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To cut a piece of structural steel with a hacksaw, which of the following blades would be best?
What is the name of the ginder pictured below?
Globe valves have a distinct disadvantage when compared to a gate valve. From the answers below select the best one.
"If a worker is injured or has an accident on the jobsite, they must report it as soon as possible to the employer." The act that best encompasses this statement is which of the following?
Of the answers below, which is the best oxyacetylene term for the condition that occurs when the flame burns back into the tip, followed by a "pop" noise?
What tool is in the picture below?
All of the below are common disadvantages of using plastic pipe except one. Choose the answer that is not a disadvantage.
There a specific vocabulary when describing the areas of a fillet weld. Which of these terms is represented by "A" in the picture below? Choose the best answer from those provided.
What is the name of the cutter pictured below?
(se)Which answer best describes the device that can increase the frequency of an AC current, or change DC to AC? Choose your answer from the ones provided below
(se)"An type of material that allows the flow of an electrical current in one or more directions." The best answer that this statement describes is which of the following?
There are several different types of groove welds. Which of those weld types is represented by the picture below? Choose the best answer from those provided.
A water holding tank has a base of 25.67 m² and a height of 10 m, what is the force acting on the base of the tank? Choose the best answer from those provided below.
To supply a gas test with high pressure, dry gas, which of the following would be best to use?
One of the following is not a disadvantage of a plug valve. Choose from the options below.
At the bottom of a column of water, the pressure is 459 psi, how high is this column? Choose the best answer from those provided below
Which of the valves below best fits the description of this statement? "This type of valve has two ports to it. One inlet and one outlet, and relies on pressure on the inlet side to work properly."
What type of screwdriver head is pictured below?
The categories of workplace hazards have been broken down to _____ main areas. Using the answers below fill in the blank.
"The temperature of a metal, below which the substance is entirely solid." The best term to fit this description from the group below is?
"When required to make a square cut off line on a pipe, this coiled layout tool made of gasket material is commonly used." Which of the tools below best fits this description?
Because of various stresses, fasteners to be used in the piping industry are designed for what type of load?
In accordance to the specifications set out by AWS, which of the following symbols would be placed on a package of silver filler metals? Choose the best answer from the ones provided below.
Convert 45 Dekameters to Decimeters. Choose the best answer from those provided below.
On any angle grinder and grinding disk there is an RPM rating. What is the relationship between the rating of the grinder and the rating of the disk? Choose the best answer from the ones below
Which of the numbered symbols below best represents a side view socket weld tee?
Which is the best answer below that describes the following picture?
Of the welded joint configurations, which of the terms below references the picture provided?
There are many different parts to an oxy fuel cutting torch. Choose the best answer from the options below that would describe "B".
What tool is pictured below?
Type "K" copper tube has which colour identification strip?
Copper tube DWV fittings can be used on copper pressure piping systems
Which of the numbered symbols below best represents a threaded gate valve?
Which of the numbered symbols below best represents a butt weld globe valve?
What type of iron from the selections below contains the highest carbon content?
When installing an instrument air piping system in a textile plant, what code would you reference for the minimum standards?
For material that is ⅜" to 1" thick, the most common type of joint preparation would be which of the following. Choose the best answer that applies
There are several sizes of portable hand drills. How are they rated? Choose the best answer from the ones below.
What tool is in the picture below?
"Smaller tubing sizes and the strength of the operator are both characteristics that this type of bender has." Of the options below, choose the bender that best fits this description.
What tool is in the picture below?
When breaking down an element, smallest unit into which it can be divided and still retain its characteristic properties is best describes by which of the terms below?
The fraction ⅜ is equal to which of the fractions below? Choose the best answer from the ones provided.
One side of a support is 372 mm, the other side is 739 mm. What is the smallest area that this support can be used? Choose the best answer from the ones provided below.
In a piping system fittings can be used in a variety of situations, one of those is:
Which is the best answer below that describes the following picture?
A natural gas boiler has an output rating of 43500 Btu and is 67% efficient. Which of the answers below best represents it's input rating?
Choose the best answer below that is the density of water in imperial measurement.
"This layout tool has one chamfered edge usually. The dual purpose tool can check the material surface to assure flatness, and mark a straight line on a surface." This statement best describes which of the following tools?
In the WHMIS system, "Dangerously reactive material" is represented by which hazard class? Choose from the following answers.
Which of the states of matter can be defined as having defined mass, volume and shape? Choose the best answer from the ones provided below.
The encircled letters along the west side of the drawing are best represented by which of the terms below?
Before entering a confined space for the first time or re-entering after a break, it is a good practice to do which of the following?
Oxygen should have a purity of 99.5% or higher for oxy-fuel cutting. The cutting speed will be an estimated ¾ of normal and the expenditure in cutting oxygen will increase approximately ¼ of normal for each _______ drop in purity percentage form optimum. Use the answers provided to select the best one to fill in the blank.
Pipe size is specified with two non-dimensional numbers: ________ diameter based on inches, and _______ for wall thickness. Of the options below, fill in the blanks.
Calculate the mass of 6.25 ft³ of gold that weighs 3579 lb/ft³. Choose the best answer from the ones provided below.
What temperature separates soft soldering and brazing?
"A substance that undergoes a ___________, doesn't chemically alter what the substance is." Choose from the options below to best fill in the blank in this statement.
Which of the numbered symbols below best represents a side view butt weld cap?
Of the valves below, which has a flow pattern that is non-directional?
(se)On a brand new joint, when welding one of the first two passes, what arc length should be used? Choose the best answer from the options given below.
(wf)There is a great variety of ______ . This encompasses any flaw that compromises the acceptable standard for a weld. Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks from the ones provided below.
A pressure of 379 kPa is showing on your absolute pressure gauge. Your journeyman needs that in converted to psig. Which of the answers below best reflects the number that you will give them?
Blueprints are assebled into groups for ease of accessing the information quickly. In the commercial or industrial ares of work, there are commonly ________ divisions of these blueprints. Choose from the answers below to best fill in the blank.
There are several different three sided geometric shapes. Choose the best answer below as it relates to "B" in the picture provided.
"While dimensioning drawings, there is one of the following activities that you must avoid doing." Which of the following actions when dimensioning a drawing must be avoided? Choose the best answer from the ones provided below
Of the options listed below, one is not an advantage of ERS over conventional soldering. Choose which one.
Regulators commonly have three working parts to them. Which of the parts does the the adjusting screw attach to? Choose the best answer from the ones provided below.
Of the gases below, choose the best one that supports combustion, but is non-flammable on it own.
In the picture below there are various dimensions noted. Choose the answer from the ones provided that best describes the orientation of the numerical dimensions.
With the options below complete the following sentence. "Rules governing the fabrication of power boilers is found in ASME ________"
Fire suppression applications use CPVC piping. For this application what colour must this piping be? Choose the best answer from the options below.
(se)When sizing welding cables, which of the cables below would be the largest?
Convert 4.81' to the nearest ¹⁄₁₆ of an inch. Choose the best answer from the ones below
Calculate the mass of 2.75 m³ of stainless steel that weighs 3790 kg/m³. Choose the best answer from the ones provided below.
There are several different types of groove welds. Which of those weld types is represented by the picture below? Choose the best answer from those provided.
(wf)After the fillet weld is complete, the inspector says that the weld profile has a bulge to it. Which of the terms below best describes this situation?
When using a beam clamp, ensuring the recommended support load is not exceeded is important. What other component of this support system needs to checked against the weight of the load?
(se)While welding, what is the result of leangthening of the welding arc? Choose the best answer from those provided below.
Which of the layout tools below would be the most accurate in transferring measurements? Choose from the following tools.
There are three commonly used basic systems of controlling the operation of a mechanized oxy-fuel cutter. Which of the answers below is not one of them? Choose the best answer from those provided below.
You have to hire employees to work 40 hours a week to finish the job. If the job is projected for 3178 hours, how many employees will have to be hired? Choose the best answer from those provided below.
When comparing STD, XS and XXS wall thicknesses on typical piping, STD piping has:
What tool is in the picture below?
The proper procedure for shutting down an oxyacetylene outfit takes an number of steps. Of the answers below, choose the one that represents these number of steps.
There are a great many ways to give information about the shape of an object. Certain ways of drawing or views will give some information clearer than others. Of the answers below, choose the best term that describes the following picture.
From this description, choose the correct pipe support. "A piece of pipe, to support a line, that is mitered and welded to the back of an elbow."
A 10 meter piece of brass pipe that has an operating temperature of 85°C and pressure of 34 kPa/m². This line was originally installed At -15°C, what is the total linear expansion in meters for this line? Choose the best answer from the ones supplied below.
100°C is the approximate melting temperature of a fusible plug equipped on an acetylene bottle. Of the reasons below, choose the best reason explaining the purpose of these plugs.
There are generally considered to be four types of welds. Which of those weld types is represented by the picture below? Choose the best answer from those provided.
"The angle of the oxy-fuel torch relative to the direction of travel that which the tip is pointed dictates the directions in which the heat is going and the slag will be blown." Which of the terms below is best described by this statement?
What pressure would be exerted by a column of water 14 feet high? Choose the best answer from those provided below
These materials can be cooled and heated several times without any change in their chemistry or mechanical properties. This allows them to be formed and re-formed into different shapes" This is the best description of which of the terms below?
You are ordering stud bolts to fasten two flanges together. What thread classification would you order of the following classifications?
Maintaining all of the required PPE within the manufactures guidelines and in good working order is the responsibility of the________." Choose from the following answers to fill the blank.
Of the selection of units below, which would be best used to describe pressure?
(wf)Of the defects listed below, which one best describes the black lines outside of the weld in the picture shown?
When suspending stationary non-insulated pipe line, it is recommended to use which of the supports below?
When using a portable fire extinguisher to fight a fire, why is it important to aim at the base of the fire?
"It is a method of drawing which you can represent your shapes into three- dimensional view. An angle of 30 degree is taken in all its sides in order to give a 3d look." This statement best describes which of the following drawing methods?