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2025 AABC Annual Meeting Quiz: TAB Instrumentation for Hospitals and Other Critical Spaces
Step
1
of
11
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Name
(Required)
First
Last
Email
(Required)
How did you find this quiz?
(Required)
Search Engine or Internet Ad
Social Media (LinkedIn)
Email Marketing
Other
When airflow CFM readings are low and variable, what action results in more consistent readings?
(Required)
Reverse the pressure port tubes
Repeat readings until the desired value is observed.
Compare flaps open vs flaps closed.
Swear.
Collect and average readings over 6 seconds or longer.
How can a room pressure reading be accurate with a sliding glass door that won't close with a tube present?
(Required)
Estimate the lost CFM and a corresponding correction to the actual reading.
Not possible.
Measure a similar room that has a conventional door.
Use a tiny probe that conforms to the door jamb.
Swear.
What instrument can speed up room pressure adjustment?
(Required)
RVA
odometer
calorimeter
manometer
multiple remote wireless door pressure sensors
Which reading (inwc) is reasonable for hospital room pressures?
(Required)
8
1.5
0.5
0.03
0.003
Pressure in a hospital OR should be about .01 inwc above which room?
(Required)
Bathroom
Anteroom
Patient
Isolation
Lobby
Which type of room requires room pressure balance?
(Required)
Hospital OR
Semicon factory
Pharma factory
Compounding lab
University experimental lab
All
NIST stands for?
(Required)
Never Ingest Soggy Tacos
Nevada Independent Studios for Talent
National Institute of Standards & Technology Tailors.
National Institute of Swedish Tailors.
New Irish Singing Tenors
In 2004 an NCBC panel of building experts declared that this portion of US buildings were not working as designed and required TAB and repairs.
(Required)
100%
90%
80%
70%
40%
Pressure-based velocity instruments have a lower limit for accuracy reasons of:
(Required)
600 FPM
400 FPM
180 FPM
100 FPM
None of the above
The modern capture hood and TAB multimeter were invented and patented by:
(Required)
Edison
Wright
Carrier
Fluke
Shortridge
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