TRIVIA EXAM 2

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer from one of the following questions. Shade the box
that corresponds to your choice in the answer sheet provided.

1. It is a term used to describe thermal systems which maintains a process space or material at a
temperature less than available from ambient conditions. What is this term?
a) Heat transfer b) Air Conditioning
c) Refrigeration d) Cooling and humidifying

2. The process involved in the expansion valve, which is called as throttling process, is at
constant enthalpy. The said process is also known as:
a) Kelvin-Planck effect b) Joule-Thomson Effect
c) Refrigerating effect d) Maxwell Effect

3. How do you call the high-pressure vapor heat exchanger in a refrigeration system?
a) Condenser b) Evaporator
c) Flash tank d) Liquid receiver

4. In a vapor-compression refrigeration system, evaporator is a component normally called as:

a) High-pressure vapor heat exchanger b) Low-pressure heat exchanger
c) Throttling device d) Pressure-raising device

5. In a vapor-compression refrigeration system, what do you call the component normally called
as pressure-raising device?
a) Compressor b) Expansion valve
c) Condenser d) Evaporator

6. What do you call the throttling devices in a refrigeration system?

a) Expansion valves or capillaries b) Condensers
c) Evaporators d) Compressors

7. It is defined as refrigerant effect divided by the net work input, where refrigerant effect is the
absolute value of the heat transferred from the lower temperature source, and the net work
input is the absolute value of heat transferred to the higher temperature sink minus the
refrigerant effect. How do you call this ratio?
a) Energy Efficiency ratio (EER)
b) Coefficient of Performance (COP)
c) Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER)
d) Heating Season performance Factor (HSPF)

8. This is a ratio calculated by dividing the cooling capacity in Btu per hour by the power input
in Watts at any set of rating conditions, expressed in Btu/W-Hr. What is this ratio commonly
called?
a) Energy Efficiency ratio (EER)
b) Coefficient of Performance (COP)
c) Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER)
d) Heating Season performance Factor (HSPF)

9. What is the corresponding heat absorption rate for a standard Tons of Refrigeration?
a) 288 000 Btu/day b) 200 Btu/min
 c) 3.5168 kW d) All of these

10. It corresponds to a heat-absorption rate of 237.6 Btu//min (4.175 kW) with inlet and outlet
pressures corresponding to saturation temperatures of 23 oF (- 5 oC) and 59 oF (15 oC)
respectively.
a) Standard Ton of Refrigeration b) British Unit of Refrigeration
c) Frigorie d) None of these

11. These are the transport fluids which convey the heat energy from the low-temperature level to
the high-temperature level, where it can, in terms of heat transfer, give up its heat. How do
you call these fluids?
a) Working substance b) Refrigerants
c) Ammonia liquids d) None of these

12. What is an International Agreement that took effect in 1989 and the International New Clean
Air Act that was signed into law in 1990 to limit the production and regulate the use and
disposal of chlorofluorocarbons?
a) New Clean Air Act b) Montreal Protocol
c) ISO Standard d) ASME Standards and Code

13. What is the designation for chlorofluorocarbons that cause ozone-layer depletion?
a) CFC-type materials b) HCFC-type materials
c) HFC-type materials d) Inorganic materials

14. What are the refrigerants that are chlorofluorocarbons but cause little ozone destruction?
a) CFC Refrigerants b) HCFC Refrigerants
c) HFC Refrigerant d) Inorganic Refrigerants

15. What are the refrigerants that cause no ozone destruction?

a) CFC Refrigerants b) HCFC Refrigerants
c) HFC Refrigerant d) Hydrocarbon Refrigerants

16. What HCFC stands for?

a) Chlorofluorocarbon b) Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
c) Hydrofluorocarbon d) Hydrogen Fluorocarbon

17. How do you call the ozone-destroying power of a substance that is measured relative to
refrigerant 11 or CFC-11?
a) Global Warming Potential (GWP) b) Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP)
c) Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Potential d) Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Potential

18. This is a relative measure of the ability of a substance to cause an increase in the temperature
of the atmosphere by absorbing solar and earth radiation that is relative to the effect of
refrigerant 11. How do you call this ability of a substance?
a) Global Warming Potential (GWP) b) Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP)
c) Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Potential d) Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Potential

19. In accordance with the Montreal protocol, R-11 or CFC-11 refrigerant is to be replaced by
which of the following refrigerants?
a) HCFC-123 b) HFC-134a
c) HFC-23 d) HCFC-22
20. Refrigerant R-12 or CFC-12 is to be replaced by new refrigerant known as:
a) HCFC-123 b) HFC-134a
c) HFC-23 d) HCFC-22

21. Which of the following is not a desirable property of refrigerant?

a) High critical and low freezing temperatures
b) High latent heat of evaporation and high vapor specific heat
c) Low viscosity and high film heat conductivity
d) None of the above

22. Flash intercooler in a refrigeration system is also called as:

a) Heat exchanger b) Economizer
c) Flash tank d) Receiver tank

23. It is a component in the refrigeration system that returns the lubricating oil, carried over by
the refrigerant vapors, to the compressor. How do you call this component?
a) Liquid receiver b) Oil separator
c) Accumulator d) Capillary tube

24. These are compressors used where discharge temperatures are high, as with ammonia, and on
larger industrial units. How do you call these compressors?
a) Air-cooled compressors b) Water-cooled compressors
c) Rotary compressors d) Kinetic compressors

25. How do you call these compressors that include high-speed centrifugal and axial flow
machines, usually multi-staged, and jet-entrainment devices?
a) Kinetic compressors b) Rotary compressors
c) Air-cooled compressors d) Water-cooled compressors

26. This is a compression process in which cooling is obtained during compression by spraying
liquid refrigerant into the compressor cylinder; the de-superheating of the compressed vapors
results in better heat transfer in condenser and more nearly isothermal compression. What is
this compression process?
a) Dual compression b) Wet compression
c) Dry compression d) Isothermal compression

27. This compression may be used when refrigeration at two temperatures is desired. The
compressor takes vapor from a lower temperature expansion coil during the first part of its
intake stroke, and from a higher temperature expansion coil at or near the end of the stroke.
How do you call this compression?
a) Dual or multiple effect compression b) Wet compression
c) Dry compression d) Isothermal compression

28. It is condenser in which the refrigerant vapor is condensed as it passes through tubes over
which water is sprayed; the water is then evaporated by air flowing over the wet tubes. How
do you call this condenser?
a) Flooded-type condenser b) Water-cooled condenser
c) Evaporative condenser d) Shell-and-tube type condenser

29. These two components must be carefully matched to the operating system to prevent pump
cavitation, liquid droplet carryover, and gross liquid overflow due to surges of liquid that may
 occur as a result of equipment operations such as defrosting pressures. What are these two
components?
a) Compressor and oil separator b) Receiver and circulating pump
c) Accumulator and compressor d) Accumulator and circulating pump

30. This is a refrigeration control that regulates the flow of refrigerant into the evaporator and
also serves as the pressure barrier between the high operating pressure of the condenser and
the lower operating pressure of the evaporator. How do you call this control?
a) Liquid control b) Pressure control
c) Temperature control d) Vapor control

31. This refrigeration control is a type of liquid control used in maintaining a constant evaporator
pressure. What is this liquid control?
a) Capillary tube b) Constant-pressure expansion valve
c) Thermal expansion valve d) Low-side float liquid control

32. This refrigeration control is a type of liquid control used in maintaining a constant superheat
leaving the evaporator; and the standard liquid control for most commercial applications.
What is this liquid control?
a) Capillary tube b) Constant-pressure expansion valve
c) Thermal expansion valve d) Low-side float liquid control

33. This liquid control is used with a flooded evaporator operating at evaporator (low) pressure,
consists of a float-operated valve to admit liquid refrigerant to the evaporator in accordance
with demand so that a constant liquid level is held in it.
a) Low-side float liquid control b) High-side float liquid control
c) Constant-pressure expansion valve d) Thermal expansion valve

34. This liquid control is often used with a single-flooded evaporator; the float operating the
valve between the evaporator and the condenser is in a float chamber containing liquid
refrigerant at the condenser (high-side) pressure. What is this liquid control?
a) High-side float liquid control b) Low-side float liquid control
c) Thermal expansion valve d) Constant-pressure expansion valve

35. It is a refrigeration system in which the evaporator is placed in the space which is to cooled.
How do you call this system?
a) Indirect expansion system b) Direct expansion system
c) Cascade system d) Absorption system

36. This refrigeration system used a secondary fluid (brine) that is cooled by contact with the
evaporator surface, and the cooled brine goes to the space which is to be refrigerated. What is
this system?
a) Indirect expansion valve b) Direct expansion valve
c) Cascade system d) Absorption system

37. This fluid is a secondary refrigerant used for industrial refrigeration and usually an aqueous
solutions of calcium chloride, ethylene glycol, or undiluted methylene chloride, and silicone-
based alkylated fluids. How do you call this fluid?
a) Water b) Refrigerant
c) Brine d) Ammonia
38. What is an instrument used to measure the density of brine?
a) Hydrometer b) Salinometer
c) Pitot tube d) Hydrometer

39. This brine is used in various strengths from 15 to 50 % by weight for refrigeration
temperatures down to – 1 oF (- 18 oC). It is toxic and its usage is not recommended in food or
beverage processing equipment where a leak can contaminate the product. What is this brine?
a) Ethylene glycol brine b) Propylene glycol brine
c) Methylene chloride brine d) Sodium chloride brine

40. This brine, 15 to 35 % weight strength, is considered nontoxic and often used in brewing and
other food and beverage applications. It is more viscose (10 centipoise at – 6.7 oC for 30 %
weight solution) than ethylene glycol brine. What is this brine?
a) Ethylene glycol brine b) Propylene glycol brine
c) Methylene chloride brine d) Sodium chloride brine

41. This brine is often used in systems requiring – 20 to – 125 oF (- 30 to – 87 oC) low
temperatures; and has low flammability. Hydrolysis and water contamination must be
prevented to avoid equipment corrosion. How do you call this brine?
a) Ethylene glycol brine b) Propylene glycol brine
c) Methylene chloride brine d) Sodium chloride brine

42. The usage of this brine is being reduced due to its corrosibility and its relatively high freezing
point. What is this brine?
a) Ethylene glycol brine b) Propylene glycol brine
c) Methylene chloride brine d) Sodium chloride brine

43. This type of brine cooler is the most widely used, the brine flowing through the tubes which
are surrounded by the evaporating refrigerant. Tubes may be arranged for multipass
operation. How do you call this type of brine cooler?
a) Shell-and-tube type brine cooler b) Shell-and-coil type brine cooler
c) Double pipe type brine cooler d) Flooded-type brine cooler

44. This type of brine cooler is usually of 2-inch (50-mm) inner or brine-flow pipe and 3-inch
(75-mm) outer pipe. Its commercial rating is 15 to 20 ft (5 to 6 m) length of coil per ton of
refrigeration. What is the cooler commonly called?
a) Shell-and-tube type brine cooler b) Shell-and-coil type brine cooler
c) Double pipe type brine cooler d) Flooded-type brine cooler

45. This means that the refrigerant remains in its original chemical form under the conditions
imposed by the operation. How do you call this characteristic of a refrigerant?
a) Thermal characteristic b) Stability or refrigerant
c) Viscosity of refrigerant d) Viability of refrigerant

46. It is any refrigerant that exists as a liquid under normal atmospheric pressure and
temperature, and must be vaporized under a pressure below atmospheric. How do you call
this refrigerant?
a) Vacuum refrigerant b) Halogenated hydrocarbon
c) Freon refrigerant d) Brine refrigerant
47. This refrigerant is any one of a group of new refrigerants that have been developed since
about 1925 to overcome the irritating or toxic effects of refrigerants, such as ammonia and
sulfur dioxide and the high condensing pressures required with carbon dioxide. How do you
call this refrigerant?
a) Halogenated hydrocarbon b) Vacuum refrigerant
c) “Freon” refrigerant d) Ammonia

48. What is the trade name of refrigerants produced by the Carrier Corporation?
a) Freon refrigerants b) Carrene Refrigerants
c) Genetron refrigerants d) Isothron refrigerants

49. What is the trade name of refrigerants produced by E. I. do Pont de Nemours and company?
a) Freon refrigerants b) Carrene refrigerant
c) Genetron Refrigerants d) Kulene refrigerants

50. What is the trade name of refrigerants produced by General Chemical, a division of Allied
Chemical Corporation?
a) Freon refrigerants b) Carrene refrigerant
c) Genetron Refrigerants d) Kulene refrigerants

51. What is the trade anme of refrigerants produced by Industrial Chemicals, Division of
Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co.?
a) Isotron refrigerants b) Kulene refrigerants
c) Ucon refrigerant d) Freon refrigerants