ASHRAE/CMR code Prep Quiz

Topics: ASHRAE/CMR

Quiz Result Settings

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

  • 330
  • 100
  • 150
  • 200

2: Who authorizes changes to the safety codes?

  • Person who pulled the permit
  • Person in charge of the facility
  • Board of Boilers
  • Contractor who last serviced the system.

3: What type of copper is not permitted on refrigeration systems?

  • Type N
  • Type K
  • Type M
  • Type L

4: 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
  • the form or certificate shall be authorized by the Department of Public Safety
  • A field inspection shall be made before it is put into service
  • it shall not be operated below prescribed pressuers

5: What type of material can't be used on the outlet of a relief valve?

  • PVC
  • Stainless steel
  • Copper
  • Magnesium alloy

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

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

7: What would be the classification of a prison?

  • Institutional
  • Industrial
  • Large mercantile
  • Place of assembly

8: A relief valve discharge capacity is rated in

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

9: How many CFMs are required per square foot of commercial office occupied space

  • .5 CFM
  • 15 CFM
  • 5 CFM
  • 20 CFM

10: A pressure relief should be located at least _______ from windows and doors.

  • 20'
  • 25'
  • 15'
  • 30'

11: What kind of material can't be used on the outlet of a relief valve?

  • PVC
  • Stainless Steel
  • Aluminum
  • Copper

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

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

13: R-22 is considered a(n)

  • CFC
  • HCFCH
  • HFC
  • HCFC

14: How much clearance do you need around the perimeter of electrical panels?

  • 12"
  • 24"
  • 36"
  • 18"

15: The Board of Boilers adopts by reference

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

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

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

17: Group A3 refrigerants have a ______ flammability rating than Group B1 refrigerants

  • lower
  • the same
  • there is no Group B1 refrigerants
  • higher

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

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

19: Refrigeration piping before being buried shall be

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

20: Ammonia is under what safety classification?

  • B2
  • B3
  • A3
  • B1

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

22: 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
  • 55 lbs
  • 330 lbs.

23: Trichlorofluoromethane is the name of what refrigerant?

  • R-502
  • R-11
  • R-12
  • R-113

24: Which refrigerant class listed below is the most flammable?

  • B2
  • A3
  • A2
  • C3

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

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