Basic Hydraulics Quiz

1. What is the definition of pressure?
a) How much water can pump through a system at a given rate.
b) The amount of force (pushing) on a 「unit」 area.
c) The amount of force (pulling) on a 「unit」 area.
d) The force generated by gravity feeding a neighborhood water supply.

2. Why is pressure required in a water distribution system?
a) So fish aren't sucked up in a water intake.
b) To flush down pipes like toilets, storm drains and sewage.
c) To purify water of foreign contaminents.
d) Push water throughout a distribution water system & make sure contaminants cannot enter.

3. What is the imperial unit for pressure?
a) Pounds per square inch (psi)
b) Kilopascals (kPa)
c) pascals (Pa)
d) foot-pounds (ft-lbs)

4. What is the metric unit for pressure?
a) foot-pounds (ft-lbs)
b) Kilopascals (kPa)
c) pascals(Pa)
d) Pounds per square inch (psi)

5. What is negative pressure?
a) Pressure within a system that is greater than the environment that surrounds that system.
b) The force applied to a unit area of surface.
c) Often called back siphonage, is something that creates a vacuum in the Water System and allows water to be 「sucked」 back into the system.
d) Pressure within a system that has equilized with the environment that surrounds that system.

6. What are the two types of flow in the Water System?
a) Positive flow and negative flow.
b) Static flow and dynamic flow.
c) High flow and low flow.
d) Fast flow and slow flow.

7. What is Static Flow?
a) When water has low movement in the pipe.
b) When water has high movement in the pipe.
c) When there is no water in the pipe.
d) When water is not moving in the pipe.

8. What is water demand?
a) The amount of water required to refill a resevoir.
b) The amount of water in a system at any given time.
c) The difference between how much water is needed and how much is available for use.
d) The amount of water caused by people using different amounts of water during the day.

9. When does higher water demand occur?
a) Between 6 and 9 AM and between 5 and 8 PM
b) Between 9 AM and 5 PM when people are at work during the day
c) 5 PM to Midnight
d) Midnight to 5 AM

10. When does lower water demand occur?
a) Between 6 and 9 AM and between 5 and 8 PM
b) Midnight to 5 AM
c) 5 PM to Midnight
d) Between 9 AM and 5 PM when people are at work during the day