EPA 608

What does ozone in the stratosphere above the earth consist of? correct answer: Molecules containing 3 oxygen atoms Which of the following refrigerants has the lowest global warming potential? correct answer: a. R-134a b. R-407C c. R-410A d. R-600a d. R-600a (GWP - 3) Which gas is used as the baseline measurement for global warming potential? correct answer: Carbon Dioxide Which type of refrigerant typically has the lowest global warming potential? correct answer: HFOs ...

Is this book a formal refrigeration training course? correct answer: It is NOT a formal refrigeration Course Should EPA regulation CHANGE after a technician becomes certified? correct answer: it is the responsibility of the technician to comply with these changes of EPA Certifications Can EPA modify test questions and/or require new certification or recertification based on advance in tech? correct answer: They can modify and require a new certification Does the clean air act require...

Most Serious Results of damage to the ozone correct answer: Increased Rates of skin cancer in humans Which human health effect increases from damage to the ozone correct answer: Cases of cataracts What effects can stratospheric ozone depletion have on the environment? correct answer: Decreased Crop yield and damage to marine organism what are the characteristics of HFOs correct answer: Non ozone depletion & low global warming potential What characteristic of HFC refrigerant m...

which refrigerant can be purchased is you have EPA's section 608 certification correct answer: Only refrigerants that are exempt from the venting prohibition How should disposable cylinders be discarded? correct answer: Recover all remaining refrigerant, render the cylinders useless, and recycle the metal CFCs and HCFCs ________making them capable of reaching the stratospheric ozone layer. correct answer: do not dissolve in water or easily break down in the atmosphere. Ester-base...

What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's restricted to technicians certified in refrigerant recovery? correct answer: November 14, 1994 Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what? correct answer: Recover all refrigerants. The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what? correct answer: The earth's stratosphere. HFC's correct answer: HydroFlouroCarbon's CFC's correct answer: ChloroFluoroCarbon's ODP correct answer: Ozone Depletion...

Refrigeration technicians who violate the Clean Air Act can: correct answer: D) all of the above. After 1995, any supplies of CFC refrigerant to service existing units in the USA can only come from: correct answer: A) recovery and recycling. Refrigerant that is recovered can be returned to: correct answer: A) the same system or other systems owned by the same person without restriction. Refrigerant can not be called "reclaimed" unless it: correct answer: B) has been chemically...

As of what date did it become unlawful to release Class 1 and Class II refrigerants to the atmosphere? a. July 1, 1992 b. July 1, 1993 c. November 14, 1994 d. January 1, 1996 correct answers: a. July 1, 1992 What is the ozone layer and why is it important to us on Earth? a. Thin layer of R-22 in the atmosphere that filters UV. b. Protective shield for Earth from the sun's harmful ultraviolent (UV) rays in the stratosphere layer that extends about 6 to 30 miles above earth c. Thin...

what is CFCs? correct answers: Chlorofluorocarbons (Chlorine, Fluorine, and carbon) What is HCFCs? correct answers: Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, and carbon) What is ASHRAEs? correct answers: The American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Airconditioning Engineers. A global professional association seeking to advance heating, ventilation, airconditioning and refrigeration systems. What is the greatest effect in the stratosphere? correct answers: The grea...

Refrigeration technicians who violate the clean air act can: A. lose their epa certification B. be fined. C. be required to appear in federal court D. all of the above correct answer: all of the above It has been illegal to vent substitutes for CFC and HCFC refrigerants since: correct answer: november 1995 which refrigerant has the lowest odp? R22, R11, R12, R113 correct answer: R22 to remove refrigerant in any condition from a system and store it in an external container witho...

A "compound gauge": correct answer: Can only be used for low pressures - Has different unit scales According to EPA regulations, when system flushing is required following a compressor burnout, the following refrigerant must be used: correct answer: System flushing with refrigerants is illegal A CFC contains: correct answer: Chlorine, fluorine, carbon A CFC - 11 cylinder is: correct answer: Orange An HFC-134a cylinder is: correct answer: Sky blue or pale blue A chlorine ato...