Apes Written Exam 2024.
If wastewater treatment plant effluent that contains nitrates and phosphates is allowed to flow into a
body of water, which of the following may result? - CORRECT ANSWER C: Eutrophication
Which of the following is not actually associated with eutrophication - CORRECT ANSWER Increased
heavy metal concentrations in water
Many large cities, like indianapolis have combined sewer overflows to keep the system from flooding
when it rains. Which factor contributes to the need for combined sewer overflows?
1: storm sewers that drain into the same pipes as sanitary sewers
2: lack of retention ponds to capture surface water runoff
3: roads, parking lots and other hard surfaces that increase the amount of water runoff - CORRECT
ANSWER 2 only
10 parts per hundred equals what parts per million - CORRECT ANSWER 100,000
The difference between a point source and a nonplint source of water pollution is - CORRECT ANSWER
Point soruces can be targeted for reduction
Human wastewater entering into bodies of water can be dangerous because - CORRECT ANSWER II and
III only
Which pollutant is most likely to lead ro eutrophiction - CORRECT ANSWER Fertilizer runoff from farms
and yards
BP Deepwater Horizon Oil platform accident relased approximatley 50,000 barrels of oil per day into the
gulf of mexico. If one barrel is equivalent to 42 gallons how many hallons of oil per day were relased into
the gulf - CORRECT ANSWER 2 million
If wastewater treatment plant effluent that contains nitrates and phosphates is allowed to flow into a
body of water, which of the following may result? - CORRECT ANSWER C: Eutrophication
Which of the following is not actually associated with eutrophication - CORRECT ANSWER Increased
heavy metal concentrations in water
Many large cities, like indianapolis have combined sewer overflows to keep the system from flooding
when it rains. Which factor contributes to the need for combined sewer overflows?
1: storm sewers that drain into the same pipes as sanitary sewers
2: lack of retention ponds to capture surface water runoff
3: roads, parking lots and other hard surfaces that increase the amount of water runoff - CORRECT
ANSWER 2 only
10 parts per hundred equals what parts per million - CORRECT ANSWER 100,000
The difference between a point source and a nonplint source of water pollution is - CORRECT ANSWER
Point soruces can be targeted for reduction
Human wastewater entering into bodies of water can be dangerous because - CORRECT ANSWER II and
III only
Which pollutant is most likely to lead ro eutrophiction - CORRECT ANSWER Fertilizer runoff from farms
and yards
BP Deepwater Horizon Oil platform accident relased approximatley 50,000 barrels of oil per day into the
gulf of mexico. If one barrel is equivalent to 42 gallons how many hallons of oil per day were relased into
the gulf - CORRECT ANSWER 2 million
