ASHRAE/CMR code Prep Quiz

Topics: ASHRAE/CMR

Quiz Result Settings

1: When air is ducted through a machine room that services occupied space, What must be done?

  • Ducted and sealed
  • Welded and seamed.
  • Flanged and gasketed
  • Insulated and cross broke

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

  • 660 lbs
  • 550 lbs
  • 55 lbs
  • 330 lbs.

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

  • III
  • 25
  • 15
  • 10

4: Doors communicating with outside from a mechanical room must be?

  • Self-closing, approved, fire door
  • Steel, approved, weather-stripped
  • Self-closing, wooden, fire door
  • Self-closing, aligned, fire door

5: Pressure vessels with an internal volume of 10 cubic feet or more

  • shall use rupture discs or duel pressure relief valves
  • shall use pressure relief devices or fusible plugs
  • shall use fusible plugs
  • shall use pressure relief devices

6: When a pressure gauge is permanently installed on a system, it must be ___ times the design pressure of the system.

  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2.2
  • 1.2

7: Can ammonia be used on domestic system?

  • yes, for systems under 10 tons
  • no
  • yes
  • no, unless there is proper ventilation system installed

8: Joints in refrigeration piping must be _____ before being covered?

  • Leak tested
  • Insulated
  • Inspected
  • Pressurized

9: Pressure vessels nameplate markings must be compliant with the

  • ASHRAE 34 Standards
  • CMR-588 & CMR-528
  • ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
  • All of the Above

10: What would be the classification of a prison?

  • Institutional
  • Industrial
  • Large mercantile
  • Place of assembly

11: Indirect systems using Group II refrigerants

  • shall be used in refrigeration system in excess of 1,000 lbs
  • shall be used for mechanical equipment only
  • shall be used in refrigeration system less than 1,000 lbs
  • shall have all refrigerant containing parts except piping, installed in a Class T machine room

12: Class 3 refrigerants are

  • toxic
  • non-flammable
  • non-toxic
  • highly flammable

13: 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.

  • 550
  • 100
  • 350
  • 50

14: Ashrae states that the equipment on a building needs to conform to adjacent buildings classifications when within ____ feet from opening and intakes.

  • 20
  • 15
  • 50
  • 75

15: A pressure-limiting device isn't required on a factory-sealed system containing less than ____ lbs.

  • 66
  • 50
  • 25
  • 22

16: 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

17: What refrigerant were phased out in 2004?

  • R-11
  • R-22
  • R-12
  • R-134a

18: A Low-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 the occupied 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 can not enter the occupied space

19: Each machinery room shall contain

  • smoke and fire alarms as well as three means of egress and that egress must meet 528 CMR ventilation requirements
  • high and low pressure controls
  • a refrigerant detector located in an area where the refrigerant from a leak will concentrate
  • a toxicity detector where the presence of ammonia or lithium bromide from a leak will concentrate

20: Pressure vessels with an internal volume of 3 cubic feet or more

  • shall use fusible plugs
  • do not need pressure relief protection
  • shall use pressure relief devices or fusible plugs
  • shall use pressure relief devices

21: 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 a leak of refrigerant from a failed connection will enter the occupied space
  • is such that any leak will cause injury or death to anyone within a 100 square foot area

22: Refrigeration devices shall be equipped with a ____ to protect against unexpected pressure due to a malfunction or fire?

  • T&P device
  • Temperature limiter device
  • Relief valve
  • Circuit Breaker

23: What happens after your initial inspection of a pressure vessel?

  • Notify the Fire Marshal that the system has been inspected and approved
  • Inspector leaves a metal tag with a certification listed on it
  • There is a temporary shut-down until a final inspection can be performed.
  • Notify the AHJ to let them know that the system been inspected

24: A relief valve discharge capacity is rated in

  • PSIG
  • PSIA
  • temperature minus pounds of air per second divided by release rate squared
  • Pounds of air per minute.

25: Large vessels containing refrigerant ______________________ from using two or more pressure-relief devices in parallel to obtain the required capacity.

  • shall be prohibited
  • of Group B2 refrigerant shall be prohibited
  • shall not be prohibited
  • containing R-11, R-123 & R-717 exclusively shall not be prohibited