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WATER OPERATOR CLASS 3-PRACTICE
TEST 2026|COMPREHENSIVE Q&A FOR
CERTIFICATION SUCCESS
Procedure, Part, Budget, Cost - correct-answer - A preventative maintenance
program includes:
Lower insurance rates - correct-answer - An advantage of a standpipe:
Geographic Informaton System - correct-answer - What is GIS?
Cavitation (boiling) - correct-answer - High flow rates in pumps can cause.
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Mechanical rakes, drag chain, traveling bridges - correct-answer - Three ways
sludge is removed from a settling basin are
Inlet, Outlet, Settling, Sludge - correct-answer - The 4 zones of settling basin are:
Before - correct-answer - Polyphosphates are injected before or after
chlorination?
Filter aid - correct-answer - A nonionic polymer is usually used as a:
Giardia, Legionella, Cryptosporidium - correct-answer - Three "bugs" targeted by
the SWTR are:
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Returned to plant head - correct-answer - What should be done with backwash
water?
Taste, odor, chlorine, THM's - correct-answer - Activated carbon is used to
remove:
Adsorption, oxidation, or aeratoin - correct-answer - THM's can be removed by:
Less - correct-answer - Algae produces more or less oxygen at night as compared
to day?
99.99% - correct-answer - A LOG removal of 4 is a removal of what percent?
WATER OPERATOR CLASS 3-PRACTICE
TEST 2026|COMPREHENSIVE Q&A FOR
CERTIFICATION SUCCESS
Procedure, Part, Budget, Cost - correct-answer - A preventative maintenance
program includes:
Lower insurance rates - correct-answer - An advantage of a standpipe:
Geographic Informaton System - correct-answer - What is GIS?
Cavitation (boiling) - correct-answer - High flow rates in pumps can cause.
,2|Page
Mechanical rakes, drag chain, traveling bridges - correct-answer - Three ways
sludge is removed from a settling basin are
Inlet, Outlet, Settling, Sludge - correct-answer - The 4 zones of settling basin are:
Before - correct-answer - Polyphosphates are injected before or after
chlorination?
Filter aid - correct-answer - A nonionic polymer is usually used as a:
Giardia, Legionella, Cryptosporidium - correct-answer - Three "bugs" targeted by
the SWTR are:
, 3|Page
Returned to plant head - correct-answer - What should be done with backwash
water?
Taste, odor, chlorine, THM's - correct-answer - Activated carbon is used to
remove:
Adsorption, oxidation, or aeratoin - correct-answer - THM's can be removed by:
Less - correct-answer - Algae produces more or less oxygen at night as compared
to day?
99.99% - correct-answer - A LOG removal of 4 is a removal of what percent?