EPA 608 CERTIFICATION EXAM (COMPREHENSIVE
PREP MATERIAL) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
What date was recovery equipment required to be certified by
a lab,
C achieve higher evacuation levels, C have low loss fittings? -
✔ ✔✔ANSWER-November 15, 1993
On what date was technician certification required? - ✔
✔✔ANSWER-November 14, 1994
What date was CFC's phased out of production? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-
December 31, 1995
What is EPA 608 Type I certification? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of small
appliances (containing 5 pounds of refrigerant (or less).
What is EPA 608 Type II certification? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of high and
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, very high pressure appliances. Except small appliances and
motor vehicle air conditioning systems.
What is EPA 608 Type III certification? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of low
pressure appliances.
What is EPA 608 Universal certification? -✔✔✔ANSWER-
Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of both low
and high pressure equipment, as well as appliances.
HCFC's - ✔✔✔ANSWER-HydroChloroFluoroCarbons
What are HydroChloroFluoroCarbons? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Commonly known as HCFC's, they are a group of man-made
compunds containing hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, and
carbon.
What date was the sale of CFC's C HCFC's restricted to
technicians certified in refrigerant recovery? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-November 14, 1994
Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians
to what? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Recover all refrigerants.
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PREP MATERIAL) EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
What date was recovery equipment required to be certified by
a lab,
C achieve higher evacuation levels, C have low loss fittings? -
✔ ✔✔ANSWER-November 15, 1993
On what date was technician certification required? - ✔
✔✔ANSWER-November 14, 1994
What date was CFC's phased out of production? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-
December 31, 1995
What is EPA 608 Type I certification? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of small
appliances (containing 5 pounds of refrigerant (or less).
What is EPA 608 Type II certification? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of high and
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, very high pressure appliances. Except small appliances and
motor vehicle air conditioning systems.
What is EPA 608 Type III certification? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of low
pressure appliances.
What is EPA 608 Universal certification? -✔✔✔ANSWER-
Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of both low
and high pressure equipment, as well as appliances.
HCFC's - ✔✔✔ANSWER-HydroChloroFluoroCarbons
What are HydroChloroFluoroCarbons? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-
Commonly known as HCFC's, they are a group of man-made
compunds containing hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, and
carbon.
What date was the sale of CFC's C HCFC's restricted to
technicians certified in refrigerant recovery? -
✔✔✔ANSWER-November 14, 1994
Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians
to what? - ✔✔✔ANSWER-Recover all refrigerants.
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