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Quiz by Neil Revollo, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Neil Revollo
almost 8 years ago
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Question 1
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Hydronic heating systems use water (or water-based solutions) to move thermal energy from where it is produced to where it is needed.
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- True
- False
Question 2
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Ideally, the water in a hydronic heating system is replaced in the system every year.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 3
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Providing comfort is the secondary objective of any heating system designer or installer.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 4
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Properly designed hydronic systems control both the air temperature and surface temperatures of rooms to maintain optimal comfort.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 5
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Maintaining comfort is simply a matter of supplying heat to the body.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 6
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A properly designed and installed hydronic system can operate with virtually no detectable sound levels in the occupied areas of a home.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 7
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Not every heating system consists of devices that convert one form of energy into another.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 8
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Thermal radiation is probably the least understood mode of heat transfer.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 9
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The simplest hydronic system can be described as a loop or piping circuit.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 10
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In single-loop systems, the flow-check valve prevents hot water in the boiler from slowly circulating through the distribution system when the circulator is off.
Answer
- True
- False
Question 11
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Water has many characteristics that make it ideal for a hydronic system. It is readily available, nontoxic, nonflammable, and has one of the highest __________ storage abilities of any material known to man.
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heat
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vapor
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molecular
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space efficient
Question 12
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Early hydronic systems did not have circulators. Instead, they relied on the __________ of hot water to move water between the boiler and the heat emitters.
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molecular attraction
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thermonics
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hydraulics
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buoyancy
Question 13
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Buildings with hydronic heating systems have shown __________ heating energy use compared to equivalent structures with forced-air heating systems.
Answer
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higher
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lower
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equal
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unquantifiable
Question 14
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A given volume of water can absorb over __________ times more heat as the same volume of air for the same temperature change.
Answer
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30
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300
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340
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3400
Question 15
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Heat is our perception of atomic vibrations within a material. Our means of expressing the intensity of these vibrations is called _________.
Answer
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harmonics
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temperature
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cellular reaction
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tuning
Question 16
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Heat emitters that use fans or blowers to force air through a heat exchanger are usually called fan coils or air _________.
Answer
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handlers
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tunnels
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wavers
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blowers
Question 17
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All hydronic heating systems will inherently attempt to find a point of _______ and remain in operation at that point.
Answer
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level capacity
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even hydraulic flow
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thermal equilibrium
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customer comfort
Question 18
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In an ideal application, the rate of heat production by the heat source would _________ the rate of heat by the heat emitters.
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exactly match
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exceed
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remain lower than
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depend on
Question 19
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In single-loop systems, the __________ prevents hot water in the boiler from slowly circulating through the distribution system when the circulator is off.
Answer
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diaphragm
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thermosiphon
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off switch
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flow-check valve
Question 20
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An air separator is designed to separate air from water and eject it from the system. The process is ________ the water is heated.
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more difficult if
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enhanced as
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not affected if
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unnecessary if
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