Texas Irrigation Technician Exam
questions fully solved & updated 2025
Who composes the Irrigator Council? - answer 6
Irrigators, 3 Public members, all from the same
state
What is the purpose of the Irrigator Council? -
answer Provide advice on matters concerning
irrigation
Possible consequence of installing a system w/o a
license? - answer Being charged with a Class C
misdemeanor
Absorption Rate - answer How fast a rate at which
the soil will accept water
Actual Head Pressure - answer The operating
pressure measured at the base of a sprinkler head
How to CALCULATE Actual head pressure? - answer
subtract all pressure losses from static pressure
air gap - answer A complete physical separation
between the free flowing discharge end of a
, potable water supply pipeline and an open or non-
pressure recieveing vessel
Application Rate - answer Rate that a head applies
water to the area it's spraying
What term is Application rate synonymous with? -
answer Precipitation Rate
Arc - answer The surface area of the landscape
that the head will provide water (half, full, 90, 25)
as-built plans - answer A corrected or redrawn
plan, showing location of all major components of a
system
A.W.W.A. - answer American Water Works
Association
Backflow - answer The UNDESIREABLE reverse flow
of water in a piping system
Back pressure - answer Condition that can happen
due to elevation pumps, pressure
questions fully solved & updated 2025
Who composes the Irrigator Council? - answer 6
Irrigators, 3 Public members, all from the same
state
What is the purpose of the Irrigator Council? -
answer Provide advice on matters concerning
irrigation
Possible consequence of installing a system w/o a
license? - answer Being charged with a Class C
misdemeanor
Absorption Rate - answer How fast a rate at which
the soil will accept water
Actual Head Pressure - answer The operating
pressure measured at the base of a sprinkler head
How to CALCULATE Actual head pressure? - answer
subtract all pressure losses from static pressure
air gap - answer A complete physical separation
between the free flowing discharge end of a
, potable water supply pipeline and an open or non-
pressure recieveing vessel
Application Rate - answer Rate that a head applies
water to the area it's spraying
What term is Application rate synonymous with? -
answer Precipitation Rate
Arc - answer The surface area of the landscape
that the head will provide water (half, full, 90, 25)
as-built plans - answer A corrected or redrawn
plan, showing location of all major components of a
system
A.W.W.A. - answer American Water Works
Association
Backflow - answer The UNDESIREABLE reverse flow
of water in a piping system
Back pressure - answer Condition that can happen
due to elevation pumps, pressure
