MASSACHUSETTS Vocational Technical TEACHER TESTING Program

 

SCOPE OF TEST CODE # 43 – STATIONARY ENGINEERING

 

WRITTEN EXAM -100 QUESTIONS

 

TIME ALLOWED: 3 HOURS

PERCENT OF TEST:

 

5 % HEALTH AND SAFETY

 

2% STATIONARY ENGINEERING QUALITY STANDARD OPERATIONS

 

5 % STATIONARY ENGINEERING DIAGNOSTICS

  • Design
  • Problem Solving
  • Troubleshooting

 

10% EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND MEASURE DEVICES

  • Monitor and Maintain Equipment and Gauges
  • ID and Use Measurement Devices

 

2 % MANUFACTURING PROCESS MANAGEMENT

 

26% STEAM BOILERS

  • Types and Operations
  • Fittings
  • Components
  • System Water Cycle

 

25% FUEL BURNERS

  • Fuel Burner Types
  • Draft Types
  • Combustion Controls

 

10% BOILER WATER TREATMENT

 

10% DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF STATIONARY ENGINEERING POSITIONS

  • Chief Engineer
  • On Line Fireman
  • Auxiliary Equipment Operator

 

5% RELATED MATHEMATICS

 

THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION IS ALIGNED WITH THE MATCHING MASSACHUSETTS VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATOR FRAMEWORKS.  SOME QUESTIONS REQUIRE A SYNTHESIS OF KNOWLEDGE BASED ON VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL WORK EXPERIENCE AND MAY NOT BE FOUND IN ANY BOOK.  HOWEVER, CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO STUDY FOR THEIR EXAMS BY REVIEWING CURRENT TEXTBOOKS AND REFERENCE MATERIAL WHICH CAN USUALLY BE FOUND IN THE LIBRARIES OF MOST VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS WHICH OFFER CHAPTER 74 PROGRAMS.

 

*You may refer to http://www.doe.mass.edu/cte/frameworks for the Massachusetts Vocational Technical Educator Frameworks.

 

SCOPE OF TEST CODE # 43 – STATIONARY ENGINEERING

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THE FOLLOWING LIST OF REFERENCE MATERIALS WAS DEVELOPED AS A GUIDE FOR WRITTEN EXAM CANDIDATES:

 

 

Boiler Operators Workbook by Dean R. Wilson

American Technical Publishers, 2005

 

Boiler Operators Exam Preparation Guide by Theodore B. Sauselin

McGraw-Hill, 1997

 

Stationary Engineering by M. Harold J. Frost and Frederick Steingress

American Technical Publishers, 2008

 

 

YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY FOR OBTAINING THESE RESOURCES THROUGH THE INTERLIBRARY LOAN PROGRAM.

 

The written exam consists of 100 multiple choice questions.  Each question consists of one incomplete sentence or a questions followed by four choices.  Listed below are several sample items:

 

 

A steam pressure gauge is calibrated in :

 

            a.         btu's per pound.

            b.         pounds per cubic inch.

            c.         inches per temperature increase

*           d.         pounds per square inch.

 

A direct cause of over-heating of the boiler tubes is:

 

            a.         soot formation.

            b.         over-firing.

            c.         insufficient air.

*           d.         scale formation on the tubes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* indicates correct answer

 

THE TEACHER TESTING PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE NON-PROGRAMMABLE CALCULATORS FOR USE IN COMPLETING THE WRITTEN EXAM. DOCUMENTATION REGARDING THESE CALCULATORS WILL BE INCLUDED IN YOUR ADMISSION PACKAGE.

 

UPDATED: 10-2009

Please be advised that a Stationary Engineering performance exam and outline are being developed.  This exam will be aligned with the latest Massachusetts Vocational Technical Education Framework in this licensure area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPDATED: 7/2008