POOL OPERATOR CLASS TEST BANK
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS EXAM SUCCESS GUIDE
●● To prevent spinal injuries when diving in pools, what needs to
happen?
Answer: "No diving" markers should be present, no diving in under 6
feet of water, and only diving from diving boards or stands should be
allowed
●● Built in stairs are commonly used in what end of pools and must
have what?
Answer: Shallow ends and secure handrails
●● Who is responsible for maintaining the daily pool operation log?
Answer: The certified pool operator
●● What is the strongest point of suction in a pool that may lead to
entrapment and drowning of a bather?
Answer: The main drain
●● There must be how many ladders or stairways provided in a pool for
adequate access and egress for swimmers?
,Answer: Two
●● What is the physical process of removing suspended particles from
the pool water called?
Answer: Filtration
●● As dirt accumulates inside a filter, the amount of water that can pass
through the filter...
Answer: Decreases
●● What is a damaging condition that occurs over time in a sand filter?
Answer: Channeling
●● What is the process of removing accumulated particles from inside a
sand filter?
Answer: Backwashing
●● High rate sand filters typically have a filter rate of how many gallons
per minute per square foot?
Answer: 15-25
●● The volume of water going through a filter system in measured in...
Answer: Gallons per minute
, ●● The turnover rate for a swimming pool is every...
Answer: 6 hours
●● What is the equation for a surface area of a rectangular or square
pool?
Answer: Length x width = surface area
●● What is the equation for surface area of a circular pool?
Answer: 3.14 (pie) x r^2 = surface area (r=radius)
●● What is the equation for the volume of a swimming pool?
Answer: Length x width x depth x 7.48 = volume
●● The amount of time it takes for the total volume of pool water to pass
through the circulation system is the...
Answer: Turnover rate
●● What is the equation for minimum required flow rate?
Answer: (Volume of pool/turnover rate)/60=flow rate
●● Alger primarily forms in a swimming pool because of...
Answer: Poor water circulation
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS EXAM SUCCESS GUIDE
●● To prevent spinal injuries when diving in pools, what needs to
happen?
Answer: "No diving" markers should be present, no diving in under 6
feet of water, and only diving from diving boards or stands should be
allowed
●● Built in stairs are commonly used in what end of pools and must
have what?
Answer: Shallow ends and secure handrails
●● Who is responsible for maintaining the daily pool operation log?
Answer: The certified pool operator
●● What is the strongest point of suction in a pool that may lead to
entrapment and drowning of a bather?
Answer: The main drain
●● There must be how many ladders or stairways provided in a pool for
adequate access and egress for swimmers?
,Answer: Two
●● What is the physical process of removing suspended particles from
the pool water called?
Answer: Filtration
●● As dirt accumulates inside a filter, the amount of water that can pass
through the filter...
Answer: Decreases
●● What is a damaging condition that occurs over time in a sand filter?
Answer: Channeling
●● What is the process of removing accumulated particles from inside a
sand filter?
Answer: Backwashing
●● High rate sand filters typically have a filter rate of how many gallons
per minute per square foot?
Answer: 15-25
●● The volume of water going through a filter system in measured in...
Answer: Gallons per minute
, ●● The turnover rate for a swimming pool is every...
Answer: 6 hours
●● What is the equation for a surface area of a rectangular or square
pool?
Answer: Length x width = surface area
●● What is the equation for surface area of a circular pool?
Answer: 3.14 (pie) x r^2 = surface area (r=radius)
●● What is the equation for the volume of a swimming pool?
Answer: Length x width x depth x 7.48 = volume
●● The amount of time it takes for the total volume of pool water to pass
through the circulation system is the...
Answer: Turnover rate
●● What is the equation for minimum required flow rate?
Answer: (Volume of pool/turnover rate)/60=flow rate
●● Alger primarily forms in a swimming pool because of...
Answer: Poor water circulation
