Power Engineering 4th Class A1 Chapter 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Question: In the early days, owners of power plants hired _____ workers, who started out doing manual
labour and through acquired experience they were promoted to jobs with gradually increasing levels of
skill.
Correct Answer: Unskilled
Question: Early government involvement in certification of power engineers became more important for
the following reasons except
Correct Answer: : Pollution
Question: Which of the following is not a definition of a power plant?
Correct Answer: Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at less than 57 kPa
Question: Committees that establish standards are composed primarily of which of the following elements?
Correct Answer: Experts from the industry, professional and insurance groups and all levels of
government
Question: A Fourth Class Power Engineer's certificate of competency qualifies the holder to take charge of
the general care and operation of a power plant consisting of one or more coil type drumless boilers having
an aggregate capacity of not more than _____ kW, when used for the sole purpose of underground thermal
flooding in oil fields, as chief steam engineer.
Correct Answer: 5,000
Question: "Power plant" means any one or more boilers
Correct Answer: : In which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103 kPa
Question: In order to produce greater efficiency, higher boiler pressures were used and this led to _____
due to employing of unqualified operators in a power plant.
Correct Answer: Serious accidents
Question: A Fourth Class Power Engineer's certificate of competency qualifies the holder to take charge of
a shift in a power plant consisting of one or more coil type drumless boilers having an aggregate capacity of
not more than _____ kW, when used for the sole purpose of underground thermal flooding in oil fields, as
shift engineer.
Correct Answer: 10,000
Question: Which of the following is not a common work schedule for power engineers?
Correct Answer: Seasonal lay-offs
Question: Which of the following duties is a holder of a Fourth Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency
not qualified to perform?
Correct Answer: Take charge of a shift in a power plant having a capacity of more than 10,000 kW, as
shift engineer
Question: Which of the following certificates of competency qualifies the holder to take charge of the
general care and operation of any power plant as chief steam engineer, and to supervise the engineers in that
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Question: In the early days, owners of power plants hired _____ workers, who started out doing manual
labour and through acquired experience they were promoted to jobs with gradually increasing levels of
skill.
Correct Answer: Unskilled
Question: Early government involvement in certification of power engineers became more important for
the following reasons except
Correct Answer: : Pollution
Question: Which of the following is not a definition of a power plant?
Correct Answer: Any one or more boilers in which steam or other vapour is generated at less than 57 kPa
Question: Committees that establish standards are composed primarily of which of the following elements?
Correct Answer: Experts from the industry, professional and insurance groups and all levels of
government
Question: A Fourth Class Power Engineer's certificate of competency qualifies the holder to take charge of
the general care and operation of a power plant consisting of one or more coil type drumless boilers having
an aggregate capacity of not more than _____ kW, when used for the sole purpose of underground thermal
flooding in oil fields, as chief steam engineer.
Correct Answer: 5,000
Question: "Power plant" means any one or more boilers
Correct Answer: : In which steam or other vapour is generated at more than 103 kPa
Question: In order to produce greater efficiency, higher boiler pressures were used and this led to _____
due to employing of unqualified operators in a power plant.
Correct Answer: Serious accidents
Question: A Fourth Class Power Engineer's certificate of competency qualifies the holder to take charge of
a shift in a power plant consisting of one or more coil type drumless boilers having an aggregate capacity of
not more than _____ kW, when used for the sole purpose of underground thermal flooding in oil fields, as
shift engineer.
Correct Answer: 10,000
Question: Which of the following is not a common work schedule for power engineers?
Correct Answer: Seasonal lay-offs
Question: Which of the following duties is a holder of a Fourth Class Engineer's Certificate of Competency
not qualified to perform?
Correct Answer: Take charge of a shift in a power plant having a capacity of more than 10,000 kW, as
shift engineer
Question: Which of the following certificates of competency qualifies the holder to take charge of the
general care and operation of any power plant as chief steam engineer, and to supervise the engineers in that
