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AND 100% CORRECT WELL DETAILED
ANSWERS|LATEST
UPDATE!!!!2025/2026|GUARANTEED


Containing a plumbing system from the public water supply requires backflow protection at
the _______?

A. Appliance or fixture

B. Building foundation

C. Irrigation system

D. Service Connection

E. Sprinkler riser - ANSWER Service Connection



Backflow preventer manufacturers recommend that assemblies be field-tested annually and
when_____?

A. Installed

B. Moved

C. Repaired or Installed

D. Shut down

E. Water suppliers provide notice - ANSWER Repaired or Installed



A differential pressure gauge reading of 0.2 psid is represented on water column sight tube
by _____?

A. 1/16 in. (0.16 cm)

B. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)

C. 2 in. (5.1 cm)


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,D. 3.5 in. (8.9 cm)

E. 5.5 in. (14 cm) - ANSWER 5.5 in. (14 cm)



Pollution of a public water supply suggests the substance in the water is ____?

A. Aesthetically bad

B. Biological with virus only

C. Lowering the pH below 1.4

D. Radiological

E. Toxic - ANSWER Aesthetically bad



Backsiphonage may occur when the pressure inside copper tubing is ____?

A. Greater than atmospheric pressure

B. Greater than barometric pressure

C. Greater than 0 gauge pressure

D. Less than absolute pressure

E. Less than atmospheric pressure - ANSWER Less than atmospheric pressure



A cross-connection may be a permanent piping arrangement or a(n) ____?

A. Backflow preventer

B. Church symbol

C. OSHA hazardous area designation

D. Railroad and highway intersection sign

E. Temporary hose bibb connection - ANSWER Temporary hose bibb connection



The isolation of a plumbing water system hazard requires____?

A. Appliance protection

B. Building quarantine



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, C. High-hazard protection

D. Meter protection

E. Toxin monitoring - ANSWER Appliance protection



A direct cross-connection suggests the piping system may be subjected to ____?

A. Backpressure or backsiphonage

B. Backsiphonage only

C. Periodic inspection

D. Sustained pressure

E. Toxic materials - ANSWER Backpressure or backsiphonage



A pipe restriction's flow velocity increase may allow ____?

A. Aspiration

B. Backpressure

C. Low turbulence

D. Pressure head

E. Pressure surges - ANSWER Aspiration



Water supply contamination from backflow may result in ____?

A. A bad taste

B. Coloration

C. Death

D. Odor or smell

E. Pipe wall mineral deposit flaking - ANSWER Death



To prevent backflow, an atmospheric vacuum breaker is primarily designed to ____?

A. Allow air into the outlet piping system



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