Question 1

2 out of 2 points
It is an underground zone or body of earth material from which groundwater can be obtained from a well at a useful rate.

Question 2
2 out of 2 points
It is the most commonly used oxidizing agent in the determination of COD.

Question 4
2 out of 2 points
The following may result from the excessive heat released from power plants to receiving water bodies, except:

Question 5
2 out of 2 points
It is the maximum oxygen consumption possible when the waste has been completely degraded.

Question 6
2 out of 2 points
Rivers have some capacity for self-purification.

Question 7
2 out of 2 points
Melanoidin is a pollutant w/c cause color in molasses.

Question 8
2 out of 2 points
Chlorination is the only means of disinfection of water and wastewater.

Question 13
2 out of 2 points
It is the circulation of water from the oceans to the atmosphere and back to the oceans by way of evaporation, runoff from
streams and rivers, and groundwater flow.

Question 14
2 out of 2 points
_______ is excessive concentrations of particular substances for sufficient periods of time
to cause identifiable effects.

Question 16
10 out of 10 points
Assuming a deoxygenation constant of 0.25 d , calculate the expected five-day BOD if the three-day BOD
-1

is 148 mg/L.

Question 18
 2 out of 2 points
COD is a better representation of the strength of organic wastes contained in wastewater as compared to BOD.

Question 19
2 out of 2 points
Which government agency ensures that wastewater discharges from industrial plants
should not exceed beyond 50 mg/L BOD?

Question 20
2 out of 2 points
It is the measure of its acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) or buffering.

Question 21
2 out of 2 points
It is used as coagulant and to depress the pH.

Question 22
2 out of 2 points
It is the outflow from a sewage treatment plant.

Question 23
2 out of 2 points
According to Philippine Clean Water Act (RA9275), all industrial plants are required to
have a wastewater treatment plant.

Question 24
2 out of 2 points
The pH of acidic rain water is 3.

Question 25
2 out of 2 points
130 ppm of BOD effluent is not acceptable from an industry with an influent of 3,000 to 10,000 ppm BOD.

Question 26
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following pollutants deplete oxygen in water in their decomposition into simpler substances?

Question 28
2 out of 2 points
It is the natural process whereby waters emerge from their stream channel to cover part of the floodplain.

Question 29
2 out of 2 points
The rate of which oxygen is consumed is directly proportional to the concentration of degradable organic matter remaining
at any time t.
 Question 30
2 out of 2 points
It is a biological property of water that refers to the non-pathogenic bacteria present in the
intestines and its numbers indicate contamination.

Question 32
10 out of 10 points
What is the theoretical demand for oxygen if a chemical is identified by the general formula C 4H8O2?

Question 34
2 out of 2 points
It is the amount of dissolved oxygen used-up by microorganism to break up organic materials in water at 20 oC over a
period of 5 days.

Question 38
2 out of 2 points
The DO should not drop to 5 mg/L, for the existence and persistence of aquatic lives.

Question 39
2 out of 2 points
It is an attached cell/biofilm process (biological treatment) where solid disks with attached biofilms rotate on a
horizontal axis to alternately contact the waste stream
and the atmosphere.

Question 40
10 out of 10 points
The company you work for plans to release a waste stream found to contain 7.0 mg/L of benzaldehyde
(C7H6O) and 5 mg/L of NH3-N. Calculate the theoretical oxygen demand of this waste stream (in mg/L).

Question 42
2 out of 2 points
It is the occurrence of rapid vertical change in temperature w/ development of stratification.

Question 43
2 out of 2 points
What is the basis of choosing the filtration method to be used in water treatment?

Question 45
2 out of 2 points
 Which of the following is NOT part of a conventional water treatment?

Question 47
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following chemical properties of water is NOT related to the group?

Question 50
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is NOT a characterization of water quality?

Question 51
2 out of 2 points
It is due to dissolved ions in solutions that conducts electricity and it is the measure of the ability of an
aqueous solution to carry an electric current.

Question 52
2 out of 2 points
It is a model that balances the inputs, outputs and storage of water in a system.

Question 53
2 out of 2 points
What treatments can be done under tertiary treatment?

Question 54
2 out of 2 points
Which government agency issues water permit to deep wells to be installed?

Question 56
2 out of 2 points
The Laguna Lake, being used in fish propagation, is classified as ______ water.

Question 57
2 out of 2 points
It is when the water is pumped from an aquifer; the water table is depressed around the well.

Question 59
2 out of 2 points
 As the amount of wastes decreases in water, the DO level decreases.

Question 60
2 out of 2 points
It is one of the major tools of water quality management in rivers to access the capability of a stream to absorb waste load.