ASHRAE/CMR code Prep Quiz

Topics: ASHRAE/CMR

Quiz Result Settings

1: Liquid level gauges must be provided with what?

  • Automatic shut-offs
  • A relief valve
  • A low level mark
  • A red line

2: Refrigerant piping crossing an open space that affords passageway in any building shall not be less than _____ feet above the floor unless piping is located against the ceiling.

  • 7.25'
  • 8'4"
  • 7.00'
  • 9.00'

3: When a refrigerating machinery room is used, the emergency procedures shall be posted

  • on a conspicuous card located near the compressor
  • outside the room, immediately adjacent to each door
  • on a conspicuous card located near the evaporator
  • inside the room, immediately adjacent to each door

4: The 522 CMR 9.00 has adopted for reference ASHRAE ____

  • 15
  • 25
  • 10
  • III

5: When systems are protected by a high pressure relief device, the compressor's pressure limiting device shall be set at or below ____ % of the operating pressure of the high side relief device.

  • 90
  • 80
  • 110
  • 100

6: No open flames are allowed in the machinery room unless?

  • Approved by the installing contractor
  • Approved by the authorized person
  • Only when combustion air is provided from outside of the machinery room
  • Never can be allowed

7: Machinery rooms must be vented to ______?

  • outdoors
  • basement
  • unoccupied spaces
  • neutralizing tank

8: What type of copper is not permitted on refrigeration systems?

  • Type K
  • Type L
  • Type N
  • Type M

9: A premise or that portion of a premise where people transact business, receive personal service, or purchase foods, other goods is considered a

  • mercantile occupancy
  • public assembly occupancy.
  • commercial occupancy
  • business occupancy

10: Walls and doors of a machinery room shall be at least _____ hour(s) fire rated.

  • 2
  • 1
  • 3
  • 5

11: Liquid shall not occupy more than ____ of the volume when the temperature of the refrigerant is 90F.

  • 100%
  • 80%
  • 90%
  • 75%

12: A total of all group A-2,B-2, A-3, and B-3 refrigerants shall not exceed ____ lb in the occupied areas and machinery rooms of institutional occupancies.

  • 50
  • 100
  • 350
  • 550

13: A High-Probability System

  • is a system highly likely to leak form a failed connection or component of such system
  • is such that a leak of refrigerant from a failed connection will enter an unoccupied space
  • is such that any leak will cause injury or death to anyone within a 100 square foot area
  • is such that a leak of refrigerant from a failed connection will enter the occupied space

14: R-11 belongs to Group

  • B-1
  • B-3
  • A-2
  • A-1

15: Who approves containers for refrigerants?

  • D.O.E
  • D.O.D
  • D.O.T
  • E.P.A

16: What would be the classification of a prison?

  • Large mercantile
  • Industrial
  • Place of assembly
  • Institutional

17: How many refrigerant classifications are there for flammability?

  • 1
  • 7
  • 2
  • 3

18: Which refrigerant class listed below is the most flammable?

  • C3
  • A2
  • A3
  • B2

19: When must refrigeration system covered by the code be inspected?

  • Annually and when installed
  • Upon installation
  • Not required
  • Annually

20: NH3 is

  • ammonia
  • R-508A
  • lithium bromide
  • R-718

21: What is not a requirement of a class T machine room?

  • tight fitting doors
  • self-closing doors
  • automatic ventilation
  • fire hose connection to the building fire protection system

22: A plug containing an alloy that will melt at a specific temperature to relief pressure is a

  • rupture plug
  • fusion plug
  • fusible plug
  • relief plug

23: A Category D fluid

  • is when the fluid handled is non flammable, nontoxic, and not damaging to human as defined in ANSI/ASME Process Piping.
  • is when the design pressure does not exceed 150 psi
  • a fluid for service piping in which the potential for personnel exposure is judged to cause harm and irreversible damage to those persons exposed to it
  • Both a and b are correct

24: A relief valve shall be located at least ___ above grade.

  • 10'
  • 36'
  • 25'
  • 15'

25: All electrical work done on refrigeration systems must comply with

  • Department of Energy
  • ASHREA-15 Section 9.2.1
  • OSHA
  • NEC and Massachusetts Modifications