ICC California UST Service Technician Assessment Exam
Questions and Answers
1. UDC was required at time of installation for all systems installed after? - Correct
Answer January 1, 2000
2. July 1, 2005, service techs shall possess or work under someone who has a
current certification indicating he or she has passed the? - Correct Answer ICC
UST Service Technician Exam
3. ICC cert must be renewed every? - Correct Answer 24 months
4. Service techs must possess or be employed by a person who has the
appropriate contractor's license unless? - Correct Answer The individual has a
tank testing license
5. Service tech is defined by any individual who? - Correct Answer Tests UST
monitoring equipment, trouble shoots UST systems, and/or installs UST
monitoring equipment.
6. If the manufacturer training no longer exist, the local agency may? - Correct
Answer Approve comparable alternate training .
7. UST includes? - Correct Answer Tank and connected piping
8. What is considered a UST? - Correct Answer A petroleum storage tank.
9. What UST system meets the requirements for secondary containment? - Correct
Answer Doubled wall tanks
10. According to title 23; the following piping components if installed after July 1,
1987 must have secondary containment. - Correct Answer Pressured product
piping
11. Considered "pipe" on tanks installed after July 1, 2003. - Correct Answer
Pressured product piping and below ground vapor recovery.
12. Under dispenser containment (UDC) was required for all existing UST systems
by - Correct Answer December 31, 2003
13. System for exchanging gas vapors in a storage tank and product in a fuel
delivery truck - Correct Answer Stage 1 vapor recovery
,14. An approved method for non-visual monitoring for existing UST systems. -
Correct Answer Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR)
15. ATG must be capable for detecting a release of? - Correct Answer 0.2 gallons
per hour
16. What is no longer an approved method for non-visual monitoring on existing UST
systems? - Correct Answer Manual inventory reconciliation.
17. Automatic line leak detectors installed on underground piping with secondary
containment shall be capable of detecting a leak of ? - Correct Answer 3 gallons
per hour at 10 psi
18. How often should ATG be programmed to test the tank? - Correct Answer At
least monthly
19. According to PEI RP 300, a combustible gas can be used to? - Correct Answer
Detect vapor leaks in a vapor recovery system.
20. According to PEI RP 300, a written scope of work for vapor recovery installation
should include? - Correct Answer Construction plans
21. Positive shut off overfill protection device must stop the flow of fuel when the tank
is no more then? - Correct Answer 95% full
22. According to Executive Order (EO) VR 201-A , what could cause a nozzle shut
off mechanism or malfunction? - Correct Answer Depended filter seal damage
23. According to VR 201-A, breakaway reconnection must be? - Correct Answer
Logged in GDF log
24. According to PEI RP 300 what is an INCORRECT method of documenting piping
location? - Correct Answer Sketching a diagram on the inside cover of vapor
recovery equipment manual
25. According to PEI RP 300 as built drawing or pictures of the underground pipping
and other components shall be_________. - Correct Answer maintained as long
as UST is in service.
26. According to EO VR 101-E maintenance records are required to include what? -
Correct Answer Name and Designated UST Operator.
27. The Phil-Tite EVR Phase 1 system require that vapor vent pipes at any UST
system be - Correct Answer Used with no more than 3 p/v valves
, 28. According to EO VR 2010 after installing a new spout assembly in the Healy 900
nozzle the following test must be conducted? - Correct Answer Nozzle
dispensing shut off test
29. According to Healy EO VR 201-A a vapor recovery record is to be maintained
by? - Correct Answer Gasoline dispensing facility operator(GDF)
30. An enhanced leak detection test is required within how many feet of a public
drinking well? - Correct Answer 1000 feet
31. What are the components of the Fire Triangle? - Correct Answer Fuel,
Heat/Ignition Source, Oxygen
32. If equipped with an over fill alarm, it must be located? - Correct Answer So it
can be seen or heard from the delivery location.
33. If installed, the following requires independent 3rd party certification to prove
compliance with established regulations. - Correct Answer Automatic Tank
Gauge, Liquid Product Detectors, SIR
34. Where are ATG's installed? - Correct Answer Opening in top of the tank
35. What is true about ATG's - Correct Answer They're capable of alarming
operator of low product level
36. The following types of releases must be reported to the local agency. - Correct
Answer Releases greater than 25 gallons that escape secondary containment.
Release that escape primary containment. Releases less than 25 gallons which
escape secondary containment
37. If an unauthorized product release meets the requirements for reporting to the
local agency, verbal notification must be made within ____hours, followed by a
written notification within ____days. - Correct Answer 24 HRS, 5 DAYS
38. The following unusual conditions shall be reported to the local agency, EXCEPT:
- Correct Answer Water in spill buckets
39. If the monitoring system detects a leak that has occurred, the local agency must
be notified unless______. - Correct Answer Unless the monitoring device is
found to be defective and is immediately repaired.
40. The written report submitted to the local agency after an unauthorized release is
required to include the following EXCEPT: - Correct Answer Cause of release
41. An unauthorized release which does not escape secondary containment,
requires only recordation on the Operators Manual Report provided if what
Questions and Answers
1. UDC was required at time of installation for all systems installed after? - Correct
Answer January 1, 2000
2. July 1, 2005, service techs shall possess or work under someone who has a
current certification indicating he or she has passed the? - Correct Answer ICC
UST Service Technician Exam
3. ICC cert must be renewed every? - Correct Answer 24 months
4. Service techs must possess or be employed by a person who has the
appropriate contractor's license unless? - Correct Answer The individual has a
tank testing license
5. Service tech is defined by any individual who? - Correct Answer Tests UST
monitoring equipment, trouble shoots UST systems, and/or installs UST
monitoring equipment.
6. If the manufacturer training no longer exist, the local agency may? - Correct
Answer Approve comparable alternate training .
7. UST includes? - Correct Answer Tank and connected piping
8. What is considered a UST? - Correct Answer A petroleum storage tank.
9. What UST system meets the requirements for secondary containment? - Correct
Answer Doubled wall tanks
10. According to title 23; the following piping components if installed after July 1,
1987 must have secondary containment. - Correct Answer Pressured product
piping
11. Considered "pipe" on tanks installed after July 1, 2003. - Correct Answer
Pressured product piping and below ground vapor recovery.
12. Under dispenser containment (UDC) was required for all existing UST systems
by - Correct Answer December 31, 2003
13. System for exchanging gas vapors in a storage tank and product in a fuel
delivery truck - Correct Answer Stage 1 vapor recovery
,14. An approved method for non-visual monitoring for existing UST systems. -
Correct Answer Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR)
15. ATG must be capable for detecting a release of? - Correct Answer 0.2 gallons
per hour
16. What is no longer an approved method for non-visual monitoring on existing UST
systems? - Correct Answer Manual inventory reconciliation.
17. Automatic line leak detectors installed on underground piping with secondary
containment shall be capable of detecting a leak of ? - Correct Answer 3 gallons
per hour at 10 psi
18. How often should ATG be programmed to test the tank? - Correct Answer At
least monthly
19. According to PEI RP 300, a combustible gas can be used to? - Correct Answer
Detect vapor leaks in a vapor recovery system.
20. According to PEI RP 300, a written scope of work for vapor recovery installation
should include? - Correct Answer Construction plans
21. Positive shut off overfill protection device must stop the flow of fuel when the tank
is no more then? - Correct Answer 95% full
22. According to Executive Order (EO) VR 201-A , what could cause a nozzle shut
off mechanism or malfunction? - Correct Answer Depended filter seal damage
23. According to VR 201-A, breakaway reconnection must be? - Correct Answer
Logged in GDF log
24. According to PEI RP 300 what is an INCORRECT method of documenting piping
location? - Correct Answer Sketching a diagram on the inside cover of vapor
recovery equipment manual
25. According to PEI RP 300 as built drawing or pictures of the underground pipping
and other components shall be_________. - Correct Answer maintained as long
as UST is in service.
26. According to EO VR 101-E maintenance records are required to include what? -
Correct Answer Name and Designated UST Operator.
27. The Phil-Tite EVR Phase 1 system require that vapor vent pipes at any UST
system be - Correct Answer Used with no more than 3 p/v valves
, 28. According to EO VR 2010 after installing a new spout assembly in the Healy 900
nozzle the following test must be conducted? - Correct Answer Nozzle
dispensing shut off test
29. According to Healy EO VR 201-A a vapor recovery record is to be maintained
by? - Correct Answer Gasoline dispensing facility operator(GDF)
30. An enhanced leak detection test is required within how many feet of a public
drinking well? - Correct Answer 1000 feet
31. What are the components of the Fire Triangle? - Correct Answer Fuel,
Heat/Ignition Source, Oxygen
32. If equipped with an over fill alarm, it must be located? - Correct Answer So it
can be seen or heard from the delivery location.
33. If installed, the following requires independent 3rd party certification to prove
compliance with established regulations. - Correct Answer Automatic Tank
Gauge, Liquid Product Detectors, SIR
34. Where are ATG's installed? - Correct Answer Opening in top of the tank
35. What is true about ATG's - Correct Answer They're capable of alarming
operator of low product level
36. The following types of releases must be reported to the local agency. - Correct
Answer Releases greater than 25 gallons that escape secondary containment.
Release that escape primary containment. Releases less than 25 gallons which
escape secondary containment
37. If an unauthorized product release meets the requirements for reporting to the
local agency, verbal notification must be made within ____hours, followed by a
written notification within ____days. - Correct Answer 24 HRS, 5 DAYS
38. The following unusual conditions shall be reported to the local agency, EXCEPT:
- Correct Answer Water in spill buckets
39. If the monitoring system detects a leak that has occurred, the local agency must
be notified unless______. - Correct Answer Unless the monitoring device is
found to be defective and is immediately repaired.
40. The written report submitted to the local agency after an unauthorized release is
required to include the following EXCEPT: - Correct Answer Cause of release
41. An unauthorized release which does not escape secondary containment,
requires only recordation on the Operators Manual Report provided if what
