BASIC WASTEWATER D EXAM WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1. Water resources in Texas include lakes, rivers, bays, estuaries, wetlands,
groundwater, and stormwater runoff.
a. true
b. false -ANSb
2. Water pollutants include organic and inorganic material, heat, and radiation.
a. true
b. false -ANSa
3. In Texas, clean water is needed to provide for human consumption and recreation,
maintain aquatic habitats for wildlife, supply bays with fresh water, recharge
groundwater, and provide for industry.
a. true
b. false -ANSa
4. Two sources of water contamination are point-source discharges and pointless
source discharges.
a. true
b. false -ANSb
5. The fine for polluting state water is as much as $25,000 per day.
a. true
b. false -ANSa
6. Examples of point-source discharges are ________.
a. stormwater drainage from industry and urban areas
,b. seepage from septic tanks and drainfields
c. municipal, industrial, and agricultural wastewater treatment facilities
d. all of the above -ANSc
7. Protecting Texas water from contamination requires ________ of wastewater.
a. collection and transportation to treatment facilities
b. treatment that removes contaminants
c. processing and disposal of solids
d. all of the above -ANSd
8. Benefits of treating point-source and non-point-source wastes are prevention of
ground and surface water pollution and ________.
a. protection of human and animal health
b. prevention of oxygen depletion in surface water
c. prevention of landfill leakage
d. a and b -ANSd
9. The Texas Water Code establishes the following means of protecting state water:
water quality standards for streams, discharge limitations for point-sources, and
________.
a. monitoring air quality in urban areas
b. controlling non-point sources of waste
c. limiting the catch of shrimp and oysters
d. requiring disinfection of drinking water -ANSb
10. The state sets water quality standards, called ________, for rivers and lakes.
a. steam standards
b. extreme standards
,c. stream standards
d. water standards -ANSc
11. To meet stream standards, the state issues ________ for waste discharge.
a. permits
b. licenses
c. sample containers
d. certificates
e. acids and alkalis -ANSa
1. A role of supervision and management is to set job assignments and secure permits
and finances to do the job.
a. true
b. false -ANSa
2. Responsibilities of the licensed operator include protecting the public from
waterborne disease, performing duties professionally, protecting state water from
pollution, maintaining required licensing, practicing safety, and controlling inflation.
a. true
b. false -ANSb
3. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (Clean Water Act) has a goal of
eliminating pollution of the nation's water.
a. true
b. false -ANSa
4. Chapter 26 of the Texas Water Code is the state law controlling water pollution.
a. true
b. false -ANSa
6. To become a licensed operator it is necessary to ________.
, a. have work experience
b. pass a test administered by the TCEQ
c. hold a college degree
d. be sponsored by a licensed operator -ANSb
7. Personnel working at a domestic wastewater plant must be state licensed if they are
________.
a. paid by the permit holder
b. a laboratory technician
c. required to take samples
d. responsible for process control -ANSd
8. Local governments have authority to inspect facilities using the collection system,
enforce local pollution control laws, set discharge rules, and collect ____________.
a. user charges
b. state fines
c. federal penalties
d. all of the above -ANSa
9. The local government may inspect and investigate water quality conditions within its
jurisdiction to determine ________.
a. standards are met
b. dischargers have permits
c. permits are followed
d. all of the above -ANSd
10. Local governments may make discharge rules to protect personnel, the wastewater
system, and the ________.
a. treatment facility
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1. Water resources in Texas include lakes, rivers, bays, estuaries, wetlands,
groundwater, and stormwater runoff.
a. true
b. false -ANSb
2. Water pollutants include organic and inorganic material, heat, and radiation.
a. true
b. false -ANSa
3. In Texas, clean water is needed to provide for human consumption and recreation,
maintain aquatic habitats for wildlife, supply bays with fresh water, recharge
groundwater, and provide for industry.
a. true
b. false -ANSa
4. Two sources of water contamination are point-source discharges and pointless
source discharges.
a. true
b. false -ANSb
5. The fine for polluting state water is as much as $25,000 per day.
a. true
b. false -ANSa
6. Examples of point-source discharges are ________.
a. stormwater drainage from industry and urban areas
,b. seepage from septic tanks and drainfields
c. municipal, industrial, and agricultural wastewater treatment facilities
d. all of the above -ANSc
7. Protecting Texas water from contamination requires ________ of wastewater.
a. collection and transportation to treatment facilities
b. treatment that removes contaminants
c. processing and disposal of solids
d. all of the above -ANSd
8. Benefits of treating point-source and non-point-source wastes are prevention of
ground and surface water pollution and ________.
a. protection of human and animal health
b. prevention of oxygen depletion in surface water
c. prevention of landfill leakage
d. a and b -ANSd
9. The Texas Water Code establishes the following means of protecting state water:
water quality standards for streams, discharge limitations for point-sources, and
________.
a. monitoring air quality in urban areas
b. controlling non-point sources of waste
c. limiting the catch of shrimp and oysters
d. requiring disinfection of drinking water -ANSb
10. The state sets water quality standards, called ________, for rivers and lakes.
a. steam standards
b. extreme standards
,c. stream standards
d. water standards -ANSc
11. To meet stream standards, the state issues ________ for waste discharge.
a. permits
b. licenses
c. sample containers
d. certificates
e. acids and alkalis -ANSa
1. A role of supervision and management is to set job assignments and secure permits
and finances to do the job.
a. true
b. false -ANSa
2. Responsibilities of the licensed operator include protecting the public from
waterborne disease, performing duties professionally, protecting state water from
pollution, maintaining required licensing, practicing safety, and controlling inflation.
a. true
b. false -ANSb
3. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (Clean Water Act) has a goal of
eliminating pollution of the nation's water.
a. true
b. false -ANSa
4. Chapter 26 of the Texas Water Code is the state law controlling water pollution.
a. true
b. false -ANSa
6. To become a licensed operator it is necessary to ________.
, a. have work experience
b. pass a test administered by the TCEQ
c. hold a college degree
d. be sponsored by a licensed operator -ANSb
7. Personnel working at a domestic wastewater plant must be state licensed if they are
________.
a. paid by the permit holder
b. a laboratory technician
c. required to take samples
d. responsible for process control -ANSd
8. Local governments have authority to inspect facilities using the collection system,
enforce local pollution control laws, set discharge rules, and collect ____________.
a. user charges
b. state fines
c. federal penalties
d. all of the above -ANSa
9. The local government may inspect and investigate water quality conditions within its
jurisdiction to determine ________.
a. standards are met
b. dischargers have permits
c. permits are followed
d. all of the above -ANSd
10. Local governments may make discharge rules to protect personnel, the wastewater
system, and the ________.
a. treatment facility
