EPA 608 TYPE 1 TEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM 200
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
Which of the following is not a Type I appliance? - ANSWER- A) an MVAC-like system that holds three pounds of R- 12
When R-500 is recovered from an appliance, it: - ANSWER- D) must be
recovered into its own recovery vessel (or a recovery cylinder that already contains some R-500).
When you connect your service manifold to check system pressures, it's
always a good idea to: - ANSWER- B) use equipment such as hand
valves or self-sealing hoses to minimize any release.
The EPA requires that all appliances must be equipped with a service aperture or other device that is used when adding or removing refrigerant from the appliance. For small appliances, this service port
typically is: - ANSWER- A) a straight piece of tubing, called a Process
Tube, that is entered using a piercing access valve.
Anyone who recovers refrigerant during the maintenance, service or repair of small appliances must be certified as either a Universal
Technician or a: - ANSWER- A) Type I Technician.
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EPA regulations require the capture of at least 80% of the refrigerant from a small appliance with a non-operating compressor if the
technician is using: - ANSWER- C) either type of recovery unit.
When using a passive system-dependent recovery method on an appliance with an operating compressor, you should run the
(appliance's) compressor: - ANSWER- C) and recover the refrigerant
from the high side.
A passive system-dependent recovery device for small appliances: -
ANSWER- C) captures refrigerant in a non-pressurized container.
The sale of CFC and HCFC refrigerants is: - ANSWER- D) restricted to
technicians who are EPA certified in refrigerant
Which of the refrigerants listed below should be recovered with current EPA-approved recovery devices? - ANSWER- D) none of the above
When servicing a small appliance with a leak: - ANSWER- C) it is not
mandatory to repair the leak but do so whenever
For which of the following refrigeration systems/appliances would it be permissible to use a passive recovery device for refrigerant recovery? - ANSWER- D) a domestic refrigerator
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When using any equipment or servicing any system that has schraeder
valves, it is "critical" to: - ANSWER- D) all of the above.
If R-12 or R-22 are exposed to high temperatures, (from open flames or glowing hot metal surfaces for example), these refrigerants can
decompose to form: - ANSWER- A) hydrochloric and hydrofluoric
acids.
When using a graduated charging cylinder, any refrigerant that is vented
from the charging cylinder: - ANSWER- B) must be recovered.
A standard vacuum pump designed specifically for evacuation and
dehydration can: - ANSWER- B) never be used as a recovery device in
combination with a pressurized container.
The EPA Section 608 certification must be renewed every: - ANSWER-
- The EPA certification has no expiration date.
Prior to shipping any used refrigerant it is necessary to: - ANSWER- D)
all of the above.
A refrigerant that can be used as a direct service "drop-in" substitute for
R-12 in a small appliance is: - ANSWER- D) none of the above
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