Refrigeration RT/RC Prep Quiz

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1: What must be done if refrigeration lines pass through a concrete floor?

  • installed through a pipe casing
  • moisture barrier
  • insulated
  • leak checked

2: All machine rooms must be outfitted with a detector that _______?

  • activates an audible alarm
  • activates a visual alarm
  • starts the ventilation system
  • All of the above

3: When using nitrogen for brazing, the pressure should be:

  • 50-100 psig
  • Slightly below atmospheric
  • 125 psig
  • Very low

4: R-410A is classified as a ____ refrigerant on the safety matrix.

  • B-1
  • B-2
  • A-2
  • A-1

5: What type of fuses must be used on a HVAC system?

  • TR Type, Duel Element, Time Delay
  • Fast blow
  • 10% lower than RLA
  • none of the above

6: Where is an EPR valve located on a multi-evaporator system?

  • Suction line of the coolest evaporator
  • Suction line at the compressor
  • Suction line prior to the accumulator of the lowest temperature system
  • Suction line of the warmest evaporator

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

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

8: What is specific heat?

  • measured heat
  • heat required to raise the temperature of 1lb of a substance 1 degree
  • the specific heat required to change the state of one cubic foot of air to steam
  • none of the above

9: A hotel is considered a _______ occupancy.

  • commercial
  • residential
  • institutional
  • mercantile

10: Watt's Law indicates Volts X Amps = _________.

  • Ohms
  • Resistance
  • Watts
  • Current

11: A chilled water pump suction gauge reads 10 psig. Discharge gauge reads 48 psig. The head in feet of the pump is working against

  • 88
  • 38
  • 116
  • 108

12: Fusible plugs must have what marked on them?

  • Melting temperature in F
  • Melting temperature in C
  • Opening pressure
  • All of the above

13: 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

14: Thermodynamics is the branch of science that deals with

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

15: What is potential measured in?

  • Ohms
  • Volts
  • Henrys
  • Amps

16: What is a megaohm meter?

  • An electric meter that measures very high resistance values by sending a high DC voltage signal into the object being tested
  • Is an electric meter that measures extremely low resistance valves by sending high DC voltage signal into the object being tested.
  • An electric meter that measures very high resistance values by sending a low voltage AC signal into the object being tested
  • An electric meter used by electricians to test large 3-phase blower motors for the correct rotation

17: Which of the following is an inorganic refrigerant?

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

18: A direct system

  • is where the refrigerant comes in contact with the space refrigerated
  • is a self-contained complete factory made and tested system
  • is on where brine is cooled & circulated to the space refrigerated
  • is one which encloses a separate body of evaporative refrigerant

19: A declaration test is needed when the system contains more than

  • 110 lbs
  • 65 lbs
  • 120 lbs
  • 55 lbs

20: What chemical in the refrigerant set off the leak detection alarm?

  • Fluorine
  • Chlorine
  • Both A and B
  • none of the above

21: The ASHRAE Standard 34 requires what type of alarm for equipment rooms using HCFC-123?

  • refrigerant sensing
  • CO Sensing
  • A group sensing
  • phosgene gas sening

22: Defined process piping by code CMR (528)

  • Any piping that conveys a solid, liquid or gas that is not part of the plumbing or fire protection system
  • Any piping in an industrial space
  • Any piping in an industrial or commercial space
  • All of the above

23: A positive displacement compressor is

  • is a reciprocating type compressor with 2 or more pistons
  • a compressor in which the increase in pressure is attained by changing the internal pressure of the compression chamber
  • 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

24: If a condenser is on a roof and the temperature is 35F and dropping the capacity

  • increases
  • doesn't change
  • run as designed with low ambient controls
  • decreases

25: NH3 is

  • lithium bromide
  • R-718
  • ammonia
  • R-508A