Refrigeration RT/RC Prep Quiz

Topics: All categories in the pool

Quiz Result Settings

1: How are safety controls wired in a circuit?

  • Either series or parallel
  • Series
  • Series/parallel
  • Parallel

2: The Department that certifies the transportation of refrigerant is the

  • RSES
  • DOT
  • EPO
  • EPA

3: A motor starter is a device that includes an overload and a _______?

  • contactor
  • 2-pole contacts
  • duel-coil
  • all of the above

4: A run capacitor is wired in series with the _____ windings.

  • run
  • common
  • start
  • start capacitor

5: A mercury bulb controller is not recommended for

  • line voltage use
  • use where vibration is severe
  • line or low voltage use
  • low voltage use

6: Thermodynamics is the branch of science that deals with

  • heat energy
  • state of energy
  • energy due to motion
  • molecular therory

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

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

8: Large mercantile occupancy is

  • a premise of that portion of a premise where more than 100 persons congregate on levels above of below street level to purchase personal merchandise.
  • a premise of that portion of a premise where more than 50 persons congregate on levels above of below street level to purchase personal merchandise.
  • a premise or that portion of a premise where more than 200 persons congregate on levels above or below street level to purchase personal merchandise
  • a premise or that portion of a premise where more than 1500 persons congregate on levels above or below street level to purchase personal merchandise

9: A normal operating evaporator temperature of R-22 for air conditioning is typically

  • 58F
  • 45F
  • 55F
  • 32F

10: Oils, classified as to source, are

  • naphthalene, mixed, and paraffin
  • animal, vegetable, and mineral
  • naphthalene, paraffin, and castor
  • animal, vegetable, and castor

11: 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
  • 66.1 psig
  • 70.8 psig
  • 43.3 psig

12: Pi equals approximately

  • 3.14
  • 746
  • 3.41
  • 12,000

13: Which creates more of a heat load?

  • 30% RH
  • 50% RH
  • 90% RH
  • 70% RH

14: A micron is

  • one millonths of a centimeter
  • a larger unit of measurement than Hg
  • one millonths of a micrometer
  • one thousandths of a millimeter

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

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

16: When is the only time you can leave a service container attached to a system?

  • Leaking system
  • Recovery
  • Charging
  • Both b and c

17: One ton of refrigeration is defined as ______ btu/minute.

  • 60
  • 200
  • 720,000
  • 12,000

18: Liquid refrigerant flashing, or turning to vapor, in the liquid line may be due to

  • liquid line that is too small
  • shortage of refrigerant
  • liquid line that had too high vertical lift
  • All of the above

19: A class B2 refrigerant is considered

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

20: What is a Category "M" fluid?

  • A typical refrigerant used on newer air conditioning and heat pump systems
  • Any fluid that exceeds 150 psig and has design temperatures over 366F
  • 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 toxic fluid, which can produce serious irreversible harm to persons on breathing or bodily content

21: Refrigerant systems containing Group I refrigerants can be installed in or on public stairways.

  • True
  • False

22: Foaming of oil in a compressor is most likely to occur

  • at start-up
  • when the evaporator temperatures are below 32F
  • when there is insufficient air across the condenser(i.e., dirty coil)
  • when ambient temperature are low

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

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

24: Gauge pressure is

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

25: Heat transferred by conduction from one body to another is done via:

  • gas
  • liquid
  • solid
  • All of the above