ASHRAE/CMR code Prep Quiz

Topics: ASHRAE/CMR

Quiz Result Settings

1: Institutional occupancy is

  • a premise or that portion of a premise where large numbers of people congregate and from which occupants cannot quickly vacate the space.
  • a premise or that portion of a premise from which, because they are disabled, debilitated, or confined, occupants cannot readily leave without the assistance of others.
  • a premise or that portion of a premise where people transact business, receive personal service, or purchase food and other goods.
  • None of the above

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

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

3: R-22 falls under which safety classification?

  • B-2
  • B-1
  • A-2
  • A-1

4: Liquid level gauge glasses shall have automatic closing shut off valves, except Bull's eye or reflex type.

  • True
  • False

5: A class A3 refrigerant is considered

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

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

  • 200
  • 100
  • 330
  • 150

7: What pipe can not be used for refrigeration?

  • N
  • L
  • K
  • M

8: A relief valve discharge capacity is rated in

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

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

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

10: High pressure controls should be set no higher than

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

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

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

12: _____ and its alloys are suitable for use with ammonia systems.

  • Aluminum
  • Copper
  • Magnesium
  • Zinc

13: Pressure vessels of 10 cubic feet or more gross volume shall use

  • at least one rupture member
  • a dual pressure-relief valve if charging into the atmosphere
  • at least three means of discharge and/or rupture discs
  • both a and b are correct

14: 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

15: 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

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

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

17: Group A1 refrigerants over ____ pounds in a system must discharge to the atmosphere

  • 330
  • 110
  • 6.6
  • 1,000

18: Class 3 refrigerants are

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

19: According to the 522 CMR Board of Boilers, refrigerant detectors, alarms, and the refrigeration mechanical room ventilating systems shall be tested

  • quarterly
  • bi-annually
  • annually
  • regularly

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

  • business
  • public assembly
  • commercial
  • mercantile

21: What refrigerant doesn't have to be classifted?

  • R-711
  • R-717
  • R-134a
  • R-718

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

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

23: A “U” or “UM” marking a on a nameplate of a pressure vessels signifies compliance with Section VIII of

  • the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
  • Section 11.3.1.5 ASHRAE 15 Standard
  • the ANSI Standard 10.7.2
  • both the ANSI Standard 10.7.2 and ASHRAE 15 Standard 11.3.1.5

24: Pressure vessel having an inside diameter exceeding 6” with an internal pressure greater than 15psig shall be marked directly on or on the nameplate the letters _______________ signifying compliance with the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code.

  • “U” or “UM”
  • “UM” and “UV”
  • “UV”
  • “UL”

25: Class A refrigerants are considered

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