Refrigeration RT/RC Prep Quiz

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1: Pressure relief devices are marked with a ____________ signifying compliance with the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code.

  • UM or UL
  • UV or UR
  • UL and UR
  • UL and UM

2: Oils, classified as to source, are

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

3: How many closing forces operate a thermostatic expansion valve?

  • 2
  • 1
  • 3
  • 4

4: If your suction line is warmer than the room temperature, this may indicate

  • an over charge
  • below normal superheat
  • a low charge
  • plugged air filter

5: What type refrigerant is NOT ozone depleting?

  • CFC
  • HFC
  • Halon
  • HCFC

6: The two float-type metering devices are the

  • high-side float and the low-side float
  • liquid float and the low-side float
  • liquid float and the vapor float
  • vapor float and the low-side float.

7: The difference between saturated liquid and saturated vapor is

  • heat
  • temperature
  • volume
  • pressure

8: A motor starter contains a thermal overload and a

  • contactor
  • solenoid
  • transformer
  • 3-way relay

9: Liquid level gauges must be provided with what?

  • A red line
  • A low level mark
  • A relief valve
  • Automatic shut-offs

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

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

11: System design pressures must take into consideration, not only, pressures found during normal operation but also what?

  • When it's cold out
  • When there is a malfunction on the high side
  • When its warm out
  • All of the above

12: How are refrigerant blends classified?

  • Based on the oil used
  • Based on worst case fractionation
  • Blends don't have to be classified
  • Based on best case Fractionation

13: Who authorizes changes to the safety codes?

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

14: R-410A can segregate in the system or chemically change its composition due to a leak.

  • True
  • False

15: 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

16: Doors communicating with outside from a mechanical room must be?

  • Steel, approved, weather-stripped
  • Self-closing, aligned, fire door
  • Self-closing, approved, fire door
  • Self-closing, wooden, fire door

17: In an electrical circuit, what is potential measured in?

  • Volts
  • Herys
  • Ohms
  • Amps

18: What happens to copper joints when overheated?

  • nothing
  • joint becomes oxidized and ditorted
  • copper becomes harder
  • none of the above

19: A mercury bulb controller is not recommended for

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

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

  • 660 lbs
  • 55 lbs
  • 550 lbs
  • 330 lbs.

21: Refrigerant piping crossing an open space that affords passageway in any building shall not be less than _____ feet above the floor unless piping is located against the ceiling.

  • 8'4"
  • 9.00'
  • 7.00'
  • 7.25'

22: R-12 is

  • trichlorofluoromethane
  • dichlorofluoromethane
  • dichloromethane
  • dichlorodifluoromethane

23: B3 refrigerants are considered

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

24: Capacity control on an absorption system is typically accomplished by varying the

  • speed of the condenser water circulator pump
  • pressure setting on the system's rupture disc
  • rate at which heat is supplied to the generator
  • speed of the chilled water circulatory pump

25: R-22 falls under which safety classification?

  • B-2
  • A-2
  • B-1
  • A-1