ASHRAE BCxP Exam Prep questions
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The owner's project requirements (OPR) document should
include
equipment and system expectations, energy efficiency
requirements, and operational schedules.
When starting a commissioning project, the FIRST person
added to a project team after an owner's project manager
should be a
commissioning professional.
The owner of several office buildings intends to build a
multi-family residential building. The owner intends to use
current employees, including property managers and
maintenance staff, to operate and maintain the new
building. Which of the following should the commissioning
professional do FIRST?
Determine new facility staff training requirements.
,During the pre-design stage of the construction of a new
surgical hospital, the owner determines that the
commissioning process should include verification of the
medical equipment in the owner's project requirements. A
commissioning professional FIRST should modify the
owner-commissioning professional agreement.
A new elementary school will replace a 60-year-old facility
and will be operated by the same O&M staff. The new
building will be air conditioned with a high-efficiency,
water-cooled chiller and heated with a condensing boiler.
The O&M staff was interviewed and is very proficient with
direct expansion (DX) systems. Which of the following
should the commissioning professional do regarding
systems maintenance?
Suggest that additional training be specified for the new
systems.
An owner of a museum collection has special temperature
and humidity requirements for a new facility in a cold
climate. Temperature setpoint should be maintained
within 2 ⁰F (1.1 ⁰C), and relative humidity should remain
within 2.5% of 42.5%. During the pre-design phase, the
owner's project requirements are developed to include
,these requirements. Which of the following should be
done NEXT?
Confirm that the basis of design includes these
requirements.
For newly constructed buildings, the majority of O&M
personnel training should be scheduled to occur after
performance testing.
During project design, a commissioning professional
realizes that the level of maintenance required by the
proposed building systems exceeds the current training of
operating staff. The commissioning professional should
include training criteria in the contract documents.
A 25,000 ft² (2,300 m²) office building will be constructed
by a contractor who is using the commissioning process
for the first time. What should the project team do prior
to construction?
Conduct construction phase kick-off meeting.
, A test, adjust, and balance (TAB) contractor is scheduled
to balance the air flow to VAV boxes in a wing of a large
airport terminal project. Which of the following is MOST
important for a commissioning professional to do?
Confirm that a TAB plan has been reviewed and
approved.
Which of the following commissioning tasks MUST be
included in a construction schedule?
systems performance testing
During which of the following meetings should the
commissioning requirements FIRST be reviewed with the
contractors to facilitate the commissioning process?
pre-construction
An owner has been under contract with a project team,
and construction is underway. A commissioning
professional is awarded the contract after foundation and
framing of the new construction has begun. Which of the
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The owner's project requirements (OPR) document should
include
equipment and system expectations, energy efficiency
requirements, and operational schedules.
When starting a commissioning project, the FIRST person
added to a project team after an owner's project manager
should be a
commissioning professional.
The owner of several office buildings intends to build a
multi-family residential building. The owner intends to use
current employees, including property managers and
maintenance staff, to operate and maintain the new
building. Which of the following should the commissioning
professional do FIRST?
Determine new facility staff training requirements.
,During the pre-design stage of the construction of a new
surgical hospital, the owner determines that the
commissioning process should include verification of the
medical equipment in the owner's project requirements. A
commissioning professional FIRST should modify the
owner-commissioning professional agreement.
A new elementary school will replace a 60-year-old facility
and will be operated by the same O&M staff. The new
building will be air conditioned with a high-efficiency,
water-cooled chiller and heated with a condensing boiler.
The O&M staff was interviewed and is very proficient with
direct expansion (DX) systems. Which of the following
should the commissioning professional do regarding
systems maintenance?
Suggest that additional training be specified for the new
systems.
An owner of a museum collection has special temperature
and humidity requirements for a new facility in a cold
climate. Temperature setpoint should be maintained
within 2 ⁰F (1.1 ⁰C), and relative humidity should remain
within 2.5% of 42.5%. During the pre-design phase, the
owner's project requirements are developed to include
,these requirements. Which of the following should be
done NEXT?
Confirm that the basis of design includes these
requirements.
For newly constructed buildings, the majority of O&M
personnel training should be scheduled to occur after
performance testing.
During project design, a commissioning professional
realizes that the level of maintenance required by the
proposed building systems exceeds the current training of
operating staff. The commissioning professional should
include training criteria in the contract documents.
A 25,000 ft² (2,300 m²) office building will be constructed
by a contractor who is using the commissioning process
for the first time. What should the project team do prior
to construction?
Conduct construction phase kick-off meeting.
, A test, adjust, and balance (TAB) contractor is scheduled
to balance the air flow to VAV boxes in a wing of a large
airport terminal project. Which of the following is MOST
important for a commissioning professional to do?
Confirm that a TAB plan has been reviewed and
approved.
Which of the following commissioning tasks MUST be
included in a construction schedule?
systems performance testing
During which of the following meetings should the
commissioning requirements FIRST be reviewed with the
contractors to facilitate the commissioning process?
pre-construction
An owner has been under contract with a project team,
and construction is underway. A commissioning
professional is awarded the contract after foundation and
framing of the new construction has begun. Which of the
