NATE CORE ESSENTIALS – HVACR TECHNICIAN
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
An air conditioning technician is working in the basement of a large B37public
building. The technician notices several unsafe and dangerous conditions. Of the
following conditions that are noticed, which is the most dangerous and should
be reported immediately?
A: Gas leaking from a cracked pipe
B: An open sewer drain connection
C: The basement is unlighted
D: None of these are the technician's business ~CORRECT ANSWER~A: Gas
leaking from a cracked pipe
A service technician is returning home at 3 a.m. after completing an emergency
service call. She notices heavy smoke coming out of the top floor of a building.
Which of the following should she do?
A: Make certain there is a fire
B: Enter the building and warn the occupants
,C: Call the fire department
D: Attempt to extinguish the fire before it gets out of control ~CORRECT
ANSWER~C: Call the fire department
An office worker frequently complains that his office is too cold or too warm.
The best action to take is to:
A: Ignore his complaints because they come from a habitual crank.
B: Inform the office worker that the air conditioning system was designed by an
engineer who failed miserably and you are unable to make a poorly designed
system operate to meet the needs of the occupants.
C: Investigate the problem and determine if an actual temperature control
problem exists.
D: Pretend to make an adjustment at the thermostat and inform the office
worker that the problem has been solved. ~CORRECT ANSWER~C: Investigate
the problem and determine if an actual temperature control problem exists.
A technician is taking evening classes in air balancing at the local college and
needs photocopies of his project to distribute to others in the class this evening.
, The technician is on a service call in the office building of a long term customer
and there are copy machines on every floor. Given the following options, what
should the technician do?
A: Find a copy machine that is not occupied, is in a remote area of the building
and quickly make his copies.
B: Locate someone who knows him and ask if he can make copies of his project.
C: Pretend he is making copies of paperwork related to his work for that
customer and just make the copies.
D: Make his copies and leave some money on the machine. ~CORRECT
ANSWER~B: Locate someone who knows him and ask if he can make copies of
his project.
While you are working at a construction site an electrician working nearby asks
you to help him move a pallet of electrical materials. Of the following, the best
action for you to take is:
A: Inform the electrician that moving electrical materials is not the job of a sheet
metal installer and he should do it himself or find another electrician.
B: Help the electrician move the pallet and return to your own work.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
An air conditioning technician is working in the basement of a large B37public
building. The technician notices several unsafe and dangerous conditions. Of the
following conditions that are noticed, which is the most dangerous and should
be reported immediately?
A: Gas leaking from a cracked pipe
B: An open sewer drain connection
C: The basement is unlighted
D: None of these are the technician's business ~CORRECT ANSWER~A: Gas
leaking from a cracked pipe
A service technician is returning home at 3 a.m. after completing an emergency
service call. She notices heavy smoke coming out of the top floor of a building.
Which of the following should she do?
A: Make certain there is a fire
B: Enter the building and warn the occupants
,C: Call the fire department
D: Attempt to extinguish the fire before it gets out of control ~CORRECT
ANSWER~C: Call the fire department
An office worker frequently complains that his office is too cold or too warm.
The best action to take is to:
A: Ignore his complaints because they come from a habitual crank.
B: Inform the office worker that the air conditioning system was designed by an
engineer who failed miserably and you are unable to make a poorly designed
system operate to meet the needs of the occupants.
C: Investigate the problem and determine if an actual temperature control
problem exists.
D: Pretend to make an adjustment at the thermostat and inform the office
worker that the problem has been solved. ~CORRECT ANSWER~C: Investigate
the problem and determine if an actual temperature control problem exists.
A technician is taking evening classes in air balancing at the local college and
needs photocopies of his project to distribute to others in the class this evening.
, The technician is on a service call in the office building of a long term customer
and there are copy machines on every floor. Given the following options, what
should the technician do?
A: Find a copy machine that is not occupied, is in a remote area of the building
and quickly make his copies.
B: Locate someone who knows him and ask if he can make copies of his project.
C: Pretend he is making copies of paperwork related to his work for that
customer and just make the copies.
D: Make his copies and leave some money on the machine. ~CORRECT
ANSWER~B: Locate someone who knows him and ask if he can make copies of
his project.
While you are working at a construction site an electrician working nearby asks
you to help him move a pallet of electrical materials. Of the following, the best
action for you to take is:
A: Inform the electrician that moving electrical materials is not the job of a sheet
metal installer and he should do it himself or find another electrician.
B: Help the electrician move the pallet and return to your own work.
