CPO EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 2 LATEST 2024-2025 VERSIONS AND
A PRACTICE EXAM ALL 400 QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
CPO EXAM 1
Depth markings should be - ANSWER-clearly visible by people in the water.
QUESTION: Wading pool and spa drains must be - ANSWER-anti-vortex AND secured.
QUESTION: Pool drains must be - ANSWER-secured and fastened with screws if holes are present.
QUESTION: If at any time the filter equipment, chemical feed system, pump stops working, or the
main drain cover has been removed or is broken, the pool must - ANSWER-be closed immediately
QUESTION: Pool must have - ANSWER-1.0-10.0ppm Free Chlorine & 2.0-10.0ppm Bromine
QUESTION: Wading Pool must have - ANSWER-2.0-10.0ppm Free Chlorine & 2.0-10.0ppm
Bromine
QUESTION: Chlorine should be ____ in a pool and _____ in a wading pool or spa - ANSWER-one
part per million; two part per million
QUESTION: PH levels should be - ANSWER-7.2-7.8 for all pools
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QUESTION: Water temperature of a heated pool does not - ANSWER-exceed 90 degrees
QUESTION: Water temperature of a heated spa does not - ANSWER-exceed 104 degrees
QUESTION: The temperature of a pool must be - ANSWER-recorded once a day
QUESTION: Water quality must be - ANSWER-checked two times a day at least six hours apart
QUESTION: At least _ water quality test per day must be completed by the CPO - ANSWER-1
QUESTION: The CPO must physically inspect the pool and must complete the CPO checklist
______ - ANSWER-once per day
QUESTION: Total Alkalinity and Cyanuric Acid levels are - ANSWER-checked once per week
QUESTION: Daily written records of water quality must be - ANSWER-kept on site for 6 months
QUESTION: Pump and filter must - ANSWER-operate 24 hours/everyday
QUESTION: Pool Water should be kept - ANSWER-at such clarity that the main drain cover is
clearly visible from the pool deck
QUESTION: A pool must be closed for - ANSWER-presence of algae; presence of bacteria; no
measurable presence of disinfectant; presence of fecal material
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QUESTION: A pool must closed whenever - ANSWER-glass, food, garbage, or human excrement
is introduced
QUESTION: If fecal material is introduced into a ____________, the pool is to be _____ and
disinfected - ANSWER-wading pool or spa; drained
QUESTION: There must be a telephone mounted - ANSWER-within the pool enclosure
QUESTION: Phone must be a land line with a number bad (no _________). A sign shall state
________. If phone is broken, pool must ______ - ANSWER-no 911 direct dial phones;
"Emergency Dial 911;" close.
QUESTION: When a public swimming pool does not have at least one lifeguard on duty, a sign
shall be posted with letters at least ________ stating: "____________________" - ANSWER-4
inches high; "WARNING-NO LIFEGUARD ON DUTY"
QUESTION: There should be signs stating "Children _______________________" and
"____________" these signs do not need _____ - ANSWER-Children should not use the swimming
pool without adult supervision; Adults should not swim alone; these signs do not need to have
4" lettering
QUESTION: A sign should also be posted prohibiting _____ - ANSWER-pets and glass containers
QUESTION: All pools where diving is not allowed or the pool depth is less than 5 feet shall provide
notice on the deck which says - ANSWER-"NO DIVING" in letters at least 4 inches in height and in
contrasting color at intervals of not more than 25 feet.
QUESTION: There shall be a 2 inch line of a ___________ at the leading edge of a pool step -
ANSWER-contrasting color
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QUESTION: gates must be - ANSWER-self-closing/self-latching
QUESTION: gates should close and latch from a position of "_______" and "__________" -
ANSWER-open 1 inch and open completely
QUESTION: a self-closing/self-latching gate is _______ for facilities that have ______ and ______
- ANSWER-not required; lifeguard on duty and a gate attendant on duty at all times
QUESTION: Chemicals should be properly stored in - ANSWER-a weatherproof enclosure, dry with
no standing water, separate from pumps and other electrical equipment
QUESTION: The entrance to the chemical room - ANSWER-shall not open to the pool and must
be locked
QUESTION: the chemicals shall be stored - ANSWER-off the ground, with proper ventilation
QUESTION: The chemical room shall be for - ANSWER-the storage of pool chemicals only
QUESTION: The chemical room shall be - ANSWER-clean and organized to prevent mixing of
chem, and lighted
QUESTION: Pool operator must have - ANSWER-NSPF AND Wake Co. CPO
QUESTION: 1 Unit of safety equipment - ANSWER-a 12ft. rigid pole with a body hook and a trained
lifeguard with a rescue tube OR a 12ft. rigid pole with a body hook and a rope attached to a coast
guard approved ring buoy. The rope must be 1 1/2 times the maximum width of the pool or fifty
feet in length-whichever is less.
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