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Wastewater treatment and residual chlorine

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why is chlorine added in water?

a)

To remove metal ions

b)

To remove organic compounds

c)

To destroy pathogenic micro-organisms

d)

To increase the salt content of water

2.

What is residual chlorine?

a)

Chlorine added for disinfection

b)

Chlorine remaining after disinfection process is complete

c)

Chlorine actually used for disinfection

3.

What is break point chlorination?

a)

The chlorine added to form chloramines and chloro-organic compounds

b)

Adding chlorine to destroy chloramines

c)

The point at which the chlorine added exceeds oxidant demand

d)

The point at which chlorine breaks down in to chloride ions

4.

Which of the following is termed as free available chlorine?

a)

Hypochlorous acid

b)

Hypochlorite ions

c)

Molecular chlorine

d)

All of the above

5.

At what pH does chlorine exists as molecular chlorine?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

<5

d)

<10

6.

When the pH is between 5 and 10, the chlorine in the water is in the form of ________

a)

Hypochlorous acid

b)

Hypochlorite ions

c)

Molecular chlorine

d)

Hypochlorous acid hypochlorite ions

7.

At what pH, chlorine in water acts as only hypochlorite ions?

a)

<5

b)

>5

c)

<10

d)

>10

8.

Chlorine which gets consumed in the oxidation of impurities before disinfection is ______________

a)

Free chlorine

b)

Residual chlorine

c)

Chlorine demand

d)

Residual demand

9.

The chlorine remaining at the end of water treatment that serves as a disinfectant is ___________

a)

Free chlorine

b)

Free Residual chlorine

c)

Chlorine demand

d)

Residual demand

10.

The permissible limit of free residual chlorine is ___________ppm

a)

0.2

b)

0.6

c)

1

d)

10

11.

Hypochlorous acid is ______ times effective as hypochlorite ions for disinfection.

a)

50

b)

10

c)

80

d)

5

12.

A small city gets its drinking water from the river running through its center. This river is fed by rivers that flow down the mountains nearby.How would excessive rainfall in the mountains most likely affect the turbidity of this local water source?

a)

A. Heavy rainfall would decrease the turbidity of the river downstream.

b)

B. Heavy rainfall would increase the turbidity of the river downstream.

c)

C. Heavy rainfall would increase the turbidity of only rivers upstream.

d)

D. Heavy rainfall would decrease the turbidity of only rivers upstream.

13.

The Environmental Protection Agency was assigned with which task?

a)

setting standards and governing the cleanliness of water used by Americans

b)

setting standards and governing the highways and interstates in the United States

c)

setting standards and governing the use of national parks and monuments in the United States

d)

setting standards and governing the civil and commercial air transportation in the United States.

14.

Which steps in the water-treatment process use positively charged chemicals to balance negatively charged sediment, leading to the formation of larger particles when these oppositely charged particles combine?

a)

sedimentation and coagulation

b)

disinfection and sedimentation

c)

coagulation and flocculation

d)

disinfection and flocculation

15.

What does a pH of 7 most likely indicate about the water quality?

a)

The water is a strong base

b)

The water is highly acidic

c)

The water is toxic to drink

d)

The water is safe to drink

16.

The formula for hypochlorous acid is

(a)  

17.

Which curve shows that there were more nitrogen-containing compounds in the sample than the other?

a)

the blue curve

b)

the red curve

c)

they have the same amount of nitrogen compounds

d)

you cannot tell from these graphs

18.

Treatment of sewage can be done by ___________, ___________, and _____________ types of processes.

a)

Physical

b)

Chemical

c)

Biological

d)

Mechanical