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Texas Class D Water License(Complete)Questions And Answers.
Question 1: Operators have a responsibility to provide drinking
water that meets federal and state standards. (true/false)
CORRECT ANSWER : true
Question 2: Water must be disinfected, delivered at inadequate
pressure, and be ample in quantity. (true/false)
CORRECT ANSWER : false (adequate pressure)
Question 3: Utility employees should guard the water supply
and facilities from contamination, public tours, and even terrorism. (true/false)
CORRECT ANSWER : false (public tours)
Question 4: The state requires bacteriological sample results be
kept _____ years.
CORRECT ANSWER : 5 years
Question 5: The state requires chemical analysis be kept at least
_____ years.
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CORRECT ANSWER : 10 years
Question 6: EPA requires a water system to keep a copy of each
consumer confidence report at least _____ years.
CORRECT ANSWER: 5 years
Question 7: A public water system provides the public with
piped water for human consumption, serves at least _____ service connections, and regularly serves at least _____ individuals daily at least _____ days out of the year.
CORRECT ANSWER: 15 service connections, 25 individuals,
60 days out of the year
Question 8: The water utility field affects everyone because
_____.
CORRECT ANSWER : water is essential to life and health
Question 9: The water utility employee should remember
customers are entitled to _____ and _____.
CORRECT ANSWER : courteous treatment and answers to
questions about water
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Question 10: In Texas, water operator licensing is administered
by the _____.
CORRECT ANSWER : TCEQ
Question 11: All public water systems are required to employ
licensed operators even if the system only _____ treated water bought from another source.
CORRECT ANSWER : redistributes treated water
Question 12: Public water systems include cities, municipal
utility districts, rural water supply corporations, mobile home parks, and _____.
CORRECT ANSWER : campgrounds
Question 13: Examples of community water systems include
________.
- municipalities
- municipal utility districts
- rural water supply corporations
- mobile home parks
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- all the above
CORRECT ANSWER : e. all of the above
Question 14: A federal agency impacting the water utility
industry is the _____.
CORRECT ANSWER : EPA
Question 15: The most important federal law impacting the
water utility industry is the _____.
CORRECT ANSWER : Safe Drinking Water Act (PL93-523)
Question 16: The four national safety and quality standards for
drinking water covered in the Safe Drinking Water Act are physical, chemical, ________ and radiological.
CORRECT ANSWER: bacteriological
Question 17: The state agency that regulates drinking water in
Texas and administers the federal Safe Drinking Water Act is the ________.