BPI BA Part 1 Exam Questions and Answers All Correct Update
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BPI BA Part 1 Exam Questions and Answers All Correct Update
What is the thermal boundary in a home? - Answer a boundary that addresses temperature differences between conditioned and unconditioned spaces
What is the pressure boundary in a home? - Answer a boundary between inside air and ou...
BPI BA Part 1 Exam Questions and
Answers All Correct 2024-2025
Update
What is the thermal boundary in a home? - Answer ✔ a boundary that addresses
temperature differences between conditioned and unconditioned spaces
What is the pressure boundary in a home? - Answer ✔ a boundary between inside air
and outside air usually separated by some kind of vapor barrier or vapor retarder
What is R-value? - Answer ✔ a measure of resistance to heat flow
What is U-value? - Answer ✔ the inverse of R-value
What is thermal imaging? - Answer ✔ use of an infrared camera to detect and record
different temperature signatures on different surfaces
What is delta P? - Answer ✔ a measure in the change of pressure (generally air
pressure)
What is the stack effect in a home? - Answer ✔ Generally, lower air pressure is found
lower in a structure and higher air pressure is found to be higher in the structure. The
taller structure the greater the pressure difference.
What are the signs of high moisture in a home? - Answer ✔ signs of water, water stains,
mold, mildew, odors
What are typical sources of moisture in a home? - Answer ✔ rainwater, groundwater,
plumbing leaks, cooking, bathing, drying clothes, breathing, combustion, aquariums,
plants
What is relative humidity? - Answer ✔ the moisture that the air can hold at a given
temperature
What is dew point? - Answer ✔ as air cools, the relative humidity reaches a saturation
point causing the moisture to condense and fall as dew
, What are the dangers of high moisture in a home? - Answer ✔ moisture, mold, and
mildew can have negative health effects on the home's occupants and compromise the
durability of the structure over time
What are the major modes of moisture transport in a home? - Answer ✔ gravity,
capillary action, air movement
What is capillary action? - Answer ✔ the ability of moisture to flow with or against gravity
in or through a lower moisture porous material
What might be an example of the capillary action in a home? - Answer ✔ efference on a
concrete foundation wall, basement wood membranes wicking up a puddle of water
What is diffusion? - Answer ✔ the ability of moisture to move from higher saturated air
to lower saturated air
How do we measure moisture in the air? - Answer ✔ measure the relative humidity,
sling psychrometer
What is the first step in managing high moisture in a home? - Answer ✔ find and control
the sources of the high moisture
What is BPI? - Answer ✔ the Building Performance Institute sets the standards and
practices for home performance testing and analysis
What is the recommended PPE for a Home Energy Assessor? - Answer ✔ personal CO
monitor, gas leak detector, hard hat, gloves, long pants, boots and dust mask or
respirator
What are the diagnostic tools of a Home Energy Assessor? - Answer ✔ personal CO
monitor, gas leak detector, combustion gas analyzer, manometer, blower door, smoke
pen, air flow meter, IR camera
What OSHA? - Answer ✔ Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
protects workers from injury and illness relating to their job
What are the hazardous materials that can be commonly found in existing homes? -
Answer ✔ CO, combustible gases, asbestos, lead, VOCs, mold
What is the EPA? - Answer ✔ the Environmental Protection Agency protects human
health and the environment
The house as a system, what does this mean? - Answer ✔ the interaction of all the
systems in a home
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