EPA 609 Exam Questions & Answers Graded A+

ozone layer - Answer Protective layer in atmosphere that shields earth from UV radiation and helps maintain stable earth temperature What is ozone depletion? - Answer Release of refrigerants into the atmosphere Ozone depletion causes - Answer Cataracts, skin cancer, crop loss, deforestation, immune system suppression ozone layer is - Answer "Good up high , bad nearby" at ground level the ozone layer can be harmful to breathe Ozone molecule consists of - Answer 3 oxygen atoms What happened in November of 1990? - Answer President bush signed the clean air act What happened on July 1 1992 - Answer It is illegal to vent SNAP stands for - Answer Significant new alternative policy Mvac stands for - Answer Motor vehicle air conditioner Retrofitting is - Answer The changing a CFC-12 vehicle to HFC-134A CFC stands for: - Answer Chloro - fluoro - carbon HFC stands for? - Answer Hydro florine carbon Montreal Protocol was - Answer A agreement between 24 nations including the United States of America How many ozone molecules can be destroyed by one chlorine atom? - Answer 100,000 What refrigerant is ozone friendly - Answer HFC-134A The use of CFC in motor vehicles ended in - Answer 1994 What element in refrigerants cause ozone depletion - Answer Chlorine atom The phase out CFC was completed - Answer December 31 1995 The Montreal protocol was to - Answer Regulate the production of chlorofluorocarbons, halons, and hydrochlorofluorocarbons The Montreal protocol came in effect in - Answer 1987 Since 1994 the most common refrigerant used in mvac systems are - Answer HFC-134A HFC is expected to be gone by - Answer 2021 in all light duty vehicles Technicians who repair or service CFC-12 and HFC-134a in mvac must be - Answer Trained and certified by an epa-approved organization If you are certified to handle all refrigerants do you need to be recertified - Answer No Service shops must certify to epa that - Answer They have acquired and is properly using the approved refrigerant recovery equipment Service shops also has to make sure every person using the equipment is - Answer Properly trained and certified Section 609 of sales restrictions does what - Answer It prohibited the sale of small small cans of ozone depleting refrigerants to anyone other than certified technicians The sale of any size container of CFC-12 to anyone other than a certified technician was prohibited under what - Answer Section 608 of the sale restrictions on November 14 1994 Section 608 of the sales restrictions went in effect on - Answer November 14 1994 The agency encourages do it yourselfer to do what - Answer Bring their cars to certified technicians who can fix there air conditioners properly using the right equipment What does SNAP stand for - Answer Significant New Alternative Policy SNAP was in effect on - Answer March 18 1994 On July 1 1992 it was illegal to vent - Answer Class 1 and class 2 refrigerants into the atmosphere When was it illegal to vent class 1 and class 2 refrigerants into the atmosphere - Answer July 1 1992 As of November 15 1995 - Answer No alternate refrigerants including HFCs will be vented into the atmosphere What day was it illegal to vent HFCs into the atmosphere - Answer November 15 1995 Failure to comply to the epa FCA act could cost you and the company up to - Answer 27,500 dollars per day