Alabama Water Operator Grade 2 Exam
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Precipitation that has been rendered acidic by airborne pollutants
A: Smog
B: Acid Rain
C: Global Warming
D: Gray Water - CORRECT ANSWER B: Acid Rain
Why has it become necessary to conserve and properly budget water resources?
A: Drought
B: Contamination
C: Overuse
D: All the Above - CORRECT ANSWER D: All the Above
How are water shortages and energy consumption linked together?
A: More Toilet Flushing caused paper shortage
B: Less water means power company must burn coal instead of using water through Dam
C: They are not linked
D: Decrease supply requires more pumping from deeper levels - CORRECT
ANSWER D: Decrease supply requires more pumping from deeper levels
Why do many sources of water need treatment?
A: Animals drinking from streams
,B: Birds flying over bodies of water
C: Global Warming
D: Human Activities - CORRECT ANSWER D: Human Activities
Name three ways groundwater may become contaminated.
A: Septic tank seepage systems
B: Agricultural drainage systems
C: Phases of the Moon
D: Polar Cap Melting
E: Landfills and Dumps - CORRECT ANSWER ABE
What is water cycle?
A: The Movement around a body of water
B: The process of evaporation of water into air and its return
to earth by precipitation.
C: The Movement of water around Municipal Water System
D: The process of water moving through a Water Treatment Plant - CORRECT
ANSWER B: The process of evaporation of water into air and its return to earth by
precipitation.
What are processes of the water cycle?
A: evaporation
B: transpiration
C: groundwater movement
D: runoff
E: All the above - CORRECT ANSWER E: All the above
The water cycle is also know as ?
A: Aquifer Occlusion
,B: Hydrologic cycle
C: Drizzle Effect
D: Hydraulic Effusion - CORRECT ANSWER B: Hydrologic cycle
Water that flows over the ground surface into streams , rivers or lakes is called
A: Acid Rain
B: Gray Water
C: Direct Runoff
D: Storm Runoff - CORRECT ANSWER C: Direct Runoff & D: Storm Runoff
Not easily Penetrated, allows little or no water movement
A: Porous Soil
B: Impermeable
C: Permeable
D: Turbidity - CORRECT ANSWER B: Impermeable
Water having a low concentration of Calcium and Magnesium
A: Soft Water
B: Hard Water
C: Turbid Water
D: Salt Water - CORRECT ANSWER A: Soft Water
The cloudy appearance of water caused by the presence suspended and colloidal matter
A: Clarity
B: Turbidity
, C: Stratification
D: Cumulus - CORRECT ANSWER B: Turbidity
The formulation of separate layers in a lake or reservoir
A: Stratification
B: Unification
C: Water Table
D: Permeability - CORRECT ANSWER A: Stratification
Which of the following can cause stratification?
A: Temperature
B: Plant Life
C: Global Warning
D: Animal Life - CORRECT ANSWER ABD
The almost spontaneous mixing of all layers of water in a reservoir or lake, causing
temperature to be similar at the top & bottom
A: Global Warming
B: Overturn
C: Hot Tub effect
D: Subsidence - CORRECT ANSWER B: Overturn
Sudden, massive growths of microscopic
and macroscopic plant life, such as green or
bluegreen algae, which can develop in lakes,
resevoirs, and lagoons under the proper
conditions
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Precipitation that has been rendered acidic by airborne pollutants
A: Smog
B: Acid Rain
C: Global Warming
D: Gray Water - CORRECT ANSWER B: Acid Rain
Why has it become necessary to conserve and properly budget water resources?
A: Drought
B: Contamination
C: Overuse
D: All the Above - CORRECT ANSWER D: All the Above
How are water shortages and energy consumption linked together?
A: More Toilet Flushing caused paper shortage
B: Less water means power company must burn coal instead of using water through Dam
C: They are not linked
D: Decrease supply requires more pumping from deeper levels - CORRECT
ANSWER D: Decrease supply requires more pumping from deeper levels
Why do many sources of water need treatment?
A: Animals drinking from streams
,B: Birds flying over bodies of water
C: Global Warming
D: Human Activities - CORRECT ANSWER D: Human Activities
Name three ways groundwater may become contaminated.
A: Septic tank seepage systems
B: Agricultural drainage systems
C: Phases of the Moon
D: Polar Cap Melting
E: Landfills and Dumps - CORRECT ANSWER ABE
What is water cycle?
A: The Movement around a body of water
B: The process of evaporation of water into air and its return
to earth by precipitation.
C: The Movement of water around Municipal Water System
D: The process of water moving through a Water Treatment Plant - CORRECT
ANSWER B: The process of evaporation of water into air and its return to earth by
precipitation.
What are processes of the water cycle?
A: evaporation
B: transpiration
C: groundwater movement
D: runoff
E: All the above - CORRECT ANSWER E: All the above
The water cycle is also know as ?
A: Aquifer Occlusion
,B: Hydrologic cycle
C: Drizzle Effect
D: Hydraulic Effusion - CORRECT ANSWER B: Hydrologic cycle
Water that flows over the ground surface into streams , rivers or lakes is called
A: Acid Rain
B: Gray Water
C: Direct Runoff
D: Storm Runoff - CORRECT ANSWER C: Direct Runoff & D: Storm Runoff
Not easily Penetrated, allows little or no water movement
A: Porous Soil
B: Impermeable
C: Permeable
D: Turbidity - CORRECT ANSWER B: Impermeable
Water having a low concentration of Calcium and Magnesium
A: Soft Water
B: Hard Water
C: Turbid Water
D: Salt Water - CORRECT ANSWER A: Soft Water
The cloudy appearance of water caused by the presence suspended and colloidal matter
A: Clarity
B: Turbidity
, C: Stratification
D: Cumulus - CORRECT ANSWER B: Turbidity
The formulation of separate layers in a lake or reservoir
A: Stratification
B: Unification
C: Water Table
D: Permeability - CORRECT ANSWER A: Stratification
Which of the following can cause stratification?
A: Temperature
B: Plant Life
C: Global Warning
D: Animal Life - CORRECT ANSWER ABD
The almost spontaneous mixing of all layers of water in a reservoir or lake, causing
temperature to be similar at the top & bottom
A: Global Warming
B: Overturn
C: Hot Tub effect
D: Subsidence - CORRECT ANSWER B: Overturn
Sudden, massive growths of microscopic
and macroscopic plant life, such as green or
bluegreen algae, which can develop in lakes,
resevoirs, and lagoons under the proper
conditions
