ICC CALIFORNIA UST SERVICE 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔These components must be presented for a fire to burn. Often referred to as the "fire
triangle". Which is not one of the fire triangle components:
a. fuel
b. oxygen
c. carbon dioxide
d. ignition source - ✔✔c. carbon dioxide
✔✔Annual monitor certification records must be maintained on-site for a period of
_____. - ✔✔3 years
✔✔According to CCR, title 23 UST regulations, the local agency must be notified at
least _____ prior to when the monitoring system certification is performed. - ✔✔48
hours
✔✔A California UST service technician can be fined and/or imprisoned of all of the
following reasons except:
a. falsifying and monitoring records
b. tampering with leak detection equipment
c. intentionally disabling a leak detection system
d. failing immediately to replace a leak detector component that is not operating
properly - ✔✔d. failing immediately to replace a leak detector component that is not
operating properly
✔✔If a tank integrity test is required, it must be capable of detecting a _____ gph
release. - ✔✔0.1 gph
✔✔Underground storage tanks include the following:
, a. 500 gallons agricultural motor vehicle fuel tank located on a farm
b. 500 gallons waste oil
c. 1000 gallons residential heating oil tank
d. all of the above - ✔✔b. 500 gallons waste oil
✔✔According to CCR title 23 regulations, persons performing secondary containment
testing must... - ✔✔...have an appropriate contractor license or tank tester license.
✔✔All of the following piping materials are permitted for use with gasoline except:
a. polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
b. cathodically protected steel
c. fiberglass-reinforced plastic
d. cathodically protected copper - ✔✔a. polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
✔✔Which statement concerning the annual monitor certification is most correct: -
✔✔Local agency must be notified 48 hours prior to certification and results must be
submitted within 30 days.
✔✔The following product piping requires cathodic protection. - ✔✔single walled steel
tanks
✔✔A confined space is defined as any space that _____. - ✔✔May have limited
ventilation
May have life threatening atmosphere
Has limited openings for entry and exit
✔✔UST systems are commonly inerted with _____. - ✔✔dry ice and compressed
nitrogen
✔✔The monetary fine for any person convicted of disabling or tampering with an
automatic leak detection system is _____. - ✔✔$5,000 to $10,000
✔✔Shoring is used to prevent _____. - ✔✔excavation cave-ins
✔✔The spill bucket is... - ✔✔...not designed to contain fuel for long periods of time.
✔✔A ball float type overfill prevention device must alert the transfer operator when the
tank... - ✔✔...is no more than 95% full.
✔✔The following approved methods of release detection for single-walled tanks except:
a. interstitial monitoring
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔These components must be presented for a fire to burn. Often referred to as the "fire
triangle". Which is not one of the fire triangle components:
a. fuel
b. oxygen
c. carbon dioxide
d. ignition source - ✔✔c. carbon dioxide
✔✔Annual monitor certification records must be maintained on-site for a period of
_____. - ✔✔3 years
✔✔According to CCR, title 23 UST regulations, the local agency must be notified at
least _____ prior to when the monitoring system certification is performed. - ✔✔48
hours
✔✔A California UST service technician can be fined and/or imprisoned of all of the
following reasons except:
a. falsifying and monitoring records
b. tampering with leak detection equipment
c. intentionally disabling a leak detection system
d. failing immediately to replace a leak detector component that is not operating
properly - ✔✔d. failing immediately to replace a leak detector component that is not
operating properly
✔✔If a tank integrity test is required, it must be capable of detecting a _____ gph
release. - ✔✔0.1 gph
✔✔Underground storage tanks include the following:
, a. 500 gallons agricultural motor vehicle fuel tank located on a farm
b. 500 gallons waste oil
c. 1000 gallons residential heating oil tank
d. all of the above - ✔✔b. 500 gallons waste oil
✔✔According to CCR title 23 regulations, persons performing secondary containment
testing must... - ✔✔...have an appropriate contractor license or tank tester license.
✔✔All of the following piping materials are permitted for use with gasoline except:
a. polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
b. cathodically protected steel
c. fiberglass-reinforced plastic
d. cathodically protected copper - ✔✔a. polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
✔✔Which statement concerning the annual monitor certification is most correct: -
✔✔Local agency must be notified 48 hours prior to certification and results must be
submitted within 30 days.
✔✔The following product piping requires cathodic protection. - ✔✔single walled steel
tanks
✔✔A confined space is defined as any space that _____. - ✔✔May have limited
ventilation
May have life threatening atmosphere
Has limited openings for entry and exit
✔✔UST systems are commonly inerted with _____. - ✔✔dry ice and compressed
nitrogen
✔✔The monetary fine for any person convicted of disabling or tampering with an
automatic leak detection system is _____. - ✔✔$5,000 to $10,000
✔✔Shoring is used to prevent _____. - ✔✔excavation cave-ins
✔✔The spill bucket is... - ✔✔...not designed to contain fuel for long periods of time.
✔✔A ball float type overfill prevention device must alert the transfer operator when the
tank... - ✔✔...is no more than 95% full.
✔✔The following approved methods of release detection for single-walled tanks except:
a. interstitial monitoring
