Installer's Test Questions and All
Correct Answers.
The gravel in the disposal field trenches shall not be covered with which of the following?
a) untreated building paper
b) 6-mil black plastic
c) 2 inch layer of straw
d) Other material determined equivalent by the Commissioner - Answer b) 6-mil black plastic
The soil area required for the installation of a conventional substitute system is?
a) 30% less than for a conventional system
b) a larger soil footprint than a conventional system
c) the same soil footprint as a conventional system - Answer c) The same soil footprint as a
conventional system
If the permit specifies that the system is to be installed 24 inches deep, this means?
a) 24 inches from the surface of the ground to the top of the gravel
b) 24 inch from the top of the ground to the bottom of the trench and lines installed on contour
c) trench depth may vary between 24 to 30 inches - Answer b) 24 inches from the top of the
ground to the bottom of the trench and lines installed on contour
In soils that are approved by percolation tests or evaluated to have absorption rates higher than
60 MPI LDGP systems require?
a) installation in a 24 inch trench with gravel back fill leveled to the top of the LDGP
b) installation in a 24 inch trench with a quality top soil backfill
c) installation in an 18 inch trench with gravel backfill to the top of the LDGP
d) installation in a 24 inch trench with gravel backfill to 2 inches above LDGP - Answer a)
installation in a 24 inch trench with gravel back fill leveled to the top of the LDGP
The maximum trench width allowed for a 24 inch wide chamber product is
a) 24 inches
b) 30 inches
c) 34 inches
d) 36 inches - Answer b) 30 inches
What is the proper volume of a dosing (pump) chamber?
, a) same as the septic tank
b) 1000 gallons
c) two times the daily waste water flow
d) 900 gallons - Answer c) two times the daily waste water flow
When installing conventional and conventional substitute systems
a) disposal field trenches shall follow the contour of the ground surface
b) a minimum of 6 ft of undisturbed earth shall be required between trenches
c) trenches shall not be excavated when the soil is wet enough to smear or compact
d) all of the above - Answer d) all the above
An installer may call for a final inspection on a system that utilizes a pumped dosing system
after?
a) the field lines have been installed
b) the septic tank, pump tank, and field lines have been installed and the electrical inspector has
inspected and approved the electrical component of the system
c) the house is built and electricity is turned on - Answer b) the septic tank, pump tank, and
field lines have been installed and the electrical inspector has inspected and approved the
electrical components of the system
The maximum amount of falll allowed in the bottom of a conventional dispossal trench is
a) 2 inches
b) 4 inches
c) 6 inches - Answer b) 4 inches
WHen installing an SSD system where a basement cut in involved, what is the mimum distance
the septic/dosing tank and absorption field can be installed from the basement cut?
a) 15 ft for the tanks and 15 ft for the absorption field
b) 10 ft for the tanks and 25 ft for the aborption field
c) 15 ft for the tanks and 25 ft for the absorption field
d) 25 ft for boht the tanks and the absorption field - Answer c) 15 ft for the tanks and 25 ft
for the absorption field
The maximum amount of fall allowed in the bottom of a LDGP, Chamber, and expanded
polystyrene trench is?
a) 2 inches
b) 3 inches
Correct Answers.
The gravel in the disposal field trenches shall not be covered with which of the following?
a) untreated building paper
b) 6-mil black plastic
c) 2 inch layer of straw
d) Other material determined equivalent by the Commissioner - Answer b) 6-mil black plastic
The soil area required for the installation of a conventional substitute system is?
a) 30% less than for a conventional system
b) a larger soil footprint than a conventional system
c) the same soil footprint as a conventional system - Answer c) The same soil footprint as a
conventional system
If the permit specifies that the system is to be installed 24 inches deep, this means?
a) 24 inches from the surface of the ground to the top of the gravel
b) 24 inch from the top of the ground to the bottom of the trench and lines installed on contour
c) trench depth may vary between 24 to 30 inches - Answer b) 24 inches from the top of the
ground to the bottom of the trench and lines installed on contour
In soils that are approved by percolation tests or evaluated to have absorption rates higher than
60 MPI LDGP systems require?
a) installation in a 24 inch trench with gravel back fill leveled to the top of the LDGP
b) installation in a 24 inch trench with a quality top soil backfill
c) installation in an 18 inch trench with gravel backfill to the top of the LDGP
d) installation in a 24 inch trench with gravel backfill to 2 inches above LDGP - Answer a)
installation in a 24 inch trench with gravel back fill leveled to the top of the LDGP
The maximum trench width allowed for a 24 inch wide chamber product is
a) 24 inches
b) 30 inches
c) 34 inches
d) 36 inches - Answer b) 30 inches
What is the proper volume of a dosing (pump) chamber?
, a) same as the septic tank
b) 1000 gallons
c) two times the daily waste water flow
d) 900 gallons - Answer c) two times the daily waste water flow
When installing conventional and conventional substitute systems
a) disposal field trenches shall follow the contour of the ground surface
b) a minimum of 6 ft of undisturbed earth shall be required between trenches
c) trenches shall not be excavated when the soil is wet enough to smear or compact
d) all of the above - Answer d) all the above
An installer may call for a final inspection on a system that utilizes a pumped dosing system
after?
a) the field lines have been installed
b) the septic tank, pump tank, and field lines have been installed and the electrical inspector has
inspected and approved the electrical component of the system
c) the house is built and electricity is turned on - Answer b) the septic tank, pump tank, and
field lines have been installed and the electrical inspector has inspected and approved the
electrical components of the system
The maximum amount of falll allowed in the bottom of a conventional dispossal trench is
a) 2 inches
b) 4 inches
c) 6 inches - Answer b) 4 inches
WHen installing an SSD system where a basement cut in involved, what is the mimum distance
the septic/dosing tank and absorption field can be installed from the basement cut?
a) 15 ft for the tanks and 15 ft for the absorption field
b) 10 ft for the tanks and 25 ft for the aborption field
c) 15 ft for the tanks and 25 ft for the absorption field
d) 25 ft for boht the tanks and the absorption field - Answer c) 15 ft for the tanks and 25 ft
for the absorption field
The maximum amount of fall allowed in the bottom of a LDGP, Chamber, and expanded
polystyrene trench is?
a) 2 inches
b) 3 inches
