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2025/2026 BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY
TESTER TRAINING EXAM WITH ALL COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
WELL ERABORATED FOR GUARANTEED PASS
TOP-RATED A+.
BACKFLOW
This essential guide prepares you for the Backflow Prevention
Assembly Tester certification exam. It provides key practice questions
and verified answers covering testing procedures, troubleshooting, and
code compliance. Master the required skills and approach your exam
with confidence.
Salmonellosis ...... ANSWER ....... A disease caused by
pathogenic bacterica (often associated with chicken),
which affects the intestinal tract. The primary symptom is
severe diarrhea.
A valve designed to open in the direction of normal flow and
close with the reversal of flow. ...... ANSWER .......
Check valve
Overflow level ...... ANSWER ....... The maximum
height that water or liquid will rise in a receptacle before it
flows over the rim.
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Backflow ...... ANSWER ....... A hydraulic condition,
caused by a difference in pressures, in which non-potable
water or other fluids flow into a potable water system.
RPBP ...... ANSWER ....... A shortened name for a
reduced pressure backflow preventer
Air Gap ...... ANSWER ....... In plumbing, the
unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere
between the lowest opening from any pipe or outlet
supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixture, or other
container, and the overflow rim of that container
potential cross connection ...... ANSWER ....... Any
arrangements of pipes, fittings, or devices that indirectly
connects a potable water supply to a non-potable source
Dysentery ...... ANSWER ....... A disease (sometime
waterborne) caused by pathogenic microorganisms and
characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and
blood
Backsiphonage ...... ANSWER ....... A backflow
condition in which the pressure in the distribution system
is less than atmospheric pressure (subatmospheric)
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Hose bib ...... ANSWER ....... A faucet to which a hose
may be attached
Carrier ...... ANSWER ....... A human or animal that
carries germs and can pass them to another person without
getting the disease himself.
Reduced pressure zone backflow preventer ...... ANSWER
....... A mechanical device consisting of two independnetly
operating, spring-loaded check valves with a reduced
pressure zone between check valves.
Auxiliary supply ...... ANSWER ....... Any water source
or system, other than the potable water supply, that may be
available in the building or premesis.
Actual Cross Connection ...... ANSWER ....... Any
arrangement of pipes, fittings, that connects a potable water
supply directly to a non-potable source at all times.
Hepatitis ...... ANSWER ....... An inflammation of the
liver caused by a pathogenic virus. Symptoms are jaundice,
general weakness, nausea, and the presence of dark urine.
2025/2026 BACKFLOW PREVENTION ASSEMBLY
TESTER TRAINING EXAM WITH ALL COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS
WELL ERABORATED FOR GUARANTEED PASS
TOP-RATED A+.
BACKFLOW
This essential guide prepares you for the Backflow Prevention
Assembly Tester certification exam. It provides key practice questions
and verified answers covering testing procedures, troubleshooting, and
code compliance. Master the required skills and approach your exam
with confidence.
Salmonellosis ...... ANSWER ....... A disease caused by
pathogenic bacterica (often associated with chicken),
which affects the intestinal tract. The primary symptom is
severe diarrhea.
A valve designed to open in the direction of normal flow and
close with the reversal of flow. ...... ANSWER .......
Check valve
Overflow level ...... ANSWER ....... The maximum
height that water or liquid will rise in a receptacle before it
flows over the rim.
,2|Page
Backflow ...... ANSWER ....... A hydraulic condition,
caused by a difference in pressures, in which non-potable
water or other fluids flow into a potable water system.
RPBP ...... ANSWER ....... A shortened name for a
reduced pressure backflow preventer
Air Gap ...... ANSWER ....... In plumbing, the
unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere
between the lowest opening from any pipe or outlet
supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixture, or other
container, and the overflow rim of that container
potential cross connection ...... ANSWER ....... Any
arrangements of pipes, fittings, or devices that indirectly
connects a potable water supply to a non-potable source
Dysentery ...... ANSWER ....... A disease (sometime
waterborne) caused by pathogenic microorganisms and
characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and
blood
Backsiphonage ...... ANSWER ....... A backflow
condition in which the pressure in the distribution system
is less than atmospheric pressure (subatmospheric)
, 3|Page
Hose bib ...... ANSWER ....... A faucet to which a hose
may be attached
Carrier ...... ANSWER ....... A human or animal that
carries germs and can pass them to another person without
getting the disease himself.
Reduced pressure zone backflow preventer ...... ANSWER
....... A mechanical device consisting of two independnetly
operating, spring-loaded check valves with a reduced
pressure zone between check valves.
Auxiliary supply ...... ANSWER ....... Any water source
or system, other than the potable water supply, that may be
available in the building or premesis.
Actual Cross Connection ...... ANSWER ....... Any
arrangement of pipes, fittings, that connects a potable water
supply directly to a non-potable source at all times.
Hepatitis ...... ANSWER ....... An inflammation of the
liver caused by a pathogenic virus. Symptoms are jaundice,
general weakness, nausea, and the presence of dark urine.
