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CPT Certified Process Technician VIP Practice Exam

CPT — The Certified Process Technician (CPT) credential is a national industry certification administered through the Center for the Advancement of Process Technology (CAPT) in partnership with the American Chemical Society (ACS) and community college process technology programs; the full credentialing exam is a 150-question multiple-choice assessment spanning safety, health, environment, process equipment, operations, and process control domains, with a 70% passing threshold.

31
Questions
120m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 31👑 VIP

A process technician notices that the pressure in a distillation column has risen 15% above its normal operating setpoint over the past 30 minutes, while the bottoms temperature remains steady and the overhead condenser duty appears unchanged. Which of the following is the MOST likely root cause of this pressure increase?

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