Questions of the week of 04/29/18

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Welcome to another round of Questions of The Week!**

**Questions of the week:
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**The questions:


  1. The highest level of contamination in a swimming pool is: **

a. On the sides because they have the largest surface area
b. On the bottom because everything sinks
c. On the surface
d. They are all equally contaminated

2. Manual 3 point valves function following the shape of the letter ______where the flow of water can come up the stem and be diverted to either or both branches.

a. A
b. K
c. Y
d. F
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3. All 15 amp and 20 amp receptacles located within 30’ of a pool must be GFCI protected T/ F ****

  1. There should be no switches within 3 feet horizontally from the inside walls of pools, spas or hot tubs unless separated by a wall T/F **
  1. d
  2. c
  3. f
  4. f

d, c, f, t

Good questions Paul.
Not many Pools around here, so I might learn something.
Thanks.

D,C,T,F

Nice ?s, Paul! :smiley:

Good questions Paul!! :lol:

C,C,F,T

Last one is a trick question :slight_smile: because there is at least one exception.

D,C,F,F.

That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

…:mrgreen:

C.
C.
T.
F.

  1. C
  2. C
  3. F (20’)
  4. F (5’)

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Madison gets it right, yessir!**

All questions from the Internachi pool inspection book.

  1. The highest level of contamination in a swimming pool is: (surface)
    a. On the sides because they have the largest surface area
    b. On the bottom because everything sinks
    c. On the surface
    d. They are all equally contaminated

  2. Manual 3 point valves function following the shape of the letter ______where the flow of water can come up the stem and be diverted to either or both branches (Y)
    a. A
    b. K
    c. Y
    d. F

  3. All 15 amp and 20 amp receptacles located within 30’ of a pool must be GFCI protected T/ F (F) Must be located within 20’ of a pool.

  4. There should be no switches within 3 feet horizontally from the inside walls of pools, spas or hot tubs unless separated by a wall T/F (F) No switches horizontally within 5’

Congratulations Madison.
Well done and get your books. :slight_smile:

Congratulations, Madison!

Thanks Paul - good onya Madison!

Awesome. Thanks everyone.

And now Marcel is ready to inspect all those inground pools in the state of Maine. All the pool guys there are also explosives experts.

I can relate to explosives more than pools Paul. :mrgreen::mrgreen: