D2 water distribution test questions with
correct answers
What is the primary purpose of the SDWA? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To
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create uniform national standards for drinking water quality
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Who sets Maximum Contaminants Levels (MCLs)? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-USEPA
What are some of the duties of the EPA? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sets
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MCLs, delegates enforcement of SDWA to state agencies, provides grant
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funds, monitors state activities, provides continued research
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What is state primacy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Giving the authority to
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the state to implement and enforce regulations
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True or False: State requirements must be at least as stringent as those
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set by USEPA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True.
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A public water system is a system that supplies piped water for human
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consumption and that has at least ___ service connections or serves ___
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,or more persons for ___ or more days of the year. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-15, 25, 60 | |
What is an nontransient, noncommunity public water system? Give an
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example of one. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Establishments with their own
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|private water systems that serve an average of 25 persons that do not
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live at the location, but the same people use the water for more than 6
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months per year. Example: school or factory
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What is a transient, noncommunity public water system? Give an
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example of one. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Establishments with own
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water system and serve at least 25 persons a day but these people only
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use the water occasionally and for short periods of time. Example:
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Motel or Park | |
What is a community public water system? Give an example of one. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Establishments with their own water supply that
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serve more than 15 homes. Example: HOA, or municipal water utilities
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Which of the public water systems are required to only monitor for
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nitrate, nitrite, and microbiological contamination? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-transient, noncommunity |
What does the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs)
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specify? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-MCLs or a treatment technique
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, requirement for contaminants that may be found in drinking water and
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could have an adverse health effect on humans
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What does the National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations
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(NPDWRs) specify? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-water contaminants that
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may adversely affect aesthetic qualities of the water such as taste, odor
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or color
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When must an agency post a public notification? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-When the water system violates any of the operating, | | | | | | | | |
monitoring or reporting requirements or if they exceed the MCL
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Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Requires that
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samples be collected at customers taps after the water has remained
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undisturbed in the water piping for at least 6 hrs
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True or False: system operators are required to regularly collect and test
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water samples. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true
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True or False: Water quality cannot change after it enter the distribution
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system. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false -blending, season, operational
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changes
correct answers
What is the primary purpose of the SDWA? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To
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create uniform national standards for drinking water quality
| | | | | | |
Who sets Maximum Contaminants Levels (MCLs)? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-USEPA
What are some of the duties of the EPA? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sets
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MCLs, delegates enforcement of SDWA to state agencies, provides grant
| | | | | | | | |
funds, monitors state activities, provides continued research
| | | | | | |
What is state primacy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Giving the authority to
| | | | | | | | | |
the state to implement and enforce regulations
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True or False: State requirements must be at least as stringent as those
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set by USEPA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-True.
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A public water system is a system that supplies piped water for human
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consumption and that has at least ___ service connections or serves ___
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,or more persons for ___ or more days of the year. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-15, 25, 60 | |
What is an nontransient, noncommunity public water system? Give an
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example of one. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Establishments with their own
| | | | | | | |
|private water systems that serve an average of 25 persons that do not
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
live at the location, but the same people use the water for more than 6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
months per year. Example: school or factory
| | | | | |
What is a transient, noncommunity public water system? Give an
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example of one. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Establishments with own
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water system and serve at least 25 persons a day but these people only
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
use the water occasionally and for short periods of time. Example:
| | | | | | | | | | |
Motel or Park | |
What is a community public water system? Give an example of one. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Establishments with their own water supply that
| | | | | | |
serve more than 15 homes. Example: HOA, or municipal water utilities
| | | | | | | | | | |
Which of the public water systems are required to only monitor for
| | | | | | | | | | | |
nitrate, nitrite, and microbiological contamination? - CORRECT
| | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-transient, noncommunity |
What does the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWRs)
| | | | | | | | |
specify? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-MCLs or a treatment technique
| | | | | | | |
, requirement for contaminants that may be found in drinking water and
| | | | | | | | | | |
could have an adverse health effect on humans
| | | | | | |
What does the National Secondary Drinking Water Regulations
| | | | | | | |
(NPDWRs) specify? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-water contaminants that
| | | | | | |
may adversely affect aesthetic qualities of the water such as taste, odor
| | | | | | | | | | | |
or color
|
When must an agency post a public notification? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-When the water system violates any of the operating, | | | | | | | | |
monitoring or reporting requirements or if they exceed the MCL
| | | | | | | | |
Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Requires that
| | | | | | | | |
samples be collected at customers taps after the water has remained
| | | | | | | | | | |
undisturbed in the water piping for at least 6 hrs
| | | | | | | | |
True or False: system operators are required to regularly collect and test
| | | | | | | | | | | |
water samples. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-true
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True or False: Water quality cannot change after it enter the distribution
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system. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-false -blending, season, operational
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changes
