fire Wall That portion of an appliance designed for the attachment of a draft hood, vent connector or venting system - Correct Ans-Flue Collar Any oil as specified by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standard D396-90, Standard Specification for Fuel Oils; or ASTM D6751-02, Standard Specification of Biodiesel Fuel (B100) Blend Stock for Distillate Fuels - Correct Ans-Fuel Oil A self-contained indirect-fired or electrically heated appliance designed to supply heated air through ducts to spaces remote from or adjacent to the appliance location - Correct Ans-Furnace, Central Warm-Air Acentral - Correct Ans-Gravity-type Central Furnace A central furnace equipped with a fan as an integral part of its construction and operable on gravity systems only, fan is only used to overcome the internal resistance to air flow - Correct Ans-Gravity-type Central Furnace with Integral Fan A central furnace equipped with a booster fan that does not materially restrict free circulation of air by gravity flow when such a fan is not in operation - Correct Ans Gravity-type Central Furnace with Booster Fan A central furnace equipped with a fan that provides the primary means for circulation of air - Correct Ans-Forced-Air-type Central Furnace A furnace designed with air flow through the furnace essentially in a horizontal - Correct Ans-Horizontal-type Central Furnace A furnace designed with air flow essentially in a vertical path, discharging air at or near the top of the furnace - Correct Ans-Upflow-type Central Furnace A furnace designed with air flow essentially in a vertical path, discharging air at or near the bottom of the furnace - Correct Ans-Downflow-type Central Furnace A central furnace designed for installation in a duct of an air distribution system to supply warm air for heating and that depends on the air for circulation on a blower not furnished as part of the furnace - Correct Ans-Furnace, Duct A self-contained indirect-fired or electrically heated furnace designed to be suspended from the floor of the space to be heated. a fuel-burning floor furnace is designed to take OIL OIL air for combustion from outside the space being heated and is provided with means for observing flame and lighting the appliance from such space - Correct Ans-Furnace, Floor A low-, medium- or high-heat appliance classified in accordance with its character and size and the temperatures developed in the portions thereof where substances or materials are heated for baking, drying, roasting, melting, vaporizing, or other purposes - Correct Ans-Furnace, Stationary-type Industrial The amount of oil that will occupy on standard U.S. Gal (231 cu in.) at a temperature of 60°F (16°C) - Correct Ans-Gallon of Oil A burner which receives its oil supply by static head due to elevation of the supply source - Correct Ans-Gravity Feed Burner A heat exchanger intended to be installed in a chimney connector, between a heating appliance and the chimney, to transfer heat from the flue gases through metal to air or water - Correct Ans-Heat Reclaimer (Chimney Connector Type) An oil-fired appliance not intended for central heating. These appliances include kerosene stoves, oil stoves, and conversion range oil burners - Correct Ans-Heating and Cooking Appliance A fuel-burning appliance in which products of combustion (flue gas) are not mixed in the appliance with the medium (air) being heated - Correct Ans-Indirect-Fired Appliance The complete setting-in-place, ready for operation of an oil burning appliance together with its accessories and equipment, or any change in an existing oil burner installation (Cleanings and nozzle, filter, pump, transformer or motor replacement are not considered installations) - Correct Ans-Installation A universal, unified, self-consistent system of measurement units based on the MKS (meter, kilogram, second) system - Correct Ans-International System of Units (SI Units) A vented, self-contained, self-supporting kerosene burning range or room heater - Correct Ans-Kerosene Stove Equipment or materials to which has been attached a label, symbol, or other identifying mark of an organization that is acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction and concerned with product evaluation, that maintains periodic inspection of production of labeled equipment or materials, and by whose labeling the manufacturer indicates compliance with appropriate standards or performance in a specified manner. - Correct Ans-Labeled OIL OIL Equipment or materials included in a list published by an organization acceptable to the marshal and concerned with product evaluation, that maintains periodic inspection of production of listed equipment or materials and whose listing states either that the equipment or material meets appropriate standards or performance in a specified manner - Correct Ans-Listed The State Fire Marshal - Correct Ans-Marshal An organization which tests for safety and lists, labels or accepts equipment or materials and which meets the criteria 527 CMR 49.00, Appendix C. - Correct Ans Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory A device for burning oil in heating appliances such as boilers, furnaces, water heaters, ranges, and the like. A burner of this type may be furnished with or without a primary safety control; and it may be a pressure atomizing gun type, a horizontal or vertical rotary type, or a mechanical or natural draft vaporizing type - Correct Ans-Oil Burner A listed oil burner of any type with listed electrical or mechanical operating and safety controls including its own tank, piping, wiring, controls and related devices and including all oil burners, oil-fired units, and heating and cooking appliances - Correct Ans-Oil Burner Installation A self-contained, free standing, above-the-floor indirect-fired appliance equipped with one or more oil burners. It may be equipped with an integral oil tank or may be designed for connection to a separate oil supply tank - Correct Ans-Oil Burning Stove An appliance equipped with one or more oil burners and all the necessary safety controls, electrical equipment and related equipment manufactured for assembly as a complete unit. This definition does not include kerosene or oil stoves - Correct Ans-Oil Fired Unit (A) when installed at the supply tank in gravity feed oil systems, prevents the flow of oil should the supply line to the burner rupture or break (B) And protects the oil burner pump from input pressure exceeding three PSI - Correct Ans-Oil Safety Valve Any permit required by 527 CMR 4.00 and issued by the head of the fire department under the authority of M.G.L. c. 148. 10A, 23, 24 - Correct Ans-Permit An electrical control that is designed to allow the power venter or burner to operate after the burner flame has shut off, thus purging the vent system and heating appliance of combustion gases - Correct Ans-Post Purge Control OIL An electrically operated mechanical fan that is designed and listed to produce a negative draft at the heating appliance to exhaust combustion gases - Correct Ans Power Venter A pump, not an integral part of an oil burner, that automatically pumps oil from the supply tank and delivers the oil by gravity under a constant head to the oil burning appliance. it is also designed to stop automatically in case of total breakage of the oil supply line between the pump and the appliance - Correct Ans-Pump, Automatic Oil An oil pump, automaticcally or manually operated, that transfers oil through continuous piping from a supply tank to an oil-burning appliance or to an auxilary tank, and that is not designed to stop pumping automatically in case of total breakage of the oil supply line between the pump and the appliance - Correct Ans-Pump, Oil Transfer An appliance intended primarily for cooking, including roasting, baking, or broiling or any combination of these functions - Correct Ans-Range A gravity-feed sleeve-type oil burner having non-adjustable wicks designed for installation in a stove used primarily for cooking - Correct Ans-Range Oil Burner Capable of being reached easily and quickly for operation, maintenance, and inspection