ASHRAE/CMR code Prep Quiz

Topics: ASHRAE/CMR

Quiz Result Settings

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

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

2: Large Mercantile occupancy is a premise or that portion of a premise where more than ____ persons congregate on levels above or below the street level to purchase personal merchandise.

  • 350
  • 400
  • 250
  • 100

3: Name an HCFC refrigerant(s):

  • R-22
  • R-123
  • R-11
  • both a & b

4: 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

5: 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

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

  • True
  • False

7: Pressure vessels with an internal volume of 3 cubic feet or less

  • shall use pressure relief devices
  • do not need pressure relief protection
  • shall use fusible plugs
  • shall use pressure relief devices or fusible plugs

8: All machine rooms must be outfitted with a detector that _______?

  • activates an audible alarm
  • activates a visual alarm
  • starts the ventilation system
  • All of the above

9: The color code of a tank of ammonia is

  • white
  • light green
  • silver
  • lavender

10: Ammonia is under what safety classification?

  • B1
  • A3
  • B3
  • B2

11: 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

12: A class B1 refrigerant is considered

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

13: What is the refrigerant dichlorodifluoromethane?

  • R-22
  • R-12
  • R-123
  • R-134A

14: Relief valves are rated in

  • gallons of water per minute
  • gallons of water per hour
  • pounds of air per hour
  • pounds of air per minute

15: What is Trichlorotrifluoromethane?

  • R-12
  • R-113
  • R-13
  • R-11

16: 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

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

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

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

  • 24
  • 18
  • 15
  • 10

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

  • 6.6
  • 330
  • 1,000
  • 110

20: 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

21: Before you change the type of refrigerant in a refrigeration system, what three things must be done?

  • you can never change refrigerants
  • Place sign, check for leaks, and insulate suction line
  • Make sure its compatible, notify owner, and notify AHJ.
  • Nothing must be done

22: Refrigeration devices shall be equipped with a ____ to protect against unexpected pressure due to a malfunction or fire?

  • T&P device
  • Circuit Breaker
  • Temperature limiter device
  • Relief valve

23: Emergency shutdown procedures, including precautions to be observed in case of a breakdown or leak over 55 lbs of refrigerant charge, shall be displayed on a conspicuous card located as near as possible to the

  • compressor
  • evaporator
  • boiler
  • outside the machinery room

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

  • 25
  • 10
  • 15
  • III

25: 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