FLORIDA LP GAS & RULES STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What does the excess flow in a liquid service valve do? - ✔✔Permits the flow in
either direction but closes automatically when the outward gas flow exceeds a safe rate
✔✔What should a vapor service valve (POL) be equipped with when disconnected? -
✔✔A cap or plugged
✔✔What is an OPD and what is its purpose? - ✔✔Over - Representation - Devise
Designed to cut off when fill level is achieved
✔✔Can you rely on an OPD valve for accurate filling of a DOT cylinder? - ✔✔No, they
are there to help
✔✔Is the float gauge alone a suitable method for filling? - ✔✔No
✔✔What must be done before a new DOT container can be filled? - ✔✔Purged
Check dates
Check Tare
✔✔Before filling a motor home or RV, what steps should be taken? - ✔✔Turned off
Set breaks
No one or pets in RV
All appliances turned off
Electric - off
Vehicle must be choked.
✔✔What is the maximum amount of propane you may dispense into a container? -
✔✔80%
✔✔What must be done before any propane container can be refilled? - ✔✔Inspected
✔✔Personnel dispensing of propane gas must have? - ✔✔Ethel-mercaptan
✔✔Source if ignition, including cigarettes, should be eliminated with how many feet of
the filling procedures? - ✔✔25 feet
✔✔How do you determine the gas capacity of DOT cylinder and ASME? - ✔✔Take WC
(water Capacity) x .42 (Example: WC 48lbs, x .42 = 20.16lbs.)
✔✔How do you determine if a DOT cylinder is over filles? - ✔✔Check the weight
, ✔✔What may happen if a container is overfilled - ✔✔A white mist could be released
✔✔How often is refresher training completed? - ✔✔Every three years
✔✔How do you determine the scale set weight when filling a DOT cylinder? - ✔✔TARE
Propane Capacity
Weight
tubing
✔✔What is the largest amount of propane that can be transported in an enclosed
vehicle at one time? - ✔✔90lbs
✔✔What is the largest size propane container that can be transported in an enclosed
vehicle? - ✔✔45lbs
✔✔In what position should a propane container be transported? - ✔✔Upright or vertical
✔✔After filling a propane container and replacing it in a vehicle, you observe a white
vapor and hear a slight hissing sound. What should you do? - ✔✔Avoid all possible
sources of ignition.
✔✔It's a hot July day and you just finished loading a filled container into the trunk of a
car. The customer states they are going shopping for many hours, before going home.
What should you do? - ✔✔Educate the customer on the rules and advise them to
remove the Propane as soon as possible.
✔✔How many feet around the dispensing unit must be kept free of debris, trash and
other combustible materials? - ✔✔10 feet
✔✔What type of repairs are dispensing units operators allowed to make to their unit? -
✔✔Proper Licensed company
✔✔If you suspect a leak, what signs should you look for? - ✔✔Oil residue
White Mist
Smell of Ethal Mercaptan
✔✔How would you check for a leak around a fitting? - ✔✔Bubble solutions
✔✔Where must a fire extinguisher be located at a location? - ✔✔With in 50 feet.
✔✔If you detect a leak, who would you call? - ✔✔Your Gas Supplier
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔What does the excess flow in a liquid service valve do? - ✔✔Permits the flow in
either direction but closes automatically when the outward gas flow exceeds a safe rate
✔✔What should a vapor service valve (POL) be equipped with when disconnected? -
✔✔A cap or plugged
✔✔What is an OPD and what is its purpose? - ✔✔Over - Representation - Devise
Designed to cut off when fill level is achieved
✔✔Can you rely on an OPD valve for accurate filling of a DOT cylinder? - ✔✔No, they
are there to help
✔✔Is the float gauge alone a suitable method for filling? - ✔✔No
✔✔What must be done before a new DOT container can be filled? - ✔✔Purged
Check dates
Check Tare
✔✔Before filling a motor home or RV, what steps should be taken? - ✔✔Turned off
Set breaks
No one or pets in RV
All appliances turned off
Electric - off
Vehicle must be choked.
✔✔What is the maximum amount of propane you may dispense into a container? -
✔✔80%
✔✔What must be done before any propane container can be refilled? - ✔✔Inspected
✔✔Personnel dispensing of propane gas must have? - ✔✔Ethel-mercaptan
✔✔Source if ignition, including cigarettes, should be eliminated with how many feet of
the filling procedures? - ✔✔25 feet
✔✔How do you determine the gas capacity of DOT cylinder and ASME? - ✔✔Take WC
(water Capacity) x .42 (Example: WC 48lbs, x .42 = 20.16lbs.)
✔✔How do you determine if a DOT cylinder is over filles? - ✔✔Check the weight
, ✔✔What may happen if a container is overfilled - ✔✔A white mist could be released
✔✔How often is refresher training completed? - ✔✔Every three years
✔✔How do you determine the scale set weight when filling a DOT cylinder? - ✔✔TARE
Propane Capacity
Weight
tubing
✔✔What is the largest amount of propane that can be transported in an enclosed
vehicle at one time? - ✔✔90lbs
✔✔What is the largest size propane container that can be transported in an enclosed
vehicle? - ✔✔45lbs
✔✔In what position should a propane container be transported? - ✔✔Upright or vertical
✔✔After filling a propane container and replacing it in a vehicle, you observe a white
vapor and hear a slight hissing sound. What should you do? - ✔✔Avoid all possible
sources of ignition.
✔✔It's a hot July day and you just finished loading a filled container into the trunk of a
car. The customer states they are going shopping for many hours, before going home.
What should you do? - ✔✔Educate the customer on the rules and advise them to
remove the Propane as soon as possible.
✔✔How many feet around the dispensing unit must be kept free of debris, trash and
other combustible materials? - ✔✔10 feet
✔✔What type of repairs are dispensing units operators allowed to make to their unit? -
✔✔Proper Licensed company
✔✔If you suspect a leak, what signs should you look for? - ✔✔Oil residue
White Mist
Smell of Ethal Mercaptan
✔✔How would you check for a leak around a fitting? - ✔✔Bubble solutions
✔✔Where must a fire extinguisher be located at a location? - ✔✔With in 50 feet.
✔✔If you detect a leak, who would you call? - ✔✔Your Gas Supplier
