Specific Competencies and Skills Tested in this Assessment:
Written Assessment:
Administration Time: 3 hours
Number of Questions: 116
Areas Covered:
8% Plumbing/Pipefitting
13% Welding, Sheet Metal and Fabrication
10% Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration
13% Blueprint Reading and Basic Drafting
8% Mechanical Drive Components
19% Pneumatics
15% Hydraulics
14% Machine Tool Practices (Machinery)
Sample Questions:
A leaking faucet handle can be caused from
- deteriorated packing
- sand in the water
- worn seats
- the water hammer
Tensile strength is the resistance a metal has to being
- bent
- compressed
- pulled apart
- twisted
The low-pressure switch opens its contacts
- on a drop in suction pressure
- on a drop in discharge pressure
- at the end of each operating cycle
- at the beginning of each operating cycle
Which of the following designates the thread series in the note 5/8-11 UNC-2B x 2 1/2?
- 5/8
- 11
- UNC
- 2B
How can the pressure on a clamp be held while the work cylinder is withdrawn?
- pressure relief valve
- pressure switch
- sequence valve
- flow control valve