Backflow Tester and Repair Questions with accurate
answers
30 TAC Chapter 290 - Subchapter D Ans✓✓✓ Rules and Regs for
Public Water Systems
30 TAC Chapter 30, Subchapter A Ans✓✓✓ Administration of
Occupational Licenses and Registrations
30 TAC Chapter 30, Subchapter B Ans✓✓✓ Backflow Prevention
Assembly Testers regs
30 TAC Chapter 344 Ans✓✓✓ landscape irrigation regs
7 essentials of backflow prevention program Ans✓✓✓ education
survey/retrofitting
testing/maint
ordinances/legal auth
plan review
record keeping
specification of authorized assemblies
A water column one foot in height equals _________ psi. Ans✓✓✓
0.433
,A water column one foot in height equals how many psi? Ans✓✓✓
0.433 psi
According to Ideal Gas Law, if the volume is held constant and the
temperature increases, what will happen to the pressure? Ans✓✓✓
increases
According to the ideal gas law, if the volume is held constant and the
temperature increases, what will happen to pressure? (increase or
decrease) Ans✓✓✓ increase
ADH Ans✓✓✓ regulates commercial and industrial establishments and
ensures that every water purveyor has met the requirements of the ADH
concerning backflow prevention and cross-connection control
Adhesion Ans✓✓✓ An attraction between molecules of different
substances
Air gap Ans✓✓✓ provides the ultimate protection for preventing
backflow; must be 2 times diameter of the effective opening but never
less that 1 inch. Used in isolation only.
Air gap Ans✓✓✓ the unobstructed vertical distance through the free
atmosphere between the lowest opening from any opening or faucet
supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixture, or other device and the
flood level of the receiving vessel.
, Air gap drains Ans✓✓✓ used in conjunction with an RPZ when the
RPZ is installed in a building
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) sets what standards?
Ans✓✓✓ national standards
American Society of Sanitary Engineering (ASSE) sets what standards?
Ans✓✓✓ testing and repair certifications; lab analysis, certifications
American Water Works Association (AWWA) Ans✓✓✓ recognizes
that the water purveyor has the responsibility to provide customers at the
service connection with water that is safe under all foreseeable
circumstances.
American Water Works Association (AWWA) sets what standards?
Ans✓✓✓ Inspections
Another term for direct cross-connection Ans✓✓✓ permanent cross-
connection
ANSI/NSF STandards 60 and 61 Ans✓✓✓ require lead free backflow
preventers
Arkansas Department of Health Engineering Section Ans✓✓✓
responsibility for promulgating and enforcing laws, rules, and policies to
be followed for an effective cross-connection control program.
answers
30 TAC Chapter 290 - Subchapter D Ans✓✓✓ Rules and Regs for
Public Water Systems
30 TAC Chapter 30, Subchapter A Ans✓✓✓ Administration of
Occupational Licenses and Registrations
30 TAC Chapter 30, Subchapter B Ans✓✓✓ Backflow Prevention
Assembly Testers regs
30 TAC Chapter 344 Ans✓✓✓ landscape irrigation regs
7 essentials of backflow prevention program Ans✓✓✓ education
survey/retrofitting
testing/maint
ordinances/legal auth
plan review
record keeping
specification of authorized assemblies
A water column one foot in height equals _________ psi. Ans✓✓✓
0.433
,A water column one foot in height equals how many psi? Ans✓✓✓
0.433 psi
According to Ideal Gas Law, if the volume is held constant and the
temperature increases, what will happen to the pressure? Ans✓✓✓
increases
According to the ideal gas law, if the volume is held constant and the
temperature increases, what will happen to pressure? (increase or
decrease) Ans✓✓✓ increase
ADH Ans✓✓✓ regulates commercial and industrial establishments and
ensures that every water purveyor has met the requirements of the ADH
concerning backflow prevention and cross-connection control
Adhesion Ans✓✓✓ An attraction between molecules of different
substances
Air gap Ans✓✓✓ provides the ultimate protection for preventing
backflow; must be 2 times diameter of the effective opening but never
less that 1 inch. Used in isolation only.
Air gap Ans✓✓✓ the unobstructed vertical distance through the free
atmosphere between the lowest opening from any opening or faucet
supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixture, or other device and the
flood level of the receiving vessel.
, Air gap drains Ans✓✓✓ used in conjunction with an RPZ when the
RPZ is installed in a building
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) sets what standards?
Ans✓✓✓ national standards
American Society of Sanitary Engineering (ASSE) sets what standards?
Ans✓✓✓ testing and repair certifications; lab analysis, certifications
American Water Works Association (AWWA) Ans✓✓✓ recognizes
that the water purveyor has the responsibility to provide customers at the
service connection with water that is safe under all foreseeable
circumstances.
American Water Works Association (AWWA) sets what standards?
Ans✓✓✓ Inspections
Another term for direct cross-connection Ans✓✓✓ permanent cross-
connection
ANSI/NSF STandards 60 and 61 Ans✓✓✓ require lead free backflow
preventers
Arkansas Department of Health Engineering Section Ans✓✓✓
responsibility for promulgating and enforcing laws, rules, and policies to
be followed for an effective cross-connection control program.
