Refrigeration RT/RC Prep Quiz

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Quiz Result Settings

1: Fusible plugs must have what marked on them?

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

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

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

3: What is potential measured in?

  • Henrys
  • Volts
  • Ohms
  • Amps

4: Refrigerant restricted in 2004 but used for transition for decades:

  • R-134A
  • R-123
  • R-11
  • R-22

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

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

6: A class B1 refrigerant is considered

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

7: A mercury bulb controller is not recommended for

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

8: Who authorizes the form of certificate of completion of refrigeration systems that should be used?

  • Supervisor or project manager in charge of the installation
  • Fire Marshal
  • Massachusetts Board of Boiler Rules
  • Owner

9: If an oil’s floc point is too high, which of the following could occur?

  • plugged expansion valve
  • compressor burn out
  • low head pressure
  • high suction pressure

10: Secondary refrigerants are usually

  • water or brine
  • Prestone anti-freeze
  • alcohol
  • expensive

11: A hissing noise at the expansion valve is a good indication that

  • liquid is passing thru it
  • expansion valve is oversized
  • nothing is passing thru
  • gas is passing thru it

12: What was the main reason for enacting the no venting rule of July 1, 1992?

  • Ozone depletion
  • Green house effect
  • Global warming potential
  • All of the above

13: Pi equals approximately

  • 746
  • 3.41
  • 12,000
  • 3.14

14: What should not (and can not) be located between a pressure imposing device and a pressure-limiting device?

  • Foot valve
  • Muffler
  • Moisture indicator
  • Stop valve

15: What is NOT a positive displacement compressor.

  • Centrifugal
  • Rotary
  • Scroll
  • Reciprocating

16: What is R-290?

  • Butane
  • Drop-in replacement for R-134a
  • Propane
  • Methyl Chloride

17: Two systems using separate refrigerants that are superimposed upon one another is called

  • indirect
  • single stage
  • cascade
  • booster

18: Systems containing more than 110 pounds must have stop valves located at the

  • compressor suction inlet
  • compressor discharge outlet
  • receiver inlet and outlet
  • All of the above

19: A start capacitor in series with a start winding will

  • increase the amp draw of the motor
  • increase starting torque
  • increase running efficiency
  • decrease the amp draw of the motor

20: Ammonia systems use ____ pressure to adjust oil pressure

  • air
  • stream
  • liquid
  • discharge

21: The maximum permissible amperage draw for a 40VA transfomer with a secondary voltage of 24V is

  • .8
  • .1
  • 1.2
  • 1.7

22: Direct systems using Group II refrigerants

  • shall be installed per instruction of the AHJ
  • shall be installed in Class T machinery rooms
  • shall be allowed to be used for human comfort.
  • shall not be used for air condition for human comfort

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

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

24: The density of a gas refers to

  • pounds per absolute pressure
  • cubic feet per pound
  • pounds per square foot
  • pounds per cubic foot

25: Lithium-bromide, Li-Br, is best characterized as a

  • sand
  • soil
  • sugar
  • salt