Deck 2: Reservoirs and Water Supply Scheme

Question 1

Which reservoir is also known as Mitigation reservoir?

A)conservation reservoir
B)flood control reservoir
C)multipurpose dam
D)storage reservoir

Answer 1

flood control reservoir

Question 2

A reservoir having gates and valves installation at its spillway and at its sluice outlets________              

A)storage reservoir
B)retarding basin
C)both storage and retarding reservoir
D)distribution reservoir

Answer 2

storage reservoir

Question 3

Which reservoir is helpful in permitting the pumps or the water treatment plants to work at a uniform rate?

A)storage reservoir
B)detention reservoir
C)multipurpose reservoir
D)distribution reservoir

Answer 3

distribution reservoir

Question 4

In which of the following reservoir the flood crest downstream can be better controlled and regulated properly?

A)distribution reservoir
B)multipurpose reservoir
C)storage reservoir
D)retarding reservoir

Question 5

What are the types of flood control reservoirs?

A)multipurpose reservoir and single purpose reservoir
B)storage reservoir and retarding reservoirs
C)distribution reservoir and storage reservoir
D)distribution reservoir and multipurpose reservoir

Question 6

As the reservoir elevation increases, the outflow discharge increases.

Question 7

The maximum discharging capacity of a retarding reservoir should not be equal to the maximum safe carrying capacity of the channel downstream.

Question 8

Which of the following can be identified as the objective of water supply scheme?

A)chlorination of water
B)treat water
C)safe water supply
D)ionization of water

Question 9

Surface water can act as a source of water in water supply scheme.

Question 10

While considering the design period, which must be given more priority?

A)area of land
B)population
C)usage of water
D)arrangement of pipes

Question 11

Which of the following can be designated as an intake structure?

A)culvert
B)river
C)dam
D)reservoir

Question 12

Which type of water is generally used in the treatment of water?

A)chlorinated water
B)treated water
C)raw water
D)sulphated water

Question 13

Which of the following does not act as a major factor that effects per capita demand?

A)human activity
B)industrial activities
C)usage of water
D)placement of pipe

Question 14

The amount of water required for 1 percent per day is determined as________              

A)daily demand
B)monthly demand
C)annual demand
D)per capita demand

Question 15

Which of the following can act as a type of variation in water demand?

A)monthly variation
B)annual variation
C)crop variation
D)10 year variation

Question 16

The Clean Water Act (CWA) regulates

A)discharge of pollutants into the waters of the united states
B)discharge of pollutants into the waters of the united kingdom
C)discharge of pollutants into the air of the united states
D)discharge of pollutants into the waters of india

Question 17

The CWA made it unlawful to discharge any pollutant from a point source into navigable waters, unless a permit was obtained.

Question 18

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 was the first major U.S. law to address water pollution.

A)1945
B)1946
C)1947
D)1948

Question 19

The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 became CWA.

Question 20

The CWA reduced the amount of pollution from________          

A)point sources
B)non-point sources
C)chemicals
D)mining

Question 21

The discharge of regulated chemicals into surface waters is controlled by________            

A)sara
B)cercla
C)npdes
D)pdac

Question 22

The maximum amount of pollution that each waterway could absorb is known as

A)tmdl
B)tsml
C)tdsml
D)tds

Question 23

  ____________requires EPA to establish regulations to protect human health from contaminants present in drinking water.

A)sawd
B)sdwa
C)asaw
D)swsa

Question 24

Who is responsible for the clean-up of oil spill?

A)hws
B)aps
C)oil pollution act
D)sara