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P-99 / LOW PSI OIL BURNER OPERATOR
2026|WELL REVISED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Where will the remote control for oil burner typically be located? - correct-
answer - Outside the entrance to the room in which the burner is located.
Assuming an outside location is impractical, where can the remote control for oil
burner be located? - correct-answer - Immediately inside the room in which the
burner is located.
For what purpose is pressure in a storage tank prohibited? - correct-answer -
Discharging oil.
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For manually operated burners using storage tanks with 60 gallons or less
capacity, where can the remote control for oil burner be installed? - correct-
answer - In the supply lines between the tank and burner.
Where in an oil pump discharge line shall a relief valve be installed? - correct-
answer - Between the pump and first shut-off valve.
Dampers in flues shall be constructed so that they cannot completely ____ the
passage of flue gases at any time. - correct-answer - Cut off.
Tight closing ____ may be installed with approved automatic draft and
combustion controls. - correct-answer - Dampers.
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If ventilation for the purpose of combustion is supplied mechanically, the
ventilating system shall be ____ interlocked with the burner. - correct-answer -
Electrically.
What removes most contaminants from the oil before it reaches the burner? -
correct-answer - Strainer/filter.
What is present in the fuel-oil coming from the storage tank. - correct-answer -
Dirt and sediment.
What circulates the oil throughout the system? - correct-answer - Suction line.
Which device measures pressure below atmospheric pressure? - correct-answer -
Vacuum gauge.
P-99 / LOW PSI OIL BURNER OPERATOR
2026|WELL REVISED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Where will the remote control for oil burner typically be located? - correct-
answer - Outside the entrance to the room in which the burner is located.
Assuming an outside location is impractical, where can the remote control for oil
burner be located? - correct-answer - Immediately inside the room in which the
burner is located.
For what purpose is pressure in a storage tank prohibited? - correct-answer -
Discharging oil.
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For manually operated burners using storage tanks with 60 gallons or less
capacity, where can the remote control for oil burner be installed? - correct-
answer - In the supply lines between the tank and burner.
Where in an oil pump discharge line shall a relief valve be installed? - correct-
answer - Between the pump and first shut-off valve.
Dampers in flues shall be constructed so that they cannot completely ____ the
passage of flue gases at any time. - correct-answer - Cut off.
Tight closing ____ may be installed with approved automatic draft and
combustion controls. - correct-answer - Dampers.
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If ventilation for the purpose of combustion is supplied mechanically, the
ventilating system shall be ____ interlocked with the burner. - correct-answer -
Electrically.
What removes most contaminants from the oil before it reaches the burner? -
correct-answer - Strainer/filter.
What is present in the fuel-oil coming from the storage tank. - correct-answer -
Dirt and sediment.
What circulates the oil throughout the system? - correct-answer - Suction line.
Which device measures pressure below atmospheric pressure? - correct-answer -
Vacuum gauge.
