Boilermaker - Exam Information

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Each Red Seal exam's questions are developed to assess the activities laid out in the Red Seal Occupational Standard. This trade's Red Seal exam has 120 questions ^{Footnote *}, which are distributed as follows:

All Red Seal exam questions are written in multiple-choice format. A multiple-choice question consists of question followed by four possible responses (A, B, C, D). Every question has exactly one correct answer and three incorrect options. They are not misleading or trick questions, but the incorrect options are not always obvious.

There are three types of questions that you will see on Red Seal Exams:

• Knowledge and Recall
• Procedural and Application
• Critical Thinking

Knowledge and Recall

This type of question tests your ability to recall and understand definitions, facts and principles.

For this trade, between 25 and 35% of questions that are this type.

Procedural and Application

This type of question tests your ability to apply your knowledge of procedures to a situation.

For this trade, between 55 and 65% of questions are this type.

Critical Thinking

This type of question tests  your ability to interpret data, solve problems and arrive at valid conclusions.

For this trade, between 10 and 20% of questions are this type.

The following formulas used in this trade may be needed to answer some questions on its Red Seal exam. They will also be provided with the exam sitting.

$\pi =\mathrm{3.1416}$

$\text{Arc length}=\text{radius}\times \text{degrees}\times \mathrm{0.01745}$

$\text{Arc length}=\frac{\text{arc length}\times C}{360°}$

$\text{Area of circle}=A=\pi r^2$

$\text{Area of rectangle}=L\times W$

$\text{C}=\pi d\text{ or }\text{C}=2\pi r$

$\text{Clip spacing}=6D$

$\text{Drum capacity}=(A+B)\times B\times C\times F$

$\text{Factors for angle of cut}=\frac{\text{angle of turn}}{\text{number of welds}\times 2}$

$\text{Lead line pull}=\frac{\text{weight}}{\text{ratio}}$

$\text{Length of bolt}=\text{length of grip}+\text{washer THK}+\text{nut THK}+2\text{threads}$

$\text{Mean diameter}=\frac{\text{OD}-1\text{THK}}{\text{ID}+1\text{THK}}$

$\text{Number of wire rope clips}=3D+1$

$\text{Pythagorean theorem}=a^2+b^2=c^2$

$\text{Sling tension}=\frac{\text{weight}}{\text{number}}\times \frac{\text{length}}{\text{vertical length}}$

$\text{Tube expansion}=\text{clearance}+\text{tube reduction}+\text{tube ID}$

$\text{V - block opening for a 90° air bend on heavier plate}=10\times \text{THK of PL}$

$\text{Volume of cube}=L\times W\times H$

$\text{Working load limit}=D2\times 8$

$\text{Wrench size}=1\frac{1}{2}\times \text{bolt size}+\frac{1}{8}\text{in.}$