ABSA 3A2 TEST STUDY GUIDE| LATEST UPDATE 2025
SOLUTION
1. What is the name for controls, fittings or devices attached to a boiler ANS >>
Appurte- nances
2. Modern Alternators consist of a rotor which ANS >> A DC excitation winding is placed
3. The purpose of the frequency meter is to ANS >> Indicate the frequency of the power being
produced.
4. What is not required as part of a boiler stamping ANS >> Boiler Dimensions
5. A fluidized bed of limestone will reduce emissions ANS >> Sulfur Dioxide
6. The amount of NOX can be controlled by the amount of excess air and
the temperature for the combustion zone ANS >> Restricting, Reducing
7. The exciter filed voltage meter can be described as ANS >> Giving an indication of the DC
voltage that is being supplied to the generators filed windings
8. Bellows type elements are generally used to measure pressures below
kPa. ANS >> 350
9. The practical unit used to represent resistance is ANS >> Ohm
10. What type of insulation will most likely be used for high pressure steam
piping ANS >> Calcium Silicate
11. Increasing the number of corrugations in a bellows type element ANS >>
Increases the travel of the bellows
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, 12. Which document is sent to the NBBI to register a boiler ANS >> Manufactures date
report
13. Time delay fuses have two parts ANS >> Thermal & Fuse
14. Single Phase Transformers ANS >> Use two common forms of construction know as the core type
and the shell type
15. What do workers use to operate the controls of a DCS ANS >> OIU
16. Bimetal thermometers are sometimes wound in the form of a helix to ANS >>
Increase the accuracy of temperature reading
17. what steam trap uses the heat energy of the steam and condensate to
operate ANS >> Impulse
18. Three phase systems often use banks of transformers to replace three
phase transformers ANS >> Single Phase
19. The greatest instantaneous value of AC is ANS >> ANS >> amplitude
20. The purpose the power factor meter is to ANS >> ANS >> Indicate the power factor of the
generating system.
21. What does a NOT logic gate have? ANS >> One Binary input and One Binary output
22. With a mixing valve, if the plug is fully down ANS >> ANS >> The bottom inlet is closed
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, 23. A central foam distributing system for a process building consists of an
enclosure that houses a foam concentrate supply tank and a device. ANS
>> Pro- portioning
24. In a ladder diagram, parallel inputs represent logic ANS >> OR
25. Low carbon steel has carbon content up to what percentage ANS >> 0.3%
26. A circuit or load with a power factor requires more current that the
same circuit or load with a power factor closer to 1.0 ANS >> Low
27. When paralleling alternators, the incoming alternator must be the at the
same as the system voltage ANS >> Voltage
28. Pipe size up to and including 300 mm is expressed as nominal ANS >>
Inside Diameter
29. The Alberta Boilers Safety Association (ABSA) is responsible for the adminis-
tration of the legislation for and . ANS >> boilers, pressure vessels
30. There is always a risk of an emergency, no matter how complete the
.
a. safety program
b. emergency procedures
c. fire detection
d. process design ANS >> a ANS >> safety prgram
31. Fire protection of large outdoor fuel tanks requires that several foam cham-
bers with foam-makers be installed at equally spaced positions slightly below
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, the of the tanks.
a. bottom
b. middle
c. top rim
d. center ANS >> c ANS >> top rim
32. Foam systems are used where flammable liquid fire protection is required
for permanently installed hazards, such as fuel storage tanks or dip tanks con-
taining flammable or combustible liquids, and distributing devices
are installed internally in the tank.
a. spray
b. air-foam-generating
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SOLUTION
1. What is the name for controls, fittings or devices attached to a boiler ANS >>
Appurte- nances
2. Modern Alternators consist of a rotor which ANS >> A DC excitation winding is placed
3. The purpose of the frequency meter is to ANS >> Indicate the frequency of the power being
produced.
4. What is not required as part of a boiler stamping ANS >> Boiler Dimensions
5. A fluidized bed of limestone will reduce emissions ANS >> Sulfur Dioxide
6. The amount of NOX can be controlled by the amount of excess air and
the temperature for the combustion zone ANS >> Restricting, Reducing
7. The exciter filed voltage meter can be described as ANS >> Giving an indication of the DC
voltage that is being supplied to the generators filed windings
8. Bellows type elements are generally used to measure pressures below
kPa. ANS >> 350
9. The practical unit used to represent resistance is ANS >> Ohm
10. What type of insulation will most likely be used for high pressure steam
piping ANS >> Calcium Silicate
11. Increasing the number of corrugations in a bellows type element ANS >>
Increases the travel of the bellows
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, 12. Which document is sent to the NBBI to register a boiler ANS >> Manufactures date
report
13. Time delay fuses have two parts ANS >> Thermal & Fuse
14. Single Phase Transformers ANS >> Use two common forms of construction know as the core type
and the shell type
15. What do workers use to operate the controls of a DCS ANS >> OIU
16. Bimetal thermometers are sometimes wound in the form of a helix to ANS >>
Increase the accuracy of temperature reading
17. what steam trap uses the heat energy of the steam and condensate to
operate ANS >> Impulse
18. Three phase systems often use banks of transformers to replace three
phase transformers ANS >> Single Phase
19. The greatest instantaneous value of AC is ANS >> ANS >> amplitude
20. The purpose the power factor meter is to ANS >> ANS >> Indicate the power factor of the
generating system.
21. What does a NOT logic gate have? ANS >> One Binary input and One Binary output
22. With a mixing valve, if the plug is fully down ANS >> ANS >> The bottom inlet is closed
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, 23. A central foam distributing system for a process building consists of an
enclosure that houses a foam concentrate supply tank and a device. ANS
>> Pro- portioning
24. In a ladder diagram, parallel inputs represent logic ANS >> OR
25. Low carbon steel has carbon content up to what percentage ANS >> 0.3%
26. A circuit or load with a power factor requires more current that the
same circuit or load with a power factor closer to 1.0 ANS >> Low
27. When paralleling alternators, the incoming alternator must be the at the
same as the system voltage ANS >> Voltage
28. Pipe size up to and including 300 mm is expressed as nominal ANS >>
Inside Diameter
29. The Alberta Boilers Safety Association (ABSA) is responsible for the adminis-
tration of the legislation for and . ANS >> boilers, pressure vessels
30. There is always a risk of an emergency, no matter how complete the
.
a. safety program
b. emergency procedures
c. fire detection
d. process design ANS >> a ANS >> safety prgram
31. Fire protection of large outdoor fuel tanks requires that several foam cham-
bers with foam-makers be installed at equally spaced positions slightly below
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, the of the tanks.
a. bottom
b. middle
c. top rim
d. center ANS >> c ANS >> top rim
32. Foam systems are used where flammable liquid fire protection is required
for permanently installed hazards, such as fuel storage tanks or dip tanks con-
taining flammable or combustible liquids, and distributing devices
are installed internally in the tank.
a. spray
b. air-foam-generating
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