ASHRAE/CMR code Prep Quiz

Topics: ASHRAE/CMR

Quiz Result Settings

1: Which refrigerant(s) is an HFC?

  • R-22
  • R-410A
  • R-502
  • All of the above

2: A room having machinery but no flame producing apparatus permanently installed and operated is considered a

  • Class T machinery room
  • Class A machinery room
  • Class B machinery room
  • Class M machinery room

3: Pressure vessels having design pressures of 15 psig or less shall have the strength to withstand at least ______times the design pressure.

  • 3.0
  • 2.0
  • 2.5
  • 5.5

4: 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
  • 110
  • 80
  • 100

5: High pressure controls should be set no higher than

  • 90% of set point
  • 80% of set point
  • 10% of set point
  • 25% of set point

6: What section governs pressure vessels?

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

7: A class B1 refrigerant is considered

  • non-toxic but highly flammable
  • toxic but non-flammable
  • toxic and somewhat flammable
  • non-toxic and non-flammable

8: 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 the occupied space
  • 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

9: Trichlorofluoromethane is the name of what refrigerant?

  • R-502
  • R-12
  • R-113
  • R-11

10: How much refrigerant can be stored in a mechanical room outside of the system?

  • 330
  • 100
  • 200
  • 150

11: Where are the three places that the discharge from an ammonia relief valve be piped?

  • To chemical neutralizing tank only
  • Underground, into drain, into mechanical room
  • Atmosphere, Tank containing water, where the AHJ indicates.
  • None of the above.

12: What is a Category "D" fluid?

  • A fluid which is nonflammable, nontoxic, not damaging to human tissues, does not exceed 150 psig, and design temperature is between -20F to 366F
  • A toxic fluid, which can produce serious irreversible harm to persons on breathing or bodily contact
  • Any fluid that exceeds 150 psig and has design temperature of over 366F
  • A typical refrigerant used on newer air conditioning and heat pump ssytems

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

  • 18
  • 10
  • 15
  • 24

14: 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

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

  • 25
  • 10
  • III
  • 15

16: A professional or office building would be considered what type of occupancy?

  • mercantile
  • business
  • public assembly
  • commercial

17: Refrigerant restricted in 2004 but used for transition for decades:

  • R-134A
  • R-123
  • R-11
  • R-22

18: What must be done to all doors and access points in duct work going through a mechanical room?

  • Must be hindged
  • Must be screwed shut
  • Must be sealed and gasketed
  • All of the above

19: 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

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

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

21: Liquid level gauges shall have _____________ with one exception being that of the liquid level gauge bull’s eye type.

  • color-coded glass to determine type of refrigerant
  • moisture indicators
  • automatic closing shut-off valves
  • All of the above

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

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

23: Ammonia is under what safety classification?

  • B3
  • B1
  • A3
  • B2

24: 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

25: Insurance companies shall forward each inspection report of all refrigeration or A/C systems to the Chief of Inspections within

  • 30 days
  • 2 months
  • 14 days
  • 1 week