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TEXAS IRRIGATION LICENSE EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
(100% CORRECT ANSWERS) / ALREADY GRADED A+
A properly designed irrigation system can:
a. save water, time, and money
b. save installation time
c. cost more
d. last longer - ANSWER ✔✔-a. save water, time, and money
Basic irrigation dates back:
a. hundreds of years
b. since Rain Bird was founded
c. thousands of years
d. seventy-five years - ANSWER ✔✔-c. thousands of years
The impact sprinkler head was introduced by Rain Bird in:
a. 1933
b. 1985
c. 1890
d. 1910 - ANSWER ✔✔-a. 1933
Landscape irrigation, as we know it, has been around since:
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a. the 1930's
b. since the development of PVC pipe
c. the beginning of time
d. the turn of the 20th century - ANSWER ✔✔-d. the turn of the 20th century
The issue of top priority in irrigation today is:
a. how to sell more systems in our present economy
b. new technology in back flow protection
c. water conservation
d. city and state regulations on licensing - ANSWER ✔✔-c. water conservation
The shortage of water is a result of:
a. water being a fixed resource
b. a decrease in the population
c. a decrease in water usage per person
d. larger sprinkler heads - ANSWER ✔✔-a. water being a fixed resource
Possible solutions to the scarcity of water include:
a. allowing only rock and desert landscapes
b. watering only once a week
c. promoting Xeriscaping
d. limiting irrigation systems to commercial properties only - ANSWER ✔✔-c. promoting Xeriscaping
Which is not a possible solution for the scarcity of water?:
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a. Xeriscaping
b. efficient landscape irrigation
c. construction of more dams
d. use of recycled water - ANSWER ✔✔-c. construction of more dams
One of the seven basic landscaping principles of Xeriscaping is:
a. larger turf areas
b. only rock landscapes
c. soil removal
d. mulching - ANSWER ✔✔-d. mulching
Efficient irrigation is geared more directly toward:
a. manufactures, irrigation contractors, homeowners, and proper education
b. federal government
c. city government
d. state government - ANSWER ✔✔-a. manufactures, irrigation contractors, homeowners, and proper
education
Manufactures can impact water conservation by producing:
a. products at a lower cost
b. better low-volume irrigation products
c. sizing components properly
d. more efficient irrigation scheduling - ANSWER ✔✔-b. better low-volume irrigation products
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Which of the following is not a basic principle of Xeriscaping:
a. mulching
b. efficient irrigation
c. sizing components
d. proper maintenance - ANSWER ✔✔-c. sizing components
Pressure compensating devices help save water because they:
a. keep the water pressure high enough for good coverage
b. compensate for the lack of a good decision
c. help eliminate misting or fogging at the sprinkler heads
d. allow for fewer heads, thus less water used - ANSWER ✔✔-c. help eliminate misting or fogging at the
sprinkler heads
For irrigation contractors, water conservation starts with:
a. the proper back flow device
b. a great design
c. a good maintenance contract
d. the city irrigation regulations - ANSWER ✔✔-b. a great design
The proper watering time is early morning because:
a. homeowners will not get water when leaving the house
b. the city inspectors will not see your system run longer than allowed
c. sprinkler patters are generally less distorted from the wind
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TEXAS IRRIGATION LICENSE EXAM 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
(100% CORRECT ANSWERS) / ALREADY GRADED A+
A properly designed irrigation system can:
a. save water, time, and money
b. save installation time
c. cost more
d. last longer - ANSWER ✔✔-a. save water, time, and money
Basic irrigation dates back:
a. hundreds of years
b. since Rain Bird was founded
c. thousands of years
d. seventy-five years - ANSWER ✔✔-c. thousands of years
The impact sprinkler head was introduced by Rain Bird in:
a. 1933
b. 1985
c. 1890
d. 1910 - ANSWER ✔✔-a. 1933
Landscape irrigation, as we know it, has been around since:
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a. the 1930's
b. since the development of PVC pipe
c. the beginning of time
d. the turn of the 20th century - ANSWER ✔✔-d. the turn of the 20th century
The issue of top priority in irrigation today is:
a. how to sell more systems in our present economy
b. new technology in back flow protection
c. water conservation
d. city and state regulations on licensing - ANSWER ✔✔-c. water conservation
The shortage of water is a result of:
a. water being a fixed resource
b. a decrease in the population
c. a decrease in water usage per person
d. larger sprinkler heads - ANSWER ✔✔-a. water being a fixed resource
Possible solutions to the scarcity of water include:
a. allowing only rock and desert landscapes
b. watering only once a week
c. promoting Xeriscaping
d. limiting irrigation systems to commercial properties only - ANSWER ✔✔-c. promoting Xeriscaping
Which is not a possible solution for the scarcity of water?:
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a. Xeriscaping
b. efficient landscape irrigation
c. construction of more dams
d. use of recycled water - ANSWER ✔✔-c. construction of more dams
One of the seven basic landscaping principles of Xeriscaping is:
a. larger turf areas
b. only rock landscapes
c. soil removal
d. mulching - ANSWER ✔✔-d. mulching
Efficient irrigation is geared more directly toward:
a. manufactures, irrigation contractors, homeowners, and proper education
b. federal government
c. city government
d. state government - ANSWER ✔✔-a. manufactures, irrigation contractors, homeowners, and proper
education
Manufactures can impact water conservation by producing:
a. products at a lower cost
b. better low-volume irrigation products
c. sizing components properly
d. more efficient irrigation scheduling - ANSWER ✔✔-b. better low-volume irrigation products
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Which of the following is not a basic principle of Xeriscaping:
a. mulching
b. efficient irrigation
c. sizing components
d. proper maintenance - ANSWER ✔✔-c. sizing components
Pressure compensating devices help save water because they:
a. keep the water pressure high enough for good coverage
b. compensate for the lack of a good decision
c. help eliminate misting or fogging at the sprinkler heads
d. allow for fewer heads, thus less water used - ANSWER ✔✔-c. help eliminate misting or fogging at the
sprinkler heads
For irrigation contractors, water conservation starts with:
a. the proper back flow device
b. a great design
c. a good maintenance contract
d. the city irrigation regulations - ANSWER ✔✔-b. a great design
The proper watering time is early morning because:
a. homeowners will not get water when leaving the house
b. the city inspectors will not see your system run longer than allowed
c. sprinkler patters are generally less distorted from the wind
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