ASHRAE/CMR code Prep Quiz

Topics: ASHRAE/CMR

Quiz Result Settings

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

  • 100
  • 330
  • 150
  • 200

2: Halo-carbon refrigerants cannot be used with what material?

  • Stainless Steel
  • Magnesium alloy
  • Copper
  • Aluminum

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

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

4: Group A2 refrigerants have a ______ toxicity rating than Group B1 refrigerants.

  • there is no Group B1 refrigerants
  • higher
  • lower
  • the same

5: Which refrigerant replaced R-12?

  • R-410A
  • R-134A
  • R-407A
  • R-22

6: Refrigerants shall be classified by

  • maximum permissible quantities of each group
  • requirements for commercial, industrial, and residential occupancies
  • color codes
  • toxicity and flammability

7: pressure relief valves must discharge to the atmosphere at a location not less than 15 feet from ground level and ____ feet from any window, ventilation opening, or exits of buildings.

  • 15
  • 10
  • 20
  • 25

8: Pressure vessels shall be provided with ___________in accordance with Section VIII of the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code

  • over pressure protection as well as a temperature protection device
  • over pressure protection and a rupture disc
  • Pressure vessels need no type of protection as long as it is hydrostatically tested every three months
  • over pressure protection

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

  • 90%
  • 100%
  • 80%
  • 75%

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

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

11: What do you need to do when you install a new system?

  • Document the superheat and subcooling reading
  • Add refrigerant
  • Have it inspected
  • Insulate the suction line before you take a superheat reading

12: What would be the classification of a church?

  • Industrial
  • Place of assembly
  • Large mercantile
  • Institutional

13: How many flammability classifications are refrigerants in?

  • 2
  • 7
  • 3
  • 5

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

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

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

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

16: Class 3 refrigerants are

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

17: Who authorizes changes to the safety codes?

  • Person who pulled the permit
  • Contractor who last serviced the system.
  • Board of Boilers
  • Person in charge of the facility

18: When is the space above a drop ceiling calculated as space for refrigerant limit quantities?

  • When there are sprinklers above
  • When there is a space 6' or more above it
  • When it's used as part of a supply or return air system
  • When its white

19: The dial of a pressure gauge, when installed on the high side of a system be graduated 1.2 times the designed pressure.

  • True
  • False

20: Ammonia (NH3) is a group III refrigerant

  • True
  • False

21: What type of refrigerants are NOT flammable?

  • CHC
  • HFC
  • HCFC
  • All of the above

22: The ____ design is the maximum pressure for which a specific part of a refrigeration system is designed.

  • critical pressure
  • design pressure
  • high pressure
  • low pressure

23: A factory-sealed system containing less than 22lbs. of Group A1 refrigerant

  • shall have a pressure limiting device and a pressure relief valve installed
  • does not require a pressure-limiting device
  • shall have a pressure limiting device installed on the high side of the system
  • shall be inspected by the Boiler of Inspectors bi-annually

24: System design pressures must take into consideration, not only, pressures found during normal operation but also what?

  • When it's cold out
  • When there is a malfunction on the high side
  • When its warm out
  • All of the above

25: A class A3 refrigerant is considered

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