San Jose City College

AIRC 122 Refrigeration Principles

SPRING 2021

Midterm Exam
Name:

1. What type of heat transfer occurs in a refrigeration evaporator coil?

a. Convection
b. Conduction
c. Radiation

2. What is the Btu per hour capacity of a 4 ton air conditioning system?
a. 12,000
b. 20,000
c. 48,000

3. If your furnace fails on a cold day, what will happen?

a. The cold outside will migrate to the inside.
b. The heat inside will migrate to the outside.
c. Nothing will happen if the walls are insulated.

4. What is latent heat?

a. Heat that is not dynamic.
b. Heat measured by a thermometer.
c. Heat that causes a change in state, not temperature.

5. A compressor pumps______________.
a. Liquid
b. Vapor
c. Liquid and vapor.

6. Raising the pressure of a refrigerant will do what to the boiling point?

a. Raise the boiling point.
b. Lower the boiling point.
c. Depends on the type of refrigerant.

7. What type of heat raises the temperature of water from 72°F to 73°F?
a. Latent heat.
b. Sensible heat.

8. In degrees Celsius what is the boiling point of water?

a. 0°C
b. 100°C
c. 212°C
9. In what state would water in a pot be at each of the following temperatures?
a. 211°F_____________________________
b. 212°F_____________________________
c. 213°F_____________________________
Chose:
1. Superheated vapor only
2. Subcooled liquid only
3. Boiling liquid and vapor

10. What happens when a refrigerant pressure drops?

a. The temperature of the refrigerant increases.
b. The temperature of the refrigerant decreases.
c. The temperature of the refrigerant stays the same.

11. What happens when a refrigerant vapor is compressed?

a. The temperature of the refrigerant increases.
b. The pressure of the refrigerant increases.
c. The temperature and the pressure of the refrigerant increases.

12. The “low side” of a refrigeration system is between:

a. The metering device outlet and the compressor inlet.
b. The compressor outlet and the metering device inlet.
c. The condenser outlet and the evaporator outlet.

13. The “high side” of a refrigeration system is between:

a. The metering device outlet and the compressor inlet.
b. The compressor outlet and the metering device inlet.
c. The condenser outlet and the evaporator outlet.

14. Term(s) that describe the “high pressure portion” of a refrigeration system include:
a. Discharge pressure
b. High pressure
c. High side
d. All of the above.

15. Term(s) describing temperature on the high side of a refrigeration system include:
e. Liquid line temperature
f. Discharge temperature
g. Condenser temperature
h. All of the above.

16. Term(s) that describe the “low pressure portion” of a refrigeration system include:
i. suction pressure
j. low pressure
k. low side
l. All of the above.
17. Term(s) describing temperature on the low side of a refrigeration system include:
m. suction line temperature
n. suction temperature
o. Evaporator temperature
p. All of the above.

18. To read system pressures, the manifold gauge valve handles should be:
a. Open
b. Closed
c. Cracked

19. To read system pressure, the service valves should be:

a. Front seated
b. Back seated
c. Cracked

20. A recovery machine is similar to a”

a. Refrigerator evaporator
b. Condensing unit
c. Vacuum cleaner

21. What is the recommended level of evacuation required for a refrigeration system before
charging?
a. 30 in. of vacuum
b. 1000 microns
c. 500 microns

22. Evacuation is needed to remove air from the system. What problem does air in the system
cause?

23. Evacuation removes moisture from the system. What problem does moisture in the system
cause?

24. The acetylene pressure on an oxy-acetylene torch should be set at _____________psi.

25. What is superheat and how is it measured?

26. What is subcooling and how is it measured?

27. Sketch a pressure enthalpy diagram below for a refrigeration cycle. Assume an evaporator
temperature of 30°F and a condensing temperature of 100°F. *Be sure and convert gauge
pressure to absolute pressure.

Label on this Pressure-Enthalpy diagram:

a. the liquid and vapor saturation lines
b. where superheat occurs
c. where subcooling occurs
d. where latent heat transfer occurs
e. where sensible heat transfer occurs
28. What is the function of the condenser?

29. An evaporator with a 6°F superheat is:

(a) normal
(b) flooded with refrigerant
(c) starved for refrigerant

30. A condenser with a 6°F subcooling is:

(a) normal
(b) flooded with refrigerant
(c) starved for refrigerant

31. Describe the conditions of the refrigerant as it enters and leaves the evaporator:
(a) entering (b) leaving
________________temperature (hi OR low) ________________
________________pressure (hi OR low) ________________
________________liquid, vapor or mixture ________________

32. Describe the conditions of the refrigerant as it enters and leaves the condenser:
(a) entering (b) leaving
________________temperature (hi OR low) ________________
________________pressure (hi OR low) ________________
________________liquid, vapor or mixture ________________

33. Describe the conditions of the refrigerant as it enters and leaves the metering device:
(a) entering (b) leaving
________________temperature (hi OR low) ________________
________________pressure (hi OR low) ________________
________________liquid, vapor or mixture ________________

34. Describe the conditions of the refrigerant as it enters and leaves the compressor:
(a) entering (b) leaving
________________temperature (hi OR low) ________________
________________pressure (hi OR low) ________________
________________liquid, vapor or mixture ________________

35. What type of AC system has a reversing valve? ___________________________________

36. How do you know when a recovery machine has removed all of the refrigerant?
a. The recovery machine will shut off.
b. The recovery machine will pull a vacuum.
c. The recovery tank will be cold.
d. All of the above.
37. The most basic but effective method of leak checking a refrigeration system is:
a. Pressurize with compressed air and listen for leaks.
b. Pressurize with water and look for drips.
c. Pressurize with dry nitrogen and listen for leaks.

38. Most equipment manufactures recommend what level of evacuation?

30 inches Mercury evacuation
a. 30 microns
b. 500 inches Mercury evacuation
c. 500 microns

39. After hooking up gauges and vacuum pump, a good first step is to:
a. Pull a vacuum on the gauge set and vacuum gage.
b. Pull a vacuum on the high side receiver.
c. Pull a vacuum on the entire system

40. Approved Department of Transportation (DOT) recovery cylinders are:

a. Grey on top with yellow bodies
b. Blue on top with yellow bodies
c. Yellow on top with blue bodies
d. Yellow on top with grey bodies

41. Service valves should be back-seated before:

a. Refrigerant is added
b. System is evacuated
c. Manifold Gauges are removed

42. Refrigeration systems must be properly evacuated:

a. To remove air.
b. To remove moisture
c. Before refrigerant is added
d. All of the above

43. When a refrigeration system is running. Refrigerant is best added:

a. As a vapor to the high side.
b. As a vapor to the low side.
c. As a liquid to the high side

44. A digital scale is used to measure:

a. The amount of refrigerant added to the system
b. The amount of refrigerant removed from the system
c. Both a and b.

45. What is the dew point of R-134a at 124.2 psig? _______________°F