EPA 608 UNIVERSAL, EPA 608
CERTIFICATION, SKILLCAT EPA
608
1. Refrigeration technicians who violate the Clean Air Act can-
Answer Lose their EPA certifi- cation, be fined, be required to appear in Federal court.
2. After 1995, any supplies of CFC refrigerants to service existing units in the
USA can only come from-
Answer recovery and recycling.
3. Refrigerant that is recovered can be returned to-
Answer the same system or other systems owned by the same person without restriction.
4. Refrigerant can not be called "reclaimed" unless it- .
Answer has been chemically analyzed and the refrigerant meets the ARI-700 standard.
5. The EPA can require a technician to demonstrate their ability to perform prop-
er procedures for recovering and/or recycling refrigerant. Failure to demon-
,strate competency can result in-
Answer revocation of the technicians certification.
6. What characteristic(s) of CFCs make them more likely to reach the stratos-
phere than most other compounds containing chlorine? -
Answer Refrigerants that contain chlorine but not hydrogen are so stable that they do not break down in the
lower atmosphere after being released. The chlorine or bromine reacts with the ozone, causing it to change back to
oxygen, thus destroying the ozone layer.
7. A system is considered dehydrated when-
Answer the vacuum indicator shows you have reached and held the required finished vacuum.
8. Disposable refrigerant containers are used for
Answer virgin refrigerant
9. Which refrigerant is an HCFC? -
Answer R-123, R-124, R-22
10. What statement is true about an azeotropic refrigerant mixture? -
Answer It is a mixture that acts like a single-component refrigerant over its entire range.
,11. Chlorofluorocarbos (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) have
which of the following in common? -
Answer It is a mixture that acts like a single-component refrigerant over its entire range.
12. To scrap a disposable cylinder, the internal cylinder pressure should be
reduced to at least-
Answer 0 psig.
13. Manifold gauge sets are often color coded, when this is done, the high
pressure gauge is color coded
Answer - Red.
14. In general, blended refrigerants should be charged-
Answer as a liquid.
15. Blended refrigerants leak from a system-
Answer in uneven amounts due to ditterent vapor pressures.
, 16. Which of the following gases help form the earth's protective shield? -
Stratospheric Ozone
Answer
17. In a refrigerant system, the device that changes a low pressure vapor to a
high pressure vapor is the
Answer - compressor.
18. Data shows that chlorine in the stratosphere comes mainly from CFCs rather
than from natural sources such as volcanoes because
Answer - The rise in the amount of chlorine in the stratosphere matches the
rise in the amount of fluorine, which has different natural sources than
chlorine; The rise in the amount of chlorine in the stratosphere matches the
rise in CFC emissions; Air samples taken from the stratosphere over
erupting volcanoes show that volcanoes contribute a small quantity of
chlorine to the stratosphere when compared to CFCs;
CERTIFICATION, SKILLCAT EPA
608
1. Refrigeration technicians who violate the Clean Air Act can-
Answer Lose their EPA certifi- cation, be fined, be required to appear in Federal court.
2. After 1995, any supplies of CFC refrigerants to service existing units in the
USA can only come from-
Answer recovery and recycling.
3. Refrigerant that is recovered can be returned to-
Answer the same system or other systems owned by the same person without restriction.
4. Refrigerant can not be called "reclaimed" unless it- .
Answer has been chemically analyzed and the refrigerant meets the ARI-700 standard.
5. The EPA can require a technician to demonstrate their ability to perform prop-
er procedures for recovering and/or recycling refrigerant. Failure to demon-
,strate competency can result in-
Answer revocation of the technicians certification.
6. What characteristic(s) of CFCs make them more likely to reach the stratos-
phere than most other compounds containing chlorine? -
Answer Refrigerants that contain chlorine but not hydrogen are so stable that they do not break down in the
lower atmosphere after being released. The chlorine or bromine reacts with the ozone, causing it to change back to
oxygen, thus destroying the ozone layer.
7. A system is considered dehydrated when-
Answer the vacuum indicator shows you have reached and held the required finished vacuum.
8. Disposable refrigerant containers are used for
Answer virgin refrigerant
9. Which refrigerant is an HCFC? -
Answer R-123, R-124, R-22
10. What statement is true about an azeotropic refrigerant mixture? -
Answer It is a mixture that acts like a single-component refrigerant over its entire range.
,11. Chlorofluorocarbos (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) have
which of the following in common? -
Answer It is a mixture that acts like a single-component refrigerant over its entire range.
12. To scrap a disposable cylinder, the internal cylinder pressure should be
reduced to at least-
Answer 0 psig.
13. Manifold gauge sets are often color coded, when this is done, the high
pressure gauge is color coded
Answer - Red.
14. In general, blended refrigerants should be charged-
Answer as a liquid.
15. Blended refrigerants leak from a system-
Answer in uneven amounts due to ditterent vapor pressures.
, 16. Which of the following gases help form the earth's protective shield? -
Stratospheric Ozone
Answer
17. In a refrigerant system, the device that changes a low pressure vapor to a
high pressure vapor is the
Answer - compressor.
18. Data shows that chlorine in the stratosphere comes mainly from CFCs rather
than from natural sources such as volcanoes because
Answer - The rise in the amount of chlorine in the stratosphere matches the
rise in the amount of fluorine, which has different natural sources than
chlorine; The rise in the amount of chlorine in the stratosphere matches the
rise in CFC emissions; Air samples taken from the stratosphere over
erupting volcanoes show that volcanoes contribute a small quantity of
chlorine to the stratosphere when compared to CFCs;
