Refrigeration RT/RC Prep Quiz

Topics: All categories in the pool

Quiz Result Settings

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

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

2: Pipe identification labels are required when the system contains more than

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

3: Which of the following types of oils are hygroscopic?

  • polyolester (POE)
  • polyalkylene glycol (PAG)
  • naphthene mineral
  • both a and b

4: R-717 is

  • trichloromethane
  • carbon dioxide
  • ammonia
  • water

5: The first step in mechanical refrigeration is

  • condensation
  • evaporation
  • expansion
  • compression

6: The 522 CMR 9.00 has adopted for reference ASHRAE ____

  • 10
  • 15
  • III
  • 25

7: A chilled water pump's suction gauge reads 10 psig. The discharge gauge reads 48 psig. What is the head in feet the pump is working against?

  • 88
  • 96
  • 38
  • 58

8: B3 refrigerants are considered

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

9: What kind of system uses two different refrigerants in separate systems dependent on each other?

  • Simple
  • R-414B
  • Low pressure
  • Cascade

10: What would be the classification of a church?

  • Place of assembly
  • Industrial
  • Large mercantile
  • Institutional

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

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

12: The measurement of heat in a particular substance is

  • latent heat
  • enthalpy
  • sensible heat
  • specific heat

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

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

14: Starting relays for a single phase compressors are used to remove the starting circuit from operation when the motor reaches approximately ____ percent of its speed.

  • 50
  • 75
  • 24
  • 100

15: When a refrigerating machinery room is used, the emergency procedures shall be posted

  • on a conspicuous card located near the evaporator
  • on a conspicuous card located near the compressor
  • outside the room, immediately adjacent to each door
  • inside the room, immediately adjacent to each door

16: 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

17: 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

18: Class A refrigerants are considered

  • non-toxic
  • non-flammable
  • toxic
  • flammable

19: 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

20: Gauge pressure is

  • Force of pressure above that of atmosphere
  • Barometric pressure
  • Absolute pressrue
  • Atmospheric pressure

21: A compressor in which the increase in vapor pressure is attained without changing the internal volume of the compression chamber is called

  • non-volumetric displacement compressor
  • negative displacement compressor
  • non-positive displacement compressor
  • neutral chamber-type compressor

22: What is the typical air conditioning operating pressures for R-22?

  • 60 psi suction 210 psi discharge
  • 25 psi suction 125 psi discharge
  • 105 psi suction 340 psi discharge
  • None of the above

23: How is bring measured?

  • hydrometer
  • hygrometer
  • anemometer
  • manometer

24: "P" represents ______ in the Watt's law formula

  • watts
  • amperage
  • voltage
  • reactance

25: 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