Recovery/Vacuum
Refrigerants
Leak Checking
Equipment/Appliances
General Knowledge
100

EPA Regulations require that your hoses to be equipped with these types of fittings

Low-Loss

100
What refrigerant is utilized in the AC Condensers out in our shop?

R-410a

100

When checking for leaks, look for _______ residue as a sign of a potential leak.

oil

100

 This type of appliance is used to provide cooling in order to control heat and/or humidity in occupied facilities including but not limited to residential, office, and commercial buildings.

Comfort Cooling

100

This Certification allows Technicians to work with medium, high, and very high-pressure systems that are not small appliances

Type II

200

A vacuum of at least __________ should be pulled to assure all moisture has been removed

500 Microns

200

Recovering refrigerant in the vapor phase minimizes

the loss of oil from from the system

200

When pressurizing a system with nitrogen, always use a _______

Pressure Regulator

200

These types of appliances are used in the retail food and cold storage warehouse sectors.

Commercial Refrigeration

200

Soap bubbles are best used to _____________________.

pinpoint refrigerant leaks

300

Before recovering into an empty recovery cylinder, you must first

evacuate the cylinder

300

What is the pressure designation of equipment utilizing R-410a?


High

300

In a system that is uses 51% of it's capacity for industrial process refrigeration and 49% for comfort cooling, which equipment designation is used for determining the leak rate?

Industrial Process Refrigeration

300

For a belt-driven non-hermetic compressor system, the _____________________ is most likely to leak if the system has not been operated for several months.

shaft seal

300

When the 30-day repair window has expired and you have to request a time extension from the EPA, what CANNOT be used as a reason to extend the deadline?

A service technician is not available.

400

You are recovering refrigerant from a piece of equipment you know is leaking...

What is the lowest pressure you recover down to?

0 PSI

400

Defined by ASHRAE Standard 15, an equipment room sensor is not required for Amonia(R-717) as long as ____

The ventilation system is operated continuously

400

When verifying the repair of a substantial leak, a follow-up verification test must be performed withing _________ days of the initial verification test.

10

400

___________________________ indicates low charge in a high-pressure system with a capillary tube

Excessive/High Superheat

400

In regards to your nitrogen regulator, the pressure relief valve is located ________ of the pressure regulator.

Down-Stream

500

Heating a compressor reduces _______

the amount of refrigerant in the compressor oil

500

High Pressure Appliances containing less than 200 pounds of refrigerant must be recovered to a minimum of _______ inches of vacuum. 

Zero

500

After repairing a leak in a system containing 500 pounds or more of refrigerant, a leak check must be performed once every _____ months

Three

500

This means to evacuate refrigerant from an appliance, or the affected isolated section or component of an appliance, to at least atmospheric pressure, and to temporarily shut down that appliance.

Mothballing

500

Name one repair that is considered a "major system repair" under EPA's regulations?

Condenser

Evaporator

Compressor

Any repair constituting an open system for more than 15 minutes.