MEDICAL GAS 6010 ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET
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✔✔Recievers for medical air shall not be equipped with _ ? A) a sight glass B) a
temperature indicator C) automatic and manual drains D) relief valves - ✔✔B) a
temperature indicator
✔✔Medical air filters shall be located immediately upstream (source side) of the _ ? A)
aftercoolers B) final line regulator C) pressure indicator D) reciever - ✔✔B) final line
regulator
✔✔Medical air filters shall be sized for 100% of the system peak calculated demand
and be rates for a minimum of 98% efficiency at _ micron or greater? A) .01 B) 1 C) 5 D)
10 - ✔✔B) 1
✔✔Medical air recievers shall be provided with proper valves that allow the receiver to
be _ during service without shutting down the supply of medical air? A) bypassed B)
filled C) online D) pressurized - ✔✔A) bypassed
✔✔In a medical air supply system dryers, filters, and regulators shall be _ ? A) at least
duplexed B) at least simplexed C) downstream of the source valve D) upstream of the
aftercoolers - ✔✔A) at least duplexed
✔✔Medical air shall be sampled at 1/4" NPS valved sample port upstream of the _ ? A)
dew point monitor B) carbon monoxide monitor C) final line regulator D) source valve -
✔✔D) source valve
✔✔Where medical air piping systems at different operating pressures are required, the
piping shall separate after the _ ? A) filters B) final line regulators C) relief valve D)
source valve - ✔✔A) filters
✔✔The medical air intake shall be located outdoors a minimum of _ ft above ground
level? A) 10 B) 15 C) 20 D) 25 - ✔✔C) 20
,✔✔The medical air intake shall be located a minimum of _ ft from all exhausts or other
noxious fumes? A) 10 B) 15 C) 20 D) 25 - ✔✔D) 25
✔✔The medical air intake shall be minimum _ ft from all doors, windows, or other
openings in a building? A) 10 B) 15 C) 20 D) 25 - ✔✔A) 10
✔✔Where liquid ring compressors or water-cooled aftercoolers are used, air receivers
shall be equipped with a _ sensor? A) high temperature B) high water level C) low
temperature D) low water level - ✔✔B) high water level
✔✔Medical air compressors that employ the use of oil are required to have coalescing
filters with _ indicator? A) a charcoal absorber B) a color C) an audible D) an element
change - ✔✔D) an element change
✔✔When the backup or lag compressor is running, the _ alarm(s) shall activate? A)
area B) local C) main D) source - ✔✔B) local
✔✔Dew point shall be monitored and shall activate the required alarms when the dew
point at a system pressure exceeds _ *F? A) 32 B) 35 C) 39 D) 42 - ✔✔B) 35
✔✔Carbon monoxide shall activate the required alarms when the CO level exceeds _
PPM? A) 5 B) 10 C) 15 D) 20 - ✔✔B) 10
✔✔Medical air reconstituted from oxygen USP and nitrogen NF (synthetic air) produced
using proportioning systems shall meet all of the following except ? A) be 19.5% to
23.5% oxygen B) be analyzed continuously and recorded C) be cleared for marketing
and approved by FDA D) the completion of a risk analysis and approval by authority
having jurisdiction before use - ✔✔D) the completion of a risk analysis and approval by
authority having jurisdiction before use
✔✔Category 1 medical-surgical vacuum sources shall, at minimum, consist of _ or more
vacuum pumps? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 - ✔✔B) 2
✔✔Category 1 medical- surgical vacuum sources shall consist of an automatic means
to prevent _ from any on-cycle pump through and off-cycle pump? A) back pressure B)
backflow C) crisscross D) vacuum - ✔✔B) backflow
✔✔Piping between the vacuum pump and the source shutoff valve shall be permitted to
be all of the following material except? A) black steel B) galvanized steel C) stainless
steel D) plastic(PVC) - ✔✔D) plastic(PVC)
, ✔✔_ connectors shall connect the vacuum pumps with their intake and outlet piping? A)
anti-vibration B) dielectric C) flexible D) insulated - ✔✔C) flexible
✔✔Vacuum receivers shall be capable of withstanding a guage of _ in. of HgV? A) 12
B) 20 C) 30 D) 32 - ✔✔C) 30
✔✔A medical-surgical vacuum receiver shall be made serviceable by _ ? A) a three-
valve bypass B) any method to ensure the continuation of service C) being valved at the
end of the main line D) shutting down the system - ✔✔B) any method to ensure the
continuation of service
✔✔When a medical-surgical vacuum source in operation is incapable of adequately
maintaining the required vacuum, additional pump shall be _ activated? A) automatically
B) manually C) remotely D) systematically - ✔✔A) automatically
✔✔The vacuum exhaust shall discharge a minimum of _ ft. from any door, window, air
intake, or place of public assembly? A) 10 B) 15 C) 20 D) 25 - ✔✔D) 25
✔✔A medical-surgical vacuum exhaust shall be turned down and screened. The
screening shall be fabricated using _ material? A) any non-corroding B) chicken wire C)
steel mesh D) steel wire - ✔✔A) any non-corroding
✔✔Multiple vacuum pumps shall be permitted to be joined together to one common
exhaust provided the common exhaust is sized to _ ? A) minimize back pressure B)
peak calculated demand C) prevent backflow D) the largest pump - ✔✔A) minimize
back pressure
✔✔Vacuum exhaust from multiple pumps joined together to one common exhaust shall
be permitted provided each pump can be isolated. The pumps can be isolated by all of
the following except a _ ? A) blind flange B) check valve C) grooved joint D) manual
valve - ✔✔C) grooved joint
✔✔Category 1 medical-surgical vacuum systems shall activate a _ alarm when the
backup or lag pump is running? A) local B) main C) source D) warning - ✔✔A) local
✔✔WAGD shall be permitted to be produced by all of the following except a _ ? A)
dedicated producer B) medical surgical-vacuum source C) medical air source D) venturi
- ✔✔C) medical air source
✔✔A category 1 dedicated WAGD source shall consist of _ or more producers, and
each shall be sufficient to serve the peak calculated demand? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 -
✔✔B) 2
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✔✔Recievers for medical air shall not be equipped with _ ? A) a sight glass B) a
temperature indicator C) automatic and manual drains D) relief valves - ✔✔B) a
temperature indicator
✔✔Medical air filters shall be located immediately upstream (source side) of the _ ? A)
aftercoolers B) final line regulator C) pressure indicator D) reciever - ✔✔B) final line
regulator
✔✔Medical air filters shall be sized for 100% of the system peak calculated demand
and be rates for a minimum of 98% efficiency at _ micron or greater? A) .01 B) 1 C) 5 D)
10 - ✔✔B) 1
✔✔Medical air recievers shall be provided with proper valves that allow the receiver to
be _ during service without shutting down the supply of medical air? A) bypassed B)
filled C) online D) pressurized - ✔✔A) bypassed
✔✔In a medical air supply system dryers, filters, and regulators shall be _ ? A) at least
duplexed B) at least simplexed C) downstream of the source valve D) upstream of the
aftercoolers - ✔✔A) at least duplexed
✔✔Medical air shall be sampled at 1/4" NPS valved sample port upstream of the _ ? A)
dew point monitor B) carbon monoxide monitor C) final line regulator D) source valve -
✔✔D) source valve
✔✔Where medical air piping systems at different operating pressures are required, the
piping shall separate after the _ ? A) filters B) final line regulators C) relief valve D)
source valve - ✔✔A) filters
✔✔The medical air intake shall be located outdoors a minimum of _ ft above ground
level? A) 10 B) 15 C) 20 D) 25 - ✔✔C) 20
,✔✔The medical air intake shall be located a minimum of _ ft from all exhausts or other
noxious fumes? A) 10 B) 15 C) 20 D) 25 - ✔✔D) 25
✔✔The medical air intake shall be minimum _ ft from all doors, windows, or other
openings in a building? A) 10 B) 15 C) 20 D) 25 - ✔✔A) 10
✔✔Where liquid ring compressors or water-cooled aftercoolers are used, air receivers
shall be equipped with a _ sensor? A) high temperature B) high water level C) low
temperature D) low water level - ✔✔B) high water level
✔✔Medical air compressors that employ the use of oil are required to have coalescing
filters with _ indicator? A) a charcoal absorber B) a color C) an audible D) an element
change - ✔✔D) an element change
✔✔When the backup or lag compressor is running, the _ alarm(s) shall activate? A)
area B) local C) main D) source - ✔✔B) local
✔✔Dew point shall be monitored and shall activate the required alarms when the dew
point at a system pressure exceeds _ *F? A) 32 B) 35 C) 39 D) 42 - ✔✔B) 35
✔✔Carbon monoxide shall activate the required alarms when the CO level exceeds _
PPM? A) 5 B) 10 C) 15 D) 20 - ✔✔B) 10
✔✔Medical air reconstituted from oxygen USP and nitrogen NF (synthetic air) produced
using proportioning systems shall meet all of the following except ? A) be 19.5% to
23.5% oxygen B) be analyzed continuously and recorded C) be cleared for marketing
and approved by FDA D) the completion of a risk analysis and approval by authority
having jurisdiction before use - ✔✔D) the completion of a risk analysis and approval by
authority having jurisdiction before use
✔✔Category 1 medical-surgical vacuum sources shall, at minimum, consist of _ or more
vacuum pumps? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 - ✔✔B) 2
✔✔Category 1 medical- surgical vacuum sources shall consist of an automatic means
to prevent _ from any on-cycle pump through and off-cycle pump? A) back pressure B)
backflow C) crisscross D) vacuum - ✔✔B) backflow
✔✔Piping between the vacuum pump and the source shutoff valve shall be permitted to
be all of the following material except? A) black steel B) galvanized steel C) stainless
steel D) plastic(PVC) - ✔✔D) plastic(PVC)
, ✔✔_ connectors shall connect the vacuum pumps with their intake and outlet piping? A)
anti-vibration B) dielectric C) flexible D) insulated - ✔✔C) flexible
✔✔Vacuum receivers shall be capable of withstanding a guage of _ in. of HgV? A) 12
B) 20 C) 30 D) 32 - ✔✔C) 30
✔✔A medical-surgical vacuum receiver shall be made serviceable by _ ? A) a three-
valve bypass B) any method to ensure the continuation of service C) being valved at the
end of the main line D) shutting down the system - ✔✔B) any method to ensure the
continuation of service
✔✔When a medical-surgical vacuum source in operation is incapable of adequately
maintaining the required vacuum, additional pump shall be _ activated? A) automatically
B) manually C) remotely D) systematically - ✔✔A) automatically
✔✔The vacuum exhaust shall discharge a minimum of _ ft. from any door, window, air
intake, or place of public assembly? A) 10 B) 15 C) 20 D) 25 - ✔✔D) 25
✔✔A medical-surgical vacuum exhaust shall be turned down and screened. The
screening shall be fabricated using _ material? A) any non-corroding B) chicken wire C)
steel mesh D) steel wire - ✔✔A) any non-corroding
✔✔Multiple vacuum pumps shall be permitted to be joined together to one common
exhaust provided the common exhaust is sized to _ ? A) minimize back pressure B)
peak calculated demand C) prevent backflow D) the largest pump - ✔✔A) minimize
back pressure
✔✔Vacuum exhaust from multiple pumps joined together to one common exhaust shall
be permitted provided each pump can be isolated. The pumps can be isolated by all of
the following except a _ ? A) blind flange B) check valve C) grooved joint D) manual
valve - ✔✔C) grooved joint
✔✔Category 1 medical-surgical vacuum systems shall activate a _ alarm when the
backup or lag pump is running? A) local B) main C) source D) warning - ✔✔A) local
✔✔WAGD shall be permitted to be produced by all of the following except a _ ? A)
dedicated producer B) medical surgical-vacuum source C) medical air source D) venturi
- ✔✔C) medical air source
✔✔A category 1 dedicated WAGD source shall consist of _ or more producers, and
each shall be sufficient to serve the peak calculated demand? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 -
✔✔B) 2
