ASHRAE/CMR code Prep Quiz

Topics: ASHRAE/CMR

Quiz Result Settings

1: Name three things that must be done when changing refrigeration lubricant?

  • You can't change lubricants.
  • Make sure it's compatible, notify owner, notify AHJ
  • Nothing must be done
  • Place sign, check for leaks, insulate

2: 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

3: High pressure controls should be set no higher than

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

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

  • 25
  • 50
  • 66
  • 22

5: What is not a requirement of a class T machine room?

  • self-closing doors
  • fire hose connection to the building fire protection system
  • tight fitting doors
  • automatic ventilation

6: When testing systems using non-positive displacement compressors, the entire system shall be considered for test purposes as the low side.

  • True
  • False

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

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

8: Who is permitted to access a refrigeration machine room?

  • Any employee
  • Authorized persons only
  • Contractors only
  • Anyone, it's a completely safe area

9: What refrigerant is an inorganic compound?

  • R-22
  • R-410A
  • Ammonia
  • R-132A

10: What pipe can not be used for refrigeration?

  • K
  • M
  • L
  • N

11: R-123 belongs to Group

  • B-2
  • B-3
  • B-1
  • A-3

12: What type of pressure relief device is used on a CO2 system?

  • Glove valve
  • Fusible plug
  • Rupture disk
  • Gate valve

13: When should a relief valve start to function?

  • Before the purge station discharges
  • Two times it's working pressure
  • At it's set pressure
  • 10 psi before it's set pressure

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

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

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

  • 80%
  • 90%
  • 75%
  • 100%

16: A High-Probability 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 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

17: 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

18: A class B2 refrigerant is considered

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

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

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

20: What is R-22?

  • HFC
  • Chlorofluoromethane
  • Chlorodifluoromethane
  • CCFCM

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

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

22: The color code of a tank of ammonia is

  • white
  • light green
  • silver
  • lavender

23: The Board of Boilers adopts by reference

  • MSCA Code
  • the 1997 ANSI/ASHRAE Safety Code
  • the MACS Pressure Vessel Code of Massachusetts
  • Montreal Protocol Safety Code

24: What would be the classification of a church?

  • Industrial
  • Large mercantile
  • Place of assembly
  • Institutional

25: R-12. R-22, and R-40 are considered Group I refrigerants.

  • True
  • False