Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester
Training Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Salmonellosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A disease caused by pathogenic
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bacterica (often associated with chicken), which affects the intestinal
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tract. The primary symptom is severe diarrhea.
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A valve designed to open in the direction of normal flow and close with
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the reversal of flow. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Check valve
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Overflow level - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The maximum height that water
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or liquid will rise in a receptacle before it flows over the rim.
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Backflow - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A hydraulic condition, caused by a
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difference in pressures, in which non-potable water or other fluids flow
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into a potable water system.
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RPBP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A shortened name for a reduced pressure
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backflow preventer
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,Air Gap - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-In plumbing, the unobstructed vertical
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distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening
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from any pipe or outlet supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixture, or
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other container, and the overflow rim of that container
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potential cross connection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any arrangements
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of pipes, fittings, or devices that indirectly connects a potable water
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supply to a non-potable source
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Dysentery - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A disease (sometime waterborne)
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caused by pathogenic microorganisms and characterized by severe
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diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood | | | | | |
Backsiphonage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A backflow condition in which | | | | | | | |
the pressure in the distribution system is less than atmospheric pressure
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(subatmospheric)
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Hose bib - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A faucet to which a hose may be
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attached
Carrier - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A human or animal that carries germs
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and can pass them to another person without getting the disease
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himself.
, Reduced pressure zone backflow preventer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
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mechanical device consisting of two independnetly operating, spring-
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loaded check valves with a reduced pressure zone between check
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valves.
Auxiliary supply - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any water source or system,
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other than the potable water supply, that may be available in the
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building or premesis. | |
Actual Cross Connection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any arrangement of
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pipes, fittings, that connects a potable water supply directly to a non-
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potable source at all times. | | | |
Hepatitis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An inflammation of the liver caused
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by a pathogenic virus. Symptoms are jaundice, general weakness,
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nausea, and the presence of dark urine.
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Feed water - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Water that is added to a
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commercial or industrial system and subsequently used by the system,
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such as water that is fed to a boiler to produce steam.
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Pressure vacuum breaker - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A device designed to
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prevent backsiphonsge, consisting of one independently operating
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spring-loaded check valve and an independently operating spring- | | | | | | |
loaded air-inlet valve. | |
Training Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Salmonellosis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A disease caused by pathogenic
| | | | | | | |
bacterica (often associated with chicken), which affects the intestinal
| | | | | | | | |
tract. The primary symptom is severe diarrhea.
| | | | | |
A valve designed to open in the direction of normal flow and close with
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
the reversal of flow. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Check valve
| | | | | | |
Overflow level - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The maximum height that water
| | | | | | | |
or liquid will rise in a receptacle before it flows over the rim.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Backflow - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A hydraulic condition, caused by a
| | | | | | | | |
difference in pressures, in which non-potable water or other fluids flow
| | | | | | | | | | |
into a potable water system.
| | | |
RPBP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A shortened name for a reduced pressure
| | | | | | | | |
backflow preventer
| |
,Air Gap - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-In plumbing, the unobstructed vertical
| | | | | | | | |
distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening
| | | | | | | | |
from any pipe or outlet supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixture, or
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
other container, and the overflow rim of that container
| | | | | | | |
potential cross connection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any arrangements
| | | | | | |
of pipes, fittings, or devices that indirectly connects a potable water
| | | | | | | | | | |
supply to a non-potable source
| | | |
Dysentery - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A disease (sometime waterborne)
| | | | | | |
caused by pathogenic microorganisms and characterized by severe
| | | | | | | |
diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood | | | | | |
Backsiphonage - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A backflow condition in which | | | | | | | |
the pressure in the distribution system is less than atmospheric pressure
| | | | | | | | | |
(subatmospheric)
|
Hose bib - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A faucet to which a hose may be
| | | | | | | | | | | |
attached
Carrier - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A human or animal that carries germs
| | | | | | | | | |
and can pass them to another person without getting the disease
| | | | | | | | | | |
himself.
, Reduced pressure zone backflow preventer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A
| | | | | | | |
mechanical device consisting of two independnetly operating, spring-
| | | | | | |
loaded check valves with a reduced pressure zone between check
| | | | | | | | | |
valves.
Auxiliary supply - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any water source or system,
| | | | | | | | |
other than the potable water supply, that may be available in the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
building or premesis. | |
Actual Cross Connection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Any arrangement of
| | | | | | | |
pipes, fittings, that connects a potable water supply directly to a non-
| | | | | | | | | | |
potable source at all times. | | | |
Hepatitis - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-An inflammation of the liver caused
| | | | | | | | |
by a pathogenic virus. Symptoms are jaundice, general weakness,
| | | | | | | | |
nausea, and the presence of dark urine.
| | | | | |
Feed water - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Water that is added to a
| | | | | | | | | |
commercial or industrial system and subsequently used by the system,
| | | | | | | | | |
such as water that is fed to a boiler to produce steam.
| | | | | | | | | | |
Pressure vacuum breaker - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A device designed to
| | | | | | | | |
prevent backsiphonsge, consisting of one independently operating
| | | | | | |
spring-loaded check valve and an independently operating spring- | | | | | | |
loaded air-inlet valve. | |
