EPA Section 608 Core Exam |Questions with
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What act violates the CAA? - ✔️✔️not keeping records
What 2 things MUST a technician do to maintain compliance with the CAA law? - ✔️✔️1. provide
the owner with an invoice indicating the amount of refrigerant added if the appliance contains
50 or more pounds of refrigerant
2. Technician MUST keep a copy of their proof of certification at their place of business
What is the punishment for violating the CAA law? - ✔️✔️- up to $27, 500 per day, per violation
-losing your certificate to handle refrigerants
-appearing in US FEDERAL COURT for charges
-EPA may ask you to demonstrate your ability to properly perform refrigerant recovery and
recycling procedures, failing this can cause you to lose your certificate
What is the reward for reporting individuals who intentionally vents? - ✔️✔️$10, 000
Where do you report violations of the CAA to? - ✔️✔️the EPA
What is the Montreal Protocol? - ✔️✔️a treaty among nations to protect the stratospheric ozone
layer
What date was the Montreal Protocol signed? - ✔️✔️1987
,When was the Montreal Protocol amended? - ✔️✔️-1990
-1992
What does the Montreal Protocol state? - ✔️✔️stipulates that the production and consumption
of compounds that deplete ozone in the stratosphere were phased out by 2000
What compounds were phased out by the Montreal Protocol? - ✔️✔️CFCs, halons, carbon
tetrachloride, and methyl chloroform
What date did methyl chloroform have to be phased out by in the Montreal Protocol - ✔️✔️2005
When were CFC's phased out? - ✔️✔️December 31, 1995
Since CFC's were phased out, how do you get CFC refrigerant for equipment servicing? -
✔️✔️from recovery and recycling
When did knowingly venting any refrigerant become a violation of the CAA? (date) -
✔️✔️November 15, 1995
When is the de minims release allowed? - ✔️✔️during service, maintenance or repair
what is de minims release? - ✔️✔️-small amounts of refrigerants emitted unintentionally during
good faith efforts to recover refrigerants, during the normal course of appliance operation or
during the connection/disconnection to charge or service an appliance
What is Nitrogen used for? - ✔️✔️-for holding charges
, -as leak test gasses may be released
True or False. Nitrogen may not be added to a fully charged system for the purpose for leak
detection and then released. - ✔️✔️True
All CFC's and HCFC's must be __________________ before opening a system for service or
disposing of appliances. - ✔️✔️Recovered
Who sets standards for recovery of refrigerants prior to appliance disposal? - ✔️✔️EPA
True or False. All refrigerants in disposable containers have been recovered (0 psig or lower)
and rendered useless before recycling the cylinder. - ✔️✔️True
What should be done before disposing of any appliance containing a CFC or HCFC refrigerant? -
✔️✔️refrigerant MUST be recovered
Who is the FINAL person in the disposal chain? - ✔️✔️the person responsible for ensuring that
refrigerants have been removed from household refrigerators before they are disposed
What is another name for Mineral oils? - ✔️✔️petroleum oils
What do mineral oils include? - ✔️✔️-paraffin-based oils
-napthene-based oils
-mixed oils
What are mixed oils made of? - ✔️✔️combo of napthene-based and paraffin-based oils
What are Synthetic oils? - ✔️✔️-silicate ester
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What act violates the CAA? - ✔️✔️not keeping records
What 2 things MUST a technician do to maintain compliance with the CAA law? - ✔️✔️1. provide
the owner with an invoice indicating the amount of refrigerant added if the appliance contains
50 or more pounds of refrigerant
2. Technician MUST keep a copy of their proof of certification at their place of business
What is the punishment for violating the CAA law? - ✔️✔️- up to $27, 500 per day, per violation
-losing your certificate to handle refrigerants
-appearing in US FEDERAL COURT for charges
-EPA may ask you to demonstrate your ability to properly perform refrigerant recovery and
recycling procedures, failing this can cause you to lose your certificate
What is the reward for reporting individuals who intentionally vents? - ✔️✔️$10, 000
Where do you report violations of the CAA to? - ✔️✔️the EPA
What is the Montreal Protocol? - ✔️✔️a treaty among nations to protect the stratospheric ozone
layer
What date was the Montreal Protocol signed? - ✔️✔️1987
,When was the Montreal Protocol amended? - ✔️✔️-1990
-1992
What does the Montreal Protocol state? - ✔️✔️stipulates that the production and consumption
of compounds that deplete ozone in the stratosphere were phased out by 2000
What compounds were phased out by the Montreal Protocol? - ✔️✔️CFCs, halons, carbon
tetrachloride, and methyl chloroform
What date did methyl chloroform have to be phased out by in the Montreal Protocol - ✔️✔️2005
When were CFC's phased out? - ✔️✔️December 31, 1995
Since CFC's were phased out, how do you get CFC refrigerant for equipment servicing? -
✔️✔️from recovery and recycling
When did knowingly venting any refrigerant become a violation of the CAA? (date) -
✔️✔️November 15, 1995
When is the de minims release allowed? - ✔️✔️during service, maintenance or repair
what is de minims release? - ✔️✔️-small amounts of refrigerants emitted unintentionally during
good faith efforts to recover refrigerants, during the normal course of appliance operation or
during the connection/disconnection to charge or service an appliance
What is Nitrogen used for? - ✔️✔️-for holding charges
, -as leak test gasses may be released
True or False. Nitrogen may not be added to a fully charged system for the purpose for leak
detection and then released. - ✔️✔️True
All CFC's and HCFC's must be __________________ before opening a system for service or
disposing of appliances. - ✔️✔️Recovered
Who sets standards for recovery of refrigerants prior to appliance disposal? - ✔️✔️EPA
True or False. All refrigerants in disposable containers have been recovered (0 psig or lower)
and rendered useless before recycling the cylinder. - ✔️✔️True
What should be done before disposing of any appliance containing a CFC or HCFC refrigerant? -
✔️✔️refrigerant MUST be recovered
Who is the FINAL person in the disposal chain? - ✔️✔️the person responsible for ensuring that
refrigerants have been removed from household refrigerators before they are disposed
What is another name for Mineral oils? - ✔️✔️petroleum oils
What do mineral oils include? - ✔️✔️-paraffin-based oils
-napthene-based oils
-mixed oils
What are mixed oils made of? - ✔️✔️combo of napthene-based and paraffin-based oils
What are Synthetic oils? - ✔️✔️-silicate ester
