TEXAS IRRIGATION TECHNICIAN EXAM LATEST VERSION
UPDATED AND REVISED IN 2025
Who composes the Irrigator Council? - ANSWER ->6
Irrigators, 3 Public members, all from the same state
What is the purpose of the Irrigator Council? - ANSWER -
>Provide advice on matters concerning irrigation
Possible consequence of installing a system w/o a
license? - ANSWER ->Being charged with a Class C
misdemeanor
Absorption Rate - ANSWER ->How fast a rate at which
the soil will accept water
Actual Head Pressure - ANSWER ->The operating
pressure measured at the base of a sprinkler head
How to CALCULATE Actual head pressure? - ANSWER -
>subtract all pressure losses from static pressure
air gap - ANSWER ->A complete physical separation
between the free flowing discharge end of a potable
, water supply pipeline and an open or non-pressure
recieveing vessel
Application Rate - ANSWER ->Rate that a head applies
water to the area it's spraying
What term is Application rate synonymous with? -
ANSWER ->Precipitation Rate
Arc - ANSWER ->The surface area of the landscape that
the head will provide water (half, full, 90, 25)
as-built plans - ANSWER ->A corrected or redrawn plan,
showing location of all major components of a system
A.W.W.A. - ANSWER ->American Water Works
Association
Backflow - ANSWER ->The UNDESIREABLE reverse flow of
water in a piping system
Back pressure - ANSWER ->Condition that can happen
due to elevation pumps, pressure
UPDATED AND REVISED IN 2025
Who composes the Irrigator Council? - ANSWER ->6
Irrigators, 3 Public members, all from the same state
What is the purpose of the Irrigator Council? - ANSWER -
>Provide advice on matters concerning irrigation
Possible consequence of installing a system w/o a
license? - ANSWER ->Being charged with a Class C
misdemeanor
Absorption Rate - ANSWER ->How fast a rate at which
the soil will accept water
Actual Head Pressure - ANSWER ->The operating
pressure measured at the base of a sprinkler head
How to CALCULATE Actual head pressure? - ANSWER -
>subtract all pressure losses from static pressure
air gap - ANSWER ->A complete physical separation
between the free flowing discharge end of a potable
, water supply pipeline and an open or non-pressure
recieveing vessel
Application Rate - ANSWER ->Rate that a head applies
water to the area it's spraying
What term is Application rate synonymous with? -
ANSWER ->Precipitation Rate
Arc - ANSWER ->The surface area of the landscape that
the head will provide water (half, full, 90, 25)
as-built plans - ANSWER ->A corrected or redrawn plan,
showing location of all major components of a system
A.W.W.A. - ANSWER ->American Water Works
Association
Backflow - ANSWER ->The UNDESIREABLE reverse flow of
water in a piping system
Back pressure - ANSWER ->Condition that can happen
due to elevation pumps, pressure
