BOMA UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Usually if a motor in a system feels hot and you think it is overloading you should not open the
flow valve further because? - CORRECT ANSWER Increase in flow will usually increase
the horsepower requirements.
Net positive suction head is? - CORRECT ANSWER The amount of absolute pressure
actually available at the suction inlet of the pump to force the liquid of the pump.
The seal has just been replaced and if the pump leak slightly at start up first? - CORRECT
ANSWER Allow the pump to continue to run for a short period of time and see the leak
stops.
It is ever necessary to reduce the pump flow temporarily, do so by? - CORRECT
ANSWER Throttling the discharge.
There are several methods used to detection of incipid fires, temperature sensing and smoke
detection are the primary ones? - CORRECT ANSWER True
Smoke detection is accomplished by either photoelectric scanning, ionize chamber, smoke
reflection devices? - CORRECT ANSWER True
A sprinkler system with sprinklers that stay open all the time is a? - CORRECT
ANSWER Deluge
Sprinkler heads that are mounted in an inverted position is called a? - CORRECT
ANSWER Pendant, conventional and flush pendant
The number of sprinklers that can be placed on a given pipe is governed by? - CORRECT
ANSWER The pipe size.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Usually if a motor in a system feels hot and you think it is overloading you should not open the
flow valve further because? - CORRECT ANSWER Increase in flow will usually increase
the horsepower requirements.
Net positive suction head is? - CORRECT ANSWER The amount of absolute pressure
actually available at the suction inlet of the pump to force the liquid of the pump.
The seal has just been replaced and if the pump leak slightly at start up first? - CORRECT
ANSWER Allow the pump to continue to run for a short period of time and see the leak
stops.
It is ever necessary to reduce the pump flow temporarily, do so by? - CORRECT
ANSWER Throttling the discharge.
There are several methods used to detection of incipid fires, temperature sensing and smoke
detection are the primary ones? - CORRECT ANSWER True
Smoke detection is accomplished by either photoelectric scanning, ionize chamber, smoke
reflection devices? - CORRECT ANSWER True
A sprinkler system with sprinklers that stay open all the time is a? - CORRECT
ANSWER Deluge
Sprinkler heads that are mounted in an inverted position is called a? - CORRECT
ANSWER Pendant, conventional and flush pendant
The number of sprinklers that can be placed on a given pipe is governed by? - CORRECT
ANSWER The pipe size.
