ASHRAE/CMR code Prep Quiz

Topics: ASHRAE/CMR

Quiz Result Settings

1: Before determining if a machinery room equipment is excluded from following Ashrae 15, you must determine how many pounds of refrigerant per _____ cubic feet?

  • 100,000
  • 10,000
  • 100
  • 1,000

2: Class T machine room

  • shall have remote controls to stop the action of the refrigerant compressor
  • shall include closets used for setting equipment
  • shall have refrigerant leak detecting systems installed inside and outside the room
  • has no flame producing apparatus permanently installed

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

  • A2
  • C3
  • A3
  • B2

4: Halo-carbon refrigerants cannot be used with what material?

  • Aluminum
  • Copper
  • Magnesium alloy
  • Stainless Steel

5: A Low-Probability System

  • is a system highly likely to leak form a failed connection or component of such system
  • is such that a leak of refrigerant from a failed connection can not enter the occupied space
  • is such that a leak of refrigerant from a failed connection will enter the occupied space
  • is such that any leak will cause injury or death to anyone within a 100 square foot area

6: When must refrigeration system covered by the code be inspected?

  • Not required
  • Annually and when installed
  • Upon installation
  • Annually

7: How many refrigerant classifications are there for toxicity?

  • 1
  • 5
  • 2
  • 3

8: A person holding a license as a refrigeration technician may connect or disconnect for the purpose of installation, repair, or replacement, any electrical device or control to be a part of a refrigeration or air conditioning system, from the

  • load-side of the contactor in
  • first disconnect in
  • breaker panel in
  • 24 volt secondary side of the Class 2 transformer to the thermostat

9: Can you use Ammonia in industrial applications?

  • When mixed with R-718
  • Yes, Under certain condidtions
  • Yes, always
  • No, never

10: Machinery rooms shall be vented to _____________ and utilizing mechanical ventilation.

  • Machinery rooms need not be vented
  • the outdoors
  • the return air ducted system
  • the mechanical room housing the refrigeration system

11: Who authorizes changes to the safety codes?

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

12: What is Trichlorotrifluoromethane?

  • R-13
  • R-12
  • R-11
  • R-113

13: Fusible plugs must have what marked on them?

  • Melting temperature in F
  • Melting temperature in C
  • Opening pressure
  • All of the above

14: What do you need to do when you install a new system?

  • Add refrigerant
  • Have it inspected
  • Insulate the suction line before you take a superheat reading
  • Document the superheat and subcooling reading

15: R-410A is classified as a ____ refrigerant on the safety matrix.

  • B-2
  • B-1
  • A-2
  • A-1

16: When should a relief valve start to function?

  • Two times it's working pressure
  • At it's set pressure
  • Before the purge station discharges
  • 10 psi before it's set pressure

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

  • 50
  • 25
  • 66
  • 22

18: A relief valve shall be located at least ___ above grade.

  • 25'
  • 36'
  • 10'
  • 15'

19: What happens after your initial inspection of a pressure vessel?

  • Inspector leaves a metal tag with a certification listed on it
  • Notify the AHJ to let them know that the system been inspected
  • Notify the Fire Marshal that the system has been inspected and approved
  • There is a temporary shut-down until a final inspection can be performed.

20: The dial of a pressure gauge, when installed on the high side of a system be graduated 1.2 times the designed pressure.

  • True
  • False

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

  • True
  • False

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

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

23: A High-Probablity system

  • is such that any leak will cause injury or death to anyone within a 100 square foot area
  • is a system highly likely to leak from a failed connection or component of such system
  • is such that a leak of refrigerant from failed connections will enter the unoccupied space
  • is such that a leak of refrigerant from failed connections will enter the occupied space

24: Defined process piping by code CMR (528)

  • Any piping that conveys a solid, liquid or gas that is not part of the plumbing or fire protection system
  • Any piping in an industrial space
  • Any piping in an industrial or commercial space
  • All of the above

25: When can recovered refrigerants be reused?

  • They can't
  • Only when used in original owner's equipment
  • Only if used in 30 days of recovery
  • None of the above