2024 Mar-Apr RETA Breeze

RETA TESTING CORNER NO. 41

THE IMPORTANCE OF PRACTICE TESTS

RETA encourages every candidate to take CARO, CIRO or CRST Practice Tests by including one practice test in the applica tion fee for every candidate. Practice tests help candidates become familiar with how to use onscreen references before they take CARO, CIRO or CRST as part of RETA’s commitment to offer fair and valid exams. RETA exams are designed to measure a candidate’s knowledge and skill in industrial refrigeration to protect the health and safety of operators, service technicians and other personnel in the facilities where they work. Candidates see questions on the left side of the vertical line in the center of the screen. References appear on the right. These directions appear in each study

guide, practice test and full exam. Time remaining appears in a countdown timer above the question. “Mark this item for later review” below the question lets the candidate flag the question to review later. Three buttons appear below the question: • Next records the answer to a question and moves to the next question on the test. Review All moves to a screen that shows which questions the candidate has answered and identifies questions the candidate has marked for later review. Submit Exam is the first of three steps required to end the test. • •

The EXAM REFERENCES Table of Contents appears on the right side of this sample screen. Study guides for each test include all of the references that appear onscreen during the full examinations and in each practice test. Screen 1 The sample question asks about controlling an ammonia fire. The References document title page appears on the right side of the screen. Candidates can expand the right side of the screen by moving the centerline to the left. This sample screen also shows the Fire Fighting Measures section of the Ammonia Safety Data Sheet (SDS) where the answer to the sample question

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