ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
How do you increase pH - CORRECT ANSWER - Soda Ash and Sodium Boianb
How to decrease pH - CORRECT ANSWER - Moriaric acid and sodium Bisclfate
How do you measure pH - CORRECT ANSWER - Phenol Red #1
What do you test every hour - CORRECT ANSWER - Free Chlorine, total chlorine, CC,
pH, rate of flow, pressure difference and max # of bathers
What do you test weekly - CORRECT ANSWER - TA, Ch, Cya
What is the order to test the water - CORRECT ANSWER - TA,CH,pH, sanitizers, CYA
What is the order of the hydraulic - CORRECT ANSWER - Hairstrainer, pump, influent
gause, effluent gauge, heater, flow meter, chloremical- pipes to get to pool
What is the ratio of lifeguards to bathers - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 lifeguard to 50
bathers (25 for ace)
What determines how many lifeguards are needed - CORRECT ANSWER - Size, shape,
skill of swimmers, location of swimmers
Importance of keeping record - CORRECT ANSWER - State law, diagnostic tool, legal
defense, required by pool
, Mp - CORRECT ANSWER - Main pool
Wp - CORRECT ANSWER - Wading pool
When do you contact the health department for a replacement - CORRECT ANSWER -
When you use a new piece and not the same type
How long do you keep records - CORRECT ANSWER - State code for 2, statue of
limitations 3 and injured minor 2
Look out for swimmers who have - CORRECT ANSWER - Severe bleeding, infectious
and contagious disease and diarrhea
How can you increase time to kill stuff in the pool - CORRECT ANSWER - Increase ppm
Treat all solid fecal accidents like - CORRECT ANSWER - Giardia
Treat all diarrhea like - CORRECT ANSWER - Cryptosporidium and close pool for the
rest of the day
What is the lowest level chlorine concentration can be - CORRECT ANSWER - 2.0 ppm
PPM - CORRECT ANSWER - parts per million
pH scale - CORRECT ANSWER - 0-6 acidic 7 neutral 8-14 basic
SDS - CORRECT ANSWER - Safety Data Sheet