RAC Servicing I (NC II)

Assessment No. 6

Name: BORLAGDAN,LEE MATTHEW P. Student No. 2019-14491-MN-0

Course & Section: DMET 2-3 Date: 12-17-2020
SKILLS CHECK 1

NOTE TO STUDENT: Multiple choice questions may have more than one correct answer.

Please include all correct selections.

1. True or False? Due to legislative changes some refrigerants have become obsolete._________

- TRUE

2. True or False? Recovery is the movement of refrigerant to some location within the system, without

changing its condition. _________

- TRUE

3. True or False? Reclaim is most commonly accomplished by the use of portable field units. _________

- TRUE

4. A returnable refrigerant cylinder is marked as follows from the factory:

Gross lbs. 180

Tare lbs. 50

Net lbs. 130

a. When full, this cylinder holds 130 lbs. of refrigerant

b. When empty, the cylinder weighs 50 lbs.

c. If the cylinder weighs 100 lbs., it contains 60 lbs. of refrigerant and you could safely add

20 lbs. of refrigerant to it.

5. The maximum capacity of a disposable refrigerant cylinder is:

a. 50 pounds.

b. 40 pounds.

c. 30 pounds.

d. 20 pounds.

- a. 50 pounds.
6. An untagged refrigerant cylinder is found in your storage area. It is white. The refrigerant it contains

should be:

a. R-11

b. R-12

c. R-13

d. R-22

- b. R-12

7. A legal recovery cylinder is:

a. any disposable or refillable cylinder that is in good condition and less than 5 years past the date

of its most recent DOT certification date.

b. a refillable cylinder with the color and label that matches the refrigerant type that is being

recovered.

c. a specifically-designated gray cylinder with yellow shoulder and top.

d. required when recovering refrigerant from systems containing CFC and HCFC refrigerants, but

not HFC refrigerants.

- a. any disposable or refillable cylinder that is in good condition and less than 5 years past the date

of its most recent DOT certification date.

- c. a specifically-designated gray cylinder with yellow shoulder and top.

8. Label the following parts of a standard gauge manifold set:

a. Low Pressure Gauge

b. High Pressure Gauge

c. Blue service hose

d. Yellow service hose

e. Red service hose

f. Low Pressure Valve

g. High pressure valve

9. Gauge manifold hoses used for deep vacuum evacuation must be good to:

a. 2000 microns

b. 50 psig

c. 0 psig

d. 20 in. Hg. Vac.

e. 29.90 in. Hg. Vac.

- e. 29.90 in. Hg. Vac.

10. When a gauge manifold valve is front-seated, it is turned:

a. clockwise half the way.

b. counterclockwise half the way.

c. clockwise all the way

d. counterclockwise all the way.

- d. counterclockwise all the way.

11. For the operations below give the letter(s) of the proper gauge manifold setting(s):

a. Connecting manifold hoses

b. Making system pressure readings

c. System evacuation with vacuum pump

d. Liquid charging a system

e. Vapor charging a system with compressor off

f. Seal off system vacuum

g. Vapor charging a system with compressor on

h. Refrigerant recovery by charge migration (no liquid charging valve)

- a Connecting manifold hoses

- b. Making system pressure readings

- c. System evacuation with vacuum pump

- f. Seal off system vacuum

12. The benefit(s) of an evacuation manifold over a standard manifold include:

a. its cost is less.

b. Is gauges are better.

c. evaluation time is less.

d. it permits service procedures which are impossible with a standard gauge manifold.

- a. its cost is less.

- b. Is gauges are better.

- d. it permits service procedures which are impossible with a standard gauge manifold.

- a. its cost is less.

13. True or False? If manifold hoses are not purged before charging or recovering refrigerant, they can

contaminate the system charge. __________

- True

14. An in-line service valve should be in the __________ position when the system is in normal
operation.

This means it is tuned all the way __________.

- Back-seated

- Out (Fully counterclockwise)

15. The main difference between an in-line service valve and a process service valve is that:

a. The in-line valve does not provide a place to attach gauges, while a process valve does.

b. The process valve does not provide a place to attach gauges, while an in-line valve does

c. The in-line valve simply provides access to the system, while the process valve isolates part of the

system as well as providing service access.

d. The process valve simply provides access to the system, while the in-line isolates part of the system as

well as providing service access.

-c. The in-line valve simply provides access to the system, while the process valve isolates part of the
system as well as providing service access.
 -d. The process valve simply provides access to the system, while the in-line isolates part of the
system as well as providing service access.

16. A forward-seat-only valve is a __________ valve.

- Inline service valve

17. A Schrader valve is a__________ valve.

- Process service valve

18. During system repair it may not be practical to store the refrigerant within the system because:

a. nothing in the system can hold the full system charge.

b. refrigerant charge seeks its own level; it is impossible to isolate it.

c. the condenser, which is the best candidate for storage in a system with no receiver, may be the item
in need of repair.

d. there is no way to move refrigerant into one area instead of another.

- c. the condenser, which is the best candidate for storage in a system with no receiver, may be the
item in need of repair.

19. You are going to work on a 50-ton comfort air conditioning system. About how much refrigerant

recovery storage should you plan to take to the job?

a. 50 pounds

b. 75 pounds

c. 100 pounds

d. 150 pounds

- b. 75 pounds

20. Why is refrigerant recovery using the system compressor seldom practiced?

a. It is not seldom practiced, it is often practiced.

b. It takes too much time.

c. It is too difficult to set up.

d. It often leaves enough refrigerant behind that another method must be used anyway

- a. It is not seldom practiced, it is often practiced

21. Comfort systems charged with less than 200 pounds of R-22 require an EPA-certified recovery device

that pulls the system pressure down to at least:

a. 10 psig

b. 0 psig

c. 10 in. Hg

d. 15 in. Hg

e. 29 in. Hg.

- b. 0 psig

22. When using a recovery unit on a system in need of repair, the normal sequence of operation goes:

a. recover, repair, evacuate and recharge.

b. repair, recover evacuate and recharge

c. repair and recharge

d. recover, evacuate repair and recharge

- d. recover, evacuate repair and recharge

23. True or False? During the recharging procedure, the recovery/recycle unit returns the refrigerant

originally removed from the system and recycled. __________

- True
SKILLS CHECK 2

NOTE TO STUDENT: Multiple choice questions may have more than one correct answer

Please include all correct selections.

1. Which of the following new products are likely to need field charging or an adjustment to the factory

charge?

a. Residential packaged products.

b. Residential split systems (up to 15 foot lineset).

c. Commercial split systems.

d. Commercial packaged systems.

- a. Residential packaged products.

- c. Commercial split systems.

2. The best way to determine the charge needed by a system that has had all its charge removed is by:

a. the charge printed on the manufacturer's nameplate.

b. using 2 pounds per ton of design cooling capacity

c. trial and error.

d. the charge migration method.

- a. the charge printed on the manufacturer's nameplate.

3. In order to charge liquid refrigerant into a system, which of the following things must be done?

a. Turn a disposable refrigerant cylinder upside down, assuming it has no dip tube

b. Use an evacuation manifold

c. Put the cylinder in ice.

d. Keep the system compressor off.

e. Charge through the lowside access port

- a. Turn a disposable refrigerant cylinder upside down, assuming it has no dip tube

- d. Keep the system compressor off.

4. True or False? When speed is what you want, charge the system with vapor rather than liquid.

- False

5. True or False? Improper charge quantity reduces system efficiency somewhat but few major problems

result from it. __________

- True

6. Which of the following is (are) not a result of overcharging or undercharging a system?

a. Extra capacity.

b. Low system capacity.

c. Excessive discharge gas temperature.

d. Compressor damage.

- c. Excessive discharge gas temperature.

7. An accurate device used for charging refrigerant quantities from a few ounces up to a few pounds is

the __________ .

- Accurate refrigerant charging scale

8. Charging by weight

a. requires a scale accurate to within 19% of the total system charge

b. is an accurate method when a full charge is required.

c. is only as good as the accuracy of the scale you use.

d. can still be used when the manufacturer's recommended charge weight is not available.

- b. is an accurate method when a full charge is required.

9. When doing a full charge using a liquid line sight glass, and the sight glass becomes bubbles it

indicates: clear after appear,

a. design subcooling at the condenser outlet.

b. lash gas at the evaporator inlet.

c. saturated liquid at the sight glass.

d. vapor at the sight glass.

- b. is an accurate method when a full charge is required.

10. When troubleshooting a system that has a liquid line sight glass, a clear glass can indicate:

a. a severely undercharged system.

b. a properly charged system.

c. a slightly undercharged system.

d. an overcharged system.

- a. a severely undercharged system.

- d. an overcharged system.

11. True or False? Charging charts and calculators are used to check or adjust the charge in an operating

system. __________

- False

12. When using the superheat method of charge adjustment, a superheat reading which is 4°F too high

requires

a. no charge adjustment.

b. a charge addition.

c. a charge reduction.

- c. a charge reduction.

13. When using the superheat method to check or adjust refrigerant charge for a system which uses a

zeotropic blend, the superheat is calculated based on the:

a. saturated vapor temperature (dewpoint).

b. saturated liquid temperature (bubble point).

c. liquid line temperature

d. suction line temperature.

- a. saturated vapor temperature (dewpoint).

- d. suction line temperature.

14. The subcooling method of charge adjustment is most often used for

a. all heat pump systems.

b. systems using a thermostatic expansion valve (TXV).

c. all systems.

d. systems using a fixed metering device, like a metering piston

- b. systems using a thermostatic expansion valve (TXV).

15. When using the subcooling method of charge adjustment, a subcooling reading which is 2°F too low

requires:

a. no charge adjustment.

b. a charge addition.

c. a charge reduction.

- b. a charge addition.

16. When using the subcooling method to check or adjust refrigerant charge for a system containing a

zeotropic refrigerant blend, the subcooling is calculated based on the:

a. saturated vapor temperature (dewpoint).

b. saturated liquid temperature (bubble point).

c. liquid line temperature.

d. suction line temperature.

- b. saturated liquid temperature (bubble point).

- c. liquid line temperature.

17. An R-22 system has a lowside pressure of 48.8 psig. Its suction line temperature is 30°F and its

highside pressure is 278 psig. The present system superheat is:

a. can't be found. Need more data

b. 15°F

c. C. 10°F
d. 5°F

- a. can't be found. Need more data