FDNY P-99 C OF F MAIN EXAM TEST 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Where a single tank and burner exsist, a ____-____ valve shall be required in the
______ line at the tank and another at the ____. - ✔✔Shut-off, supply, burner
✔✔A _____ _____ shall be provided to stop the flow of oil to any burner. - ✔✔Remote
control
✔✔The remote control should be located _____ and as close to the _____ of the boiler
room. - ✔✔Outside, entrance
✔✔All remote controls must be permanently _____, "_____ ____ for _____ ______. -
✔✔Labeled, remote control for oil burner
✔✔On storage tanks of ____ gallons or less remote controls may be installed in the
_____ _____ between the tank and the ______. - ✔✔60, supply lines, burner
✔✔Pressure in a storage tank for purpose of discharging oil is _______. - ✔✔Prohibited
✔✔With each automatic burner a set of ____ controls shall be installed and maintained.
Name 4. - ✔✔Safety, electric, pneumatic, hydrolic, mechanical
✔✔The safety controls should provide the following: a) ___ _____ control, b) ______, c)
_____ or _____ control, and d) high ____ or ____ control. - ✔✔Oil temp control,
ignition, stack or combustion control, high pressure or temp control
✔✔No oil burner shall be installed unless it is connected to a ________. - ✔✔Chimney
✔✔The oil storage tank provides the supply of ____ for ______ in the oil burner. -
✔✔Oil, combustion
✔✔No. 6 oil is ____ and _____. For this reason it is ____ between ____ and ____
degrees F. - ✔✔Thick and heavy, heated, 100, 130
✔✔A ____ ____ circulates oil throughout the system. - ✔✔Suction cup
✔✔____ and ____ are present in the fuel oil. The ____ _____ removes most of the
contaminates before the oil reaches the ____. - ✔✔Dirt, sediment, oil strainer, burner
✔✔The _____ _____ is a device that measures pressure below atmospheric pressure. -
✔✔Vacuum gauge
, ✔✔Excessive vacuum readings indicate there is an _____ in the ____ ____. Might be a
dirty ____ _____. - ✔✔Obstruction, suction line, dirty oil strainer
✔✔The flow of oil can be stopped by closing the ____ ___ valve. This permits the
operator to clean the _____. - ✔✔Shut-off, strainer
✔✔_____ are used to heat the oil before the oil enters the burner. The oil is heated to
____ to ____degrees F. - ✔✔Preheaters, 160 to 180
✔✔Preheating makes it easier to ____ the oil and easier to _____ the oil. - ✔✔Pump,
atomize
✔✔The oil is metered into the burner where it is atomized by the ____ or _____ cup. -
✔✔Spinner, atomizer cup
✔✔The atomized oil a and air are mixed in the ______ ______ and burned. -
✔✔Combustion chamber
✔✔The _____ _____ valve is electrically operated and will ____ or ____ the line
leading to the atomizer of the oilburner. - ✔✔Main fuel, open or close
✔✔The ____ _____ valve will shut down the burner system if there is a failure of _____
or ______. - ✔✔Main fuel, ignition or combustion
✔✔Oil circulates through the system back to the storage tank through the ____ _____
_____. - ✔✔Oil return line
✔✔The normal oil pressure for no. 6 oil burners is between ____ and _____ psi. -
✔✔30 and 50
✔✔A _____ ______ _____ valve is provided for safety if the pressure becomes too
great. - ✔✔Back pressure relief valve
✔✔_______ is the chemical union of the oxygen in the air with the combustible
elements in the fuel oil. (______ and _____). The end result of this process is _____
_____. - ✔✔Combustion, hydrogen and carbon, heat energy
✔✔_____ _____ are the principal components of the oil firing equipment and provide
the means of supporting _____. - ✔✔Oil burners, combustion
✔✔_____and _____ are the 2 principal elements of fuel oil. During the combustion
process, the carbon content of the fuel oil (___%) unites with oxygen to create ____
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Where a single tank and burner exsist, a ____-____ valve shall be required in the
______ line at the tank and another at the ____. - ✔✔Shut-off, supply, burner
✔✔A _____ _____ shall be provided to stop the flow of oil to any burner. - ✔✔Remote
control
✔✔The remote control should be located _____ and as close to the _____ of the boiler
room. - ✔✔Outside, entrance
✔✔All remote controls must be permanently _____, "_____ ____ for _____ ______. -
✔✔Labeled, remote control for oil burner
✔✔On storage tanks of ____ gallons or less remote controls may be installed in the
_____ _____ between the tank and the ______. - ✔✔60, supply lines, burner
✔✔Pressure in a storage tank for purpose of discharging oil is _______. - ✔✔Prohibited
✔✔With each automatic burner a set of ____ controls shall be installed and maintained.
Name 4. - ✔✔Safety, electric, pneumatic, hydrolic, mechanical
✔✔The safety controls should provide the following: a) ___ _____ control, b) ______, c)
_____ or _____ control, and d) high ____ or ____ control. - ✔✔Oil temp control,
ignition, stack or combustion control, high pressure or temp control
✔✔No oil burner shall be installed unless it is connected to a ________. - ✔✔Chimney
✔✔The oil storage tank provides the supply of ____ for ______ in the oil burner. -
✔✔Oil, combustion
✔✔No. 6 oil is ____ and _____. For this reason it is ____ between ____ and ____
degrees F. - ✔✔Thick and heavy, heated, 100, 130
✔✔A ____ ____ circulates oil throughout the system. - ✔✔Suction cup
✔✔____ and ____ are present in the fuel oil. The ____ _____ removes most of the
contaminates before the oil reaches the ____. - ✔✔Dirt, sediment, oil strainer, burner
✔✔The _____ _____ is a device that measures pressure below atmospheric pressure. -
✔✔Vacuum gauge
, ✔✔Excessive vacuum readings indicate there is an _____ in the ____ ____. Might be a
dirty ____ _____. - ✔✔Obstruction, suction line, dirty oil strainer
✔✔The flow of oil can be stopped by closing the ____ ___ valve. This permits the
operator to clean the _____. - ✔✔Shut-off, strainer
✔✔_____ are used to heat the oil before the oil enters the burner. The oil is heated to
____ to ____degrees F. - ✔✔Preheaters, 160 to 180
✔✔Preheating makes it easier to ____ the oil and easier to _____ the oil. - ✔✔Pump,
atomize
✔✔The oil is metered into the burner where it is atomized by the ____ or _____ cup. -
✔✔Spinner, atomizer cup
✔✔The atomized oil a and air are mixed in the ______ ______ and burned. -
✔✔Combustion chamber
✔✔The _____ _____ valve is electrically operated and will ____ or ____ the line
leading to the atomizer of the oilburner. - ✔✔Main fuel, open or close
✔✔The ____ _____ valve will shut down the burner system if there is a failure of _____
or ______. - ✔✔Main fuel, ignition or combustion
✔✔Oil circulates through the system back to the storage tank through the ____ _____
_____. - ✔✔Oil return line
✔✔The normal oil pressure for no. 6 oil burners is between ____ and _____ psi. -
✔✔30 and 50
✔✔A _____ ______ _____ valve is provided for safety if the pressure becomes too
great. - ✔✔Back pressure relief valve
✔✔_______ is the chemical union of the oxygen in the air with the combustible
elements in the fuel oil. (______ and _____). The end result of this process is _____
_____. - ✔✔Combustion, hydrogen and carbon, heat energy
✔✔_____ _____ are the principal components of the oil firing equipment and provide
the means of supporting _____. - ✔✔Oil burners, combustion
✔✔_____and _____ are the 2 principal elements of fuel oil. During the combustion
process, the carbon content of the fuel oil (___%) unites with oxygen to create ____
