CPO CERTIFIED POOL OPERATOR EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Wading pool and spa drains must be. Answer: anti-vortex AND
secured.
◉ Pool drains must be. Answer: secured and fastened with screws if
holes are present.
◉ If at any time the filter equipment, chemical feed system, pump stops
working, or the main drain cover has been removed or is broken, the
pool must. Answer: be closed immediately
◉ Pool must have. Answer: 1.0-10.0ppm Free Chlorine & 2.0-10.0ppm
Bromine
◉ Wading Pool must have. Answer: 2.0-10.0ppm Free Chlorine & 2.0-
10.0ppm Bromine
◉ Spa. Answer: 2.0-10.0ppm Free Chlorine & 2.0-10.0ppm Bromine
◉ Chlorine should be ____ in a pool and _____ in a wading pool or spa.
Answer: one part per million; two part per million
, ◉ PH levels should be. Answer: 7.2-7.8 for all pools
◉ Water temperature of a heated pool does not. Answer: exceed 90
degrees
◉ Water temperature of a heated spa does not. Answer: exceed 104
degrees
◉ The temperature of a pool must be. Answer: recorded once a day
◉ Water quality must be. Answer: checked two times a day at least six
hours apart
◉ At least _ water quality test per day must be completed by the CPO.
Answer: 1
◉ The CPO must physically inspect the pool and must complete the
CPO checklist ______. Answer: once per day
◉ Total Alkalinity and Cyanuric Acid levels are. Answer: checked once
per week
◉ Daily written records of water quality must be. Answer: kept on site
for 6 months
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ Wading pool and spa drains must be. Answer: anti-vortex AND
secured.
◉ Pool drains must be. Answer: secured and fastened with screws if
holes are present.
◉ If at any time the filter equipment, chemical feed system, pump stops
working, or the main drain cover has been removed or is broken, the
pool must. Answer: be closed immediately
◉ Pool must have. Answer: 1.0-10.0ppm Free Chlorine & 2.0-10.0ppm
Bromine
◉ Wading Pool must have. Answer: 2.0-10.0ppm Free Chlorine & 2.0-
10.0ppm Bromine
◉ Spa. Answer: 2.0-10.0ppm Free Chlorine & 2.0-10.0ppm Bromine
◉ Chlorine should be ____ in a pool and _____ in a wading pool or spa.
Answer: one part per million; two part per million
, ◉ PH levels should be. Answer: 7.2-7.8 for all pools
◉ Water temperature of a heated pool does not. Answer: exceed 90
degrees
◉ Water temperature of a heated spa does not. Answer: exceed 104
degrees
◉ The temperature of a pool must be. Answer: recorded once a day
◉ Water quality must be. Answer: checked two times a day at least six
hours apart
◉ At least _ water quality test per day must be completed by the CPO.
Answer: 1
◉ The CPO must physically inspect the pool and must complete the
CPO checklist ______. Answer: once per day
◉ Total Alkalinity and Cyanuric Acid levels are. Answer: checked once
per week
◉ Daily written records of water quality must be. Answer: kept on site
for 6 months
