Refrigeration RT/RC Prep Quiz

Topics: All categories in the pool

Quiz Result Settings

1: Refrigeration devices shall be equipped with a ____ to protect against unexpected pressure due to a malfunction or fire?

  • Temperature limiter device
  • T&P device
  • Circuit Breaker
  • Relief valve

2: Mercury was used in thermometers primarily because it

  • was inexpensive
  • never freezes
  • vaporizes at very high temperatures
  • expands uniformly

3: Increasing superheat will do what to your frost line?

  • Could either increase or decrease depending on the load conditions
  • Decrease
  • Nothing
  • Increasae

4: In an ammonia refrigerating system, how is oil pressure adjusted?

  • Outlet of pump
  • Inlet of pump
  • Spring tension of a pressure regulating valve
  • Both a & b are correct

5: Can you use Ammonia in industrial applications?

  • No, never
  • When mixed with R-718
  • Yes, always
  • Yes, Under certain condidtions

6: Pressure vessels of 10 cubic feet or more gross volume shall use

  • at least one rupture member
  • a dual pressure-relief valve if charging into the atmosphere
  • at least three means of discharge and/or rupture discs
  • both a and b are correct

7: "R" represents ___ in the Ohm's law formula

  • voltage
  • capacitance
  • resistance
  • amperage

8: Viscosity is

  • a measure of heat content
  • the coefficient of external friction
  • measure of weight
  • the ability of oil to flow

9: Insurance companies shall forward each inspection report of all refrigeration or A/C systems to the Chief of Inspections within

  • 30 days
  • 2 months
  • 14 days
  • 1 week

10: How many CFMs are required per square foot of commercial office occupied space

  • .5 CFM
  • 5 CFM
  • 15 CFM
  • 20 CFM

11: What is a Category "D" fluid?

  • A fluid which is nonflammable, nontoxic, not damaging to human tissues, does not exceed 150 psig, and design temperature is between -20F to 366F
  • A toxic fluid, which can produce serious irreversible harm to persons on breathing or bodily contact
  • Any fluid that exceeds 150 psig and has design temperature of over 366F
  • A typical refrigerant used on newer air conditioning and heat pump ssytems

12: What instrument is used to measure very high resistance?

  • ammeter
  • meg ohmmeter
  • voltmeter
  • tape measure

13: _____ and its alloys are suitable for use with ammonia systems.

  • Copper
  • Aluminum
  • Magnesium
  • Zinc

14: How many groups of refrigerants are there?

  • 1
  • 3
  • 7
  • 5

15: A capacitor in series with the start windings will do what?

  • Nothing
  • Increase run efficiency by 10% of its rating
  • Increase starting torque
  • Decrease the RLA to within 10% of its rating

16: Class 3 refrigerants are

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

17: If the suction pressure is low and the evaporator temperature high, the cause will be a?

  • starved evaporator
  • too small evaporator
  • overcharged
  • compressor suction valve stuck open

18: Ammonia belongs to Group

  • B-1
  • A-1
  • B-2
  • A-2

19: A High-Probability System

  • is a system highly likely to leak form a failed connection or component of such system
  • is such that a leak of refrigerant from a failed connection will enter the occupied space
  • is such that a leak of refrigerant from a failed connection will enter an unoccupied space
  • is such that any leak will cause injury or death to anyone within a 100 square foot area

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

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

21: At higher altitudes, the boiling point of refrigerant is

  • the same
  • lower
  • higher
  • equal to the coefficient of water at 32F

22: The generator shell contains the

  • condenser and the absorber
  • condenser, the evaporator, and the generator
  • evaporator and the absorber
  • condenser and the generator

23: A halide torch is most useful with a freon compression system

  • to sweat flanges on the refrigeration piping
  • to remove from from TXV's and evaporator coils
  • to detect refrigeration leaks in piping joints
  • to release a sticking valve

24: The test pressure applied to the high side of each factory-assembled refrigerating system shall be at least equal to the design pressure of

  • the low side
  • 2.5 times the design pressure
  • the high side
  • the aggregate of the high side and low side

25: Brazed joints melt at temperatures above

  • 1,200F
  • 800F
  • 500F
  • 1,000F