TCEQ EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Absorption Rate is also known as Infiltration rate
2. SVB is an abbreviation for Spill resistant
vacuum breaker
3. Which of the following statements about control b. The larger the
wire is correct? gauge number, the
smaller the
a. The smaller the gauge number, the smaller the wire wire
b. The larger the gauge number, the smaller the wire
c. The gauge has nothing to do with the size of
the wired.
d. Automatic systems do not need control wires
4. Term used when all heads discharge varying amounts Matched
precipitation
of water, combining to produce uniform coverage
5. Static pressure - all pressure losses = Dynamic head pressure
6. AWWA is an abbreviation for American Water Works
As- sociation
7. A valve permitting water to flow in one direction Check valve
8. One complete operation of a controller 11. Device
through all programmed stations which
allows water
9. Minimum pressure required for a system to to flow out
operate properly is slowly in a
drip
10. Type of damage occurring when water travels
irrigation
unre- stricted through empty lateral lines
system is
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ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY GRADED A+
Cycle
Design pressure
Dry line shock
Emitter
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ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY GRADED A+
12. Which discharge rate best describes that of a residen- 2gpm
tial spray head?
13. When water flows through piping, pressure is friction
lost as a result of
14. As a general guideline, the design pressure should not 90%
exceed of the static pressure
15. Generally, sleeves should be at least 2 sizes
larger
than the irrigation piping required
Schedule pipe
16. PVC pipe with the same physical dimensions
as iron pipe
Transpiration
17. The process of plant material giving off water
vapor from the leaves
18. Shock wave created by a fast closing valve Water hammer
19. What would the standard "designation code" 1220
be for pressure rated plastic pipe with the
following charac- teristics:
PVC pipe, type one, grade two, 2000psi
hydrostatic design pressure
20. Act of chemically fusing PVC pipe and fittings together Solvent
welding
21. PVC is an abbreviation for polyvinyl chloride
22. Flexible part of an automatic valve which regulates the
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ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY GRADED A+
Diaphragm
passage of water?
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ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY GRADED A+
1. Absorption Rate is also known as Infiltration rate
2. SVB is an abbreviation for Spill resistant
vacuum breaker
3. Which of the following statements about control b. The larger the
wire is correct? gauge number, the
smaller the
a. The smaller the gauge number, the smaller the wire wire
b. The larger the gauge number, the smaller the wire
c. The gauge has nothing to do with the size of
the wired.
d. Automatic systems do not need control wires
4. Term used when all heads discharge varying amounts Matched
precipitation
of water, combining to produce uniform coverage
5. Static pressure - all pressure losses = Dynamic head pressure
6. AWWA is an abbreviation for American Water Works
As- sociation
7. A valve permitting water to flow in one direction Check valve
8. One complete operation of a controller 11. Device
through all programmed stations which
allows water
9. Minimum pressure required for a system to to flow out
operate properly is slowly in a
drip
10. Type of damage occurring when water travels
irrigation
unre- stricted through empty lateral lines
system is
1/
46
,TCEQ EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY GRADED A+
Cycle
Design pressure
Dry line shock
Emitter
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,TCEQ EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS & VERIFIED
ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY GRADED A+
12. Which discharge rate best describes that of a residen- 2gpm
tial spray head?
13. When water flows through piping, pressure is friction
lost as a result of
14. As a general guideline, the design pressure should not 90%
exceed of the static pressure
15. Generally, sleeves should be at least 2 sizes
larger
than the irrigation piping required
Schedule pipe
16. PVC pipe with the same physical dimensions
as iron pipe
Transpiration
17. The process of plant material giving off water
vapor from the leaves
18. Shock wave created by a fast closing valve Water hammer
19. What would the standard "designation code" 1220
be for pressure rated plastic pipe with the
following charac- teristics:
PVC pipe, type one, grade two, 2000psi
hydrostatic design pressure
20. Act of chemically fusing PVC pipe and fittings together Solvent
welding
21. PVC is an abbreviation for polyvinyl chloride
22. Flexible part of an automatic valve which regulates the
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ANSWERS PASSED ALREADY GRADED A+
Diaphragm
passage of water?
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