POOL OPERATOR CLASS ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
COMPLETE EXAM REVIEW
●● To prevent spinal injury
Answer: All of the above
●● The strong suction in the pool (ENTRAPMENT) is the
Answer: Main Drain
●● Electrical systems in the pool must have
Answer: GFIs (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters?)
●● The skimmer _____ prevents floating debris from re-entering the
pool
Answer: WEIR
●● What is filtration?
Answer: Physical process of water moving through the system
●● What is the turnover rate in most jurisdictions?
Answer: 6 hours
,●● The turnover rate is?
Answer: Time it takes for all the water to go through the filter system
●● Algae forms because of ?
Answer: Poor circulation
●● To remove stains from the pool bottom and walls you need to?
Answer: Drain and acid wash the pool
●● What does adding chlorine to the pool do?
Answer: Raises Ph level
●● The formula for AREA
Answer: length x width
●● What is the surface area of a pool 50 ft wide and 100 feet long
Answer: 5000 square feet
●● Formula for pool volume
Answer: length x width x depth x 7.48
, ●● The volume of water in a rectangular pool that is 12 feet wide, 34
feet long and constant depth of 3 feet
Answer: 9155 gallons
●● Circular pool area is?
Answer: r x 3.14
●● For a 15000 gallon pool with an an 8 hour turnover rate the _____ is
31.25
Answer: Flow Rate
●● CDC states that the number accidents related to swimming
Answer: 140000/year
●● The minimum number of ladders in a pool
Answer: 2 ladders
●● Stairs in a pool must have these
Answer: Handrails
●● When a pool has a deep end of more than 5 feet, it must have these
two things:
Answer: safety line and a slope line mark
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
COMPLETE EXAM REVIEW
●● To prevent spinal injury
Answer: All of the above
●● The strong suction in the pool (ENTRAPMENT) is the
Answer: Main Drain
●● Electrical systems in the pool must have
Answer: GFIs (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters?)
●● The skimmer _____ prevents floating debris from re-entering the
pool
Answer: WEIR
●● What is filtration?
Answer: Physical process of water moving through the system
●● What is the turnover rate in most jurisdictions?
Answer: 6 hours
,●● The turnover rate is?
Answer: Time it takes for all the water to go through the filter system
●● Algae forms because of ?
Answer: Poor circulation
●● To remove stains from the pool bottom and walls you need to?
Answer: Drain and acid wash the pool
●● What does adding chlorine to the pool do?
Answer: Raises Ph level
●● The formula for AREA
Answer: length x width
●● What is the surface area of a pool 50 ft wide and 100 feet long
Answer: 5000 square feet
●● Formula for pool volume
Answer: length x width x depth x 7.48
, ●● The volume of water in a rectangular pool that is 12 feet wide, 34
feet long and constant depth of 3 feet
Answer: 9155 gallons
●● Circular pool area is?
Answer: r x 3.14
●● For a 15000 gallon pool with an an 8 hour turnover rate the _____ is
31.25
Answer: Flow Rate
●● CDC states that the number accidents related to swimming
Answer: 140000/year
●● The minimum number of ladders in a pool
Answer: 2 ladders
●● Stairs in a pool must have these
Answer: Handrails
●● When a pool has a deep end of more than 5 feet, it must have these
two things:
Answer: safety line and a slope line mark
