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EPA 608 CERTIFICATION EXAM
WITH 100% CORRECT AN SWERS
Question 1: What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's
restricted to technicians certified in refrigerant recovery?
CORRECT ANSWER: November 14, 1994
Question 2: Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act
requires technicians to what?
CORRECT ANSWER: Recover all refrigerants.
Question 3: The objective of the Clean Air Act is to
protect what?
CORRECT ANSWER: The earth's stratosphere.
Question 4: HFC's
CORRECT ANSWER: HydroFlouroCarbon's
Question 5: CFC's
CORRECT ANSWER: ChloroFluoroCarbon's
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Question 6: ODP
CORRECT ANSWER: Ozone Depletion Potential
Question 7: Which international treaty agreement was the
basis for Section 608?
CORRECT ANSWER: The Montreal Protocol.
Question 8: Depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere is
know to cause what 6 things?
CORRECT ANSWER: 1.Crop losses 2.Increases in eye
diseases 3.Skin Cancer 4.Reduced marine life 5.Deforestation 6.Increased ground level ozone
Question 9: What happens when CFC or HCFC
molecules get in the stratosphere & free atoms of Chlorine are set free?
CORRECT ANSWER: These atoms attack Ozone
Molecules causing the formation of Chlorine Monoxide (CLO), after colliding with another Ozone Molecule,
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causes 2 Oxygen (O2) molecules to be made & leaving an atom of chlorine to act as "Free Agent" starting the process over until 100,000 molecules of Ozone are destroyed by just one atom of chloride.
Question 10: What date was recovery equipment required
to be certified by a lab, & achieve higher evacuation levels, & have low loss fittings?
CORRECT ANSWER: November 15, 1993
Question 11: On what date was technician certification
required?
CORRECT ANSWE R: November 14, 1994
Question 12: What date was CFC's phased out of
production?
CORRECT ANSWER: December 31, 1995
Question 13: What is EPA 608 Type I certification?
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CORRECT ANSWER: Persons who maintain, service,
repair, or dispose of small appliances (containing 5 pounds of refrigerant (or less).
Question 14: What is EPA 608 Type II certification?
CORRECT ANSWER: Persons who maintain, service,
repair, or dispose of high and very high pressure appliances. Except small appliances and motor vehicle air conditioning systems.
Question 15: What is EPA 608 Type III certification?
CORRECT ANSWER: Persons who maintain, service,
repair, or dispose of low pressure appliances.
Question 16: What is EPA 608 Universal certification?
CORRECT ANSWER: Persons who maintain, service,
repair, or dispose of both low and high pressure equipment, as well as appliances.
