Refrigeration RT/RC Prep Quiz

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1: Who is permitted to access a refrigeration machine room?

  • Anyone, it's a completely safe area
  • Authorized persons only
  • Any employee
  • Contractors only

2: Heat that changes the physical state of a substance without effecting a change in its temperature is known as

  • lost heat
  • latent heat
  • specific heat
  • sensible heat

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

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

4: 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

5: At higher altitudes, boiling temperatures

  • depends on the refrigerant
  • increase
  • are unaffected
  • decrease

6: A secondary coolant is defined as

  • a combination of interconnected parts from a closed circuit in where fluid is circulated for the purpose of cooling for a refrigeration system.
  • any refrigerant direcly in contact with the cooling space for process cooling
  • a low temperature refrigerant used for cascading systems
  • any liquid used for the transmission of heat without a change of state in A/C refrigeration systems having flash point above 150F

7: Clearance volume

  • affects compressor capacity
  • has no effect on compressor capacity
  • varies depending on compressor speed
  • is the same on all compressors

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

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

9: Sensible heat is the heat added to a substance to

  • cause evaporation
  • raise its temperature
  • change its state
  • freeze it

10: The actual expansion curve of compressor follows most nearly which one of the following

  • Volume
  • Isothermal
  • Pressure-Temperature
  • Adiabatic

11: What is the purpose of suction/discharge traps?

  • to ensure proper oil return to the compressor
  • to keep oil inside the evaporator for proper oil return to the compressor
  • to keep oil inside of the accumulator for proper return to the compressor
  • all of the above

12: The solution that leaves the concentrator in an absorption chiller is referred to as the

  • diluted solution
  • strong solution
  • weak solution
  • absorbed solution

13: Where must a refrigeration contractor's license number be displayed?

  • Trucks, license plates, and uniforms
  • Truck, office, every job, and on all equipment
  • Trucks, invoices, and advertising
  • Uniforms, checks, and invoices.

14: What device removes the start winding from the circuit of a split-phase motor once the motor reaches 75% of its rated load amps (RLA)?

  • centrifugal switch
  • printed circuit board (PCB)
  • motor starter
  • duel-voltage switch

15: If a halide torch is used for leak detection, what color is the flame if it detects a leak?

  • red
  • blue
  • orange
  • green

16: Institutional occupancy is

  • a premise or that portion of a premise where large numbers of people congregate and from which occupants cannot quickly vacate the space.
  • a premise or that portion of a premise from which, because they are disabled, debilitated, or confined, occupants cannot readily leave without the assistance of others.
  • a premise or that portion of a premise where people transact business, receive personal service, or purchase food and other goods.
  • None of the above

17: A capacitor in series with the start windings will do what?

  • Increase starting torque
  • Nothing
  • Increase run efficiency by 10% of its rating
  • Decrease the RLA to within 10% of its rating

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

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

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

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

20: If the power element of an expansion valve should lose its charge the valve would

  • go open
  • underfeed the evaporator
  • go closed
  • overfeed the evaporator

21: Which of the following is not an air velocity meter?

  • Anemometer
  • Hydrometer
  • Anemotherm
  • Velometer

22: What is not a requirement of a class T machine room?

  • self-closing doors
  • tight fitting doors
  • automatic ventilation
  • fire hose connection to the building fire protection system

23: What is the refrigerant chlorodifluoromethane?

  • R-134a
  • R-22
  • R-123
  • R-12

24: Which oil is hydoscopic?

  • animal
  • mineral
  • SW30
  • polyolester

25: Which refrigerant was still able to be vented to the atmosphere after July 1, 1992?

  • R-12
  • R-113
  • R-22
  • R-11