CERTIFIED POOL OPERATOR ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE

CERTIFIED POOL OPERATOR ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE

●● RWI stands for
Answer: Recreational Water illness


●● How are recreational water illnesses spread
Answer: Swallowing water
Breathing in mists
Coming in contact with contaminated water


●● Recreational Water Illness
Answer: illness caused by microorganisms and chloramines in water


●● common illness caused by chloramines
Answer: Breathing disorder called swimmers asthma


●● examples of microorganisms that can make you sick in pools
Answer: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
E.coli

,Staph
Crypto


●● interior walls of pool
Answer: pool plaster or white coat


●● what do pool pumps do?
Answer: They poll water form the pool main drains and skimmers


●● pool main drain
Answer: point of strongest suction in the pool


●● Reasons to close pool immediately
Answer: Main drain cover is broken or missing
Main drain is not visible due to cloudy water
pool telephone not working


●● Skimmers
Answer: water from surface passes through skimmers and debris get
trapped in skimmer basket


●● Skimmer Weir

, Answer: prevents floating debris from reentering the pool


●● where does water go after going through the pump?
Answer: filter


●● where does water go after the filter?
Answer: heater


●● where does water go after heater?
Answer: flow meter


●● where does water go after going through flow meter?
Answer: back to the pool through the return lines


●● Flow of pool water steps
Answer: 1.main drains and skimmers/skimmer basket
2.pipes and strainer basket
3. pump
4.filter
5.heater
6.flow meter
7. back to pool through return lines