FAE Questions (ILLINOIS) questions with verified
answers
a) 130 psi Correct Answers What engine pressure is necessary to supply a 2-1/2
inch hand line, 200 feet long, flowing 250 GPM, with a fog nozzle?
a) 130 psi
b) 150 psi
c) 160 psi
d) 180 psi
a) 15 psi Correct Answers What is the friction loss in 500 feet of 2-1/2 inch hose
flowing 100 gpm?
a) 15 psi
b) 25 psi
c) 35 psi
d) 45 psi
a) 170 psi Correct Answers Two 2-1/2 inch lines each 350 feet long to a deluge set
with a 1-1/2 inch tip; engine pressure will be:
a) 170 psi
b) 205 psi
c) 190 psi
d) 145 psi
a) 22 inches of mercury Correct Answers The minimum vacuum a priming device
must produce is:
,a) 22 inches of mercury
b) 18 inches of mercury
c) 16 inches of mercury
d) 10 inches of mercury
a) 30 seconds Correct Answers A 1000 gpm capacity pump must be primed within
______ seconds from draft.
a) 30 seconds
b) 35 seconds
c) 40 seconds
d) 45 seconds
a) 500 gpm at 220 psi Correct Answers When a two-stage pump is in the series
position, each impeller is delivering 500 gym at 100 psi with 20 psi input pressure.
The pump is discharging ______ gpm at _____psi.
a) 500 gpm at 220 psi
b) 500 gpm at 120 psi
c) 1000 gpm at 120 psi
d) 1000 gpm at 220 psi
a) 6300 gallons Correct Answers You have been suppling a sprinkler system for 10
minutes. Seven heads have been flowing, what is the total amount of water
pumped into the building?
a) 6300 gallons
b) 5800 gallons
c) 3150 gallons
, d) 1900 gallons
a) 65.1 psi Correct Answers A reservoir is located 150 feet above a fire hydrant.
With no water flowing a gauge on the hydrant would read:
a) 65.1 psi
b) 43.4 psi
c) 86.8 psi
d) 250 psi
a) a relief valve. Correct Answers Water is by-passed from the discharge to the
intake of a centrifugal pump automatically by:
a) a relief valve
b) a governor
c) a gate valve
d) an intake pressure relief valve
a) acts as a heat exchanger Correct Answers The auxiliary cooling system on a
pump:
a) acts as a heat exchanger
b) cools the pump directly
c) cools the engine by changing engine coolant with pump water
d) uses ram air to keep the engine cool
a) acts as a heat exchanger Correct Answers The auxiliary cooling system on a
pump:
a) acts as a heat exchanger
answers
a) 130 psi Correct Answers What engine pressure is necessary to supply a 2-1/2
inch hand line, 200 feet long, flowing 250 GPM, with a fog nozzle?
a) 130 psi
b) 150 psi
c) 160 psi
d) 180 psi
a) 15 psi Correct Answers What is the friction loss in 500 feet of 2-1/2 inch hose
flowing 100 gpm?
a) 15 psi
b) 25 psi
c) 35 psi
d) 45 psi
a) 170 psi Correct Answers Two 2-1/2 inch lines each 350 feet long to a deluge set
with a 1-1/2 inch tip; engine pressure will be:
a) 170 psi
b) 205 psi
c) 190 psi
d) 145 psi
a) 22 inches of mercury Correct Answers The minimum vacuum a priming device
must produce is:
,a) 22 inches of mercury
b) 18 inches of mercury
c) 16 inches of mercury
d) 10 inches of mercury
a) 30 seconds Correct Answers A 1000 gpm capacity pump must be primed within
______ seconds from draft.
a) 30 seconds
b) 35 seconds
c) 40 seconds
d) 45 seconds
a) 500 gpm at 220 psi Correct Answers When a two-stage pump is in the series
position, each impeller is delivering 500 gym at 100 psi with 20 psi input pressure.
The pump is discharging ______ gpm at _____psi.
a) 500 gpm at 220 psi
b) 500 gpm at 120 psi
c) 1000 gpm at 120 psi
d) 1000 gpm at 220 psi
a) 6300 gallons Correct Answers You have been suppling a sprinkler system for 10
minutes. Seven heads have been flowing, what is the total amount of water
pumped into the building?
a) 6300 gallons
b) 5800 gallons
c) 3150 gallons
, d) 1900 gallons
a) 65.1 psi Correct Answers A reservoir is located 150 feet above a fire hydrant.
With no water flowing a gauge on the hydrant would read:
a) 65.1 psi
b) 43.4 psi
c) 86.8 psi
d) 250 psi
a) a relief valve. Correct Answers Water is by-passed from the discharge to the
intake of a centrifugal pump automatically by:
a) a relief valve
b) a governor
c) a gate valve
d) an intake pressure relief valve
a) acts as a heat exchanger Correct Answers The auxiliary cooling system on a
pump:
a) acts as a heat exchanger
b) cools the pump directly
c) cools the engine by changing engine coolant with pump water
d) uses ram air to keep the engine cool
a) acts as a heat exchanger Correct Answers The auxiliary cooling system on a
pump:
a) acts as a heat exchanger
