| An illustrated review designed to prepare practicing A/C contractors and senior year apprentices for the Journeyman's HVAC or General Mechanical Exam. Includes over 500 questions and answers from previous municipal and state certification tests.
Written by John Gladstone to prepare practicing journeyman and senior-year apprentices for the journeyman air conditioning and general mechanical examination. Journeyman General Mechanical Examination: An Illustrated Review with Questions and Answers, 2nd Edition is divided into six parts: Part 1: Everything for the Exam, is intended to help you become familiar with the language and construction of tests. It ends with 300 of the most frequently asked questions, which should be reviewed over and over again. Part 2: Technical Tables and Formulas, provides technical information, beginning with a basic math review and ending with symbols. It includes all the basic formulas and tables. Part 3: Field Application Problems, deals with basic field application problems. Part 4: Quizzes and Tests, includes quizzes and tests in specific subject areas, and concludes with a typical final exam. Part 5: Answers to Quizzes, provides answers to all of the quizzes and tests. Part 6: Appendix, includes important conversion tables and other quick-reference materials.
Contents
What to Bring to the Examination Room. The Day of the Examination. Tactics Used by the Test Writers and the Strategy Used to Beat Them. 300 Answers to Questions from Previous Examinations. Basic Mathematics. Pipefitter's Formulas and Tables. Fans, Pulleys and Belts. Useful Electrical Data. General Safety Requirements. Useful Conversion Factors. Decimals of a Foot. Inch-Foot-Decimal Conversion. Calculated Lengths of Pipe for Various Bends. Pressure Temperature Chart. Refrigerant Circuit Accessories. Scheme for the Identification of Piping Systems. Refrigerant Piping Test Procedures. Hangers, Straps and Chains. |