Refrigeration RT/RC Prep Quiz

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1: Calculate the voltage in a series circuit when the total amperage is 10 amps and the resistors have values of: R1=12 ohms, R2=8 ohms, R3=4 ohms

  • 2.40 volts
  • 2,400 volts
  • 240 volts
  • 24.0 volts

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

  • To chemical neutralizing tank only
  • Underground, into drain, into mechanical room
  • Atmosphere, Tank containing water, where the AHJ indicates.
  • None of the above.

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

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

4: What type of relief valve is used on low pressure centrifugal compressor systems?

  • Spring-loaded relief valve
  • Rupture disc
  • Purge relief
  • None of the above

5: Horizontal piping should be run level.

  • No, unless the supervisor on the job says so.
  • False
  • Yes, if the condenser is located above the evaporator
  • True

6: How many square inches per square foot?

  • 24
  • 98
  • 144
  • 64

7: How many refrigerant classifications are there for toxicity?

  • 3
  • 5
  • 1
  • 2

8: An oil pressure safety switch should be set at

  • 5 to 10 psi above low side pressure
  • 10-15 psi above low side pressure
  • 5 to 10 psi below low side pressure
  • 10 to 15 psi below low side pressure

9: Lithium-bromide, Li-Br, is best characterized as a

  • sand
  • sugar
  • salt
  • soil

10: What should not (and can not) be located between a pressure imposing device and a pressure-limiting device?

  • Moisture indicator
  • Foot valve
  • Muffler
  • Stop valve

11: Which of the following types of oils are hygroscopic?

  • polyolester (POE)
  • polyalkylene glycol (PAG)
  • naphthene mineral
  • both a and b

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

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

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

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

14: A 3-cubic foot receiver must have what type of relief valve?

  • fusible plug
  • relief valve
  • rupture device
  • none of the above

15: Where a refrigeration or air conditioning system is 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
  • The company who installed the system must notify the fire department in the jurisdiction where installed
  • it shall not be operated below prescribed pressuers

16: Class T machine room

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

17: On a TXV, the purpose of an external equalizer is to?

  • compensate for a pressure drop across the evaporator coil
  • Increase the pressure on the top of the power head diaphragm
  • allow a greater adjustment spam
  • balance the evaporator load

18: Doors communicating with outside from a mechanical room must be?

  • Self-closing, approved, fire door
  • Self-closing, wooden, fire door
  • Self-closing, aligned, fire door
  • Steel, approved, weather-stripped

19: 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

20: If an oil’s floc point is too high, which of the following could occur?

  • low head pressure
  • high suction pressure
  • plugged expansion valve
  • compressor burn out

21: Color is important in oil because

  • it makes sight glasses easy to read
  • allows you to see into crankcase
  • can tell us something about the refining of oil
  • it indicates the viscoisty.

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

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

23: What is potential measured in?

  • Amps
  • Ohms
  • Volts
  • Henrys

24: When an electronic bridge is in balance the bridge output will be

  • 1 volt
  • .01 volts
  • 0 volts
  • 15 volts

25: _____ and its alloys are suitable for use with ammonia systems.

  • Copper
  • Aluminum
  • Magnesium
  • Zinc