TCEQ: CLASS D WATER OPERATOR
LICENSE TEST WITH ACTUAL
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY
PASSED!!!
True/False: Operators have a responsibility to provide drinking water that meets Federal
and State Standards
ANS: True
True/False: Water must be disinfected, delivered at inadequate pressure and be ample in
quantity
ANS: False (True if adequate instead of inadequate)
True/False: Utility employees should guard the water supply and facilities from
contamination, public tours, and even terrorism
ANS: False
True/False: The state requires bacteriological sample results to be kept for 2 years
ANS: False (True if 5 years)
True/False: The state requires chemical analysis to be kept at least 10 years
ANS: True
,True/False: The EPA requires a water system to keep a copy of each consumer confidence
report at least 5 years
ANS: True
True/False: A public water system provides the public with piped water for human
consumption, serves at least 15 service connections and regularly serves at least 25
individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year
ANS: True
The water utility field touches everyone because...
A) water used for recreation
B) water used for agriculture
C) water used for industry
D) water is essential to life and health
ANS: D) water is essential to life and health
The water utility employee should remember customers are entitled to...
A) courteous treatment
B) abuse public servants
C) always be right
D) answers to questions about water
E) A&D
ANS: E
Public systems utilizing groundwater serving less than ___ connections on purchased
treated water only are not required to compile ___ reports.
A) 50, yearly
B) 150, yearly
C) 50, monthly
D) 100, monthly
ANS: D
,Job training for water utility operators is available through the...
A) American Water Works Association
B) TX Water Utilities Association
C) TX Engineering Extension Service
D) all listed
ANS: D
In TX, water operator license is administered by the...
A) EPA
B) TNRCC -- TCEQ
C) AWWA
D) TWUA
ANS: B
All public water systems are required to employ certified operators even if the system only
___ treated water bought from another source.
A) Chlorites
B) Sells
C) Redistributes
D) Stores
ANS: C
Public water systems include cities, municipal utility districts, rural water supply
corporations, mobile home parks, and ___.
A) private wells
B) campgrounds
C) public pools
D) public lakes
ANS: B
Examples of community water systems include...
A) municipalities
, B) municipal utility districts
C) rural water supply corporations
D) mobile home parks
E) all the above
ANS: E
A federal agency impacting the water utility industry is the...
A) TNRCC
B) EPA
C) AWWA
D) TWUA
ANS: B
The most important federal law impacting the water utility industry is the ...
A) water resources development act
B) federal water pollution control act
C) hazard communication act
D) safe drinking water act
ANS: D
The 4 national safety and quality standards for drinking water covered in the Safe
Drinking Water Act are physical, chemical, ___, and radiological
A) mineral
B) thermal
C) bacteriological
D) mathematical
ANS: C
The state agency that regulates drinking water in TX and administers federal Safe
Drinking Water Act is the ...
A) TNRCC -- TCEQ
B) DPS
C) PUC
D) TDH
LICENSE TEST WITH ACTUAL
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY
PASSED!!!
True/False: Operators have a responsibility to provide drinking water that meets Federal
and State Standards
ANS: True
True/False: Water must be disinfected, delivered at inadequate pressure and be ample in
quantity
ANS: False (True if adequate instead of inadequate)
True/False: Utility employees should guard the water supply and facilities from
contamination, public tours, and even terrorism
ANS: False
True/False: The state requires bacteriological sample results to be kept for 2 years
ANS: False (True if 5 years)
True/False: The state requires chemical analysis to be kept at least 10 years
ANS: True
,True/False: The EPA requires a water system to keep a copy of each consumer confidence
report at least 5 years
ANS: True
True/False: A public water system provides the public with piped water for human
consumption, serves at least 15 service connections and regularly serves at least 25
individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year
ANS: True
The water utility field touches everyone because...
A) water used for recreation
B) water used for agriculture
C) water used for industry
D) water is essential to life and health
ANS: D) water is essential to life and health
The water utility employee should remember customers are entitled to...
A) courteous treatment
B) abuse public servants
C) always be right
D) answers to questions about water
E) A&D
ANS: E
Public systems utilizing groundwater serving less than ___ connections on purchased
treated water only are not required to compile ___ reports.
A) 50, yearly
B) 150, yearly
C) 50, monthly
D) 100, monthly
ANS: D
,Job training for water utility operators is available through the...
A) American Water Works Association
B) TX Water Utilities Association
C) TX Engineering Extension Service
D) all listed
ANS: D
In TX, water operator license is administered by the...
A) EPA
B) TNRCC -- TCEQ
C) AWWA
D) TWUA
ANS: B
All public water systems are required to employ certified operators even if the system only
___ treated water bought from another source.
A) Chlorites
B) Sells
C) Redistributes
D) Stores
ANS: C
Public water systems include cities, municipal utility districts, rural water supply
corporations, mobile home parks, and ___.
A) private wells
B) campgrounds
C) public pools
D) public lakes
ANS: B
Examples of community water systems include...
A) municipalities
, B) municipal utility districts
C) rural water supply corporations
D) mobile home parks
E) all the above
ANS: E
A federal agency impacting the water utility industry is the...
A) TNRCC
B) EPA
C) AWWA
D) TWUA
ANS: B
The most important federal law impacting the water utility industry is the ...
A) water resources development act
B) federal water pollution control act
C) hazard communication act
D) safe drinking water act
ANS: D
The 4 national safety and quality standards for drinking water covered in the Safe
Drinking Water Act are physical, chemical, ___, and radiological
A) mineral
B) thermal
C) bacteriological
D) mathematical
ANS: C
The state agency that regulates drinking water in TX and administers federal Safe
Drinking Water Act is the ...
A) TNRCC -- TCEQ
B) DPS
C) PUC
D) TDH
