Pool Operators Course UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The CDC estimates that approximately how many water related injuries occur annually? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 140000
To prevent spinal injuries when diving in pools, what needs to happen? - CORRECT
ANSWER - "No diving" markers should be present, no diving in under 6 feet of water, and
only diving from diving boards or stands should be allowed
Built in stairs are commonly used in what end of pools and must have what? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Shallow ends and secure handrails
Who is responsible for maintaining the daily pool operation log? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The certified pool operator
What is the strongest point of suction in a pool that may lead to entrapment and drowning of a
bather? - CORRECT ANSWER - The main drain
There must be how many ladders or stairways provided in a pool for adequate access and egress
for swimmers? - CORRECT ANSWER - Two
What is the physical process of removing suspended particles from the pool water called? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Filtration
As dirt accumulates inside a filter, the amount of water that can pass through the filter... -
CORRECT ANSWER - Decreases
What is a damaging condition that occurs over time in a sand filter? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Channeling
, What is the process of removing accumulated particles from inside a sand filter? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Backwashing
High rate sand filters typically have a filter rate of how many gallons per minute per square foot?
- CORRECT ANSWER - 15-25
The volume of water going through a filter system in measured in... - CORRECT ANSWER -
Gallons per minute
The turnover rate for a swimming pool is every... - CORRECT ANSWER - 6 hours
What is the equation for a surface area of a rectangular or square pool? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Length x width = surface area
What is the equation for surface area of a circular pool? - CORRECT ANSWER - 3.14 (pie) x
r^2 = surface area (r=radius)
What is the equation for the volume of a swimming pool? - CORRECT ANSWER - Length x
width x depth x 7.48 = volume
The amount of time it takes for the total volume of pool water to pass through the circulation
system is the... - CORRECT ANSWER - Turnover rate
What is the equation for minimum required flow rate? - CORRECT ANSWER - (Volume of
pool/turnover rate)/60=flow rate
Alger primarily forms in a swimming pool because of... - CORRECT ANSWER - Poor water
circulation
_________ can penetrate into the plaster of the pool surface and cause damage (being the most
difficult type of algae to control) - CORRECT ANSWER - Black algea
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The CDC estimates that approximately how many water related injuries occur annually? -
CORRECT ANSWER - 140000
To prevent spinal injuries when diving in pools, what needs to happen? - CORRECT
ANSWER - "No diving" markers should be present, no diving in under 6 feet of water, and
only diving from diving boards or stands should be allowed
Built in stairs are commonly used in what end of pools and must have what? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Shallow ends and secure handrails
Who is responsible for maintaining the daily pool operation log? - CORRECT ANSWER -
The certified pool operator
What is the strongest point of suction in a pool that may lead to entrapment and drowning of a
bather? - CORRECT ANSWER - The main drain
There must be how many ladders or stairways provided in a pool for adequate access and egress
for swimmers? - CORRECT ANSWER - Two
What is the physical process of removing suspended particles from the pool water called? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Filtration
As dirt accumulates inside a filter, the amount of water that can pass through the filter... -
CORRECT ANSWER - Decreases
What is a damaging condition that occurs over time in a sand filter? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Channeling
, What is the process of removing accumulated particles from inside a sand filter? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Backwashing
High rate sand filters typically have a filter rate of how many gallons per minute per square foot?
- CORRECT ANSWER - 15-25
The volume of water going through a filter system in measured in... - CORRECT ANSWER -
Gallons per minute
The turnover rate for a swimming pool is every... - CORRECT ANSWER - 6 hours
What is the equation for a surface area of a rectangular or square pool? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Length x width = surface area
What is the equation for surface area of a circular pool? - CORRECT ANSWER - 3.14 (pie) x
r^2 = surface area (r=radius)
What is the equation for the volume of a swimming pool? - CORRECT ANSWER - Length x
width x depth x 7.48 = volume
The amount of time it takes for the total volume of pool water to pass through the circulation
system is the... - CORRECT ANSWER - Turnover rate
What is the equation for minimum required flow rate? - CORRECT ANSWER - (Volume of
pool/turnover rate)/60=flow rate
Alger primarily forms in a swimming pool because of... - CORRECT ANSWER - Poor water
circulation
_________ can penetrate into the plaster of the pool surface and cause damage (being the most
difficult type of algae to control) - CORRECT ANSWER - Black algea
