Triumph in EPA Prep: Riveting 10-Question Breakthrough Challenge

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Riveting 10-Question Breakthrough Challenge

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1. What must a system owner do, once the threshold leak rate has been exceeded on any low pressure system using an ozone depleting refrigerant? 

A. repair the appliance enough to bring the leak rate below the threshold, retrofit, or retire the appliance

B. retire the appliance the following year

C. repair all of the leaks and submit a report about the repair to the EPA

D. immediately mothball the appliance until it is retrofitted

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2. Why are some hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) refrigerants classified as “A2L”? 

A. they have toxicity characteristics

B. they have high ozone depleting potentials and low global warming potential

C. they are prohibited for use in the U.S.

D. they are less flammable than hydrocarbon refrigerants, but most are still mildly flammable

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3. Starting in 2019, what is the leak rate threshold for commercial refrigeration equipment with a full charge of 50 or more pounds of an HCFC refrigerant?

A. 0.2

B. 0.05

C. 0.3

D. 0.1

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4. What is the service procedure if the refrigerant in the recovery cylinder is suspected to be contaminated?

A. Discard the Refrigerant

B. What is the service procedure if the refrigerant in the recovery cylinder is suspected to be contaminated?

C. Dilute the refrigerant with virgin refrigerant

D. Weigh the cylinder

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5. When installing any type of access fitting onto a sealed system:

A. it is not necessary to leak test an access fitting.

B. the fitting should be leak tested before proceeding with recovery.

C. the fitting need not be leak tested until the total repair is completed.

D. the system must be pressurized with oxygen-free dry nitrogen before leak testing can be attempted.

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6. For which of the following refrigeration systems/appliances would it be permissible to use a passive recovery device for recovery of CFCS, HCFCS, and HFCS?

A. A centrifugal air conditioner

B. A reciprocating liquid chiller

C. A domestic refrigerator

D. A single compressor, large commercial walk-in freezer

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7. What may be done to speed the recovery process and ensure that all CFC, HCFC, or HFC refrigerant has been removed from a frost-free refrigerator?

A. Pack ice around the evaporator to ensure maximum liquid is available.

B. Turn on the defrost heater to increase the refrigerant’s temperature and vaporize any liquid

C. Heat the recovery cylinder to vaporize liquid refrigerant.

D. Cool the compressor to force liquid out of the high side.

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8. A hydrostatic tube test kit will: 

A. vent refrigerant to the atmosphere

B. blow all water out of tubes

C. remove water from machine

D. determine if there are tube leaks

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9. How should refrigerant cylinders be positioned while being shipped? 

A. Inverted

B. Horizontally

C. Upright

D. Stacked

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10. When a pungent odor is detected during a sealed system recovery and/or repair which of the following is most likely?

A. It is the characteristic smell of the refrigerant.

B. A compressor burnout has occurred.

C. The refrigerant should be vented.

D. The refrigerant should not be recovered.

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