TCEQ UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Who has the responsibility to provide drinking water that meets federal and state standards? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Operators
____________ must be disinfected, delivered at adequate pressure, and be ample in quantity. -
CORRECT ANSWERS Water
_____________ should guard the water supply and facilities from contamination and even
terrorism. - CORRECT ANSWERS Utility employees
The ______________ requires bacteriological sample results be kept 5 years. - CORRECT
ANSWERS State
The ____________ requires chemical analysis be kept at least 10 years. - CORRECT
ANSWERS State
_________ requires a water system to keep a copy of each consumer confidence report at least
5 years. - CORRECT ANSWERS EPA
A ________________ provides the public with pipes 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. - CORRECT ANSWERS Public Water System
The water utility field affects everyone because - CORRECT ANSWERS water is essential to
life and health
, The water utility employee should remember customers are entitled to - CORRECT
ANSWERS courteous treatment & answers to questions about water
In Texas, water operator licensing is administered by the - CORRECT ANSWERS TCEQ
All public water systems are required to employ licensed operators even if the system only
_____________ treated water bought from another source. - CORRECT
ANSWERS redistributes
Public water systems includes cities, municipal utility districts, rural water supply corporations,
mobile home parks, and - CORRECT ANSWERS campgrounds
Examples of community water systems include - CORRECT ANSWERS a. municipalities
b. municipal utility districts
c. rural water supply corporations
d. mobile home parks
**e. All the above**
A federal agency impacting the water utility industry is the - CORRECT ANSWERS Safe
Drinking Water Act ((PL93-523) 1974, 1996 Revised))
The four national safety and quality standards for drinking water covered in the Safe Drinking
Water Act are physical, chemical, _______________, and radiological. - CORRECT
ANSWERS bacteriological
The state agency that regulates drinking water in Texas and administers the federal Safe
Drinking Water Act is the - CORRECT ANSWERS TCEQ
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Who has the responsibility to provide drinking water that meets federal and state standards? -
CORRECT ANSWERS Operators
____________ must be disinfected, delivered at adequate pressure, and be ample in quantity. -
CORRECT ANSWERS Water
_____________ should guard the water supply and facilities from contamination and even
terrorism. - CORRECT ANSWERS Utility employees
The ______________ requires bacteriological sample results be kept 5 years. - CORRECT
ANSWERS State
The ____________ requires chemical analysis be kept at least 10 years. - CORRECT
ANSWERS State
_________ requires a water system to keep a copy of each consumer confidence report at least
5 years. - CORRECT ANSWERS EPA
A ________________ provides the public with pipes 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. - CORRECT ANSWERS Public Water System
The water utility field affects everyone because - CORRECT ANSWERS water is essential to
life and health
, The water utility employee should remember customers are entitled to - CORRECT
ANSWERS courteous treatment & answers to questions about water
In Texas, water operator licensing is administered by the - CORRECT ANSWERS TCEQ
All public water systems are required to employ licensed operators even if the system only
_____________ treated water bought from another source. - CORRECT
ANSWERS redistributes
Public water systems includes cities, municipal utility districts, rural water supply corporations,
mobile home parks, and - CORRECT ANSWERS campgrounds
Examples of community water systems include - CORRECT ANSWERS a. municipalities
b. municipal utility districts
c. rural water supply corporations
d. mobile home parks
**e. All the above**
A federal agency impacting the water utility industry is the - CORRECT ANSWERS Safe
Drinking Water Act ((PL93-523) 1974, 1996 Revised))
The four national safety and quality standards for drinking water covered in the Safe Drinking
Water Act are physical, chemical, _______________, and radiological. - CORRECT
ANSWERS bacteriological
The state agency that regulates drinking water in Texas and administers the federal Safe
Drinking Water Act is the - CORRECT ANSWERS TCEQ
