ASHRAE/CMR code Prep Quiz

Topics: ASHRAE/CMR

Quiz Result Settings

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

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

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

  • True
  • False

3: What is the minimum height refrigeration piping should be placed against walls?

  • 72"
  • Ceiling height
  • 6'
  • 7.25'

4: What refrigerant has zero ozone depletion

  • HFC
  • CFC
  • HCFC
  • None of the above

5: When a pressure gauge is permanently installed on a system, it must be ___ times the design pressure of the system.

  • 1.2
  • 1
  • 2.2
  • 1.5

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

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

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

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

8: Pressure vessels with an internal volume of 10 cubic feet or more

  • shall use pressure relief devices or fusible plugs
  • shall use rupture discs or duel pressure relief valves
  • shall use fusible plugs
  • shall use pressure relief devices

9: How many flammability classifications are refrigerants in?

  • 5
  • 2
  • 7
  • 3

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

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

11: B3 refrigerants are considered

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

12: Which refrigerant was still able to be vented to the atmosphere after July 1, 1992?

  • R-12
  • R-113
  • R-22
  • R-11

13: 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 cheap
  • Because it's a non-flammable refrigerant
  • Because it's water

14: Pressure limiting devices are not required for systems containing less then ________ refrigerants.

  • 13.9 lbs
  • 6.6 lbs
  • 44 lbs
  • 22 lbs

15: A hotel is considered a _______ occupancy.

  • commercial
  • institutional
  • mercantile
  • residential

16: Pressure vessels having an inside diameter of 6” or less shall be protected by

  • either a fusible plug or a pressure relief device
  • a fusible plug
  • Pressure vessels having an inside diameter of 6” or less need no such protection unless otherwise specified
  • a pressure relief device

17: The pressure relief device of a positive displacement compressor shall discharge in the ______________or in accordance with 9.7.8

  • high side of the system
  • the vapor side of the system
  • the liquid side of the system
  • low side of the system

18: Stop valves shall not be permitted between the system and the

  • relief valve
  • bleed valve
  • condenser
  • service valve

19: Ammonia (NH3) is a group III refrigerant

  • True
  • False

20: What is a Category "D" fluid?

  • A fluid which is nonflammable, nontoxic, not damaging to human tissues, does not exceed 150 psig, and design temperature is between -20F to 366F
  • A toxic fluid, which can produce serious irreversible harm to persons on breathing or bodily contact
  • A typical refrigerant used on newer air conditioning and heat pump ssytems
  • Any fluid that exceeds 150 psig and has design temperature of over 366F

21: What is an egress?

  • A valve put on the low side of the system to prevent frosting
  • An entrance or exit
  • An escape route
  • A code violation

22: A Category D fluid

  • is when the fluid handled is non flammable, nontoxic, and not damaging to human as defined in ANSI/ASME Process Piping.
  • is when the design pressure does not exceed 150 psi
  • a fluid for service piping in which the potential for personnel exposure is judged to cause harm and irreversible damage to those persons exposed to it
  • Both a and b are correct

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

  • 50
  • 22
  • 25
  • 66

24: Walls and doors of a machinery room shall be at least _____ hour(s) fire rated.

  • 3
  • 5
  • 1
  • 2

25: The ____ design is the maximum pressure for which a specific part of a refrigeration system is designed.

  • design pressure
  • low pressure
  • critical pressure
  • high pressure