AND PRACTICE EXAM NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 400 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
T/F: Operators have a responsibility to provide drinking
water that meets Federal and State Standards - CORRECT
ANSWER True
T/F: Water must be disinfected, delivered at inadequate
pressure and be ample in quantity - CORRECT ANSWER
False (True if adequate instead of inadequate)
T/F: Utility employees should guard the water supply and
facilities from contamination, public tours, and even
terrorism - CORRECT ANSWER False
T/F: The state requires bacteriological sample results to be
kept 2 years. - CORRECT ANSWER False (True if 5 years)
T/F: The state requires chemical analysis to be kept at least
10 years. - CORRECT ANSWER True
T/F: The EPA requires a water system to keep a copy of each
consumer confidence report at least 5 years. - CORRECT
ANSWER True
,T/F: A public water system provides the public with piped
water for human consumption, serves at least 15 service
connections and regularly serves at least 25 individuals
daily at least 60 days out of the year - CORRECT ANSWER
True
The water utility field touches everyone because...
A)water used for recreation
B)water used for agriculture
C)water used for industry
D)water is essential to life and health - CORRECT ANSWER
D)water essential to life and health
Thew water utility employee should remember customers
are entitled to...
A)courteous treatment
B)abuse public servants
C)always be right
D)answers to questions about water
E)A&D - CORRECT ANSWER E
Public systems utilizing ground water serving less than ___
connections on purchase treated water only are not required
to compile ___ reports.
A)50, yearly
B) 150, yearly
C) 50, monthly
D) 100, monthly - CORRECT ANSWER D
Job training for water utility operators is available through
the...
,A)American Water Works Association
B)TX Water Utilities Association
C)TX Engineering Extension Service
D)all listed - CORRECT ANSWER D
In TX, water operator license is administered by the...
A)EPA
B)TNRCC -- TCEQ
C)AWWA
D)TWUA - CORRECT ANSWER B
All pubic water systems are required to employ certified
operators even if the system only ___ treated water bought
from another source.
A)Chlorites
B)Sells
C)Redistributes
D)Stores - CORRECT ANSWER C
Public water systems include cities, municipal utility
districts, rural water supply corporations, mobile home
parts, and ___.
A)private wells
B)campgrounds
C)public pools
D)public lakes - CORRECT ANSWER B
Examples of community water systems include...
A)municipalities
B)municipal utility districts
C)rural water supply corporations
D)mobile home packs
, E)all the above - CORRECT ANSWER E
A federal agency impacting the water utility industry is the...
A)TNRCC
B)EPA
C)AWWA
D)TWUA - CORRECT ANSWER B
The most important federal law impacting the water utility
industry is the ...
A)water resources development act
b)federal water pollution control act
c)hazard communication act
d)safe drinking water act - CORRECT ANSWER D
The 4 national safety and quality standards for drinking
water covered in the Safe Drinking Water Act are physical,
chemical, ___, and radiological
A)mineral
B)thermal
C)bacteriological
D)mathematical - CORRECT ANSWER C
The state agency that regulates drinking water in TX and
administers federal Safe Drinking Water Act is the ...
A)TNRCC -- TCEQ
B)DPS
C)PUC
D)TDH - CORRECT ANSWER A