IRRIGATION EXAM QUESTION AND
ANSWERS REVISED IN 2025
A properly designed irrigation system can?
a. Save water, time, and money
b. Save installation time
c. Cost more
d. Last longer - ANSWER-a. Save Water, time, and money
Basic irrigation dates back:
a. Hundreds of years
b. Since Rain Bird was founded
c. Thousands of years
d. Seventy-five years - ANSWER-c. Thousands of years
The impact sprinkler head was introduced by Rain Bird in:
a. 1993
b. 1985
c. 1890
d. 1910 - ANSWER-a. 1933
Landscape irrigation, as we know it, has been around since:
a. The 1930's
b. Since the development of PVC pipe
c. The turn of the 20th century - ANSWER-d. The turn of the 20th
century
The issue of top priority in irrigation today is:
a. How to sell more systems in our present economy
b. New technology in back flow protection
c. Water conservation
, d. City and State regulations on licensing - ANSWER-c. Water
conservation
The shortage of water is a result of:
a. Water being a fixed resource
b. A decrease in the population
c. A decrease in water usage per year
d. Larger sprinkler heads - ANSWER-a. Water being a fixed resource
Possible solutions to the scarcity of water include:
a. Allowing only rock and desert landscapes
b. Watering only once a week
c. Building desalination plants
d. Limiting irrigation systems to commercial properties only - ANSWER-c.
Building desalination plants
Which is not a possible solution for the scarcity of water?:
a. Xeriscaping
b. Efficient landscape irrigation
c. Construction of more dams
d. Use of recycled water - ANSWER-c. Construction of more dams
One of the seven. basic landscaping principles of Xeriscaping is:
a. Larger turf areas
b. Only rock landscapes
c. Soil removal
d. mulching - ANSWER-d. Mulching
Efficient irrigation is geared more directly toward:
a. Manufacturers, irrigation contractors, homeowners, and proper
education
b. Federal government
c. City government
d. State government - ANSWER-a. Manufacturers, irrigation contractors,
homeowners, and proper education
ANSWERS REVISED IN 2025
A properly designed irrigation system can?
a. Save water, time, and money
b. Save installation time
c. Cost more
d. Last longer - ANSWER-a. Save Water, time, and money
Basic irrigation dates back:
a. Hundreds of years
b. Since Rain Bird was founded
c. Thousands of years
d. Seventy-five years - ANSWER-c. Thousands of years
The impact sprinkler head was introduced by Rain Bird in:
a. 1993
b. 1985
c. 1890
d. 1910 - ANSWER-a. 1933
Landscape irrigation, as we know it, has been around since:
a. The 1930's
b. Since the development of PVC pipe
c. The turn of the 20th century - ANSWER-d. The turn of the 20th
century
The issue of top priority in irrigation today is:
a. How to sell more systems in our present economy
b. New technology in back flow protection
c. Water conservation
, d. City and State regulations on licensing - ANSWER-c. Water
conservation
The shortage of water is a result of:
a. Water being a fixed resource
b. A decrease in the population
c. A decrease in water usage per year
d. Larger sprinkler heads - ANSWER-a. Water being a fixed resource
Possible solutions to the scarcity of water include:
a. Allowing only rock and desert landscapes
b. Watering only once a week
c. Building desalination plants
d. Limiting irrigation systems to commercial properties only - ANSWER-c.
Building desalination plants
Which is not a possible solution for the scarcity of water?:
a. Xeriscaping
b. Efficient landscape irrigation
c. Construction of more dams
d. Use of recycled water - ANSWER-c. Construction of more dams
One of the seven. basic landscaping principles of Xeriscaping is:
a. Larger turf areas
b. Only rock landscapes
c. Soil removal
d. mulching - ANSWER-d. Mulching
Efficient irrigation is geared more directly toward:
a. Manufacturers, irrigation contractors, homeowners, and proper
education
b. Federal government
c. City government
d. State government - ANSWER-a. Manufacturers, irrigation contractors,
homeowners, and proper education
