Refrigeration RT/RC Prep Quiz

Topics: All categories in the pool

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1: What is a Category "M" fluid?

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

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

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

3: Ammonia systems use ____ pressure to adjust oil pressure

  • discharge
  • liquid
  • air
  • stream

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

  • nothing must be done
  • place sign, check for leaks, insulate
  • make sure it's compatible, notify owner, notify A.H.J
  • you can't change refrigerants

5: Refrigerant piping crossing an open space that affords passageway in any building shall not be less than _____ feet above the floor unless piping is located against the ceiling.

  • 7.25'
  • 7.00'
  • 9.00'
  • 8'4"

6: What type of oil is used in R-410A systems?

  • naphthene
  • polyalkylene glycol (PAG)
  • mineral oil
  • polyolester (POE)

7: A check valve is a device

  • designed to allow the flow of refrigerant gas in both directions
  • that is always spring loaded
  • with a pressure drop
  • found on high pressure steam systems

8: The best way to determine the voltage requirement for an electrical component is to

  • read the nameplate data
  • determine the capacity of the service panel
  • read the voltage with a mulitmeter
  • check with the utility company

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

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

10: If a low-pressure chiller has a low-side leak, which of the following will most likely result?

  • High suction pressure and high discharge pressure.
  • Low head pressure and high suction pressure
  • High head pressure and low suction pressure
  • Low suction pressure and low discharge pressure

11: Which of the following is an inorganic refrigerant?

  • R-22
  • Ammonia
  • Chlorofluorocarbons
  • All of the above

12: What device should be used on low-temperature freezers?

  • discharge muffler
  • high capacity TXV
  • oil separator
  • hot-gas by-pass

13: In a refrigeration system, you open a valve from the condenser and collect some material on a clean white sheet of bond paper, which of the following would you most likely be testing for?

  • checking the level of refrigerant in the system
  • testing for oil in the system
  • testing for moisture in the system
  • none of the above

14: Secondary refrigerants are usually

  • water or brine
  • Prestone anti-freeze
  • alcohol
  • expensive

15: 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

16: R-11 belongs to Group

  • A-1
  • B-1
  • B-3
  • A-2

17: What are the three components of a transformer?

  • Contacts, secondary coil, and core
  • Primary coil, secondary coil, and core
  • Primary coil, secondary coil, and copper contacts
  • Primary core, secondary coil, and high and low voltage connectors.

18: 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

19: A split-phase motor has a ______ winding and a ____ winding

  • duel-run, duel-start
  • run, start
  • run, common
  • start, common

20: 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

21: A movie theater would be considered a

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

22: Sublimation occurs when

  • liquid is formed from a gas
  • gas is formed directly from a solid
  • gas is formed from a liquid
  • ice melts and turns to water

23: The level of voltage caused by back electromagnetic force that opens the contacts of a potential relay in order to take the start capacitor out of the circuit is

  • lift voltage
  • boost voltage
  • pick-up voltage
  • run voltage

24: By using nitrogen within a pipe during brazing operation,

  • Discoloration is prevented
  • Exterior scale formation is minimized
  • Copper oxide formation is prevented
  • The explosion hazard is confined

25: The best way to detect ammonia in brine is

  • carbonation of soda
  • CO2 gas
  • potassium of line
  • nessler regaent