Conventional septic system installer
Exam Questions and Answers
Accessible community sewer - Answer-Means a public sewerage system where it's utilization by a given
piece of property is not limited because of physical or other features as determined by the
commissioner
Advanced treatment system (ATS) - Answer-Means an approved treatment device in compliance with
rule 0400-48-01-10 that is separate and distinct from the disposal field and is used to improve the
quality of septic thank effluent to secondary levels
Agency of government - Answer-In the context of public sewerage systems, means state, county, and
municipal government agencies including their subdivisions and utility districts, but does not include
entities regulated by the Tennessee regulatory authority.
Air/Vacuum Relief Valves - Answer-Means a device that allows the air in a distribution system to escape
during pressurized flow, and allows air to enter the system durning depressurized flow
Alternate methods of disposal - Answer-Means a subsurface sewage disposal system, the construction,
installation, and operation of which varies from that of a conventional subsurface sewage disposal
system.
, Blockout - Answer-Means a potential access hole which is a think section of concrete preformed in a
septic tank which can be removed to allow insertion of a four to six inch pipe
Boundary outline - Answer-Means a map or chart with lines delineating the boundaries of the proposed
area or parcel of land
Buffer zone - Answer-Means the distance between subsurface sewage disposal systems or subsystems
required to alleviate the impact of hydraulic overloading from the adjacent system
Commissioner - Answer-Means the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioners
duly authorized representative, and in the event of commissioners absence or a vacancy in the office of
commissioner, the deputy commissioner
Comventional sand filter - Answer-Means a filter with two(2) feet or more of medium sand designed to
chemically and biologically process septic tank or other treatment unit effluent from a pressure
distribution system operated on an intermittent basis.
Conventional subsurface sewage, disposal system - Answer-Means a disposal system that pre-treat
sewage by use of septic tank and applies effluent to the soil as described in rule 0400-48-01-07
Department - Answer-Means the department of environment and conservation
Disposal field - Answer-Means the part of a subsurface sewage disposal system that utilizes the soil for
absorption and treatment of septic tank effluent
Domestic septage - Answer-Means either liquid or solid material. Removed from a septic tank, cesspool,
portable, toilet, type III marine sanitation device, or similar treatment Works, that receive only domestic
sewage domestic septage does not include liquid or solid material removed from a septic tank, cesspool
or similar treatment works, that receives either commercial wastewater or industrial waste water, and
does not include grease trap at a restaurant.
Exam Questions and Answers
Accessible community sewer - Answer-Means a public sewerage system where it's utilization by a given
piece of property is not limited because of physical or other features as determined by the
commissioner
Advanced treatment system (ATS) - Answer-Means an approved treatment device in compliance with
rule 0400-48-01-10 that is separate and distinct from the disposal field and is used to improve the
quality of septic thank effluent to secondary levels
Agency of government - Answer-In the context of public sewerage systems, means state, county, and
municipal government agencies including their subdivisions and utility districts, but does not include
entities regulated by the Tennessee regulatory authority.
Air/Vacuum Relief Valves - Answer-Means a device that allows the air in a distribution system to escape
during pressurized flow, and allows air to enter the system durning depressurized flow
Alternate methods of disposal - Answer-Means a subsurface sewage disposal system, the construction,
installation, and operation of which varies from that of a conventional subsurface sewage disposal
system.
, Blockout - Answer-Means a potential access hole which is a think section of concrete preformed in a
septic tank which can be removed to allow insertion of a four to six inch pipe
Boundary outline - Answer-Means a map or chart with lines delineating the boundaries of the proposed
area or parcel of land
Buffer zone - Answer-Means the distance between subsurface sewage disposal systems or subsystems
required to alleviate the impact of hydraulic overloading from the adjacent system
Commissioner - Answer-Means the commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioners
duly authorized representative, and in the event of commissioners absence or a vacancy in the office of
commissioner, the deputy commissioner
Comventional sand filter - Answer-Means a filter with two(2) feet or more of medium sand designed to
chemically and biologically process septic tank or other treatment unit effluent from a pressure
distribution system operated on an intermittent basis.
Conventional subsurface sewage, disposal system - Answer-Means a disposal system that pre-treat
sewage by use of septic tank and applies effluent to the soil as described in rule 0400-48-01-07
Department - Answer-Means the department of environment and conservation
Disposal field - Answer-Means the part of a subsurface sewage disposal system that utilizes the soil for
absorption and treatment of septic tank effluent
Domestic septage - Answer-Means either liquid or solid material. Removed from a septic tank, cesspool,
portable, toilet, type III marine sanitation device, or similar treatment Works, that receive only domestic
sewage domestic septage does not include liquid or solid material removed from a septic tank, cesspool
or similar treatment works, that receives either commercial wastewater or industrial waste water, and
does not include grease trap at a restaurant.
