EPA 608 CERTIFICATION Questions with Correct Solutions
Question:
1. What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's restricted to technicians certified in refrigerant
recovery?
Answer:
November 14, 1994
Question:
2. Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what?
Answer:
Recover all refrigerants.
Question:
3. The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what?
Answer:
The earth's stratosphere.
Question:
4. HFC's
Answer:
HydroFlouroCarbon's
Question:
5. CFC's
Answer:
ChloroFluoroCarbon's
Question:
6. ODP
Answer:
Ozone Depletion Potential
Question:
7. Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608?
Answer:
The Montreal Protocol.
, Question:
8. 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
Question:
9. 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.
Question:
10. What date was recovery equipment required to be certified by a lab, & achieve higher
evacuation levels, & have low loss fittings?
Answer:
November 15, 1993
Question:
11. On what date was technician certification required?
Answer:
November 14, 1994
Question:
12. What date was CFC's phased out of production?
Answer:
December 31, 1995
Question:
13. What is EPA 608 Type I certification?
Question:
1. What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's restricted to technicians certified in refrigerant
recovery?
Answer:
November 14, 1994
Question:
2. Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what?
Answer:
Recover all refrigerants.
Question:
3. The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what?
Answer:
The earth's stratosphere.
Question:
4. HFC's
Answer:
HydroFlouroCarbon's
Question:
5. CFC's
Answer:
ChloroFluoroCarbon's
Question:
6. ODP
Answer:
Ozone Depletion Potential
Question:
7. Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608?
Answer:
The Montreal Protocol.
, Question:
8. 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
Question:
9. 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.
Question:
10. What date was recovery equipment required to be certified by a lab, & achieve higher
evacuation levels, & have low loss fittings?
Answer:
November 15, 1993
Question:
11. On what date was technician certification required?
Answer:
November 14, 1994
Question:
12. What date was CFC's phased out of production?
Answer:
December 31, 1995
Question:
13. What is EPA 608 Type I certification?
