CERTIFIED POOL OPERATOR ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
●● RWI stands for
Answer: Recreational Water illness
●● How are recreational water illnesses spread
Answer: Swallowing water
Breathing in mists
Coming in contact with contaminated water
●● Recreational Water Illness
Answer: illness caused by microorganisms and chloramines in water
●● common illness caused by chloramines
Answer: Breathing disorder called swimmers asthma
●● examples of microorganisms that can make you sick in pools
Answer: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
E.coli
,Staph
Crypto
●● interior walls of pool
Answer: pool plaster or white coat
●● what do pool pumps do?
Answer: They poll water form the pool main drains and skimmers
●● pool main drain
Answer: point of strongest suction in the pool
●● Reasons to close pool immediately
Answer: Main drain cover is broken or missing
Main drain is not visible due to cloudy water
pool telephone not working
●● Skimmers
Answer: water from surface passes through skimmers and debris get
trapped in skimmer basket
●● Skimmer Weir
, Answer: prevents floating debris from reentering the pool
●● where does water go after going through the pump?
Answer: filter
●● where does water go after the filter?
Answer: heater
●● where does water go after heater?
Answer: flow meter
●● where does water go after going through flow meter?
Answer: back to the pool through the return lines
●● Flow of pool water steps
Answer: 1.main drains and skimmers/skimmer basket
2.pipes and strainer basket
3. pump
4.filter
5.heater
6.flow meter
7. back to pool through return lines
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL
SOLUTION STUDY GUIDE
●● RWI stands for
Answer: Recreational Water illness
●● How are recreational water illnesses spread
Answer: Swallowing water
Breathing in mists
Coming in contact with contaminated water
●● Recreational Water Illness
Answer: illness caused by microorganisms and chloramines in water
●● common illness caused by chloramines
Answer: Breathing disorder called swimmers asthma
●● examples of microorganisms that can make you sick in pools
Answer: Pseudomonas aeruginosa
E.coli
,Staph
Crypto
●● interior walls of pool
Answer: pool plaster or white coat
●● what do pool pumps do?
Answer: They poll water form the pool main drains and skimmers
●● pool main drain
Answer: point of strongest suction in the pool
●● Reasons to close pool immediately
Answer: Main drain cover is broken or missing
Main drain is not visible due to cloudy water
pool telephone not working
●● Skimmers
Answer: water from surface passes through skimmers and debris get
trapped in skimmer basket
●● Skimmer Weir
, Answer: prevents floating debris from reentering the pool
●● where does water go after going through the pump?
Answer: filter
●● where does water go after the filter?
Answer: heater
●● where does water go after heater?
Answer: flow meter
●● where does water go after going through flow meter?
Answer: back to the pool through the return lines
●● Flow of pool water steps
Answer: 1.main drains and skimmers/skimmer basket
2.pipes and strainer basket
3. pump
4.filter
5.heater
6.flow meter
7. back to pool through return lines
