BESC UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE

BESC UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE STUDY
GUIDE

●● ____ sources of water pollution are relatively easy to monitor and
regulate while ___ sources of water pollution are difficult to monitor and
clean up
Answer: point; nonpoint


●● The discharge from a non point source of pollution is
Answer: highly seasonal in quantity


●● ____ is to point source of water pollution as ___ is to non point
source of water pollution
Answer: power plant effluent; golf course run off


●● Factories, sewage treatment plants and oil wells are ____ sources of
water pollution
Answer: point


●● atmospheric deposition of contaminants is an excellent example of
Answer: nonpoint pollution

, ●● the water pollutant the most commonly threatens human health is
Answer: pathogenic organisms


●● on the graph of clean drinking water per person, each letter
represents a country. which of the following is most likely true?
Answer: A is the untied states, B is india


●● high oxygen content in water is an indication that
Answer: water is clean enough to support game fish


●● coliform bacteria populations are routinely monitored in drink gin
water supplies,
Answer: indicate the presence of feces in water


●● In the diagram, the horizontal (X) axis should be labeled
Answer: distance from outfall pipe


●● ****in the diagram, which of the following units would probably be
used to label the numbers on the horizontal axis
Answer: C. meters (boy)
D. kilometers