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BPI Building Analyst Pt 2 Exam Questions and Answers (Graded A)
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BPI Building Analyst Pt 2 ExamQuestions and Answers
What is the Second Law of Thermodynamics? - Correct Answers -energy flows from
high concentrations to low concentrations.
What is the mode of transport of most humidity in a home? - Correct Answers -air
If a window has a U value of 0.42 and a SHGC of 0.32, what is the window's R-value? -
Correct Answers -2.4
What factors contribute to the stack effect in a building? - Correct Answers -height of the
building, the difference in outside and inside temperatures
What is dew point? - Correct Answers -the temperature at which air reaches 100%
relative humidity, water droplets may form and fall as dew
What should be used to seal air ducts? - Correct Answers -water-based mastic
What is the Hippocratic oath? - Correct Answers -to first do no harm
What does "do no harm" refer to in home performance? - Correct Answers -safe
guarding the well-being of occupants, workers, and building
Considering health and safety, where might you air seal first? - Correct Answers -the
shared wall between the home and attached garage
What is infiltration? - Correct Answers -outdoor air entering home
What is exfiltration? - Correct Answers -indoor air escaping from the home
What are the 3 forces with the most effect on a building? - Correct Answers -heat, air,
moisture
What does the term "house as a system" refer to? - Correct Answers -the interaction of
all components of the complete system
, What phrase is commonly used to describe a building material or part of an assembly
that allows heat energy to transmit more rapidly from one side of the assembly to the
other than most of the assembly? - Correct Answers -thermal bridging
Heat transfer measurement for heating or cooling equipment sizing purposes is
expressed in what units? - Correct Answers -Btu/h
What is the formula to convert R-value to U-value? - Correct Answers -U=1/R
The sun warming and area of the floor is an example of what kind of heat transfer? -
Correct Answers -radiant heat transfer
What does a duct pressurization leakage test allow a technician to learn? - Correct
Answers -estimates the duct leakage while the system is operating
When doing a duct pressure test, the duct system is typically pressurized to what level?
- Correct Answers -25 Pascals
In what location within a duct system would a hole of a given size leak the most, during
system operation? - Correct Answers -closest to the air handler
When concentrating air sealing in a heating-dominated climate where is the most cost-
effective area to seal? - Correct Answers -attic plane
The blower door depressurization test is a diagnostic tool that measures what? - Correct
Answers -the amount of air infiltration through a building pressure boundry
Pascals and "inches of water column" are units of measure of what? - Correct Answers
-air pressure
What happens to the draft in a natural draft combustion venting system as the outdoor
temperature varies? - Correct Answers -draft decreases as the exterior temperature
rises
Relevant data for looking up heating furnace information is located where? - Correct
Answers -on the data plate located inside the furnace cabinet
Which of the following designations is used to rate the efficiency of a furnace? - Correct
Answers -AFUE
For a heating system with a sealed combustion venting system, where does the
combustion air come from? - Correct Answers -it uses outdoor air brought in through an
intake pipe or duct
What is the name of a heating system that extracts heat from outdoor air and delivers it
to the home? - Correct Answers -air source heat pump
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