Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester Training exam questions with answers.

Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester |\ |\ |\ |\




Training exam questions with answers |\ |\ |\ |\




Salmonellosis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A disease caused by |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


pathogenic bacterica (often associated with chicken), which
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affects the intestinal tract. The primary symptom is severe
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diarrhea.


A valve designed to open in the direction of normal flow and
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close with the reversal of flow. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Check
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valve


Overflow level - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The maximum height
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that water or liquid will rise in a receptacle before it flows over
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the rim. |\




Backflow - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A hydraulic condition, caused
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by a difference in pressures, in which non-potable water or other
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fluids flow into a potable water system.
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RPBP - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A shortened name for a reduced
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pressure backflow preventer |\ |\




Air Gap - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In plumbing, the unobstructed
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vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the
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lowest opening from any pipe or outlet supplying water to a tank,
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,|\ plumbing fixture, or other container, and the overflow rim of that
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potential cross connection - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any
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arrangements of pipes, fittings, or devices that indirectly |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


connects a potable water supply to a non-potable source
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Dysentery - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A disease (sometime
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waterborne) caused by pathogenic microorganisms and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


blood


Backsiphonage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A backflow condition in |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


which the pressure in the distribution system is less than
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atmospheric pressure (subatmospheric) |\ |\




Hose bib - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A faucet to which a hose may
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be attached
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Carrier - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A human or animal that carries
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germs and can pass them to another person without getting the
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disease himself. |\




Reduced pressure zone backflow preventer - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔A mechanical device consisting of two independnetly
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operating, spring-loaded check valves with a reduced pressure
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zone between check valves.
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, Auxiliary supply - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any water source or
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system, other than the potable water supply, that may be
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available in the building or premesis.
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Actual Cross Connection - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any
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arrangement of pipes, fittings, that connects a potable water |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


supply directly to a non-potable source at all times.
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Hepatitis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An inflammation of the liver
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caused by a pathogenic virus. Symptoms are jaundice, general
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weakness, nausea, and the presence of dark urine.
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Feed water - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Water that is added to a
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commercial or industrial system and subsequently used by the
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system, such as water that is fed to a boiler to produce steam.
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Pressure vacuum breaker - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A device
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designed to prevent backsiphonsge, consisting of one
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independently operating spring-loaded check valve and an |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


independently operating spring-loaded air-inlet valve. |\ |\ |\ |\




Bypass - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In cross-connection control, any
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pipe arrangement that passes water around a protective device,
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causing it to be ineffective.
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Gastroenteritis - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An intestinal disease |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


caused by pathogenic microorganisms, which involves
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inflammation of the stomach and intestines. Symptoms are |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


diarrhea, pain, and nausea.|\ |\ |\