Basic Wastewater D Accurate Exam
Questions And High-Scoring Answers
1. Water resources in Texas include lakes, rivers, bays, estuaries, wetlands,
groundwater, and stormwater runoff.
a. true
b. false - SOLVED ANSWER-b
2. Water pollutants include organic and inorganic material, heat, and radiation.
a. true
b. false - SOLVED ANSWER-a
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 - SOLVED ANSWER-a
4. Two sources of water contamination are point-source discharges and pointless
source discharges.
,a. true
b. false - SOLVED ANSWER-b
5. The fine for polluting state water is as much as $25,000 per day.
a. true
b. false - SOLVED ANSWER-a
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 - SOLVED ANSWER-c
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 - SOLVED ANSWER-d
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 - SOLVED ANSWER-d
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 - SOLVED ANSWER-b
10. The state sets water quality standards, called ________, for rivers and lakes.
a. steam standards
b. extreme standards
c. stream standards
d. water standards - SOLVED ANSWER-c
11. To meet stream standards, the state issues ________ for waste discharge.
a. permits
b. licenses
c. sample containers
d. certificates
e. acids and alkalis - SOLVED ANSWER-a
1. A role of supervision and management is to set job assignments and secure permits
and finances to do the job.
Questions And High-Scoring Answers
1. Water resources in Texas include lakes, rivers, bays, estuaries, wetlands,
groundwater, and stormwater runoff.
a. true
b. false - SOLVED ANSWER-b
2. Water pollutants include organic and inorganic material, heat, and radiation.
a. true
b. false - SOLVED ANSWER-a
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 - SOLVED ANSWER-a
4. Two sources of water contamination are point-source discharges and pointless
source discharges.
,a. true
b. false - SOLVED ANSWER-b
5. The fine for polluting state water is as much as $25,000 per day.
a. true
b. false - SOLVED ANSWER-a
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 - SOLVED ANSWER-c
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 - SOLVED ANSWER-d
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 - SOLVED ANSWER-d
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 - SOLVED ANSWER-b
10. The state sets water quality standards, called ________, for rivers and lakes.
a. steam standards
b. extreme standards
c. stream standards
d. water standards - SOLVED ANSWER-c
11. To meet stream standards, the state issues ________ for waste discharge.
a. permits
b. licenses
c. sample containers
d. certificates
e. acids and alkalis - SOLVED ANSWER-a
1. A role of supervision and management is to set job assignments and secure permits
and finances to do the job.
