EPA 608 FUNDAMENTALS CERTIFICATION
2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what?
Answer: Recover all refrigerants.
⩥ The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what? Answer: The
earth's stratosphere.
⩥ HFC's Answer: HydroFlouroCarbon's
⩥ CFC's Answer: ChloroFluoroCarbon's
⩥ ODP Answer: Ozone Depletion Potential
⩥ Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608?
Answer: The Montreal Protocol.
⩥ Depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere is know to cause what 6
things? Answer: 1.Crop losses
2.Increases in eye diseases
, 3.Skin Cancer
4.Reduced marine life
5.Deforestation
6.Increased ground level ozone
⩥ What happens when CFC or HCFC molecules get in the stratosphere
& free atoms of Chlorine are set free? 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.
⩥ What date was recovery equipment required to be certified by a lab, &
achieve higher evacuation levels, & have low loss fittings? Answer:
November 15, 1993
⩥ On what date was technician certification required? Answer:
November 14, 1994
⩥ What date was CFC's phased out of production? Answer: December
31, 1995
2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what?
Answer: Recover all refrigerants.
⩥ The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what? Answer: The
earth's stratosphere.
⩥ HFC's Answer: HydroFlouroCarbon's
⩥ CFC's Answer: ChloroFluoroCarbon's
⩥ ODP Answer: Ozone Depletion Potential
⩥ Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608?
Answer: The Montreal Protocol.
⩥ Depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere is know to cause what 6
things? Answer: 1.Crop losses
2.Increases in eye diseases
, 3.Skin Cancer
4.Reduced marine life
5.Deforestation
6.Increased ground level ozone
⩥ What happens when CFC or HCFC molecules get in the stratosphere
& free atoms of Chlorine are set free? 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.
⩥ What date was recovery equipment required to be certified by a lab, &
achieve higher evacuation levels, & have low loss fittings? Answer:
November 15, 1993
⩥ On what date was technician certification required? Answer:
November 14, 1994
⩥ What date was CFC's phased out of production? Answer: December
31, 1995
