ASHRAE/CMR code Prep Quiz

Topics: ASHRAE/CMR

Quiz Result Settings

1: When can recovered refrigerants be reused?

  • They can't
  • Only when used in original owner's equipment
  • Only if used in 30 days of recovery
  • None of the above

2: R-717 is

  • ammonia
  • trichloromethane
  • water
  • carbon dioxide

3: Liquid level gauge glasses shall have automatic closing shut off valves, except Bull's eye or reflex type.

  • True
  • False

4: Systems containing more than 110 pounds must have stop valves located at the

  • compressor suction inlet
  • compressor discharge outlet
  • receiver inlet and outlet
  • All of the above

5: According to the 522 CMR Board of Boilers, refrigerant detectors, alarms, and the refrigeration mechanical room ventilating systems shall be tested

  • quarterly
  • regularly
  • annually
  • bi-annually

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

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

7: According to ASHRAE Standard-15 9.8 Positive Displacement Compressor Protection, the pressure-relief device discharge into

  • the low-pressure side of the system
  • the high side of the system
  • the liquid receiver
  • both a and c are correct

8: Pressure vessels having an inside diameter of 6” or less shall be protected by

  • a fusible plug
  • a pressure relief device
  • either a fusible plug or a pressure relief device
  • Pressure vessels having an inside diameter of 6” or less need no such protection unless otherwise specified

9: What must be done to refrigerant pipes before being buried?

  • Leaked checked
  • Encased
  • Coated
  • Certified

10: R-718 is rated unlimited for refrigeration quantity contained in a system. Why?

  • R-718 is not rated unlimited because it's a dangerous refrigerant
  • Because it's a non-flammable refrigerant
  • Because it's cheap
  • Because it's water

11: What section governs pressure vessels?

  • Section 8 ASHREA 15 ASME unfired
  • Section 1 ASHREA 15 ASME fired
  • Section ASHREA 34
  • OSHA

12: Before determining if a machinery room equipment is excluded from following Ashrae 15, you must determine how many pounds of refrigerant per _____ cubic feet?

  • 1,000
  • 100,000
  • 10,000
  • 100

13: Ammonia shall be discharged into ____________ or a tank containing one gallon of water for every pound of ammonia.

  • the atmosphere
  • a de-pressurized recovery tank with a silver top and yellow bottom
  • a tank containing two pounds of a water/lithium bromide mix for every pound of ammonia
  • All of the above

14: What is the refrigerant chlorodifluoromethane?

  • R-123
  • R-12
  • R-22
  • R-134a

15: The total amount of refrigerant stored in a machinery room in all containers not provided with relief valves shall not exceed

  • 55 lbs
  • 500 lbs
  • 660 lbs
  • 330 lbs

16: Large Mercantile occupancy is a premise or that portion of a premise where more than ____ persons congregate on levels above or below the street level to purchase personal merchandise.

  • 350
  • 100
  • 400
  • 250

17: Evaporators located ____inches of a heating coil shall be equipped whit a pressure relief device.

  • 10
  • 18
  • 15
  • 24

18: When a receiver is greater than 3 cubic feet but less than 10 cubic feed, what is the minimum relief device required?

  • fusible plug
  • relief valve
  • rupture disc
  • all of the above

19: Stop valves shall not be permitted between the system and the

  • bleed valve
  • condenser
  • service valve
  • relief valve

20: How many refrigerant classifications are there for toxicity?

  • 3
  • 1
  • 2
  • 5

21: 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

22: A High-Probablity system

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

23: Single compound Refrigerants are classified by what two criteria?

  • Temperature range and hazardousness
  • Weight and color
  • Flammability and temperature range
  • Flammability and toxicity

24: When this is installed on the high side of a system, it must be capable of reading 1.2 times the design pressure (ASHRAE 15 9.11.3)

  • Pressure gauge
  • Temperature gauge
  • Sight glass gauge
  • All of the above

25: Fusible plugs shall not be used with pressure vessels of

  • 15 square feet or less
  • 3 cubic feet or more
  • 3 cubic feet or less
  • 15 cubic feet or more