Refrigeration RT/RC Prep Quiz

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Quiz Result Settings

1: Who authorizes changes to the safety codes?

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

2: The evaporator is a device to

  • remove heat from the refrigeration system
  • absorb heat into the refrigeration system
  • store liquid refrigerant
  • Keep the compressor busy

3: Field Inspections of refrigeration and A/C systems in Massachusetts shall be made by

  • District Engineering Inspectors
  • Commissioned Inspectors
  • Master licensed Technician
  • both a or b

4: Refrigerants shall be classified by

  • toxicity and flammability
  • color codes
  • maximum permissible quantities of each group
  • requirements for commercial, industrial, and residential occupancies

5: A movie theater would be considered a

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

6: How many refrigerant classifications are there for toxicity?

  • 3
  • 1
  • 2
  • 5

7: Liquid refrigerant R-22 enters an evaporator at 50.2 psig, 20F and leaves 37F, its pressure as it leaves will be

  • 50.2 psig
  • 70.8 psig
  • 43.3 psig
  • 66.1 psig

8: 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, and insulate suction line
  • Make sure its compatible, notify owner, and notify AHJ.
  • you can never change refrigerants

9: The formula for Pure Power in a resistance circuit is

  • Kw = volts X amps
  • Watts X amps.
  • Watts X power factor
  • Watts = volts X amps

10: The color code of a tank of ammonia is

  • white
  • light green
  • lavender
  • silver

11: The low pressure oil safety switch

  • must be reset manually
  • never trips
  • resets itself after the time delay has terminated
  • resets itself automatically

12: A positive displacement compressor is

  • a compressor in which the increase in pressure is attained by changing the internal volume of the compression chamber
  • where the compressor's suction pressure and the compressor;s discharge pressure is more than 50 PSI
  • a compressor in which the increase in pressure is attained by changing the internal pressure of the compression chamber
  • is a reciprocating type compressor with 2 or more pistons

13: Suction valve unloaders afford an effective means of

  • evaporator control
  • superheat control
  • refrigerant control
  • capacity control

14: Joints in refrigeration piping must be _____ before being covered?

  • Pressurized
  • Inspected
  • Insulated
  • Leak tested

15: When systems are protected by a high pressure relief device, the compressor's pressure limiting device shall be set at or below ____ % of the operating pressure of the high side relief device.

  • 90
  • 100
  • 80
  • 110

16: What is considered a cooling agent?

  • any liquid used for the transmission of heat without condensation
  • any liquid used for the transmission of heat without vaporization
  • any liquid used for the transmission of heat when vaporization occurs
  • any liquid used for the transmission of heat when condensation occur

17: A room having machinery but no flame producing apparatus permanently installed and operated is considered a

  • Class T machinery room
  • Class B machinery room
  • Class M machinery room
  • Class A machinery room

18: Viscosity is

  • the coefficient of external friction
  • a measure of heat content
  • the ability of oil to flow
  • measure of weight

19: 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

20: If a liquid receiver is designed to receive the refrigerant charge during a pumpdown procedure, it shall have the capacity to

  • release the charge when the pressure exceeds 310 psig or higher
  • receive the pumpdown charge
  • hold up to 110% of the pumpdown charge
  • Pumpdown procedures are not allowed with systems containing liquid recievers

21: A thermometer inside a duct measures ____ heat.

  • sensible
  • latent
  • specific
  • hidden

22: Cooling tower lowers condenser water temp by

  • condensation
  • running fans at 100%
  • evaporative cooling
  • running water thru a secondary heat exchanger

23: A class B1 refrigerant is considered

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

24: What is the state of the refrigerant leaving the evaporator?

  • a low temperature subcooled liquid
  • a high temperature superheated vapor
  • a high temperature subcooled liquid
  • low temperature superheated vapor

25: Trichlorofluoromethane is the name of what refrigerant?

  • R-113
  • R-502
  • R-12
  • R-11