FDNY A35 (Latest 2026) Complete Questions
and 100% Correct Answers (verified)
• What are air compressors used to power? -✓✓Industrial equipment and construction
tools
• What pressure compressor require a certificate holder to operate? -✓✓100+ psi
• What are two examples of tools air compressors power? -✓✓Pneumatic wrenches and
air lifts in automobile repair shops
• What are the 4 types of air compressors? -✓✓Reciprocating, centrifugal, rotary, and
solar
• How can air compressors be powered? -✓✓Electric motors, internal combustion
engines, and steam turbines
• What can be done to prevent flammable gasses from entering air compressors? -
✓✓Position the compressor 5 feet above ground
• What does the compression chamber consist of? -✓✓A piston inside of a cylinder
• When the piston moves downward, what happens to the intake valve? -✓✓It
automatically opens and air is drawn into the cylinder
• When air is compressed and the intake valve is close, which direction is the piston
moving? -✓✓It is moving upward
• When pressure reaches a certain level, what happens with the discharge valve? -✓✓It
opens to allow air into the receiver
• What is a single stage compressor? -✓✓A compressor that pumps air into the receiver
after one step of compression from one or more cylinders and pistons.
• What is a multistage compressor? -✓✓A compressor that discharges air between
multiple cylinders before finally reaching the receiver, reaching a new level of
compression after passing each cylinder
• What happens to air when it is compressed? -✓✓It becomes heated
• What cools the air after it's been compressed? -✓✓An intercooler
and 100% Correct Answers (verified)
• What are air compressors used to power? -✓✓Industrial equipment and construction
tools
• What pressure compressor require a certificate holder to operate? -✓✓100+ psi
• What are two examples of tools air compressors power? -✓✓Pneumatic wrenches and
air lifts in automobile repair shops
• What are the 4 types of air compressors? -✓✓Reciprocating, centrifugal, rotary, and
solar
• How can air compressors be powered? -✓✓Electric motors, internal combustion
engines, and steam turbines
• What can be done to prevent flammable gasses from entering air compressors? -
✓✓Position the compressor 5 feet above ground
• What does the compression chamber consist of? -✓✓A piston inside of a cylinder
• When the piston moves downward, what happens to the intake valve? -✓✓It
automatically opens and air is drawn into the cylinder
• When air is compressed and the intake valve is close, which direction is the piston
moving? -✓✓It is moving upward
• When pressure reaches a certain level, what happens with the discharge valve? -✓✓It
opens to allow air into the receiver
• What is a single stage compressor? -✓✓A compressor that pumps air into the receiver
after one step of compression from one or more cylinders and pistons.
• What is a multistage compressor? -✓✓A compressor that discharges air between
multiple cylinders before finally reaching the receiver, reaching a new level of
compression after passing each cylinder
• What happens to air when it is compressed? -✓✓It becomes heated
• What cools the air after it's been compressed? -✓✓An intercooler
