Refrigeration RT/RC Prep Quiz

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1: What type of relief valve is used on a CO2 system?

  • glove disc
  • fusible plug
  • rupture disc
  • gate valve

2: Pressure vessels with an internal volume of 3 cubic feet or less

  • shall use pressure relief devices
  • do not need pressure relief protection
  • shall use fusible plugs
  • shall use pressure relief devices or fusible plugs

3: The total amount of refrigerant stored in a machinery room in all containers not provided with relief valves shall not exceed

  • 330 lbs
  • 55 lbs
  • 660 lbs
  • 500 lbs

4: 1 HP = ____ Watts?

  • 3,412
  • 746
  • 11,239
  • 3.1416

5: A “U” or “UM” marking a on a nameplate of a pressure vessels signifies compliance with Section VIII of

  • the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
  • Section 11.3.1.5 ASHRAE 15 Standard
  • the ANSI Standard 10.7.2
  • both the ANSI Standard 10.7.2 and ASHRAE 15 Standard 11.3.1.5

6: Copper and its alloys shall not be used with ammonia

  • True
  • False

7: The high side float assembly meters refrigerant into the evaporator through the

  • upper chamber of the high side
  • lower chamber of the low side
  • upper chamber of the low side
  • lower chamber of the high side

8: What must be done to refrigerant pipes before being buried?

  • Certified
  • Leaked checked
  • Encased
  • Coated

9: 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

10: _____ alloys shall not be used in contact with an halogenated refrigerants.

  • Magnesium
  • Copper
  • Zinc
  • Nickel

11: Evaporators located ____inches of a heating coil shall be equipped whit a pressure relief device.

  • 18
  • 24
  • 15
  • 10

12: Megaohm meter's main function is

  • to detect weak motor winding insulation of a refrigeration or air conditioning compressor by creating high DC voltages to the compressor
  • to detect very high resistances to ground of refrigeration or air conditioning compressors
  • to test very high value capacitors for large 3-phase refrigeration compressors and blower motors.
  • Both a and b are correct

13: On a day with low relative humidity, the two thermometers on a sling psychrometer will read

  • a ling psychrometer doesn't have two theremometers.
  • far apart or greater difference
  • nearly the same
  • 2F difference

14: An electrical circuit has a 208V power supply and draws 47 amps total, What would be the wattage of the circuit

  • 9.776 watts
  • .9776 watts
  • 977.6 watts
  • 9,776 watts

15: "I" represents ____ in the Ohm's law formula.

  • resistance
  • amperage
  • capacitance
  • voltage.

16: On a single phase motor, when does the start winding cut out?

  • 75% of its RLA speed
  • 50% of its RLA speed
  • 100% of its RLA speed
  • 25% of its RLA speed

17: A low oil switch is typically

  • automatic reset
  • manual reset
  • time-delay auto reset
  • non used on semi-hermetic compressors over 10 ton capacity

18: In a horizontal shell & tube condenser, the ammonia is liquefied by

  • removing the latent heat of vaporization
  • removing the latent heat of fusion
  • passing thru the tubes from top to bottom
  • water sprayed over condenser

19: The outer portion of shell of the compressor used on low-pressure chillers is called the

  • baffle
  • volute
  • nozzle
  • suction

20: How does a centrifugal compressor create the pressure differential needed to move refrigerant through the system?

  • Rotating vanes
  • Fan-like action
  • Suction and discharge valves
  • Nesting scrolls

21: 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

22: Liquid line filter-driers on a 410A system must be rated for no less than

  • 400 psig
  • 1000 psig
  • 200 psig
  • 600 psig

23: What would be the classification of a prison?

  • Institutional
  • Place of assembly
  • Large mercantile
  • Industrial

24: Gauge pressure is

  • force of pressure above that of atmospheric
  • absolute pressure
  • atmospheric pressure
  • what a gauge reads when checking pressures on a chilled water system.

25: Fusible plugs shall not be used with pressure vessels of

  • 15 square feet or less
  • 3 cubic feet or less
  • 3 cubic feet or more
  • 15 cubic feet or more