BSESME - HVAC

Complete the following statement:

    The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974…

• shares the responsibility for health and safety between the employer and the local council

• places all the responsibilities for health and safety on the employee

• places all the responsibilities for health and safety on the employer

• shares the responsibility for health and safety between the employer and the employee

Which of the following scenarios describes the work covered by an Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR)?

• Inspecting all electrical appliances used in a building to ensure that they are safe for use

• Identifying the electrical circuit and wiring requirement for a specific building

• Checking the overall integrity of electrical circuit and wiring in a building

• Assessing the energy efficiency of an electric circuit to meet UK Government's sustainability guidelines

Which of these is the first step to take when conducting a risk assessment?

• Evaluate the risk

• Review your findings

• Identify the hazards

• Update risk assessments

What is meant by the term 'specific heat capacity' of water?

• The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1kg of water by 1°C

• The amount of energy required for water to reach its boiling point

• The amount of energy required for water to reach its saturation point

• The amount of time that water takes to reaching boiling point

When refrigerant passes through a condenser in a single-stage vapour compression system, the phase change that the refrigerant undergoes is from...

• Superheated Vapour to Saturated Liquid

• Saturated Liquid to Superheated Vapour

• Dry Saturated Vapour to Superheated Vapour

• Wet Vapour to Saturated Liquid

What responsibility is placed on employers under the Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999?

• To outline the minimum welfare provisions that must be provided

• To undertake risk assessments and identify potential hazards

• To manage the minimum break times that must be given to employees

• To ensure that a Principal Designer and Principal Contractor are appointed

When the number of turns in the coil of an AC generator is increased...

• the Electromotive Force (EMF) decreases

• the Electromotive Force (EMF) increases

• the Electromotive Force (EMF) remains the same

• the Electromotive Force (EMF) becomes zero

The image shows two rooms with a refrigeration system. Which of the following statements is true?

• Room 2 will always be cooler than Room 1

• Room 1 will get hotter and Room 2 will get cooler

• Room 2 will get hotter and Room 1 will get cooler

• Room 1 and Room 2 will have the same temperature

Which of the following do heat pumps use in geothermal energy?

• Variable electricity

• Constant electricity

• Earth’s variable temperature

• Earth’s constant temperature

Energy can be preserved in hot water copper pipes through the use of…

• pipe heaters

• pipe insulation

• pipe ducts

• pipe boxes