ASHRAE/CMR code Prep Quiz

Topics: ASHRAE/CMR

Quiz Result Settings

1: What is R-22?

  • Chlorodifluoromethane
  • CCFCM
  • Chlorofluoromethane
  • HFC

2: What is the minimum height refrigeration piping should be placed against walls?

  • 7.25'
  • 6'
  • 72"
  • Ceiling height

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

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

4: Fusible plugs must have what marked on them?

  • Melting temperature in F
  • Melting temperature in C
  • Opening pressure
  • All of the above

5: What is a Category "M" fluid?

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

6: The ASHRAE Standard 34 requires what type of alarm for equipment rooms using HCFC-123?

  • phosgene gas sening
  • A group sensing
  • refrigerant sensing
  • CO Sensing

7: What refrigerant has zero ozone depletion

  • HFC
  • CFC
  • HCFC
  • None of the above

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

  • 10'
  • 25'
  • 15'
  • 36'

9: A High-Probablity 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 a system highly likely to leak from a failed connection or component of such system
  • is such that any leak will cause injury or death to anyone within a 100 square foot area

10: _____ alloys shall not be used in contact with an halogenated refrigerants.

  • Magnesium
  • Copper
  • Zinc
  • Nickel

11: The main cause of enacting the "no vending rule" of July 1st 1992 was

  • global warming potential
  • ozone depletion
  • both a & b
  • None of the above

12: Can ammonia be used on domestic system?

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

13: 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
  • a toxicity detector where the presence of ammonia or lithium bromide from a leak will concentrate
  • high and low pressure controls
  • a refrigerant detector located in an area where the refrigerant from a leak will concentrate

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

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

15: What type of relief valve is used on low pressure centrifugal compressor systems?

  • Spring-loaded relief valve
  • Rupture disc
  • Purge relief
  • None of the above

16: What is an example of institutional occupancy?

  • Dorms
  • Hospital
  • Football stadium
  • Shopping mall

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

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

18: Large mercantile occupancy is

  • a premise or that portion of a premise where more than 200 persons congregate on levels above or below street level to purchase personal merchandise
  • a premise of that portion of a premise where more than 100 persons congregate on levels above of below street level to purchase personal merchandise.
  • a premise of that portion of a premise where more than 50 persons congregate on levels above of below street level to purchase personal merchandise.
  • a premise or that portion of a premise where more than 1500 persons congregate on levels above or below street level to purchase personal merchandise

19: How many flammability classifications are refrigerants in?

  • 7
  • 2
  • 5
  • 3

20: Where a refrigeration or air conditioning system is installed,

  • The company who installed the system must notify the fire department in the jurisdiction where installed
  • A field inspection shall be made before it is put into service
  • the form or certificate shall be authorized by the Department of Public Safety
  • it shall not be operated below prescribed pressuers

21: A movie theater would be considered a

  • mixed occupancy
  • commercial occupancy
  • institutional occupancy
  • public assembly occupancy

22: The test pressure applied to the high side of each factory-assembled refrigerating system shall be at least equal to the design pressure of

  • the aggregate of the high side and low side
  • the low side
  • 2.5 times the design pressure
  • the high side

23: When releasing a hydrogenated hydrocarbon refrigerant to the atmosphere, ample ventilation must be provided and

  • explosion precautions must be taken
  • no flames shall be permitted
  • gas masks must be worn
  • the owner shall be informed

24: 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
  • 330 lbs.
  • 55 lbs

25: Ammonia belongs to Group

  • A-1
  • B-1
  • A-2
  • B-2