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20 Cards in this Set
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As an operator, you are responsible to your employer for maintaining an economical and efficient operating facility. T or F |
True |
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An operator has an obligation to the great numbers of people who rely on downstream water supplies and are totally dependent on the operator;s competence and trustworthiness for their welfare. T or F |
True |
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Today, the natural purification processes in rivers treat all the waste loads and keep rivers clean. T or F |
False |
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Operators are water quality protectors on the front line of the water pollution battle. |
True |
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The main benefit of a successful wastewater treatment program is the protection of public health. T or F |
True |
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Without adequate, reliable records of every phase of operation, the effectiveness of your operation has not been documented (recorded) T or F
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True |
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Your records showing a high-quality effuent will mean nothing to citizens visiting your plant unless your plant appears clean and well maintained and the effluent looks good. T or F |
True |
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Safety is never an operator responsibility. T or F |
False |
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Chief operators frequently have the responsibility of training new operators and must encourage all operators to work safely. T or F |
True |
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The wastewater treatment field is changing rapidly and operators, maintenance personnel, foreman, managers, instrumentation experts, and laboratory technicians are sorely needed. T or F |
True |
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What is a treatment plant operator? 1. The contact for media and regulatory agencies 2. The final and essential link in maintaining and protecting the aquatic environment upon which all life depends 3. The operator who coordinates the efforts of designers and builders 4. The person responsible for keeping expenditures within budget |
The final essential link in maintaining and protecting the aquatic environment upon which all life depends |
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Why are wastewater treatment plants built? 1. To divert polluted water from a community 2. To occupy space alongside rivers 3. To provide opportunities for designers and builders to display their skills 4. To purify soiled water and prevent water pollution
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To purify soiled water and prevent water pollution |
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How should wastewater treatment plant operators consider their job? 1. As a colleague of other wastewater plant employees 2. As a regularly paid wastewater plant employee 3. As a secure position with the plant 4. As a water quality protector on the front line of the water pollution control battle |
As a water quality protector on the front line of the water pollution control battle |
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What is the primary objective of an operator operating a wastewater treatment plant? 1. To achieve the highest level of certification possible 2. To convince the public that the operators deserve top pay 3. To keep the sewer-user charges as low as possible 4. To protect the receiving water quality by continuous and efficient plant performance |
To protect the receiving water quality by continuous and efficient plant performance |
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How can a well-guided tour for other operators help an operators? 1. May allow the other operators to suggest helpful solutions to operational problems 2. May convince the other operators to suggest better employment opportunities 3. May develop long-lasting friendships 4. May reveal good fishing opportunities |
May allot the other operators to suggest helpful solutions to operational |
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What types of employers might a wastewater treatment plant operators work for? 1. A city, sanitation district or other public agency 2. A company that transports collected samples to a laboratory for analysis 3. A large industry that operates its own treatment plant 4. A private contractor retained to operate and maintain a municipal or industrial treatment plant 5. An agency that collects delinquent sewer-user service charges
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1,3,4 |
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Why do watewater treatment plant operators need continuous training? Due to ______? 1. Advanced or improved equipment 2. Increasing budgets 3. Increasing instrumentation 4. More facility tours 5. New treatment techniques |
1, 3, 5 |
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Why should an operator be present or at least available during the construction period of a new plant? 1. To become familiat with the entire plant, including the equipment and machinery and their operation. 2. To discuss with the engineer how the treatment plant should best be run 3. To ensure that the contractor stays within the budget 4. To observe how the contractor's enployees perform their tasks 5. To relate the plant drawing to actual facilities |
1, 2, 5 |
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Operators are in the field of public relations and must be able to explain the purpose and operation of their plant to which groups? 1. City council or directors of the plant 2. Civic organizations 3. Officials of regulatory agencies 4. Representatives of news media 5. School classes |
all choices |
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Which factors are contributing to the increasing need for trained wastewater treatment plant operators? 1. More sophisticated treatment 2. Operator certification regulations 3. Population growth 4. Regulatory requirements 5. Retirement of many current operators |
all choices |