NICET Level 3 Water-Based Systems Layout (New 2025/ 2026 Update) Qs & As| Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Answers)

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Layoutl(NewlUpdate)lQsl&lAs|l100%l
Correct|lGradelAl(VerifiedlAnswers)

QUESTION
Whichlthreelprocedureslarelincludedlwhenltestinglnozzleslmountedlonlhydrants?l(Chooselthree)
.lA).lChecklforlforeignlmateriallB).lFlowlnozzlelatl500lpsi.lC).lFlowlnozzlelforlatlleastlonelmin
ute.lD).lOperatelnozzlelthroughlfulllrangeloflmotion


Answer:
A)lchecklforlforeignlmaterial,lC)lFlowlnozzlelforlatlleastlonelminutelD)lOperatelnozzlelthrough
lfulllrangeloflmotion




QUESTION
Howlfrequentlylshouldlfulllflowltripltestlonldelugelvalveslbelperformed?lA).lAnnuallylinlcoldl
weather.lB).lAnnuallylinlwarmlweather.lC).lEveryl2lyears.lD)leverylthreelyears


Answer:
B)lAnnuallylinlwarmlweather




QUESTION
Whatlislthelacceptablelrangeloflratelvoltagelreadingslatlthelelectricallmotor?lA).l5%labovel5%l
below.lB).l5%labovel10%lbelow.lC).l10%labovel5%lbelow.lD).l10%labovel10%lbelow.


Answer:
C)l10%labovelorl5%lbelow




QUESTION

,Tolevaluatelanlinspectorlperforminglanlannuallinspectionlandltestloflaldrylsystem.lWhatltwolpi
eceloflinformationlshalllanlinspectorlrecord?l(Chooseltwo).lA).lTriplandlflowltimes.lB).lTypelof
lhazard.lC).lTypeloflwaterlsupply.lD).lWaterlandlairlpressure


Answer:
A)lTriplandlflowltimeslD)lWaterlandlAirlpressure




QUESTION
Howlshalllinspections,ltesting,landlmaintenancelbelconducted?lA).lInlaccordancelwithlapplicabl
elsafetylregulationslB).lInlaccordancelwithlalllfederallregulations.lC).lInlaccordancelwithllocall
andlstatelregulations.lD).lAslsafelylaslpossible


Answer:
A)lInlaccordanceltolapplicablelsafetylregulations




QUESTION
Howlshalllmisalignedlwaterlspraylnozzleslbeladjusted?lA).lCalipers.lB)lMeasuredldistancelbetw
eenlnozzles.lC).lMeasuredldistanceltolhazard.lD).lVisuallmeans


Answer:
D)lvisuallmeans




QUESTION
Whenlperforminglanlannuallflowltestlonlal1500lgpmlsteamlturbineldrivenlfirelpump,lwhichltoo
llislneededlforlproperltesting?lA).lBourdonltubeltester.lB).lMultimeter


Answer:
A)lBourdonltubeltester

,QUESTION
Howloftenlarelflowltestlonlundergroundlmainslrequired?lA).lAnnually.lB).lEverylthreelyears.lC
).lEveryl5lyears.lD).lWhenlundergroundlpipinglislrepaired


Answer:
C)lEveryl5lyears




QUESTION
Howloftenlshalllalpreactionlsystemlbeltripltestedlwithlthelrelieflvalvelfullylopen?lA).lAslmanuf
acturerslrecommendslB).lAnnuallylC).lEveryltwolyears.lD).lEverylthreelyears


Answer:
D)lEveryl3lyears




QUESTION
Beforelperforminglalhydrostaticltestlonlalsemi-
lautomaticlstandpipelinlalhighlriselbuilding,lwithlaltotallvolumelofl760lgallonsl,lwhatlshouldlbe
ldonelfirst?lA).lChecklthatlalllvalveslonlalllfloorslarelclosed.lB).lInformlthelbuildinglownerloflt
helneedlforlaccessltolalllareasloflthelbuildinglforltheldurationlofltheltest.lC).lPerformlanlairltestl
inlthelsystem.lD).lPlacel25lpsiloflwaterlpressurelonlthelsystemltolchecklforlleaks


Answer:
A)lChecklthatlalllvalveslonlalllfloorslarelclosed




QUESTION
Iflalstandpipelsystemlhaslbeenlmodifiedlwhichltestlislrequired?lA).lAirltest.lB).lFlowltest.lC).l
HydrostaticltestlD).lTestloflreducinglvalves


Answer:
B)lFlowltest

, QUESTION
Whenlmisalignedldischargeldeviceslforlwaterlsystemslarelrealignedlbylvisuallmeans,lwhenlshou
ldltheldischargelpatternlbelinspected?l(lChooseltwo)lA).lImmediatelylafterlrealignment.lB).lAtlt
helnextlscheduledlflowltest.lC).lQuarterly.lD).lAnnually


Answer:
A)lImmediatelylafterlrealignmentlB)lAtlthelnextlscheduledlflowltest




QUESTION
Inlalwaterlspraylfixedlsystem,latlwhichltwolfrequencieslshalllitemslinlareaslthatlarelinaccessible
lforlsafetylconditionslbelinspected?lA).lAtlscheduledlshutldowns.lB).lAnnually.lC).lNotlmorelth
anleveryl18lmonths.lD).lEveryltwolyears


Answer:
A)lAtlscheduledlshutdownslC)lNotlmorelthanleveryl18lmonths




QUESTION
Howlfrequentlylshouldlaltanklwithoutlalsupervisedllowltemperaturelalarmlbelinspected?lA).lDa
ily.lB).lWeekly.lC).lEverylotherlweek.lD).lMonthly


Answer:
B)lWeekly




QUESTION
Onlhoselconnectionlpressurelreducinglvalves,ladjustmentlshouldlbelmadeltolwhatlinstructions?l
A).lAuthoritieslHavinglJurisdictionlguidelines.lB).lInsurancelunderwriterslguidelines.lC).lManu
facturerslguidelineslDl)lNFPAl14


Answer: