Oil burner License Study Guide ( Massachusetts ) Questions
With Complete Solutions
A boiler has been flooded by recent rain. What would be the
most common problem for a burner as a result Correct Answers
Electrical damage
A high limit operates be sensing what in a hot water boiler?
Correct Answers Temperature
A hot water boiler is showing 12 psi, How far will it raise the
water? Correct Answers 28ft
A Hot Water Boiler needs a low water cut off if over 300,000
B.T.U's? Correct Answers False
A hot water system where the t stat controls only the circulator
and has no direct connection to the burner is an integrated
system Correct Answers False
A storage tank more then ________ capacity, other then an
outside above ground tank! shall be filled only through a pipe
which terminates outside the building Correct Answers 60
Gallons
A typical residential oil burner is also s/u to run Kerosene True?
Or False? Correct Answers False
After a Thermostat has been installed what should be checked?
Correct Answers Level, Heat Anticipator, Calibration
, After installing a new steam boiler there is oil mixed with water
what do you do? Correct Answers You skim the water in the
boiler
Air trapped in the nozzle line can cause what? Correct Answers
Smokey after drip
All hot water boilers must use what to control expansion.
Correct Answers Expansion tank
An oil burner tank must be how many feet minimum from an oil
burner? Correct Answers 5 Feet Minimum
At what height ceiling would a second thermal switch be
required? Correct Answers 12'
Before installing a new nozzle you should what? Correct
Answers Flush out connector line.
Can material other then steel be used for construction of a light
fuel oil tank? Correct Answers Yes if Approved
Carbon monoxide is a result of what? Correct Answers
Incomplete combustion
Draft measurements are taken in what? Correct Answers Inches
of water column
Electrical energy is supplied to this device so it perform curtain
functions Correct Answers Load
With Complete Solutions
A boiler has been flooded by recent rain. What would be the
most common problem for a burner as a result Correct Answers
Electrical damage
A high limit operates be sensing what in a hot water boiler?
Correct Answers Temperature
A hot water boiler is showing 12 psi, How far will it raise the
water? Correct Answers 28ft
A Hot Water Boiler needs a low water cut off if over 300,000
B.T.U's? Correct Answers False
A hot water system where the t stat controls only the circulator
and has no direct connection to the burner is an integrated
system Correct Answers False
A storage tank more then ________ capacity, other then an
outside above ground tank! shall be filled only through a pipe
which terminates outside the building Correct Answers 60
Gallons
A typical residential oil burner is also s/u to run Kerosene True?
Or False? Correct Answers False
After a Thermostat has been installed what should be checked?
Correct Answers Level, Heat Anticipator, Calibration
, After installing a new steam boiler there is oil mixed with water
what do you do? Correct Answers You skim the water in the
boiler
Air trapped in the nozzle line can cause what? Correct Answers
Smokey after drip
All hot water boilers must use what to control expansion.
Correct Answers Expansion tank
An oil burner tank must be how many feet minimum from an oil
burner? Correct Answers 5 Feet Minimum
At what height ceiling would a second thermal switch be
required? Correct Answers 12'
Before installing a new nozzle you should what? Correct
Answers Flush out connector line.
Can material other then steel be used for construction of a light
fuel oil tank? Correct Answers Yes if Approved
Carbon monoxide is a result of what? Correct Answers
Incomplete combustion
Draft measurements are taken in what? Correct Answers Inches
of water column
Electrical energy is supplied to this device so it perform curtain
functions Correct Answers Load
