Kentucky Boiler Exam Review questions
with correct answers
A license is required when a person/firm
- installs a boiler
-repairs a boiler
- installs an unfired boiler
- repairs an unfired boiler
- all of the above - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔All of the above
T/F: License Is issued to a person designated as a license holder, and remains with that person,
regardless of change of an employer - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔True
A contractor may apply for a re-reinstatement of a license after how many days from the day the
suspension? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔90 days
T/F: All on-site workers are also be required to be a licensed. - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔False,
installers do not need a license
As a license holder, can you pull a permit and then sub out the installation work? - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔No, you cannot sub out boiler installation work.
Permit is required for the installation of a:
- boiler pressure vessel or pressure pipe
- replacement of pressure piping
- water heaters less than 15 psi
- All of the above - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔All of the above
, In emergency repair, permit first authorized by the board inspector, or a special bore inspector shall
be filed within or completed by... - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔30 days
When should a license holder submit a permit request for installation of a board press reversal or
piping to the department for approval? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Prior to installation
T/F: A license holder may place boiler pressure vessel or pressure piping into service prior to
contacting the inspector - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔False
The law that requires all pressure vessels and boilers to be inspected before activation - ** VERIFIED
ANSWERS **✔✔KRS 236
The willful violation of any provision of the law referred to in KRS 236 or KAR 815 is punishable by...
- ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔30 days in jail and maximum $500/day
NBIC - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔National Board of Inspections and Code
If there is a discrepancy between KRS 236 and 815 KRS in the regulation versus the national board
inspection code, which code takes precedent? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔NBIC
What is the ASME? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔American Society of Mechanical Engineers
The minimum clearance required for a bore or pressure vessel all the side all around it? - **
VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔2' on each side
Clearance required for a manway? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔5' clearance
T/F: Compressed air piping is considered pressure pipe? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔True
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