Water Treatment 1 & 2 Mid-Term MSJC

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Mid-Term for Water Treatment 1 & 2 for MSJC
Joe Jorgensen
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Questão 1

Questão
Temperature has no effect on the sedimentation rate of a particle.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 2

Questão
Chloramines are toxic to healthy humans.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 3

Questão
If head loss is a problem but breakthrough is limited, larger sized media may be appropriate.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 4

Questão
A slow sand filter should be backwashed when the head loss through the filter becomes excessive.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 5

Questão
Coagulation and flocculation are used to remove materials, especially non-settleable solids and color.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 6

Questão
The inlet zone of a sedimentation basin is designed to minimize velocities near the bottom of the basin to prevent scouring.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 7

Questão
Smooth circular particles will settle slower than irregular particles.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 8

Questão
Backwash at too high a rate is much less destructive than at too low a backwash rate
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 9

Questão
Water with low turbidity is just as difficult to treat as those with increased turbidity.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 10

Questão
The detention time may be defined as the actual time that a small amount of water is retained in the sedimentation basin.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 11

Questão
Chlorine gas is extremely toxic and corrosive in moist atmospheres.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 12

Questão
In most types of filtration, particles are removed mainly by straining.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 13

Questão
Free available residual chlorine has the greatest disinfecting action of the chlorine compounds.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 14

Questão
A long, narrow rectangular sedimentation tank is the shape most likely to have short-circuiting problems.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 15

Questão
The Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule does not address Cryptosporidium.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 16

Questão
The turbidity requirement under the Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment rule is < 0.3 NTU.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 17

Questão
150 lb. chlorine cylinders may be stored on their sides
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 18

Questão
Ozone is highly reactive.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 19

Questão
When water temperatures increase, the flow through a sedimentation basin must be decreased.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 20

Questão
Too high a backwash rate may cause excessive loss of filter media.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 21

Questão
Chlorine gas is lighter than air.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 22

Questão
Alum Sludge is often returned to plant to "condition" raw water.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 23

Questão
Rapid Sand filters trap suspended matter in the biologically active Schmutzdecke.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 24

Questão
There is no minimum requirement for distribution chlorine residual under the SWTR.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 25

Questão
Floc gathers together during the flash-mixing process.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 26

Questão
If the chlorine demand has been met and there is still chlorine in the water, what is the remaining chlorine called?
Responda
  • Breakpoint
  • Residual
  • Dose
  • Demand

Questão 27

Questão
Gas Chlorine is ______________________?
Responda
  • 2.5 times heavier than air
  • A greenish-yellow cloud
  • An oxidant
  • All of the above

Questão 28

Questão
What is the difference between conventional and direct filtration?
Responda
  • No sedimentation
  • No coagulation
  • No Flocculation
  • No disinfection

Questão 29

Questão
Turbidity is the expression of the _____________ of the water?
Responda
  • Alkalinity
  • pH of the water
  • Clarity
  • Water temperature

Questão 30

Questão
Which of the following is more resistant to disinfection
Responda
  • Turbidity
  • Cysts
  • Coliform
  • All of the Above

Questão 31

Questão
Water with a pH of 9 would be considered?
Responda
  • Acidic
  • Neutral
  • Ugly
  • Basic

Questão 32

Questão
Currents within a settling basin could cause _____________.
Responda
  • Low turbidity readings
  • Color in the finished water
  • Short-circuiting
  • Oxygen depletion

Questão 33

Questão
The main purpose of the jar test is to determine the best?
Responda
  • Chlorine residual
  • Coagulant dosage
  • Detention time
  • Particulate settling velocity

Questão 34

Questão
Filtration technologies used to comply with Surface Water Treatment Rule include
Responda
  • Conventional
  • Slow Sand
  • Direct
  • All of the above

Questão 35

Questão
Organic matter combined with chlorine can create?
Responda
  • Septic conditions
  • Trihalomethanes
  • Acidic water unfit for human consumption
  • Legionella

Questão 36

Questão
The coagulation process usually occurs within?
Responda
  • 30 seconds
  • 5 minutes
  • 15 minutes
  • 30 minutes

Questão 37

Questão
What is coagulation?
Responda
  • Clumping together of very fine particles into larger particles by the use of chemicals
  • Very small, finely divided solids that remain dispersed in a liquid for a long time
  • Gathering together of fine particles to form larger particles by a process of gentle mixing
  • Removal of particles through gravity

Questão 38

Questão
Field test method for chlorine is conducted using _________ method
Responda
  • Electrometric
  • Spans
  • DPD
  • OPR

Questão 39

Questão
Which is not a characteristic of a rectangular sedimentation basin?
Responda
  • Tolerates changes in water quality
  • Cost effective
  • Predictable performance
  • More likely to short circuit

Questão 40

Questão
Why should a minimum of two sedimentation basins be provided in all water treatment plants?
Responda
  • To allow for cleaning of a basin without requiring a plant shutdown
  • To minimize short-circuiting problems
  • To reduce the number of operators needed for O & M
  • Take advantage of common-wall technology

Questão 41

Questão
The Surface Water Treatment Rule requires ______ and ______ of Giardia
Responda
  • Coagulation and sedimentation
  • Removal and inactivation
  • Disinfection and flocculation
  • Coagulation and disinfection

Questão 42

Questão
What is the purpose of the filtration process?
Responda
  • Cause very fine particles to clump together into larger particles
  • Kill disease-causing organisms
  • To remove particulate impurities and floc
  • Settle out larger suspended particles

Questão 43

Questão
What is the purpose of the effluent zone in the sedimentation basin?
Responda
  • To provide smooth transition from the sedimentation basin to the settle water channel
  • To provide compression settling of the sludge
  • To reduce short-circuiting of water in the basin
  • To provide calm, undisturbed storage of flocculated water

Questão 44

Questão
When added to water, chlorine will react with?
Responda
  • Organic substances
  • Hardness
  • Inorganic substances
  • Both a and c

Questão 45

Questão
On the chlorination breakpoint curve, between points 2 & 3 chlorine reacts with ammonia to form?
Responda
  • Monochloramine
  • Free chlorine
  • Dichloramine
  • Trichloramine

Questão 46

Questão
What is flocculation?
Responda
  • Clumping together of very fine particles into larger particles by the use of chemicals
  • Gathering together of fine particles to form larger particles by the process of gentle mixing
  • Removal of iron and manganese
  • Very small, finely divided solids that remain dispersed in a liquid for a long time

Questão 47

Questão
A disinfected water supply is one in which
Responda
  • Bacteria and viruses have been sterilized
  • Algae has been destroyed
  • Pathogenic organisms have been inactivated or destroyed
  • All of the above

Questão 48

Questão
Which is not a form of Chlorine?
Responda
  • Calcium Hypochlorite
  • Gas
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Sodium Hypochlorite

Questão 49

Questão
Why is ozone prepared onsite?
Responda
  • Because it acts quicker when produced at the application point
  • Because it is difficult to store in conventional containers
  • Because it is produced on demand
  • Because it is very unstable

Questão 50

Questão
Which is the correct order of filter materials in a multi-media or mixed media gravity filter (From top to Bottom)?
Responda
  • Coal, Garnet, Sand
  • Coal, Sand, Garnet
  • Garnet, Sand, Coal
  • Sand, Coal, Garnet

Questão 51

Questão
Flash mixing includes
Responda
  • Blinders
  • Surface currents
  • Baffled chambers
  • Barometric loops

Questão 52

Questão
Tube settlers
Responda
  • Create mini basins
  • Are not cost effective
  • Increase the operational cost of sedimentation
  • None of the above

Questão 53

Questão
Most natural occurring particles in water are ____________
Responda
  • Positive charged
  • Have no charge
  • Negatively charged
  • Are bi-polar

Questão 54

Questão
The disinfectant with the greatest disinfection potential is?
Responda
  • Hypochlorous Acid (HOCI)
  • Monochloramine
  • Hydrochloric Acid (HCI)
  • Hypochlorite Ion (OCI)

Questão 55

Questão
The removal efficiency of a filter depends on the _____________
Responda
  • Chemical characteristics of the water being treated
  • Degree/type of pretreatment
  • Nature of suspension
  • All of the above

Questão 56

Questão
In determining the purity of a water sample, it is usually tested for the presence of coliform bacteria because ___________.
Responda
  • It can be detected using a microscope
  • It can be done in the field
  • It is one of the disease-bearing bacteria
  • Its presence may indicate that the water has been contaminated

Questão 57

Questão
Most important filter effluent water quality change is?
Responda
  • Chlorine demand
  • Nutrients
  • Turbidity
  • pH

Questão 58

Questão
Factors affecting particle settling include
Responda
  • Size
  • Density
  • Charge
  • All of the above

Questão 59

Questão
How are particles removed by slow sand filtration?
Responda
  • By chemical and physical disinfection
  • By straining, adsorption and biological action
  • By operation and maintenance procedures
  • By coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation

Questão 60

Questão
Good filter media characteristics include?
Responda
  • Soft material
  • Highly soluble in water
  • Non-permeable
  • Inert

Questão 61

Questão
Why is the turbidity of the water important when disinfecting water?
Responda
  • Excessive turbidity will cause a significant shift in pH
  • Excessive turbidity will greatly reduce the efficiency of the disinfection chemical process
  • Excessive turbidity will cause a change in the hardness
  • Excessive turbidity will cause an adjustment

Questão 62

Questão
What could be the cause of floc size breaking up in flocculates?
Responda
  • Coagulent chemicals are inadequately mixed
  • Detention time too long
  • Mixing intensity is too high
  • Polymer dosage is too high

Questão 63

Questão
Short circuiting in a sedimentation basin can be caused by
Responda
  • Poor inlet baffling
  • Improper design
  • High inlet velocities
  • All of the above

Questão 64

Questão
Which is not a zone in a sedimentation basin?
Responda
  • Inlet zone
  • Sludge zone
  • Aeration zone
  • Settling zone

Questão 65

Questão
Destruction of harmful bacteria by chlorine is directly related to
Responda
  • Contact time and chlorine concentration
  • Efficient chlorine dosage levels
  • Whether or not breakpoint chlorination is practiced
  • Whether perchlorination is practiced

Questão 66

Questão
Which is not an important factor when evaluating jar test results?
Responda
  • Amount of floc formed
  • Alkalinity
  • Floc settling rate
  • Size of floc

Questão 67

Questão
Visual checks of the sedimentation basin include?
Responda
  • Floc settling characteristics
  • Clarity of laundered water
  • Distribution of floc at basin inlet
  • All of the above

Questão 68

Questão
The surface water treatment rule requires which removal rate for Giardia?
Responda
  • 3 log
  • 2 log
  • 4 log
  • 1 log

Questão 69

Questão
The Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule requires the maintenance of a minimum distribution chlorine residual of?
Responda
  • 0.2 mg/L
  • 1.0 mg/L
  • 2.0 mg/L
  • 0.5 mg/L

Questão 70

Questão
Weak floc _____________?
Responda
  • Does not adhere to filter media
  • Can be carried deep into filter
  • Causes increased turbidity of filtered water
  • All of the above

Questão 71

Questão
What operation changes in the sedimentation process should be considered by operators when colder water temperatures develop?
Responda
  • Faster sludge removal rates must be Implemented
  • Surface skimming rates must be increased
  • Chemical dosages must be adjusted
  • None of the above

Questão 72

Questão
For conventional filtration plant under the IESWTR, the allowable filter effluent turbidity measured in 95% of the samples collected in a month is ___________ NTU?
Responda
  • 0.5
  • 0.3
  • 1.0
  • 5.0

Questão 73

Questão
What is a limitation of using ultraviolet rays for disinfection?
Responda
  • The disruption of selective organic components of the cell
  • The removal of destroyed pathogenic microorganisms
  • The lack of a measurable residual
  • The selection of the optimum wave length

Questão 74

Questão
The "Total Coliform Rule" of the SDWA regulations requires the result of coliform testing to be given as?
Responda
  • MPN
  • Colony forming units (CFUs)
  • mg/L
  • presence/absence

Questão 75

Questão
What is the maximum feed rate in pounds per day from a 150lb. chlorine cylinder?
Responda
  • 10 lbs.
  • 20 lbs.
  • 40 lbs.
  • 80 lbs.

Questão 76

Questão
The inactivation of pathogenic organisms is called?
Responda
  • Sterilization
  • Oxidation
  • Pasteurization
  • Disinfection

Questão 77

Questão
The use of gas chlorine tends to _____________ the pH
Responda
  • Lower
  • No effect
  • Raise
  • Neutralize

Questão 78

Questão
Parameters which affect disinfection include
Responda
  • Color
  • pH
  • Temperature
  • Both b and c

Questão 79

Questão
Chlorine Dioxide is composed of ______________ and chlorine
Responda
  • Ammonia
  • Oxygen
  • Hydrogen Dioxide
  • Sodium Chloride

Questão 80

Questão
Sodium Hypochlorite is the active ingredient in _______________
Responda
  • Liquid chlorine
  • Powdered chlorine
  • Granular chlorine
  • Gas chlorine

Questão 81

Questão
The reaction zone in a solids contact clarifier is 15 feet in diameter and 8 feet high. What is the detention time in minutes if the flow is 5 million gallons per day?
Responda
  • 3 gallons per minute
  • 3472 gallons per minute
  • 3.04 minutes
  • 10,562.2 gallons
  • 5 minutes

Questão 82

Questão
A well has a flow of 2500 rpm and a chlorine residual of 2.0 mg/L is required. The demand is 0.5 mg/L. If calcium hypochlorite 65% available chlorine is used, how many lbs./day of hypochlorite is required?
Responda
  • 3.6 lbs/day
  • 65 lbs/day
  • 75 lbs/day
  • 92 lbs/day
  • 115 lbs/day

Questão 83

Questão
Calculate the filtration rate in gallons per minute, per square foot (GPM/ft2) for a filter with a length of 50 feet by 40 feet when the applied flow is 3 million gallons per day?
Responda
  • 10 GPM/ft2
  • 3.5 GPM/ft2
  • 2.0 GPM/ft2
  • 2.5 GPM/ft2
  • 1.0 GPM/ft2

Questão 84

Questão
Treatment plant has a flow of 900 GPM and an average turbidity of 10 ntu. A total of 180 lbs. of alum is used in 24 hours. What is the alum dosage in mg/L?
Responda
  • 0.6 mg/L
  • 10 mg/L
  • 17 mg/L
  • 28 mg/L
  • 138 mg/L

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