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CORRECT ANSWERS) / TCEQ IRRIGATOR LICENSE EXAM
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A properly designed irrigation system can:
a. save water, time, and money
b. save installation time
c. cost more
d. last longer - correct answer -a. save water, time, and money
Basic irrigation dates back:
a. hundreds of years
b. since Rain Bird was founded
c. thousands of years
d. seventy-five years - correct answer -c. thousands of years
A timing device which signals the automatic valves to open or close is called a:
a. remote control valve
b. controller
c. clock
d. timer
e. B, C, and D - correct answer -e. B, C, and D
A device used to turn a quick coupler valve on and off is:
a. a sprinkler key
b. a quick coupler key
c. a faucet handle
d. a solenoid - correct answer -b. a quick coupler key
,Minimum head pressure plus the total of all pressure losses equals:
a. design pressure
b. actual head pressure
c. hydrualics
d. operating pressure - correct answer -a. design pressure
A graphic representation of precipitation is called:
a. a plan
b. an irrigation design
c. a water audit
d. a densogram - correct answer -d. a densogram
The flexible portion of the remote control valve which regulates the passage of water through the valve
is called:
a. flow control handle
b. the solenoid
c. a diaphragm
d. external manual bleed - correct answer -c. a diaphragm
A device used in electrical troubleshooting is:
a. a sensor
b. an electrical control valve
c. a check valve
d. a digital multimeter - correct answer -d. a digital multimeter
Which device can be used to prevent freezing of water in the piping?
a. pressure relief valve
b. drain valve
,c. pump
d. air relief valve - correct answer -b. drain valve
Slow application rates expressed in GPH are usually referring to what type of irrigation:
a. spray heads
b. drip irrigation
c. micro-spray heads
d. rotary heads - correct answer -b. drip irrigation
What small mechanical device is used to limit water flow to a very low drip or trickle?:
a. a flood bubbler
b. a micro-spray
c. a multi-stream rotary
d. an emitter - correct answer -d. an emitter
A measuring device that has measurements as a given number of feet per inch is:
a. an engineer scale
b. a contour line
c. a gauge
d. an architects scale - correct answer -a. an engineer scale
Wastewater, such as from your bath, sink, or washing machines, is called:
a. black water
b. contaminated water
c. polluted water
d. greywater - correct answer -d. greywater
In order to run multiple sprinkler heads, with varying arcs, on the same zone, the sprinkler heads must
have:
, a. low volume
b. good coverage
c. pressure compensating nozzles
d. matched precipitation rates - correct answer -d. matched precipitation rates
A method of maintaining a constant discharge pressure regardless of inlet pressure is called:
a. a pressure relief valve
b. matched precipitation
c. pressure compensating
d. minimum head pressure - correct answer -c. pressure compensating
A motorized device which creates, or boosts pressure, is:
a. a pump
b. a pressure relief valve
c. a pressure regulator
d. a quick coupler valve - correct answer -a. a pump
Domestic or municipal wastewater which has been treated to a quality suitable for beneficial use, such
as landscape irrigation, is called:
a. reused water
b. contaminated water
c. potable water
d. reclaimed water or recycled water - correct answer -d. reclaimed water or recalled water
A drawing of an installed irrigation system showing major component is:
a. called a record drawing or as-built plan
b. a corrected document for city use
c. an irrigation documentation
d. is required by all cities - correct answer -a. called a record drawing or as-built plan