BPI BUILDING ANALYST EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔when analyzing a customer's fuel age history, how is monthly baseload determined?
- calculate the total amount of fuel used over the course of a year and divide by 12
- add up the total energy draw of all baseload appliances obtained from the appliance
faceplates
- using fuel bill data, calculate the avg consumption per month only for those months in
which no fuel is used heating or cooling
- calculate the heating consumption by converting the furnace input BTU's to fuel units
and subtract that number from the total annual fuel usage - ✔✔using fuel bill data,
calculate the avg consumption per month only for those months in which no fuel is used
heating or cooling
✔✔minimum airflow standard is used to:
- determine whether attic air sealing is required
- determine whether mechanical ventilation is required
- determine adequate combustion air in the CAZ
- mitigate moisture through source control - ✔✔determine whether mechanical
ventilation is required
✔✔what is the effect of natural ventilation?
- pressurizing the building space and and reducing energy consumption
- pressurizing the building space and increasing energy consumption
- dilution of indoor contaminants and reducing energy consumption
- dilution of indoor contaminants and increasing energy consumption - ✔✔dilution of
indoor contaminants and increasing energy consumption
✔✔which of the following is only found on a 90%+ AFUE furnace?
- draft diverter
- flue pipe
- heat exchanger
- condensate drain - ✔✔condensate drain
✔✔what info does an NFRC (National Fenestration Rating Council) label always
contain?
- Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, U-factor and center-of-glass R-value
- Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, U-factor and glass spacer material
- Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, U-factor and frame thickness
- Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, U-factor and visible-light transmittance - ✔✔Solar Heat
Gain Coefficient, U-factor and visible-light transmittance
✔✔Hot air rising is an example of which of the following?
- conduction
- convection
, - radiation
- infiltration - ✔✔convection
✔✔how will a tight house be affected by an air distribution system that has more
leakage to outdoors through the return ducts than through the supply ducts?
- the house will be pressurized when the system is operating
- the house will be depressurized when the system is operating
- the house pressure will not be affected
- the house will either be pressurized or depressurized depending on whether the
system is being used to heat or cool the house - ✔✔the house will be pressurized when
the system is operating
✔✔what is the general formula for efficiency?
- output / input
- input / output
- output * input
- (1- input)/ output - ✔✔output / input
✔✔approximately how many pascals are there to an inch of water column
- 100
- 500
- 250
- 50 - ✔✔250
✔✔what is the most common driving force that causes radon gas to escape from the
ground into the air?
- negative pressure in the building
- positive pressure in attic
- strong vapor pressure away from the interior of a building
- capillary action - ✔✔capillary action
✔✔what organization rates new wood stoves for energy efficiency?
- Environmental Protection Agency
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers
- Department of Energy
- Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
✔✔A 1,900 square foot home w/ 8-foot ceilings measures 1955 CFM50. What is the
ACH50?
- 0.48
- 77
- 0.12
- 3.1 - ✔✔77
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔when analyzing a customer's fuel age history, how is monthly baseload determined?
- calculate the total amount of fuel used over the course of a year and divide by 12
- add up the total energy draw of all baseload appliances obtained from the appliance
faceplates
- using fuel bill data, calculate the avg consumption per month only for those months in
which no fuel is used heating or cooling
- calculate the heating consumption by converting the furnace input BTU's to fuel units
and subtract that number from the total annual fuel usage - ✔✔using fuel bill data,
calculate the avg consumption per month only for those months in which no fuel is used
heating or cooling
✔✔minimum airflow standard is used to:
- determine whether attic air sealing is required
- determine whether mechanical ventilation is required
- determine adequate combustion air in the CAZ
- mitigate moisture through source control - ✔✔determine whether mechanical
ventilation is required
✔✔what is the effect of natural ventilation?
- pressurizing the building space and and reducing energy consumption
- pressurizing the building space and increasing energy consumption
- dilution of indoor contaminants and reducing energy consumption
- dilution of indoor contaminants and increasing energy consumption - ✔✔dilution of
indoor contaminants and increasing energy consumption
✔✔which of the following is only found on a 90%+ AFUE furnace?
- draft diverter
- flue pipe
- heat exchanger
- condensate drain - ✔✔condensate drain
✔✔what info does an NFRC (National Fenestration Rating Council) label always
contain?
- Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, U-factor and center-of-glass R-value
- Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, U-factor and glass spacer material
- Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, U-factor and frame thickness
- Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, U-factor and visible-light transmittance - ✔✔Solar Heat
Gain Coefficient, U-factor and visible-light transmittance
✔✔Hot air rising is an example of which of the following?
- conduction
- convection
, - radiation
- infiltration - ✔✔convection
✔✔how will a tight house be affected by an air distribution system that has more
leakage to outdoors through the return ducts than through the supply ducts?
- the house will be pressurized when the system is operating
- the house will be depressurized when the system is operating
- the house pressure will not be affected
- the house will either be pressurized or depressurized depending on whether the
system is being used to heat or cool the house - ✔✔the house will be pressurized when
the system is operating
✔✔what is the general formula for efficiency?
- output / input
- input / output
- output * input
- (1- input)/ output - ✔✔output / input
✔✔approximately how many pascals are there to an inch of water column
- 100
- 500
- 250
- 50 - ✔✔250
✔✔what is the most common driving force that causes radon gas to escape from the
ground into the air?
- negative pressure in the building
- positive pressure in attic
- strong vapor pressure away from the interior of a building
- capillary action - ✔✔capillary action
✔✔what organization rates new wood stoves for energy efficiency?
- Environmental Protection Agency
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers
- Department of Energy
- Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association - ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency
✔✔A 1,900 square foot home w/ 8-foot ceilings measures 1955 CFM50. What is the
ACH50?
- 0.48
- 77
- 0.12
- 3.1 - ✔✔77
