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BPM Criterion-Referenced Test #1 Answer Key
  A.Convection F.Heating K.Fluorescent
B.Infiltration G.Insulation L. Air conditioning
C.kWhr H.Conduction M.Incandescent
D.Radiation I.Ventilation N.Radiant barrier
E.Lumens J.Watts O.Luminescent
1.

You are conducting an lighting audit and would like to recommend that 10 inefficient light bulbs that you identified be replaced. With which type of lamp would you recommend the lamps be replaced?
K
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2.
 You want to report the total amount of energy that a 75 watt lightbulb used over a 20 hour period. Of the above choices, which units do you use?
C
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3.
 You are sitting inside a building near (but not touching) a wall on a warm, sunny day and begin to feel warm. Assuming there has been no change in the air temperature inside the building, what heat transfer mechanism is most likely making you feel warm?
D
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4.
 A ceiling fan is turned on above you, and as a result you begin to feel cooler. Which heat transfer mechanism is responsible?
A
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5.
 You touch a copper water pipe at your house and it feels warm. Which heat transfer mechanism is responsible for the pipe feeling warm?
H
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6.
 A lamp’s light output is typically reported it in these units.
E
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7.
 You want to reduce the heat conduction rate through a wall.
Of the choices given above, which will you use to do so?
G
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8.
 You are conducting an energy audit at your house and realize that air is entering the house through large cracks around the front door. What term describes what is happening here?
B
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9.
 Since it is important that some outside air does get into the house to replace “stale” air inside the house, you recommend that the leak around the door in the question above be sealed, and then a controlled amount of air be brought into the house from a specified outdoor location. What term describes bringing in this controlled amount of air?
I
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10.
 Other than insulation, what might you use to reduce the heat transfer from a hot roof to the area below?
N
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