BPI Analyst Exam Questions and Answers All Correct
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BPI Analyst Exam Questions and Answers All Correct
First step before installing attic ventilation? - Answer Verifying the presence of an effective Air & Thermal Barrier.
Which Leakage Paths should be given the Highest Priority on the Work Scope? - Answer To the Attic
Stack Effect occurs w...
BPI Analyst Exam Questions and
Answers All Correct
First step before installing attic ventilation? - Answer ✔ Verifying the presence of an
effective Air & Thermal Barrier.
Which Leakage Paths should be given the Highest Priority on the Work Scope? -
Answer ✔ To the Attic
Stack Effect occurs when a BLDG is heated and... - Answer ✔ the Warm air inside the
BLDG is LESS DENSE than the colder air Outside.
Parts of the BLDG shell - Answer ✔ Roof, Walls, Windows NOT stairways
When Thermal Imaging is NOT useful? - Answer ✔ Outside temp is similar to indoor
temp
Easy Pathways for Heat Flow - Answer ✔ walls, windows, ceilings NOT insulation
Typical R-value R-19 means that... - Answer ✔ All BLDG components (in a wall) Added
together have a Thermal Resistance of 19
Air Exchange is estimated in... - Answer ✔ Cubic Feet per minute (CFM)
What is U-Value if R equals 50? - Answer ✔ .02 U=1/R 1/50
Increasing the thickness of an Insulating Layer... - Answer ✔ Increases the Thermal
Resistance
NRFC (National Fenestration Rating Council) developed a Rating System for
_______ with a Scale of 1 to 100 - Answer ✔ Condensation Resistance
According to BPI Standards, the CAZ (Combustion Appliance Zone) depressurization
limit for an Orphan Natural Draft Water Heater is... - Answer ✔ -2 Pa (Pascal)
The temperature at which a volume of air can hold NO MORE Moisture is... - Answer ✔
Dew Point
, If 5 cubic feet of air Exfiltrating from the BLDG, how much is Infiltrating? - Answer ✔ 5 cf
(cubic feet)
Home most effected by Stack Effect? - Answer ✔ 3-story BLDG
Factors in Defining the Thermal Boundary? - Answer ✔ shell's existing insulation level,
effectiveness of the existing air barrier, incorporating potential areas of future use within
the Thermal Boundary NOT the BLDGs interior design
First Law of Thermodynamics - Answer ✔ Energy is neither created nor destroyed.
Equation calculates the area of a triangle. - Answer ✔ 1/2 base x height
If a 200-watt bulb burns for 20 hours, how much energy does it use? - Answer ✔ 4 kWh
Energy used if a 200,000 BTU/hr furnace runs for 4 hours - Answer ✔ 800,000 BTU
Example of Energy efficiency - Answer ✔ Reducing water consumption by a more
efficient Domestic Hot Water tank (DHW).
Wood placed in wet soil what moisture gradient will occur. - Answer ✔ Wetness of the
soil move into the wood.
Total number of heating degree days (HDD), if Average temperature in January is 30
degrees (Assume a 65 degree indoor temp year round and Jan has 31 days) - Answer
✔ 1085
BTUs it takes to raise 1lb of water 1 degree F - Answer ✔ 1
Using devices that draw less energy is called... - Answer ✔ energy efficiency
House depressurized to -50 pa, the pressure drop across the attic boundary is 25 pa,
What is the probable explanation? - Answer ✔ Ceiling and Roof are both partial air
barriers.
Fiberglass insulation sometimes recommended - Answer ✔ Low cost & High availability
Basement or Crawl space insulation is cost-effective in what type of climate? - Answer
✔ COLD
Type of insulation comes in High-Density & Low-Density polyurethane? - Answer ✔
Foam insulation
Most efficient types of ducts? - Answer ✔ 1:1 Square ducts
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