Tennessee Septic System Actual Exam Questions With Reviewed 100% Correct
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1. How many years from the date of issuance is a septic 3 Years
permit good for?
2. The minimum square footage of a trench bottom in- 370
stalled per bedroom shall be?
3. Soil absorption rates greater than minutes per 75
inch are considered unsuitable for a conventional sub-
surface sewage system.
4. Soil percolation rates less than minutes per inch 106
may be used for conventional systems under authority
of TCA.
5. Recirculating design is where the elevation in the area 12
utilized for the absorption field does not exceed
inches
6. Recirculating design--- Connecting successive trench- Level, 4
es on both ends and by maintaining the grade in the
bottom of these trenches from to no more than
inches
7. Serial distribution system This design is preferred
where the elevation ditter-
ence of the ground surface
over the absorption field
area exceeds 12 Inches.
8. Large Conventional Systems Those exceeding 2250
square feet of disposal
field
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9. When the design daily flow from a single source ex- Siphons, Pumps, 3000
ceeds 3000 gallons per day, or shall
be used which shall discharge to separate disposal
fields. Each System shall not exceed a design capacity
of gallons per day
10. The pipe size from the septic tank to the disposal field 3, 40
or pump chamber shall not be less than inches in
diameter and shall be Schedule PVC
11. There must be a minimum of feet of undisturbed 6
earth between adjacent trench walls shall be required.
12. Pipe for relief lines shall have no and shall have a perforations, 4, 40, 3
minimum inside diameter of inches and conform
to or exceed the standards of ASTM, however Sched-
ule pipe, or its equivalent with a minimum inside
diameter of inches may be used
13. Invert of the overflow pipe in the first relief line shall be 4
at least inches lower than the invert of the septic
tank outlet.
14. Trenches shall not be excavated when the soil is? wet enough to smear or
compact easily.
15. Media for disposal fields shall consist of , Crushed rock, gravel, other
or suitable material
They shall be size numbers , , , or 2, 3, 4, 24
coarse aggregate. dust, clay, sand, or exces-
The material shall be free from , , sive fines
, or 2 1/2, 1/2
Atleast 90 percent of the material must pass a
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Detailed Answers Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update (Verified Pass)
1. How many years from the date of issuance is a septic 3 Years
permit good for?
2. The minimum square footage of a trench bottom in- 370
stalled per bedroom shall be?
3. Soil absorption rates greater than minutes per 75
inch are considered unsuitable for a conventional sub-
surface sewage system.
4. Soil percolation rates less than minutes per inch 106
may be used for conventional systems under authority
of TCA.
5. Recirculating design is where the elevation in the area 12
utilized for the absorption field does not exceed
inches
6. Recirculating design--- Connecting successive trench- Level, 4
es on both ends and by maintaining the grade in the
bottom of these trenches from to no more than
inches
7. Serial distribution system This design is preferred
where the elevation ditter-
ence of the ground surface
over the absorption field
area exceeds 12 Inches.
8. Large Conventional Systems Those exceeding 2250
square feet of disposal
field
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, Tennessee Septic System Actual Exam Questions With Reviewed 100% Correct
Detailed Answers Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update (Verified Pass)
9. When the design daily flow from a single source ex- Siphons, Pumps, 3000
ceeds 3000 gallons per day, or shall
be used which shall discharge to separate disposal
fields. Each System shall not exceed a design capacity
of gallons per day
10. The pipe size from the septic tank to the disposal field 3, 40
or pump chamber shall not be less than inches in
diameter and shall be Schedule PVC
11. There must be a minimum of feet of undisturbed 6
earth between adjacent trench walls shall be required.
12. Pipe for relief lines shall have no and shall have a perforations, 4, 40, 3
minimum inside diameter of inches and conform
to or exceed the standards of ASTM, however Sched-
ule pipe, or its equivalent with a minimum inside
diameter of inches may be used
13. Invert of the overflow pipe in the first relief line shall be 4
at least inches lower than the invert of the septic
tank outlet.
14. Trenches shall not be excavated when the soil is? wet enough to smear or
compact easily.
15. Media for disposal fields shall consist of , Crushed rock, gravel, other
or suitable material
They shall be size numbers , , , or 2, 3, 4, 24
coarse aggregate. dust, clay, sand, or exces-
The material shall be free from , , sive fines
, or 2 1/2, 1/2
Atleast 90 percent of the material must pass a
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