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Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester Training Questions and Answers
with 100% Complete Solutions UPDATED!!!
Salmonellosis - 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. - ANSWER Check valve
Overflow level - ANSWER The maximum height that water or
liquid will rise in a receptacle before it flows over the rim.
Backflow - 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 - ANSWER A shortened name for a reduced pressure
backflow preventer
Air Gap - ANSWER In plumbing, the unobstructed vertical
distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest
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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 - ANSWER Any arrangements of
pipes, fittings, or devices that indirectly connects a potable
water supply to a non-potable source
Dysentery - ANSWER A disease (sometime waterborne) caused
by pathogenic microorganisms and characterized by severe
diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood
Backsiphonage - ANSWER A backflow condition in which the
pressure in the distribution system is less than atmospheric
pressure (subatmospheric)
Hose bib - ANSWER A faucet to which a hose may be attached
Carrier - ANSWER A human or animal that carries germs and
can pass them to another person without getting the disease
himself.
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Reduced pressure zone backflow preventer - ANSWER A
mechanical device consisting of two independnetly operating,
spring-loaded check valves with a reduced pressure zone
between check valves.
Auxiliary supply - ANSWER Any water source or system, other
than the potable water supply, that may be available in the
building or premesis.
Actual Cross Connection - ANSWER Any arrangement of pipes,
fittings, that connects a potable water supply directly to a non-
potable source at all times.
Hepatitis - 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 - 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.
Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester Training Questions and Answers
with 100% Complete Solutions UPDATED!!!
Salmonellosis - 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. - ANSWER Check valve
Overflow level - ANSWER The maximum height that water or
liquid will rise in a receptacle before it flows over the rim.
Backflow - 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 - ANSWER A shortened name for a reduced pressure
backflow preventer
Air Gap - ANSWER In plumbing, the unobstructed vertical
distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest
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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 - ANSWER Any arrangements of
pipes, fittings, or devices that indirectly connects a potable
water supply to a non-potable source
Dysentery - ANSWER A disease (sometime waterborne) caused
by pathogenic microorganisms and characterized by severe
diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood
Backsiphonage - ANSWER A backflow condition in which the
pressure in the distribution system is less than atmospheric
pressure (subatmospheric)
Hose bib - ANSWER A faucet to which a hose may be attached
Carrier - ANSWER A human or animal that carries germs and
can pass them to another person without getting the disease
himself.
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Reduced pressure zone backflow preventer - ANSWER A
mechanical device consisting of two independnetly operating,
spring-loaded check valves with a reduced pressure zone
between check valves.
Auxiliary supply - ANSWER Any water source or system, other
than the potable water supply, that may be available in the
building or premesis.
Actual Cross Connection - ANSWER Any arrangement of pipes,
fittings, that connects a potable water supply directly to a non-
potable source at all times.
Hepatitis - 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 - 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.
