EPA 608 Certification Exam with Detailed Correct Answers 2025

EPA 608 Certification Exam with Detailed Correct
Answers 2025

QUESTION>What is Temperature Glide? - CORRECT ANSWER~When the temperature of the vaporizing
refrigerant changes, even though the pressure remains the same.



QUESTION>What are the two basic types of recovery devices? - CORRECT ANSWER~Self-Contained and
System-Dependent.



QUESTION>System-Dependent devices may only be used on appliances containing how much
refrigerant? - CORRECT ANSWER~15 Lbs of refrigerant or less



QUESTION>What MUST be placed on a refrigerant cylinder being returned for reclaiming. - CORRECT
ANSWER~A refrigerant label.



QUESTION >What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's restricted to technicians certified in refrigerant
recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER~November 14, 1994



QUESTION>Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what? - CORRECT
ANSWER~Recover all refrigerants.



QUESTION>The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what? - CORRECT ANSWER~The earth's
stratosphere.



QUESTION>HFC's - CORRECT ANSWER~HydroFlouroCarbon's



QUESTION>CFC's - CORRECT ANSWER~ChloroFluoroCarbon's



QUESTION>ODP - CORRECT ANSWER~Ozone Depletion Potential

, QUESTION>Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608? - CORRECT
ANSWER~The Montreal Protocol.



QUESTION>Depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere is know to cause what 6 things? - CORRECT
ANSWER~1.Crop losses

2.Increases in eye diseases

3.Skin Cancer

4.Reduced marine life

5.Deforestation

6.Increased ground level ozone



QUESTION>What happens when CFC or HCFC molecules get in the stratosphere & free atoms of
Chlorine are set free? - CORRECT 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.



QUESTION>What date was recovery equipment required to be certified by a lab, & achieve higher
evacuation levels, & have low loss fittings? - CORRECT ANSWER~November 15, 1993



QUESTION>On what date was technician certification required? - CORRECT ANSWER~November 14,
1994



QUESTION>What date was CFC's phased out of production? - CORRECT ANSWER~December 31, 1995



QUESTION>What is EPA 608 Type I certification? - CORRECT ANSWER~Persons who maintain, service,
repair, or dispose of small appliances (containing 5 pounds of refrigerant (or less).



QUESTION>What is EPA 608 Type II certification? - CORRECT ANSWER~Persons who maintain, service,
repair, or dispose of high and very high pressure appliances. Except small appliances and motor vehicle
air conditioning systems.