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BPI Exam Questions and Answers How long is BPI certification valid? - Answer-Individuals must be re-certified after 3 years BPI standards are currently - Answer-Developed in an ANSI-accredited process To be BPI certified, you must - Answer-Apply and pass both a field and an online test A BPI Bu...

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BPI Exam Questions and Answers

How long is BPI certification valid? - Answer✔✔-Individuals must be re-certified after 3 years


BPI standards are currently - Answer✔✔-Developed in an ANSI-accredited process


To be BPI certified, you must - Answer✔✔-Apply and pass both a field and an online test


A BPI Building Analyst should be able to - Answer✔✔-Conduct diagnostic tests


Calculate energy savings from installed measures


Develop an energy retrofit work scope


An Envelope Professional should be able to: - Answer✔✔-Assess the integrity of the building

envelope


The most complicated system in a house is? - Answer✔✔-The occupant


Airsealing without insulating? - Answer✔✔-Can cause mold


Ice Dams in cold climates are usually caused by? - Answer✔✔-Attic tents


Increasing the attic ventilation without attention to air leakage can cause..? - Answer✔✔-

Increased CFM50 Readings


The Hypotenuse is found by..? - Answer✔✔-Pythagorean Theorem


The purpose of a house's weather shell is: - Answer✔✔-Keep rain off the envelope

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The most likely cause of furnace backdrafting is: - Answer✔✔-To tight of a house


Which financial measure looks at the life cycle cost/benefit of weatherization? - Answer✔✔-

Savings to Investment Ratio


In a typical U.S. house, the order of energy use is: - Answer✔✔-Heating, DHW, Cooling


A project that costs $4,000 and has savings of $500 per year has payback of: - Answer✔✔-8


A house most likely to pursue an energy retrofit project is one that: - Answer✔✔-High fuel

usage, high fuel cost, cold climate


That 'hot' moves to 'cold' is an example of: - Answer✔✔-2nd Law of Thermodynamics


If a material's temperature rises, we can say - Answer✔✔-It has absorbed 'sensible' heat


How much energy is needed for 1 lb of water to rise 1°F? - Answer✔✔-1 BTU


A building material with a U-Value of .05 has an R-Value of: - Answer✔✔-20


The 3 mechanisms of heat transfer are: - Answer✔✔-Radiation conduction and convection


The greater the temperature gradient, - Answer✔✔-The greater the heat flow


1 thermal equals - Answer✔✔-100,000 BTUs


The Balance Point temperature is: - Answer✔✔-Stablizes comfort when outside and inside

temperatures are different




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A winter 'design' temperature is: - Answer✔✔-Lower than outside temperature 97.5% of the

time


Used to size heating systems


Found in Manual 'J'


The high for the day is 95 and the low 83, how many cooling degree days? - Answer✔✔-Avg T =

(95 + 83)/2 = 89, CDD = Avg T - 78 = 11


The high for the day is 62 and the low 28, how many cooling degree days? - Answer✔✔-Zero,

cooling degree days need an Avg T over 78


The high for the day is 72 and the low 50, how many heating degree days? - Answer✔✔-Avg T =

(72 + 50)/2 = 61, HDD = 65 - Avg T = 4


Relative humidity can be defined as: - Answer✔✔-The ratio of water to the air's water capacity


When the tempearture falls to the dew point:




Relative humidity rises to 100%


Air becomes saturated


Water vapor begins to condense on hard surfaces


All of the above - Answer✔✔-All of the above


Which is NOT a driver of indoor relative humidity?

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Bathing activities


Number of people, plants & pets


Outside relative humidity


Windiness - Answer✔✔-Windiness


If small ΔTs significantly impact RH, which area is least likely to experience condensation? -

Answer✔✔-Combustion Appliance Zone (CAZ)


Bath fans should be: - Answer✔✔-Vented as straight and directly to the outside


Which of the following is NOT a sign of a condensation problem?




Mold


Rot


Efflorescence


Stains - Answer✔✔-Efflorescence


Balloon framed homes are better candidates for energy retrofit because: - Answer✔✔-Their

interstitial cavities are often connected to the outside



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