ASSE Backflow Repair Test Question
and Correct Answers
Containing a plumbing system from the public water supply provides backflow protection at
the? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Service or meter connection.
Backflow preventer manufactures, recommended that assemblies be field tested annually, and
when? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Repaired or installed.
A differential pressure gauge reading of 0.2 PSID is represented on a water column site tube
by? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>5.5 Inches (14cm)
Pollution of a public water supply suggest that the substance in the water is? - <CORRECT
ANSWER >>Aesthetically bad
Back siphonage may occur when the pressure inside the potable water pipe is? - <CORRECT
ANSWER >>Less than atmospheric pressure
Cross connection may be a permanent piping arrangement or a? - <CORRECT ANSWER
>>Temporary hose connection
The isolation of a plumbing water system hazard requires? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Appliance or
fixture protection
A direct cross connection Suggest the piping system may be subject to? - <CORRECT ANSWER
>>Back pressure
A pipe restriction flow velocity increase may create? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Aspiration
, Water supply contamination from Backflow may result in? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Illness or
death
To prevent backflow in atmospheric vacuum breaker is primarily designed to? - <CORRECT
ANSWER >>Allow air into the outlet piping system
Atmospheric vacuum breakers will typically be located on? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Plumbing
fixtures and appliances
Mechanical elements of an atmospheric vacuum breaker (ASSE 1001) including air inlet valve
and a? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Check valve
A deck mounted atmospheric vacuum breakers critical installation level is above the outlet by? -
<CORRECT ANSWER >>1 inch
A hose bib connection is required to have a permanently installed? - <CORRECT ANSWER
>>Atmospheric, vacuum breaker
Atmospheric, vacuum breakers must not be subject to water pressure for more than _______
hours in a day? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>12 Hours
Hey submerged, atmospheric vacuum breaker (ASSE 1001) is considered? - <CORRECT ANSWER
>>Cross connection
Flow from the outlet of a atmospheric vacuum breaker must not reach a? - <CORRECT ANSWER
>>Valve
An atmospheric vacuum breaker is not required to have a? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Annual field
test
and Correct Answers
Containing a plumbing system from the public water supply provides backflow protection at
the? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Service or meter connection.
Backflow preventer manufactures, recommended that assemblies be field tested annually, and
when? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Repaired or installed.
A differential pressure gauge reading of 0.2 PSID is represented on a water column site tube
by? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>5.5 Inches (14cm)
Pollution of a public water supply suggest that the substance in the water is? - <CORRECT
ANSWER >>Aesthetically bad
Back siphonage may occur when the pressure inside the potable water pipe is? - <CORRECT
ANSWER >>Less than atmospheric pressure
Cross connection may be a permanent piping arrangement or a? - <CORRECT ANSWER
>>Temporary hose connection
The isolation of a plumbing water system hazard requires? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Appliance or
fixture protection
A direct cross connection Suggest the piping system may be subject to? - <CORRECT ANSWER
>>Back pressure
A pipe restriction flow velocity increase may create? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Aspiration
, Water supply contamination from Backflow may result in? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Illness or
death
To prevent backflow in atmospheric vacuum breaker is primarily designed to? - <CORRECT
ANSWER >>Allow air into the outlet piping system
Atmospheric vacuum breakers will typically be located on? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Plumbing
fixtures and appliances
Mechanical elements of an atmospheric vacuum breaker (ASSE 1001) including air inlet valve
and a? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Check valve
A deck mounted atmospheric vacuum breakers critical installation level is above the outlet by? -
<CORRECT ANSWER >>1 inch
A hose bib connection is required to have a permanently installed? - <CORRECT ANSWER
>>Atmospheric, vacuum breaker
Atmospheric, vacuum breakers must not be subject to water pressure for more than _______
hours in a day? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>12 Hours
Hey submerged, atmospheric vacuum breaker (ASSE 1001) is considered? - <CORRECT ANSWER
>>Cross connection
Flow from the outlet of a atmospheric vacuum breaker must not reach a? - <CORRECT ANSWER
>>Valve
An atmospheric vacuum breaker is not required to have a? - <CORRECT ANSWER >>Annual field
test
