CALIFORNIA UST SERVICE TECHNICIAN PART 1 EXAM
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|AGRAD
July 1 2005, service techs shall possess or work under someone who has a current
certification indicating he or she has passed the ? - ANSWER: California UST service
technician exam
ICC cert must be renewed every? - ANSWER: 24 months
Service techs must posses or be employed by a person who has the appropriate
contractors license unless? - ANSWER: The individual has a Tank testing licens
Service tech is defined by any individual who? - ANSWER: Test UST monitoring
equipment
Trouble shoots UST systems
Installs UST monitoring equipment
If the manufacturer training no longer exist , the local angency may? - ANSWER:
Approve comparable alternat training .
UST includes? - ANSWER: Tank and connected piping
What is considered and UST - ANSWER: petroleum storage tank
What UST system meets the requirements for secondary containment? - ANSWER:
Doubled wall tanks
According to title 23; the following piping components if installed after July 1 1987
must have secondary containment - ANSWER: Pressured product piping
Considered "pipe" on tanks installed after July 1 2003 - ANSWER: Pressured product
piping and below ground vapor recovery
Under dispenser containment (UDC) was required for all UST systems by - ANSWER:
December 31 2003
System for exchanging gas vapors in a storage tank and product in a fuel delivery
truck - ANSWER: Stage 1 vapor recovery
An approved method for non visual monitoring for existing UST systems. - ANSWER:
Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR)
ATG must be capable for detecting a release of ? - ANSWER: .2 gallons per hour
, Manual inventory reconciliation. - ANSWER: No longer an approved method for non
visual monitoring on existing UST systems
Automatic line leak detectors installed on underground piping with secondary
containment shall be capable of tetecting a leak of ? - ANSWER: 3 gallons per hour at
10 psi
ATG should be programmed to test the tank ? - ANSWER: At least monthly
According to PEI RP 300 a combustible gas can be used to ? - ANSWER: Detect vapor
leaks in a vapor recovery system.
According to PEI RP 300. A written scope of work for vapor recovery installation
should include? - ANSWER: Construction plans
Positive shut off overfill protection device must stop the flow of fuel when the tank is
no more then ? - ANSWER: 95% full
According to EO VR 201 A What could cause a nozzle shut off mechanism or
malfunction? - ANSWER: Depended filter seal damage
According to VR 201 A Breakaway reconnection must be ? - ANSWER: Logged in GDF
log
According to PEI RP 300 the following method of documenting piping location is NOT
to ? - ANSWER: Sketch a diagram on the inside cover of vapor recovery equipment
manual
According to PEI RP 300 as built drawing or pictures of the underground pipping and
other components shall be ? - ANSWER: Maintained as long as UST is in service
According to EO VR 101 E maintance records are required to include? - ANSWER:
Name and designated UST operator .
The Phil-Tite EVR phase 1 system require that vapor vent pipes at any UST system be
- ANSWER: Used with no more then 3 p/v valves
According to EO VR 2010 after installing a new spout assembly in the Healy 900
nozzle the following test must be conducted ? - ANSWER: Nozzle dispensing shut off
test
According to Healy EO VR 201 A a vapor recovery record are to be maintained by? -
ANSWER: Gasoline dispensing facility operator
(GDF)
how many feet within a public drinking well require an enhanced leak detection test
- ANSWER: 1000 feet
ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES|AGRAD
July 1 2005, service techs shall possess or work under someone who has a current
certification indicating he or she has passed the ? - ANSWER: California UST service
technician exam
ICC cert must be renewed every? - ANSWER: 24 months
Service techs must posses or be employed by a person who has the appropriate
contractors license unless? - ANSWER: The individual has a Tank testing licens
Service tech is defined by any individual who? - ANSWER: Test UST monitoring
equipment
Trouble shoots UST systems
Installs UST monitoring equipment
If the manufacturer training no longer exist , the local angency may? - ANSWER:
Approve comparable alternat training .
UST includes? - ANSWER: Tank and connected piping
What is considered and UST - ANSWER: petroleum storage tank
What UST system meets the requirements for secondary containment? - ANSWER:
Doubled wall tanks
According to title 23; the following piping components if installed after July 1 1987
must have secondary containment - ANSWER: Pressured product piping
Considered "pipe" on tanks installed after July 1 2003 - ANSWER: Pressured product
piping and below ground vapor recovery
Under dispenser containment (UDC) was required for all UST systems by - ANSWER:
December 31 2003
System for exchanging gas vapors in a storage tank and product in a fuel delivery
truck - ANSWER: Stage 1 vapor recovery
An approved method for non visual monitoring for existing UST systems. - ANSWER:
Statistical Inventory Reconciliation (SIR)
ATG must be capable for detecting a release of ? - ANSWER: .2 gallons per hour
, Manual inventory reconciliation. - ANSWER: No longer an approved method for non
visual monitoring on existing UST systems
Automatic line leak detectors installed on underground piping with secondary
containment shall be capable of tetecting a leak of ? - ANSWER: 3 gallons per hour at
10 psi
ATG should be programmed to test the tank ? - ANSWER: At least monthly
According to PEI RP 300 a combustible gas can be used to ? - ANSWER: Detect vapor
leaks in a vapor recovery system.
According to PEI RP 300. A written scope of work for vapor recovery installation
should include? - ANSWER: Construction plans
Positive shut off overfill protection device must stop the flow of fuel when the tank is
no more then ? - ANSWER: 95% full
According to EO VR 201 A What could cause a nozzle shut off mechanism or
malfunction? - ANSWER: Depended filter seal damage
According to VR 201 A Breakaway reconnection must be ? - ANSWER: Logged in GDF
log
According to PEI RP 300 the following method of documenting piping location is NOT
to ? - ANSWER: Sketch a diagram on the inside cover of vapor recovery equipment
manual
According to PEI RP 300 as built drawing or pictures of the underground pipping and
other components shall be ? - ANSWER: Maintained as long as UST is in service
According to EO VR 101 E maintance records are required to include? - ANSWER:
Name and designated UST operator .
The Phil-Tite EVR phase 1 system require that vapor vent pipes at any UST system be
- ANSWER: Used with no more then 3 p/v valves
According to EO VR 2010 after installing a new spout assembly in the Healy 900
nozzle the following test must be conducted ? - ANSWER: Nozzle dispensing shut off
test
According to Healy EO VR 201 A a vapor recovery record are to be maintained by? -
ANSWER: Gasoline dispensing facility operator
(GDF)
how many feet within a public drinking well require an enhanced leak detection test
- ANSWER: 1000 feet
