ABSA 3B1 LATEST EVALUATION EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔This is a heat recovery device designed to transfer heat from the products of
combustion to boiler feedwater:
a. economizer
b. header
c. drypipe
d. reheater - ✔✔a. economizer
✔✔To strengthen a firetube furnace tube, this is used:
a. tube plate
b. corrugations
c. tubesheet
d. stay tube - ✔✔b. corrugations
✔✔A firetube boiler can tolerate lower quality water because:
a. they are not used for high quality steam
b. they are quick to respond to load changes
c. they contain a large volume of water
d. there are no small water passages - ✔✔d. there are no small water passages
✔✔This type of boiler usually require site assembly of only a few major components:
a. field-assembled
b. field-erected
c. packaged
d. auxiliary - ✔✔a. field-assembled
✔✔Manhole and handhole plates are held in place with:
a. clamps and bolts
b. yokes and bolts
c. nuts and bolts
d. plates and bolts - ✔✔b. yokes and bolts
✔✔Adding economizers, superheaters, and air heaters allowed for:
a. improved combustion
b. more heat extraction from the combustion gases
c. better draft control
d. less furnace explosions - ✔✔b. more heat extraction from the combustion gases
✔✔You should never _________ entries in a log book:
a. erase
b. cross out
c. time stamp
, d. initial - ✔✔a. erase
✔✔This section of a plant diagram lists and explains any special symbols and
conventions used on the diagram:
a. title block
b. notes and legend
c. revision block
d. design block - ✔✔b. notes and legend
✔✔Flow lines on a P&ID include:
a. size, insulation requirements, and physical locations
b. size, insulation requirements, valve types and connections
c. physical locations, insulation requirements, valve types and connections
d. size, physical location, valve types and connections - ✔✔b. size, insulation
requirements, valve types and connections
✔✔This symbol [ ] is the most common symbol for a:
a. Ball Valve
b. Gate Valve
c. Globe Valve
d. Ball Valve - ✔✔b. Gate Valve
✔✔A _________ may be filled with a vaporizing liquid that varies in pressure with
temperature:
a. mercury switch thermostat
b. modulating thermostat
c. remote bulb thermostat
d. bimetal - ✔✔c. remote bulb thermostat
✔✔These are used as electromechanical actuators in industrial control applications:
a. stepper motors
b. drive motors
c. modulating motors
d. solenoid motors - ✔✔a. stepper motors
✔✔This type of final control element consists of a reversible drive motor and reduction
gears, housed in a sealed casing:
a. stepper motor
b. drive motor
c. modulating motor
d. solenoid motor - ✔✔c. modulating motor
✔✔These are often referred to as transmitters or transducers because their outputs are
amplified or conditioned:
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔This is a heat recovery device designed to transfer heat from the products of
combustion to boiler feedwater:
a. economizer
b. header
c. drypipe
d. reheater - ✔✔a. economizer
✔✔To strengthen a firetube furnace tube, this is used:
a. tube plate
b. corrugations
c. tubesheet
d. stay tube - ✔✔b. corrugations
✔✔A firetube boiler can tolerate lower quality water because:
a. they are not used for high quality steam
b. they are quick to respond to load changes
c. they contain a large volume of water
d. there are no small water passages - ✔✔d. there are no small water passages
✔✔This type of boiler usually require site assembly of only a few major components:
a. field-assembled
b. field-erected
c. packaged
d. auxiliary - ✔✔a. field-assembled
✔✔Manhole and handhole plates are held in place with:
a. clamps and bolts
b. yokes and bolts
c. nuts and bolts
d. plates and bolts - ✔✔b. yokes and bolts
✔✔Adding economizers, superheaters, and air heaters allowed for:
a. improved combustion
b. more heat extraction from the combustion gases
c. better draft control
d. less furnace explosions - ✔✔b. more heat extraction from the combustion gases
✔✔You should never _________ entries in a log book:
a. erase
b. cross out
c. time stamp
, d. initial - ✔✔a. erase
✔✔This section of a plant diagram lists and explains any special symbols and
conventions used on the diagram:
a. title block
b. notes and legend
c. revision block
d. design block - ✔✔b. notes and legend
✔✔Flow lines on a P&ID include:
a. size, insulation requirements, and physical locations
b. size, insulation requirements, valve types and connections
c. physical locations, insulation requirements, valve types and connections
d. size, physical location, valve types and connections - ✔✔b. size, insulation
requirements, valve types and connections
✔✔This symbol [ ] is the most common symbol for a:
a. Ball Valve
b. Gate Valve
c. Globe Valve
d. Ball Valve - ✔✔b. Gate Valve
✔✔A _________ may be filled with a vaporizing liquid that varies in pressure with
temperature:
a. mercury switch thermostat
b. modulating thermostat
c. remote bulb thermostat
d. bimetal - ✔✔c. remote bulb thermostat
✔✔These are used as electromechanical actuators in industrial control applications:
a. stepper motors
b. drive motors
c. modulating motors
d. solenoid motors - ✔✔a. stepper motors
✔✔This type of final control element consists of a reversible drive motor and reduction
gears, housed in a sealed casing:
a. stepper motor
b. drive motor
c. modulating motor
d. solenoid motor - ✔✔c. modulating motor
✔✔These are often referred to as transmitters or transducers because their outputs are
amplified or conditioned:
