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California UST Service Technician Exam Prep 2026: Complete Practice Questions & Answers

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Prepare for success with this comprehensive study guide featuring 212 actual practice questions and answers for the California UST (Underground Storage Tank) Service Technician Certification Exam. This document covers all critical aspects of UST system regulations including secondary containment requirements, monitoring methods, automatic tank gauging (ATG) specifications, overfill protection protocols, vapor recovery systems (Stage I and II), release reporting procedures, and cathodic protection testing intervals. Based on current California Title 23 regulations, ICC certification requirements, and PEI RP 300 standards, this study material includes essential information about technician certification renewal periods (24 months), release notification timeframes (24 hours verbal, 5 days written), monitoring record retention (3 years), and penalty amounts for violations ($5,000 minimum). Perfect for service technicians preparing for the ICC UST Service Technician Exam or anyone needing to understand California UST compliance requirements including CUPAs, tank testers, and facility operators.

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ICC California UST Service Technician
Exam -2026 Study Questions With
Verified Correct Answers-Rated A+
1. UDC was required at time of installation for all systems installed after? - January
1, 2000

2. July 1, 2005, service techs shall possess or work under someone who has a
current certification indicating he or she has passed the? - ICC UST Service
Technician Exam

3. ICC cert must be renewed every? - 24 months

4. Service techs must possess or be employed by a person who has the appropriate
contractor's license unless? - The individual has a tank testing license

5. Service tech is defined by any individual who? - Tests UST monitoring equipment,
trouble shoots UST systems, and/or installs UST monitoring equipment.

6. If the manufacturer training no longer exist, the local agency may? - Approve
comparable alternate training.

7. UST includes? - Tank and connected piping

8. What is considered a UST? - A petroleum storage tank.

9. What UST system meets the requirements for secondary containment? - Doubled
wall tanks

10. According to title 23; the following piping components if installed after July 1,
1987 must have secondary containment. - Pressured product piping

11. ATG must be capable for detecting a release of? - 0.2 gallons per hour

12. What is no longer an approved method for non- visual monitoring on existing
UST systems? - Manual inventory reconciliation.

13. Automatic line leak detectors installed on underground piping with secondary
containment shall be capable of detecting a leak of? - 3 gallons per hour at 10 psi

14. How often should ATG be programmed to test the tank? - At least monthly

15. According to PEI RP 300, a combustible gas can be used to? - Detect vapor leaks
in a vapor recovery system.

16. According to PEI RP 300, a written scope of work for vapor recovery installation
should include? - Construction plans

17. Positive shut off overfill protection device must stop the flow of fuel when the
tank is no more then? - 95%

, 18. According to Executive Order (EO) VR 201- A, what could cause a nozzle shut
off mechanism or malfunction? - Depended filter seal damage

19. According to VR 201- A, breakaway reconnection must be? - Logged in GDF log

20. According to PEI RP 300 what is an INCORRECT method of documenting piping
location? - Sketching a diagram on the inside cover of vapor recovery equipment
manual

21. According to PEI RP 300 as built drawing or pictures of the underground piping
and other components shall be. - Maintained as long as UST is in service.

22. According to EO VR 101- E maintenance records are required to include what?
- Name and Designated UST Operator.

23. The Phil- Tite EVR Phase 1 system require that vapor vent pipes at any UST
system be - Used with no more than 3 p/v valves

24. After installing a new spout assembly in the Healy 900 nozzle the following test
must be conducted? - 2020

25. According to Healy EO VR 201- A a vapor recovery record is to be maintained
by? - Gasoline dispensing facility operator (GDF)

26. An enhanced leak detection test is required within how many feet of a public
drinking well? - 1000 feet

27. What are the components of the Fire Triangle? - Fuel, Heat/Ignition Source,
Oxygen

28. If equipped with an over fill alarm, it must be located? - So it can be seen or
heard from the delivery location.

29. If installed, the following requires independent 3rd party certification to prove
compliance with established regulations. - Automatic Tank Gauge, Liquid Product
Detectors, SIR

30. Where are ATG's installed? - Opening in top of the tank

31. What is true about ATG's? - They're capable of alarming operator of low
product level

32. The following types of releases must be reported to the local agency. - Releases
greater than 25 gallons that escape secondary containment. Release that escape
primary containment. Releases less than 25 gallons which escape secondary
containment

33. If an unauthorized product release meets the requirements for reporting to the
local agency, verbal notification must be made within _hours, followed by a written
notification within _days. - 24 HRS, 5 DAYS

34. The following unusual conditions shall be reported to the local agency, EXCEPT:
- Water in spill buckets

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