ASHRAE/CMR code Prep Quiz

Topics: ASHRAE/CMR

Quiz Result Settings

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

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

2: What would be the classification of a prison?

  • Place of assembly
  • Industrial
  • Institutional
  • Large mercantile

3: What is the intention of the word “shall” as used in the code?

  • A mandatory requirement
  • A recommendation or advisory guideline
  • A technician’s choice of how it should be done
  • None of the above

4: Who authorizes the form of certificate of completion of refrigeration systems that should be used?

  • Supervisor or project manager in charge of the installation
  • Fire Marshal
  • Massachusetts Board of Boiler Rules
  • Owner

5: A declaration test is needed when the system contains more than

  • 110 lbs
  • 65 lbs
  • 120 lbs
  • 55 lbs

6: What refrigerant doesn't have to be classified?

  • R-717
  • R-422A
  • R-134A
  • R-718

7: Ammonia belongs to Group

  • A-1
  • B-1
  • B-2
  • A-2

8: What must be done to refrigerant pipes before being buried?

  • Coated
  • Encased
  • Leaked checked
  • Certified

9: copper and its alloys shall not be used in contact with _____ except as a component of bronze alloys for bearing or other non-refrigerant containing uses.

  • ammonia
  • HCFC-123
  • CFC-11
  • Lithium bromide

10: 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

11: Relief valves are rated in

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

12: A premise where large numbers of people congregate and from which occupants can not quickly vacate the space is considered

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

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

  • 150
  • 200
  • 330
  • 100

14: R-123 belongs to Group

  • B-1
  • B-3
  • B-2
  • A-3

15: When a refrigeration or air conditioning system is installed

  • it shall be approved by the owner for proper operation.
  • it shall not be operated below prescribed pressures
  • a field inspection shall be made before it is put into service
  • the form of certificate shall be authorized by the Department of Pubic safety

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

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

17: Trichlorofluoromethane is the name of what refrigerant?

  • R-502
  • R-12
  • R-113
  • R-11

18: Where are the three places that the discharge from an ammonia relief valve be piped?

  • atmosphere, tank containing water, where the A.H.J. indicates
  • underground, into drain, into mechanical room
  • to chemical neutralizing tank only
  • none of the above

19: What is not a requirement of a Class T machine room?

  • Tight fitting doors
  • Automatic ventilation
  • Fire hose connected to the building fire protection system.
  • Self-closing doors

20: A relief valve discharge capacity is rated in

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

21: What is the refrigerant chlorodifluoromethane?

  • R-134a
  • R-12
  • R-22
  • R-123

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

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

23: Refrigeration piping before being buried shall be

  • leak tested
  • encased in pipe duct
  • pressure tested
  • All of the above

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

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

25: What section of ASHRAE-15 governs pressure vessels?

  • Section 7 ASHRAE-15 ASME VIII fired
  • Section 6 ASHRAE-34 ASME VIII unfired
  • OSHA
  • Section 9 ASHRAE-15 ASME VIII unfired