POP QUIZ 1

Module 1
By:___________________

Question 1 (MC)
by: Angelyn Yeung
1. Which of the following statement is
incorrect?

a. If and gases are not removed before

entering the boiler, it may lead to scaling.
b. Economizer decreases the steam raising
capacity of a boiler.
c. Packaged boilers can be either fire tube
boiler or water tube boiler used for ICI.
d. A hot water supply boiler is a boiler
furnishing hot water to be used externally
to itself for washing.

Question 2 & 3 (ID)

by: Angelyn Yeung
2. It is where some of the heat are
recovered for pre-heating boiler 3
.
2
feedwater.
.
3. Equipment used to remove
dissolved gasses in the boiler
feedwater.

Question 4 (MC)
by: Patrick Dela Cruz
4. Which statement is true?
a. Scale forms on the outside of tubes
in a water tube boiler
b. Acid cleaning cannot remove scale
from boiler tubes and drums
c. Acid cleaning requires less
downtime than mechanical cleaning
d. Acid cleaning can be done when the
boiler is on line

Question 5 & 6 (ID)

by: Patrick Dela Cruz
5. A type of boiler which uses byproduct heat such as from a blast
furnace in a steel mill, exhaust from a
gas turbine, or by-products from a
manufacturing process.
6. ASME stands for?

Question 7 & 8 (ID); 9 (MC)

by Elijah Costales
7. This refers to a boiler or steam generator which
receives feed water at one end of continuous
tubes and discharges steam at the other end.
8. These are used to sound alarms when the
water level in a boiler is low.
9. It is a specially designed boiler, specifically
meant for self propelled traction vehicles on
rails.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Steam boiler
Power boiler
Locomotive boiler
Steam generator

Questions 10 & 11 (ID)

by Darwin Eugenio
10. In a boiler, if the maximum
operating pressure is reached, the
boiler may ____.
11. In a pulverized fuel boiler,
combustion occurs at temperatures
ranging from 1300 to ____ degrees
Celsius.

Question 12 (MC)
by Darwin Eugenio
12. A process that removes boiler
water with a high concentration of
solids and replaces it with feedwater
containing a low concentration of
solids.
a. water replacement
b. blowdown
c. blow-over
d. sucking

Question 13 (MC)
by John Ryan Pascual
A boiler system comprises of the
following except:
a. Steam system
b. Feed water system
c. Fuel system
d. Heating system

Question 14 (MC)
by John Ryan Pascual
It gives recommendations for the
control of water side conditions of
steam boilers and the preparation of
feed water for such plant.
a. BS 2486 : 1997
b. BS 2790 : 1992
c. BS 1113 :1992
d. BS 2568 : 1997

Question 15 (ID)
by John Ryan Pascual

What is the most common type of

packaged boiler?

ANSWERS
1. A (from 6-Pages from boiler room
guide)
2. Economizer (from 6-Pages from
boiler room guide)
3. Deaerator (from 6-Pages from boiler
room guide)

ANSWERS
4. C (from 8-APTI Material SI 428A_4Operation&Maintenance.pdf)
5. Waste-heat boiler (from 9-Pages from
Standard_Boiler_Operators_Questions_and_Ans
wers_(Elonka_&_Kohan).pdf)
6. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (from
9-Pages from
Standard_Boiler_Operators_Questions_and_Ans
wers_(Elonka_&_Kohan).pdf)

Question 7 & 8 (ID), 9 (MC)

7. Once-through boiler (Standard Boiler
Operators Questions and Answers)
8. Fusible Plugs (Operation and
Maintainance)
9. C. Locomotive boiler (Standard
Boiler Operators Questions and
Answers)

Question 10 & 11 (ID)

10. In a boiler, if the maximum operating
pressure is reached, the boiler will explode.
(from
8-APTI Material SI 428A_4Operation&Maintenance.pdf)
11. In a pulverized fuel boiler, combustion
occurs at temperatures ranging from 1300
to 1700 degrees Celsius. (1.UNEPPresentation on Boilers Handouts)

Question 12 (MC)
12. b. blowdown (source:
2-Slides on Boiler Fundamentals.pdf)

Question 13 (MC)
13. d. Heating system (source:
3-Pages from
Boilers_and_ThermicFluid_Heaters.pdf)

Question 14 (MC)
14. a. BS 2486 : 1997 (source:
2-Slides on Boiler Fundamentals.pdf)

Question 15 (ID)
15. 3 pass units with 2 sets of fire
tubes (source:
2-Slides on Boiler Fundamentals.pdf)