EPA 608 TYPE 1 TEST ACTUAL EXAM 200 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

EPA 608 TYPE 1 TEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM 200

QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS

WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)

|ALREADY GRADED A+

Which of the following is not a Type I appliance? - ANSWER- A) an

MVAC-like system that holds three pounds of R- 12

When R-500 is recovered from an appliance, it: - ANSWER- D) must be

recovered into its own recovery vessel (or a recovery cylinder that

already contains some R-500).

When you connect your service manifold to check system pressures, it's

always a good idea to: - ANSWER- B) use equipment such as hand

valves or self-sealing hoses to minimize any release.

The EPA requires that all appliances must be equipped with a service

aperture or other device that is used when adding or removing

refrigerant from the appliance. For small appliances, this service port

typically is: - ANSWER- A) a straight piece of tubing, called a Process

Tube, that is entered using a piercing access valve.

Anyone who recovers refrigerant during the maintenance, service or

repair of small appliances must be certified as either a Universal

Technician or a: - ANSWER- A) Type I Technician.

EPA regulations require the capture of at least 80% of the refrigerant

from a small appliance with a non-operating compressor if the

technician is using: - ANSWER- C) either type of recovery unit.

When using a passive system-dependent recovery method on an

appliance with an operating compressor, you should run the

(appliance's) compressor: - ANSWER- C) and recover the refrigerant

from the high side.

A passive system-dependent recovery device for small appliances: -

ANSWER- C) captures refrigerant in a non-pressurized container.

The sale of CFC and HCFC refrigerants is: - ANSWER- D) restricted to

technicians who are EPA certified in refrigerant

Which of the refrigerants listed below should be recovered with current

EPA-approved recovery devices? - ANSWER- D) none of the above

When servicing a small appliance with a leak: - ANSWER- C) it is not

mandatory to repair the leak but do so whenever

For which of the following refrigeration systems/appliances would it be

permissible to use a passive recovery device for refrigerant recovery? -

ANSWER- D) a domestic refrigerator

When using any equipment or servicing any system that has schraeder

valves, it is "critical" to: - ANSWER- D) all of the above.

If R-12 or R-22 are exposed to high temperatures, (from open flames or

glowing hot metal surfaces for example), these refrigerants can

decompose to form: - ANSWER- A) hydrochloric and hydrofluoric

acids.

When using a graduated charging cylinder, any refrigerant that is vented

from the charging cylinder: - ANSWER- B) must be recovered.

A standard vacuum pump designed specifically for evacuation and

dehydration can: - ANSWER- B) never be used as a recovery device in

combination with a pressurized container.

The EPA Section 608 certification must be renewed every: - ANSWERD) The EPA certification has no expiration date.

Prior to shipping any used refrigerant it is necessary to: - ANSWER- D)

all of the above.

A refrigerant that can be used as a direct service "drop-in" substitute for

R-12 in a small appliance is: - ANSWER- D) none of the above