SEPTIC LICENSE STUDY TEST GUIDE UPADTED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔grease taps required for all establishments that manufacture or prepare food -
✔✔true
✔✔under gravity flow uses SDR35, schedule 40, and 1500 pound crush PVC pipe is
approved for use between distribution box + lateral trenches or beds - ✔✔false
✔✔pipe connections between distribution box + lateral trenches do not need to be
watertight - ✔✔false
✔✔equal flow type distribution boxes shall be placed on stable base - ✔✔true
✔✔if certified installer intentionally misrepresents the number of bedrooms on
application for site evaluation. what actions can local inspector take?
a. suspend installer certification
b. revoke installer certification
c. file criminal charges against installer
d. any of above - ✔✔d. any of above
✔✔outlet pips from equal flow type distribution box shall be water level to provide equal
flow to all laterals - ✔✔true
✔✔when filling out an installers affidavit, elevations should be on-shot + recorded at?
a. beginning at trench only
b. middle of trench only
c. end of trench only
d. beginning, middle + end of trench - ✔✔d. beginning, middle + end of trench
✔✔when applying for site evaluation you must
a. a location map to reach site
b. site drawing showing locations of, property lines with dimensions, existing + proposed
structures, wells, streams, gulley's, easements, roads, drives, right away + proposed
system locations
c. number of bedrooms, structure has garbage disposal + basement
d. all above - ✔✔d. all above
a location map to reach site
site drawing showing locations of, property lines with dimensions, existing + proposed
structures, wells, streams, gulley's, easements, roads, drives, right away + proposed
system locations
number of bedrooms, structure has garbage disposal + basement
✔✔back hoe pits may be required by inspector on site of evaluation - ✔✔true
, ✔✔lateral lines must be installed on contour at depth specified by local inspector -
✔✔true
✔✔all finished grading shall be done to divert surface water towards lateral line -
✔✔false
✔✔plastic distribution boxes shall be placed on tamped sand or gravel based - ✔✔false
✔✔you are digging lateral trench + hit bed rock. what do you do?
a. rent hoe ram to remove bedrock
b. dynamite rock so removed with back hoe
c. call inspector
d. either a or b - ✔✔c. call inspector
✔✔which type of lateral fields are approved for use in KY?
a. conventional gravel trenches or beds
b. leaching chambers
c. seepage pits
d. low pressure pipe trenches
e. a, b, d - ✔✔e. a, b, d
conventional gravel trenches or beds
leaching chambers
low pressure pipe trenches
✔✔you arrive on construction site to install septic system + find approved area has
been used for parking + storage of building materials. what do you do?
a. ask builder to move materials + vehicles to begin work
b. lightly disk area prior to system instillation
c. use subsoiler to break up compaction + proceed with instillation
d. select another location + install system
e. call local inspector - ✔✔e. call local inspector
✔✔your favorite brother calls you to repair failing septic system. what do you do?
a. check water bill to see if using excessive amounts of water
b. add fill soil over breakout
c. add 99 feet of lateral line
d. call local inspector to trouble shoot system
e. both a + d
f. both b + c - ✔✔e. both a + d
check water bill to see if using excessive amounts of water
call local inspector to trouble shoot system
✔✔you find builder has built house on lowest portion of lot. what do you do?
AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔grease taps required for all establishments that manufacture or prepare food -
✔✔true
✔✔under gravity flow uses SDR35, schedule 40, and 1500 pound crush PVC pipe is
approved for use between distribution box + lateral trenches or beds - ✔✔false
✔✔pipe connections between distribution box + lateral trenches do not need to be
watertight - ✔✔false
✔✔equal flow type distribution boxes shall be placed on stable base - ✔✔true
✔✔if certified installer intentionally misrepresents the number of bedrooms on
application for site evaluation. what actions can local inspector take?
a. suspend installer certification
b. revoke installer certification
c. file criminal charges against installer
d. any of above - ✔✔d. any of above
✔✔outlet pips from equal flow type distribution box shall be water level to provide equal
flow to all laterals - ✔✔true
✔✔when filling out an installers affidavit, elevations should be on-shot + recorded at?
a. beginning at trench only
b. middle of trench only
c. end of trench only
d. beginning, middle + end of trench - ✔✔d. beginning, middle + end of trench
✔✔when applying for site evaluation you must
a. a location map to reach site
b. site drawing showing locations of, property lines with dimensions, existing + proposed
structures, wells, streams, gulley's, easements, roads, drives, right away + proposed
system locations
c. number of bedrooms, structure has garbage disposal + basement
d. all above - ✔✔d. all above
a location map to reach site
site drawing showing locations of, property lines with dimensions, existing + proposed
structures, wells, streams, gulley's, easements, roads, drives, right away + proposed
system locations
number of bedrooms, structure has garbage disposal + basement
✔✔back hoe pits may be required by inspector on site of evaluation - ✔✔true
, ✔✔lateral lines must be installed on contour at depth specified by local inspector -
✔✔true
✔✔all finished grading shall be done to divert surface water towards lateral line -
✔✔false
✔✔plastic distribution boxes shall be placed on tamped sand or gravel based - ✔✔false
✔✔you are digging lateral trench + hit bed rock. what do you do?
a. rent hoe ram to remove bedrock
b. dynamite rock so removed with back hoe
c. call inspector
d. either a or b - ✔✔c. call inspector
✔✔which type of lateral fields are approved for use in KY?
a. conventional gravel trenches or beds
b. leaching chambers
c. seepage pits
d. low pressure pipe trenches
e. a, b, d - ✔✔e. a, b, d
conventional gravel trenches or beds
leaching chambers
low pressure pipe trenches
✔✔you arrive on construction site to install septic system + find approved area has
been used for parking + storage of building materials. what do you do?
a. ask builder to move materials + vehicles to begin work
b. lightly disk area prior to system instillation
c. use subsoiler to break up compaction + proceed with instillation
d. select another location + install system
e. call local inspector - ✔✔e. call local inspector
✔✔your favorite brother calls you to repair failing septic system. what do you do?
a. check water bill to see if using excessive amounts of water
b. add fill soil over breakout
c. add 99 feet of lateral line
d. call local inspector to trouble shoot system
e. both a + d
f. both b + c - ✔✔e. both a + d
check water bill to see if using excessive amounts of water
call local inspector to trouble shoot system
✔✔you find builder has built house on lowest portion of lot. what do you do?
