Free NJ Regulations for Journeyman (Class B) Practice Questions

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1. 1A completed private well is no longer in use. Under New Jersey's subsurface waters law, who remains responsible for having the well sealed?

   1. A. The well owner responsible for the unused well
   2. B. The drilling contractor who completed the well
   3. C. The pump installer who last serviced the well
   4. D. The State board that licenses well drillers

   Answer: A

   Explanation: N.J.S.A. 58:4A-4.1 states, "The owner of any well shall be responsible for having the well sealed" if it is not in use. This is an existing unused well; the contractor's separate primary responsibility concerns a borehole abandoned during construction.

   Reference: Subsurface and Percolating Waters Act — PDF page 1, owner responsibility paragraph

2. 2A New Jersey Journeyman (Class B) driller is offered a contract to construct a cased monitoring well in the State's monitoring-well category. What does the Class B license permit?

   1. A. The driller may not perform that monitoring-well work under the Class B license
   2. B. The driller may perform it after obtaining a site-wide permit
   3. C. The driller may perform it if no permanent pump is installed
   4. D. The driller may perform it when the borehole is shallow

   Answer: A

   Explanation: N.J.A.C. 7:9D-1.7(a)3 states that a Class B driller may work on wells of any category "except public community supply wells and Category 3 wells." The proposed monitoring well is Category 3, so it is outside this license's authority.

   Reference: Njac 7 9 D — N.J.A.C. 7:9D-1.7(a)3i

3. 3A driller is assessing buried infrastructure near a borehole. Which pair consists entirely of 'underground facilities' under the New Jersey Underground Facility Protection Act?

   1. A. A forced-sewage line and an electric service line
   2. B. A gravity sewer and an electric service line
   3. C. A storm drain and a forced-sewage line
   4. D. A gravity sewer and a buried storm drain

   Answer: A

   Explanation: N.J.S.A. 48:2-75 includes conveyance of "forced sewage" and "electricity" in its underground-facility definition, while expressly excluding "storm drains or gravity sewers." Only the pair in A contains two covered facilities.

   Reference: Underground Facility Protection Act — N.J.S.A. 48:2-75, definition of underground facility

4. 4For routine excavation associated with well work, when must the excavator notify New Jersey One Call?

   1. A. At least 3 but not more than 10 business days before excavation
   2. B. At least 1 but not more than 5 business days before excavation
   3. C. At least 5 but not more than 15 business days before excavation
   4. D. At least 10 but not more than 30 business days before excavation

   Answer: A

   Explanation: The current rule text requires notice "at least three business days before, but no more than 10 business days before, beginning the excavation or demolition." Option A states that window.

   Reference: Njac 14 2 Readoption Deck — N.J.A.C. 14:2-3.1(a), slide 23

5. 5A department inspector finds an abandoned borehole creating an emergency threat to subsurface water. Which authority may direct its prompt sealing under N.J.S.A. 58:4A-4.2?

   1. A. The county health department may order prompt sealing
   2. B. The well-driller examining board may order prompt sealing
   3. C. The Department of Environmental Protection may order prompt sealing
   4. D. The Board of Public Utilities may order prompt sealing

   Answer: C

   Explanation: N.J.S.A. 58:4A-4.2 says the Department may, upon finding an emergency, "direct the prompt sealing" of an abandoned borehole or well. That is the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, rather than another public body.

   Reference: Subsurface and Percolating Waters Act — N.J.S.A. 58:4A-4.2, emergency sealing sentence

6. 6Which water-supply well is excluded from the drilling authority of a New Jersey Journeyman (Class B) Well Driller?

   1. A. A public non-community supply well
   2. B. A public community supply well
   3. C. A domestic well
   4. D. A non-potable irrigation well

   Answer: B

   Explanation: The Class B authorization excludes "public community supply wells" while allowing work on other categories except Category 3 wells. Therefore the public community supply well is the excluded water-supply well.

   Reference: Njac 7 9 D — N.J.A.C. 7:9D-1.7(a)3i

7. 7An operator receives a routine One-Call notice for a planned well-site excavation affecting its buried line. Under the Act, which markout combination applies?

   1. A. Within three business days; within 18 inches horizontally of the facility wall
   2. B. Within three business days; within two feet horizontally of the facility wall
   3. C. Within ten business days; within 18 inches horizontally of the facility wall
   4. D. Within ten business days; within two feet horizontally of the facility wall

   Answer: A

   Explanation: N.J.S.A. 48:2-80 requires the operator to provide facility position and number "within three business days" of the notice information and to mark "within 18 inches horizontally" of the outside wall. The two-foot figure governs excavator mechanized work near a marked line, not operator markout accuracy.

   Reference: Underground Facility Protection Act — N.J.S.A. 48:2-80(a)(2)

8. 8Which abbreviated telephone number connects an excavator to the New Jersey One Call notification system?

   1. A. 411
   2. B. 811
   3. C. 911
   4. D. 511

   Answer: B

   Explanation: The adopted rule says, "The telephone number for the One-Call center shall be 811 in New Jersey." Therefore 811 is the abbreviated in-State number.

   Reference: Njac 14 2 Adoption — N.J.A.C. 14:2-2.1(a), 54 N.J.R. 1423

9. 9A responsible party refuses a Department directive to seal an abandoned well, and the Department seals it. What amount does the statute make that party liable to pay the Department?

   1. A. An amount equal to the Department's sealing cost
   2. B. An amount equal to twice the sealing cost
   3. C. An amount equal to four times the sealing cost
   4. D. An amount equal to three times the sealing cost

   Answer: D

   Explanation: N.J.S.A. 58:4A-4.2a makes a party who fails to comply with a sealing directive liable for "an amount equal to three times" the cost of sealing. The stated multiplier is three, rather than the other proposed multipliers.

   Reference: Subsurface and Percolating Waters Act — PDF page 1, departmental sealing cost paragraph

10. 10A customer asks a New Jersey Journeyman (Class B) Well Driller to replace permanent well pumping equipment on a domestic well. Is that work within the license scope?

    1. A. Only if a Master Well Driller signs the pump record
    2. B. Only if the pump capacity is below 70 gpm
    3. C. Yes, the Class B license expressly authorizes replacing well pumping equipment
    4. D. No, all permanent pump work is reserved to a Pump Installer

    Answer: C

    Explanation: The Class B license expressly authorizes the holder to "install, maintain, winterize, or replace well pumping equipment and appurtenances." The replacement is within that stated scope.

    Reference: Njac 7 9 D — N.J.A.C. 7:9D-1.7(a)3ii