SAPPC CERTIFICATION ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWER
KEY
●● Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to
what?
Answer: Recover all refrigerants.
●● The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what?
Answer: The earth's stratosphere.
●● HFC's
Answer: HydroFlouroCarbon's
●● CFC's
Answer: ChloroFluoroCarbon's
●● ODP
Answer: Ozone Depletion Potential
●● Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608?
Answer: The Montreal Protocol.
, ●● Depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere is know to cause what 6
things?
Answer: 1.Crop losses
2.Increases in eye diseases
3.Skin Cancer
4.Reduced marine life
5.Deforestation
6.Increased ground level ozone
●● What happens when CFC or HCFC molecules get in the stratosphere
& free atoms of Chlorine are set free?
Answer: These atoms attack Ozone Molecules causing the formation of
Chlorine Monoxide (CLO), after colliding with another Ozone
Molecule, causes 2 Oxygen (O2) molecules to be made & leaving an
atom of chlorine to act as "Free Agent" starting the process over until
100,000 molecules of Ozone are destroyed by just one atom of chloride.
●● What date was recovery equipment required to be certified by a lab,
& achieve higher evacuation levels, & have low loss fittings?
Answer: November 15, 1993
●● On what date was technician certification required?
Answer: November 14, 1994
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWER
KEY
●● Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to
what?
Answer: Recover all refrigerants.
●● The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what?
Answer: The earth's stratosphere.
●● HFC's
Answer: HydroFlouroCarbon's
●● CFC's
Answer: ChloroFluoroCarbon's
●● ODP
Answer: Ozone Depletion Potential
●● Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608?
Answer: The Montreal Protocol.
, ●● Depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere is know to cause what 6
things?
Answer: 1.Crop losses
2.Increases in eye diseases
3.Skin Cancer
4.Reduced marine life
5.Deforestation
6.Increased ground level ozone
●● What happens when CFC or HCFC molecules get in the stratosphere
& free atoms of Chlorine are set free?
Answer: These atoms attack Ozone Molecules causing the formation of
Chlorine Monoxide (CLO), after colliding with another Ozone
Molecule, causes 2 Oxygen (O2) molecules to be made & leaving an
atom of chlorine to act as "Free Agent" starting the process over until
100,000 molecules of Ozone are destroyed by just one atom of chloride.
●● What date was recovery equipment required to be certified by a lab,
& achieve higher evacuation levels, & have low loss fittings?
Answer: November 15, 1993
●● On what date was technician certification required?
Answer: November 14, 1994
