1) When installing ___, the Authority Having Jurisdiction shall require

evidence of the competency of the installers.

A. Potable water piping

B. Fuel-gas piping
C. Medical gas piping (Your Answer)
D. Plumbing appurtenance
Correct

2) Piping, fixtures, or equipment that are installed so that they interfere with
normal operation and use of windows or doors shall be ___

A. Identified for restricted use

B. Protected from damage
C. Approved if acceptable by the owner
D. Relocated to avoid interference (Your Answer)
Correct

3) A joint obtained by joining of metal parts with metallic mixtures of

alloys that melt at a temperature up to and including 840 degree F is a
___ *

A. Brazed joint
B. Soldered joint (Your Answer)
C. Metallic joint
D. Flared joint
Correct

4) The type of acceptable joints for PEX shall be ___

A. Metal insert or metal compression (Your Answer)

B. Solvent cemented
C. Sheilded coupling
D. Mechanical
Correct

5) Joints at the roof, around pipes, shall be made watertight by the use of
___.

A. A sealing compound
B. Flashing material (Your Answer)
C. 15 pound felt
D. Oakum
Incorrect

6) The joint of a wall-hung lavatory, where it is in contact with the wall,

shall be ___

A. Smooth
B. Painted
 C. Concealed (Your Answer)
D. Watertight (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct

7) All materials, fixtures, or devices used or entering into the construction

of plumbing and drainage systems shall ___. *

A. Conform to approved applicable standards (Your Answer)

B. Conform to the job specifications
C. Conform to price job
D. Conform to materials availability
Correct

8) Fixture connections between drainage pipes and water closets shall be

made with__-

A. Expansion joints
B. Unions
C. Flanges (Your Answer)
D. Hot poured compound
Correct

9) A pipe that makes an angle of not more than 45 degree with the vertical
is considered ___

A. Vertical (Your Answer)

B. Horizontal
C. Crooked pipe
D. Diagonal pipe
Correct

10) Manually controlled flushometer valves shall be used to flush more than

A. One urinal (Your Answer)

B. two urinals
C. three urinals
D. four urinals
Incorrect

11) When brazing, the alloys shall have a melting temperature of at least __
degrees F.

A. 800 (Your Answer)

B. 840
C. 1000 (Correct Answer)
D. 1200
Discuss this Question
Correct
12) It is permitted to drill and tap a vent pipe to connect an indirect waste pipe.

A. True
B. False (Your Answer)
C. Maybe
Correct

13) Horizontal hubless pipe shall be braced at not more than 40-foot
intervals to prevent ___.

A. Noise
B. Leaking
C. Vertical movement
D. Horizontal movement (Your Answer)
Correct

14) Shower pan linings may be constructed with ___

A. 26 B&S gauge copper

B. Zinc-coated steel
C. 15 pounds asphalt felt (Your Answer)
D. 3 pounds per square foot lead
Incorrect

15) Two-inch horizontal copper tubing drain pipe shall be supported at ___

A. 4 foot intervals (Your Answer)

B. 6 foot intervals
C. 10 foot intervals (Correct Answer)
D. 12-foot intervals
Discuss this Question
Correct

16) By code definition, a stack is always __

A. Straight
B. Vertical (Your Answer)
C. Horizontal
D. Exposed
Correct

17) All piping fixtures, and equipment shall be adequately supported in

accordance with the ___.

A. Contractor
B. Code (Your Answer)
C. Owner
 D. Engineer
Correct

18) An outlet on a boiler to permit emptying or discharging of sediment is

called a(an) ___ *

A. Boiler blowoff
B. Aspirator
C. Relief valve (Your Answer)
D. Atmospheric check valve
Correct

19) Joints in copper shower pan liners shall be ___.

A. Burned
B. Swaged
C. Sealed with epoxy cement
D. Soldered or brazed (Your Answer)
Correct

20) That portion of a drainage system that does not drain by gravity into the
building sewer is known as a__

A. Storm sewer
B. Building subdrain (Your Answer)
C. Sewer ejector
D. Building supply
Correct

21) When a backflow prevention device does not bear a critical level
marking, the part of the device that shall constitute the critical level is
the ___ *

A. Top
B. Center
C. Bottom (Your Answer)
D. Outlet invert
Correct

22) Screws or bolts for securing floor_mounted fixtures shall be ___.

A. Brass (Your Answer)

B. Aluminum
C. Galvanized steel
D. Die-cast zinc
Correct

23) The minimum distance from a side wall or partition to the center of a
urinal shall be ___ inches
 A. 6
B. 12 (Your Answer)
C. 18
D. 24
Correct

24) Solder and fluxes used in piping system conveying potable water are
prohibited when the lead content exceeds..

A. 0.2 of 1 percent (Your Answer)

B. 1 percent
C. 0.5 of 1 percent
D. Less than 10 percent
Correct

25) Unsanitary and insanitary share the same meaning

A. True (Your Answer)

B. False
C. Maybe
Correct

26) A pressure surge-absorbing device operating through the compressibilty of

air is called a(an) ___ *

A. Flushometer valve
B. Hammer arrestor
C. Air chamber (Your Answer)
D. Backflow preventor
Correct

27) Tub waste openings in framed construction shall be protected by ___.

A. Completely covering the opening with plywood collars

B. Metal collars or screens (Your Answer)
C. Filling the annular space with approved fiber material
D. flasings
Correct

28) Disposal of sewage, or other liquid waste, shall be by means of __

A. The drainage system of the building or premises (Your Answer)

B. sewage retaining tanks
C. Subsurface leaching pits
D. Chemical toilets
Correct

29) A device integrated within an ai accumalator vessel that is designed to

discharge a predetermined quantity of water to fixtures for flushing
purposes is a (an) __ *
 A. Surge tank
B. Day tank
C. Expansion tank
D. Flushometer tank (Your Answer)
Correct

30) The overflow pipe from a fixture shall be connected on the ___- *

A. House or inlet side of the fixture trap (Your Answer)

B. Operation side of the fixture trap
C. Sewer or outlet side of the fixture trap
Correct

31) The minimum wall thickness for threaded plastic pipe shall be ___ *

A. Schedule 40
B. Schedule 80 (Your Answer)
C. 1/8 inch
D. 1/16 inch
Correct

32) Every water supply to a urinal shall be protected by an approved __-

A. Relief valve
B. Vacuum breaker (Your Answer)
C. Metering valve
D. Automatic switch
Correct

33) Galvanized sheet steel of not less than 16 U.S. gauge may be used to
make dishwashing sinks for ___-

A. Restaurants (Your Answer)

B. Lunch counters
C. Commercial buildings
D. Residential buildings
Correct

34) No dry or chemical closet (toilet) shall be installed in any building used for
human habitation unless first approved by the ___

A. Owner
B. Plumbing inspector
C. City clerk
D. Health officer (Your Answer)
Correct

35) Sleeves shall be provided to protect all piping through ___ and ___
 walls.

A. Floors, concrete
B. Wood, concrete
C. Concrete, masonry (Your Answer)
D. None of the above
Correct

36) A device and system of piping that maintains a water seal in a remote trap
is called a trap primer.

A. True (Your Answer)

B. False
C. Maybe
Correct

37) The principal artery of the venting system to which branches may be
connected is called the ___

A. Branch vent
B. Vertical vent
C. Vent
D. Main vent (Your Answer)
Correct

38) When supporting horizontal piping 5-inches in diameter with hangers, a __

inch diameter rod shall be used.

A. 1
B. 1/2 (Your Answer)
C. 5/8
D. 3/8
Correct

39) The distance between the wall to the center of water closet shall not be
less than __-

A. 12"
B. 15" (Your Answer)
C. 24"
D. 30"
Correct

40) Fixtures having concealed slip-joint connections shall be provided with _--

A. A utility space or access panel (Your Answer)

B. A ladder and a light fixture
C. Red brass fittings
D. Rubber gasket
Correct
41) Water closet set side by side shall be no closer than ___

A. 15 inches center to center

B. 30 inches center to center (Your Answer)
C. 24 inches center to center
D. 18 inches center to center
Correct

42) Tanks flushing more than one urinal shall be ___

A. *automatic in operation (Your Answer)

B. Acid-resistant
C. Enamel
D. Manual in operation
Correct

43) Roofs, inner courts, vents shafts, light wells, or similar areas having
rainwater drains shall discharge to a ___

A. Outside of the building or to the gutter (Your Answer)

B. Sanitary sewage system
C. Private sewage disposal system
D. Sump with pump discharge into the house drain
Correct

44) Closet bends or stubs shall be cut off so as to present a smooth surface,
even with the ___.

A. Top of the rough floor

B. Top of the closet ring (Your Answer)
C. Top of the finish floor
D. Bottom of the closet ring
Correct

45) Any pressure less than that exerted by atmospheric is a(an) __

A. Vacuum (Your Answer)

B. Negative pressure
C. Atmospheric pressure
D. Positive pressure
Correct

46) With two noted exceptions, all shower compartments and receptors shall
be capable of encompassing a ___ diameter circle.

A. 24-inch
B. 33-inch
C. 30-inch (Your Answer)
D. 36-inch
Correct
47) The diameter of waste and overflow for a bathtub shall not be less tahn
___

A. 1-1/4 inches OD
B. 1-3/8 inches OD
C. 1-1/2 inches OD (Your Answer)
D. 1-1/4 inches OD
Correct

48) PEX is the definition for ___

A. Polyethylene
B. Polybutylene X
C. Cross-linked polyethylene (Your Answer)
D. None of the above
Correct

49) The curb or threshold of a shower compartment may be eliminated ___.

A. To comply with accessibility standards (Your Answer)

B. For gang showers
C. In hospitals only
D. Not permitted
Correct

50) A permanently installed mechanical device, other than an ejector, for

removing sewage or liquid waste from a sump is called a sewage pump.

A. True (Your Answer)

B. False
C. Maybe
Correct

51) Voids around piping passing through concrete floors on the ground shall
be ___

A. Flanged
B. Protected
C. Sealed (Your Answer)
D. Packed
Correct

52) Trough urinals shall be ___.

A. Permissible if constructed of concrete

B. Prohibited (Your Answer)
C. Allowed in bus stations
D. Required in large associations
Correct
53) A mixing valve that senses outlet temperature and compensates for
fluctuations in incoming hot or cold water temperature is a ___ *

A. Combination thermostatic/pressure-balancing valve

B. Thermostatic (temperature control) valve (Your Answer)
C. Pressure-balancing valve
D. None of the above
Correct

54) A pipe inside a building that conveys storm water from the roof to a strom
drain is called a(an) ___

A. Conductor (Your Answer)

B. Building storm drain
C. Rain leader
D. Adductor
Correct

55) Water that is safe for people to drink is referred to by this code as ___
*

A. Industrial water
B. Potable water (Your Answer)
C. Soft water
D. Hard water
Correct

56) Drain pipes subject to condensation over food storage in food-handling

establishment shall be ___.

A. Installed with a spill pan

B. Thermally insulated (Your Answer)
C. Remouled out of the area
D. Tested with 5 psi of air
Correct

57) Test gauges shall not have a pressure range more than __ the test
pressure.

A. Equal
B. Twice (Your Answer)
C. 15 psi
D. 60 psi
Correct

58) Pipe joint material shall be insoluble inwater, nontoxic, and applied ____.
 A. On male threads only (Your Answer)
B. On pipe threads and inside fittings
C. On inside fitting threads only
D. In warm weather only
Correct

59) Static pressure is pressure existing without any flow.

A. True (Your Answer)

B. False
C. Maybe
Correct

60) Drinking fountains shall not be installed in ___.

A. Public toilet rooms (Your Answer)

B. Schoolyards
C. Bars
D. Restaurants
Correct

61) Gutters in public shower rooms shall be sloped not less than ___

A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 2% (Your Answer)
D. 3%
Correct

62) Threaded pipe (I.P.S.) 3/4 inch, except for gas piping, installed
horizontally shall be supported at appproximately ___.

A. 5-foot intervals
B. 10-foot intervals (Your Answer)OR 3M
C. 12-foot intervals
D. 15-foot intervals
Correct

63) To provide watertight joint in the floor, shower drains and floor drains
are required to be ___

A. Extra-heavy cast iron

B. Suitably flanged (Your Answer)
C. Coated with asphalt
D. Set in waterproof cement
 Correct

64) Burred ends of all pipe and tubing shall be ___.

A. Painted to reduce friction

B. Reamed to the full bore of the pipe of tube (Your Answer)
C. Avoided by use of special cutting tools
D. Confined to exposed and readily accesible locations
Correct

65) In seismec zone 1 and 2, hubless cast iron piping 5 inches or larger
suspended in exposed locations over high traffic areas, and over four feet
in length, shall be provided with support on both sides of the coupling

A. True
B. False (Your Answer)
C. Maybe
Correct

66) Wiped joints are permitted with ___.

A. Lead (Your Answer)

B. Steel
C. Plastic
D. Cast iron
Correct

67) Wall-mounted water closets shall be securely bolted to ___.

A. The wall
B. Double two by six studs
C. A carrier fitting (Your Answer)
D. A closet bend
Correct

68) Automatically controlled flushometer valves may be substituted for ___

A. Flush tanks (Your Answer)

B. Flow control
C. Gate valves
D. Lever valves
Correct

69) Surfaces to be joined by soldering or brazed shall be cleaned bright by

___.

A. Mechanical or manual means (Your Answer)

B. A self-cleaning flux
C. A corrossive flux
D. Sulfuric acid
 Correct

70) All design, construction, and workmanship shall be in conformity with ___

A. Practices of the contractor

B. Accepted engineering practices (Your Answer)
C. Standard shop procedures
D. Job plan and specifications
Correct

71) All pipe, pipe fittings, tyraps, fixtures, materials, and devices used in
plumbing system shall be ___

A. Listed or labaled by a listing agency

B. Approved by the Authority Having Jurisdiction
C. Free from defects
D. All of the above (Your Answer)
Correct

72) The discharge from clinical sinks and conveyed to the building drain is
defined as a waste pipe.

A. True
B. False (Your Answer)
C. Maybe
Correct

73) All trenches deeper than the footing of any building or structure and
paralleling the same shall be at least ___.

A. 5-foot intervals
B. Every other story
C. Each floor not to exceed 15 ft (Your Answer)
D. 10-foot intervals
Correct

74) A document, the main text of which contains only mandatory provisions
using the word "shall" to indicate requirements, is best described as a __
*

A. Code
B. Standard (Your Answer)
C. Law
D. Legal document
Correct

75) PEX piping may be coupled together with shielded couplings.

A. True
B. False (Your Answer)
C. Maybe
Correct

76) A horizontal drain that is sized to provide free movement of air above the
flow line of the drain is called a __

A. Solvent waste and vent system

B. Combination waste and vent system (Your Answer)
C. Continuous waste system
D. Durham waste and vent system
Correct

77) No plumbing system, drainage system, building sewer, private sewage

disposal system, or parts thereof, shall be located in ___

A. Any lot other than the lot that is the site of the building served by
such facilities(Your Answer)
B. The walls, floors, or underground in any building
C. Pipe access spaces where accessible for repair
D. Any garage, or equipment or locker room
Correct

78) The lowest portion of the inside of a horizontal pipe is called the ___

A. Invert mass
B. Invert (Your Answer)
C. Flat vent
D. Bottom
Correct

79) Copper tubing installed vertically shall be supported at each storey or at

maximum intervals of ___.

A. 4 ft
B. 10 ft (Your Answer)
C. 8 ft
D. 6 ft
Correct

80) I.P.S. is the abbreviation for ___

A. Iron pipe standard

B. Iron pipe size (Your Answer)
 C. Inside pipe standard
D. Inside pipe size
Correct

81) The provisions of the code allow an alternate material or method of

construction provided it is ___. *

A. Approved by the architect as an alternate

B. Accepted by the owner as analternate
C. Approved by the Authority Having Jurisdiction as alternate (Your
Answer)
D. Manufactured by a reputable organization
Correct

82) The organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing the

requirements of a code or standard is the ___ *

A. Authority Having Jurisdiction (Your Answer)

B. Plumbing inspector or department
C. Building department
D. Administrative authority
Correct

83) An unconfined space is a room or space having a volume equal to at

least ___ of the aggregate input rating of all the fuel-burning appliances
in the space. *

A. 10 cu. ft per Btu/hr

B. 25 cu. ft per 1,000 Btu/hr
C. 50 cu. ft per 1,000 Btu/hr (Your Answer)
D. 100 cu. ft per Btu/hr
Correct

84) A device installed in a drainage system to prevent reverse flow is a ___

A. Sewage ejector
B. Check valve
C. Backflow preventor
D. Backflow valve (Your Answer)
Correct

85) The restroom facilities in a private day care center are classified as
public use.

A. True (Your Answer)

B. False
C. Maybe
Correct

86) A connection to the public sewer, or private sewage disposal system, is

required for ___
 A. Buildings with plumbing fixtures (Your Answer)
B. Buildings with emergency drain systems
C. Buildings with storm drain systems
D. Buildings with or without plumbing fixtures
Correct

87) Mechanical devices may be used to complete backfilling where covering

above any piping is at least ___ inches

A. 6
B. 12 (Your Answer)
C. 30
D. 36
Correct

88) The combination of fittings that may be used to make an offset and is
considered a vertical pipe are:

A. 1-45 degree and 1-45 degree (Your Answer)

B. 1-60 degree and 1-45 degree
C. 1-90 degree and 1-45 degree
D. 2-90 degree and 1-45 degree
Correct

89) Gutters in public shower rooms shall be sloped not less than ___

A. 2% (Your Answer)
B. 3%
C. 5%
D. 10%
Correct

90) A combination building sewer is (a)___

A. Combination of all sewer and drainage piping from inside and outside
of the building
B. Building sewer that conveys industrial waste and domestic sewage
C. Building drains that convey waste and storm water
D. Building sewer that conveys both sewage and storm water (Your Answer)
Correct

91) The distance between the center of urinal shall not be less than ___

A. 12"
B. 15"
C. 24" (Your Answer)
D. 30"
Correct
92) The length along the centerline of the pipe and fittings is the ___

A. Diameter length
B. Circumferential length
C. Developed length (Your Answer)
D. Diagonal length
Correct

93) Piping in the ground shall be laid on __-.

A. A firm bed (Your Answer)

B. Concrete blocks
C. Redwood stakes
D. Common bricks
Correct

94) The vertical depth of a trap seal is measured from __

A. The outlet of the trap to the bottom of the trap

B. The inlet of the trap to the outlet of the trap
C. The crown weir to the top of the dip of the trap (Your Answer)
D. The inlet of the trap to the bottom of the trap
Correct

95) A drinking fountain installed outside shall be connected to an approved

drainage system.

A. True (Your Answer)

B. False
C. Maybe
Incorrect

96) The building drain from the front building may be extended to the rear
building when both buildings are located ___.

A. On an ineterior (when driveway cannot be used) (Correct Answer)

B. 300 ft from the public sewer (Your Answer)
C. 200 ft from the public sewer
D. On a corner lot
Discuss this Question
Correct

97) A standard that is an extensive compilation of provision covering broad

subject matter is the dedfinition for ___

A. Listed
B. Legal document
C. Code (Your Answer)
D. Standards
1) The joint of a wall-hung lavatory, where it is in contact with the wall,
shall be ___

A. smooth
B. painted
C. concealed (Your Answer)
D. watertight (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

2) When brazing, the alloys shall have a melting temperature of at least __

degrees F.

A. 800 (Your Answer)

B. 840
C. 1000 (Correct Answer)
D. 1200
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

3) Two-inch horizontal copper tubing drain pipe shall be supported at ___

A. 4 foot intervals (Your Answer)

B. 6 foot intervals
C. 10 foot intervals (Correct Answer)
D. 12-foot intervals
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

4) The building drain from the front building may be extended to the rear
building when both buildings are located ___.

A. on an ineterior (when driveway cannot be used) (Correct Answer)

B. 300 ft from the public sewer (Your Answer)
C. 200 ft from the public sewer
D. on a corner lot

1) That part of the lowest piping of a drainage system that recieves the
discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of
the building and conveys it to a point 2 ft. outside the building wall is a
___

A. Building drain (Your Answer)

B. Building sewer
C. Waste pipe
D. Soil stack
Correct
2) Fixture connections that require the removal of an access panel for
servicing are considered ____.

A. Accessible (Your Answer)

B. Readily accessible
C. Not accessible
D. Exposed
Correct

3) A room equipped with a shower or bathtub is a ___.

A. Toilet room
B. Bathroom (Your Answer)
C. Shower room
D. Washroom
Correct

4) A vertical vent that is a continuation of the drain to which it connects is a

___

A. Circuit vent
B. Relief vent
C. Continuous vent (Your Answer)
D. Branch vent
Correct

5) A horizntal drain that is sized to provide free movement of air above the
flow line of the drain is called a ___

A. Continuous waste system

B. Durham waste and vent system
C. Combination waste and vent system (Your Answer)
D. Solvent waste and vent system
Correct

6) The length along the centerline of the pipe and fittings is the ___

A. Diagonal length
B. Diameter length
C. Circumferential length
D. Developed length (Your Answer)
Correct

7) A device integrated within an air accumulator vessel that is desgned to

discharge a predetermined quantity of water to fixtures for flushing
purposes is a(an) ___-

A. Expansion tank
B. Surge tank
C. Flushometer tank (Your Answer)
 D. Day tank
Correct

8) what do you call the main water pipe which delivers potable water to a
building.

A. Water connector
B. Water service (Your Answer)
C. Water supply
D. Water distributor
Correct

9) For a discharge capacity in the excreta drainage system of 1.0 to 1.89

per second, what is its assigned equivalent fixture unit when there is an
intermittent flow in the system?

A. 3
B. 2
C. 4 (Your Answer)
D. 6
Correct

10) What type of valve in a water system combines to protect agaainst

excessive temperature and pressure build-ups?

A. Temperature and pressure relief valve (Your Answer)

B. Stop valve
C. Tempering valve
D. Temperature relief valve
Correct

11) What interior pipes are used to convey storm water from a roof drain to
appoint of disposal?

A. Leaders
B. Conductors (Your Answer)
C. Wet stacks
D. Stacks
Correct

12) What delivers water under pressure?

A. Ejector
B. Sump pump
C. Pressure controller
D. Centrifugal pump (Your Answer)
Correct

13) What type of sewage has not recieved any treatment?

 A. Crude (Your Answer)
B. Oxidized
C. Clarified
D. Carbonized
Correct

14) Valve up to and including 51 mm in size should be made of what

materials?

A. Galvanized iron
B. Cast iron
C. Brass (Your Answer)
D. Copper
Correct

15) What do you call a pipe with a adjacent reverse bends and shaped like
the letter "S"?

A. Double bend (Your Answer)

B. Double hub
C. Increaser
D. Sanitary cross
Correct

16) What type of valve that will be used for all the outlets in a stand pipe

A. Ball
B. Check
C. Gate (Your Answer)
D. Globe
Correct

17) What do you call the downward fall of a pipe?

A. Grade (Your Answer)

B. Inclined
C. Slope
D. Slant
Correct

18) From where can liquid waste be disposed off directly into the ground?

A. Chemical laboratory
B. Church sacaruim (Your Answer)
C. Toilet
D. Restaurant sink
Correct

19) Which of the following does NOT belong to sump pump system?
 A. Sump pit
B. Sump pump
C. Discharge piping
D. Hinged covers (Your Answer)
Correct

20) What do you call a hemp or old hemp rope soaked in oil or tar to make it
waterproof?

A. Sisal
B. Manila
C. Abaca
D. Oakum (Your Answer)
Correct

21) When was NAMPAP registered with the Securities and Exchage
Commission?

A. 1925
B. 1942
C. 1937
D. 1935 (Your Answer)
Correct

22) What tank is integral with water closet, urinal, or similar fixtures for
flushing or removing excrements in the fixture?

A. Flush (Your Answer)

B. Septic
C. Drain
D. Cistern
Correct

23) How many equvalent water supply fixture unit has the flush tank type of
water closet that is for private use?

A. 4
B. 2
C. 3 (Your Answer)
D. 5
Correct

24) How many pipes that discharge into a drainage system but which are not
connected directly to the drainage system clasiffied?

A. Complex wastes
B. Indirect wastes (Your Answer)
C. Special wastes
D. Direct wastes
Correct

25) How do you call an auxillary vent which provides additional circulation
of air in or between a drainage system classified?

A. Common vent
B. Relief vent (Your Answer)
C. Island vent
D. Branch vent
Correct

26) What tube is made of plastic material and colored black whose cross-
sectional shape is normally oval and is denoted by its outside diameter and
is normally used as water service connection from the main to the meter.

A. ABS pipe
B. Polyethylene pipe
C. UPVC pipe
D. Polybutylene pipe (Your Answer)
Correct

27) What is the process by which suspended matter in sewage subsidies and
is deposited by gravity?

A. Clarification
B. Filtration
C. Dilution
D. Sedimentation (Your Answer)
Correct

28) What is a group vent pipe?

A. Circuit vent (Your Answer)

B. Drain
C. Continuous vent
D. Cross connection
Correct

29) When a trench is backfilled, at what intervals must the fill material be
compacted?

A. Every 4 inches
B. Every 12 inches
C. Every 6 inches (Your Answer)
D. Every 8 inches
Correct

30) If the potable water supply is being connected to a non-potable water

source, with what reduced pressure device should connections be made?
 A. Back flow preventer (Your Answer)
B. Air gap
C. Vacuum breaker
D. Double check valves
Correct

31) What do you call a combination of elbows or bends which brings one
section of pipe out of line but into a line parallel with the other section
of the pipe?

A. Offset (Your Answer)

B. Crown vent
C. Drainage turn
D. Picth
Correct

32) What pipe conveys potable water from a building supply to a plumbing
fixture?

A. Water Distribution (Your Answer)

B. Water riser
C. Water line
D. Water stack
Correct

33) If ever it is impractical to install the horizontal drainage piping

following the required minimum slope due to some reasonable
constraints, what is the least required slope that is allowed?

A. 0.5%
B. 1.5%
C. 2.0%
D. 1.0% (Your Answer)
Correct

34) What do you call a receptacle installed to collect and drain store water
from an open area?

A. Combination Sewer
B. Split drain
C. Area drain (Your Answer)
D. Floor drain
Correct

35) What is the least diameter (in mm) of building water service pipe that is
allowed by the plumbing Code?

A. 19 (Your Answer)
B. 12.5
C. 10
 D. 25
Correct

36) What device is often used to connect an appliance to a gas source?

A. Flexible connector (Your Answer)

B. Iron pipes
C. PVC pipe
D. Gas hose
Correct

37) What is the minimum number of water closet for 16 to 35 permanent

female emplyees in assembly places such as the theaters, auditoruims
and convention halls?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 3 (Your Answer)
Correct

38) What valve of faucet closes automatically when released manually?

A. Timed shut-off
B. Slope valve
C. Supply valve
D. Quick closing valve (Your Answer)
Correct

39) What is the process whereby steel and iron pipes rust?

A. Decay
B. Deoxidation
C. Ferrule
D. Tuberculation (Your Answer)
Correct

40) When plastic pipe is joined with cast-iron pipe, which of the following
types of joints is acceptable?

A. Caulked
B. Solvent weld
C. Threaded
D. Mechanical (Your Answer)
Correct

41) Which of the following is required in the installation of a storm drainage

system?

A. 90 degrees bends
 B. 45 degrees bends
C. Blind plugs
D. Cleanouts (Your Answer)
Correct

42) In water supply and distribution, what type of fillway valve should be used
to control or more openings?

A. Ball valve
B. Butterfly valve
C. Globe valve
D. Gate valve (Your Answer)
Correct

43) Which of the following types of traps allowed?

A. Traps which depend upon moving parts to maintain a seal

B. P-traps (Your Answer)
C. Crown-vented trap
D. Bell traps
Correct

44) What is that portion of rainfall or other precipitation which runs off over
the surface of the ground called?

A. Surface water (Your Answer)

B. Rain water
C. Run-off water
D. Ground water
Correct

45) What screened vent shall be used to vent the covers of gravity storage
tank of potable water supply?

A. Return-bend pipe (Your Answer)

B. Upright pipe
C. Horizontal nipple
D. Circuit vent
Correct

46) The trap of a kitchen sink may NOT accept the waste of which of the
following?

A. Clothes wahser (Your Answer)

B. Garbage disposer
C. Diswasher
D. Continuous waste
Correct

47) What do you call a waste arrangement that connects multiple

 compartments of a set of fixtures, such as double-bowl kitchen sink, to a
single trap?

A. A series waste
B. An island waste
C. A continuous waste (Your Answer)
D. A collecticve waste
Correct

48) What is the minimum height of raised letters on an iron or bronze sign that
will read "Connection to Dry Standpipe"

A. 25 mm (Your Answer)
B. 3/4 inch
C. 20 mm
D. 30mm
Correct

49) What type of water closet is installed in such a way that it does not
touch the floor?

A. Hanger
B. Wall-hung (Your Answer)
C. Carrier
D. Handy
Correct

50) Which is NOT a plastic pipe?

A. Polybutylene
B. Polyvinyl chloride
C. Polyethylene
D. Black steel (Your Answer)
Correct

51) Unless prohited by structural conditions, what is the reference of each

vertical vent pipes before offsetting horizontally to join the stack vent or
vent stack?

A. Invert of trap
B. Highest flood level rim of fixture (Your Answer)
C. Water level inside the trap
D. Air gap of fixture
Correct

52) Connections between drain and floor outlet plumbing fixtures must be
made with which of the following?

A. Mechanical joints
B. Electromeric seal
 C. Schedule-40 joints
D. Floor flanges (Your Answer)
Correct

53) What do you call a drainage piping that extends from the trap of a
fixture to appoint connection with another drain pipe?

A. Horizontal stack
B. Branch supply
C. Trap Arm (Your Answer)
D. Fixture drain
Correct

54) What does NAMPAP mean

A. National Master Plumbing Association of the Philippines

B. National Agency of Master Plumbing in the Philippines
C. National Master Plumbers Association of the Philippines (Your Answer)
D. National Association of Masters Plumber of the Philippines
Correct

55) What pressure exist without any flow motion?

A. Static (Your Answer)

B. Stagnate
C. Adiabatic
D. Pore Water
Correct

56) what device is present in a water heater that allows the emptying or
discharge of excessive pressure

A. Thermostat
B. Relief valve (Your Answer)
C. Aquastat
D. Boiler blowoff
Correct

57) Which of the following types of work required a plumbing permit?

A. The replacement of a faulty gate valve

B. The relpacement of an electric water heater (Your Answer)
C. The clearance of the drain stoppage
D. The replacement of the faucet stem
Correct

58) What do you call the vertical distance between the crown weir and the top
of the dip of a trap?

A. Airbreak
 B. Airgap
C. Trap seal (Your Answer)
D. Critical level
Correct

59) What do you call the pipe or tubing that connects the oultlet of a
plumbing fixture to the trap?

A. Outflow
B. Tailpiece (Your Answer)
C. Head Tubing
D. Connector
Correct

60) What valve is similar to a compression cock but has a screw outside for a
connection of water hose?

A. Tap
B. Key cock
C. Hose bibb (Your Answer)
D. Faucet
Correct

61) What do you call the vertical vent pipe installed primarily to provide
circulation of air to and from any part of the drainage system?

A. Common vent
B. Relief vent
C. Vent Stack (Your Answer)
D. Stack vent
Correct

62) What pipe carries potable water from the water meter or other source of
water supply to a building or other point of use or distribution on the lot

A. Building supply (Your Answer)

B. Liquifier
C. Water distributor
D. Water regular
Correct

63) Which of the following also serves as drains?

A. Relief vents
B. Common vents
C. Wet vents (Your Answer)
D. Dry vents
Correct

64) Which of the follwing is a common form of protection from corrosion for
 pipes passing through concrete?

A. Protective concreting
B. Protective coating
C. Protective handling
D. Protective wrapping (Your Answer)
Correct

65) What is the combination of elbows or bends in aline of piping, which

bring one section of the pipe out of line parallel with the original
section?

A. Sanitary piping
B. Piping system
C. Offset (Your Answer)
D. Circuit piping
Correct

66) What should be made of connections between a potable water supply and
an automatic fire sprinkling machine?

A. With vacuum breaker

B. With relief valves
C. With check valve (Your Answer)
D. With valve regulator
Correct

67) Which of the following does NOT constitute a clean out?

A. Removable fixture trap

B. Removable plug or cap
C. Water faucet (Your Answer)
D. Water closet
Correct

68) What are intended to be protected by vents?

A. Fixture outlets
B. Drains
C. Traps
D. Trap seals (Your Answer)
Correct

69) What building drains conveys storm water but not sewage?

A. Combined drain
B. Storm drain (Your Answer)
C. Sanitary drain
D. Surface drain
Correct
70) What type of surface must plumbing fixtures should NOT have?

A. Concealed fouling surface (Your Answer)

B. Smooth, impervous purposes
C. China surfaces
D. Stainless steel surfaces
Correct

71) What is a liquid waste that contains animal or vegetable matter in

suspension or solution?

A. Sewer
B. Sewage (Your Answer)
C. Domestic waste
D. Culinary waste
Correct

72) Which of the following is NOT a basic component to a plumbing system?

A. The drainage and vent system

B. Water service pipe and distributing pipes
C. Pollution Control (Your Answer)
D. Plumbing fixtures
Correct

73) How many threads per inch has a cleanout having a size of 76 mm had?

A. 8 (Your Answer)
B. 10
C. 5
D. 6
Correct

74) which of the follwong is NOT an element in the computation of the size of
grease interceptors?

A.
B. Diameter of inlet pipe (Your Answer)
C. Waste flow rate
D. Storage factor
Correct

75) If there are five or more branch intervals located above a horizontal
offset of a drainage stack, what must be made of the offsets?

A. No more than 22 1/2 degrees

B. Eliminated
C. No more than 22 1/2 degrees
D. Vented (Your Answer)
 Correct

76) What do you call the water that stands in or passes through the ground?

A. Artesian
B. Surface
C. Deep well
D. Ground (Your Answer)
Correct

77) Through what means must waste of food handling equipment discharge?

A. Vertical gap
B. Grease interceptor
C. Indirect Waste pipe (Your Answer)
D. Direct connection
Correct

78) What must the interceptors used in bottling establishment be capable of

seperating from the other solids before discharging he waste into the
drainage system?

A. Oil
B. Flammable materials
C. Bottled fluids
D. Broken glass or other solids (Your Answer)
Correct

79) What must be fitted on a fixture that is equipped with threads for a
garden hose?

A. Check valve
B. Backflow preventer
C. Air gap
D. Vacuum breaker (Your Answer)
Correct

80) What is the standard working pressure for a water heater?

A. 140 psi
B. 125 psi (Your Answer)
C. 100 psi
D. 75 psi
Correct

81) What portion of an underground drainage system CANNOT drain by

gravity into the building sewer?

A. Building subdrain (Your Answer)

B. Building drain
 C. Building supply
D. Building sewer
Correct

82) Who was the President of the Republic of the Philippines who signed the
"Plumbing Law of the Philippines"?

A. Joseph Estrada
B. Diosdado Macapagal
C. Ramon Magsaysay (Your Answer)
D. Ferdinand Marcos
Correct

83) Which of the following vents does NOT carry liquid or water-borne
wastes?

A. Dual
B. Dry (Your Answer)
C. Unit
D. Wet
Correct

84) What device is used to prevent backflow into a potable water supply?

A. Backflow valve
B. Backwater valve
C. Backwater preventer
D. Backflow preventer (Your Answer)
Correct

85) What do you call an approved tank or pit which recieves sewage or
wastewater below the normal grade and is emtied by mechanical
meands?

A. Lateral
B. Sump (Your Answer)
C. Damp
D. Dumping
Correct

86) What will be the basis in the design of waer piping sytem in localities
where the water pressure is fluctuating all throughout the day?

A. Time of the day when the maximum pressure is available

B. Number of households in the area using water
C. Minimum pressure available (Your Answer)
D. Maximum pressure available
Correct

87) What is the term used which implies siphonage in piping system?
 A. Deoxygenation
B. Carbonation
C. Vacuum (Your Answer)
D. Flushing
Correct

88) What part of the trap of trapped fixture being served, must individual
vents be connected?

A. Fixture drain (Your Answer)

B. Top
C. Bottom
D. Fixture branch
Correct

89) What is represented by a solid line broken with two dots or dashes in
piping diagrams?

A. Drainage pipe
B. Vent pipe
C. Cold water
D. How water (Your Answer)
Correct

90) Which of the following commonly carries both storm water or sewage?

A. Mixed drain
B. Subsoil drain
C. Combined sewer (Your Answer)
D. Sanitary sewer
Correct

91) What do you call a water supply pipe connecting the fixtures with the
fixture branch?

A. Corporation
B. Service
C. Fixture supply (Your Answer)
D. Special
Correct

92) What system describes soil or waste system where all pipings are of
threaded pipe, tubing or other such rigid construction using recessed
drainage fittings to correspond to the types of piping?

A. Durham (Your Answer)

B. Schultz
C. Smith
D. Drake
Correct

93) Which of the following is an impairment of the quality of potable water

which creates a hazard to public health through poisoning or the spread
of disease?

A. Imbalance
B. Risk dange
C. Backflow
D. Contamination r (Your Answer)
Correct

94) What is the allowable distance between the trap arm and the vent if the
fixture has a trap arm diameter of 32mm?

A. 1.52m
B. 0.76 m (Your Answer)
C. 0.51m
D. 1.07m
Correct

95) Grease interceptors must be equipped with devices to control the rate of
which of the following?

A. Heat Transference
B. Air flow
C. Waste flow
D. Water flow (Your Answer)
Correct

96) what is the minimum allowed uniform gauge pressure in the piping system
if an air test shall be made?

A. 34.5 kPa (Your Answer)

B. 20 psi
C. 17.7 psi
D. 120 psi
Correct

97) Which of the follwing is NOT allowed in the construction of a storm

water drainage system?

A. Schedule-40 plastic fittings

B. Cast-iron fittings
C. Drainage fittings that are commonly used for sanitary drainage
D. Fittings that retard the flow of storm water (Your Answer)
Correct

98) What type of concealed connections on fixtures shall be provided with

 access panel or utility at least 0.3m in its least dimension for easy
inspection and repair?

A. Hubless
B. Flanged
C. Slip joint (Your Answer)
D. Ball and socket
Correct

99) What feature in water supply is NOT advisable to plumbing fixtures,

devices and opportunities?

A. Bacterial quality (Your Answer)

B. Adequate pressure
C. Sufficient volume
D. Without undue noise
Correct

100) What do you call the installation of all pipes in the plumbing system that is
in partitions and under floors?>

A. Tempering
B. Roughing-in (Your Answer)
C. Concealed plumbing
D. Fixturing
Correct

101) what sewage includes the wastes from metal and chemical plants, oil
refineries, laudries. diary plants and breweries?

A. Residential
B. Commercial
C. Industrial (Your Answer)
D. Institutional
Correct

102) What is represented by a solid line broken with a single dot or dash in
piping diagrams?

A. Cold water (Your Answer)

B. Hot water
C. Vent pipe
D. Drainage pipe
Correct
103) After how many days shall a plumbing permit expire and become null
and void if the plumbing works authorized therein have not been
started?

A. 365
B. 60
C. 30
D. 120 (Your Answer)
Correct

104) What is the ideal inside diameter of cesspools?

A. 10 ft
B. 3 meters
C. Not more than 5 meters
D. Not more than 6 ft (Your Answer)
Correct

105) What is the receptacle wherein liquids are retained for a sufficient period
of time to allow settleable materials to deposit?

A. Catch basin (Your Answer)

B. Rainwater tank
C. Cistern tank
D. Weir
Correct

106) What is a recession in a wall for holding pipes and conduits passing from
floor to floor?

A. Vent
B. Court
C. Chase (Your Answer)
D. Yard
Correct

107) What is the minimum elapsed time required that the pressurized water be kept in
the pipe system for the water test?

A. 15 min (Your Answer)

B. 10 min
C. 30 min
D. 1 hour

1) The minimum requirement for the slope of horizontal drainage pipes

between manholes is
 A. 4%
B. 2-1/2 %
C. 2% (Your Answer)
D. 3%
Correct

2) Ferrous gas piping installed underground in exterior locations shall have at

least ____.

A. One double swing joint

B. Two condensation drip leg
C. 1 foot of earth cover (Your Answer)
D. Four 90-degree elbows
Correct

3) In the water test of the entire plumbing system all openings should be
tightly closed except at

A. Protruding cleanouts
B. Bleeders
C. Stack vent
D. Highest opening (Your Answer)
Correct

4) A device to prevent backflow into the potable water system is called a

____.

A. Backflow connection
B. Siphon leg
C. Backflow preventer (Your Answer)
D. Back-siphonage
Correct

5) A fixture vent pipe increased one pipe size its entire length ____.

A. May exceed the maximum horizontal length limited by code (Your

Answer)
B. Will be a better workmanship job
C. Will increase the venting efficiency
D. Will reduce the cost of installation
Correct
6) The depth of the finished dam of threshold for any shower, measured from
the top of the drain, shall not be less than ____.

A. 4 inches
B. 12 inches
C. 2 inches (Your Answer)
D. 9 inches
Correct

7) Joints at the roof around pipes shall be made watertight by the use of
____.

A. Epoxy glue
B. Flashings (Your Answer)
C. Waterproof paint
D. Tar and paper
Correct

8) A seamless drawn-brass fixture tailpiece shall be ____.

A. 24 B&S gauge
B. 20 B&S gauge (Your Answer)
C. 22 B&S gauge
D. 26 B&S gauge
Correct

9) No water heater (except direct vent water heaters and fuel burning water
heaters installed in a closet with a listed, gasketed door assembly and
listed self-closing device) that depends on the combustion of fuel for
heat shall be installed in any ____.
_

A. Garage
B. Kitchen
C. Basement
D. Bedroom (Your Answer)
Correct

10) An indirect waste pipe 12 feet long requires ____.

A. A trap only (Your Answer)

B. A trap and vent
C. No trap or vent
D. A vent only
Correct
11) The vertical distance between a fixture outlet and the trap weir shall not
exceed ____.

A. 18 inches
B. 36 inches
C. 12 inches (Your Answer)
D. 24 inches
Correct

12) A plumbing vent shall terminate not less than ____.

A. 3 feet from an air intake

B. 10 feet from an air intake (Your Answer)
C. 1 foot above the roof
D. 5 feet above a window
Correct

13) PEX piping installed horizontally must be supported every ____ inches.

A. 48
B. 24
C. 36
D. 32 (Your Answer)
Correct

14) What is the minimum age requirement for an appointee to become a

member of the Board of Master Plumbers?

A. Thirty five years old

B. Thirty two years old
C. Thirty years old (Your Answer)
D. Twenty eight years old
Correct

15) Cast-iron soil pipe shall not be ____.

A. Used belowground
B. Painted
C. Used for drain lines
D. Threaded (Your Answer)
Correct

16) The minimum size of gas piping supply to a mobile home is ____.
 A. 3/4 inch (Your Answer)
B. 1/2 inch
C. 2 inches
D. 1 inch
Correct

17) Because of structural conditions, a 4-inch house drain is installed with a

slope of 1/8 inch per foot. This installation will result in a(an) ____.

A. Increased scouring and cleansing action

B. Reduction in fixture unit loading allowance (Your Answer)
C. Separation of solids and liquid
D. Increased allowance in fixture unit loading
Correct

18) A domestic dishwasher drain shall first connect to ____.

A. An approved airgap fitting (Your Answer)

B. A double-check valve
C. A triple-check valve
D. An approved valve
Correct

19) An ejector discharge line shall be provided with a ____

A. Gate valve only

B. Backwater valve and gate valve (Your Answer)
C. Backwater valve only
D. Swing check valve and a globe valve
Correct

20) All trenches deeper than the footing of any building or structure and
paralleling the same must be at least ____.

A. 2 feet deep
B. 45 degrees therefrom (Your Answer)
C. 4 feet thereon
D. 2 feet wide
Correct

21) Cleanouts may be omitted on a horizontal drain line less than 5 feet
except for ____.
 A. Bathtubs
B. Water closets
C. Sinks (Your Answer)
D. Showers
Correct

22) Single-wall metal pipe shall be constructed of ____ not less than 0.0304
inch thick.

A. PVC Sch 40
B. Galvanized, sheet steel (Your Answer)
C. Copper sheet metal
D. Cast ironcast iron
Correct

23) The aggregate cross-sectional area of all vents for a system with a
required 4-inch sewer shall be at least ____.

A. 12.56 square inches (Your Answer)

B. 4 square inches
C. 7.06 square inches
D. 18 square inches
Correct

24) The minimum horizontal distance between a water supply well and the
building sewer is ____.

A. 50 feet (Your Answer)

B. 100 feet
C. 10 feet
D. 15 feet
Correct

25) What kind of joint is not allowed in cast iron pipe?

A. Welded
B. Bell and spigot
C. Threaded (Your Answer)
D. Soldered
Correct

26) For a vertical drainage line that is installed to be truly in vertical position,
what is the allowed degree of the branch to be used?
 *

A. 15
B. 60 (Your Answer)
C. 45
D. 22.5
Correct

27) Each drainage stack that extends 10 or more stories above the building
drain shall be served by ____.

A. Cleanouts at each floor

B. A parallel vent stack (Your Answer)
C. Extra-heavy fittings
D. Straps every 5 feet
Correct

28) The terminal end of the drain for a pressure-relief valve shall not be ____.

A. Painted
B. Reamed
C. Threaded (Your Answer)
D. Open
Correct

29) The building sewer shall be determined on the basis of the total number
of fixture units drained by such sewer in accordance with ____.

A. None of the above

B. The maximum fixture load only
C. The same table(s) as the building drain
D. Table 7-8 fixture unit loading (Your Answer)
Correct

30) The exit terminals of mechanical draft systems shall be ____.

A. In the same story

B. Not over 10 feet from the vent
C. Not less than 7 feet above grade (Your Answer)
D. Not over 20 feet from the vent
Correct
31) The developed length of 1-1/2-inch trap arms shall not exceed ____.

A. 2 feet, 8 inches
B. 5 feet
C. 6 feet
D. 3 feet, 6 inches (Your Answer)
Correct

32) The minimum common horizontal waste pipe serving a bathtub, a

lavatory, and a kitchen sink shall be at least ____.

A. 3 inches
B. 1 -1/2 inches
C. 2 - 1/2 inches
D. 2 inches (Your Answer)
Correct

33) The minimum size trap and trap arm for a kitchen sink is ____.

A. 1-1/2 inches (Your Answer)

B. 2 inches
C. 3 inches
D. 2-1/2 inches
Correct

34) The required clearance in front of a 3-inch cleanout is ____.

A. 6 inches
B. 18 inches (Your Answer)
C. 12 inches
D. 24 inches
Correct

35) The maximum number of lavatories on a 2-1/2 inch horizontal waste

line is ____.

A. 10
B. 14 (Your Answer)
C. 20
D. 6
Correct

36) Vitrified clay building sewer pipe and fittings are ____.

A. Unrestricted in use for drain lines

 B. Unrestricted in use for vent lines
C. Approved for use inside of buildings and aboveground
D. Approved for use at least 12 inches belowground (Your Answer)
Correct

37) Fixture traps shall have a water seal of not less than ____.

A. 12 inches
B. 2 inches (Your Answer)
C. 6 inches
D. 4 inches
Correct

38) The developed length between the trap of a water closet and its vent shall
not exceed ____.

A. 4 feet
B. 12 inches
C. 30 inches
D. 6 feet (Your Answer)
Correct

39) Leaks in gas piping shall be located by applying ____.

A. Fire or acid to the pipe joints

B. Potable water to the interior of the piping tubing
C. Soapy water to the exterior of the piping (Your Answer)
D. A noncorrosive leak detection fluid
Correct

40) Drinking fountains may be installed with ____.

A. Steel pipe
B. Indirect wastes (Your Answer)
C. Yoke venting
D. Bell traps
Correct

41) One trap may serve a set of not more than ____.

A. Three single-compartment sinks (Your Answer)

B. Two double-compartment sinks
 C. Two lavatories
D. Three lavatories
Correct

42) Three-inch horizontal drainage piping shall be run in practical alignment

and at a uniform slope of not less than ____.

A. 1/4 inch per foot (Your Answer)

B. 1/16 inch per foot
C. 1/2 inch per foot
D. 1/8 inch per foot
Correct

43) Above ground schedule 40 PVC and ABS DWV plastic piping installed
horizontally shall be supported at intervals of no to exceed ____.

A. 10 feet
B. 6 feet
C. 2 feet
D. 4 feet (Your Answer)
Correct

44) A vent in a combination waste and vent system shall be approximately

equal in area to one-half the ____.

A. Area of the house sewer

B. Cross-sectional of the drain pipe served (Your Answer)
C. Area of the public sewer
D. Diameter of the drain pipe served
Correct

45) Three-quarter inch or 1-inch gas piping installed horizontally shall be

supported at intervals not to exceed ____.

A. 6 feet
B. 4 feet
C. 8 feet (Your Answer)
D. 5 feet
Correct

46) Copper tube and fittings used for drainage and vent piping installed
aboveground shall be at least ____.
 A. Type DWV (Your Answer)
B. Type L
C. Type K
D. Type M
Correct

47) Water heater vents terminate above a roof surface at least ____ from a
vertical wall.

A. 12 inches (Your Answer)

B. 6 inches
C. 8 feet
D. 3 feet
Correct

48) Cast-iron soil pipe stacks shall be supported at ____.

A. Their base and each floor (Your Answer)

B. Intervals of 10 feet
C. Intervals of 5 feet
D. Every other story
Correct

49) The maximum horizontal distance of a trap arm is measured from the
inner edge of the vent to the ____.

A. Outlet
B. Weir of the trap (Your Answer)
C. Dip
D. Inlet
Correct

50) Concealed slip joint connection require a (an) ____.

A. 8 x 12 access panel
B. 10 x 12 access panel
C. 12 x 12 access panel (Your Answer)
D. 18 x 18 access panel
Correct

51) Soil and drain pipes located above food-handling establishments shall be
subjected to a standing water test of not less than ____ feet.
 A. 12
B. 25
C. 10 (Your Answer)
D. 15
Correct

52) Sleeves shall be provided to protect all piping through ____ and ____
walls.

A. Concrete, masonry (Your Answer)

B. Ceiling, wooden
C. Wood, concrete
D. Floor, concrete
Correct

53) Wall-mounted water closet fixtures shall be securely bolted to ____.

A. The vent piping

B. The drain piping
C. A closet bend
D. Metal supporting members (Your Answer)
Correct

54) Nonmetallic shower sub-pans or linings may be built up on the job site of
not less than ____.

A. Three layers of 15 pound felt (Your Answer)

B. Two layers of 15 pound felt
C. Four layers of 15 pound felt
D. One layer of 15 pound felt
Correct

55) A ____ trap is not self-cleaning

A. Plaster
B. Cast-iron
C. Bell
D. Grease (Your Answer)
Correct

56) The maximum length for a 1-1/2-inch vent pipe is ____.

A. 50 feet
 B. 60 feet (Your Answer)
C. 20 feet
D. 30 feet
Correct

57) What kind of concealed connections on fixtures that it is required to

provide an access panel or utility at least 0.3 meter in its least dimension
for easy inspection and repair?

A. Slip joint (Your Answer)

B. Hubless
C. Ball and socket
D. flanged
Correct

58) Chemical or industrial liquid wastes that are likely to damage the public
sanitary sewer system shall ____.

A. Be pretreated to render them innocuous (Your Answer)

B. Not be used under any condition
C. Be drained into a holding tank
D. Be drained into a storm drain
Correct

59) The minimum size waste pipe for a residential kitchen sink is ____.

A. 3 inches
B. 2-1/2 inches
C. 2 inches (Your Answer)
D. 1-1/2 inches
Correct

60) A water heater vent may have one offset of not more than 60 degrees from
the ____.

A. Heater
B. Horizontal
C. Roof
D. Vertical (Your Answer)
Correct
61) Building sewers shall be tested by completely filling the sewer with
water from the ____.

A. Lowest to the highest point (Your Answer)

B. Lowest to at least ground level
C. Lowest to at least a 5-foot head
D. Lowest to at least a 10-foot head
Correct

62) A drain connecting the compartments of a set of fixtures to its trap is

called a(an) ____.

A. Continuous waste (Your Answer)

B. Special waste
C. Indirect waste
D. Combination waste and vent
Correct

63) Gas piping with pressure less than 1/4-inch water column shall stand an
air test of ____.

A. 50 psi
B. 30 psi
C. 15 psi
D. Not less than 3 psi (Your Answer)
Correct

64) One material not approved for the installation of an external trap for a
urinal is ____.

A. ABS
B. Cast brass
C. Drawn-brass tubing traps (Your Answer)
D. Cast iron
Correct

65) The maximum distance a gas shutoff valve may be from a gas appliance
(except for range and dryer connectors) is ____.
 A. 6 feet (Your Answer)
B. 10feet
C. 3 feet
D. 2 feet
Correct

66) Unless serving sinks or urinals, cleanouts may be omitted on a horizontal

drain line that is

A. Greater than 2.0 meters

B. Less than 1.5 meters (Your Answer)
C. Equal to 2.0 meters
D. None of these
Correct

67) Of the four board subjects given for Master Plumbers examination,
which of this subject was originally split into two subjects?

A. Plumbing Code
B. Design and Installations
C. Plumbing Arithmetic
D. Practical Problems (Your Answer)
Correct

68) Minimum clearance of listed appliances to any combustible wall or

partition is ____.

A. 8 inches
B. 1 inch
C. Specified in listing or rating plate and NFPA 211 Standard (Your Answer)
D. 3 inches
Correct

69) Sewer or other drainage piping that shall no be installed under or within
2 feet of any building or structure is ____.

A. ABS
B. Cast iron
C. Asbestos cement (Your Answer)
D. Copper
Correct

70) Water closet tank ballcocks shall be installed with the vacuum breaker
critical level at least ____.

A. 1 inch above the flush valve opening

 B. 6 inches above the full opening of the overflow tube
C. 1 inch above the full opening of the overflow tube (Your Answer)
D. 6 inches above the flush valve opening
Correct

71) Water service pipes, or any underground water pipes, shall not be run or
laid in the same trench with ____.

A. Piping for a lawn sprinkler

B. Asbestos cement building sewer piping (Your Answer)
C. Cast-iron building sewer piping
D. Any other water pipe
Correct

72) The sizing of gas vents for category II, III and IV shall be in accordance
with ____.

A. The manufacturers guide

B. The manufacturers instructions (Your Answer)
C. The gas company
D. The vent connector company
Correct

73) In each run of horizontal drain piping, the distance between cleanouts
shall not exceed ____.

A. 50 feet
B. 300 feet
C. 75 feet
D. 100 feet (Your Answer)
Correct

74) When sizing a copper fuel-gas piping system that has an inlet pressure of
less than 2 psi with a pressure drop of 0.3 inch w.c., the maximum cubic
feet per hour of gas flow allowed through a 5/8-inch O.D. ACR tube 75
feet in developed length is ____.

A. 13
B. 48
C. 27 (Your Answer)
D. 68
Correct

75) Sheet metal, constituting a part of any vent connector, shall be at least
____.
 A. 0.0304 inches (Your Answer)
B. 0.0505 inches
C. 0.0500 inches
D. 0.0450 inches
Correct

76) Under no circumstances may gas appliance pressure regulators be vented

____.

A. To the gas utilization equipment flue or exhaust system (Your Answer)

B. Using black iron pipe
C. To the combustion chamber near the pilot
D. To the atmosphere
Correct

77) A branch line serving a trap in a combination waste and vent system is
required to be separately vented when the length of the branch exceeds
____.

A. 15 (Your Answer)
B. 10
C. 5
D. 25
Correct

78) A type B-W gas vent shall terminate at least ____ feet in vertical height
above the bottom of the wall furnace

A. 6
B. 12 (Your Answer)
C. 8
D. 4
Correct

79) A water system containing storage water-heating equipment will require

a ____.

A. Listed combination temperature and pressure relief valve (Your Answer)

B. Check valve
C. Hot water return line
D. Mixing valve
Correct

80) Single-wall metal pipe shall terminate at least 5 feet in vertical height
above the highest connected equipment ____.
 A. Within a horizontal distance of 10 feet
B. Draft hood
C. Draft hood outlet or flue collar (Your Answer)
D. Or approved cap on the roof
Correct

81) No trap for any clothes washer standpipe shall be installed ____.

A. 18 inches above the floor

B. In a partition
C. 6 inches above the floor
D. Below the floor (Your Answer)
Correct

82) Except for plastic piping systems, hot and cold water piping may be tested
with ____.

A. 100 psi air for at least 10 minutes

B. 35 psi air for at least 15 minutes
C. 50 psi air or the working pressure of the water in the system for at least
15 minutes (Your Answer)
D. 40 psi air or 150 psi water for 10 minutes
Correct

83) The tailpiece for a lavatory shall not be less than ____.

A. 1-1/4 inch (Your Answer)

B. 1-1/2 inch
C. 1 inch
D. 1-3/8 inch
Correct

84) That portion of a venting system that connects a water heater to a vent is a
____.

A. Chimney connector
B. Vent connector (Your Answer)
C. Type B vent
D. Vent
Correct

85) A ____ may be installed with indirect waste

A. Water closet
B. Domestic kitchen sink
 C. Drinking fountain (Your Answer)
D. Lavatory
Correct

86) The total number of closets on a 3-inch stack is ____.

A. Four (Your Answer)

B. Three
C. Two
D. Six
Correct

87) Pilots and burners of gas-fired water heaters (except sealed combustion
chambers) in residential garages shall be ____ above the floor level.

A. 24 inches
B. 12 inches
C. 18 inches (Your Answer)
D. 6 inches
Correct

88) The vent for a kitchen sink serves as a drain for a laundry tub. The size of
the wet-vented section is ____.

A. 1-1/2 inches
B. 3 inches
C. 2-1/2 inches
D. 2 inches (Your Answer)
Correct

89) The distance from the center of a water closet to any side wall or
partition shall not be closer than ____.

A. 15 inches (Your Answer)

B. 12 inches
C. 24 inches
D. 30 inches
Correct

90) A refrigerator used to store food and that requires drainage shall be
drained by means of ____.

A. An indirect waste pipe (Your Answer)

B. Both A and B
C. A direct connection
D. No drain required
 Correct

91) Unions shall be installed in a water supply system within ____ to a

water heater

A. 36 inches
B. 12 inches (Your Answer)
C. 24 inches
D. 48 inches
Correct

92) Hub and spigot cast-iron piping in 10-foot lengths, installed horizontally,
shall be supported at intervals of not more than ____.

A. 10 feet (Your Answer)

B. 12 feet
C. 5 feet
D. 15 feet
1) ______________ may be used either for the collection of water without
consideration of pressure, or for storing water under air pressure or under a static
head for future distribution by pneumatic or gravity means. Materials are PVC,
G.I., reinforced concrete, stainless steel or plain steel.

A. CISTERN/ CISTERN TANK

B. WATER TANK (Your Answer)
C. WATER DAM
D. COFERDAM
Correct

2) ________ are holes in the earth from which a fluid may be withdrawn using manual or
mechanical means such as draw bucket,pump,etc.

A. WELLS (Your Answer)

B. PITS
C. FOX HOLES
D. NON OF THE ABOVE
Correct

3) Which is not one of the components of plumbing?

A. Water Supply Distribution System

B. Sanitary Drainage and Disposal System
C. Storm Drainage System
D. Electrical Piping System (Your Answer)
E. All of the above
Correct
4) What is the best fixture for a public comfort room
 A. Gatevalve
B. Flushometer (Your Answer)
C. Faucet
D. Non of the above
Feedback
flushometer- A device for flushing toilets and urinals that utilizes pressure from the water supply system rather than
the force of gravity to discharge water into the bowl, designed to use less water than conventional flush toilets.
Correct

5) What can discharge directly to the sewer system

A. Building Sewer (Your Answer)

B. Oil and Grease
C. Ashes
D. Non of the above
Correct

6) Water is sprayed into the air to release any trapped gases and absorb additional oxygen
for better taste.

A. Aeration (Your Answer)

B. Sedimentation
C. Chlorination
D. Filtration
Correct

7) Water is purified by ___________. In various processes, so as to remove the

particles of vegetable matter, mud and other particles of matter present in the water,
most commonly used materials are sand and gravel.

A. Filtration (Your Answer)

B. Purification
C. Sedimentation
Correct

8) Water is passed through layers of sand and gravel in concrete basins in order to remove
the finer suspended particles.

A. COAGULATION
B. FLOCCULATION
C. SEDIMENTATION
D. FILTRATION (Your Answer)
Correct

9) Water cycle is consists of 3 stages of process, which is not included

A. Evaporation
B. Condensation
C. Precipitation
D. Hydration (Your Answer)
 Correct

10) Use extreme water pressure so as not to affect existing foundation in the vicinity. It
makes use of a suction pump above, while casing acts as the pump riser.

A. BORED WELLS
B. DRILLED WELLS
C. JETTED WELLS (Your Answer)
D. DUG WELLS
Correct

11) uPVC means:

A. UNPLASTICIZED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE pipe (Your Answer)

B. PLASTICIZED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE pipe
C. POLYVINYL CHLORIDE pipe
Correct

12) underground container for waste matter: a covered underground tank or well for the
collection of waste matter and water, especially sewage.

A. CISTERN
B. SUMP PIT/ CESSPOOL (Your Answer)
C. SEWAGE TANK
Correct

13) Turbidity is another problems of water for water distribution, because Silt or mud
in surface or in ground, which can cause of discolation of water and bad taste, what
is the best solution for this

A. Aeration
B. Sedimentation
C. Filtration (Your Answer)
D. Boiling
Correct

14) To reduce water hammer?

A. Put noise reduction insulation to absorb noise that will be created by the pipes
B. An additional 0.30m to 0.90m length of pipe is added to the riser to give air
pressure which absorb it. (Your Answer)
C. Addtional vent pipe
Correct

15) 1. To insure no leakage, a G.I. pipe when threaded has to use lead liquid
or ______ tape around the thread before tightening the fittings.

A. Solvent
B. Teflon (Your Answer)
C. Packaging
 D. Electrical
Correct

16) This water source is often in springs and wells as a source of water

A. Ground water (Your Answer)

B. Rain water
C. Natural Water
D. Non of the above
Correct

17) This pumps are used in applications where excess water must be pumped away from
a particular area.
a pump used to remove water that has accumulated in a water collecting sumppit,

A. JET (EJECTOR) PUMP

B. SUMP PUMP (Your Answer)
C. TURBINE PUMP
D. PISTON PUMP
Correct

18) This is a portion of the rain water which has percolated into the earth to form
underground deposits

A. Aquifers (Your Answer)

B. Well
C. Cistern
D. Soil bearing
Correct

19) This is a kind of pump attached to the end of deep well pipe enclosed in a casing
where the pump is capable of functioning while submerged.

A. Force pump
B. Submersible pump (Your Answer)
C. Lift pump
Correct

20) This consists of a wedge-shaped plug which is screwed down to seat between two
brass rings surrounding the inlet pipe so that a double seal is obtained. The inlet and
outlet are in a straight line. This valve is used when a normal fully open or closed
position is desired. Either end may be used as inlet

A. Gatevalves (Your Answer)

B. Checkvalves
C. Globe valves
Correct

21) 1. These valves are used when it is desired that the flow through a pipe be
always in one direction and there is a possibility of a flow taking place in the
 opposite direction. One type has a pivoted flap which is readily pushed open
by the pressure of water from one side but is tightly closed by the force of a
reverse flow.

A. Gatevalves
B. Checkvalves (Your Answer)
C. Globe valves
Correct

22) These are dug with earth augers are usually less than 30 meters (100 ft) deep. The
diameter ranges from 2 to 30 inches. The well is lined with metal, vitrified tile or
concrete.

A. DUG WELLS
B. BORED WELLS (Your Answer)
C. DRIVEN WELLS
D. SHORE WELLS
Correct

23) There is a septic tank installed on the top of a rock by the seashore. the tank is
exposed on low tide, and covered in sea water during high tide. which of the
following would be an appropriate water proofing for it.

A. Water proof all surface, exterior and interior (Your Answer)

B. Water proof all interior surface except the floor
C. Water proof the walls only exterior and interior
D. Non of the above
Correct

24) There are several reasons why soil stacks are not allowed in columns. Which is NOT
the reason?

A. Pipes will interfere with reinforcing Bars

B. The size of the columns will be larger (Your Answer)
C. Cracks and leaks cannot be detected
D. The Gas emitted will deteriorate concrete
Correct

25) The pipe from the public water main or source of water supply to the building
served

A. SERVICE PIPE (Your Answer)

B. MAIN SERVICE PIPE
C. DISTRIBUTION PIPE
Correct

26) The other physical properties of water is ability to climb up a surface against the pull
of gravity

A. SURFACE TENSION
B. HEAT ABSOPTION/CAPACITY
 C. CAPILLARITY (Your Answer)
D. DISSOLVING ABILITY
Correct

27) The ability to stick itself together and pull itself together

A. SURFACE TENSION (Your Answer)

B. HEAT ABSOPTION/CAPACITY
C. CAPILLARITY
D. DISSOLVING ABILITY
Correct

28) suspended solids are removed from the water by gravity settling and deposition
water is passed through basins so sediments can settle through a period of time

A. COAGULATION
B. FLOCCULATION
C. SEDIMENTATION (Your Answer)
D. AERATION
Correct

29) Requires more elaborate equipment depending on the geology of the site.
Used for drilling oil and can reach up to 1000 meters in depth.

A. BORED WELLS
B. DRILLED WELLS (Your Answer)
C. SHORE WELLS
D. DUG WELLS
Correct

30) 1. refers to the public water system laid underground along the streets where the
house service is connected.

A. Main service
B. Water source
C. Water main (Your Answer)
Correct

31) Raw water is made to pass on pipes of tiny sieves (strainers) and exposed to air of
fine mist to purify it.

A. Sedimentation
B. Reversed osmosis
C. Aeration (Your Answer)
Correct

32) Pump having a plunger that move back and forth within a cylinder equipped with
check valves.The cylinder is best located near or below the ground level.

A. CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
 B. RECIPROCATING PUMP (Your Answer)
C. TURBINE PUMP
D. SUBMERSIBLE PUMP
Correct

33) Properties of water, that can dissolved everything , Known as the “Universal
Solvent”

A. SURFACE TENSION
B. HEAT ABSOPTION/CAPACITY
C. CAPILLARITY
D. DISSOLVING ABILITY (Your Answer)
Correct

34) Plays an important part in the plumbing system, providing this is the most critical
utility requirement, and also known as a "Universal Solvent"

A. Sewage
B. Water (Your Answer)
C. Chloride
D. Purified water
Correct

35) Physical process in which the sediment particles collide with each other and stick
together.

A. COAGULATION
B. FLOCCULATION (Your Answer)
C. SEDIMENTATION
D. AERATION
Correct

36) pA ________is a device used to move fluids, such as liquidsor slurries.

A MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT displaces a volume by physical or mechanical
action.

A. PUMP (Your Answer)

B. MOTOR
C. PROPELLER
D. MACHINE
Correct

37) 1. One end is 0.30M and the other end is 0.90M long. This prevents the pipe
from snapping (breaking?)when the soil settles. [U-shaped?]

A. Gooseneck (Your Answer)

B. Corporation cock
C. Ball cock
D. Long neck
Correct
38) NAMPAP means?

A. National Masteral Plumbing Association of the Philippines

B. National Master Plumbers Associations of the Philippines (Your Answer)
C. National Master Plumbing Associate of the Philippines
D. Non of the above
Correct

39) Method of introducing a controlled amount of chlorine to the water in order to attain
a desired degree of disinfection.

A. CHLORINATION (Your Answer)

B. FLOCCULATION
C. FILTRATION
D. SEDIMENTATION
Correct

40) Jet pumps are centrifugal pumps typically used for drawing water up from a well.

A. SUBMERSIBLE PUMP
B. TURBINE PUMP
C. JET (EJECTOR) PUMP (Your Answer)
D. RECIPROCATING PUMP
Correct

41) Its is The ability to absorb heat without becoming warmer

A. SURFACE TENSION
B. HEAT ABSOPTION/CAPACITY (Your Answer)
C. CAPILLARITY
D. DISSOLVING ABILITY
Correct

42) It contains an impeller mounted on a rotating shaft. The rotating impeller increases the
water velocity while forcing the water in to a casing thus converting the water’s
velocity into higher pressure.

A. CENTRIFUGAL PUMP (Your Answer)

B. RECIPROCATING PUMP
C. TURBINE PUMP
D. SUBMERSIBLE PUMP
Correct

43) Is the art and technique of installing pipes, fixtures and other apparatuses in
buildings & bringing the the supply liquids substances &/or ingredients and
removing them

A. Source distribution
B. Plumbing (Your Answer)
 C. Mechanics
D. Non of the above
Correct

44) Is plumbing system which carries water from the water source, street main or a pump
to the building and to the various points in the building at which water is used

A. Sewage System
B. Water Supply and Distribution System (Your Answer)
C. Drainage System
D. Non of the above
Correct

45) Is basically a centrifugal pump complete with electric motors which are positioned
under water in a suitable bored hole that delivers the water to the surface

A. CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
B. RECIPROCATING PUMP
C. TURBINE PUMP
D. SUBMERSIBLE PUMP (Your Answer)
Correct

46) Is any method that will remove one or more materials that make the water unsuitable
for a given use

A. Water Sedimentation
B. Water Treatment (Your Answer)
C. Water boiling
D. Non of the above
Correct

47) is a tank constructed of riveted or welded steel plate; the larger tanks often being
divided into two compartments. They should be large enough to contain at least one
day’s supply for the entire building in case the city main is temporarily shut off. The
pipe from the pump to the tank should be across connected to the city main so that
the water may be pumped directly from the main in case of fire. These tanks are
used so that the pneumatic tank or other pumps suck the water from this tank and not
from the public main, so that it will not deprive the neighbors of water due to
pressure.

A. WATER TANK
B. CISTERN TANK
C. SUCTION TANK (Your Answer)
D. PNEUMATIC TANK
Correct

48) is a pump used to deliver water at a point higher than the position of the pump
itself. When the plunger (a piston) descends, valve ‘A’ is closed and water in the
cylinder is forced out through valve ‘B’ and up to the storage. When the plunger is
raised, valve ‘B’ is closed and ‘A’ open to admit water to the cylinder. [A pump that
uses pressure to move liquid]
 A. Lift pump
B. Submersible pump
C. Force pump (Your Answer)
Correct

49) Is a positive displacement reciprocating pump in which a plunger is driven

backwards and forwards, or up and down by a mechanical working head.
Water is sucked into a sealed vacuum by use of a piston.

A. PISTON PUMP

PISTON PUMP (Your Answer)

B. RECIPROCATING PUMP
C. JET (EJECTOR) PUMP
D. TURBINE PUMP
Correct

50) In 1935, this the only group/ organization for plumbing works and ordinaces

A. NAMPAP (Your Answer)

B. NAPAP
C. DILG
D. DENR
Correct

51) Hardness is another problem for water distribution because of Presence

of magnesium and
calcium salts, which can cause Clogging of pipes Impaired laundry and cooking,
which is the best solution for this?

A. Chemical treatment
B. Boiling (Your Answer)
C. Sedimentation
D. Aeration
Correct

52) g1. A fitting installed at a branching tee from a horizontal soil branch to a horizontal waste branch.

A. A. 4”x2” Wye and 2 1/8” bend combination

B. B. 4”x4” Tee
C. C. 4”x2” Tee
D. D. 4”x4” Wye and 4 1/8” bend combination (Your Answer)
Correct

53) Excessive pressure produces a rumbling sound called the ____________

A. Water hammer (Your Answer)

B. Water pressure
 C. Water desimination
Correct

54) Chemical process in which the coagulant reacts with the sediment to make it capable
of combining into larger particles.

A. COAGULATION (Your Answer)

B. FLOCCULATION
C. SEDIMENTATION
D. AERATION
Correct

55) A_______ is water equipment used whenever the water supply at its natural pressure
cannot be directly piped to a building, tank or reservoir.

A. Pump (Your Answer)

B. Tank
C. Motor
D. Bibb
Correct

56) and the horizontal pipes that serve the faucets are called
_______

A. Branches (Your Answer)

B. Vent pipe
C. Riser
D. Stack vent
Correct

57) Amount of waste discharged for a waste water treatment facility

A. 300 gpm
B. 500 gpm (Your Answer)
C. 30 cu.m./day
D. 50 c.u. m. /day
Correct

58) Advantage of Using Rain water is?

A. Water is soft & pure and is suitable for the hot water supply system (Your Answer)
B. Water is available everyday
C. Water that is natural and purified by natural means
D. Non of the above
Correct

59) Acidity is one of the most problems in water distribution and water purification,
which can cause Corrosion of non-ferrous pipes and Rusting & clogging
of steelpipes, which is the best solution for this problem?
 A. Passing the water through a bed of crushed marble or limestone to achieve
alkalinity, or adding sodium silicate.) (Your Answer)
B. Chlorination for removing salt contents
C. Aeration
D. Non of the above
Correct

60) A turbine pump ha s a vertical turbine located below ground water levels and a driving
motor located at ground

A. CENTRIFUGAL PUMP
B. RECIPROCATING PUMP
C. TURBINE PUMP (Your Answer)
D. SUBMERSIBLE PUMP
Correct

61) A tank using air pressure from a suction tank to distribute water for tall buildings
which cannot be reached by normal pressure.

A. WATER TANK
B. CISTERN TANK
C. SUCTION TANK
D. PNEUMATIC TANK (Your Answer)
Correct

62) 1. A stop valve in a service pipe close to its connection with a water main.

A. Gate valve
B. Corporation cock (Your Answer)
C. Check valve
D. Globe valve
Correct

63) A steel drive-wellpoint is fitted on one end of the pipe section and driven into the
earth.The point may be driven into the ground to a depth of up to15meters(50ft).

A. DRIVEN WELLS (Your Answer)

B. DUG WELLS
C. DEEP WELLS
D. SHORE WELLS
Correct

64) a pump consist of a piston traveling up and down within a cylinder which is connected
with a pipe extending down into the source. The piston and the bottom of the cylinder
are each provided with a valve opening upward. Upon the piston’s upstroke, valve ‘A’
closes and valve ‘B’ opens. Upon the piston’s down stroke valve ‘A’ opens and

A. Lift pump (Your Answer)

 B. Submersible pump
C. Force pump
Correct

65) A mixture of surface run-off and ground water. Surface sources includes rivers,
lakes, ponds and impounding reservoirs.

A. Ground water
B. Natural surface Water (Your Answer)
C. Rain Water
D. Natural Water
Correct

66) A method of purifying water wherein particles of matters that are suspended in the
water are allowed to stay in a container so that they will settle in the bottom, then
drawing the water out, leaving these matters in the container.

A. Aeration
B. Sedimentation (Your Answer)
C. Reverse osmosis
D. Purification
Correct

67) 1. A kind of G.I. fitting used as a reducer from a bigger diameter to a lesser
diameter.

A. Bushing (Your Answer)

B. Reducer
C. Fitting
Correct

68) 1. A kind of G.I. fitting that has one end external threads, while the other end has
internal threads.

A. STREET ELBOW or TEE (Your Answer)

B. Wye
C. Elbow
Correct

69) 1. Which of the following locations DO NOT require installation of a clean out?

A. A. At every branch interval of a soil stack

B. B. Any horizontal waste or soil pipe exceeding 15 meters
C. C. Any change in direction of a soil branch 22.5 degrees and over
D. D. At every end of every soil branch (Your Answer)
Correct

70) 1. Which in the list is NOT a standard commercial size of GI pipe for water supply?
 A. A. 2 1/2” diameter
B. B. 3” diameter
C. C. 4” diameter
D. D. 5” diameter (Your Answer)
Correct

71) 1. Which criterion is NOT needed in sizing a vent pipe for individual, branch and circuit vent based
on the total linear footage of the pipe making up the vent?

A. A. Developed length of the vent pipe (Your Answer)

B. B. Number of fixture unit
C. C. Slope of the drain pipe
D. D. Size of the drain pipe
Correct

72) 1. Where are dampers installed to regulate the amount of cool air for an even distribution to outlets?

A. A. at the trunk ducts

B. B. at a practical location at angles and elbows
C. C. at the branch supply duct as far as practical from the outlet (Your Answer)
D. D. at the air boot fitting
Correct

73) 1. What is the size of supply valve for tank type water closet?

A. A. 3/4”
B. B. 1/2”
C. C. 3/8” (Your Answer)
D. D. 1”
Correct

74) 1. What is the minimum size of a trap or branch of a residential kitchen?

A. A. 1 1/2” (Your Answer)

B. B. 1 3/4”
C. C. 1 1/4”
D. D. 2”
Correct

75) 1. What is the minimum size of a trap or branch for a lavatory?

A. A. 1 1/4” (Your Answer)

B. B. 1 3/4”
C. C. 1 1/2”
D. D. 2”
Correct

76) 1. What is a type of vent applied on installations with multi-branch interval where the vertical vent pipe
takes off in front of the first fixture and connects to a main vent stack?
 A. A. Relief vent
B. B. Yoke vent (Your Answer)
C. C. Loop vent
D. D. Circuit vent
Correct

77) 1. What is a GI fitting to join two threaded fittings as close as possible but not exceeding 3 inches?

A. A. Nipple (Your Answer)

B. B. None of the three
C. C. Union
D. D. Coupling
Correct

78) 1. What is a fire line system without a constant water supply and is equipped with a fire service inlet
and outlet connection and installed exclusively for the use of the Fire Service?

A. A. Fire Department House Connection

B. B. Combination Standpipe
C. C. Dry Standpipe (Your Answer)
D. D. Wet Standpipe
Correct

79) 1. What is a device installed on top of a pressure tank used to protect against hydrostatic collapse due
to suction or negative pressure resulting from back-siphonage in a downfeed water distribution
system?

A. A. pressure reducing valve

B. B. vacuum breaker valve
C. C. air volume control valve
D. D. pressure relief valve (Your Answer)
Correct

80) 1. What does PE pipe stands for?

A. A. polyethylene pipe (Your Answer)

B. B. polythylene pipe
C. C. polyvinyl extra pipes
D. D. plastics extra pipe
Correct

81) 1. Water as delivered by NAWASA is no longer safe for drinking because of several contaminants
from the water source present in the environment. It is now therefore imperative that water to be
safe for drinking has to undergo water purification in several stages. Because of several
contaminants, water undergoes several stages. What is a stage in water purification, which removes
mineral deposits, salts, heavy metal, totally dissolves solids while some useful minerals are
retained?

A. A. carbon filtration
B. B. aeration
C. C. ultraviolet radiation
D. D. reverse osmosis (Your Answer)
 Correct

82) 1. The term used to the main water pipe delivering potable water to a building is called

A. A. Water service pipe (Your Answer)

B. B. NAWASA
C. C. Main pipe
D. D. Water utility pipe
Correct

83) 1. The standard size of an outlet of a dry standpipe located for each floor is ___mm. diameter.

A. A. 51 mm (2”)
B. B. 76 mm (3”)
C. C. 38 mm (1 1/2”)
D. D. 64 mm (2 1/2”) (Your Answer)
Correct

84) 1. The minimum height of fire service connection from the grade line is ____ cms.

A. A. 50 cms.
B. B. 100 cms.
C. C. 46 cms. (Your Answer)
D. D. 35 cms.
Correct

85) 1. The maximum horizontal developed length between the trap seal and the vertical vent inlet at the
trap arm.

A. A. 6 feet
B. B. 5 feet (Your Answer)
C. C. 4 feet
D. D. 3 feet
Correct

86) 1. The maximum height of a fire service connection from the grade line is ______ cms.

A. A. 120 cms.
B. B. 130 cms.
C. C. 122 cms (Your Answer)
D. D. 102 cms.

Correct

87) 1. The location of a fire hose cabinet connected to a standpipe for buildings shall be at every floor
level above the first floor at:

A. A. storeroom
B. B. inside a mechanical/electrical room
C. C. a landing of an enclosed stairway (Your Answer)
 D. D. at any private room or rentable space
Correct

88) 1. The general term for the hot or cold water pipes containing potable water

A. A. water plumbing pipes

B. B. water distribution pipes
C. C. hot or cold water line (Your Answer)
D. D. water supply pipes
Correct

89) 1. Single lever valves used in kitchen sink and lavatory faucets or at shower valves has gain
popularity in plumbing installation today. This is because these valves are beautiful and are
maintenance-free. These valves work by the principle of a:

A. A. gate valve
B. B. angle valve
C. C. ball valve (Your Answer)
D. D. globe valve

Correct

90) 1. Minimum water delivery in liters per minute for an outlet of a wet standpipe at a residual pressure or
1.8 kilos per sq. mts.

A. A. 132 liters per minute (Your Answer)

B. B. 112 liters per minute
C. C. 155 liters per minute
D. D. 126 liters per minute
Correct

91) 1. It is customary that a full open type of valve is used in several locations in a water distribution
system. Which location in the following list DOES NOT require one?

A. A. On every hose bibb (Your Answer)

B. B. On water supplies to pressurized tank
C. C. On the water service pipe near the source connection
D. D. On the main water distribution pipe near the water service
Correct

92) 1. In a water system with constant water supply supplying series of plumbing fixtures, water supply
drop is experience when the fixtures in the series are simultaneously opened. Which poor design in the
plumbing system causes this?

A. A. Choice in the system of water distribution

B. B. Insufficiency in the size of the water service and distribution pipe (Your Answer)
C. C. Too many fixtures opened simultaneously
D. D. Use of PVC or other plastic pipes
Correct

93) 1. In a water distribution system, locations such as supply pipe to every water heater requires a full
open valve. Which of the following in the list is a full open valve?
 A. A. check valve
B. B. ball valves
C. C. globe valve
D. D. angle valve (Your Answer)
Correct

94) 1. Branch vents are required to have at least a slope 1/4” /feet. The purpose of which is:

A. A. for convenience in installing the pipe

B. B. to facilitate air movement with lesser air resistance
C. C. for purposes of economy
D. D. to allow any waste to drain into the drain pipe (Your Answer)
Correct

95) 1. Any pipe in the plumbing system provided to ventilate a house drainage system and to prevent trap
siphonage and back pressure.

A. A. waste pipe
B. B. vent pipe (Your Answer)
C. C. soil pipe
D. D. house trap
Correct

96) 1. A vent used in a battery of plumbing fixtures where the vent is installed in front of the last fixture of
the battery.

A. A. yoke vent
B. B. circuit vent (Your Answer)
C. C. stack vent
D. D. relief vent

Correct

97) 1. A type of water pump with its pump motor installed on the surface attached to a lift and push rod
to activate a submerged piston.

A. A. reciprocation pump (Your Answer)

B. B. sump pump
C. C. jack pump
D. D. centrifugal pump
Correct

98) 1. A type of pump which delivers high water discharge with high pressure drawn from a shallow source
like a cistern, best suited as fire pump or transfer pump. The pump motor is installed on the surface
for easy
coupled with a shaft to turn the impellers, which is submerged below.

A. A. centrifugal pump (Your Answer)

B. B. submersible pump
C. C. jet pump
D. D. turbine pump
Correct

99) 1. A type of pump which comprises essentially an impeller or set of vanes enclosed in a housing or
casing close coupled with the pump motor. Its fundamental principle is it adds energy in the form
of velocity to an already flowing liquid.

A. A. reciprocating pump
B. B. centrifugal pump (Your Answer)
C. C. piston pump
D. D. turbine pump
Correct

100) 1. A type of pump for driven well from 150 ft to 200 ft which works by a principle of venturi where
water of high pressure is pump into the well to draw water upwards through the return pipe.

A. A. submersible pump
B. B. jet pump (Your Answer)
C. C. jack or piston pump
D. D. reciprocating pump
Correct

101) 1. A term used for a pipe extension of not more than 2 feet in length, installed at any stack or branch
of a plumbing rough-in for the purpose future tap.

A. A. tail piece (Your Answer)

B. B. branch
C. C. clean out
D. D. stub out
Correct

102) 1. A suitable and economical type of water pump for a 200 ft. driven wall to deliver 10gpm against 200
ft. The Develop Height (TDH) where the motor and pump is located is at the surface.

A. A. sump pump
B. B. jet pump (Your Answer)
C. C. submersible pump
D. D. turbine pump
Correct

103) 1. A slow draining of water from a fixture down a plumbing system indicates a poor venting system.
This poor venting system is caused by:

A. A. Over loaded fixture unit in the soil stack

B. B. Change in the atmospheric pressure in the pipe
C. C. Wrong choice of vent type (Your Answer)
D. D. Inadequate drain pipe
Correct

104) 1. A residence with 12 family members requires 3.6 cu. meters of cold water daily with peak demand.
What is the maximum hot water probable hourly demand?

A. A. 110 liters
 B. B. 100 liters
C. C. 120 liters (Your Answer)
D. D. 140 liters
Correct

105) 1. A female GI threaded pipe reducer fitting use to connect a reducing branch from a main water
distribution.

A. A. bell reducer
B. B. tee reducer (Your Answer)
C. C. elbow reducer
D. D. coupling reducer
Correct

106) 1. A female GI threaded pipe reducer fitting use to connect a reducing branch pipe at an angle.

A. A. Elbow reducer (Your Answer)

B. B. Bushing reducer
C. C. Coupling reducer
D. D. Tee reducer

Correct

107) 1. A female GI pipe reducer fitting used in a straight pipe connection where the fitting’s both ends
are threaded inside

A. A. coupling reducer (Your Answer)

B. B. bushing reducer
C. C. elbow reducer
D. D. tee reducer
Correct

108) 1. A device used to control an incoming high water pressure into the water distribution system by
mechanical means so as to bring it to a working pressure of 80 psi.

A. A. Pressure relief valve

B. B. Pressure reducer
C. C. Pressure reducing valve (Your Answer)
D. D. Pressure regulator
Correct

109) . By gravity, water is distributed from overhead water tanks and is supported either
by structural frames or on the roof decks. Fixtures are below the gravity tank. These
elevated tanks are installed when normal water supply from main public service
pipes is not frequent and when normal pressure from city main is not enough to force
the water to the highest fixtures.

A. UPFEED SYSTEM
B. DOWN FEED SYSTEM (Your Answer)
C. PRESSURE SYSTEM
 D. DIRECT SYSTEM
Correct

110) . Water is distributed from the normal water pressure coming from the public water
main, for low rise buildings.

A. UPFEED SYSTEM (Your Answer)

B. DOWN FEED SYSTEM
C. PRESSURE SYSTEM
D. DIRECT SYSTEM
Correct

111) . A reservoir, tank or vessel for storing or holding water or other liquids

A. CISTERN/ CISTERN TANK (Your Answer)

B. WATER TANK
C. WATER DAM
D. COFERDAM
Correct

112) . Water is treated by giving ________________ to kill the harmful bacteria present and
to cure the turbid taste or “mud taste”, remove clay, salts, iron, etc. commonly used
treating liquids is chlorine.

A. Chemical powder
B. Chemical treatments (Your Answer)
C. Bacteria
Correct

113) . The vertical supply pipe which extends upward from one floor to the next is called
a_________

A. Service pipe
B. Riser (Your Answer)
C. Vent
D. Stack vent
Correct

114) -can be constructed with hand tools or power tools

-depth of about 15 meters (50 ft)
-can have the greatest diameter that a space may allow

A. DUG WELLS (Your Answer)

B. DEEP WELLS
C. HOLE WELLS
D. FOX HOLE
 

1) To cause water or other liquid to percolate through something, so as to dissolve out soluble constituents.
 A. A. Aeration
B. B. Aquifer
C. C. Sand filter
D. D. Leach (Your Answer)
Correct

2) These are fixtures that are installed in janitor’s closets and building maintenance areas for use by the building
maintenance personnel.

A. A. Broom Closet
B. B. Service Sink (Your Answer)
C. C. Master Control Panel
D. D. Wash Basin
Correct

3) The septic tank has a total volume of 6.48 cum, what should be the required volume of
its leaching chamber?

A. A. 2.16 cum (Your Answer)

B. C. 3.24 cum
C. B. 1.62 cum
D. D. 2.59 cum
Correct

4) The reference in measuring the depth of a trap seal of the trap:

A. A. Crown weir to bottom dip

B. C. Inlet to outlet
C. B. Bottom dip to top dip
D. D. Crown weir to top dip (Your Answer)
Correct

5) The quality of Galvanized Iron pipes are rated by:

A. A. class-steel
B. B. schedule (Your Answer)
C. C. mm.
D. D. Gauge
Correct

6) The minimum soil pipe size for a water closet:

A. A. 3” diameter (Your Answer)

B. B. 4” diameter
C. C. 2” diameter
D. D. 6” diameter
Correct

7) The minimum distance (in meters) of well from a septic tank

 A. A. 15 (Your Answer)
B. B. 10
C. C. 25
D. D. 20
Correct

8) The length of a pipeline measured along the center lone of the pipe and pipe fittings.

A. A. Roughing-in
B. B. Nominal Diameter
C. C. Developed length (Your Answer)
D. D. Branch Interval
Correct

9) Sediment that settles out of sewage, forming a semi-solid mass on the bottom of a septic tank

A. A. Sludge (Your Answer)

B. B. Effluent
C. C. Scum
D. D. Leeching Chamber
Correct

10) Prevents water hammer:

A. A. water meter seal

B. B. float valve
C. C. check valve
D. D. air chamber (Your Answer)
Correct

11) One of the first steps in the selection of a suitable water supply source is:

A. A. (water) potability (Your Answer)

B. B. topography
C. C. budgetary cost
D. D. (water) demand
Correct

12) Minimum fixture drains size for Water Closets.

A. A. 1.5”
B. B. 2”
C. C. 3” (Your Answer)
D. D. 4”
Correct

13) Location of cleanouts should be place at every ________ run of horizontal soil or waste piping.

A. A. 25m
 B. B. 10m
C. C. 20m
D. D. 15m (Your Answer)
Correct

14) Liquid sewage that has been treated in a septic tank or sewage treatment plant

A. A. Sludge
B. B. Scum
C. C. Effluent (Your Answer)
D. D. Waste water
Correct

15) In N. P. C. P. – it is the lowest portion of the interior part of any pipe or conduit that is
not vertical

A. A. Indirect
B. B. culvert
C. C. Invert (Your Answer)
D. D. inverted
Correct

16) How many gallons do an average daily consumption of a Bathtub?

A. A. 5 gallons
B. B. 30 gallons (Your Answer)
C. C. 40 gallons
D. D. 100 gallons
Correct

17) Fluoride as additive in water supply is a chemical for:

A. A. purifier-chlorine
B. B. coagulant
C. C. disinfectant
D. D. dental (Your Answer)
Correct

18) faucet fitted with nozzle curving downward used as a draw-off tap:

A. A. firehouse
B. C. lavatory faucet (Your Answer)
C. B. hose bibb
D. D. garden hose
Correct

19) A rigid type of pipe known to have a good chemical resistance, excellent impact strength, especially at low
temperatures and maintains rigidity at high temperatures. (black / gray pipe)

A. A. cPVC
B. B. ABS (Your Answer)
 C. C. ACETAL
D. D. PP
Correct

20) A pipe fitting to change in one single direction (course) the following of water:

A. A. tee
B. B. cross tee
C. C. wye
D. D. elbow (Your Answer)
Correct

21) A flexible type pipe that is excellent in chemical and crush resistance has impact strength and flexibility and
good low temperature performance. (black-bluish pipe)

A. A. uPVC
B. B. Copper Tubing
C. C. Polyethylene (Your Answer)
D. D. Polybuthylene
Correct

22) A flexible type of pipe known to have the only flexible plastic tubing suitable for use with hot and color water
pressure system. And it also known as an excellent chemical resistance to acids and alkalis but is not suited for
fuel oil, gasoline or kerosene distribution system. (blue or gray pipe)

A. A. Polyethylene
B. B. Polybutylene (Your Answer)
C. C. Polyvinyl Chloride
D. D. uPVC
Correct

23) A flange that closed the end of a pipe. There is no opening for the passage of water.

A. A. Cap
B. B. Plug
C. C. Blind Flange (Your Answer)
D. D. Blank Flange
Correct

24) A device for regulating the supply of water in a flush tank by means of hallow floating ball which by its rise or
fall shuts or opens a supply valve.

A. A. Ball Cock (Your Answer)

B. B. Compression Cock
C. C. Key Cock
D. D. Self-closing Cock
Correct

25) A cast iron pipe in which the carbon is reformed by magnesium inoculation, resulting in a material having
high strength without otherwise changing its basic properties. Good corrosion resistance makes this type of
pipe especially useful in underground installations.

A. A. Acid Resistance Cast Iron Pipe

 B. B. Galvanize Steel Pipes
C. C. Galvanize Wrought Iron Pipe
D. D. Ductile Iron Pipe (Your Answer)
Correct

26) A 180 degree bend in a pipe.

A. A. Elbow
B. B. Return Bend (Your Answer)
C. C. Drop Elbow
D. D. Wye
Correct

27) 86. A pit or reservoir serving as a drain or receptacle for water or other liquids.

A. A. Building Sewer
B. B. Septic Tank
C. C. Sump (Your Answer)
D. D. Cistern
Correct

28) 69. A Piece of pipe lesser than 12” length / threaded on both ends.

A. A. Bushing
B. B. Air Chamber
C. C. Nipple (Your Answer)
D. D. Coupling
Correct

29) 64. A device installed in piping to prevent the reverse flow of storm or sewage into the drainage system ot
their branches.

A. A. Check valve
B. B. Backwater valve (Your Answer)
C. C. Downspout
D. D. Catch Basin
Correct

30) 61. Minimum fixture drains size for a Bathtub

A. A. 1.5” (Your Answer)

B. B. 2”
C. C. 3”
D. D. 4”
Correct

31) 59. Water from laundries, wash basins, sinks, shower, and bathtub.

A. A. Soft Water
B. B. Grey Water (Your Answer)
 C. C. Black Water
D. D. Storm Water
Correct

32) 15. In the N. P. C. P. – it is a metallic sleeve caulked or joined to an opening in a

piping into which a plug is screwed that can be removed for cleaning the interior of
the pipe.

A. A. Caulking
B. B. Oakum
C. c. Ferrule (Your Answer)
D. D. Lead
Correct

33) 15. In N. P. C. P., a tank located above or integral with water closet, urinal or similar
fixtures for flushing or removing excrements in the fixture

A. A. discharge tank
B. C. flushometer tank
C. B. flush tank (Your Answer)
D. D. water tank
Correct

34) 15. In N. P. C. P. – it is the law of the plumbing practice in the Philippines.

A. A. R.A. No. 1379

B. B. R.A. No. 1278
C. C. R.A No. 1378 (Your Answer)
D. D. P. D. No. 1378
Correct

35) 15. In N. P. C. P. – it is a device, which discharges a predetermined quantity of water

into fixtures for flushing purposes and is activated by direct water pressure.

A. A. globe valve
B. C. gate valve
C. B. flush valve
D. D. flushometer valve (Your Answer)
Correct

36) 15. In N. P. C. P. – is the top edge of a receptacle from where water overflows

A. A. Flooded area
B. C. Flooded
C. B. Flood level
D. D. Flood level rim (Your Answer)
Correct

37) 15. In N. P. C. P. – individual vent is pipe installed to vent a fixture trap & which
connects with the vent system above the fixture served or terminates in the open
air. A term I. P. S. means _______________
 A. A. Individual pipe size
B. B. International pipe size
C. B. Iron pipe size (Your Answer)
D. D. Industrial pipe size
Correct

38) 15. In N. P. C. P. – a pipe connected from building gutter to the downspout or

conductor.

A. A. guide pipe
B. C. storm water pipe
C. B. leader (Your Answer)
D. D. vertical pipe
Correct

39) 15. Common source of potable water in some rural areas

A. A. surface water
B. C. rain water
C. B. ground water (Your Answer)
D. D. all of the above
Correct

40) 15. Assuming the waste pipe of a fixture is 50 mm, what should be the size of its vent
pipe?

A. A. 32 mm (Your Answer)
B. B. 25 mm
C. C. 38 mm
D. D. 50 mm
Correct

41) . Theaters or movie houses’ water requirement is determined or estimated at 5 gallons

of water per day per

A. A. Total numbers of moviegoers a day

B. C. Floor area space of auditorium
C. B. Total number of auditorium seat (Your Answer)
D. D. Box-office record
Correct

42) . The part of a vent line which connects directly with an individual trap underneath or
behind the fixture and extends to the branch or main pipe at and point higher than
the fixture trap:

A. A. blow-off pipe
B. B. vent thru roof
C. C. unit vent
D. D. back vent (Your Answer)
Correct
43) . The clear vertical distance between the spout of a faucet or other supply pipe and the flood level of a
receptacle.

A. A. Air Chamber
B. B. Trap
C. C. Vent Stack
D. D. Air Gap (Your Answer)
Correct

44) . An outlet, pipe, or receptacle for excess liquid.

A. A. Backflow
B. B. Overflow (Your Answer)
C. C. Back Spill
D. D. Over spill
Correct

45) . A valve that supplies a fixed quantity of water to fixtures for flushing purposes when actuated by direct
water pressure.

A. A. Globe Valve
B. B. Flush Valve Assembly
C. C. Mixing Valve
D. D. Flushometer Valve (Your Answer)
Correct

46) . A type of private sewage disposal that has a vault constructed of concrete for the collection or raw sewage and
a wooden shelter.

A. A. Cesspool
B. B. Privy (Your Answer)
C. C. Latrine
D. D. Septic Tank
Correct

47) . A coupling device for connecting 2 pipes neither of which can be turned, consisting of two internally
threaded end piece which are tightened around the pipes ends to be joined, and an externally threaded center
piece, which draws the two end pieces together as it is rotated.

A. A. Reducer
B. B. Union (Your Answer)
C. C. Nipple
D. D. Coupling
1) use in hot water storage tank, controlled outlet/pipe use to discharge water detritus and steam, one type of
releif vent.

A. BLOW ON
B. BLOW OFF (Your Answer)
C. HOT VALVE
D. PRESSURE VALVE
Correct

2) TRAP SEALS FOR WATER CLOSETS

 A. 1 1/4"
B. 1 1/2"
C. 3" (Your Answer)
D. 2"
Correct

3) TRAP SEALS FOR WASH BASIN LAVATORIES

A. 1 1/4"
(Your Answer)
B. 1 1/2"
C. 3"
D. 2"
Correct

4) TRAP SEALS FOR URINAL THROUGH

A. 1 1/2"
B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2" (Your Answer)
Correct

5) TRAP SEALS FOR URINAL STALL

A. 1 1/2"
B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2" (Your Answer)
Correct

6) TRAP SEALS FOR URINAL PEDESTAL

A. 1 1/2"
B. 1 1/4"
C. 3" (Your Answer)
D. 2"
Correct

7) TRAP SEALS FOR URINAL LIP

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2"
Correct

8) TRAP SEALS FOR SLOPS SINKS (ORDINARY)

 A. 1 1/2"
B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2" (Your Answer)
Correct

9) TRAP SEALS FOR SLOPS SINKS (COMBINE TRAP)

A. 1 1/2"
B. 1 1/4"
C. 3" (Your Answer)
D. 2"
Correct

10) TRAP SEALS FOR SINKS (SMALL PANTRY OR BAR)

A. 1 1/2"
B. 1 1/4" (Your Answer)
C. 3"
D. 2"
Correct

11) TRAP SEALS FOR SINKS (KITCHEN or RESIDENCE)

A. 1 1/2"
(Your Answer)
B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2"
Correct

12) TRAP SEALS FOR SINKS (hotel or public)

A. 1 1/2"
B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2" (Your Answer)
Correct

13) TRAP SEALS FOR SINKS (DISH WASHER)

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2"
Correct

14) TRAP SEAL FOR FLOOR DRAIN

 A. 1 1/2"
B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2" (Your Answer)
Correct

15) TRAP SEAL FOR BIDET

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2"
Correct

16) TRAP SEAL FOR BATH TUB

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2"
Correct

17) TRAP SEAL FOR LAUNDRY TRAYS

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2"
Correct

18) TRAP SEAL FOR FOUNTAIN CUP SIDERS

A. 1 1/2"
B. 1 1/4" (Your Answer)
C. 3"
D. 2"
Correct

19) TRAP SEAL FOR FOOT BATH SITZ

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2"
Correct

20) TRAP SEAL FOR FOOT BATH SHOWER STALL

 A. 1 1/2"

B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2" (Your Answer)
Correct

21) TRAP SEAL FOR FOOT BATH

A. 1 1/2"
(Your Answer)
B. 1 1/4"

C. 3"
D. 2"
Correct

22) TRAP SEAL FOR DRINKING FOUNTAIN

A. 1 1/2"
B. 1 1/4" (Your Answer)
C. 3"
D. 2"
Correct

23) TRAP SEAL FOR COMBINATION FIXTURE

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1 1/4"
C. 3"
D. 2"
Correct

24) THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIDET, WHICH IS NOT THE

FOLLOWING

A. STALL
B. STAND
C. RECESSED
D. LATTE (Your Answer)
Correct

25) that portion of a pipe which for a short distance, is sufficiently enlarged to receive the end of another pipe of the
same diameter for the purpose of making a joint.

A. BELL OR HUB (Your Answer)

B. ELBOW
C. ANGLE PIPE
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
Correct
26) known today as hose bib (H B), part of water line and is a faucet found in service area and gardens.

A. BIBB (Your Answer)

B. FAUCET
C. SERVICE PIPE
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
Correct

27) for W C without water storage tank, a cup like shell, ball in cup-like shell that allow movement

A. JOINT
B. ANGLE JOINT
C. BALL JOINT (Your Answer)
D. COCK JOINT
Correct

28) faucet opened and closed by a ball floating on the water, also called ball cock valve.

A. BALL COCK (Your Answer)

B. BALL VALVE
C. CHECK VALVE
D. COCK
Correct

29) air pressure in drainage pipe greater than atmospheric pressure.

A. BACK PRESSURE (Your Answer)

B. BACK FLOW
C. BACK SIPHONAGE
D. BEHIND PRESSURE
Correct

30) a vertical pipe FOR WATER SUPPLY

A. RISER (Your Answer)

B. STACK
C. BRANCH
D. SERVICE PIPE
Correct

31) a vertical pipe FOR DRAINAGE

A. RISER
B. STACK (Your Answer)
C. BRANCH
D. SERVICE PIPE
Correct

32) a tool used for straightening or expanding lead pipe.

 A. LEAD EXPANSION
B. BENDING PIN (Your Answer)
C. BENDING JOINT
D. PIN
Correct

33) a length of soil or waste stack that branch into the main at storey height, one branch not less than 8 feet

A. BATTERY
B. BRANCH
C. BRANCH INTERVAL (Your Answer)
D. NON OF THE ABOVE
Correct

34) .), a plumbing fixture use to wash the genitals, also called a sitz bath (tool bath

A. BIDET (Your Answer)

B. LAVATORY
C. WATER CLOSET
D. BIBB
Correct

35) IN STORM DRAIN SYSTEM, IT IS USED TO PREVENT

AGGREGATES, DEBRIS AND OTHER UNWANTED OBJECTS
FROM ENTERING THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM

A. TRAP
B. STRAINER
C. CATCH BASIN (Your Answer)
D. FLOOR DRAIN
Correct

36) WHERE ARE STORM SEWER USUALLY PLACED

A. AT THE GATE
B. UNDER THE SIDE WALK ON NARROW ROAD AND UNDER THE
ROAD ON WIDE ROAD (Your Answer)
C. AT THE CENTER OF THE ROAD
D. NEAR THE CURB
Correct

37) TEFLON, A WHITE, SOFT, WAXY, AND NON ADHESIVE

POLYMER IS USED AS A LEAK PREVENTION MATERIAL FOR
PIPES PARTICULARLY GALVANIZED IRON PIPES. IT IS PLACED
BETWEEN THE THREADED PIPE END AND FITTING, WHAT IS
THE CHEMICAL NAME OF TEFLON?

A. TRIFLOURORTHANE
B. POLYETHYLENE
 C. TETRAFLOUROETHYLENE (Your Answer)
D. PENTAFLOUROCARBON
Correct

38) AN ENGINEERED MATERAIL CREATED THROUGH A PATENTED

PROCEDURE THAT BONDS GLOSSY PORCELAIN ENAMELED
METAL TO A STRUCTURAL COMPOSITE THROUGH AN INJECTION
MOULDING PROCESS, USED PARTICULARLY IN
MANUFACTURING BATHUBS. WHAT IS THE PATENTED
MATERIAL USED IN THE MARKET TODAY?

A. XPELOR
B. DACRON
C. LUCITE
D. AMERCAST (Your Answer)
Correct

39) IN A TYPICAL GREASE TRAP, WHAT SHOULD BE THE CORRECT

ARRANGEMENT OF ITS INLET AND OUTLET IN ITS ELEVATION

A. THE INLET SHOULD BE HIGHER THAN THE OUTLET

B. THE OUTLET SHOULD BE HIGHER THAN THE INLET (Your
Answer)
C. BOTH INLET AND OUTLET SHOULD BE AT THE SAME
ELEVATION SPECIFICALLY AT THE UPPER SECTION OF THE
TRAP
D. ANY ELEVATION WILL DO
Correct

40) A STANDARD PIPING MATERIAL USED BY THE LOCAL WATER

UTILITY COMPANY TO CONNECT THE WATER SERVICE PIPE OF
ANY ESTABLISHMENT TO THE WATER MAIN. WHAT IS THIS
PLASTIC PIPING MATERIAL?

A. POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC)

B. UNPLASTICIZED POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC)
C. ACYLONITRILE BUTADINE STYRENE (ABS)
D. POLYETHYLENE (PE) (Your Answer)
Correct

41) WHEN DESIGNING A SEPTIC TANK, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING

PRACTICES IS NOT ACCEPTABLE IN SO FAR AS STANDARD TRADE
PRACTICE AND CODE REQUIREMENT IS CONCERENED

A. A VENT IS NECESSARY
B. INLET PIPE CONNECTED AT THE LEACHING CHAMBER
C. NO AIR SPACE BETWEEN UNDERSIDE OF SLAB AND SCUM LINE
D. ALL OF THESE (Your Answer)
1) A valve in which the flow of liquid is controlled by a rotating drilled
ball that fits tightly against a resilient (flexible) seat in the valve body

A. Back pressure
B. Back siphonage
C. Backwater valve
D. Ball valve (Your Answer)
Correct

2) A valve in which the inlet and outlet openings are at 90 degree angle to
one another

A. Air break
B. Air gap
C. Angle valve (Your Answer)
D. Backflow
Correct

3) That part of the drainage system that extends from the end of the
building drain and conveys its discharge to the public sewer, private
sewer, individual sewage disposal system or other appropriate point of
disposal

A. Bidet
B. Branch interval
C. Building/house drain
D. Building/house sewer (Your Answer)
Correct

4) Any part of the piping system other the main, riser or stack

A. Battery of fixtures
B. Bell or hub
C. Bibb
D. Branch (Your Answer)
Correct

5) A term synonymous with faucet, cock, plug, tap or spigot

A. Battery of fixtures
B. Bell or hub
C. Bibb (Your Answer)
D. Branch
Correct

6) The end portion of a pipe which for a short distance is enlarged to recieve
the end of another pipe which may be the same diameter for the purpose of
making a joint

A. Battery of fixtures
 B. Bell or hub (Your Answer)
C. Bibb
D. Branch
Correct

7) A pressure within the sanitary drainage system or vent piping system

that is greater than the atmospheric pressure (>14.7psi)

A. Back pressure (Your Answer)

B. Back siphonage
C. Backwater valve
D. Ball valve
Correct

8) Plugging an opening with oakum lead or other material that are pounded
into the annular space

A. Building supply pipe

B. Caulking/calking/cogging (Your Answer)
Correct

9) A kind of fixture which is used for bathing the external genitals and
posterior parts of the body

A. Bidet (Your Answer)

B. Branch interval
C. Building/house drain
D. Building/house sewer
Correct

10) Any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into a
common horizontal waste or soil branch

A. Battery of fixtures (Your Answer)

B. Bell or hub
C. Bibb
D. Branch
Correct

11) The physical separation between a waste pipe and an indirect receptor or
device indirectly connected

A. Air break (Your Answer)

B. Air gap
C. Angle valve
D. Backflow
Correct

12) A device installed in piping to prevent the reverse flow of storm or sewage
into the drainage system or their branches
 A. Back pressure
B. Back siphonage
C. Backwater valve (Your Answer)
D. Ball valve
Correct

13) That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a plumbing system which
recieves the discahrge from soil waste and other drainage pipes inside a
building and conveys it to the building sewer/house sewer

A. Bidet
B. Branch interval
C. Building/house drain (Your Answer)
D. Building/house sewer
Correct

14) A vertical length of soil or waste stack at least eight feet in height ( a
storey hieght), within which the horizontal branches from one storey or
floor of the building or structure are connected on the stack

A. Bidet
B. Branch interval (Your Answer)
C. Building/house drain
D. Building/house sewer
Correct

15) The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between
the outlet of a faucet and the flood level rim of the fixture or receptacle

A. Air break
B. Air gap (Your Answer)
C. Angle valve
D. Backflow
Correct

16) The flowing by negative pressure of contaminated or polluted water from

a plumbing fixture into a potable water system

A. Back pressure
B. Back siphonage (Your Answer)
C. Backwater valve
D. Ball valve
Correct

17) The flow of water or waste water in pipes in reverse direction from that
normally intended

A. Air break
B. Air gap
 C. Angle valve
D. Backflow (Your Answer)
Correct

18) The first section of water supply piping in a building after the water meter

A. Building supply pipe (Your Answer)

B. Caulking/calking/cogging
1) Any physical connection or arrangement of pipes between 2 otherwise
separate building water supply pipes or system through which or by
means of which water supply may flow from one system to the other, the
direction of flow depends on the pressure difference between two
systems

A. Cesspool
B. Cleanout
C. Conductor or leader
D. Cross connection (Your Answer)
Correct

2) Part of the roofing and/or gutter system that takes water from a roof
above-surface area to a storm drain or other disposal area or system

A. Cesspool
B. Cleanout
C. Conductor or leader (Your Answer)
D. Cross connection
Correct

3) Any pipe which carries wastewater or waterbone wastes in a building

drainage system

A. Drain (Your Answer)

B. Drainage fixture unit
C. DWV
D. Faucet
Correct

4) A common measure of the probable discharge into the drainage system by

various system of plumbing fixtures on the basis of one dfu being equal to
the discharge rate of 7.5 gals per minute

A. Drain
B. Drainage fixture unit (Your Answer)
C. DWV
D. Faucet
Correct

5) The volume of water used by a plumbing fixture in a given amount of

time. Usually expressed in gallons per minute (gpm)
 A. Fixture
B. Flood level
C. Flow rate (Your Answer)
D. Flush valve
Correct

6) A device which discharges a predetermined quantity of water of fixtures

for flushing purposes and is actuated by direct water pressure

A. Flushometer valve (Your Answer)

B. Full bath
C. Gate valve
D. Globe valve
Correct

7) The abbreviation for drainage waste and vent

A. Drain
B. Drainage fixture unit
C. DWV (Your Answer)
D. Faucet
Correct

8) A valve in which the floe of water is cut off by a means of a circular disk,
fitting against machine-smoothe surfaces at right angles to the direction of
flow. The disk is raised or lowered by the means of a threaded stem
connected to the handle of the valve. The opening in the valve is usually
as large as the full bore of the pipe

A. Flushometer valve
B. Full bath
C. Gate valve (Your Answer)
D. Globe valve
Correct

9) A non watertight lined excavation in the ground which receives the

discharge of a sanitary drainage system or part thereof, designed to retain
the organic matter and solids discharging there from, but permitting the
liquid to seep through the side and the bottom of it.

A. Cesspool (Your Answer)

B. Cleanout
C. Conductor or leader
D. Cross connection
Correct

10) The extended portion of a pipe that is closed one end to which no
connections are made on the extended portion, thus permitting stagnation
of waste water or air therein
 A. Deadend (Your Answer)
B. Developed length
C. Diameter
D. Downspout
Correct

11) A bathroom containing a water closet, a lavatory and a bathtub

A. Flushometer valve
B. Full bath (Your Answer)
C. Gate valve
D. Globe valve
Correct

12) A receptacle attached to a plumbing system other than a trap in which

water or wastes may be collected or obtained for ultimate into the
plumbing system

A. Fixture (Your Answer)

B. Flood level
C. Flow rate
D. Flush valve
Correct

13) The level in a fixture at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of
the fixture

A. Fixture
B. Flood level (Your Answer)
C. Flow rate
D. Flush valve
Correct

14) The length along the center line of pipes and fittings

A. Deadend
B. Developed length (Your Answer)
C. Diameter
D. Downspout
Correct

15) A valve in which the flow of water is cut off by means of a circular disk
that fits against the valve seat. The plane movement of the disk is
parallel to the normal direction of flow

A. Flushometer valve
B. Full bath
C. Gate valve
 D. Globe valve (Your Answer)
Correct

16) The normal commercial designation, normally the inside diameter of the
pipe, unless otherwise specifically stated in a particular plumbing code

A. Deadend
B. Developed length
C. Diameter (Your Answer)
D. Downspout
Correct

17) A valve on a water pipe by means of which water can be drawn from or
held within the pipe. The valve is placed on the end of the pipe

A. Drain
B. Drainage fixture unit
C. DWV
D. Faucet (Your Answer)
Correct

18) The vertical portion of a rainwater conductor

A. Deadend
B. Developed length
C. Diameter
D. Downspout (Your Answer)
Correct

19) A device located at the bottom of a flush tank for flushing water closet
and similar fixtures

A. Fixture
B. Flood level
C. Flow rate
D. Flush valve (Your Answer)
Correct

20) A fitting with a removable plate or plug that is placed in plumbing

drainage pipe lines to allow access to the pipes for the purpose of cleaning
and maintenance

A. Cesspool
B. Cleanout (Your Answer)
C. Conductor or leader
D. Cross connection
1) A condition contrary to sanitary principles or injurious to health

A. Insanitary (Your Answer)

 B. Lavatory/Basin Wash
C. Main
D. Main Vent/Vent Stack
Correct

2) An outside or structures used for the deposition of excrement

A. Plumbing System
B. Potable water
C. Privy (Your Answer)
D. Public sewer
Correct

3) A vertical vent pipe installed primarily for the purpose of providing

circulation of air to or from any part of the building drainage system

A. Insanitary
B. Lavatory/Basin Wash
C. Main
D. Main Vent/Vent Stack (Your Answer)
Correct

4) A bathroom containing water closet and lavatory

A. Gooseneck
B. Half Bath (Your Answer)
C. Hose Bibb
D. Indirect Waste Pipe
Correct

5) All water supply, drainage, and venting systems and all fixtures and
their traps complete with their connections

A. Plumbing System (Your Answer)

B. Potable water
C. Privy
D. Public sewer
Correct

6) An opening constructed in any part of the plumbing system, of sufficient

size for a person to gain access thereto

A. Manhole (Your Answer)

B. Pipe
C. Plumbing
D. Plumbing fixture/ Sanitary Ware
Correct

7) The art and science of installing in buildings the pipes, fixtures and
other apparatus for bringing in water supply and removing water and
 waterborne wastes

A. Manhole
B. Pipe
C. Plumbing (Your Answer)
D. Plumbing fixture/ Sanitary Ware
Correct

8) A cylindrical conduit or conductor, the wall thickness is sufficient to

receive a standard pipe

A. Manhole
B. Pipe (Your Answer)
C. Plumbing
D. Plumbing fixture/ Sanitary Ware

Correct

9) A fixture designed for washing of the hands and the face

A. Insanitary
B. Lavatory/Basin Wash (Your Answer)
C. Main
D. Main Vent/Vent Stack
Correct

10) The principal pipe to which the branches may be connected

A. Insanitary
B. Lavatory/Basin Wash
C. Main (Your Answer)
D. Main Vent/Vent Stack
Correct

11) A loosely lined excavation in the ground, which receives the discharge
of a septic tank to seep through the bottom and sides of the pit

A. Riser
B. Roughing-in
C. Seepage Pit/Cesspool/DryWell (Your Answer)
Correct

12) A faucet which a hose may be attached

A. Gooseneck
B. Half Bath
 C. Hose Bibb (Your Answer)
D. Indirect Waste Pipe
Correct

13) A common sewer directly controlled by public authority to which all

abutters have equal rights of connections

A. Plumbing System
B. Potable water
C. Privy
D. Public sewer (Your Answer)
Correct

14) Water that meets the standards of a government agency and is used for
culinary, domestic and drinking purposes

A. Plumbing System
B. Potable water (Your Answer)
C. Privy
D. Public sewer
Correct

15) A kind of return bend of small-sized faucet, one end of which is about
one foot long and the other end is about 3 inches. It is commonly used as
a faucet for pantry sink and drinking fountain. Also the lead connection
between the service pipe and the water main.

A. Gooseneck (Your Answer)

B. Half Bath
C. Hose Bibb
D. Indirect Waste Pipe
Correct

16) A water supply pipe that extends vertically one full storey or more to
convey water to fixture branches or group of fixtures

A. Riser (Your Answer)

B. Roughing-in
C. Seepage Pit/Cesspool/DryWell
Correct

17) A receptacle attached to a plumbing system other than a trap in which or

wastes may be collected or retained for ultimate discharge into the
plumbing system

A. Manhole
B. Pipe
C. Plumbing
D. Plumbing fixture/ Sanitary Ware (Your Answer)
Correct
18) The installation of parts of the plumbing system which can be completed
prior to installation of fixtures or finishing. This includes drainage, water
supply and vent piping and necessary fixture supports

A. Riser
B. Roughing-in (Your Answer)
C. Seepage Pit/Cesspool/DryWell
Correct

19) A waste pipe that does not connect directly with the drainage system but
conveys wastes by discharging into a plumbing fixture or receptable,
which is directly connected to the drainage system

A. Gooseneck
B. Half Bath
C. Hose Bibb
D. Indirect Waste Pipe (Your Answer)

1) “Size of water piping shall be based on the total _________

A. Water consumption
B. Water demand (Your Answer)
C. Water potability
D. None of the above
Correct

2) Water closet bowls for________ use shall be elongated bowl types equipped
with open-front seats.

A. Public (Your Answer)

B. Private
C. Government
D. None of the above
Correct

3) Wastewater drain for _________ cupsink at church altar & baptisteries font
outlet shall discharge direct to the ground & not connected to any sanitary or
drainage system.

A. Holy sink
B. Lavatory
C. Baptismal shrine
D. Sacrarium (Your Answer)
Correct

4) Tunnels shall have: the following except

 A. A clear height of 0.6m above the pipe & shall be limited in length to
1/2 the depth of the trench.
B. Driven pipes shall have at least one pipe size larger than the pipe to be
laid

C. Shall be back-filled in thin layers of 0.3m above the top of the pipe
with clean earth which shall not contain stones, boulders, cinders or
other materials which can damage or break the pipes or cause corrosive
action. (Your Answer)
D. None of the above
Correct

5) theminimum cross sectional area at the seat of the control valve or the supply
pipe or tubing which feeds the device outlet. If two or more lines supply one
outlet, the effective opening shall be the sum of the cross-sectional areas of the
individual supply lines or the area or the single outlet, whichever is smaller.

A. Effective opening (Your Answer)

B. Effective depth
C. Effective area
D. Effective invert
Correct

6) Suspended cast iron soil pipe shall be supported at not more than ____m
intervals, except that pipe exceeding 1.5m length may be supported at not more
than _____m intervals. Supports shall be adequate to maintain alignment & to
prevent sagging & shall be placed within 0.45m of the hub or joint.

A. 1.5/ 3 (Your Answer)

B. 1.5/ 4
C. 3/ 1.5
D. 4/ 1.5
Correct

7) No water closet or bidet shall be set closer than ______m from its center to
any side of the wall or obstruction or closer than ______m center to center to
any similar fixture.

A. .375 / 0.75 (Your Answer)

B. .375 / 0. 70
C. .40 / 0.70
D. .50 / 0.60
Correct

8) Lead Pipe - shall be supported at by____________for entire length with

hangers properly spaced.

A. Stiff aluminum or wooden backing

B. Stiff metal or wooden backing (Your Answer)
C. Stiff plastic or metal sheet
Correct
9) Fixtures having concealed slip joint connections shall be provided with an
access panel or utility at least ______m in its least dimension for inspection
& repair.

A. 0.30 (Your Answer)

B. 0.20
C. 0.10
D. 0.40
Correct

10) Excessive water pressure – water pressure greater than ____ Kpa

A. 551 (Your Answer)

B. 552
C. 553
D. 554
Correct

11) drains shall have a waterway equivalent area of the “tailpiece” – meaning, the
sum of all the areas of the perforation of the strainer is equivalent to the outlet
area.

A. Strainers serving bathub

B. Strainers serving shower (Your Answer)
C. Strainers serving lavatory
D. None of the above
Correct

12) Copper Tubing - shall be supported at approximately ________m intervalsfor

piping 38mm diameter & smaller & _______m intervals for piping 51mm &
larger in dia.

A. 1.8/ 3.0 (Your Answer)

B. 1.9/ 3.5
C. 1.5 / 2.5
D. None of the above
Correct

13) Continuous waste fixture tailpiece connections were exposed or accessible

may be of seamless drawn brass not less than Ga. 20 B&S or ______mm
thk.

A. 0.90
B. 0.80 (Your Answer)
C. 0.70
D. 0.60
Correct

14) All porcelain enamel surfaces on plumbing fixtures shall be __________

A. Mold resistant
 B. Acid resistant (Your Answer)
C. Corrosion resistant
D. None of the above
Correct

15) All pipe determinations shall be based on eighty percent (___) the reduced
pressure.

A. 70%
B. 60%
C. 80% (Your Answer)
D. 90%
Correct

16) ______________ must be supported at least every other joint except that when
the developed length between supports exceeds 1.2m, they shall be provided at
each joint.

A. Couplings and compression joints

B. Hubless or compression gasket joints (Your Answer)
C. Caps and plugs
D. None of the above
Correct

17) ____________ - shall be supported by stiff metal or wood backing with hangers
in its entire length for small-size tubings up to 38mm diameter & without
backings but with spaced metal hangers at approved spacing for larger-size
tubings.

A. Steel tube
B. Plastic tube (Your Answer)
C. Aluminum tube
D. Concrete tube
Correct

18) ________ m max. length of supply piping.

A. 61 (Your Answer)
B. 62
C. 63
D. 64
Correct

19) If water closets or other plumbing fixtures are installed in the buildings where
there is no sewer within a reasonable distance, suitable provision shall be
made for disposing of the building sewage by some accepted method of
sewage treatment and disposal, such as ______________

A. WASTE TANK
B. SEPTIC TANK (Your Answer)
 C. SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
Correct

20) Drainage pipes shall be run in practical alignments & at a uniform slope
between manholes of not less than ______________ toward the point of
disposal.

A. 20mm/m or 2% (Your Answer)

B. 30mm/m or 3%
C. 40mm/m or 4 %
D. 10mm/m or 1 %
Correct

21) Changes in direction of piping shall be made by the use of approved pipe
fittings & shall be the angles presented by the following except

A. 22 ½ degrees bend
B. 45 degrees bend
C. 60 degrees bend or other approved fittings of longer sweeps
D. 30 degress bend (Your Answer)
Correct

22) All piping of plumbing systems shall be of durable ____________-APPROVED

materials, free from defective workmanship, designed and constructed by
Registered Master Plumbersto ensure satisfactory service.

A. NAMPAP (Your Answer)

B. DILG
C. DPWH
D. DENR
Correct

23) a physical separation, which may be a low inlet into the indirect waste receptor
from the fixture, appliance or device indirectly connected

A. AIR SEPARATION
B. AIR BREAK (Your Answer)
C. AIR DEVISOR
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
Correct

24) a length of soil or waste stack corresponding in the general to a storey height, but
in no case less than 2.43m within which the horizontal branches from one
floor or storey of a building are connected to the stack.

A. BRANCH INTERVAL (Your Answer)

B. INTERVAL
C. BRANCH
D. LENGTH
Correct
25) Each family dwelling unit on premises abutting on a sewer or with a private
sewer-disposal system shall have at least ___ water closet and ___ kitchen-type
sink

A. 1,2
B. 1,1 (Your Answer)
C. 2,1
D. 2,3
Correct

26) Horizontal drainage lines connecting to a vertical stack shall enter

through the following except,

A. 45 wye branches
B. Combination wye & 1/8 bend branches
C. 30 wye bend (Your Answer)
D. Or other approved fittings of longer sweeps.
Correct

27) Horizontal drainage lines connecting to other horizontal drainage lines shall
enter through the following given below except:

A. 45 wye branches
B. Combination wye & 1/8 bend branches
C. Or other approved fittings of longer sweeps.
D. 30 wye bend (Your Answer)
Correct

28) Birth of plumbing profession in the Philippines

A. INTRAMUROS (Your Answer)

B. BARASOAIN
C. BATAAN
D. CEBU
Correct

29) Vertical drainage lines connecting to other horizontal drainage line shall enter
through

A. 45 wye branches
B. Or other approved fittings of longer sweeps.
C. 60 degree branches or offsets (only for pipes installed in true vertical
position
D. 45 degree branches (Your Answer)
Correct

30) No Drainage Fitting shall use:

A. Double hub fitting for leak-caulked joint in vertical position

B. Single or double tee branch
C. Single or double tapped tee branch
 D. Side inlet quarter bend, Running thread, band or saddle
E. All of the above (Your Answer)
Correct

31) ____________________may be used on vertical lines as a fixture connection.

(approved stainless steel bands with neoprene gaskets for jointing hubless cast
iron soil pipes are acceptable for use)

A. Single hub sanitary tapped tee

B. Double hub sanitary tapped tee (Your Answer)
C. Triple hub sanitary tapped tee
D. None of the above
Correct

32) a minimum standard quantity of plumbing fixtures that discharge wastes into a
plumbing installation

A. Plumbing unit (Your Answer)

B. Plumbing fixtures
C. Plumbing system
D. Plumbing minimum
Correct

33) In PROHIBITED FITTINGS & PRACTICES under this rule no

____________ shall be threaded.

A. GI soil pipe
B. Cast iron soil pipe (Your Answer)
C. PVC soil Pipe
D. None of the above
Correct

34) Further, a _________ and bathtub or shower shall be installed to meet the basic
requirements of sanitation and personal hygiene.

A. SINK
B. LAVATORY (Your Answer)
C. BASIN
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
Correct

35) fixture directly connected to the drainage system shall be equipped with a
________.

A. VENTILATING SYSTEM
B. WATER-SEALED TRAP (Your Answer)
C. SOIL PIPES
D. WASTE PIPES
Correct
36) Any such pipe or piping _______mm or larger in diameter may have a slope
of 10mm/m or 1% provided it is approved by Administrative Authority

A. 100 mm
B. 102 mm (Your Answer)
C. 101 mm
D. 104 mm
Correct

37) Water pipes & fittings with a lead content that exceed ____ shall be prohibited
& shall not be used in potable piping systems.

A. 8% (Your Answer)
B. 9%
C. 10%
D. 11%
Correct

38) Water Closet & Urinal Tanks shall be equipped with a listed ________ & shall
be installed with the critical level at least 25mm above the full opening of the
overflow pipe.

A. Corporation cock
B. Gatevalve
C. Ballcock (Your Answer)
D. None of the above
Correct

39) THE TOTAL NUMBERS OF SET OF SANITARY/ PLUMBING

PLANS REQUIRED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WHEN
APPLYING FOR PERMIT

A. 4
B. 5
C. 3
D. 6 (Your Answer)
Correct

40) THE SANITARY AND PLUMBING PERMIT WILL BE REVOKE IF

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN ABANDONED OR SUSPENDED FOR
HOW MANY DAYS

A. 120 (Your Answer)

B. 60
C. 30
D. 100
Correct

41) The quantity of water required to be supplied to every plumbing fixture shall
be represented by ____________
 A. Fixture Units FU
B. Fixture drain FD (Your Answer)
C. Fixture Trap FT
D. None of the above
Correct

42) the minimum airgap for Effective openings not greater than 25mm in diameter.
affected by walls

A. 2 times diameter of effective opening

B. 4 times diameter of effective opening
C. 5 times diameter of effective opening
D. 3 times diameter of effective opening (Your Answer)
Correct

43) The minimum airgap for Effective openings not greater than 25mm in diameter.
not affected by walls

A. 3 times diameter of effective opening

B. 2 times diameter of effective opening (Your Answer)
C. 4 times diameter of effective opening
D. 5 times diameter of effective opening
Correct

44) THE MINIMUM HEIGHT REQUIRED FROM THE FINISH GRADE

LINE THE SIAMESE INLET CONNECTION OF A STANDPIPE

A. 2.0 M
B. 1.2 M (Your Answer)
C. 1.5 M
D. 2.5 M
Correct

45) The minimum air gap for Over rim bath fillers & other fixtures with effective
openings not greater than 25mm in diameter. affected by walls

A. 76mm (Your Answer)

B. 77mm
C. 78mm
D. 79mm
Correct

46) The minimum air gap for Over rim bath fillers & other fixtures with effective
openings not greater than 25mm in diameter. not affected by walls

A. 54mm
B. 53mm
C. 52mm
D. 51mm (Your Answer)
Correct
47) The minimum air gap for Lavatories & other fixtures with effective openings not
greater than 13mm in diameter if not affected by wall

A. 25 (Your Answer)
B. 24
C. 23
D. 22
Correct

48) The minimum air gap for Lavatories & other fixtures with effective openings not
greater than 13mm in diameter if affected by walls

A. 36mm
B. 37mm
C. 38mm (Your Answer)
D. 39mm
Correct

49) The minimum air gap for Sinks, laundry trays, goosenecks bath faucets & other
fixtures with effective openings not greater than 19mm in diameter. if not affected by
wall

A. 40mm
B. 39mm
C. 38mm (Your Answer)
D. 37mm
Correct

50) the minimum air gap for Sinks, laundry trays, goosenecks bath faucets & other
fixtures witheffective openings not greater than 19mm in diameter. if affected by wall

A. 56mm
B. 57mm (Your Answer)
C. 58mm
D. 59mm
Correct

51) THE EXPIRATION OF THE PERMIT FOR SANITARY /

PLUMBING WILL BE EXPIRED AFTER HOW MANY YEARS
FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE

A. 2
B. 1 (Your Answer)
C. 1.5
D. 3
Correct

52) THE DRAWINGS, SPECIFICATION, CALCULATIONS AND ETC

FOR PLUMBING / SANITARY PERMIT WILL BE SIGNED BY A a
Registered & Licensed
 A. DRAINAGE ENGINEER
B. MASTER PLUMBER (Your Answer)
C. SANITARY ENGINEER
D. ARCHITECT
Correct

53) Restaurant kitchen & other special-use sink may be made of approved-typed
sheet steel not less than Ga.16 U.S. B&S or 1.6mm thk.

A. Bonderized & galvanized (Your Answer)

B. Aluminum
C. Steel
D. None of the above
Correct

54) No urinal shall be set closer than _________m center to center

A. 0.70
B. 0.60 (Your Answer)
C. 0.50
D. 0.65
Correct

55) No building sewer or other drainage pipings or part thereof, constructed of

materials other than that approved for use under or within the building, shall be
installed under or within _____ m of any building or structure, nor less
than 0.3m below the finish ground surface

A. 0.60 (Your Answer)

B. 0.40
C. 0.30
D. 0.20
Incorrect

56) No building water service pipe shall be less than _____mm in diameter

A. 21 (Your Answer)
B. 20
C. 25
D. 19 (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct

57) Inadequate water pressure – water pressure less than _____ Kpa

A. 103 (Your Answer)

B. 104
C. 105
 D. 106
Correct

58) In Screwed Pipe - IPS shall be supported at approximately _______m

intervals for piping 19mm diameter & smaller & _______m intervals for
piping 25mm & larger in diameter.

A. 3.5 / 3.0
B. 3.0 / 3.5
C. 3.6/ 3.0
D. 3.0 / 3.6 (Your Answer)
Correct

59) In Ground - piping buried on the ground shall be laid on the ______ for
its entire length, except where concrete cradle support is provided which is
adequate & approved by the Administrative Authority.

A. Firm bed (Your Answer)

B. Strata
C. Compacted earth
D. None of the above
Correct

60) For EXCRETA DRAINAGE SYSTEM No Vitrified Clay Pipes or Fittings for building
drain or sewer shall be used above ground or whenever piping is pressurized by a
pump or ejector. They shall be kept ______m below finish ground level.

A. 0,30 (Your Answer)

B. 0.40
C. 0.50
D. 0.60
Correct

61) For EXCRETA DRAINAGE SYSTEM No Galvanized Wrought

Iron or Galvanized Steel Pipe shall be used underground & shall be kept at
least _____mm above ground.

A. 155
B. 152 (Your Answer)
C. 153
D. 154
Correct

62) For vertical piping,Screwed Pipe - Iron Pipe Size (IPS) shall be supported
at not less than every other storey

A. Drift
B. Height (Your Answer)
C. Level
D. Dimension
Correct
63) For vertical piping, _________ - shall be supported at each storey or at
a maximum intervals of 3m o.c.

A. Lead tubing
B. Copper tubing (Your Answer)
C. Steel tubing
D. G.i. tubing
Correct

64) For vertical piping, cast iron pipes- Bell & Spigot & Hubless pipe shall be
supported at_____ or closer.

A. Every 2 storey
B. Every storey (Your Answer)
C. Every 3 storey
D. Every 4 storey
Correct

65) FOR THE SET OF SANITARY/ PLUMBING PLANS

REQUIRED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WHEN
APPLYING FOR PERMIT HOW MANY SET OF
DRAWINGS WILL BE RETURNED ON THE APPLICANT

A. 1
B. 2 (Your Answer)
C. 3
D. 4
Correct

66) FOR THE SET OF SANITARY/ PLUMBING PLANS REQUIRED BY

THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WHEN APPLYING FOR PERMIT HOW
MANY SET OF DRAWINGS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

A. 1 (Your Answer)
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
Correct

67) FOR THE SET OF SANITARY/ PLUMBING PLANS

REQUIRED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WHEN
APPLYING FOR PERMIT HOW MANY SET OF
DRAWINGS WILL BE KEPT IN THE JOB SITE

A. 2
B. 3
C. 1 (Your Answer)
D. 4
 Correct

68) Fixture unit Lawn Sprinklers (standard type, each head)

A. 1 (Your Answer)
B. 2
C. 1.5
D. 2.0
Correct

69) fixture unit Water Closet (economical flush) private use

A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2.5 (Your Answer)
E. 2
Correct

70) Fixture unit of Urinal (stall & wall)

A. 5 (Your Answer)
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
Correct

71) Fixture unit of Urinal (pedestal or similar type)

A. 10 (Your Answer)
B. 15
C. 12
D. 9
Correct

72) Fixture unit of Urinal (flush tank)

A. 2
B. 3 (Your Answer)
C. 4
D. 5
Correct

73) fixture unit of Water Closet (flush tank & flushometer-tank),

Hose Bibb or Sill Cock (standard type) private use

A. 2
B. 3 (Your Answer)
C. 4
 D. 5
Correct

74) fixture unit of Water Closet (flush tank & flushometer-tank),

Hose Bibb or Sill Cock (standard type) public use

A. 5 (Your Answer)
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
Correct

75) fixture unit of Water Closet (economical flush) public use

A. 5 (Your Answer)
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
Correct

76) fixture unit of Mobile Home (each)-temporary facilities

A. 5
B. 6 (Your Answer)
C. 7
D. 8
Correct

77) fixture unit of Bidet, Bathtub(With or Without Shower Over),Laundry

Tub or Clothes Washer (each pair of faucets), Shower (each head), Sink
or Dishwasher private use

A. 2 (Your Answer)
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Correct

78) Fixture unit of bidet, Bathtub(With or Without Shower Over),Laundry

Tub or Clothes Washer (each pair of faucets), Shower (each head), Sink or
Dishwasher public use

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4 (Your Answer)
D. 5
Correct

79) fixture unit Bar Sink, Drinking Fountain, Lavatory private use
 A. 1 (Your Answer)
B. 2
C. 1.5
D. 2.5
Correct

80) ficture unit Bar Sink, Drinking Fountain, Lavatory public use

A. 1
B. 2 (Your Answer)
C. 1.5
D. 2.5
Correct

81) EXCRETA DRAINAGE SYSTEM what piping installations shall be used in high
rise buildings

A. ABS Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene
B. PVC (POLYVINYL CHLORIDE)
C. Vitrified clay pipe
D. A,b (Your Answer)
E. B,c
Correct

82) consists of two independently acting internally or externally loaded check valves,
four properly located test cocks with connectors & two isolation gate valves.

A. ATMOSPHERIC VACUUM BREAKER (AVB

B. DOUBLE CHECK VALVE BACKFLOW PREVENTION
ASSEMBLY (DC) (Your Answer)
C. PRESSURE VACUUM BREAKER BACFLOW PREVENTION
ASSEMBLY (PVB)
D. None of the above
Correct

83) consists of two independently acting internally loaded check valves, a

differential pressure relief valve, four properly located test cocks & two
isolation gate valves.

A. PRESSURE VACUUM BREAKER BACFLOW PREVENTION

ASSEMBLY (PVB)
B. REDUCED PRESSURE PRINCIPLE BACKFLOW PREVENTION
ASSEMBLY (RP)(Your Answer)
C. ATMOSPHERIC VACUUM BREAKER (AVB
D. DOUBLE CHECK VALVE BACKFLOW PREVENTION
ASSEMBLY (DC)
Correct

84) consists of a loaded air inlet valve, an internally loaded check valve, two properly located test cocks
& two isolation gate valves.

A. ATMOSPHERIC VACUUM BREAKER (AVB

 B. DOUBLE CHECK VALVE BACKFLOW PREVENTION
ASSEMBLY (DC)
C. PRESSURE VACUUM BREAKER BACFLOW PREVENTION
ASSEMBLY (PVB)(Your Answer)
D. None of the above
Correct

85) consist of a body, a checking member & an atmospheric opening.

A. ATMOSPHERIC VACUUM BREAKER (AVB (Your Answer)

B. DOUBLE CHECK VALVE BACKFLOW PREVENTION
ASSEMBLY (DC)
C. PRESSURE VACUUM BREAKER BACFLOW PREVENTION
ASSEMBLY (PVB)
D. None of the above
Correct

86) All pipings passing under or through walls shall be protected from breakage with
embedded ________________.

A. Concrete pipe metal sleeves

B. Pvc pipe sleeves
C. Metal pipe sleeves (Your Answer)
D. None of the above
Correct

87) All pipes passing through or under cinders or other corrosive materials shall be
protected from external corrosion by encasing same with _______ or in any
other approved manner.

A. Metal sheath
B. Polybuthane sheath
C. Polyethylene sheath (Your Answer)
D. Plastic sheath
Correct

88) _____________ - shall be supported at every 1m interval.

A. Plastic pipe (Your Answer)

B. Pvc pipe
C. Steel pipe
D. Lead pipe
Correct

89) in vertical piping ___________shall be supported at intervals not

exceeding 1.20m at centers with a rigid vertical back-up

A. PVC pipe
B. Lead Pipe (Your Answer)
C. Steel Pipe
D. G.I pipe
 Correct

90) In PROHIBITED FITTINGS & PRACTICES under this rule, No Drainage

or __________ shall be drilled & tapped for making connections thereto

A. Supply piping
B. Vent piping (Your Answer)
C. Drainage piping
D. None of the above
Correct

91) No _____________ shall be located in a room or compartment,

which is not properly lighted & ventilated.

A. CATCH BASIN
B. LAVATORY
C. BIBB
D. WATER CLOSET (Your Answer)
Correct

92) In GRADE OF HORIZONTAL PIPING If it is impracticable to obtain such slope

due to the following conditions except,

A. Excessive depth of the proposed drainage line

B. Structural and/or geological features of the terrain
C. Existing adverse in arrangements of building structure
D. Reasonable change because of existing weather (Your Answer)
1) Where is water meter located?

A. Right after the main distribution line connection (Your Answer)

B. Beside the water pump
C. Within RROW, right before the property line
D. Right side of the water pump or in it's flow direction
Correct

2) What is the standard water consumption (gallon/ person/day) used in a 2 story

residence?

A. 30-40 (Your Answer)

B. 40-60
C. 50-80
D. 90-120
Correct

3) Alternative to the conventional septic tank?

A. Aerobic treatment system (Your Answer)

B. Cistern
C. STP
D. Landfill
 Correct

4) What should not be permitted to cross a beam?

A. Soil pipe (Your Answer)

B. Electrical wiring
C. Water pipe
D. AC ducts
Correct

5) In storm drainage system, it is used to prevent aggregates, debris and other unwanted
objects from entering the drainage system?

A. Trap
B. Catch basin (Your Answer)
C. FD
D. Storm trap
Correct

6) How do you connect 2 hub less cast iron pipes?

A. Coupling
B. Elbow
C. Structural compression gasket (Your Answer)
D. Polymer compression gasket
Correct

7) The minimum size of trap and waste branch for a bidet?

A. 3 diameter
B. 1- 1/2 diameter
C. 2 diameter (Your Answer)
D. 1 diameter
Correct

8)

Base on the figure

above, which of the following is a 1/4 bend fitting?

A. A (Your Answer)
B. D
C. C
D. B
Correct

9) The minimum sized of a trap and waste branch for a pedestal urinal?
 A. 2 diameter (Your Answer)
B. 2 1/2 diameter
C. 3 diameter
D. 4 diameter
Correct

10) A pipe fitting having a large radius of curvature?

A. X11.1
B. X11.2
C. X11.3 (Your Answer)
D. X11.5
Correct

11) Best location to put the soil pipes?

A. Drywall
B. 150mm CHB wall
C. Pipe chase (Your Answer)
D. Box-up with the column
Correct

12) The quality of Galvanized Iron pipes are rated by?

A. Class
B. Schedule (Your Answer)
C. Thickness
D. Gauge
Correct
13)

Base on the figure

shown, Which of the WC is the noisiest?

A. A
B. B
C. C (Your Answer)
D. D
Feedback
The noisiest is washdown. The answer is correct. Try to see the photo again.
Correct

14) One of the first steps in the selection of a suitable water supply source is?

A. Water (potability) (Your Answer)

B. Topography
C. Budgetary cost
D. Water (demand)
Correct

15) A faucet fitted with nozzle curving downward used as a draw-of trap?

A. Firehouse
B. Bibcock
C. Lavatory faucet (Your Answer)
D. Garden hose
Correct
16) The prescribe color coding of piping under refrigerating division of all pipes and
fittings?

A. White
B. Yellow
C. Gray
D. Black (Your Answer)
Correct

17) Valve permitting a gas or liquid to flow in 1 direction?

A. Check valve (Your Answer)

B. Globe valve
C. Angle valve
D. Gate valve
Correct

18) Can you embed a 4" diameter pipe in a 150 wall?

A. No (Your Answer)
B. Yes
Correct

19) This material is used in threaded pipe connections to prevent leakage

A. Polymer
B. Elastomeric gasket
C. Teflon (Your Answer)
D. Structural polyester thread
Correct

20) A plumbing devices designed to intercept most greases and solids before they enter a
wastewater disposal system. Except for one;

A. Trap seal (Your Answer)

B. Grease interceptors
C. Grease recovery devices
D. Grease converters
Correct

21) The minimum size of a trap and waste branch for a shower stall?

A. 2 diameter (Your Answer)

B. 3 diameter
C. 1 1/2 diameter
D. 1 diameter
Correct

22) What is used in water pipelines to absorb the shock caused by water hammering?
 A. Shock regulator
B. Air chamber (Your Answer)
C. Water regulator
D. Shock absorber system
Correct

23) A piece of pipe threaded outside all through out to connect short runs of two pipe
fittings?

A. Nipple (Your Answer)

B. Supply pip
C. Coupling
D. Close nipple
Correct

24) The minimum size of a swimming pool drain?

A. 3”dia.
B. 4”dia
C. 2”dia (Your Answer)
D. 6”dia
Correct

25) A common ingredients for water disinfectant, except for ?

A. Trichlor
B. Bichlor (Your Answer)
C. Dichlor
D. Trichloro-S-Triazinetrione
Correct

26) The minimum number of water closet unit required for the female population of an
elementary school?

A. 1 per 75
B. 1 per 35 (Your Answer)
C. 1 per 50
D. 1 per 100
Correct

27) A pump used to eject sewage or liquid waste?central sewage booster

A. Centrifugal pump
B. Sump (Your Answer)
C. Rotary pump
D. Central sewage booster
Correct

28) During the site inspection, the architect notices that a soil pipe will cross a beam, whats
the best advice he can do?
 A. Resize the diameter of the soil pipe, enough that can go across the beam without
affecting it
B. It doesn't matter anyway, let the master plumber handle it.
C. Drill a hole of the beam, enough diameter that a pipe could go in and pass through.
Just make sure that the hole is precisely in the middle to avoid the bars to be hit in.
D. Simply ask to relocate, it's just a pipe anyway (Your Answer)
Correct

29)

A tee shaped
pipe fitting for making a three-way joint?

A. X11.8
B. X11.9
C. X11.6
D. X11.4 (Your Answer)
Correct

30) What pipe should not be buried underground?

A. BI pipe
B. Polyethylene pipe (Your Answer)
C. GI pipe
D. None
Correct

31) Water well yield is a factor considered to determine the size of?

A. Fixtures
B. Electrical wiring
C. Water pipe (Your Answer)
D. Pump
Correct

32) How do you connect PPRC?

A. Mechanical fastener
B. Solvent
C. Fusion welding (Your Answer)
D. Coupling
Correct
33) What is the color coding of pipes for potable water?

A. Cyan
B. Green
C. Blue (Your Answer)
D. Light blue
Correct

34)

An elbow
having lugs for attachment to wall or joist?

A. X12.1
B. X11.5
C. X11.4
D. X11.2 (Your Answer)
Correct

35) The part of a vent line which connects directly with an individual trap underneath or
behind the fixture and extends to the branch or man pipe at any point higher than the
fixture trap?

A. Blow-pipe
B. VTR
C. Back vent pipe (Your Answer)
D. Soil pipe
Correct

36) Opening use to received pipes?

A. Vertical shaft
B. Pipe chase (Your Answer)
C. Ducts
D. Raceway
Correct

37) In the given figure, identify the plumbing fixture in label "8"?
 A. 2" 1/4 bend
B. 2" trap assembly
C. 2" 1/4 bend
D. 4" closet bend (Your Answer)
Correct

38) Where will you least place a downspout?

A. At corner of walls
B. Inside columns
C. Wall hung
D. In between window openings (Your Answer)
Correct

39) What is the maximum depth of septic tank?

A. 1.10 m
B. 1.20 m
C. 1.50 m
D. 1.80 m (Your Answer)
Correct

40) How could you differentiate between a soil and waste pipe when laid side by side?

A. Color
B. Material and texture finish
C. Thickness
D. Diameter (Your Answer)
Correct

41) Best for sanitary pipes?

A. UPVC (Your Answer)

B. PeX
C. PP
D. GI
Correct

42) Minimum size of trap of shower drain?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 2 (Your Answer)
D. 1 1/2
Correct

43) A general term used for any vertical line of soil, waste, or vent piping?

A. Stand pipe
B. Riser
C. Shaft
D. Stack (Your Answer)
Correct

44) What type of pipe is not recommended for water line?

A. Copper
B. Lead (Your Answer)
C. GI
D. Iron
Correct

45) It is the line in a single diagram that runs from the fuses to the home run?

A. Ground wire
B. Riser (Your Answer)
C. Main
D. Single fuse diagram
Correct

46) Should not be used for a pipe chase?

A. Chb
B. Drywall (Your Answer)
C. Shearwall
D. Double wall
Correct
47) The sewage treatment process that involves the use of hydrochloride to kill
pathogenic bacteria?

A. Disinfection (Your Answer)

B. Aeration
C. Chlorination
D. Hydro-chlorine filtration
Correct

48) There is a septic tank installed on top of a rock by seashore. The tank is exposed on
low tide and covered in sea water during high tide. Which of the following would be
an appropriate water proofing for it?

A. Waterproof all surface (Your Answer)

B. Waterproof all interior surface except the floor
C. Waterproof all interior surface except the ceiling
D. Waterproofing is not necessary, it will just add cost
Correct

49) When water goes up through a vertical pipe, it stops at a certain height. Why?

A. Gravity and friction overcomes the pressure and the water slowly stops
B. The pressure inside the pipe equates to the pressure outside the pipe causing the
water to stop at that point where it apnears (Your Answer)
C. It's own gravity weight counters its speed of going up
D. All things stops
Correct

50) Where would you locate water distribution pipe farthest from?

A. Large trees (Your Answer)

B. Carport
C. Drainage
D. Water tank
Correct

51) A pipe fitting shape like letter "S"?

A. P-trap
B. Double Bend
C. U-trap (Your Answer)
D. ¼ St. Bend
Correct

52) Which wall is best suited if soil pipe will run through it?

A. Drywall
B. 6" CHB (Your Answer)
C. Shear wall
D. Retaining wall
Correct

53) In high rise buildings, why is there a need to resize water supply pipes?

A. Because different fixtures have different supply attachments

B. To use up the difference in pressure from the service to the supply fixtures (Your
Answer)
C. Pipes are like trees, main branch are bigger and becomes smaller at ends for
carrying wind loads and storms
D. Pipes having bigger size have bigger pressure and reduce the size for distribution
to fixture for lower pressure
Correct

54) A toilet bowl in which the flushing water enters through the rim and sipping action
ignited by a water jet draws the contents of the bowl through the tramway?

A. Siphon jet (Your Answer)

B. Siphon vortex
C. Reverse trap
D. Reverse trap
Correct

55) The minimum slope of a building drain?

A. 1/16 in./ft. (Your Answer)

B. 1 in. / ft.
C. 1/8 in. /ft.
D. ¾ in. /ft.
Correct

56) Where should you place soil-pipes for high-rise structures?

A. Pipe chase (Your Answer)

B. Partitions
C. RC wall
D. Column
Correct

57) Which is not a rule of a thumb when designing a drainage?

A. As much as possible, pipes must run in a straight line

B. Underground drainage line should be on top of compacted soil
C. It should be underneath the driveway (Your Answer)
D. None
Correct

58) The minimum sized of a trap and waste branch for a size of foot bath?

A. 1 1/4 diameter
B. 2 diameter (Your Answer)
 C. 1,1/2 diameter
D. 1 diameter
Correct

59) What is the principle of governing the size of pipes in designing plumbing systems?

A. The longer the pipes length to the fixture, the lesser the pressure; the shorter the
pipes length, the greater the pressure is

B. The bigger the pipes diameter, the lesser the pressure; the smaller the pipes
diameter , the greater the pressure is (Your Answer)
C. The smaller the pipes diameter the lesser the pressure; the bigger the pipes
diameter, the greater the pressure
D. Slopes is the primary consideration and sizes will be considered secondary
Correct

60) What is the typical slope of a waste pipe?

A. 1%
B. 2% (Your Answer)
C. 3%
D. 4%
Correct

61) Level 3 types of water service refers to?

A. Artesian well (Your Answer)

B. Individual shallow well hand up installation
C. Public faucet
D. individual house pipes- in connection with meter
Correct

62) A sewage treatment that includes the exposure to air?

A. Aerator (Your Answer)

B. Air-dehumidification treatment system
C. Exposed STP system
D. SW treatment system
Correct

63) What is the minimum trap seal?

A. 1.5"
B. 2" (Your Answer)
C. 2.5"
D. 3"
Correct

64) Best size of pipe connected to 5 sinks?

 A. 3"
B. 2 1/2"
C. 2"
D. 4" (Your Answer)
Correct

65) What do you call a water-tight receptacle used to store household waste?

A. Pit
B. Septic vault (Your Answer)
C. Stp
D. House drain
Correct

66) The minimum number of a urinal fixture required for the male population of both
elementary and secondary school?

A. 1 per 40
B. 1 per 50
C. 1 per 60
D. 1 per 30 (Your Answer)
Correct

67) Where are storm sewer usually placed?

A. Under the sidewalk on narrow road and under the road on wide road
B. Near the curb (Your Answer)
C. At the center of the road
D. None
Correct

68) What is installed in a fixture to alleviate the effects of too much water pressure?

A. Water pressure regulator (Your Answer)

B. Back splash
C. Water filtration
D. Regulator cup
Correct

69) There are several reasons why soil stacks are not allowed in columns. Which is not a
reason?

A. Pipes will interfere with reinforcing bars

B. The size of the columns will be larger
C. Cracks and leaks cannot be detected (Your Answer)
D. The gas emitted will deteriorate concrete
Correct

70) Fluoride as an addictive in water supply is a chemical for?

 A. Purify
B. Coagulant (Your Answer)
C. Disinfectant
D. Dental
Correct

71) Theater or movie house's water requirement is determined or estimated at 5 galloons

of water per day for?

A. Total numbers of movie goer per day

B. Floor area space of auditorium
C. Total number of auditorium seat (Your Answer)
D. Box office record
Correct

72) What is use for water treatment in a swimming pool?

A. Chloride (Your Answer)

B. Sodium
C. Cyanide
D. Hydrochlor
Correct

73)

Base on the figure

above, which of the following is a 1/8 bend fitting?

A. A
B. D
C. C
D. B (Your Answer)
Correct

74) Which plumbing fixture does not have a water-saving feature?

A. Lavatory with pop-up

B. 1.5 gallon flush water closet
C. Flow limiting feature (Your Answer)
D. Waterless urinal
Correct

75) In a location where there is no provision for drainage line, what is the next best
thing?

A. Store waste in the tank and dispose in sanitary fill (Your Answer)
B. Use drain tiles connected to open field
 C. Connect to the nearest creek
D. Any of the above
Correct

76)

In the figure
above, which is a reducing socket?

A. A
B. B (Your Answer)
C. C
D. D
Correct

77) Maximum distance of clean-out?

A. 5 m (Your Answer)
B. 6 m
C. 10m center to center
D. 15 m
Correct

78) Allowable slope of sanitary sewer?

A. 1ft of 1 meter
B. 1/2 in of 1 meter
C. 1/4 of 1meter
D. 1/4 of 1 ft (Your Answer)
Correct

79) A drain connecting one or more fixtures to a solid or waste stack?

A. Combined drain (Your Answer)

B. Floor drain
C. Circuit drain
D. Branch drain
Unanswered

80) Where traps are used to prevent foul odor from coming out. Which of the following
does not have a water trap?
 A. Kitchen sink
B. Lavatory
C. Floor drain
D. Bidet (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

81) Kind of pipe not suited to be exposed to ultraviolet rays?

A. PB
B. Iron
C. Pvc (Correct Answer)
D. Gi
Unanswered

82) Base on the figure shown, identify the type of closet at leter "A"?

A. Siphon-vortex
B. Siphon-jet (Correct Answer)
C. Wash-down
D. Reverse-trap
Unanswered

83) What do you call a control valve used to shut off at the water supply to a building in
case of emergency. It is installed at a water service pipe and operated by means of
long key inserted through a curb box?
 A. Curb cock
B. Corp stop (Correct Answer)
C. Cock stop
D. Emergency cock
Unanswered

84)

A tee having a
slight curve in 90degree bend transition to channel the flow from a branch pipe in the
direction of the main?

A. X11.1
B. X11.9
C. X11.6 (Correct Answer)
D. X11.7
Unanswered

85) A pipe which conveys only liquid waste, free of fecal matter?

A. Wet vent
B. Waste pipe (Correct Answer)
C. Vent pipe
D. Soil pipe
Unanswered

86) What is used to shut off flow of water during maintenance?

A. Check valve
B. Angle valve
C. Gate valve (Correct Answer)
D. Globe valve
Unanswered

87) Copper pipes are classified as what main pipe?

A. Galvanized iron
B. Ceramic (Correct Answer)
C. S/s
D. Pvc
Unanswered

88) In plumbing system, if pipes are electrical wires, what are the equivalent of switches?
 A. Tee
B. Floor drains
C. Clean out
D. Valve (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

89) A pipe fitting to join two straight lengths of pipes?

A. Coupling (Correct Answer)

B. Nipple
C. Tee
D. Elbow
Unanswered

90)

A. A (Correct Answer)
B. B
C. C
D. D
Unanswered

91) What is the color of communication line piping?

A. White
B. Orange
C. Gray (Correct Answer)
D. Silver
Unanswered

92) When there is a low pressure from the water main, what will you use to supply higher
levels?

A. Pneumatic pump
B. Sump pump
C. Jet pump
D. Booster pump (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

93) A pipe that conveys the discharge of water closets or fixtures having similar
functions with or without the discharges from other fixtures?

A. Waste pipe
B. Soil pipe (Correct Answer)
C. Branch pipe
D. Drain pipe
Unanswered

94) Black steel pipe with galvanized malleable fitting is ideal for?

A. Oxygen pipe
B. Electrical conduit
C. Gas pipe (Correct Answer)
D. Water Pipe
Unanswered

95) Prevents water hammer?

A. Water meter seal

B. Float valve (Correct Answer)
C. Check valve
D. Air chamber
Unanswered

96) What type of materials is used for the base of a septic tank?

A. Earth base
B. Mass concrete
C. Lean concrete
D. Reinforced concrete (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

97) What property is used to distinguish between potable and sanitary uPVC pipes?

A. Thickness
B. Nominal diameter
C. Outside diameter
D. Color (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

98) What is the most efficient tools for cutting cast iron pipe?

A. Handsaw
B. Hacksaw
C. Chisel and hammer
D. Snap cutter (Correct Answer)
Unanswered
99) A pipe fitting to change in one single direction (course) the flow of water:

A. Tee
B. Cross tee
C. Wye
D. Elbow (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

100) Standard Water pressure from NAWASA?

A. 60psi (Correct Answer)

B. 120psi
C. 30 psi
D. 40 psi
Unanswered

101) What is the best fixture for a public comfort room?

A. Gate valve
B. Flushometer (Correct Answer)
C. Faucet
D. None
Unanswered

102)

A cross fitting
having a slight curve in each of the 90degree transition to channel the flow from
branch pipes in the direction of the main?

A. X11.1
B. X11.6
C. X11.8 (Correct Answer)
D. X11.9
Unanswered

103) Minimum clearance from the floor of pipes for AC units when crossing a hallway or
corridor?

A. 2.1 m
B. 2.2 m
C. 2.3 m (Correct Answer)
 D. 2.4 m
Unanswered

104) How do we size sewage pits?

A. Volume of solid waste only (Correct Answer)

B. Volume of liquid waste
C. Volume of solid, liquid and storm
D. None
Unanswered

105) Women's urinal fixture?

A. Washdown
B. Flatback
C. Feminine stall urinal
D. Bidet (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

106) What is the color of pipes for steam?

A. Light blue
B. Gray
C. Blue
D. White (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

107)

In the figure
above, which is a flange adaptor?

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

108) What can be discharge directly to sewer system?

A. Buiding sewer (Correct Answer)

 B. Oil and grease
C. Storm water
D. Grey water
Unanswered

109) A term used to describe pumps that are interconnected with each other?

A. Gang
B. Series
C. Battery (Correct Answer)
D. None
Unanswered

110) The minimum distance (in meters) of a well from a septic tank?

A. 15 (Correct Answer)
B. 10
C. 25
D. 20
Unanswered

111) What do you call a liquid waste ( without urine/ industrial waste) discharges into the
sewer?

A. Gray water (Correct Answer)

B. Storm water
C. Black water
D. Ground water
Unanswered

112) A type of coupling or joining device having internal screw threads or nuts with
opposite screws at the end. By turning the internal screws, it is possible to connect two
metal rods and regulate the length and tension of this rods?

A. Vice grip
B. Union patente
C. Turnstile
D. Turnbuckle (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

113) Minimum height of siamese connection from ground line?

A. 38mm (Correct Answer)

B. 45mm
C. 500mm
D. 600mm
Unanswered

114) According to NBC, pipe support should be every,

 A. 3 m (Correct Answer)
B. 1.5 m
C. 2 m
D. 4 m
Unanswered

115) An individual vent for a plumbing fixture located at the downstream of a trap?

A. Vent pipe
B. Back vent (Correct Answer)
C. Branch vent
D. Vent through roof
Unanswered

116) Plumbing permit shall be invalid if work has not commenced after a period of?

A. 6 months
B. 1 year (Correct Answer)
C. 180 days
D. None
Correct

1) Changes in direction of vent piping shall be made by __

A. Heating the pipe and bending

B. Welded joints where possible
C. Threaded fittings of caulked joints
D. Appropriate use of fittings (Your Answer)
Correct

2) All receptors recieving the discharge from indirect waste piping shall be
___

A. Approved for the proposed use

B. Shaped and sized to prevent splashing or flooding
C. Located where they are readily accessible for inspection and cleaning
D. All of the above (Your Answer)
Correct

3) The clearance required in front of a 2-inch cleanout shall not be less than
__

A. 6 inches
B. 12 inches (Your Answer)
C. 18 inches
D. 24 inches
Correct

4) A straight run of building sewer will require cleanout at intervals not to

exceed __
 A. 50 ft
B. 75 ft
C. 100 ft (Your Answer)
D. 300 ft
Correct

5) Every abandoned building sewer shall be plugged or capped __

A. At the sidewalk or curb

B. Within 5 ft of the property line (Your Answer)
C. At the street tap
D. Where convenient
Correct

6) Except for plastic piping, water piping systems may be tested with ___

A. 10 psi air pressure

B. 50 psi air pressure (Your Answer)
C. 10 psi Carbon dioxide
D. 60 psi Carbon dioxide
Correct

7) After allowing for friction and other pressure losses, the residual water
pressure shall be at least ___.

A. 0.433 psi
B. 7.5 psi
C. 15 psi (Your Answer)
D. 29 psi
Correct

8) Parallel vent stacks are required for drainage stacks that extend above the
building drain ___

A. Five stories or more

B. 10 stories or more (Your Answer)
C. 50 ft
D. 100 ft
Correct

9) Increasing vents one pipe size will __

A. Provide increased drainage

B. Allow a uniform installation
C. Allow vents of longer vents (Your Answer)
D. Allow vents to be shorter
Correct

10) The owner shall make and keep a __

 A. Blueprint of the construction
B. Log of all chemicals used
C. Permanentrecord of all piping and venting carrying chemical
waste (Your Answer)
D. Record of materials used for all chemical waste
Correct

11) Other than system sized by the use of Table 6-6, the maximum velocity
of a cold water system containing copper and copper alloy tube and
fittings shall be limited to ___

A. 5 ft per second
B. 8 ft per second (Your Answer)
C. 10 ft per second
D. 15 ft per second
Correct

12) The drainage line from an ejector shall be provided with a ___

A. Backwater or swing check valve, and gate valve (Your Answer)

B. Backwater valve or double check valve and globe valve
C. backwater valve, gate valve and flange
Correct

13) The diameter of an individual vent shall not be less than ___

A. 1-1/4 inches (Your Answer)

B. 1-1/2inches
C. 2 inches
D. 3 inches
Correct

14) Copper tubing used for water piping under concrete slab within a building
shall be ___

A. Installed with brazed joints with cast brass fittings (Your Answer)
B. Protected with a factory applied coating
C. Installed without joints where possible
D. Installed with Type K copper tube with brazed joints
Correct

15) Approved strainers having an approved waterway area are not required
for ___

A. Kitchen sinks
B. Lavatories
C. Urinals (Your Answer)
D. Bathtubs
Correct
16) The type of valve required on a building supply to any building is a ___

A. Fullway valve (Your Answer)

B. Butterfly valve
C. Globe valve
D. Corporation valve
Correct

17) A solidly formed subbase is required as to pitch shower pan linings to

weep holes in the subdrain with a fall of ___

A. 1/8 inch per foot

B. 1/4 inch per foot (Your Answer)
C. 1/16 inch per foot
D. 1/32 inch per foot
Correct

18) The maximum horizontal length permitted for a required 2-inch vent pipe
is ___

A. 20 ft
B. 40 ft (Your Answer)
C. 60 ft
D. 120 ft
Correct

19) The distance from the vent pipe opening to any vertical surface shall be
at least __

A. 6 inches
B. 12 inches (Your Answer)
C. 18 inches
D. 24 inches
Correct

20) Changes in direction of copper tubings may be made with ___

A. Bending equipment (Your Answer)

B. Plastic fittings
C. Metallic fittings
D. Heat annealing
Correct

21) No chemical waste shall be discharged into the ground, local sewer, or
other means without __

A. Being properly vented

B. Approved of the local Authority Having Jurisdiction (Your Answer)
C. First going through a chemical waste separator
 D. Being properly trapped
Correct

22) A 2-inch vent pipe will serve a total of __

A. 14 bathtubs
B. 16 showers
C. 24 lavatories (Your Answer)
D. 15 water closet
Correct

23) Water lifts, expansion tanks, cooling jackets, sprinkler system, drip or
overflow pans, and other similar devices that discharge clear wastewater
into the building drainage system shall ___

A. Be directly trapped
B. Be discharged into an interceptor
C. Discharged into an indirect waste receptor (Your Answer)
D. Be individually vented
Correct

24) 3 inch horizontal drainage piping shall have a grade of slope of not less
than ___

A. 1/4 inch per foot (Your Answer)

B. 1/8 inch per foot
C. 1/2 inch per foot
D. 1 inch per foot
Correct

25) ___ tube shall not be used for chemical or industrial waste, as defined in
Section 811.1

A. Glass
B. PVC
C. Cast iron
D. Copper (Your Answer)
Correct

26) Vent pipes protect fixture traps against ___

A. Evaporation
B. Siphonage (Your Answer)
C. Clogging
D. Cross-connections
Correct

27) The combination of vent pipes that will provide sufficient aggregate
cross-sectional vent area for required a 4-inch house sewer is ___
 A. 1-2 inch and 4 - 1-1/2 inch
B. 3-2 inch and 1 - 1-1/2 inch
C. 2-2 inch and 1 - 1-1/2 inch
D. 4 - 2 inch (Your Answer)
Correct

28) The maximum fixture units allowed on a 4-inch horizontal drain with a 1/8
inch per foot slope is

A. 173 (Your Answer)

B. 225
C. 215
D. 256
Correct

29) Lead waste pipe that may recieve discharge containing acid or corrsive
chemicals, and each vent pipe connected to it, shall be not less than ___
wall thickness

A. 1/16 inch
B. 3/32inch
C. 1/8inch (Your Answer)
D. 5/32inch
Correct

30) Every indirect waste interceptor recieving discharge containing particles

that would clog the receptor drain shall __

A. A - have a readily removable beehive strainer (Your Answer)

B. B - drain into a funnel connected to the floor sink
C. C - be connected directly into the drainage system
D. Both A and B
Correct

31) Showers in all buildings shall be provided with individual contrrol

valves of the ___

A. A- pressure balance type

B. B- thermostatic mixing valve type
C. C- 140 degree F limit control type
D. A and B apply (Your Answer)
Correct

32) Cast-iron fittings, up to and including two inches in size, when used in
connection with potable water piping, shall be ___

A. Extra heavy
B. Flanged
C. Disallowed
D. Galvanized (Your Answer)
Correct
33) One factor for determining the size of a vent pipe is ___

A. Its accessibility
B. Its length (Your Answer)
C. The type of building
D. The price of material
Correct

34) __ are considered suds-producing fixtures

A. Kitchen sinks
B. Bathtubs
C. Washing machine standpipes
D. All of the above (Your Answer)
Correct

35) The maximum trap loading for a 3-inch trap is

A. 1 unit
B. 3 units
C. 4 units
D. 6 units (Your Answer)
Correct

36) The minimum size drain line for wall-hung urinal is __ inches

A. 2 (Your Answer)
B. 1-1/4
C. 1-1/2
D. 3
Correct

37) Horizontal vent pipes shall be level or so graded as to drip back by

gravity to ___

A. The main vent pipe

B. The drainage pipe they serve (Your Answer)
C. The loop vent
D. The main soil stack
Correct

38) Pipes carrying wastewater from swimming or wadding pools, including

pool drainage, backwash from filters, and discharge from pumps, shall be
___

A. Installed as an indirect waste (Your Answer)

B. Connected to a holding tank
C. Connected to an interceptor
D. Directly connected to the building drain and properly trapped and
 vented
Correct

39) Except for plastic pipe, in lieu of water test, drainage piping may be
tested with__

A. Air (Your Answer)

B. Ether
C. Smoke
D. Gas
Correct

40) All malleable iron water fittings shall be ___

A. 2 inch or smaller
B. Galvanized (Your Answer)
C. Flanged
D. Removed
Correct

41) Each vent pipe or stack shall extend through its flashing and shall
terminate vertically above the roof at least ___

A. 6 inches (Your Answer)

B. 12 inches
C. 18 inches
D. 24 inches
Correct

42) A horizontal drain pipe has an existing load 30 fixture units, after
connecting the discharge pipe from an ejector rated 60 gpm, the total load
on the horizontal drain pipe will be ___

A. 90 fixtures
B. 120 fixtures
C. 130 fixtures
D. 150 fixtures (Your Answer)
Correct

43) Whenever practicable, all piping recieving chemical waste shall be ___

A. Concealed
B. Readily accessible (Your Answer)
C. Covered
D. In clear view
Correct

44) Immediately ahead of each water-supplied appliance and each slip joint or
nonmetallic water supply connection required a _
 A. Control valve (Your Answer)
B. Check valve
C. Backwater valve
D. Solenoid valve
Correct

45) No drain, overflow, or relief vent from a water supply system. or any
other discharges under pressure shall be discharge to the drainage
system

A. By means of indirect waste through an airgap or airbreak

B. By direct connection (Your Answer)
C. Through the garbage disposal
D. With a branch wye tailpiece
Correct

46) The size of the yoke vent that making the yoke vent intersects with the
drainage stack is __

A. Not less in diameter than either the drainage or the vent stack,
whichever is smaller (Your Answer)
B. A minimum of 4 inches
C. Two pipes sizes larger than the drain line
D. Two pipes sizes smaller than the drain line
Correct

47) The drainage fixture unit value assigned to a bathtub or combination

bath/shower is __

A. 1.5
B. 2.0 (Your Answer)
C. 2.5
D. 3.0
Correct

48) Atmospheric-type vacuum breakers shall not be subjected to ___

A. Back pressure (Your Answer)

B. Hot water
C. Use in a laboratory
D. Intermittent use
Correct

49) A standpipe for a clothes washer shall have a minimum and maximum
length of _

A. 4in. and 12in.

B. 18in. and 30in. (Your Answer)
C. 18in. and 24 in.
D. 12in. and 36in.
 Correct

50) The acceptable fitting for connecting a horizontal drain line with another
horizontal drain line is a __

A. Sanitary tee
B. Cross tee
C. Combination Y and 1/8 bend (Your Answer)
D. Side inlet 1/4 bend
Correct

51) ABS and PVC DWV piping installation shall be limited to structures of
__ *

A. Noncombustible construction
B. Unlimited height (Your Answer)
C. Two stories in height
D. Combustible construction
Correct

52) A water piping system with a pressure of 110 psi will require a(an) ___

A. Reduced pressure backflow device

B. Extra-heavy pipe and fittingS
C. Pressure regulator and strainer (Your Answer)
D. Pressure-relief valve
Correct

53) Water piping system shall be designed on the basis of the ___

A. Maximum pressure
B. Average service pressure
C. Average residual pressure
D. Minimum pressure (Your Answer)
Correct

54) Water valves 2-1/2 inches and larger may have bodies that are ___

A. Galvanized
B. Die-cast
C. Aluminim core
D. Cast iron (Your Answer)
Correct

55) If, due to structural conditions, horizontal vents are less than 6 inches
above the overflow rim of the fixture, the horizontal portion shall be
installed with __

A. Venting material and fittings

B. Drainage material and fittings and grade to drain (Your Answer)
 C. Smaller diameter piping
D. Larger diameter piping
Correct

56) ABS or PVC-DWV piping installations exposed within ducts or plenums

shall be limited to a flame-spread index of not more than 25 or a smoke
index of 50 except for __

A. Two-storey buildings
B. Structures not over three floors above grade
C. The restriction found in IS 5 and 9
D. Single family homes (Your Answer)
Correct

57) The available pressure at the water meter is 80 psi. At the highest supply
outlet, 36 feet above the water meter, the pressure would be __ psi

A. 62 (Your Answer)
B. 44
C. 116
D. 80
Correct

58) A drainage stack extends 14 stories above the building drain and is served
by a parallel vent stack. A relief yoke vent connection between the vent
stack and the drainage stack is required at ___

A. Floors 5 and 10
B. Floors 4 and 9 (Your Answer)
C. Floors 4 and 10
D. Floors 5 and 9
Correct

59) The color stripe on type "K" hard-drawn copper tubing is ___

A. Green (Your Answer)

B. Blue
C. Red
D. Yellow
Correct

60) Joints between steel and cast-iron pipe shall be __

A. Threaded only
B. Caulked or threaded (Your Answer)
C. Caulked only
D. Brazed
Correct

61) CPVC water pipe may be used for hot and cold water distribution
 systems ___

A. In residences only
B. Within a building (Your Answer)
C. Below ground only
D. Aboveground only
Correct

62) With few exceptions, all horizontal drainage piping shall be provided with
a cleanout at ___

A. Each 45-degree fitting

B. Its upper terminal (Your Answer)
C. Each offset
Correct

63) Condensate from fuel-burning condensing appliances shall be collected

and discharged ____

A. To a planter box to a public way

B. To an approved plumbing fixture or disposal area (Your Answer)
C. Directly connected to the building sewer
Correct

64) Sumps for macerating toilets shall be __

A. Above ground
B. A minimum of 10 gallons
C. Watertight and gastight (Your Answer)
D. In the same room as the toilet
Correct

65) Devices that are not regularly classified as plumbing fixtures, but which
have a drip or drainage outlets, shall be drained by __

A. A connection directly to the building

B. Indirect waste pipes discharging into an open receptor through an
airgap or airbreak (Your Answer)
C. Direct connection to a storm sewer
D. Indirect waste piping connected to the building drain
Correct

66) Stills, sterilizers and similar equipment that produce waste shall be __

A. Connceted directly to the building drains

B. Indirectly connected to a lavatory taolpiece
C. Indirectly connected by means of an airgap (Your Answer)
D. Directly connected to the building drain using an airbreak
Correct
67) The tailpiece diameter for lavatories and drinking fountains shall no be
less than ___

A. 1-1/4 inches (Your Answer)

B. 1-3/8 inches
C. 1-1/2 inches
D. 1-3/4 inches
Correct

68) The quantity of water required to be supplied to every plumbing fixture

shall be represented by ___

A. Gallons per minute

B. Fixture units (Your Answer)
C. Feet per second
D. Available head pressure
Correct

69) Above the highest part of a urinal equipped with a flushometer valve (in
inches)

A. 1
B. 6 (Your Answer)
C. 3
D. 12
Correct

70) No chemical waste vent shall ___

A. Terminate outside the building

B. Connected to any vent from water service lines
C. Intersect vents for other services (Your Answer)
D. Connect to any waste line
Correct

71) Backflow prevention devices installed in the water supply line to steam
boilers shall be installed __-

A. 6 inhes above the floor

B. 6 inches above the boiler
C. 12 inches above the floor (Your Answer)
D. 12 inches above the boiler
Correct

72) Above the overflow rim of a vat (in inches)

A. 1
B. 2
C. 6 (Your Answer)
D. 12
Correct

73) Copper water tube Type "M" may be installed within a building ___

A. Below slab only

B. Above ground only (Your Answer)
C. For cold water only
D. If it is wrapped
Correct

74) The pipe size for the common vent serving lavatories installed back-to-
back shall not be less than __ inch(es)

A. 1
B. 1-1/4
C. 1-1/2 (Your Answer)
D. 2
Correct

75) PEX tubing shall not be installed within the first ___ of piping
connected too a water heater (in inches)

A. 12
B. 18 (Your Answer)
C. 24
D. 36
Correct

76) The clear space in front of any water closet or bidet shall not be less than
___.

A. 12 inches
B. 18 inches
C. 24 inches (Your Answer)
D. 30 inches
Correct

77) Each pressure relief valve installed inside of the building shall have a
___

A. Full sized drain extended to outlet (Your Answer)

B. Check valve to prevent backflow
C. Trapped drain line
D. Drain that terminates 30 inches or more above grade
Correct

78) The minimum size trap and trap arm for a bathtub is __

A. 1-1/2 inches (Your Answer)

B. 2 inches
 C. 2-1/2 inches
D. 3 inches
Correct

79) Floor drains in walk-in coolers shall discharge __

A. To a grease interceptor
B. Directly to the exterior of the building
C. Directly to tha main building drain
D. To a separate drainage line discharging into an outside receptor
through an airgap or airbreak (Your Answer)
Correct

80) Vents terminating in roof areas used for sunbathing shall be extended
above the roof at least ___

A. 7 ft (Your Answer)
B. 10 ft
C. 12 ft
D. 15 ft
Correct

81) The primary reason for installing backflow prevention assemblies is to

___

A. Prevent scalding
B. Prevent pollution and contamination of the potable water supply (Your
Answer)
C. Prevent mixing of hot and cold water
D. Prevent excessive pressure
Correct

82) Water shall not be discharged under pressure directly to the waste system
if it has a temperature of __ or more

A. 212 deg F
B. 180 deg F
C. 140 deg F (Your Answer)
D. 232 deg F
Correct

83) Whenever fixtures and/or fixture fittings are installed that require a
residual water pressure higher than 15 pounds per square inch (103.5
kPa)__

A. A- that minimum pressure shall be provided (Your Answer)

B. B- provision shall be made to use fixtures that do not require higher
residual pressure
C. C- the piping sytem shall be not less than copper tubing Type L
D. A and C apply
Correct
84) A domestic dishwashing machine shall be connected to the drainage
system by using __

A. An approved airgap fitting (Your Answer)

B. A Hartford loop
C. A double check valve
D. A direct connection
Correct

85) If the trap from a sink located in a bar cannot be vented ___

A. The drain shall discharge through an airgap or airbreak into an

approved receptor that is vented
B. The fixture must be relocated
C. The discharge may be pumped to an approved receptor (Your Answer)
D. A drum trap shall be used
Correct

86) The minimum size condensate waste pipe from a 12-ton refrigeration unit
is ___

A. 3/4 inch (Your Answer)

B. 1 inch
C. 1-1/4 inches
D. 1-1/2 inches
Correct

87) The distance between a water heater and the union on the water lines
shall not be more than ___

A. 6 inches
B. 12 inches (Your Answer)
C. 18 inches
D. 24 inches
Correct

88) Water piping pressure shall be for a period of not less than ___

A. 5 minutes
B. 10 minutes
C. 15 minutes (Your Answer)
D. 30 minutes
Correct

89) Drains, overflows, or relief pipes from a water distribution system shall
be connected to the building drain by _

A. Indirect waste piping through a vented trap

B. Indirect watse by means of an airgap (Your Answer)
 C. Direct connection to the building drain
D. Direct conncetion to the building drain through a trap
Correct

90) The addition of leak-sealing additives to joint packing shall be __

A. Legal
B. By approval of the engineer
C. By approval of the architect
D. Prohibited (Your Answer)
Correct

91) Ballcocks in water closet tanks shall be installed so that the critical level
of the water inlet is above the full opening of the overflow pipe at least
___

A. 1/2 inch
B. 1inch (Your Answer)
C. 3inches
D. 6inches
Correct

92) Combination temperature and pressure relief valve shall be installed ___

A. On all nonstorage-type water heaters (Your Answer)

B. Based on thier listing requirements and the manufacturer's instruction
C. Within 3 inches to 6 inches of the water heater
D. In lieu of pressure-relief valves
Correct

93) All indirect waste piping that requires an airgap shall discharge into the
building drainage system through ___

A. An automatic vent
B. A drainage airgap of 1 inch minimum (Your Answer)
C. A trap
D. An airgap of two pipe diameters
Correct

94) Horizontal termination of vents from any openable window, door opening,
air intake or vent shaft shall be not less than ___

A. 1 ft
B. 2 ft
C. 10 ft (Your Answer)
D. 12 ft
Correct

95) Building supplies shall be no smaller than that required for installation
 and, in no case, smaller than ___

A. 1/2 inch
B. 3/4 inch (Your Answer)
C. 1 inch
D. 2 inches
Correct

96) Copper tube shall not be used for ___

A. Chemical waste (Your Answer)

B. Aboveground drainage piping
C. Water piping
D. Underground drainage piping
Correct

97) All backflow devices or assemblies shall be tested by a ___

A. Licensed agent
B. Representative from the Authority Having Jurisdiction
C. Certified backflow tester (Your Answer)
D. Third-party certified agency
Correct

98) An indirect waste receptor shall not be installed in a ___

A. Toilet room (Your Answer)

B. Boiler room
C. Commercial kitchen
D. Air compressor equipment
Correct

99) An approved material for closet screws or bolts is __

A. Steel
B. Aluminum
C. Lead
D. Brass (Your Answer)
Correct

100) Threads in drainage fittings shall be tapped to allow for __

A. Adjustment
B. Grade (Your Answer)
C. expansion
D. Economy
Correct

101) Cleanouts shall be designed to be __

 A. Threaded
B. Gastight and watertight (Your Answer)
C. Easy opening
D. Concealed
Correct

102) Wall-hung lavatories shall be supported by ___

A. Their connections
B. Metal hangers (Your Answer)
C. Rigid traps
D. Wooden legs
Correct

103) All melleable iron vent or water fitting shall be __

A. Concealed
B. Exposed
C. Galvanized (Your Answer)
D. Painted
Correct

104) Hard-drawn copper tubing, marked with a blue stripe, is referred to as ___

A. Type "K"
B. Type "L" (Your Answer)
C. Type "M"
D. Type "DWV"
Correct

105) Flaring tools are used to make joints for ___

A. Hard Type K copper tubing

B. Soft copper water tubing (Your Answer)
C. Yellow brass water piping
D. Aluminum water piping
Correct

106) The minimum size vent that may serve a 4-inch trap is __

A. 1-1/4 inches
B. 1-1/2 inches
C. 2 inches (Your Answer)
D. 4 inches
Correct

107) Water piping may be installed in the same trench with sewer piping
made of ___
 A. Cast iron (Your Answer)
B. Clay
C. Asbestos cement
D. Bituminized fiber
Correct

108) The maximum fixture unit loading allowed on a 2-inches waste stack is
___

A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 16 (Your Answer)
Correct

109) Building sewers 8 inches or larger may have a slope of not less than ___

A. 1/16 inch per foot (Your Answer)

B. 1/2 inch per foot
C. 1/4 inch per foot
D. 1/8 inch per foot
Correct

110) Flexible corrugated connectors of copper or stainless steel for water heater
connectors shall be limited to ___

A. 12 inches
B. 18 inches
C. 24 inches (Your Answer)
D. 36 inches
Correct

111) Condensate or wastewaster shall not drain over __

A. Dry wells
B. A public way (Your Answer)
C. Leach pits
D. The tailpiece of plumbing fixtures
Correct

112) The minimum sizes of vertical and horizontal drainage shall be determined
from the __

A. Location of fixturtes
B. Type of building
C. Total fixture units (Your Answer)
D. Total bathrooms
Correct

113) No plumbing fixtures that is receiving discharge from indirect waste

 pipes shall be installed until fordt approved by the __

A. Architect
B. Local health department
C. Authority Having Jurisdiction (Your Answer)
D. Mechanical engineer
Correct

114) Drinking fountain may be installed with _

A. A hose connection
B. A condensate pump
C. A Hartford loop
D. Indirect waste (Your Answer)
Correct

115) Fittings on screwed pipe shall be of (the) __

A. Cailk-drainage pipe
B. Galvanized steel
C. Recessed drainage type (Your Answer)
D. Duro iron
Correct

116) Each outlet in a nonpotable waterline that may be used for drinking
purposes shall be posted ___

A. DANGER-PROCESSED WATER
B. DANGER-CONTAMINATED WATER
C. DANGER-POLLUTED WATER
D. CAUTION-NONPOTABLE WATER DO NOT DRINK (Your Answer)
Correct

117) Except for alleys and streets, vent termination from property lines shall
not be less than __

A. 1 ft
B. 2 ft
C. 3 ft (Your Answer)
D. 4 ft
Correct

118) A domestic dishwasher, with independent drain, has a drainage fixture unit
value of __ *

A. 2 (Your Answer)
B. 3
C. 4
D. 1
Correct
119) The fitting that is required for making the yoke vent intersection with
the drainage stack is a ___

A. Sanitary tee
B. Tapped tee
C. Double tee branch
D. Wye branch (Your Answer)
Correct

120) Under certain conditions, traps serving sinks that are part of the equipment
of bars, soda fountains, and counters __

A. Need not to be vented (Your Answer)

B. Need relief vents
C. May be wet vented
D. Shall be vented
Correct

121) The developed length from the fixture outlet of a bar sink to a receptor
shall not exceed __ ft?

A. 6
B. 5 (Your Answer)
C. 3
D. 15
Correct

122) Unions shall be installed in a water supply system within 12 inches of ___

A. A control valve
B. A house valve
C. Regulating equipment (Your Answer)
D. Transition fittings
Correct

123) Condensate waste shall discharge to the drainage system by means of

a(an) __

A. Indirect waste pipe (Your Answer)

B. Direct waste pipe
C. Johnson Tee
D. Backflow preventer
Correct

124) Joints at the roof around vent pipes shall be made watertight by the use of
___

A. Waterproof epoxy sealer

B. Three layers 15 pound felt
 C. Hot tar compound
D. Flashings (Your Answer)
Correct

125) Macerating toilet system shall be restricted to single bathrooms for ___

A. Private use
B. Public use
C. No restriction (Your Answer)
D. Not allowed
Correct

126) The maximum discharge capacity capacity (for intermittent flow only), in
gallons per minute, for one fixture unit is equal to ___

A. 7-1/2 gpm (Your Answer)

B. 15 gom
C. 30 gpm
D. 50 gpm
Correct

127) The maximum distance between manholes shall not exceed __

A. 50 ft
B. 100 ft
C. 200 ft
D. 300 ft (Your Answer)
Correct

128) Vents terminals in locations having minimum design temperatures below

0 deg F shall be a minimum of ___

A. A - 2 inches (Your Answer)

B. B - 4 inches
C. C - one pipe size larger than the required
D. A and C apply
Correct

129) Sewer and water piping may be installed in the same trench (with the
proper clearances) if the sewer piping is __

A. Cast iron
B. PVC
C. Extra strength vitrified clay
D. Any of the above (Your Answer)
Correct

130) The piping material no approved in the code for water piping located
inside a building is ___
 A. Brass
B. CPVC
C. Asbestos cement (Your Answer)
D. PEX
Correct

131) Above all downstream piping for lawn sprinker system atmospheric
vacuum breakers (in inches)

A. 1
B. 6 (Your Answer)
C. 12
D. 24
Correct

132) Sheet lead used for flashins of vents terminals shall be not less than __

A. 2 lbs per sq. ft

B. 3 lbs per sq. ft (Your Answer)
C. 4 lbs per sq. ft
D. 5 lbs per sq. ft
Correct

133) The code requirement for "and adequate supply of potable running
water" is for

A. Cleansing and sanitation (Your Answer)

B. Protection of trap seals
C. Water-cooled equipment
D. Hydronic systems
Correct

134 Galvanized steel piping installed under a concrete floor slab within a building shall _
)

A. Have a machine-applied coating (Your Answer)

B. Have a spiral wrap
C. Be installed without joints
D. Be installed with brazed joints
1) In a plumbing plan, how is the hot water return represented in between dashes?

A. Single dot
B. Double dot
C. Continuous dotted line
D. Triple dots (Your Answer)
Correct

2) What is the maximum distance (in feet) between hangers for 3 inches plastic pipe
 installed in 20 foot lengths?

A. 5
B. 4 (Your Answer)
C. 2.5
D. 6.5
Correct

3) What type of fixture operates under pressure from the water supply and requires a
higher suuply flow rate?

A. Flush valve (Your Answer)

B. Flush fixtures
C. Flush pressure
D. Flush tank
Correct

4) What minimum clear distance is required whenever the water service supply pipe will
be laid on the same trench within the sewer line?

A. 2 Foot
B. 1 Foot (Your Answer)
C. 3 Foot
D. 2 1/2 Foot
Correct

5) Which of the following statements is NOT true in water heaters?

*

A. The discahrge pipe from a relief valve must be trapped. (Your Answer)
B. When water haeters are installed in locations where leakage of the tank or
connections will cause damage, the water heater must be installed in a pan.
C. All water heaters must be provided with an approved, self-closing (levered)
pressure relief valve and a temperature relief valve, or a combination thereof.
D. Water heaters must be protected to prevent siphoning of its contents.
Correct

6) Which can cause obstruction of the flow of wastes in a drainage piping?

A. Pocket of neutral pressure

B. Pressure differential
C. Pocket of positive and negative pressures
D. Pocket of low or high pressure (Your Answer)
Correct
7) Riser diagram which are elevations or perspective views showing stacks an risers
generally indicate what kind of jobs?

A. Simple
B. Non-complicated
C. Complicated (Your Answer)
D. Easy
Correct

8) What type of shower provides a means for quick rinsing of a person's skin that may
have been exposed to a toxic or harmful chemical?
*

A. Health care
B. Emergency (Your Answer)
C. Vanity
D. Quick
Correct

9) Other than making a quiet and peaceful house, what is prevented when water hammer
will be eliminated?

A. Slow flow of water

B. Damage to piping (Your Answer)
C. Decrease in water pressure
D. Lose of air ventilation
Correct

10) What could be a sulotion to a restricted water flow of faucet?

*

A. Replace or filter screen (Your Answer)

B. Smooth out lever nut
C. Re-adjust valve
D. Clean or replace hose head valve
Correct

11) What vents are pipes that serve as the drain of one fixture while venting another
fixture?

A. Stack vents
B. Wet vents (Your Answer)
C. Relief vents
D. Relief vents
Correct

12) What chemical element in the steel increase the corrosion and stain-resistant qualities
of the fixture?

A. Nickel (Your Answer)

B. Copper
C. Iron
D. Aluminum
Correct

13) What is the most common repair required on fixture faucets?

A. Replace washer (Your Answer)

B. Control water flow
C. Tighten the lock nut
D. Replece steam packing
Correct

14) What tool is used to open plugged or sluggish drain piping?

*

A. Drain auger
B. Force cup
C. Hand-spinner drain cable (Your Answer)
D. Plunger
Correct

15) Which of the following pipes receives the discharge from a water closet and conveys
it to a soil stack or the building drain?
*

A. Waste
B. Drain
C. Vent
D. Soil (Your Answer)
Correct

16) In a plumbing plan which of the following is represented by double dots in between
dashes?

A. Hot water return

B. Cold water
C. Vent
D. Hot water (Your Answer)
Correct

17) How should fixtures be located in order to essure of the most economical
installation?

A. Parallel to teach other

B. With less bends and curves
C. Along a straight line
D. As close together as possible (Your Answer)
Correct

18) Which of the following fixtures does NOT belong to the group.
*

A. Hose bibb
B. Water spigot
C. Water cooler (Your Answer)
D. Water faucet
Correct

19) What part of a pipe curves like the neck of a goose, and is flexible?
*

A. E-curve
B. Snake
C. Goose neck (Your Answer)
D. Auger
Correct

20) What is the tool for straightening or bending lead pipe?

*

A. Bending pin (Your Answer)

B. Coupling
C. Bending wrench
D. Offset
Correct

21) What device is used to ream burs out of pipe that has been cut?
*

A. Bolt cutter
B. Pipe reamer (Your Answer)
C. Wood chisel
D. Cutter wheel
Correct
22) Identify the equipment in No. 42 of the Wet Standpipe Schemetic Riser Diagram in
Drawing 3.
*

A. Fire Extinguisher
B. Fire pull box
C. Fire hose cabinet (Your Answer)
D. Fire enunciator
Correct

23) Aside from lavatory, what is the other common fixture that is provided with
overflows?
*

A. Kitchen sink
B. Slop sink
C. Urinal
D. Bathtub (Your Answer)
Correct

24) In plumbing plan, what represents pipe going down with the open side or sides of the
circle being at the higher elevetion?

A. Semicircle
B. Broken circle (Your Answer)
C. Solid circle
D. Closed circle
Correct

25) What kind of plumbing tool is cheaply used for cutting cast-iron pipes, brick or
stone?
*

A. Cold chisel (Your Answer)

B. Diamond nose chisel
C. Cape chisel
D. Gouge
Correct

26) What tool is used for expanding the ends of lead pipe?

A. Drift plug
B. Turn pin (Your Answer)
C. Dresser
D. Shave book
Correct

27) Which of the following pipes provides a flow of air to or from a drainage system to
provide a ciculation of air within the system?

A. Soil
B. Vent (Your Answer)
C. Drain
D. Waste
Correct

28) To what purpose are faucet designed?

A. Acess to other fixtures

B. Set up fast installition
C. Provide for easy replacement and maintenance of parts
D. Control the flow of water (Your Answer)
Correct

29) What prevent sewer gas from entering a building?

A. Traps (Your Answer)

B. Regulators
C. Interceptors
D. Separators
Correct

30) What are the products of complete combustion of natural gas?

*

A. Hydrogen and methane

B. Water vapour and carbon dioxide (Your Answer)
C. Oxygen and carbon monoxide
D. Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide
Correct

31) When fixtures are constructed of previous material, what specific condition is
permitted?

A. Unsatisfactoey Quality
B. Inaccessibility of parts to be cleaned
C. Waste outlet that can retain water (Your Answer)
D. Smooth substance
Correct

32) When joints are necessary in a copper gas piping system, what type of solder must be
used?

A. Hard (Your Answer)

B. Soft
C. Malleable
D. Ductile
Correct

33) What kind of test is used in determining whethergalvanized pipe is made of wrought
iron or wrought steel?

A. Smoke
B. Hammer (Your Answer)
C. Water
D. Gas
Correct

34) what is the suitable gasket material for a flange union used in gasoline conduction?
*

A. Metallic or rubber composition

B. Metallic (Your Answer)
C. Rubber or asbestos sheet
D. Rubber or asbestos composition
Correct

35) What type of rigid copper pipe is lightweight?

A. Type DWV
B. Type L
C. Tyep M (Your Answer)
D. Type K
Correct

36) What is the minimum length of time (in hours) before a jointed plasteic pipe be
subjected to pressure test?

A. 1
B. 3
C. 2 (Your Answer)
D. 4
Correct
37) If one of the two weights associated with cast-iron is service weight, what is the other
weight?

A. Extra heavy weight (Your Answer)

B. Double extra service weight
C. Light weight
D. Light weight
Correct

38) What is the recommened support spacing of vertically installed pipe?

A. 4ft (Your Answer)

B. 3ft
C. 6ft
D. 2ft
Correct

39) What is the minimum size (in inches) of traps used on a kitchen sink waste pipe?

A. 2
B. 2.5
C. 1
D. 1.5 (Your Answer)
Correct

40) What tool is used to cut copper, brass, aluminum, or plastic tubing, and thin-wall
conduit?
*

A. Hacksaw
B. Flaring tool
C. Pipe tap
D. Tubing cutter (Your Answer)
Correct

41) What common support is used to keep vertical pipe in alignment?

A. Vent piping
B. Vertical (Your Answer)
C. Horizontal
D. Waste piping
Correct
42) What pipe idicated in the plumbing plan with a solid line?

A. Drain (Your Answer)

B. Hot water reciculating
C. Vacuum
D. Fire protection
Correct

43) When are traps prohibited?

A. If they are of inverted type

B. If they do not depend on interior partitions or moving parts for action
C. If they are over 4 inches in diameter
D. If they depend on concealed interior partitions or moving parts for action (Your
Answer)
Correct

44) What are used to keep harmful substances from entering the sanitary drainage system?

A. Interceptors (Your Answer)

B. Separators
C. Valves
D. Traps
Correct

45) At what angle do vent stacks attach to horizontal vent pipes?

A. 90 degrees
B. 45 degrees (Your Answer)
C. 22-1/2 degrees
D. 60 degrees
Correct

46) What pipe is indicated in the plumbing plan having a series of dashes with letter V
separating the dashes?

A. Vacant
B. Vent
C. Vinyl
D. Vacuum (Your Answer)
Correct

47) What is the function of by pass valve?

 A. To control the flow of water
B. To act as relief valve in case of failure of the other valves
C. To equalize the pressure and temperature on both sides of the main valve (Your
Answer)
D. To act as balancing valve
Correct

48) Which of the following materials composition describe a 95/5 solder?

A. 95% tin-5% zinc

B. 95% lead-5% zinc
C. 95% tin-5% antimony (Your Answer)
D. 95% lead-5% antimony
Correct

49) What tool is used to grip pipe and fitting when installing and removing piping?
*

A. Pipe wrench (Your Answer)

B. Hacksaw
C. Tubing
D. Cutter vise
Correct

50) What are designed to collect and drain water entering the soil?
*

A. Catch basins
B. Sewer pipes
C. Subsoil drains (Your Answer)
D. Drainage pipe
Correct

51) What type of pipe joints consists of a soft metal alloy of tin and lead with a low
melting point?

A. Butt-weld
B. Solder (Your Answer)
C. Threaded
D. Compression
Correct

52) Why do most wall-hung urinals Not require a trap?

*
 A. They are designed to have integral trap (Your Answer)
B. Because such fixtures seldom receive solid waste
C. Traps are already provided down the soil pipe
D. Siphonic action that occurs in wall-hung urinals during flushing prevents the usage
of traps
Correct

53) The overflow passageway from afixture must be connected to what portion of the
plumbing sysytem?
*

A. Bottom side of the fixture trap

B. Inlet side of the fixture trap (Your Answer)
C. Upper side of the fixture trap
D. Outlet side of the fixture trap
Correct

54) What is the best tool for cutting cast iron soil pipe that is rigidly in place?
*

A. Hacksaw
B. Soil pipe cutter (Your Answer)
C. Grinder
D. Hammer and chisel
Correct

55) What drain serves a single fixture trap?

A. Individaul drain
B. Fixture branch
C. Horizontal branch
D. Fixture drain (Your Answer)
Correct

56) What is the most appropriate method in the connection of a commercial black steel
pipe which is under 2 inches in diameter?

A. Caulking
B. Soldering
C. Welding
D. Threading (Your Answer)
Correct
57) What do you call the drains which serve one or more fixtures that discharge into
another drain or into a stack?
*

A. Fixture drains
B. Horizontal Branches
C. Wet vents
D. Fixture branches (Your Answer)
Correct

58) What mechanical operation is done to cut or form the fixture or individual parts of the
fixture?

A. Injection molding
B. Drawing
C. Reaming
D. Stamping (Your Answer)
Correct

59) What cause majority of all accidents in plumbing work?

A. Material defect
B. Unsafe acts (Your Answer)
C. Unsafe conditions
D. Ignorance
Correct

60) According to the international Plumbing Code, above what temperature can you
consider water as hot water?
*

A. 60 deg C
B. 120 deg F (Your Answer)
C. Above room temperature
D. 212 deg F
Correct

61) Which of the following is acceptable procedure when installing piping in a load-
bearing wooden partition?

A. Do not drill or notch the studs

B. Drill a hole at the sides of the studs
C. Make a notch not more than one-half the thickness
D. Drill hole through the center of the studs (Your Answer)
Correct

62) What is the name of the tool used to remove pits or rough surfaces from valve or faucet
seats?

A. Seat driver
B. Seat reamer
C. Seat dressing (Your Answer)
D. Seat planning
Correct

63) Which of the following factors is NOT considered in sizing the water supply piping?
*

A. Length of the pipe in the building

B. Pressure of the water supply at the source
C. Number and kind of fixtures installed
D. Pipe friction (Your Answer)
Correct

64) On the outside, a globe valve looks similar to what other valve?

A. Stop and waste valve

B. Angle valve
C. Gate valve (Your Answer)
D. Check valve
Correct

65) What thin line in the plan determine the depth requirments of sewers and water
services?
*

A. Cross-hatch
B. Contour (Your Answer)
C. Broken
D. Phantom
Correct

66) Which of the water closets is the most efficient, the quietest and the most expensive?
*

A. Siphon jet
B. Reverse trap
C. Valve
D. Siphon action (Your Answer)
Correct

67) Which of the following does NOT determine the size of the vent pipe?
*

A. Pressure of waste flow (Your Answer)

B. Type of plumbing fixtures to be vented
C. Maximum fixture unit load
D. Developed length of the vent pipe
Correct

68) What type of a joint is a compression coupling?

*

A. Mechanical (Your Answer)

B. Threaded
C. Illegal
D. Screw
Correct

69) Which of the following illustrated in the plan bi circular template?

A. Side view 90 Degrees toward (Your Answer)

B. Isometric 90 degrees up
C. Plan view 90 degrees down
D. Plan view 90 degrees away
Correct

70) What pipe is represented on drawing with alternating long and short dashes?
*

A. Drain pipe
B. Hot water pipe
C. Cold water pipe (Your Answer)
D. Vent pipe
Correct

71) Which of the following methods of jointing plastics used for discharge pipework
systems is BEST described as a cold welding process?

A. Solvent welding (Your Answer)

B. Fusion welding
C. Compression welding
D. Branch Welding
Correct
72) Which of the following is NOT a type of sink?

A. Service
B. Perforated (Your Answer)
C. Flushing rim
D. Scullery

Correct

73) Which fitting is NOT necessary in the installation of the house service?
*

A. Corporation stop
B. Meter stop
C. Curb stop (Your Answer)
D. Water mater
Correct

74) What plan are useful in planning the installation of sewers, water services, building
drains, and hose bibs?
*

A. Site palns
B. Floor plans
C. Contour plans (Your Answer)
D. Cross-section plans
Correct

75) What do you call the lines that are made of short and thick dashes and are used to
show the location of recessed objects in the plan?

A. Invisible
B. Cutting plane
C. Recessed
D. Hidden (Your Answer)
Correct

76) What is the CORRECT and MOST accurate way to measure out lengths of pipe?
*

A. Center-to-face
B. Center-to-center
C. End-to-end
 D. End-to-center (Your Answer)
Correct

77) Which are parts of water closet?

A. Mounting nut, housing, faucet, flange assembly

B. Closet Bolts, wax ring, seat, ballcock (Your Answer)
C. Nailing flange, sponge gasket, cross-bar strainer, overflow fitting
D. Metal washer, drain assembly, lift-rod, supply tubes
Correct

78) On what point of the pipe cross-section is the pipes elevetion referred to?
*

A. Top of pipe
B. Center of pipe
C. Invert (Your Answer)
D. Bottom pipe
Correct

79) What step must be undertaken to avoid encountering airline cracks on the soldered
joint of a hot water supply system when the water is turned on?

A. Use a solder type that is suited for a particular fitting and pipe
B. Apply heat evenly on the fitting before placing the solder on slot holes
C. Thoroughly clean the joint to be soldered
D. Faucets should be opened on the downstream side to relieve pressure on the line
before soldering (Your Answer)
Correct

80) Which is NOT an essential need in designing and in reading a blueprint?

A. Abbrevations
B. Binoculars (Your Answer)
C. Blueprint symbols
D. Mathematical table
Correct

81) Which of the following does the feed cister supply water?
*

A. The cold distribution pipework

B. The hot Storage vessel (Your Answer)
C. A set of booster pumps
 D. A WC pan or urinal
Correct

82) What strength of a hook should you choose in selecting a hook and chain that are to be
used for lifting pipes?

A. A little bit stonger than the chain

B. Twice as strong as the chain
C. Same strength as a chain
D. Weaker than the chain (Your Answer)
Correct

83) What do you call the primary vent in a venting system to which various vent in a
venting system to which various vent branches are connected?
*

A. Main vent (Your Answer)

B. Yoke vent
C. Vent Stack
D. Stack vent
Correct

84) What safety device should plumbing construction workers wear?

A. Gloves
B. Shoes (Your Answer)
C. Belts
D. Goggles
Incorrect

85) What device utilize the water delivered by the water supply system?
*

A. Plumbing riser
B. Plumbing fixture (Correct Answer)
C. Plumbing pipe
D. Plumbing vent (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

86) Which are prevented by fixture trap seals?

A. Excessive draining (Your Answer)

B. Siphonage and backpressure (Correct Answer)
C. Free-flowing effluents
 D. Overflows
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

87) When two or more fixtures are permitted to use a single trap, what is the waste pipe
for installation called?

A. Individual
B. Continous waste (Correct Answer)
C. Common waste
D. Sewer (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

88) What tool is used to make holes in stainless steel sinks?

*

A. Cutter wheel (Your Answer)

B. Wood chisel
C. Bolt Cutter
D. Knockout set (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

89) What is meant by the term plumbo-solvent?

A. The ability of water to dissolve copper

B. The addition of chlorine to the water supply (Your Answer)
C. The ability of water to dissolve lead (Correct Answer)
D. The use of lead-free solder fittings
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

90) What is the name of the tool used to remove a bur from the inside of a water pipe?

A. Pipe vise (Your Answer)

B. Pipe Reamer (Correct Answer)
C. Pipe Offset
D. Pipe Threader
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

91) What device is used to raise the temperature of some of the domestic water supply
 for use in various fixtures?
*

A. Temperature increaser (Your Answer)

B. Hot water heater (Correct Answer)
C. Thermostat
D. Heating elament
Discuss this Question
Correct

92) What is the name of the process in which steel and wrought iron pipe rust?
*

A. Oxidation
B. Cavitation
C. Tuberculation (Your Answer)
D. Sublimation
Incorrect

93) Which of the following is NOT among the basic angles necessary to express the
sanitary planning system in an isometric drawing?
*

A. Horizontal pipe
B. Sixty degree angle pipe (Correct Answer)
C. Vertical pipe (Your Answer)
D. Forty-five degree angle pipe
Discuss this Question
Correct

94) What is the term given to the letter/number designation assigned to each type of
fixture?
*

A. Fixture schedule
B. Item number/letter
C. Fixture label (Your Answer)
D. Fixture ID
Incorrect

95) What must a pipe pass through when it penetrates an exterior wall?

A. Cotrol valve (Your Answer)

B. Protection pad
C. Adapter
 D. Sleeve (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

96) Copper has several alloys such as brass that are used as a plumbing materials. What is
the principal alloy found in brass?
*

A. Aluminum
B. Zinc (Correct Answer)
C. Nickel (Your Answer)
D. Tin
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

97) Why is it that the house sewer is usually the first phase of the plumbing layout that
must be installed?
*

A. As basis of the basement elevation and plot plan of the building

B. Excavation of the building may be drained during inclement weather (Your Answer)
C. To serve as a starting point for the house drain (Correct Answer)
D. To be the reference point of the building elevations
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

98) What do lines on isometric drawing represent?

*

A. Valves and vents

B. Pipe and fittings (Correct Answer)
C. Pipe and fixtures (Your Answer)
D. Fixtures ang fittings
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

99) Which of the following plumbing fixtures is the MOST commonly used?

A. Kitchen sink
B. Water closet (Correct Answer)
C. Lavatory
D. Shower (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

100) What kind of pipe is generally designed for underground gas distribution and for other
underground services?
*

A. Wrought iron pipe

B. Plastic coated steel pipe (Correct Answer)
C. Terra-cotta pipe (Your Answer)
D. Tin pipe
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

101) What type of scald protection valves in shower is a combination of pressure

balancing and thermostatic control?

A. Complex
B. Combination (Correct Answer)
C. Compound (Your Answer)
D. Double
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

102) Which of the following pipes is a vertical extension of the soil, waste, or vent pipe?
*

A. Leader
B. Drain
C. Riser (Your Answer)
D. Stack (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

103) What device prevents excessive vacuum in a pressure vessel?

A. Vacuum pump
B. Vacuum Breaker
C. Vacuum pressure preventer (Your Answer)
D. Vacuum relief valve (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct

104) What conveys foul air from a plumbing fixture or a room to the outer air?
 A. Stack vent
B. Leader
C. Riser
D. Local vent (Your Answer)
Incorrect

105) What type of rigid copper pipe is the heaviest and is used for underground waste?

A. Type K (Correct Answer)

B. Type L
C. Type DWV
D. Type M (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

106) When water heater is a combibation potable water heater and space heater, ho must
potable water be maintained?

A. At moderate temperature
B. At a cool temperature (Your Answer)
C. At a warm temperature
D. Throughout the syytem (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct

107) What tool is favored by some plumber for cutting plastic pipe?
*

A. Universal saw (Your Answer)

B. Circle saw
C. Adjustable wrench
D. Pipe wrench
Incorrect

108) Which of the following is NOT a cause why water closet flushes poorly?

A. Clogged flush Holes

B. Enough water in tank (Correct Answer)
C. Vent is Clogged
D. Partial drain blockage (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct
109) What type of level er used by plumbers to install underground plumbing?

A. Line level (Your Answer)

B. Pipe
C. Grade level
D. Standard level
Incorrect

110) What happens when moist air is trapped in a horizontal vent pipe?

A. Can block the passage of warm air into the system (Your Answer)
B. Being dense, the plumbing sysytem is disturded
C. Can cause corrosion on the pipe (Correct Answer)
D. Can lead to the creation of vacuum spaces
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

111) What is the purpose of an air gap of a water distribution system?

A. Dampens the shock wave created inside the water distribution piping (Your Answer)
B. Ensures that water will not rise in the fixture into the water supply outlet (Correct
Answer)
C. Prevent domestic water in the building from flowing backwards and returning to
the pipe main.
D. Guards against siphonage
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

112) What is the name of the washer that seals the bottom of a lavatory bowl?
*

A. Cushion (Your Answer)

B. Compression
C. Delta
D. Mack (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

113) What is the primary purpose of valving?

A. Change the direction of fluid flow (Your Answer)

B. Adjust pipe sizes
 C. Deliver fluid
D. Regular fluid flow (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

114) On a sanitary waste line, what is located is located in an accessible area and attaches
to the end of the waste pipe in the direction opposite of flow?
*

A. Clean out (Correct Answer)

B. Sewer pipe (Your Answer)
C. Vent pipe
D. Floor drain
Discuss this Question

1) Except for plastic piping system, hot and cold water piping may be
tested wtih ___

A. 50 psi of the working pressure of the water in the system for at least
15 minutes(Your Answer)
B. 100 psi air for at least 10 minutes
C. 35 psi air for at least 15 minutes
D. 40 psi air or 150 psi water for 10 minutes
Correct

2) Which of the following plumbing code in USA does the National

Plumbing Code of the Philippines was being patterned for?

A. Standard Plumbing Code

B. ASPE Code
C. Uniform Plumbing Code (Your Answer)
D. International Plumbing Code
Correct

3) For the hot and cold water distribution system, on what side should the
hot water supply be placed in combination fittings?

A. Left (Your Answer)

B. Right
C. Center
D. None of these
Correct

4) According to the Fire Code of the Philippines what is the required slope of
all horizontal runs of dry standpipes system for purpose of drawing?

A. 10%
B. 20% (Your Answer)
 C. 5%
D. 2%
Correct

5) Where should the overflow pipe lead for overhead tank installed on
buildings?

A. Soil stack
B. Scuppers
C. Storm drain (Your Answer)
D. Gutter
Correct

6) Who among the Board Examiners is not a signatory to PRC Resolution 04

that request for the adoption and promulgation of the Revised National
Plumbing Code of the Philippines in 1999?

A. Imelda Perez (Your Answer)

B. Aida Emely Luz
C. Fortunato Amosco
D. Jesus Pacheco
Correct

7) According to Art 3.2.2.2 of PD 1096 what scope of work in plan

preparation for new sanitary installations with more than 20 units does a
sanitary engineer differs with a Registered Master Plumber?

A. Det. all drawings of septic tanks in the absence of disposal field (Your
Answer)
B. Sanitary plan, layout and details
C. Cost estimate
D. Isometric drawings of roughing in.
Correct

8) Who was awarded as the most outstanding Registered Master Plumber for
the Year 2011?

A. Dave Vela (Your Answer)

B. Alberto Azarcon
C. Alberto Cabael
D. Thelma Cardente
Correct

9) Unless prohibited by structural conditions, what is the reference of each

vertical vent pipes before offsetting horizontally to join the stack vent or
vent stack?

A. Invert of trap
B. Air gap of fixture
C. Water level inside the trap
D. Highest flood level rim of fixture (Your Answer)
 Correct

10) What is the type of Siamese connection that all 125-millimeter dry
standpipes shall be equipped with?

A. Three-way (Your Answer)

B. Two-way
C. Four-way
D. One-way
Correct

11) To what provision does the design, construction and operation of deep
wells for the abstraction of ground water will have to follow?

A. National Plumbing Code of the Philippines

B. National Standards for Drinking Water
C. Water Code of the Philippines (Your Answer)
D. Code of Sanitation
Correct

12) According to the Building Code of the Philippines what is the range in
height above grade should the Siamese fire department conncetion be
installed?

A. 30 cm to 1.2 m (Your Answer)

B. 60 cm to 1.5 m
C. 80 cm to 1.8 m
D. 50 cm to 1.0 m
Correct

13) When shall the installation of plumbing equipment to supply building or

structures from existing water supply system only be allowed to?

A. If the water demand is inadequate

B. Whenever the water supply is scantity availbale
C. When there is always water in the main (Your Answer)
D. When water is not available in the vicinity
Correct

14) What is the shape for the signage for women's comfort room in order to
aid visually impaired women readilty determine whether a washroom is
for men or women?

A. CIRCLE (Your Answer)

B. RECTANGLE
C. TRIANGLE
D. SQUARE
Correct

15) According to the Code, the desgign of roof gutters is based on the
maximum roof area. What is the shape of the gutter does the desgn table
 for storm sewer is being based to?

A. Circular
B. Restangular
C. Ovate
D. Semi-circular (Your Answer)
Correct

16) Building sewers shall be tested by completely filling the sewer with water
from the ___

A. Lowest to the highest point (Your Answer)

B. Lowest to at least ground level
C. Lowest to at least a 10-foot head
D. Lowest to at least a 5-foot head
Correct

17) Within how many meters away shall unions be installed from regulating
equipment, water heater, conditioning tank and similar equipment which
require removal for servicing or replacement?

A. 2 ft
B. 1 m
C. 5 ft
D. 0.3 m (Your Answer)
Correct

18) Drainage piping serving fixtures located below the crown level of the
main sewer shall discharge into an approved water tight

A. Septic tank
B. Sump (Your Answer)
C. Cesspool
D. Leaching tank
Correct

19) What is the maximum water pressure must standpipe fittings and
connections must withstand to when ready for service?

A. 21 kg/cm² (Your Answer)

B. 34 kg/cm²
C. 15 kg/cm²
D. 8 kg/cm²
Correct

20) What kind of joint is not allowed in cast iron pipe?

A. Welded
B. Threaded (Your Answer)
C. Soldered
 D. Ball and Spigot
Correct

21) How many units do the controversial Article 3.2.2.2 of PD 1096

otherwise known as the National Building Code limits the practice of
Master Plumber?

A. 20 (Your Answer)
B. 10
C. 5
D. 50
Correct

22) What is the minimum height of raised letters on an iron or bronze sign that
will read "CONNECTION TO DRY STANDPIPE"?

A. 20mm
B. 1/4inch
C. 25mm (Your Answer)
D. 30mm
Correct

23) What is the minimum horizontal clear dsitance from the septic tank to
the property line of the adjoining private property?

A. 1.0 m
B. 1.2 m
C. 1.5 m (Your Answer)
D. 1.8 m
Correct

24) Which of the following is the primary basics for sizing vertical rainwater
piping in the Revised National Plumbing Code?

A. Intensity of rainfall (Your Answer)

B. Wind direction
C. Slope of roof
D. Roof area
Correct

25) What institution standart used as a reference for joining pipes?

A. ASSE
B. ASPE
C. ANSI
D. IAPMO (Your Answer)
Correct

26) What is the fee if an expired plumbing permit is renewed?

 A. P 150.00
B. Equal to the original fee
C. Double of the original fee
D. 1/2 of the original fee (Your Answer)
Correct

27) If ever pipes are to pass through masonry by using pipe sleeves, how far
must each pipe be from each other?

A. Minimum of three diameters, center to center (Your Answer)

B. Minimum of three diameters flushed from each hole
C. Minimum of 0.15 m on centers
D. Maximum of two diameters flushed from each hole
Correct

28) What is the masimum length of the fire hose that shall be equipped on wet
standpipes?

A. 12 meters
B. 23 meters (Your Answer)
C. 17 meters
D. 25 meters
Correct

29) If the discharge of a fixture or drain may contain solids or semisolids

heavier than water that would be harmful to the drainage system or
cause stopaage within the system, where the discharge must pass first?

A. Sand interceptor (Your Answer)

B. Screen wire mesh
C. Wooden baffle
Correct

30) What is the minimum diameter of vent pipe is allowed in the revised
Code?

A. 1 inch
B. 1 1/4 inch (Your Answer)
C. 2 inch
D. 1 1/2 inch
Correct

31) In order as not to impede the movement of a person in wheel chair and
to have a convenient access on the lavatory, what is the allowable knee
recess vertical clearance that will be provided?

A. 0.50 m to 0.80 m
B. 0.60 m to 0.80 m
C. 0.40 m to 0.70 m
D. 0.60 m to 0.70 m (Your Answer)
 Correct

32) Under the Accessibilty Law, what is the minimum area of water closet
stalls?

A. 1.7 x 1.8 meters (Your Answer)

B. 2.0 x 2.0 meters
C. 1.5 x 1.8 meters
D. 1.2 x 2.0 meters
Correct

33) What government agency is tasked to set the criteria in the discharge of
sanitary sewage from buildings or pretreated industrial wastewater
directly into the nearest sanitary sewer main?

A. National Pollution Control Commission

B. Dept of Environment and Natural Resources (Your Answer)
C. Department of Health
D. Department of Public Works
Correct

34) Aside from Bell and Spigot, B & S in the code means

A. Ball and Socket

B. Browning and Smith
C. Butt and Soldered
D. Brown and Sharp (Your Answer)
Correct

35) Of the four board subjects given for Master Plumbers examination,
which of this subject was originally split into two subject?

A. Practical Problems (Your Answer)

B. Design And Installations
C. Plumbing Code
D. Plumbing Arithmetic
Correct

36) What is the minimum pipe size of the standpipe if the highest outlet is
located more than 23 meters above the Fire Service connection?

A. 3 inches
B. 6 inches (Your Answer)
C. 5 inches
D. 4 inches
Correct

37) When can a vertical piping be considered to be wet vented?

A. Between openings of vent pipes

 B. Between any two consecutive inlet levels (Your Answer)
C. On stack vent
D. When serving two water closets at different levels
Correct

38) For new, additional or altered plumbing installation not exceeding 20

units, the Building Code stated that a Licensed Master Plumber could sign
and affix his seal on the follwing engineering documents except

A. Plumbing plan and layout

B. Design analysis and plans of the original installation (Your Answer)
C. Isometric drawing
D. Guide specifications and bill of materials
Correct

39) In what year did NAMPAP was incorporated as a professional

organization?

A. 1935 (Your Answer)

B. 1956
C. 1946
D. 1968
Correct

40) What should be done whenever a partition contains some piping and runs
parallel to the floor joist underneath?

A. Notching should be introduced into the joist

B. Adjust the joist to make it perpendicular with the direction of pipe
C. Space the joist wider to accommodate the pipe
D. Double the joist (Your Answer)
Correct

41) What is the PRC Resolution Number is issued by the Board of Master
Plumbing for the adoption and promulgation of the Revised National
Plumbing Code of the Philippines?

A. Res. No. 2
B. Res. No. 1378
C. Res. No. 4 (Your Answer)
D. Res. No. 962
Correct

42) A stack, as defined in the code, is ___

A. The main vent

B. Any vertical vent
C. The horizontal main of soil, waste, or vent stack
D. The vertical main of soil, waste, or vent piping that extends one or
more stories(Your Answer)
Correct
43) For a vertical drainage line that is installed to be truly in vertical
position, what is the allowed degeree of the branch to be used?

A. 10
B. 45
C. 30
D. 60 (Your Answer)
Correct

44) A plumbing permit shall expire and become null and void if the plumbing
work authorized therein if not started for how many days?

A. 30 days
B. 45 days
C. 100 days
D. 365 days (Your Answer)
Correct

45) Which of the following is not considered as suds-producing fixture?

A. Kitchen sink
B. Bath tub
C. Washing machine
D. Bidet (Your Answer)
Correct

46) With what standard specification must all pipe materials must conform to?

A. Product Strandard of the Philippines (Your Answer)

B. Interational Producers Standard
C. Philippine Standard Council
D. Department of Trade and Industry
Correct

47) In the excreta drainage system, which of the following pipe materials
should not be used underground?

A. Vitrified clay pipe

B. Hubless cast iron
C. Galvanized wrought iron (Your Answer)
D. None of the above
Correct

48) Who is empowered to administer the provision of Rep. Act 1378?

A. Office of the President

B. Congress of the Philippines
C. The Board of Examiners for Master Plumbers (Your Answer)
D. Professional Regulation Commision
Correct

49) What type of PVC female screws for water piping is prohibited under
the code?

A. Tapped
B. Job fabricated (Your Answer)
C. Seamless
D. Schedule 20 screws
Correct

50) To allow cleaning of the soil and waste line each cleanout should be
installed

A. In the direction of flow (Your Answer)

B. Opening upward
C. Vertically above flow line
D. All of these
Correct

51) Who has the power to remove any member of the Board of Master
Plumbers for neglect of duty, incompetence, malpratice and
unprofessional or dishonorable conduct?

A. President of the Philippines (Your Answer)

B. Civil Service Commisioner
C. Chairman of PRC Commisioners
D. Commision on Appointments
Correct

52) Who shall set the criteria for the quality of drinking water from meteoric,
surface or underground sources?

A. National Water Resources Board

B. Department of Health
C. National Standards for Drinking Water (Your Answer)
D. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Correct

53) Aside from galvanized steel, what is the other material for dry standpipe
that the Building Code allows?

A. PVC pipe
B. Wrought iron (Your Answer)
C. PE pipe
D. Brass
Correct

54) What is the maximum allowable lead content of pipe and fitting for
potable piping system?
 A. 0%
B. 2%
C. 5%
D. 8% (Your Answer)
Correct

55) NAMPAP is a professional organization of Registered Master Plumber

under PRC. What is the PRC accreditation number of NAMPAP?

A. 10
B. 14 (Your Answer)
C. 18
D. 12
Correct

56) Aside from the number of fixture units connected to it, the size of the vent
piping is determined by its

A. Number of inlets
B. Length (Your Answer)
C. Discharge
D. Loading
Correct

57) A kind of cleanout plugs that will be installed in case where raised heads
may cause hazards to passing personnel or vehicles.

A. Depressed
B. Countersunk (Your Answer)
C. Embedded
D. Recessed
Correct

58) Who was the first Charter President of NAMPAP?

A. Antonio Mansueto Sr.

B. Comelio G. Odvina
C. Jesus Tanghal Dera
D. Catalino C. Casupanan (Your Answer)
Correct

59) What shape of signage is shown for mens showroom?

A. SQUARE
B. CIRCLE
C. TRIANGLE (Your Answer)
D. RECTANGLE
Correct

60) What shall be issued by the Administrative Authority for the construction
 of a part of a large and/or complicated plumbing system before the entire
plans and specifications for the whole system have been submitted or
approved?

A. Restraining order
B. Partial permit (Your Answer)
C. Summon
D. Evaluation sheet
Correct

61) What is the minimum number of approved slip joints fittings may be
used on the putlet side of the trap?

A. Three
B. Two
C. None
D. One (Your Answer)
Correct

62) What is the minimum age requirement for an appointee to become a

member of the Board of Master Plumbers?

A. Thirty years old (Your Answer)

B. Twenty eight years old
C. Thirty two years old
D. Thirty five years old
Correct

63) In the water test of the entire plumbing system all openings should be
tightly closed except at

A. Producing cleanouts
B. Highest opening (Your Answer)
C. Stack vent
D. Bleeders
Correct

64) If a septic tank has a compartment that exceed 3.7 m in length, what
should be the additional requirement?

A. An additional manhole (Your Answer)

B. Increase the size of the leaching chamber
C. Increase the number of compartments
D. Baffle wall is added
Correct

65) What Congress of the Republic of the Philippines approved after the
third reading Rep. Act 1378 otherwise known as the Plumbing Law of
the Philippines?
 A. Third Congress (Your Answer)
B. Sixth Congress
C. Second Congress
D. Fifth Congress
Correct

66) Accordingto Batas Pambansa Blg. 344, what type of urinal should be
provided for disabled persons?

A. WALL-HUNG TYPE
B. PEDESTAL TYPE
C. TROUGH TYPE (Your Answer)
D. NONE OF THESE
Correct

67) What is the maximum distance as where supports of vertical cast iron
soil pipes are made?

A. Every 3.0 m
B. Every meter
C. Every storey (Your Answer)
D. Every joint
Correct

68) Within how many days upon the approval of Rep. Act No. 1378 does it
require to have a Board Examiners for Master Plumbers formed?

A. Thirty days (Your Answer)

B. Fortyfive days
C. Sixty days
D. Fifteen days
Correct

69) A fitting for lead-caulked joint that is prohibited when in vertical

position

A. Single hub
B. Double hub (Your Answer)
C. Double tapped tee
D. All of these
Correct

70) Whenever the piping is pressurized by a pump or ejector, what kind of

pipe should not be used in the excreta drainage system?

A. Vitrified clay pipe (Your Answer)

B. Hubless cast iron
C. Galvanized wrought iron
D. None of these
Correct
71) One of the Code of Ethics for Master Plumber states "Take advantage of
a salaried ____ position to complete unfairly with a practicing Master
Plumber." What is the missing word?

A. HIGHER
B. GOVERNMENT (Your Answer)
C. PRIVATE
D. COMPETENT
Correct

72) What is the minimum dimension for a turning space in a water closet stall
intended for disabled persons?

A. 2.00 m
B. 1.20 m
C. 1.00 m
D. 1.50 m (Your Answer)
Correct

73) What is the minimum number of years of experience must a Registered

Master Plumber be before he can be a technical staff of a Building
Office?

A. One year
B. Three years (Your Answer)
C. Two years
D. Five years
Correct

74) What is the minimum allowable interval for the support of plastic pipes
when installed vertically

A. 2ft
B. 5ft
C. 1 meter (Your Answer)
D. 1.5 meter
Correct

75) What is not needed to be installed when a combination standpipe system

is installed in accordance with the Fire Code?

A. Dry standpipe (Your Answer)

B. Wet standpipe
C. Sprinkler system
D. Siamese connection
Correct

76) The appropriate sealant that will be used to cover void spaces between
pipes and sleeves through concrete floors in the ground

A. Bitumen (Your Answer)

 B. Epoxy
C. Grease
D. Putty
Correct

77) For how many days shall the REvised National Plumbing Code will take
effect following its complete publication in the Official Gazette?

A. 100 days (Your Answer)

B. 60 days
C. 50 days
D. 30 days
Correct

78) In sizing the grease interceptors, four elements are being used. Two of
these elements are number of meals per peak hour and the waste flow rate.
Whta are the other two elemets?

A. Slope and retention time

B. Storage factor and time of concentration
C. Retention time and storage factor (Your Answer)
D. Percolation rate and time of concentration
Correct

79) A type of drainage and venting system with universal branch line that is
prohibited

A. Single (Your Answer)

B. Dual
C. Dependent
D. Alternate
Correct

80) Under what law did plumbing became a duly recognized profession by the
Philppine government?

A. Nat'l Plumbing Code of the Phil of 1959

B. Tydings McDuffie Act of 1905
C. Jones Law of 1907 (Your Answer)
D. Republic Act 1378
Correct

81) Unless serving sinks or urinals, cleanouts may be omitted on a

horizontal drain line that is

A. Equal to 2.0 meters

B. Greater than 2.0 meters
C. Less than 1.5 meters (Your Answer)
D. None of these
Correct
82) How does a pneumatic tank be designed to supply adequate water pressure
in all floors of a building that will be in accordance with the Building
Code?

A. Twice the maximum total dynamic pressure required (Your Answer)

B. Equal to the total water supply fixture units
C. Twice the total demand per capita
D. Equal to the total dynamic head and minus all the head losses
Correct

83) When permitted by DENR, which of the following below is NOT used
as a basis in determining the type of the private sewage disposal system
to be used?

A. SOIL POROSITY
B. GROUND WATER LEVEL
C. NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS (Your Answer)
D. LOCATION
Correct

84) Except on what fixture does the vent pipe opening from the soil or waste
pipe must not be below the weir of the trap?

A. Lavatory
B. Kitchen sink
C. Bath tub
D. Water closet (Your Answer)
Correct

85) In 1966- 1969, the Board of Master Plumbers and NAMPAP prepared a
curriculum for Plumbing Engineering and approved by the Department
of Education. What was the first school that introduced the Plumbing
Engineering curriculum?

A. Feati University (Your Answer)

B. University of the Philippines
C. Mapua Institute of Technology
D. National University
Correct

86) What is the minimum total net inlet area of roof deck drains on roof deck
used as sun decks and parking decks?

A. Equal to the area of outlet pipe

B. Equal to 4 times the area of outlet pipe
C. Equal to 2 times the area of outlet pipe (Your Answer)
D. Equal to 1 1/2 times the area of outlet pipe
Correct

87) What is the minimum pipe size of the standpipe if the highest outlet is
 located 23 meters or less above the Fire Service connection?

A. 3 inches
B. 6 inches
C. 5 inches
D. 4 inches (Your Answer)
Correct

88) Which of the following is not included in a plumbing unit?

A. Water Meter
B. Floor Drain
C. Urinal (Your Answer)
D. Laundry Tray
Correct

89) What is the name of the professional orginazation for the Registered
Master Plumbers here in the Philippines?

A. National Association of Master Plumbing of the Philippines

B. National Association of Master Plumbers of the Phillipines
C. National Master Plumbers Association of the Philippines (Your Answer)
D. National Master Plumbing Association of the Philippines
Correct

90) What kind of septic tank is prohibited?

A. CONCRETE
B. STEEL
C. PLASTIC
D. WOODEN (Your Answer)
Correct

91) What kind of concealed connections on fixtures that it is required to

provide an access panel or utility at least 0.30 meter in its least
dimension for easy inspection and repair?

A. Slip joint (Your Answer)

B. Ball and socket
C. Hubless
D. Flanged
Correct

92) The following are the data required whenever a Registered Master
Plumber sign the blueprint of the building plan EXCEPT

A. Date of PRC registration

B. PTR date
C. Registration expiry date (Your Answer)
D. None of these
Correct

93) Wet venting is applied whenever

A. There are 1 or 2 fixtures at every level

B. Fixtures are of the same level (Your Answer)
C. Fixtures are not vented individually
D. None of these
Correct

94) Which of the following is a prohibited fixture inside a public toilet room?

A. Faucet
B. Drinking fountain (Your Answer)
C. Slop sink
D. Bidet
Correct

95) According to Rep. Act 1378 for at leasrt how many years must the
appointee to the Board of Master Plumbers must have been actively
engaged in the trade of plumbing?

A. Ten years
B. Eight years
C. Two years
D. Five years (Your Answer)
Correct

96) The minimum requirement for the slope of horizontal drainage pipes
between manholes is

A. 2% (Your Answer)
B. 2 1/2%
C. 3%
D. 4%
Correct

97) What is the maximum height should a water closet have if it is intended
for a disabled person.

A. 0.40m
B. 0.50m *
C. 0.45m (Your Answer)
D. 0.35m
Correct

98) Which of the following could be omitted if the trap arm changes direction
that does not exceed 90 degrees?

A. Wye
 B. Cleanout (Your Answer)
C. Long sweep
D. Combination of 1/8 bend and wye
Correct

99) The Building Code stated that all dry standpipe outlets shall be equipped
with valves having substantial chains. What kind of valve is this?

A. Check valve
B. Globe valve
C. Gate valve (Your Answer)
D. Ball valve
Correct

100) What portion of the trap should the vent pipe opening will not go below
from a soil or waste pipe?

A. Slip joint
B. Weir (Your Answer)
C. Sleeve
D. Seal
Correct

101) In accordance to the Building Code, what must be provided in addition

to septic tanks by building located in areas where there is no sanitary
sewerage system whenever they will dispose their waste?

A. Baffle plate
B. Subsurface absorption filed (Your Answer)
C. Imhoff tank
D. Settling chamber
Correct

102) What is the nimimum floor area in every storey which is used for
habitation, recreation, dining, study of work and which has an occupiped
load of not more than 20, wherein a standard automatic extinguishing
system is a

A. 300 sq.m
B. 200 sq.m (Your Answer)
C. 400 sq.m
D. 500 sq.m
Correct

103) Who is the current chairman of the Board of Examiners for Master
Plumber?

A. Fortunato Amosco
B. Virgilio Simbulan (Your Answer)
C. Jessie Mariano
 D. Valerin Maogila
Correct

104) Where the number of water closets in a floor level exceeds 20, how many
of these shall be provided to the disabled persons?

A. 1
B. 2 (Your Answer)
C. 3
D. 4
Correct

105) Where practical, all pipes from fixtures shall be run in what direction
with respect to the nearest wall or building line?

A. Offset
B. Parallel (Your Answer)
C. Across
D. Perpendicular
Correct

106) What installation standard is followed in joining plastic pipe and fittings
by solvent cement?

A. ISO
B. ANSI
C. IAPMO (Your Answer)
D. ASHRAE
Correct

107) The cover of gravity tanks shall be vented using a screened

A. Return bend pipe (Your Answer)

B. Upright pipe
C. Horizontal nipple
D. All of these
Correct

108) PD No. 1185 is another law that Master Plumbers used as their guide in
the practice of the plumbing profession.What is PD No. 1185?

A. Accessibilty Law
B. Fire Code of the Philippines (Your Answer)
C. Water Code of the Philippines
D. Code of Sanitation
Correct

109) For at least how many working days shall a required for inspection of
the plumbing works be filed before such inspection be intended?
 A. 7 working days
B. 5 working days
C. 3 working days (Your Answer)
D. 10 working days
Correct

110) Article 3.2.2.2 of PD 1096 actually allows a Registered Master Plumber to

sign and seal plans for new sanitary installations of more than twenty (20)
plumbing units. Aside from being a Registered Master Plumber what is the
other requirement that you must have before you can sign and seal it?

A. A registered engineer (Your Answer)

B. An engineering graduate
C. Having a minimum experience of 5 years
D. A member of NAMPAP
Correct

111) Who is authorized to issue rules and regulations to carry into effect the
objectives of Rep. Act 1378?

A. Board of Master Plumbers

B. Congress of the Philippines
C. President of the Philippines (Your Answer)
D. Professional Regulation Commision
Correct

112) The following are grounds for non-issuance of the certificate of

registration by the Board of Master Plumbers EXCEPT

A. Convicted by court for any criminal offense

B. Of unsound mind
C. Guilty of immoral or dishonorable conduct
D. Failure to pay the required fees (Your Answer)
Correct

113) What is the minimum number of water closet in a floor level wherein you
have to provide 1 water closet for disabled persons as provided by Batas
Pambansa Blg. 344? in excess of this number you have to provide 2.

A. 12
B. 15
C. 20 (Your Answer)
D. 10

1) The luminous flux density incident on a surface

A. FLOOD LEVEL
B. ILLUMINATION (Your Answer)
C. PLUMBING SYSTEM
 D. FIXTURE BRANCH
Correct

2) Trap size of fixtures for Fountain cupsiders

A. 1/2"
B. 1 1/2"
C. 1 1/4" (Your Answer)
D. 1"
Correct

3) A short length of pipe with threads at each end; used to join couplings or
fittings

A. DEAD END
B. NIPPLE (Your Answer)
C. FIXTURE BRANCH
D. PLUMBING SYSTEM
Correct

4) Quiet, extermely sanitary. Like the siphon jet but having the flushing
water directed through the rim to create a vortex that scours the bowl

A. SIPHON-JET
B. SIPHON-VORTEX (Your Answer)
C. SIPHON-SAT
D. SIPHON-JETSKI
Correct

5) Trap size of fixtures for slop sinks (with combine trap)

A. 3" (Your Answer)

B. 2"
C. 1 1/2"
D. 2 1/2"
Correct

6) Trap size of fixtures for Sinks (dishwashers)

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1"
C. 1 1/4"
D. 1/2"
Correct

7) Trap size of fixtures for Floor drain

A. 2" (Your Answer)

B. 2 1/2"
C. 3"
 D. 4"
Correct

8) Ratio of water closets for female population for principal worship places

A. RATIO OF 1:75 (Your Answer)

B. RATIO OF 1:85
C. RATIO OF 1:70
D. RATIO OF 1:60
Correct

9) A circuit vent which loop backs to connect with a stack vent instead of a
vent stack Any vent connecting a horizontal branch or fixture drain with
the stack vent of the originating waste or soil stack

A. LOOP or CIRCUIT VENT (Your Answer)

B. LOCAL VENT
C. CIRCUIT VENT
D. UNIT VENT
Correct

10) Is the maximum vertical depth of liquid that a trap will retain measure
between the crown weir and the top of the dip of the trap

A. TRAP SEAL (Your Answer)

B. NIPPLE
C. FERRULE
D. TRAP OR WATER SEAL
Correct

11) A short internally threaded section of pipe, used to join two pipes of
conduits

A. INVERT
B. DEVELOPED LENGTH
C. FLOOD LEVEL
D. COUPLING (Your Answer)
Correct

12) Ratio of urinals for elementary schools

A. RATIO OF 1:85
B. RATIO OF 1:75 (Your Answer)
C. RATIO OF 1:65
D. RATIO OF 1:70
Correct

13) Trap size of fixtures for Water closets

A. 4"
 B. 3" (Your Answer)
C. 6"
D. 2"
Correct

14) The principal artery of the venting system to which vent branches may be
connected

A. MAIN VENT (Your Answer)

B. RELIEF VENT
C. UNIT VENT
D. YOKE VENT
Correct

15) Trap size of fixtures for Drinking fountain

A. 1/2"
B. 1/4"
C. 1 1/4" (Your Answer)
D. 1"
Correct

16) The water column that seals the escape of unhealthy gases in the sanitary
drainage system

A. TRAP OR WATER SEAL (Your Answer)

B. CISTERN
C. AIR TRAP
D. CATCH TRAP
Correct

17) Trap size of fixtures for Wash basin (lavatories)

A. 2"
B. 1 1/4" (Your Answer)
C. 1"
D. 2 1/4"
Correct

18) A vent installed so as to permit additional circulation of air between the

drainage and vent systems where the drainage systems might otherwise be
air bound

A. RELIEF VENT (Your Answer)

B. STACK VENT
C. GROUP VENT
D. STACK VENT
Correct

19) Trap size of fixtures for Combination fixture

 A. 1"
B. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)
C. 1/2"
D. 1/4"
Correct

20) Moderately noisy. Similar to siphon jet except that trap passageway and
water surface area are smaller

A. BIDET
B. BLOW OUT
C. WASH DOWN
D. REVERSE TRAP (Your Answer)
Correct

21) Is any pipe which conveys the discharge of water closets of fixture
having similar function w/ or w/o the discharge of other fixtures to the
building drain

A. WATER RESERVOIR
B. TRAP SEAL
C. SOIL PIPE (Your Answer)
D. RECESSED
Correct

22) A flange that closes the end of a pipe line used to discharge water

A. DRAINAGE SYSTEM
B. NIPPLE
C. BACKFLOW
D. BLIND FLANGE (Your Answer)
Correct

23) Trap size of fixtures for Bath sitz

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1"
C. 1/4"
D. 1/2"
Correct

24) A valve which maintains uniform pressure on its outlet side regardless of
its pressure fluctuations on the inlet side above the pressure level

A. COMPRESSION VALVE
B. TRAP OR WATER SEAL
C. PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE (Your Answer)
D. FLUSHOMETER
Correct
25) Considered extension of bulding drain outside the building wall

A. 6 FEET
B. 5 FEET (Your Answer)
C. 7 FEET
D. 4 FEET
Correct

26) A U-shaped pipe filled with water and located beneath the plumbing
fixtures to form a seal against the passages of gases and odors

A. AIR TRAP (Your Answer)

B. BIDET
C. WASH DOWN
D. SIPHON-JET
Correct

27) The extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal drain
connected to the stack horizontal drain, the uppermost end above the
roof

A. STACK VENT (Your Answer)

B. YOKE VENT
C. INDIVIDUAL VENT
D. LOOP or CIRCUIT VENT
Correct

28) Trap size of fixtures for Urinals (through)

A. 2 1/4"
B. 1"
C. 1 1/2"
D. 2" (Your Answer)
Correct

29) A valve which in the water flow is shut off by a flat disk that is screwed
down onto its seat

A. COMPRESSION VALVE (Your Answer)

B. OVERHEAD STORM DRAIN
C. PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE
D. UNION PATENT
Correct

30) Minimum height of Dry Standpipe Outlet from the floor line

A. 53 mm.
B. 50 mm.
C. 60 mm.
D. 61 mm. (Your Answer)
Correct

31) Refers to any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which
discharge into a common horizontal waste or soil branch

A. BLANK FLANGE
B. UNION
C. DEAD END
D. BATTERY OF FIXTURE (Your Answer)
Correct

32) Includes water supply and distribution pipe; plumbing fixture and traps,
soil waste and vent pipes; house drain and house sewers including their
respective connections

A. PLUMBING SYSTEM (Your Answer)

B. SIAMESE CONNECTIONS
C. TRAP SEAL
D. WATER RESERVOIR
Correct

33) Ratio of water closets for female population for elementary and
secondary school

A. RATIO OF 1:75
B. RATIO OF 1:25 (Your Answer)
C. RATIO OF 1:45
D. RATIO OF 1:55
Correct

34) A pipe connecting upward from a soil or waste stack to a vent stack for the
purpose of preventing pressure changes in the stack

A. DRY VENT
B. YOKE VENT (Your Answer)
C. LOCAL VENT
D. WET VENT
Correct

35) 1/2", 3/4", 1", 1 1/4", 1 1/2", 2, 2 1/2", 3", 4", 6", 8", 10", 12"

A. PVC PIPE SIZES

B. GI PIPE SIZES (Your Answer)
C. WASTE PIPE SIZES
D. TRAP SIZES OF FIXTURES
Correct

36) A wye connections used on fire lines so that two lines of hose maybe
connected to the hydrant or to the same nozzle
 A. TRAP SEAL
B. SIAMESE CONNECTIONS (Your Answer)
C. COUPLING
D. BATTERY OF FIXTURE
Correct

37) A trench containing course aggregate and a distribution tile pipe through
which septic tank effluent may flow covered with earth

A. ABSORPTION TRENCH (Your Answer)

B. CATCH BASIN
C. ILLUMINATION
D. AIR TRAP
Correct

38) No building supply pipe shall be less than WHAT size in diameter

A. 19.05mm or 3/4" (Your Answer)

B. 19.00mm or 3/8"
C. 18.00mm or 3/16"
D. 19.50mm or 3/4"
Correct

39) Is plugging an opening with oakum, lead or other materials

A. CAULKING (Your Answer)

B. DEAD END
C. FIXTURE BRANCH
D. FERRULE
Correct

40) The length along the center of the pipe and fitting

A. SOIL PIPE
B. DEVELOPED LENGTH (Your Answer)
C. FIXTURE BRANCH
D. INVERT
Correct

41) The location of water well to nearest septic vault

A. 80 FEET OR MORE
B. 50 FEET OR MORE (Your Answer)
C. 20 FEET OR MORE
D. 45 FEET OR MORE
Correct

42) Trap size of fixtures for Urinals (pedestal)

A. 2"
 B. 2 1/2"
C. 3" (Your Answer)
D. 2 1/4"
Correct

43) A branch vent that serves two or more traps and extends from in front of
the last fixture connection of a horizontal branch to the vent stack

A. BRANCH VENT
B. COMMON VENT
C. CIRCUIT VENT (Your Answer)
D. CONTINOUS VENT
Correct

44) A branch vents that performs its functions for two or more traps

A. CONTINOUS VENT
B. MAIN VENT
C. UNIT VENT
D. GROUP VENT (Your Answer)
Correct

45) Fitting for base or soil stack and building drain

A. 1/2" BEND
B. 1/4" BEND (Your Answer)
C. 1 1/4" BEND
D. 1 1/2" BEND
Correct

46) Ratio of lavatory to number of occupants

A. RATIO OF 1:5 (Your Answer)

B. RATIO OF 1:3
C. RATIO OF 1:4
D. RATIO OF 1:2
Correct

47) Wet standpipe for a riser not more than 15m

A. 51mm or 2" (Your Answer)

B. 76mm or 3"
C. 101mm or 4"
D. 26mm r 1"
Correct

48) Used to connect the two ends of two pipes, neither of which can be turned

A. UNION (Your Answer)

B. ROUGH IN
 C. SOIL PIPE
D. FERRULE
Correct

49) A passage under a road, embankment or canal which allow for the flow
of water

A. CULVERT (Your Answer)

B. CISTERN
C. AIR TRAP
D. CATCH BASIN
Correct

50) Is a pipe on the fixture side of the trap through which vapor or foul air is
removed from a room fixture

A. MAIN VENT
B. LOCAL VENT (Your Answer)
C. STACK VENT
D. WET VENT
Correct

51) See common vent

A. DRY VENT
B. DUAL VENT (Your Answer)
C. LOOP or CIRCUIT VENT
D. LOCAL VENT
Correct

52) Minimum cost. Least efficient subject to clogging, noisy. Simple washout
and emptying through small irregular passageway, prohibited by some
health codes

A. WASH DOWN (Your Answer)

B. REVERSE TRAP
C. BLOW OUT
D. BIDET
Correct

53) Trap size of fixtures for Bath shower stall

A. 2 1/2"
B. 3"
C. 2" (Your Answer)
D. 2 1/4"
Correct

54) Dry standpipe for a riser below 23m

 A. 6"
B. 3"
C. 4" (Your Answer)
D. 2"
Correct

55) Service drop conductor clearance over the roof

A. 2.50 M. (Your Answer)

B. 3.00 M.
C. 3.50 M.
D. 2.00 M.
Correct

56) Another classification of storm drain, besides from inside drain and
outside drain

A. OVERHEAD STORM DRAIN (Your Answer)

B. UNION PATENT
C. FLUSHOMETER
D. CATCH BASIN
Correct

57) Color coding of high pressure steam

A. BLACK
B. BLUE
C. WHITE (Your Answer)
D. GREEN
Correct

58) An arrangement of venting so installed that that one vent pipe will serve
two traps

A. YOKE VENT
B. STACK VENT
C. LOCAL VENT
D. UNIT VENT (Your Answer)
Correct

59) Minimum head of water required in section of plumbing for water test

A. 5 HEADS
B. 4 HEADS
C. 3 HEADS (Your Answer)
D. 2 HEADS
Correct

60) A flange that is not drilled

 A. BLANK FLANGE (Your Answer)
B. COUPLING
C. CAULKING
D. DRAINAGE SYSTEM
Correct

61) The third kind of water after the storm water and area water

A. YELLOW WATER
B. GREEN WATER
C. BLUE WATER
D. BLACK WATER (Your Answer)
Correct

62) A vent which also serves as a drain

A. DRY VENT
B. DUAL VENT
C. WET VENT (Your Answer)
D. RELIEF VENT
Correct

63) Another name for corporation cock

A. REVERSE TRAP
B. SIPHON-VORTEX
C. BLOW OUT
D. CORPORATION STOP (Your Answer)
Correct

64) Trap size of fixtures for Bidet

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1"
C. 1/4"
D. 1/2"
Correct

65) A device that discharge a predetermined volume of water to fixture for

flushing purposes and is activated by direct water pressure

A. ILLUMINATION
B. FLUSHOMETER (Your Answer)
C. SIPHON-JET
D. URINALS
Correct

66) An underground tank reservoir to store water

A. CORPORATION STOP
 B. CISTERN (Your Answer)
C. ABSORPTION TRENCH
D. CATCH BASIN
Correct

67) Trap size of fixtures for Bath tub

A. 1"
B. 2"
C. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)
D. 1 1/4"
Correct

68) A metallic sleeve, join to an opening of pipe, into which a plug is screwed
that can be removed for the purpose of cleaning

A. CISTERN
B. FERRULE (Your Answer)
C. TRAP SEAL
D. INVERT
Correct

69) A pipe installed to vent, a fixture trap and w/c connects with the vent
system above the fixture served or terminates in the open air

A. INDIVIDUAL VENT (Your Answer)

B. LOOP or CIRCUIT VENT
C. RELIEF VENT
D. STACK VENT
Correct

70) Is the extended portion of a pipe that is closed at one end to which no
connections are made on the extended portion

A. DEAD END (Your Answer)

B. DRAINAGE SYSTEM
C. FIXTURE BRANCH
D. PLUMBING SYSTEM
Correct

71) The type of bathtub oher than sunken, square, free standing

A. RECESSED (Your Answer)

B. INSIDE
C. CORNER
D. EMBED
Correct

72) Ratio of water closets for male population for elementary and secondary
school
 A. RATIO OF 1:35
B. RATIO OF 1:20
C. RATIO OF 1:30 (Your Answer)
D. RATIO OF 1:40
Correct

73) A vent that does not serve as drain and is located where if is not exposed
to back up of waste from a drainage pipe

A. CIRCUIT VENT
B. DUAL VENT
C. INDIVIDUAL VENT
D. DRY VENT (Your Answer)
Correct

74) A vent connecting one or more individual vents with a vent stack or stack
vent

A. BRANCH VENT (Your Answer)

B. COMMON VENT
C. CIRCUIT VENT
D. CONTINOUS VENT
Correct

75) Maximum height of Fire Service Connection from the grade/floor

A. 122mm (Your Answer)

B. 125mm
C. 130mm
D. 118mm
Correct

76) Trap size of fixtures for Urinal (stall)

A. 2 1/2"
B. 3"
C. 1 1/2"
D. 2" (Your Answer)
Correct

77) A type of fitting for yoke bent

A. COUPLING
B. SIAMESE CONNECTIONS
C. CULVERT
D. WYE FITTING (Your Answer)
Correct

78) Minimum height of Fire Service Connection from the grade/floor

 A. 35 mm.
B. 45 mm.
C. 46 mm. (Your Answer)
D. 36 mm.
Correct

79) Trap size of fixtures for Urinals (up)

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1"
C. 1 1/4"
D. 1/2"
Correct

80) Color coding for fuel oil division

A. BLACK (Your Answer)

B. BLUE
C. GREEN
D. WHITE
Correct

81) Trap size of fixtures for Bathfoot

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 2 1/2"
C. 1"
D. 1 1/4"
Correct

82) A basin like fixture design to be struddled for bathing the genitals and
posterior parts of the body

A. URINALS
B. BIDET (Your Answer)
C. SIPHON-VORTEX
D. WYE FITTING
Correct

83) Is the flow of water or other liquids, mixtures or substances into the
distributing pipes of a supply of water from any source other than its
intended source

A. BACKFLOW (Your Answer)

B. BACK SIPHONAGE
C. BATTERY OF FIXTURE
D. BLANK FLANGE
Correct
84) Tap used in high pressure water system with an interval valve to control
the flow of water

A. COMPRESSION VALVE
B. PRESSURE COCK (Your Answer)
C. PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE
D. UNION PATENT
Correct

85) Dry standpipe for a riser more than 23m

A. 6" (Your Answer)

B. 3"
C. 4"
D. 2"
Correct

86) Includes all piping within public or private which conveys sewage, rain
water or often liquid waste to a legal point of disposal but does not include
the main of a public sewer system or private or or public sewerage
treatment

A. DRAINAGE SYSTEM (Your Answer)

B. TRAP SEAL
C. SIAMESE CONNECTIONS
D. PLUMBING SYSTEM
Correct

87) Minimum discharge pipe and fitting for bath tub1 1/2"

A. 2 1/2"
B. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)
C. 2
D. 1 1/4"
Correct

88) Trap size of fixtures for Sinks (Kitchen or residence)

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1"
C. 2"
D. 1/4"
Correct

89) Trap size of fixtures for Laundray trays

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1"
C. 2"
D. 1 1/4"
 Correct

90) Is a device located at the bottom of the tank for the purpose of flushing
water closets and and similar fixture

A. FLOOD LEVEL (Your Answer)

B. INVERT
C. ROUGH IN
D. SOIL PIPE
Correct

91) Installation of all parts of the plumbing system which can be completed
prior to the installation of fixtures

A. DEAD END
B. BLIND FLANGE
C. ROUGH IN (Your Answer)
D. SOIL PIPE
Correct

92) Is a pipe connecting several fixtures

A. WATER RESERVOIR
B. CORPORATION STOP
C. FIXTURE BRANCH (Your Answer)
D. OVERHEAD STORM DRAIN
Correct

93) Noisy but highly efficient. Strong jet into leg forces contents out

A. BLOW OUT (Your Answer)

B. BIDET
C. REVERSE TRAP
D. SIPHON-JET
Correct

94) Is the lowest portion of the inside of any pipe or conduit that is not vertical

A. ROUGH IN
B. INVERT (Your Answer)
C. FIXTURE BRANCH
D. SOIL PIPE
Correct

95) Trap size of fixtures for Sink (hotel or public)

A. 2" (Your Answer)

B. 2 1/2"
C. 1"
D. 2 1/4"
 Correct

96) Install to be able to meet the water requirements during peak demands
from a low yielding water well

A. SHOCK RELIEF AND EXPANSION CHAMBER

B. BLACK WATER
C. COMPRESSION VALVE
D. WATER RESERVOIR (Your Answer)
Correct

97) Sanitary, efficient very quiet. A toilet bowl into which the flushing
water enters through the rim and siphonic action initiated by a water jet
draws the contents of the bowl through the trapway

A. SIPHON-JET (Your Answer)

B. SIPHON-VORTEX
C. SIPHON-SAT
D. SIPHON-JETSKI
Correct

98) A pipe fitting within the interconnection of pipes for the purpose of easy
dismantling of the connection when needed

A. UNION PATENT (Your Answer)

B. ABSORPTION TRENCH
C. WATER RESERVOIR
D. CAULKING
Correct

99) Trap size of fixtures for pantry or bar

A. 1 1/2"
B. 1 1/4" (Your Answer)
C. 1"
D. 2
Correct

100) Slope of house sewer connected from the building to the main sewer

A. 5 PERCENT
B. 2 PERCENT (Your Answer)
C. 3 PERCENT
D. 6 PERCENT
Correct

101) Is the backflow of used, contaminated or polluted water from a

plumbing fixture due to negative pressure

A. BACK SIPHONAGE (Your Answer)

 B. BACKFLOW
C. BLIND FLANGE
D. YOKE VENT
Correct

102) An underground structure for drainage into which water from the roof or
floor will drain through sewer

A. ABSORPTION TRENCH
B. CATCH BASIN (Your Answer)
C. CISTERN
D. CORPORATION STOP
Correct

103) Trap size of fixtures for slop sinks (ordinary)

A. 2" (Your Answer)

B. 3"
C. 4"
D. 1"
Correct

104) A vent connecting at the junction of two fixture drains and serving as a
vent for both fixtures a single vent that ventiliates multiple traps, in the
case of back to back fixture

A. BRANCH VENT
B. COMMON VENT (Your Answer)
C. CONTINOUS VENT
D. DRY VENT
Correct

105) Wet standpipe for riser more than 15m

A. 64mm or 2 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 51mm or 2 "
C. 26mm or 1"
D. 101mm or 4"
Correct

106) Minimum number of water closet required for female office and public
buildings

A. 1 CLOSETS
B. 2 CLOSETS
C. 3 CLOSETS
D. 4 CLOSETS (Your Answer)
Correct

107) The device being used to eliminate the noise cause by water hammer
 A. SHOCK RELIEF AND EXPANSION CHAMBER
B. PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE
C. OVERHEAD STORM DRAIN
D. ABSORPTION TRENCH (Your Answer)

1) That horizontal run of pipe, starting from 5’ outside the building which receives the
sewage from the house drain or building and conveys the same to the sewer main or
approved point of disposal.

HOUSE SEWER(Your Answer)

Possible correct answers:
 HOUSE SEWER
 BUILDING SEWER
Correct

2) The lowest horizontal run of pipe inside the building which receives the discharge from
fixtures and other branches and conveys the samethe discharge from fixtures and other
branches and conveys the same to the house or building sewer.

HOUSE DRAIN(Your Answer)

Possible correct answers:
 HOUSE DRAIN
 BUILDING DRAIN
Correct
3) The Primary Branch of a building drain is the single sloping drain from the base of a
stack up to its junction with the main building drain or with other branches. The
primary branch is also called a Lateral.

pRIMARY BRANCH(Your Answer)

Possible correct answers:
 PRIMARY BRANCH

Incorrect
4) That horizontal run of pipe emanating from a fixture or group of fixtures up to its
junction with the primary branch.

FIXTURE BRANCH(Your Answer)

Possible correct answers:
 SECONDARY BRANCH

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5) That t horizontal run of pipe, which receives the distance from fixture and convey the
same to the stack.

HORIZONTAL BRANCH(Your Answer)

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 HORIZONTAL BRANCH

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6) That length of pipe of a stack no less than eight feet which receives the discharge from
the horizontal branch.
 BRANCH INTERVAL(Your Answer)
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 BRANCH INTERVAL

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7) The vertical run of pipe, which receives discharge from fixture without fecal matter.

SOIL STACK(Your Answer)

Possible correct answers:
 SOILSTACK

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8) That vertical matter run of pipe, which receives discharge from fixtures without fecal
matter.

SOIL STACK(Your Answer)

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 WASTE STACK

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9) In lateral plumbing - a secondary pipe line. In sewerage – a common sewer to which
no other common sewer is tributary. It receives sewage only from building sewer.

PRIMARY PIPE(Your Answer)

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 LATERAL

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10) The drain from the trap of the fixture to the junction of the fixture to the drain of the pipe.

FIXTURE DRAIN(Your Answer)

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 FIXTURE DRAIN

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11) Waste water pipe from fixtures or appliances which is allowed to discharge into a
properly vented fixture and with no direct connection with the drainage system.

INDIRECT WASTE PIPE(Your Answer)

Possible correct answers:
 SPECIAL WASTE
 INDIRECT WASTE PIPE
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12) It is a pipe, which conveys only liquid waste, free of fecal matter.
 WASTE PIPE(Your Answer)
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 WASTE PIPE

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13) It is that portion of a vent pipe through which liquid waste flow.

WET VENT(Your Answer)

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 WET VENT

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14) A pipe or opening used to ensuring the circulation of air in plumbing system and for
reducing the pressure exerted on trap seals.

VENT(Your Answer)
Possible correct answers:
 VENT

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15) An air pressure less than that atmospheric. Also, siphonage.

VACUUM(Your Answer)
Possible correct answers:
 VACUUM

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16) An arrangement of venting so installed that one vent pipe will serve two (2) traps.

UNIT VENT(Your Answer)

Possible correct answers:
 UNIT VENT

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17) A fitting or device so constructed as to prevent the passage of air, gas, and some
vermin through a pipe without materially affecting the flow of sewage or waste water
through it.

TRAP(Your Answer)
Possible correct answers:
 TRAP

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18) A cast-iron bell-end tee with the branch tapped to receive a threaded pipe of fittin.

TAPPED TEE(Your Answer)

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 TAPED TEE

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19) A pit or receptacle at a low point to which the liquid wastes are drained.

SUMP PIT(Your Answer)

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 SUMP

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20) It is that portion of the rainfall or other precipitation, which runs off over the surface after
the storm and for such a short period following a storm as the flow exceeds the normal
runoff.

STORM WATER(Your Answer)

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 STORM WATER

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21) A vertical pipe usually used for the storage of water, frequently under pressure.

STANDPIPE(Your Answer)
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 STANDPIPE

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22) A stack vent is the extension of a soil or waste stack above the highesthorizontal drain
connected to the stack.

STACK VENT(Your Answer)

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 STACK VENT

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23) A general term used for any vertical line of soil, waste, or vent piping.

STACK(Your Answer)
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 STACK

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24) The end of a pipe, which fits into a bell. Also a word used synonymously withfaucet.

SPIGOT(Your Answer)
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 SPIGOT

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25) A vertical soil pipe conveying fecal matter and liquid waste.

SOIL STACK(Your Answer)

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 SOIL STACK PIPE
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26) A soil pipe is any pipe which conveys the discharge of water closets, urinals, or fixtures
having similar functions. Also, a cast-iron pipe, with bell and spigot ends, used in
plumbing to convey fecal matter or liquid wastes.

SOIL PIPE(Your Answer)

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 SOIL PIPE

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27) A suction by the flow of liquids in pipes. A pressure less than atmospheric.

SIPHONAGE(Your Answer)
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 SIPHONAGE

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28) A wye connection used on fire lines so that two lines of hose may be connectedto hydrant
or to the same nozzle.

SIAMESE CONNECTION(Your Answer)

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 SIAMESE CONNECTION

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29) A vertical opening through a building for elevators, dumb-waiter, ventilation or similar
purpose.

SHAFT(Your Answer)
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 SHAFT

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30) A comprehensive term, including all construction for collection,
transportation, pumping, treatment and final disposition of sewage.

SEWERAGE TREATMENT PLANT(Your Answer)

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 SEWERAGE WORKS

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31) The installation of all pipes in the plumbing system that are in partitions andunder
floors. It includes the plumbing work done before the setting of thefixtures, or
finishing.

ROUGH IN(Your Answer)

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 ROUGHING-IN
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32) An open return bend, usually with inside threads, but applied also to a onehundred eighty
(180 degree) bend in a pipe.

RETURN BEND(Your Answer)

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 RETURN BEND

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33) A relief vent is a vent the primary function of which is to provide circulation of air
between drainage and vent system.

RELIEF VENT(Your Answer)

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 RELIEF VENT

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34) A fixture designed for the washing of the hands or face. Sometimes called awash basin.

LAVATORY(Your Answer)
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 LAVATORY

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35) The water that is standing in or passing through the ground.

GROUND WATER(Your Answer)

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 GROUND WATER

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36) A faucet opened or closed by the fall or rise of a ball floating on the surface of water.

BALL COCK(Your Answer)

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 BALL COCK

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37) A connection in which a ball is held in a cuplike shell that allows movement inevery
direction.

BALL JOINT(Your Answer)

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 BALL JOINT

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38) It is any of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into a common
horizontal soil branch.

BATTERY OF FIXTURES(Your Answer)

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  BATTERY OF FIXTURES

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39) That portion of a pipe which for a short distance, is sufficiently enlarged to received
the end of another pipe of the same diameter for the purpose of making a joint.

BELL AND SPIGOT(Your Answer)

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 BELL OR HUB

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40) A plumbing fixture used for washing the middle part of the body, specially
the genitals. Also a sitz bath (Used to wash posterior parts of the body).

BIDET(Your Answer)
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 BIDET

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41) A flange that is not drilled.

BLANK FLANGE(Your Answer)

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 BLANK FLANGE

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42) A flange that closes the end of a pipe. There is no opening for the passage of water.
(Used for black iron pipes).

BLIND FLANGE(Your Answer)

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 BLIND FLANGE

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43) Plugging an opening with oakum, lead or other materials that are pounded into place.
Also, the material that is pounded into the opening.

CAULKING(Your Answer)
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 CALKING

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44) A fitting into which the end of a pipe is screwed for the purpose of closing the end of the
pipe.

CAP(Your Answer)
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 CAP

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45) A receptacle in which liquids are retained for a sufficient period to deposit settle able
material

CATCH BASIN(Your Answer)

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 CATCH BASIN

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46) A pit for the reception or detention of sewage.

CESSPOOL(Your Answer)
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 CESSPOOL

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47) A valve that automatically closes to prevent the flow of water in
reverse direction.(Prevents reverse flow)

CHECK VALVE(Your Answer)

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 CHECK VALVE

1)  (428) What is the most important reason for backfilling a trench after pipe 
installation? 

    

   A.  Eliminate an eye sore 

   B.  Eliminate a safety hazard if left open (Your Answer)

   C.  Restore the natural appearance of the ground surface

   D.  Protect the pipe from the movement and breakage due to backfill load

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2)  (401) What wall thicknesses are available in copper tubing for drinking water? 

    

   A.  A, B, C, D 

   B.  N, O, P, DWV 

   C.  K, L, M, DWV (Your Answer) 

   D.  Schedule 40 and 80 

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3)  (401) Galvanization provides a pipe with what benefit?

    

   A.  Makes the pipe easier to bend

   B.  Increases pipe thickness (Your Answer)

   C.  Increases pipe strength 

   D.  Reduces corrosion (Correct Answer)

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4)  (402) What fitting joins pipes so they can be taken apart later?

    

   A.  Union (Correct Answer) 

   B.  Nipple (Your Answer) 

   C.  Adapter 

   D.  Coupling 

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5)  (402) How do street elbows and standard elbows differ?

    

   A.  Standard elbows have male threads

   B.  Street elbows have recessed threads (Your Answer)

   C.  Standard elbows have tapered threads

   D.  Street elbows have one female and one male end (Correct Answer)

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6)  (402) hows do copper pressure fittings differ from copper drain, waste, and 
vent (DWV) fittings? 

    

   A.  DWV fittings are threaded 

   B.  Pressure fittings are threaded (Your Answer)

   C.  DWV fittings have a short radius sweep

   D.  Pressure fittings have a deeper solder pocket (Correct Answer)

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7)  (403) What is the smallest increment on most of the tape measures in our 
trade? 

    

   A.  Sixty‐fourth inch 

   B.  Thirty‐second inch 

   C.  Sixteenth inch (Your Answer) 

   D.  Eighth inch 

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8)  (403) What is the next largest sixteenth‐inch mark after 3/4?

    

   A.  15/16ths 

   B.  13/16ths (Correct Answer) 

   C.  10/16ths (Your Answer) 

   D.  9/16ths 

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9)  (404) Convert 7 feet to inches. 
    

   A.  60 inches 

   B.  72 inches (Your Answer) 

   C.  84 inches (Correct Answer) 

   D.  96 inches 

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10)  (405) What kind of tape measurer can you use to determine the travel when 
the offset angle is known to be 45 degrees? 

    

   A.  Angle rule 

   B.  Travel rule (Your Answer) 

   C.  Standard rule 

   D.  Plumber's rule (Correct Answer) 

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11)  (406) How do you determine the center of a fitting?

    

   A.  By reading the branch, then the run

   B.  By determining the angle of the branch

   C.  By dividing the length of the fitting by 2 (Your Answer)

   D.  By finding where lines drawn through the fitting intersect (Correct Answer) 

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12)  (406) An end‐to‐center measurement is made from the?
    

   A.  Middle of the pipe to end of fitting

   B.  End of pipe to center of fitting (Correct Answer)

   C.  Center of pipe to end of fitting (Your Answer)

   D.  End of face to center of back 

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13)  (407) When cutting tubing with a tubing cutter, how far do you turn the 
handle after each revolution? 

    

   A.  1/8 turn (Your Answer) 

   B.  1/4 turn (Correct Answer) 

   C.  1/2 turn 

   D.  1 full turn 

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14)  (407) To remove the burr from inside a piece of pipe, operate the handle of the 
reamer with? 

    

   A.  Short, even, counterclockwise strokes

   B.  Long, even, counterclockwise strokes

   C.  Long, even, clockwise strokes (Your Answer)

   D.  Short, even, clockwise strokes (Correct Answer)

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15)  (408) What diameter steel pipe sizes are you able to thread with a 
nonadjustable ratchet style hand threader 

    

   A.  1/8 ‐ 2 inches (Your Answer) 

   B.  1/8 ‐ 4 inches 

   C.  1/2 ‐ 2 1/2 inches 

   D.  1/2 ‐ 3 inches 

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16)  (408) When threading steel pipe with a hand threader, how often do you apply 
oil to the pipe dies? 

    

   A.  When the dies squeak 

   B.  Before and after cutting threads

   C.  Every two or three downward stokes of the die handle (Correct Answer)

   D.  Once, at the halfway point of the threading operation (Your Answer)

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17)  (408) What is the purpose of oiling while threading the steel pipe?

    

   A.  Allows the pipe dies to turn freely inside the die holder

B.  Prevents the dies and threads from overheating and becoming 
  
damaged(Your Answer) 

C.  The oil penetrates the pipe walls, slows down the corrosion process, and 
  
allows increased pipe life 

D.  The oil maintains a thin protective coating on the pipe and prevents flying 
  
debris from injuring the user 

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18)  (409) When threading a fitting on a pipe, what happens if you overtighten a 
fitting? 

    

   A.  Leaks will be stopped completely

   B.  The wrench you are using might break (Your Answer)

   C.  Overall pipe length decreases by 1 inch

   D.  The fitting stretches and the joint leaks (Correct Answer)

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19)  (409) What size pipe wrench do you use on a 1/4 inch pipe?

    

   A.  4 inch 

   B.  8 inch (Your Answer) 

   C.  10 inch 

   D.  12 inch 

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20)  (410) What preparation must you make to produce a good bond between the 
base metal and the solder in a copper soldered joint? 

    

   A.  The solder must be lead free 

   B.  The pipe must be reamed and cut (Your Answer)

   C.  The solder must be 95/5 solder

   D.  The metal surfaces must be perfectly clean at the joint (Correct Answer)

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21)  (410) How much solder is needed to solder a 1/2 inch connection
    

   A.  1/2 inch (Correct Answer) 

   B.  3/4 inch (Your Answer) 

   C.  7/8 inch 

   D.  1 inch 

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22)  (411) When using a lever type tubing bender, you can make angles up to how 
many degrees? 

    

   A.  45 degrees 

   B.  90 degrees (Your Answer) 

   C.  120 degrees 

   D.  180 degrees (Correct Answer) 

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23)  (411) What action creates an watertight and airtight seal on a ferruled joint? 

    

A.  Tighten the nut which crimps the ferrule into the tubing and against the 
  
fitting(Correct Answer) 

   B.  The capillary action between the components (Your Answer)

   C.  Squeezing the ferrule into the nut

   D.  The compression of the tapered threads

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24)  (412) What is one disadvantage of the no‐hub drainage system?

    

   A.  No‐hubs have a tendency to leak

   B.  More tools are required to make this type of joint

   C.  Support around the pipe may be required (Your Answer)

D.  The pipe ends must be reinforced to ensure they do not crush under 
  
pressure 

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25)  (412) When solvent welding plastic pipe, how do you insert the pipe into the 
fitting? 

    

   A.  Put the pipe halfway into the fitting to allow for expansion and contraction 

B.  Quickly insert the pipe into the fitting with a one‐quarter turning 
  
motion (Your Answer) 

   C.  Insert the pipe into the fitting and give the pipe a full turn

   D.  Thread the pipe into the fitting until no threads show

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26)  (412) How is large underground plastic pipe joined?

    

   A.  Solvent welding 

   B.  O‐ring joints (Your Answer) 

   C.  Tig welding 

   D.  Threading 

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27)  (413) What are two types of pumps used in booster stations?

    

   A.  Deep well and split case (Correct Answer)

   B.  Booster and clear well (Your Answer)

   C.  Split case and booster 

   D.  Recirculating and clear well 

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28)  (413) What is the reason we use elevated storage tanks in water systems?

    

   A.  Because of emergency water requirements

   B.  Elevated storage tanks provide cheap pressure (Correct Answer)

   C.  Ground tanks are for firefighting purposes only (Your Answer)

   D.  Elevated tanks last longer than ground storage tanks

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29)  (414) What element of a water meter translates the action of the water flow? 

    

   A.  Primary 

   B.  Secondary (Correct Answer) 

   C.  Tertiary 

   D.  Head area (Your Answer) 

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30)  (415) What is the minimum burial depth for water mains under roads?

    

   A.  2 feet 
   B.  3 feet (Your Answer) 

   C.  4 feet 

   D.  5 feet 

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31)  (415) What is the part of the water distribution system that originates at the 
street main and extends into the building? 

    

   A.  Water mains 

   B.  Distribution mains (Your Answer)

   C.  Water service lines (Correct Answer)

   D.  Lateral water mains 

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32)  (415) Before a new water main is put into service it must be?

    

   A.  Cured and tested 

   B.  Tested and leveled 

   C.  Leveled and disinfected (Your Answer)

   D.  Tested and disinfected (Correct Answer)

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33)  (416) What Air Force form is used to maintain a record of each hydrant and its 
isolation valve? 

    

   A.  AF Form 996 

   B.  AF Form 997 
   C.  AF Form 998 

   D.  AF Form 1027 (Your Answer) 

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34)  (416) If the water level in a fire hydrant barrel rises after the hydrant is shut off, 
then? 

    

   A.  The weep hole is plugged 

   B.  The main valve is leaking (Correct Answer)

   C.  There is a loose packing gland (Your Answer)

   D.  There is too much residual pressure

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35)  (417) What is the normal operating pressure of a water distribution system? 

    

   A.  5 to 10 pounds per square inch

   B.  10 to 20 pounds per square inch

   C.  40 to 75 pounds per square inch (Correct Answer)

   D.  100 to 200 pounds per square inch (Your Answer)

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36)  (417) Which instrument is used to measure velocity flow from a fire hydrant? 

    

   A.  Pitot tube (Your Answer) 

   B.  Vacuum gauge 

   C.  Pressure gauge 
   D.  Hydrant gauge assembly 

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37)  (417) After you have taken all the hydrant readings, you should shut down 
the hydrants slowly to? 

    

   A.  Decrease flushing time 

   B.  Prevent surges in pressure (Correct Answer)

   C.  Increase flushing time (Your Answer)

   D.  Increase the pressure throughout the system

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38)  (418) One of the factors to consider when sizing the supply for a building is the 
type of? 

    

   A.  Fixture style (Your Answer) 

   B.  Flush devices (Correct Answer) 

   C.  Service mains 

   D.  Supply piping 

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39)  (418) To solder copper joints in a water distribution piping, you must not use 
solder containing? 

    

   A.  Less than 0.2 percent lead 

   B.  More than 0.2 percent lead (Correct Answer)

   C.  Less than 0.2 percent antimony (Your Answer)

   D.  More than 0.2 percent antimony

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40)  (418) How are building water distribution branch lines normally installed?

    

   A.  Horizontally, with a slight grade toward the shutoff valve (Correct Answer) 

   B.  Horizontally, with a slight grade toward the point of use (Your Answer)

   C.  Vertically, with a slight grade toward the shutoff valve

   D.  Vertically, with a slight grade toward the point of use

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41)  (418) What device do you install in a building distribution system to correct a 
water hammer problem? 

    

   A.  Vertical air chamber (Correct Answer)

   B.  Horizontal air chamber (Your Answer)

   C.  Vertical expansion fitting 

   D.  Horizontal expansion fitting 

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42)  (419) The first step in the rough‐in of fixtures is to locate the?

    

   A.  Main stack opening 

   B.  Vertical trap position 

   C.  Sewer and water line locations (Your Answer)

   D.  Exact position of the opening for each fixture (Correct Answer)

      Discuss this Question  
 
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43)  (419) Where on the studs should you cut holes for water supply lines?

    

   A.  Top 

   B.  Bottom (Your Answer) 

   C.  Center (Correct Answer) 

   D.  Corner 

      Discuss this Question  

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44)  (419) To reinforce a structural beam that has been undercut?

    

   A.  Wedge a block in the notch and nail it in place (Your Answer)

   B.  Toenail four nails at angles to hold the pipe securely in place

   C.  Cover the opening with a half‐inch wooden strip and nail it in place

D.  Place a strap iron brace across the notch and fasten it with lag screws(Correct
  
Answer) 

      Discuss this Question  
 
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45)  (420) When hanging steel pipe, place hangers no further apart than?

    

   A.  4 feet 

   B.  6 feet (Your Answer) 

   C.  10 feet 
   D.  12 feet (Correct Answer) 

      Discuss this Question  

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46)  (420) How many feet apart should 1 1/2 inch diameter horizontal copper tubing 
be supported? 

    

   A.  4 feet 

   B.  6 feet (Correct Answer) 

   C.  8 feet (Your Answer) 

   D.  10 feet 

      Discuss this Question  
 
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47)  Plastic pipe and tubing must be supported evert?

    

   A.  4 feet (Correct Answer) 

   B.  6 feet 

   C.  8 feet 

   D.  10 feet (Your Answer) 

      Discuss this Question  

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48)  (421) the primary purpose of periodic testing of water mains for flow and 
pressure is to ensure that? 

    

   A.  Sufficient water is available for fire fighting (Correct Answer)

   B.  The water system can meet the public demands for water (Your Answer)

 C.  Firefighters know how much water a hydrant can produce in inches of 
  
mercury 

D.  Firefighters know how many pounds per square inch the system can usually 
  
provide 

      Discuss this Question  
 
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49)  (421) Who must be notified anytime a water main is turned off?

    

   A.  Base operations

   B.  Command post (Your Answer) 

   C.  Service call desk

   D.  Fire department (Correct Answer)

      Discuss this Question  

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50)  (422) How many times are pipes in the water systems tested?

    

   A.  Once, after the fixtures are installed

   B.  Once, after rough‐in is completed

   C.  Twice, after rough‐in and after fixtures are installed (Correct Answer)

D.  Twice, after the fixtures are installed and after the appliances are 
  
connected(Your Answer) 

      Discuss this Question  
 
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51)  (422) How much air pressure should you use for testing piping for leaks?

    

   A.  20 psi 
   B.  30 psi (Your Answer) 

   C.  40 psi 

   D.  50 psi (Correct Answer) 

      Discuss this Question  

Incorrect 

  

52)  (433) What are the primary means of inspecting and maintaining the sewer 
system? 

    

   A.  Cleanout 

   B.  Manholes (Correct Answer) 

   C.  Sewer snakes (Your Answer) 

   D.  Power rodders 

      Discuss this Question  
 
Correct 

  

53)  (422) What can you use as a substitute for soapy water when leak‐testing pipe 
during freezing weather? 

    

   A.  Pine oil 

   B.  Linseed oil (Your Answer) 

   C.  Turpentine 

   D.  Petroleum jelly 

Incorrect 

  

54)  (423) When winterizing a system, what is the first step in draining a water 
system? 

    

   A.  Disconnect the unions 
   B.  Close the main shutoff valve (Correct Answer)

   C.  Open the highest level faucets (Your Answer)

   D.  Loosen at the lowest connection

      Discuss this Question  
 
Correct 

  

55)  (423) Which antifreeze solution should be your first choice when you are 
protecting fixture traps against freezing? 

    

   A.  Glycol (Your Answer) 

   B.  Alcohol 

   C.  Glycerin 

   D.  Clacium chloride 

Incorrect 

  

56)  (424) When using a torch to thaw frozen pipes near wooden structures,
you must isolate the area with a?
    

   A.  Wet rag 

   B.  Fire sheild (Your Answer) 

   C.  Heat shield (Correct Answer) 

   D.  Bucket of water 

      Discuss this Question  
 
Correct 

  

57)  (424) The best way to thaw short length of frozen pipe up to 1 1/2 inches in 
diameter is to use? 

    

   A.  Torches 
   B.  Electric thawers (Your Answer) 

   C.  Hot water and rags 

   D.  Rubber hose and funnel 

Correct 

  

58)  (425) What is the proper way to tighten bolts on a full circle clamp?

    

   A.  Working from the center out (Your Answer)

   B.  Working from the outside in 

   C.  Tightening every other bolt 

   D.  The tightening sequence doesn't matter

Correct 

  

59)  (425) What type of repair clamp should be used as a temporary repair?

    

   A.  Unions 

   B.  No hub clamps 

   C.  Compression coupling (Your Answer)

   D.  Emergency pipe clamp 

Correct 

  

60)  (425) When installing a compression coupling, why do you dig out the area to 
give you as much flexibility with the pipe? 

    

   A.  To allow for easy installation (Your Answer)

   B.  To check if the pipe has shifted

   C.  To check if the water is shut‐off

   D.  To look for the cause of the break

Incorrect 
  

61)  (426) In which order is a water main disinfected?

    

   A.  Flushing, dosing, flushing, testing (Correct Answer)

   B.  Flushing, dosing, testing, flushing (Your Answer)

   C.  Dosing, flushing, testing, flushing

   D.  Dosing, testing, flushing, testing

      Discuss this Question  

Incorrect 

  

62)  (426) What is the proper length of time and velocity for flushing a main?

    

   A.  10 minutes/5.0 feet per second

   B.  15 minutes/5.0 feet per second

   C.  20 minutes/2.5 feet per second (Your Answer)

   D.  30 minutes/2.5 feet per second (Correct Answer)

      Discuss this Question  
 
Correct 

  

63)  (426) Which disinfection method is preferred on new water mains because of 
its simplicity and ease of use? 

    

   A.  Sodium hypochlorite tablets 

   B.  Calcium hypochlorite tablets (Your Answer)

   C.  Sodium hypochlorite powder 

   D.  Calcium hypochlorite powder 

Correct 

  
64)  (426) What is the correct chlorine dosage and contact time for disinfecting a 
water main? 

    

   A.  25 ppm/24 hours 

   B.  25 ppm/12 hours 

   C.  50 ppm/24 hours (Your Answer) 

   D.  50 ppm/12 hours 

Incorrect 

  

65)  (427) What may happen if a sewer pipe is laid with a fall greater than 1/4 inch 
per foot 

    

   A.  Reduction in pipe size is required to slow sewage

   B.  The greater the fall, the better the operation of the sewer (Your Answer)

   C.  Sewage flow is slowed, causing sewage to settle in low spots

D.  Waste water runs away from solids, eventually causing stoppages (Correct
  
Answer) 

      Discuss this Question  

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66)  (427) At what intervals are manholes usually places in sewer mains?

    

   A.  200 to 400 feet 

   B.  300 to 500 feet (Correct Answer) 

   C.  350 to 550 feet (Your Answer) 

   D.  400 to 600 feet 

      Discuss this Question  
 
Correct 

  
67)  (427) What type of drainage system collects water from rain and melting 
snow? 

    

   A.  Main sewer 

   B.  Storm sewer (Your Answer) 

   C.  Industrial sewer

   D.  Interceptor sewer 

Incorrect 

  

68)  (428) What is the desired fall for a 3‐inch house sewer?

    

   A.  1/8 inch per foot 

   B.  1/4 inch per foot (Correct Answer)

   C.  1/2 inch per foot 

   D.  1 1/16 inch per foot (Your Answer)

      Discuss this Question  
 
Correct 

  

69)  (428) in constructing a sewer main, when should you backfill the trench?

    

   A.  As soon as you install the pipe

   B.  After you inspect the sewer pipe (Your Answer)

   C.  As soon as the pipe has settled and shifted

   D.  After you remove all debris from the sewer pipe

Correct 

  

70)  (428) The proper fall for a house sewer is established by?

    

   A.  Using proper backfilling procedures
   B.  Installing the proper shoring in the trench

C.  Establishing a grade line then digging the trench to exactly this line (Your
  
Answer) 

D.  Joining the pipe aboveground before you lower it into the excavation and 
  
backfill 

Correct 

  

71)  (428) For best results how should you backfill a trench?

    

   A.  Manually backfill and tamp when full

   B.  Backfill with a backhoe and tamp when full

   C.  Backfill in layers of not more than 12 inches and tamp by hand

D.  Backfill in layers of not more than 4 inches and tamp with a mechanical 
  
tamper(Your Answer) 

Correct 

  

72)  (429) The building sewer is usually made of clay tile, cast‐iron, asbestos‐cement, 
or? 

    

   A.  Steel pipe 

   B.  Rubber pipe 

   C.  Plastic pipe (Your Answer) 

   D.  Galvanized pipe 

Correct 

  

73)  (429) What is the name of a short piece of pipe with a hub at one end and a 
straight cut or 45 degree cut on the other end that is used to tap into a sewer 
main? 

    

   A.  Elbow 

   B.  Union 
   C.  Thimble (Your Answer) 

   D.  Coupling 

Incorrect 

  

74)  (429) Which type of sewage lift station houses the pumps and motors in a 
different compartment than the one that receives the wastewater? 

    

   A.  Dry well (Correct Answer) 

   B.  Wet well (Your Answer) 

   C.  Dry pit 

   D.  Wet pit 

      Discuss this Question  
 
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75)  (430) What are the two classes of drainage piping?

    

   A.  Soil and waste (Your Answer) 

   B.  Soil and plastic 

   C.  Plastic and steel

   D.  Steel and waste 

Incorrect 

  

76)  (430) Which type of drainage piping only conveys liquids that are free of fecal 
matter? 

    

   A.  Soil 

   B.  Waste (Correct Answer) 

   C.  Vent 

   D.  Traps (Your Answer) 

      Discuss this Question  
 
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77)  (431) In a building drainage system, what is the definition of a stack?

    

A.  Vertical pipe of a system of soil, waste, or vent piping that extends 
  
through one or more stories (Correct Answer) 

B.  Horizontal pipe of a system of soil, waste, or vent piping that extends 
  
through one or more stories 

C.  Main artery of the venting system to which vent branches may be 
  
connected used primarily in multistory buildings (Your Answer) 

D.  Pipe that is installed to vent a single fixture trap and which connects with 
  
the vent system above the fixture served or terminates in the open air 

      Discuss this Question  

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78)  (431) How does a soil stack differ from a waste stack?

    

   A.  A soil stack is horizontal piping; whereas, a waste stack is vertical piping 

B.  A soul stack is vertical piping; whereas, a waste stack is horizontal 
  
piping(Your Answer) 

C.  A soil stack carries the human fecal discharge of water closets, urinals, or 
   other similar fixtures to the building drain; whereas, a waste stack carries 
waste that is free of fecal matter from all fixtures (Correct Answer) 

D.  A waste stack carries the human fecal discharge of water closets, urinals, or 
   other similar fixtures to the building drain; whereas, a soil stack carries 
waste that is free of fecal matter from all fixtures 

      Discuss this Question  
 
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79)  (431) What is used to determine the size of the stack after the fixture unit 
values have been totaled? 
    

   A.  Fixture chart 

   B.  Fixture table (Your Answer) 

   C.  Stack chart 

   D.  Stack table (Correct Answer) 

      Discuss this Question  

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80)  (431) When you install an individual vent, how many inches must the vent 
piping rise above the fixture flood rim before it changes direction? 

    

   A.  2 

   B.  3 

   C.  4 (Your Answer) 

   D.  6 (Correct Answer) 

      Discuss this Question  
 
Incorrect 

  

81)  (431) What is the minimum sized pipe that you can use for a wet vent?

    

   A.  1 1/4 inch 

   B.  1 1/2 inch (Your Answer) 

   C.  2 inch (Correct Answer) 

   D.  3 inch 

      Discuss this Question  

Correct 

  

82)  (432) How do you repair a leak on a plastic pipe fitting?
    

   A.  Duct tape around fitting 

   B.  Apply glue around fitting 

   C.  Apply primer around fitting 

   D.  Cut fitting out and install new fitting (Your Answer)

Correct 

  

83)  (433) What is used to remove ice from a manhole cover?

    

   A.  Torches 

   B.  Steel tools 

   C.  Iron tools 

   D.  Nonsparking tools (Your Answer)

Correct 

  

84)  (433) What should you do if an oxygen‐deficient condition is present in a 
manhole? 

    

   A.  Enter it 

   B.  Call the fire department 

   C.  Get and oxygen cylinder from base supply

   D.  Ventilate it or use a self‐contained breathing apparatus (Your Answer)

Correct 

  

85)  (434) What is the correct method of disposal for discarded grease, fats, and 
oils? 

    

   A.  Dissolve with chemicals 

   B.  Throw away into garbage (Your Answer)

   C.  Dump into oil/water seperator

   D.  Flush down drain with hot water

Correct 

  

86)  (434) Chemical drain cleaners are appropriate when the drains are?

    

   A.  Flowing sluggishly (Your Answer)

   B.  Completely stopped up 

   C.  Completely clogged with hair 

   D.  Completely clogged with grease

Correct 

  

87)  (435) When do you perform recurring maintenance on a sewer main?

    

   A.  Monthly 

   B.  Quarterly 

   C.  Biannually 

   D.  Annually (Your Answer) 

Correct 

  

88)  (435) What propels the nozzle of a jet rodder throughout the length of a sewer 
line? 

    

   A.  Hydraulic lever 

   B.  Hose reel assembly 

   C.  Clockwise action of the drum 

   D.  Reverse jet action of the nozzle (Your Answer)

Correct 

  
89)  (435) To repair a broken sewer main where should you block off the 
manhole? 

    

   A.  Inlet side 

   B.  Outlet side (Your Answer) 

   C.  Gravity side 

   D.  Pressure side 

Correct 

  

90)  (436) What is used to find the location of fixtures in a building?

    

   A.  Plot plan and as builts 

   B.  Base utility map and plot plan 

   C.  Plumbing blueprints and floor plans (Your Answer)

   D.  As builts and manufacturer's instructions

Incorrect 

  

91)  (436) What is the smallest drain used in lavatories?

    

   A.  1 1/4 inches (Correct Answer) 

   B.  1 1/2 inches (Your Answer) 

   C.  2 inches 

   D.  2 1/2 inches 

      Discuss this Question  

Correct 

  

92)  (436) What is the size of trap used with the pop‐up drain tailpiece?

    

   A.  1 1/4 inches (Your Answer) 

   B.  1 1/2 inches 

   C.  2 inches 

   D.  2 1/2 inches 

Correct 

  

93)  (436) What is the name of the special tool designed to reach the hex jamnut 
beneath a fixture? 

    

   A.  Pipe wrench 

   B.  Box wrench 

   C.  Basin wrench (Your Answer) 

   D.  Adjustable wrench 

Correct 

  

94)  (437) What size supply is required for a flushometer‐type water closet?

    

   A.  1/4 inche 

   B.  1/2 inche 

   C.  3/4 inche 

   D.  1 inche (Your Answer) 

Incorrect 

  

95)  (437) Tank water closets are preferred over flushometer water closets for 
residences because they? 

    

   A.  Are less expensive (Your Answer)

   B.  Flush more quickly 

   C.  Require a smaller drain 

   D.  Require a smaller size supply (Correct Answer)

      Discuss this Question  

Incorrect 

  

96)  (437) What is the smallest plastic drain that can accommodate a water closet? 

    

   A.  2 inches 

   B.  3 inches (Correct Answer) 

   C.  4 inches 

   D.  6 inches (Your Answer) 

      Discuss this Question  
 
Correct 

  

97)  (438) When specifications are not available, install the urinal so the lip height 
is? 

    

   A.  10 to 15 inches above the finished floor line

   B.  20 to 25 inches above the rough floor line

   C.  20 to 25 inches above the finished floor line (Your Answer)

   D.  20 to 25 inches below the finished floor line

Correct 

  

98)  (438) What is the minimum size plastic waste pipe that you can use on a urinal? 

    

   A.  1 1/2 inches (Your Answer) 

   B.  1 3/4 inches 

   C.  2 inches 

   D.  3 inches 

Correct 

  
99)  (439) The tub overflow and drain assembly is not included in the rough‐in 
piping for a bathtub because it is attached directly to the? 

    

   A.  Tub at the time the tub is set (Your Answer)

   B.  Vent at the time the tub is set 

   C.  Diverter at the time the tub is set

   D.  Shower arm at the time the tub is set

Correct 

  

100)  (440) The distance between the floor and the drain board in a kitchen sink 
should be? 

    

   A.  12 inches 

   B.  24 inches 

   C.  36 inches (Your Answer) 

   D.  48 inches 

Correct 

  

101)  (440) What type of sink is used for dumping mop buckets and washing mops? 

    

   A.  Service sinks (Your Answer) 

   B.  Scullery sinks 

   C.  Kitchen sinks 

   D.  Countertop sinks 

Correct 

  

102)  (441) What is installed on fixtures to keep sewer gases from entering the 
building? 

    

   A.  Valves 
   B.  Faucets 

   C.  Vents 

   D.  Traps (Your Answer) 

Correct 

  

103)  (441) What is the water depth of a common seal trap?

    

   A.  2 inches (Your Answer) 

   B.  4 inches 

   C.  6 inches 

   D.  12 inches 

Correct 

  

104)  (442) If a faucet closes with the pressure; not against it, the result is?

    

   A.  Harder operation and a tighter seal?

   B.  Easier operation and a tighter seal? (Your Answer)

   C.  More frequent repairs and harder operation

   D.  More frequent repairs but easier operation

Incorrect 

  

105)  (442) What part of the body‐unit faucet virtually eliminates maintenance of 
the faucet under normal operations? 

    

   A.  Body unit 

   B.  Wearing washer (Your Answer) 

   C.  Stainless steel seat 

   D.  Ceramic component (Correct Answer)

      Discuss this Question  
 Correct 

  

106)  (442) What does continuous dripping of a single or mixing faucet indicate? 

    

   A.  Bad washer (Your Answer) 

   B.  Damaged handle 

   C.  Low water pressure 

   D.  Angle stop leaking 

Correct 

  

107)  (443) Which shower/bath mixing valve is sensitive to both temperature and 
pressure? 

    

   A.  Pressure‐controlled mixing handle

   B.  Double‐handled mixing valve 

   C.  Triple‐handled mixing valve 

   D.  Thermostatic mixing valve (Your Answer)

Incorrect 

  

108)  (444) What size water supply line is required for urinal flushometers?

    

   A.  1/2 inch 

   B.  3/4 inch (Correct Answer) 

   C.  1 inch (Your Answer) 

   D.  1 1/2 inch 

      Discuss this Question  
 
Correct 

  

109)  (444) What size water supply line is required for water closet flushometers? 
    

   A.  1/2 inch 

   B.  3/4 inch 

   C.  1 inch (Your Answer) 

   D.  1 1/2 inch 

Correct 

  

110)  (444) What are the two most commonly used flushometer valves?

    

   A.  Piston and vacuum 

   B.  Piston and diaphragm (Your Answer)

   C.  Hydraulic and vacuum 

   D.  Hydraulic and diaphragm 

Correct 

  

111)  (445) How do you repair a water closets leaking flapper?

    

   A.  Replace chain 

   B.  Replace flapper (Your Answer) 

   C.  Adjust rod guides 

   D.  Lightly sand with emery cloth 

Correct 

  

112)  (446) A drinking fountain bubbler opening should be located above the drinking 
fountain rim a minimum of? 

    

   A.  1 inch (Your Answer) 

   B.  2 inches 

   C.  3 inches 
   D.  5 inches 

Incorrect 

  

113)  (447) Why must grease traps be installed in large military or commercial 
kitchens? 

    

A.  A properly installed trap will prevent stoppages caused by grease 
  
solidification(Correct Answer) 

B.  It is easier to dispose of grease into a trap and collect it there rather than a 
  
barrel 

C.  To collect the grease stir it up well before discharge into the sanitary 
  
system 

D.  In most states, local laws dictate that grease must be collected and 
  
dumped in a landfill (Your Answer) 

      Discuss this Question  

Correct 

  

114)  (447) Where should a grease trap be installed?

    

   A.  As far away from the fixture as possible

   B.  As close to the fixture as possible, preferably inside the building

C.  As close to the fixture as possible, preferably outside the building (Your
  
Answer) 

   D.  As close to the fixture as possible, preferably 50 feet outside the building 

Correct 

  

115)  (448) How is oil and water separated in oil water separators?

    

   A.  Physical and manual 

   B.  Chemical and manual 

   C.  Physical and chemical (Your Answer)

   D.  Chemical and supervised 

Correct 

  

116)  (448) According to stokes law of physics, approximately how many inches will a 
100‐micron diameter droplet of oil rise in water every 10 minutes? 

    

   A.  4 

   B.  6 (Your Answer) 

   C.  8 

   D.  10 

Correct 

  

117)  (448) On what type of as‐built drawings are oil water separators located?

    

   A.  Utility (Your Answer) 

   B.  Electrical 

   C.  Mechanical 

   D.  Environmental 

Correct 

  

118)  (449) What is the normal working pressure of a gas water heater?

    

   A.  125 psi (Your Answer) 

   B.  150 psi 

   C.  200 psi 

   D.  300 psi 

Incorrect 

  

119)  (449) A drop tube in a water heater causes the incoming cold water to mix 
 with? 

    

   A.  Outgoing hot water in pipes (Your Answer)

   B.  Outgoing cold water in the discharge

   C.  Stored hot water in the bottom of the tank (Correct Answer)

   D.  Stored cold water in the bottom of the tank

      Discuss this Question  

Correct 

  

120)  (449) The drain cock with a hose connection at the bottom of a water heater is 
primarily used to? 

    

   A.  Bypass the water heater 

   B.  Flush sediment out of the heater (Your Answer)

   C.  Connect cold water into the heater

   D.  Provide hot water access for washing equipment

Correct 

  

121)  (449) The anode rod is installed in the top of water heaters to prevent 
corrosion? 

    

   A.  Inside the tank (Your Answer) 

   B.  Outside the tank 

   C.  Of the hot water supply 

   D.  Of the cold water supply 

Incorrect 

  

122)  (450) A domestic food grinder is designed to attach to a drain with a diameter 
of  
    

   A.  1 1/4 inches (Your Answer) 

   B.  1 1/2 inches (Correct Answer) 

   C.  2 inches 

   D.  2 1/4 inches 

      Discuss this Question  
 
Correct 

  

123)  (450) How is water allowed to enter an industrial food grinder?

    

   A.  Faucet 

   B.  Solenoid valve (Your Answer) 

   C.  Pressure switch 

   D.  Pressure reducing valve 

Incorrect 

  

124)  (451) What is the minimum size water supply for a drench‐type emergency 
shower and eye wash? 

    

   A.  1 inch or less 

   B.  1 1/8 inches (Your Answer) 

   C.  1 1/4 inches (Correct Answer) 

   D.  2 inches 

 
 

1) Receptacles attached to a plumbing system other than a trap in which

waste water or waste may be collected or retained for ultimate
discharge into the plumbing system.

A. Fittings
B. Fixtures (Your Answer)
C. Nipple
D. Furnitures
 Correct

2)
Identify the type of Lavatory.

A. Surface Mounted (Your Answer)

B. Pedestal Lavatory
C. Counter Type Lavatory
D. Wall Hung Lavatory
Correct

3) A plumbing fixture used for washing the middle part of the body,
especially the genitals. It is also known as the Sitz Bath.

A. Lavatory
B. Water closet
C. Bidet (Your Answer)
D. Urinal
Correct

4) A pipe installed to vent a fixture trap, that connects with the vent system
above the fixture served or terminates in the open air.

A. Individual Vent (Your Answer)

B. Vent Stack
C. Vent Pipe
D. Looped Vent
Correct

5) An arrangement of venting so installed that one vent pipe serve two

traps.

A. Unit vent (Your Answer)

B. Back vent
C. Main Vent
D. Looped Vent
Correct

6) The "backbone" of the entire sanitary system.

A. VSTR ( Vent Stack through Roof)

B. Main Soil and Waste Stack
C. Main Soil and Waste Vent (Your Answer)
D. Waste Stack
Correct

7) Clean outs are not required on a horizontal drain less than _____ m in
length unless such line is serving sinks or urinals.
 A. 1.00 m
B. 1.50 m (Your Answer)
C. 1.80 m
D. 2.00 m
Correct

8) It is a type of trap used in fixtures that discharge large amount of water

such as bathtubs, shower or floor drains.

A. P- Trap
B. Running Trap
C. Drum Trap (Your Answer)
D. Stand Trap
Correct

9) It is a device that regulates the flow of a fluid ( gases, liquids, solids,

slurries)by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various
passageways. This are technically pipe fittings, but are usually discussed
as a separate category.

A. Valves and Control (Your Answer)

B. Foot Valve
C. Tanks and water storage
D. Pumps
Correct

10) The water collector at the eaves of the building.

A. Catch basin
B. Ridge
C. Downspout
D. Roof gutter (Your Answer)
Correct

11) Color of pipe for STEAM - High Pressure and Exhaust System

A. Gray
B. White / Buff (Your Answer)
C. Black
D. Yellow
Correct

12) Color of pipe for Oil ( Delivery and Discharge )

 A. White/ Buff
B. Brass Bronze / Yellow (Your Answer)
C. Blue green
D. Black
Correct

13) All horizontal piping shall be run in practical alignment and at a uniform
grade of not less than ____% per meter toward the point of disposal.

A. 1.5%
B. 2% (Your Answer)
C. 2 1/2%
D. 3%
Correct

14) The piping must be air tight, gas tight and water tight.

A. True (Your Answer)

B. False
Correct

15) One of the oldest plumbing materials. It is highly resistant and is very
suitable to underground installation. But because it is poisonous to
human health, it is never recommended to convey water human
consumption.

A. Ceramic Pipe
B. Iron Pipe
C. Brass Pipe
D. Lead Pipe (Your Answer)
Correct

16) A water closet that is otherwise known as "Eastern Type", since the user

assumes a squatting position rather than a sitting position.

A. Squat Toilet
B. Squat Bowl (Your Answer)
C. Squat Water Closet
D. Squat Basin
Correct

17)
Identify the type of URINAL

A. Wall Hung Urinal

B. Pedestal Urinal (Your Answer)
C. Stall Urinal
D. Through Urinal
 Correct

18) Identify the type of URINAL

A. Wall Hung Urinal

B. Pedestal Urinal
C. Stall Urinal
D. Through Urinal (Your Answer)
Correct

19)
Identify the type of FAUCET

A. Compression Cock
B. Key Cock
C. Ball Faucet (Your Answer)
D. Hose Bibb
Correct

20)
Identify the type of FAUCET

A. Compression Cock
B. Key Cock (Your Answer)
C. Ball Faucet
D. Hose Bibb
Correct

21)
Identify the type of FAUCET

A. Compression Cock
 B. Key Cock
C. Ball Faucet
D. Hose Bibb (Your Answer)
Correct

22)
Identify the type of FAUCET

A. Compression Cock (Your Answer)

B. Key Cock
C. Ball Faucet
D. Hose Bibb
Correct

23) A water supply pipe that extends one full story or more to convey water
to branches or to a group of fixtures.

A. Service Pipe
B. Fixture Branch
C. Riser (Your Answer)
D. Fixture Supply
Correct

24) TYPE of TRAPS Usedplumbing vent in lavatories, kitchen sinks, laundry

tubs, and urinals. Materials commonly used are nickel, chrome , plated

brass and PVC.

A. P- Trap (Your Answer)

B. Deep Seal P-Trap
C. Stand Trap
D. Running Trap
Correct

25) It is a type of water treatment wherein water is sprayed into the air to
release any trapped gases and absorb additional oxygen for better taste.

A. Coagulation
B. Aeration (Your Answer)
C. Filtration
D. Disinfection
Correct

26) The vertical distance between a fixture outlet tailpiece and the trap weir
can exceed with a minimum of 0.60 m in length.

A. True
B. False (Your Answer)
Correct

27) The physical process in which the sediment particles collide with each
 other and stick together.

A. Ozone
B. Sedimentation
C. Coagulation
D. Flocculation (Your Answer)
Correct

28) It is a rotodynamic pump that uses a rotating impeller to increase the

pressure of a fluid. It is commonly used to move liquids through piping,

A. Reciprocating Pump
B. Centrifugal Pump (Your Answer)
C. Turbine Pump
D. Submersible Pumo
Correct

29) It is a pump used in applications where excess water must pump away
from a particular area.

A. Cesspool
B. Booster Pump
C. Sump Pump (Your Answer)
D. Drain Pump
Correct

30) A waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water. It is built to

catch and store rainwater.

A. Cistern (Your Answer)

B. Tank
C. Water Tank
D. Gravity Supply Tank
Correct

31) Identify the type of VALVEIt is a valve that opens by lifting a round or

rectangular gate/wedge out of the path of the fluid.

A. Check Valve
B. Globe Valve
C. Gate Valve (Your Answer)
D. Angle Valve
Correct

32) Identify the type of VALVEA manually operated valve with its outlet
opening oriented at right angles to its inlet opening, used for regulating the

flow of a fluid in a pipe.

A. Check Valve
 B. Globe Valve
C. Gate Valve
D. Angle Valve (Your Answer)
Correct

33)
Identify the type of VALVE

A. Check Valve
B. Foot Valve (Your Answer)
C. Gate Valve
D. Safety Valve
Correct

34)
Identify the type of VALVE

A. Check Valve
B. Foot Valve
C. Gate Valve
D. Safety Valve (Your Answer)
Correct

35) Identify: It is made to fit into a corresponding open or recessed part.

A. Male Nipple (Your Answer)

B. Female Nipple
C. Increaser
D. Reducer
Correct

36)
IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF FITTING

A. Return Bend (Your Answer)

B. Drop Elbow
C. Tee
D. Wye
Correct
37)

IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF FITTING

A. Return Bend
B. Drop Elbow
C. Tee
D. Wye (Your Answer)
Correct

38) IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF FITTING

A. Drop Elbow
B. Elbow
C. Sweep Fitting (Your Answer)
D. Cross
Correct

39)

IDENTIFY

A. Union
 B. Plug (Your Answer)
C. Cap
D. Reducer
Correct

40) A rubber or metal ring inserted between two mating surfaces to make the

joint watertight.

A. Bell and Spigot

B. Gasket (Your Answer)
C. Cap
D. Loom Bands
Correct

41) The downward slope of a pipe, conduit or channel, expressed either as a

percentage or in inches per foot.

A. Fall (Your Answer)

B. Interval
C. Sump
D. Invert
Correct

42) Liquid sewage that has been treated in a septic tank or in a sewage
treatment plant.

A. Sludge
B. Slurry
C. Effluent (Your Answer)
D. Scum
Correct

43) A sleeve-like device for mixing air with the water flowing from the end

of a spigot.

A. Aerodynamic
B. Washer
C. Aerator (Your Answer)
D. Tap
Correct

44) A bar attached to a wall near a bathtub or shower to provide hand grip for
a person who is bathing.
 A. Railing
B. Hand bar
C. Grab bar (Your Answer)
D. Grip bar
Correct

45) A flow of a liquid opposite to the usual or desired direction.

A. Overflow
B. Backflow (Your Answer)
C. Backwater
D. Reverse
Correct

46) A flushable fixture used by men for urinating.

A. Bidet
B. Sa puno
C. Urinal (Your Answer)
D. Sa pader
Correct

47) A deep sink used in janitorial work.

A. Kitchen sink
B. Sink
C. Laundry tray
D. Slop sink (Your Answer)
Correct

48) The expansion joint of pipe and pipe fittings permitting thermal expansion
occur in a long run of hot water piping.

A. Expansion pipe
B. Expansion bend (Your Answer)
C. Expansion joint
D. Branch
Correct

49) A vertical enclosure with a removable cover providing access to a curb

cock.

A. Curb cock
B. Water box
C. Curb box (Your Answer)
D. Shutoff box
Correct

50) BONUS!Identify what movie! :)

 A. Snow white
B. Sleeping Beauty
C. Cinderella (Your Answer)
D. Frozen

1) Grease can be disposed in the kichen sin

A. Always
B. Never (Your Answer)
C. Sometimes
D. Not Sure
Correct

2) You toliet should be runing all the time?

A. Always
B. Never (Your Answer)
C. Sometimes
D. Not Sure
Correct

3) Teflon tape can be used when leaking oc

A. Tub Spout
 B. Shower valve
C. Drain
D. Shower Head (Your Answer)
Correct

4) Where is the cold water valve located?

A. Left Side
B. Right Side (Your Answer)
C. Center
D. Bottom
Correct

5) What do all toilets have built into them?

A. Anti-Syphon Valve
B. P-Trap (Your Answer)
C. T P valve
D. Shut-Off valve
Correct

6) What can never be re-used when replaci

A. Flange Bolts
B. Wax Ring (Your Answer)
C. Plastic Shims
D. Closet Flange
Correct

7) How many p-traps does a double kitchen

A. One (Your Answer)

B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
Correct

8) What fits between a closet flange and to

A. Spud washer
B. Wax Ring (Your Answer)
C. O-Ring
D. Lock Washer
Correct

9) What type of adhesive is used to caulk a

A. Elmers Glue
 B. Silicone (Your Answer)
C. Solvent Glue
D. JB Weld
Correct

10) PSI is the abbreviation for what?

A. Pressure Side In
B. Pounds per Square Inch (Your Answer)
C. Plumbing Safety Inquiry
D. Pounds per Square Foot
Correct

11) The safety valve on a water heater is call

A. Anti-Syphon valve
B. Shut-off Valve
C. Drain Valve
D. TP valve (Your Answer)
Correct

12) What is used to unclog a toilet?

A. Mechanical Power Auger

B. Closet Auger (Your Answer)
C. Fish Tape
D. Garden Hose

1) The date when the Provincial Water Utilities Act is signed.

A. August 22 1991
B. May 25 1973 (Your Answer)
C. June 27 1970
D. August 22 1955
Correct

2) Fixture UNIT VALUE of a Residential Sink

A. 1
B. 1.5 (Your Answer)
C. 2
D. 3
Correct

3) What is the MAXIMUM number of fixture units that maybe connected

to a 125mm DIAMETER house drain pipe under 3% SLOPE

A. 162
 B. 216 (Your Answer)
C. 264
D. 275
Correct

4) A type of house drain that receives discharges of sanitary waste as well as

storm water. this is the oldest form of house drain and NO longer
permitted.

A. Combined Drain (Your Answer)

B. Storm Drain
C. Industrial Drain
D. Sanitary Drain
Correct

5) An act to regulate the trade of Master Plumber in the Philippines

A. RA 1378 (Your Answer)

B. RA 1364
C. RA 386
D. PD 1067
Correct

6) Not a preferred type of backflow valve, because of its poor performance.

A. Interference Valve
B. Unbalanced Valve (Your Answer)
C. Non-interference Valve
D. Balance Valve
Correct

7) Is a device used in kitchens serving hotels, dining rooms, clubhouses

and restaurants.

A. Yard Catch Basin

B. Grease Basin (Your Answer)
C. Garage Catch Basin
D. Oil Catch Basin
Correct

8) Civil Code of the Philippines

A. RA 1378
B. RA 1364
C. RA 386 (Your Answer)
D. PD 1067
Correct

9) It occurs due to an increased reverse pressure above the supply pressure.

 A. Back Pressure Backflow (Your Answer)
B. Back-Vent Pipe
C. Backflow Connection
D. Back-Siphonage
Correct

10) Provincial Water Utilities Act

A. RA 1378
B. PD 198 (Your Answer)
C. PD 1152
D. PD 1067
Correct

11) Fixture UNIT VALUE of a Laundry Tub

A. 1
B. 1.5
C. 2 (Your Answer)
D. 3
Correct

12) A device or means to prevent flow of liquid from returning to source of

supply. Also called Vacuum Breaker.

A. Back Water Valve

B. Back-Siphonage
C. Backflow Preventer (Your Answer)
D. Back-Vent Pipe
Correct

13) It is not preferred to discharge into the septic tank.

A. Combined Drain
B. Storm Drain (Your Answer)
C. Industrial Drain
D. Sanitary Drain
Correct

14) The date when the Sanitation Code is issued.

A. August 22 1991 (Your Answer)

B. May 25 1973
C. June 27 1956
D. August 22 1955
Correct

15) A piping arrangement in which a drain from a fixture, appliance or

device discharge indirectly into a fixture, receptacle, or interceptor at a
point below the flood level rim of the receptacle so installed as to
 prevent backflow or siphonage.

A. Air Break (Your Answer)

B. Pressure
C. Air Stop
D. Air Gap
Correct

16) Consists of a running trap installed under the basement floor to protect it
from freezing

A. Floor Drain
B. Oversize House Drain
C. Area Drain (Your Answer)
D. Floor Basin
Correct

17) What is the SLOPE of a 125mm DIAMETER house drain pipe with 150
fixture units?

A. 2% (Your Answer)
B. 3%
C. 4%
D. 5%
Correct

18) Sanitary Sewage is also known as

A. Soil
B. Plumbing Waste
C. Domestic Sewage (Your Answer)
D. Pipe Sewage
Correct

19) A condition or any arrangement whereby reverse flow can occur.

A. Backflow Connection (Your Answer)

B. Back-Siphonage
C. Back Pressure Backflow
D. Back-Vent Pipe
Correct

20) A room equipped with a shower stall or bathtub.

A. Bathroom Group
B. Bathroom (Your Answer)
C. Shower room
D. Half Bathroom
Correct
21) Appropriate FITTINGS for a Storm Drain.

A. Wye, 1/8 bend, Long Radius (Your Answer)

B. Tee, 1/8 bend, Long Radius
C. Wye, 1/4 bend, Long Radius
D. Wye, 1/8 bend, Short Radius
Correct

22) A house drain that receives discharges from industrial equipment that
contain some objectionable acid wastes.

A. Combined Drain
B. Storm Drain
C. Industrial Drain (Your Answer)
D. Sanitary Drain
Correct

23) A loop of pipe rising approximately 35 feet, at its top most point above
the highest fixture it supplies.

A. Sanitary Loop
B. Plumbing Loop
C. Barometric Loop (Your Answer)
D. Pipe Pressure Loop
Correct

24) It conveys all storm clear water or surface water waste except sanitary
wastes. it terminates into lakes, rivers, or natural basins.

A. Combined Drain
B. Storm Drain (Your Answer)
C. Industrial Drain
D. Sanitary Drain
Correct

25) A valve opened and closed by the fall and rise respectively, of an
attached ball floating on the surface of the liquid.

A. Ball Valve (Your Answer)

B. Angle Valve
C. Ball Pressure Valve
D. Ball Cup
Incorrect

26) What is the SLOPE of a 100mm DIAMETER house drain pipe with 114
fixture units?

A. 2% (Your Answer)
B. 3%
C. 4% (Correct Answer)
 D. 5%
Discuss this Question
Unanswered

27) Sanitation Code of the Philippines

A. PD 1378
B. PD 856 (Correct Answer)
C. PD 865
D. PD 1067
Unanswered

28) The date when the Sanitary Engineering Law and Plumbing Law are
approved.

A. January 18 1955
B. June 18 1955 (Correct Answer)
C. June 27 1956
D. September 16 1955
Unanswered

29) A room equipped with a only 1 WC and Lavatory

A. Half Bathroom (Correct Answer)

B. Bathroom Group
C. Bathroom
D. Shower room
Unanswered

30) Fixture UNIT VALUE of a Floor Drain

A. 1 (Correct Answer)
B. 1.5
C. 2
D. 3
Unanswered

31) The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between
the outlet of water pipe and the flood level rim of the receptacle into
which it is discharging.

A. Air Break
B. Pressure Gap
C. Air Stop
D. Air Gap (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

32) Water Code of the Philippines

 A. RA 1378
B. RA 1364
C. RA 386
D. PD 1067 (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

33) Fixture UNIT VALUE of a Urinal

A. 3
B. 5 (Correct Answer)
C. 6
D. 8
Unanswered

34) The date when the Water Code is signed.

A. December 20 1971
B. May 25 1973
C. May 25 1975
D. December 31 1976 (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

35) The most preferred type of backflow valve because it has the
characteristics of non-interferences in the movement of air inside the
drainage system.

A. Interference Valve
B. Unbalanced Valve
C. Non-interference Valve
D. Balance Valve (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

36) An act to regulate the practice of Sanitary Engineering in the Philippines

A. RA 1378
B. RA 1364 (Correct Answer)
C. RA 386
D. PD 1067
Unanswered

37) Environment Code of the Philippines

A. RA 1378
B. PD 196
C. PD 1152 (Correct Answer)
D. PD 1067
Unanswered

38) It is that portion of the horizontal drainage system which stars from the
outer surface of the building and terminate at the main sewer in the street
 or septic tank.

A. Soil Drain
B. House Sewer (Correct Answer)
C. House Drain Line
D. Waste Sewer
Unanswered

39) Fixture UNIT VALUE of ONE Bathroom consisting of 1 water closet,

lavatory, bathtub and overhead shower or water closet, lavatory and
shower compartment.

A. 3
B. 5
C. 6
D. 8 (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

40) A portion of the plumbing system that receives discharges of all soil and
waste stacks within the building, and conveys the same to the house sewer.

A. House Drain (Correct Answer)

B. Soil Drain
C. Waste Drain
D. Main Drain
Unanswered

41) What is the MAXIMUM number of fixture units that maybe connected
to a 75mm DIAMETER house drain pipe under 4% SLOPE

A. 18
B. 21 (Correct Answer)
C. 25
D. 34
Unanswered

42) The date when the Philippine Environment Code is signed.

A. August 20 1971
B. May 25 1973
C. June 6 1977 (Correct Answer)
D. June 22 1975
Unanswered

43) What is the SLOPE of a 100mm DIAMETER house drain pipe with 100
fixture units?

A. 2%
B. 3%
C. 4% (Correct Answer)
 D. 5%
Unanswered

44) What is the MAXIMUM number of fixture units that maybe connected to
a 75mm DIAMETER house drain pipe under 2% SLOPE

A. 18 (Correct Answer)
B. 21
C. 25
D. 34
Unanswered

45) What is the SLOPE of a 125mm DIAMETER house drain pipe with 203
fixture units?

A. 2%
B. 3% (Correct Answer)
C. 4%
D. 5%
Unanswered

46) What is the SLOPE of a 100mm DIAMETER house drain pipe with 85
fixture units?

A. 2%
B. 3% (Correct Answer)
C. 4%
D. 5%
Unanswered

47) Fixture UNIT VALUE for every 15 square foot of roof drain

A. 1 (Correct Answer)
B. 1.5
C. 2
D. 3
Unanswered

48) It collects water coming from the downspout leading the accumulated
water away from the house at a relatively low rate of flow.

A. Overhead Storm Drain

B. Roof Leader
C. Splash Pan (Correct Answer)
D. Inside Storm Drain
Unanswered

49) Is a device designed to convey wastes from garage, wash rack, grease
pits and repair floors into the house drain.
 A. Yard Catch Basin
B. Grease Basin
C. Garage Catch Basin (Correct Answer)
D. Catch Basin
Unanswered

50) A flange that closes the end of a pipe. There is no opening for the passage
of air or liquid.

A. Pipe Flange
B. Reverse Flange
C. Closed Flange
D. Blind Flange (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

51) What is the MAXIMUM number of fixture units that maybe connected
to a 100mm DIAMETER house drain pipe under 2% SLOPE

A. 81
B. 84 (Correct Answer)
C. 90
D. 96
Unanswered

52) Reduces the action scouring action in the pipe, thus the solid waste are
carried along the bottom of the pipe.

A. House Drain
B. Oversize House Drain (Correct Answer)
C. Floor Drain
D. Catch Basin
Unanswered

53) A sink designed primarily to receive wastes from bedpans and having a
flush rim, an integral trap with a visible trap seal, and the same flushing
and cleansing characteristics as a water closet.

A. Blow-off Sink
B. Bidet Sink
C. Clinic Sink (Correct Answer)
D. Sanitary Sink
Unanswered

54) It is adopted when the street drainage is higher in elevation than the
basement floor of the building.

A. Overhead Storm Drain (Correct Answer)

B. Outside Storm Drain
C. Splash Pan
D. Inside Storm Drain
Unanswered
55) It is a device installed in a house drain immediately inside the
foundation wall of the building.

A. Soil Trap
B. Main Trap
C. House Trap (Correct Answer)
D. Waste Trap
Unanswered

56) Fixture UNIT VALUE of a Water Closet

A. 3
B. 5
C. 6 (Correct Answer)
D. 8
Unanswered

57) Fixture UNIT VALUE of a Shower Bath

A. 1
B. 1.5
C. 2 (Correct Answer)
D. 3
Unanswered

58) Is a device used in a drainage system to prevent the reversal of flow

A. Suppression Valve
B. Return Valve
C. Backflow Valve (Correct Answer)
D. Pressure Valve
Unanswered

59) Fixture UNIT VALUE of a Bathtub

A. 1
B. 1.5
C. 2 (Correct Answer)
D. 3
Unanswered

60) A device installed in a drainage system to prevent reverse flow

A. Back Water Valve (Correct Answer)

B. Back-Siphonage
C. Backflow Preventer
D. Back-Vent Pipe
Unanswered
61) What is the MAXIMUM number of fixture units that maybe connected
to a 125mm DIAMETER house drain pipe under 4% SLOPE

A. 162
B. 216
C. 264 (Correct Answer)
D. 275
Unanswered

62) The House Drain should be sized correctly to have a flow of about ___ of
the pipe diameter.

A. 45%
B. 50% (Correct Answer)
C. 55%
D. 60%
Unanswered

63) Fixture UNIT VALUE of a Slop Sink

A. 1
B. 1.5
C. 2
D. 3 (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

64) A type of pipe connection in which a ball-shaped end is held in a cuplike

shell and allows movement in any direction.

A. Ball Valve
B. Ball Cock
C. Ball Joint (Correct Answer)
D. Ball Cup
Unanswered

65) A part of the vent line, which connects directly with an individual trap
underneath or behind the fixture and extends to the branch or main vent
pipe at any point higher than fixture or fixture traps it serves.

A. Backflow Connection
B. Back-Siphonage
C. Back Pressure Backflow
D. Back-Vent Pipe (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

66) Fixture UNIT VALUE of a Public or Hotel Sink

A. 1
B. 1.5
C. 2 (Correct Answer)
 D. 3
Unanswered

67) It is also known as the COLLECTION LINE of a Plumbing System

A. House Drain (Correct Answer)

B. Soil Drain
C. Waste Drain
D. Main Drain
Unanswered

68) Fixture UNIT VALUE of a Combination Fixture

A. 3 (Correct Answer)
B. 5
C. 6
D. 8
Unanswered

69) Storm Drain is installed provided a slope of NOT MORE THAN ______
PER METER RUN.

A. 0.5 %
B. 1 %
C. 1.5 %
D. 2 % (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

70) What is the MAXIMUM number of fixture units that maybe connected to
a 100mm DIAMETER house drain pipe under 3% SLOPE

A. 84
B. 90
C. 96 (Correct Answer)
D. 114
Unanswered

71) Fixture UNIT VALUE of a Kitchen Sink

A. 1
B. 1.5
C. 2 (Correct Answer)
D. 3
Unanswered

72) It is popularly known as water conductor or downspout.

A. Overhead Storm Drain

B. Roof Leader (Correct Answer)
C. Splash Pan
 D. Inside Storm Drain
Unanswered

73) It is installed outside the foundation wall of the building.

A. Overhead Storm Drain

B. Outside Storm Drain (Correct Answer)
C. Splash Pan
D. Inside Storm Drain
Unanswered

74) It is sometimes located under the basement floor or within the walls of the
buildings.

A. Overhead Storm Drain

B. Outside Storm Drain
C. Splash Pan
D. Inside Storm Drain (Correct Answer)
Unanswered

75) A group of fixtures consisting 1WC, 1 or 2 Lavatory, Bathtub

Bath/Shower, Shower, Urinal or Bidet, Emergency Floor Drain.

A. Half Bathroom
B. Bathroom Group (Correct Answer)
C. Bathroom
D. Shower room
Unanswered

76) Is a receptacle used to catch surface water drained from cemented courts,
driveways, and yards.

A. Yard Catch Basin (Correct Answer)

B. Yard Drain
C. Garage Catch Basin
D. Exterior Basin
Unanswered

77) The flowing back of used, contaminated or polluted water from

plumbing fixture or vessel into a water supply pipe due to negative
pressure in such pipe.

A. Backflow Connection
B. Back-Siphonage (Correct Answer)
C. Back Pressure Backflow
D. Back-Vent Pipe
Unanswered

78) It is a receptacle used to receive water to be drained from the floor into the
plumbing system.
 A. House Drain
B. Oversize House Drain
C. Floor Drain (Correct Answer)
D. Catch Basin
Unanswered

79) A plumbing fixture used for washing the middle private part of the
body, especially the genitals.

A. Ball Faucet
B. Water Hose
C. Bidet (Correct Answer)
D. Mini Shower
Unanswered

80) A type of house drain that receives the discharge of sanitary and
domestic wastes only. the waste is conveyed on a septic tank or public
sewer.

A. Combined Drain
B. Storm Drain
C. Industrial Drain
D. Sanitary Drain (Correct Answer)
1) The International Code Council, Inc. sponsors the_______.

A. A. Internationational Plumbing Code

B. B. Uniform Plumbing Code
C. C. International Building Code (Your Answer)
D. D. National Plumbing Code
Correct

2) A plumber should be skilled in_________.

A. A. woodworking and caulking (Your Answer)

B. B. soldering and brazing
C. C. metal working
D. D. all of the above
Correct

3) The subsystems of plumbing are water supply and__________.

A. A. DWV
B. B. PVC
C. C. HVAC
D. D. VP & W (Your Answer)
Correct

4) Measurements made in plumbing work must be accurate to_________.

 A. A. within an inch
B. B. within a millimeter (Your Answer)
C. C. thousandths of an inch
D. D. fractions of an inch
Correct

5) Removing burrs from the inside of a cut pipe end is called

A. A. feathering (Your Answer)

B. B. reaming
C. C. Smoothing
D. D. beveling
Correct

6) Sinks, bathtubs, lavatories, stools, and other water-using devices qare

referred to as plumbing__________.

A. A. ceramic ware
B. B. fixtures
C. C. supplies (Your Answer)
D. D. appliances
Correct

7) Which of the following is not a timpe of pipe drawing?

A. A. Riser diagram.
B. B. Plan view sketch. (Your Answer)
C. C. Elevation drawing.
D. D. Isometric sketch.
Correct

8) To avoid crimping copper tubing, a ________should be used for bending.

A. A. conduit bender
B. B. flaring tool
C. C. hickey (Your Answer)
D. D. tubing sping
Correct

9) _________is the cutting medium in the rotary method of well drilling.

A. A. Water
B. B. Vanadium steel (Your Answer)
C. C. A synthetic abrasive
D. D. Sand
 Correct

10) A device called a _________may be used to dislodge material clogging

a drain.

A. A. probe
B. B. wire weasel
C. C. drain venter
D. D. snake (Your Answer)
1) What fitting is required to join copper with galvanized pipe?

A. Adaptor
B. Coupling
C. Dialectric Union (Your Answer)
D. Solder Joint
E. None of the above
Correct

2) What is the diameter of a lavatory tailpiece?

A. 1 1/4" (Your Answer)

B. 1 1/2"
C. 1 3/4"
D. 2"
E. None of the above
Correct

3) What size of P-Trap is required for a kitchen sink?

A. 1"
B. 1 1/4"
C. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)
D. 1 3/4"
E. None of the above
Correct

4) What is the name of the fitting that connects the P-Trap to the drain?

A. Union
B. Coupling
C. Trap Adaptor (Your Answer)
D. Clamp
E. None of the above
Correct

5) Name the trap assembly used when the drain is centered under one
bowl of the kitchen sink.

A. Center Outlet Continuous Waste

B. End Outlet Continuous Waste (Your Answer)
 C. Under-the- Sink Assembly
D. Single Trap Assembly
E. None of the above
Correct

6) What prevents gases from entering a home or building?

A. Back Flow Preventer

B. Anti-Syphon Valve
C. P-Trap (Your Answer)
D. Atmospheric Pressure
E. None of the above
Correct

7) What is the minimum size drain for a water closet?

A. 1 1/2"
B. 2"
C. 3" (Your Answer)
D. 4"
E. None of the above
Correct

8) What size of drain is required for a combination tub/shower?

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 2"
C. 3"
D. 4"
E. None of the above
Correct

9) What size of drain is required for a shower stall?

A. 1 1/2"
B. 2" (Your Answer)
C. 3"
D. 4"
E. None of the above
Correct

10) What size of drain is required for a washing machine?

A. 1 1/2"
B. 2 " (Your Answer)
C. 3"
D. 4"
E. None of the above
1) The toothed portion of the threshold plate at both ends of an escalator or
moving walk, designed to mesh with the groove surface of the moving
steps or tradeway. (ME 013)

A. A. combplate (Your Answer)

B. B. track
C. C. newel
Correct

2) What is the standard length of steel conduits? (CDEP IV-23)

A. A. 5 ft.
B. B. 10ft. (Your Answer)
C. C. 15 ft.
Correct

3) It is expressed as the temperature difference required to cause heat flow

through a unit area of material of given thickness at the rate of one heat
per unit time. (ME 039)

A. A. thermal transmittance
B. B. U-value
C. C. thermal resistance (Your Answer)
Correct

4) A safety device of a passenger elevator which reduces the collision shock

of a car or counterweight due to over travel beyond the lowest stop. This
device stops the car or counterweight safely. (CDEP IV-57)

A. A. fascia plate
B. B. limit switch
C. C. buffer (Your Answer)
Correct

5) A type of urinal with a perforated water filled pipe & with drains at the
floor level and traps underground.

A. A. stall
B. B. pedestal
C. C. through (Your Answer)
Correct

6) An empirically determined index, which combines into a single value the

effect of temperature, humidity and air movement on the sensation of
warmth or cold felt by the human body. The numerical value is that of the
temperature of still saturated air which could induce an identical sensation.
(ME 030)

A. A. Design Work Pressure

B. B. Effective Pressure
C. C. Effective Temperature (Your Answer)
Correct

7) Which of the following is not generally describes a vitrified clay pipe?

A. A. One of the oldest materials used for sewer line

B. B. Highly resistant to most acids
C. C. Cheapest
D. E. None of the above (Your Answer)
Correct

8) A condition resulting from bridging any part of a circuit with a conductor

of a very low resistance. (CDEP IV-6)

A. A. Branch circuit
B. B. open circuit
C. C. short circuit (Your Answer)
Correct

9) A metallic sleeve caulked or joined to an opening in a pipe into which a

plug is screwed that can be removed for cleaning or examining the
interior of the pipe.

A. A. spigot
B. B. ferrule (Your Answer)
C. C. manhole
Correct

10) 1. Any detector signals off-site security company that notifies public
safety, owner, etc; (graphic standards by ramsey pg.653)

A. A. Local alarm
B. B. Central station alarm (Your Answer)
C. C. Proprietary control system
Correct

11) Where buildings exceed 15.00 meters in height, overhead lines shall be
arranged where practicable so that clear space or zone at least
_________ meters (horizontal will be left adjacent to the building or
beginning no over _________ meters (horizontal from the building, to
facilitate the raising of ladders where necessary for fire fighting. (NBC
p. 211)

A. A. 1.85 m. / 2.40 m
B. B. 1.65 m. / 2.60 m
C. C. 1.80 m. / 2.45 m. (Your Answer)
Correct

12) What is the color coding for piping of Steam division? (CDEP IV-53)

A. A. yellow
B. B. white (Your Answer)
 C. C. blue
Correct

13) What type of wire or cable with specifications as underground service

entrance cable single conductor with operating temperature of 75
degrees centigrade; a single or multi conductor assembly provided with
or without an overall covering primarily used for service wire. (CDEP
IV-21)

A. A. UF
B. D. XHHW d. XHHW d. XHHW d. XHHW b. THWN
C. C. USE (Your Answer)
Correct

14) A pipe or tubing that connects the outlets of a plumbing fixture to the trap.

A. A. trap pipe
B. C. tail piece (Your Answer)
C. C. tube
Correct

15) Sound that exists within a limited frequency range, between a lower set
frequency and a set upper frequency. The difference between the lower
and upper frequency is specified to be equal to the lower frequency. The
octave sequence for the note "C" starts at 31 Hz and continues thru 63
Hz, 125 Hz, 250 Hz, 500 Hz, 1k Hz, 2k Hz, 4k Hz, 8k Hz and ends at
16k Hz. (k = thousand). (LA 010) (Sound Acoustics Terminology)

A. A. pitch
B. B. octave (Your Answer)
C. C. band
Correct

16) Service drop conductors of 300 volts or less which do not pass over other
than a maximum of 1.20 meters of the overhang portion of the roof for the
purpose of terminating at a through-the-roof service raceway or approved
support may be maintained at a minimum of ____________ from ay
portion of the roof over which they pass. (NBC p.212)

A. A. 500 mm (Your Answer)

B. B. 600 mm
C. C. 1000 mm
Correct

17) What is the maximum size of cleanout (mm) if has front clearance of not
less than 305 mm?

A. A. 1.8 m
B. B. 1.5 m
C. C. 0.51 (Your Answer)
Correct
18) A dry-pipe sprinkler system through which after flow is controlled by a
valve operated by fire detection devices more sensitive than those in the
sprinkler heads. It is used when an accidental discharge would damage
valuable materials. (ME 066)

A. A. preaction system (Your Answer)

B. B. dry-pipe system
C. C. deludge system
Incorrect

19) A type of Alternating current generated by the alternator where its wave
rises to a peak, sinks to zero, drops to a negative peak, and rises again to
zero a number of times each second, depending on the frequency for
which the machine is designed. (EL 003)

A. Metal clad cable type MC

B. B. Armored cable type ACL (Correct Answer)
C. C. Mineral insulated cable type MI (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct

20) The minimum inside diameter for electrical wire conduits as per
Philippine Electrical Code:

A. A. 3/8” dia.
B. B. ½” dia. (Your Answer)
C. C. 1-1/4” dia
Incorrect

21) 1. The recessed fluorescent luminaire is usually designed to fit into

a standard ceiling grid. A transparent, prismatic lens usually
encloses the fixture and directs useful light to the work surfaces;
(graphic standards by ramsey pg.649)

A. A. Adjustable washer
B. B. Open reflector downlight (Your Answer)
C. C. Narrow reflector unit
D. D. Recessed unit with prismatic lens (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct

22) Clearance of electric service drop from above ground at its point of
attachment to the building or pedestal shall be not less than: (NBC p. 212)

A. A. 2.50 m
B. B. 2.80 m.
C. D. 3.00 m. (Your Answer)
Incorrect
23) Mid frequency unit used in acoustical design of theaters. (MIT Notes)

A. A. 130 Hz
B. B. 60 Hz (Your Answer)
C. C. 500 Hz (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
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24) What is the minimum branch circuit rating for household ranges and
cooking appliances? (CDEP Lectures)

A. A. 30 amperes (Correct Answer)

B. B. 40 amperes
C. C. 50 amperes (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct

25) Where a machine room or penthouse is provided at the top of a hoist

way, it shall be constructed with sufficient room for repair and
inspection. Access shall be by means of an iron ladder or stairs when the
room is more than _______ millimeters above the adjacent floor or roof
surface. (NBC 218)

A. A. 500 mm (Your Answer)

B. B. 600 mm
C. C. 700 mm
Correct

26) What mechanical equipment, coupled with a central air-conditioning

system is used to dehumidify and cool the air stream injected into the
conditioned space?

A. A. chiller unit
B. B. air handling unit (Your Answer)
C. C. fan coil unit
Correct

27) . It is a joint for soft copper water tubing that shall be made with fittings
meeting approved standards.

A. A. burned lead joints

B. B. flared joint (Your Answer)
C. C. asbestos cement sewer pipe joint
Correct

28) A cylindrical trap closed on the bottom and having a cover plate for
access, usually installed in the drain line from a bath tub.

A. A. air trap
B. B. drum trap (Your Answer)
 C. C. sewage trap
Incorrect

29) A system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into the
space to be ventilated from a chamber at a pressure slightly higher than
atmospheric pressure, so as to expel stale air. (ME 048)

A. A. cross-ventilation (Your Answer)

B. B. centrifugal ventilation
C. D. plenum ventilation (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct

30) How many water closets for male are required for a restaurant with a
capacity of 275 persons?

A. A. 1
B. B. 2
C. C. 3 (Your Answer)
Incorrect

31) A unit for measuring the apparent loudness of a sound, judge by a group
of listeners to be equal to the loudness of a 1000 hertz reference sound
judge by a group of listeners to be equal in loudness to the given sound.
(LA 011)

A. A. metric sabin
B. B. resonance (Your Answer)
C. C. sone (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
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32) A measure of the efficiency of a material in absorbing sound at a

specified frequency, equal to the fractional part of the incident sound
energy at that frequency absorbed by the material. (LA 013)

A. A. Absorption coefficient (Correct Answer)

B. B. noise criteria curve
C. C. noise reduction coefficient (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct

33) A flexible, non metallic, fire-resistant tubing for conductors in knob-

and-tube wiring. (EL 005)

A. A. cord
B. B. loom (Your Answer)
C. C. connector
Correct
34) What is the grease retention capacity if the total no. of fixture connected is
3?

A. A. 31 kg
B. B. 32 kg (Your Answer)
C. C. 33 kg
Correct

35) A rise in temperature occurring without the addition or removal of heat,

as when excess water vapor in the air condenses and the latent heat of
vaporization of water vapor is converted to sensible heat in the air. (ME
041)

A. A. radiant heating
B. B. adiabatic heating (Your Answer)
C. C. enthalpy
Incorrect

36) A measure of the efficiency of a material in absorbing sound at a

specified frequency, equal to the fractional part of the incident sound
energy at that frequency absorbed by the material. (LA 013)

A. A. Absorption coefficient (Correct Answer)

B. B. noise criteria curve (Your Answer)
C. C. noise reduction coefficient
Discuss this Question
Correct

37) How many urinals would be needed for an auditorium with a capacity of
500 persons?

A. A. 4 (Your Answer)
B. B. 5
C. C. 6
Correct

38) A terminal unit which primarily air draws in room air through a filter and
the mixture passes over coils that are either heated or chilled by secondary
water from a boiler or chilled water plant. (ME 047)

A. A. conduction unit
B. B. filter unit
C. C. induction unit (Your Answer)
Incorrect

39) The process of defining the desirable condition of sound in an acoustic

space. It integrates the direct, early and late reflections with the
reverberation, including a sense of timing and direction for each into an
appropriate and desirable acoustic condition for the listener. It combines
both the art and science of sound. It requires an understanding of the
 purpose to be served by each acoustic space. As an art form, it
recognizes the aesthetic side of sound, the impression that most people
prefer to have of each particular type of sound that exists in some
particular place. As a science, it is based on psychoacoustics. (Sound
Acoustics Terminology)

A. A. voicing (Correct Answer)

B. B. waving
C. C. articulating (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct

40) A type of Alternating current generated by the alternator where its wave
rises to a peak, sinks to zero, drops to a negative peak, and rises again to
zero a number of times each second, depending on the frequency for
which the machine is designed. (EL 003)

A. A. Two phase
B. B. Three phase
C. C. Single phase (Your Answer)
Incorrect

41) 1. These devices operates either at microwave frequencies or at

ultrasonic frequencies, detect motion in the protected area by the
Doppler effect; (mech&elec eqmt for bldg by stein pg.1197)

A. A. Motion detectors (Correct Answer)

B. B. Mechanical Motion Detectors
C. C. Photoelectric Devices (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
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42) A factory assembled conductors insulated with a highly compressed

refractory mineral insulation enclosed in a liquid and gas tight continuous
copper sheath. To maintain its integrity termination are made with
compression rings, glands and sealing compounds. (CDEP IV-20)

A. A. Metal clad cable type MC

B. B. Armored cable type ACL (Your Answer)
C. D. Mineral insulated cable type MI (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
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43) The clarity of a sound, particularly a message conveyed by sound, such

that it can be easily and completely understood. A slurred sound may be
well heard but the message it carries may still not be well understood, it
is inarticulate. Also, a clear and distinct sound may be drowned out by a
nearby louder noise, rendering the message not understandable,
inarticulate. Echoes also cause articulation problems. Articulation is
most often measured in some form of a desired signal to unwanted
 noise ratio. (Sound Acoustics Terminology)

A. A. Intelligibility
B. B. Lively (Your Answer)
C. C. Articulation (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
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44) An engine or motor operated by steam, gas, air, electricity, liquid or

gaseous fuels, liquids in motion or other forms of energy whose main
function is to drive or operate, either directly of indirectly, other
mechanical equipment. (CDEP IV -51

A. A. prime mover (Your Answer)

B. B. unfired pressure vessel
C. C. process machine
Correct

45) . The maximum developed length of the trap arm of a water closet or
similar fixture shall not exceed to _______.

A. A. 1.8 m (Your Answer)

B. B. 1.5 m
C. C. 0.60
Incorrect

46) A dry-pipe sprinkler system through which after flow is controlled by a

valve operated by fire detection devices more sensitive than those in the
sprinkler heads. It is used when an accidental discharge would damage
valuable materials. (ME 066)

A. a. preaction system (Correct Answer)

B. B. dry-pipe system (Your Answer)
C. C. deludge system
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

47) A device that is basically a double throw switch of generally 3-pole

connection that will automatically transfer the power from the standby
generator to the building circuitry during the electrical power failure.
(C)

A. A. Brown-out Control Switch (BSS)

B. B. Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) (Correct Answer)
C. C. Single Throw Switch (STS (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
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48) The minimum allowable clearance from the highest point of the roof to the
 service drop conductor as per National building code: (NBC p. 212)

A. A. 2.50 m. (Your Answer)

B. B. 3.00 m.
C. C. 2.00 m
Incorrect

49) 1. Under electric services by co-generation, a more complex

arrangement, the utility may provide a portion of the
community's electric at some times, while at other times co-
generated electricity is sold to the utility when the demand for
thermal energy results in more electricity being produced than
the community can use; (graphic standards by ramsey pg.636)

A. A. Stand alone system (Your Answer)

B. B. Utility backup system
C. C. Buy/sell system (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
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50) A preformed, non-structural insulating board of foamed plastic or cellular

glass. Its insulation having closed-cell structures, as extruded polystyrene
and cellular glass, are moisture resistant and may be used with contact
with the earth. (ME 040)

A. A. batt insulation
B. B. loose-fill insulation (Your Answer)
C. C. rigid board insulation (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
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51) The liquid and water-borne wastes derived from the ordinary living
processes, free from industrial waste and of such character that permit
satisfactory disposal with out special treatment.

A. A. drain waste
B. B. domestic sewage (Correct Answer)
C. C. waste water (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
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52) The transfer of heat by the circulatory motion of the heated parts of a
liquid or gas owing to a variation in density and the action of gravity.
(ME 039)

A. A. conduction
B. B. transmittance (Your Answer)
C. C. convection (Correct Answer)
 Discuss this Question
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53) A unit of heat equal to the quantity of heat required to raise the
temperature of one kilogram of water 1 degree Celsius at a pressure to
one atmosphere, equivalent to 1000 small calories. (ME 038)

A. A. calorie (Your Answer)

B. B. large calorie
C. C. therm
Correct

54) It is a type of reciprocating pump that has a steam cylinder with no lap on
valves, a water cylinder and a common piston rod. As there is no lap, the
steam is admitted throughout the length of the stoke, hence the pressure
volume diagram of the steam end is rectangle. (ME 075)

A. A. Power driven pump

B. B. Crank Reciprocating Pump
C. D. Direct Acting Steam Pump (Your Answer)
Incorrect

55) The fire-resistance rating of a hoistway opening protective assemblies

other than elevator entrances shall be not less than _____________ as
determined with test conducted in the accordance with ANSI/ASME
E152 Methods of fire tests of door Assemblies. (ME 008)

A. A. 2 hours
B. B. 1 ½ hours (Correct Answer)
C. C. 1 hour (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

56) What type of wire or cable with specification as Polyethylene insulated

weather resistant wire with an operating temperature of 75 degrees
centigrade? (EL 023)

A. A. Aluminum line wire (Correct Answer)

B. B. High temperature wire (Your Answer)
C. C. Bare Copper wire and stranded
Discuss this Question
Incorrect

57) A system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into the
space to be ventilated from a chamber at a pressure slightly higher than
atmospheric pressure, so as to expel stale air. (ME 048)

A. A. plenum ventilation (Correct Answer)

B. B. chamber ventilation (Your Answer)
 C. . mechanical ventilation
Discuss this Question
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58) What is the minimum width between balustrades of an escalator according

to the mechanical provision of the National Building Code of the
Philippines? (NBC 218)

A. A. 560mm (Your Answer)

B. B. 550mm
C. C. 720mm
Correct

59) What is the minimum trap diameter (mm) for laundry tubs?

A. A. 51
B. B. 76
C. D. 38 (Your Answer)
Correct

60) A flange that closes the end of a pipe. There is no opening for the passage
of liquid gas.

A. A. blank flange
B. B. blow flange
C. C. blind flange (Your Answer)
Correct

61) Classification for A fire assembly having a 1-hour or 1/12-hour fire-

resistance rating for protecting openings in 1-hour or 2-hour fire
separation, exit stairway and vertical shafts. (ME 065)

A. A. Class A
B. B. Class B (Your Answer)
C. C. Class C
Correct

62) A layer of sewage mater that rises to the surface of the sewage in a septic
tank

A. A. sludge
B. B. grease
C. C. scum (Your Answer)
Correct

63) What is the minimum height above floor level if the window type air
conditioners shall be provided with exhaust ducts if the exhaust is
discharged into corridors/ hallways/ arcades/ sidewalks, etc…? (NBC
220)
 A. A. 2.10 m (Your Answer)
B. B. 2.20 m
C. C. 2.30 m
Correct

64) A single number rating of the performance of a building material or

construction assembly in preventing the transmission of airborne sound,
derived by comparing the laboratory TL test curve for the material or
assembly to a standard frequency curve. (LA 014)

A. A. impact insulation class (Your Answer)

B. B. airborne sound transmission
C. C. sound transmission class
Correct

65) It is a switch in which a hinge copper blade is placed between two

contact clips. (EL 005)

A. A. float switch
B. B. toggle switch
C. C. knife switch (Your Answer)
Incorrect

66) 1. Under signal system, these devices are very sensitive and can be
activated by sonic booms, wind, and even a heavy truck passing
by, any appreciable motion of the surface on which the device is
placed will cause the contacts to make momentarily, turning in an
alarm; (mech&elec eqmt for bldg by stein pg.1197)

A. A. Multiple Security Scanning (MSS) device

B. B. Passive Infrared (PIR) presences detector (Your Answer)
C. C. Mechanical Motion Detectors (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct

67) A valve outlet of a boiler that permits discharge of accumulated

sediment.

A. A. Blow-off
B. B. blow valve
C. C. boiler blow-off (Your Answer)
Correct

68) The higher the impact insulation class rating, the less effective is the
construction in isolating impact noise. The IIC rating replaces the
previously used Impact Noise Rating and is approximately greater to the
INR rating + 51 db for a given construction. (LA 014)

A. A. true
B. B. false (Your Answer)
 C. C. maybe
Incorrect

69) What type of wire or cable with specification as building wire for wet
and dry locations with an operating temperature of 75 degrees
centigrade? (EL 023)

A. A. THW-oil
B. B. XHHW (Your Answer)
C. C. USE (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct

70) It is a type of steel conduit that has a thickness of 0.071mm? (CDEP IV-
22)

A. A. Intermediate Metal Conduit (IMC) (Your Answer)

B. B. None of these
C. C. Rigid Steel Conduit (RSC)
Correct

71) What is the minimum required vertical clearance of an overhead service

drop measured from the ground over residential and commercial
properties and driveways not subjected to truck traffic over 600 volts to
ground? (Phil. Electrical Code)

A. A. 4500 mm
B. B. 4800 mm
C. C. 5500 mm (Your Answer)
Incorrect

72) A type of alternating current where the alternator comprises three

armature windings set at 120 degrees to each other, current will be
produced in the form of triple wave: (EL 003)

A. A. Three phase (Correct Answer)

B. B. Two phase (Your Answer)
C. D. Single phase
Discuss this Question
Correct

73) It is a switch in which a lever or knob, moving through a small arc,

causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit. (EL 005A /
CDEP IV-24)

A. A. float switch
B. B. toggle switch (Your Answer)
C. C. knife switch
Correct
74) In refrigerating systems containing more than _____________, stop valves
shall be installed in inlets and outlets of compressors, outlets of liquid
receivers, and in liquid and suction branch headers. (NBC 220)

A. A. 7 kilograms
B. B. 8 kilograms
C. C. 9 kilograms (Your Answer)
Correct

75) What is the minimum size of trap of a bidet?

A. A. 3”
B. B. 2”
C. C. 2 ½”
D. E. none of the above (Your Answer)
Correct

76) Which of the following is NOT a description of a downfeed and gravity

return system?

A. A. Hot water rises on the highest point of the plumbing system and
travels to the fixturea. Hot water rises on the highest point of the
plumbing system and travels to the fixture by gravity.
B. B. Overhead feed and gravity system
C. C. With a continuing network of pipes to provide a constant circulation
of water.(Your Answer)
Correct

77) A rubber or plastic washer inserted in a hole in a metal part to prevent

grounding of a wire passing through the hole. (EL 005)

A. A. insulator
B. B. shield
C. D. grommet (Your Answer)
Incorrect

78) The toothed portion of the threshold plate at both ends of an escalator or
moving walk, designed to mesh with the groove surface of the moving
steps or tradeway. (ME 013)

A. A. combplate (Correct Answer)

B. B. track (Your Answer)
C. C. newel
Discuss this Question
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79) No parts of the swimming and wading pools shall be placed under
existing service drop conductors or any other overhead wiring; nor shall
such wiring be installed above the following except: (NBC p.212)
 A. A. none of the above
B. B. diving structures
C. C. balconies and area readily accessible (Your Answer)
Incorrect

80) An air-conditioning system in which high velocity ducts supply

conditioned air from a central plant to each zone where it mixes with
room air and is further heated or cooled in an induction or fan-coil unit.
(ME 047)

A. A. dual-duct system
B. B. all-water system (Your Answer)
C. C. air-water system (Correct Answer)
Discuss this Question
Correct

81) What is the minimum width between balustrades of an escalator

according to the mechanical provision of the National Building Code of
the Philippines? (NBC 218)

A. A. 560mm (Your Answer)

B. B. 550mm
C. C. 720mm
Correct

82) What is the ratio pf water closet for dormitories (male)?

A. A. 1:8 (Your Answer)

B. B. 1:10
C. C. 1:5
Correct

83) A safety device for preventing the operation of an elevator car unless its
door or gate is fully closed. (ME 013)

A. A. door interlock
B. B. gate lock
C. C. door contact (Your Answer)
Correct

84) A fire involving flammable liquid , as gasoline, oil, and grease, which
must be extinguished by excluding air and inhibiting the release of
combustible vapors. (ME 066)

A. A. Class A fire
B. B. Class B fire (Your Answer)
C. C. Class C fire
Correct

85) What is the minimum height above floor level if the window type air
 conditioners shall be provided with exhaust ducts if the exhaust is
discharged into corridors/ hallways/ arcades/ sidewalks, etc…? (NBC
220)

A. A. 2.10 m (Your Answer)

B. B. 2.20 m
C. C. 2.30 m
Incorrect

86) A measure of the clarity of sound based on the comprehension of the

message being conveyed by sound. A "cat, bat, tat, rat... type of
recognition test. The conversational version of Articulation. (Sound
Acoustics Terminology)

A. A. Intelligibility (Correct Answer)

B. B. Lively
C. C. Articulation (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
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87) The materials widely used as an insulation covering in electric cables

which are made of metal and phenollic compound. (CDEP IV-25)

A. A. Bakelite (Your Answer)

B. B. Mica
C. C. Polyester nylon
Correct

88) 1. An asymmetrical distribution of light and normally allows for

adjustments in the lamp position. Used in gallery and other small
areas; (graphic standards by ramsey pg.649)

A. A. Accent light with adjustable reflector lamp (Your Answer)

B. B. Downlight with reflector lamp
C. C. Downlight with elliptical lamp
Correct

89) An empirically determined index, which combines into a single value

the effect of temperature, humidity and air movement on the sensation
of warmth or cold felt by the human body. The numerical value is that
of the temperature of still saturated air which could induce an identical
sensation. (ME 030)

A. A. Design Work Pressure

B. B. Effective Pressure
C. C. Effective Temperature (Your Answer)
Correct

90) Type of flexible cable which is fabricated assembly of insulated

conductors in a flexible metal sheath: (CDEP IV-20)
 A. A. Metal clad cable type MC
B. B. None of these
C. C. Armored cable type AC (Your Answer)
Correct

91) In refrigerating systems containing more than _____________, stop

valves shall be installed in inlets and outlets of compressors, outlets of
liquid receivers, and in liquid and suction branch headers. (NBC 220)

A. A. 7 kilograms
B. B. 8 kilograms
C. D. 9 kilograms (Your Answer)
Correct

92) What is the other term for distribution panel? (EL

A. A. None of these
B. B. Electrical Box
C. C. Power Panel (Your Answer)
Incorrect

93) . A new air-conditioning system which answers the need to respond to

changes in room cooling capacities of controlling air flow. (CDEP IV-
46)

A. A. VAV
B. B. VRV (Correct Answer)
C. C. Split type (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
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94) Specification on the electric wire XHHW refers to: (EL 024 / CDEP VI-
22)

A. A. Moisture and Heat Resistant Thermoplastic (Your Answer)

B. B. Moisture and Heat Resistant Cross Linked Thermosetting
Polyethylene(Correct Answer)
C. C. Moisture and Heat Resistant Rubber
Discuss this Question
Correct

95) What is the minimum size of vent piping?

A. A. 25 mm
B. B. 38 mm
C. D. 32 mm (Your Answer)
Correct

96) It is a pipe installed in buildings not as part of the water supply or waste
 disposal system but primarily for use as water conveyance in case of fire.

A. A. dry standpipe
B. B. standpipe (Your Answer)
C. C. wet standpipe
Correct

97) What is the color coding for piping of Pneumatic Division? (CDEP IV-
13)

A. A. yellow
B. B. white
C. C. gray (Your Answer)
Correct

98) A pie or duct fitting having several outlets for making multiple
connections. (ME 043)

A. A. bonet (Your Answer)

B. B. manifold
C. C. gathering
Correct

99) What does PE pipe stands for?

A. A. Polyethylene (Your Answer)

B. B. Plastic Extra Pipe
C. C. Polyvinyl Extra Pipe
Correct

100) The specification on the electric wire THWN refers to: (EL 024 / CDEP
VI-22)

A. A. Moisture and Heat Resistant Thermoplastic (Your Answer)

B. . Moisture and Heat Resistant Cross Linked Thermosetting
Polyethylene
C. C. Moisture and Heat Resistant Rubber
Correct

101) What type of building wire has a trade name as Moisture and Heat
Resistant Thermoplastic used for dry and wet locations. (EL 024 / CDEP
VI-22)

A. A. TW
B. B. THHN
C. C . THW (Your Answer)
Correct

102) 1. Under signal system, there are several principles of Intrusion

Detection, in figure EL.TPLL.984.E01.533, what principle/device
 is item 'E', (this principle connotes that all objects emit infrared
radiation or heat. The ability to focus on a particular area is utilized
to cover areas both horizontally and vertically. But the
disadvantage is that rapid temperature changes caused by direct
insulation, a cold breeze, a heater turning on, and the like can
cause false alarm); (mech&elec eqmt for bldg by stein pg.1196)

A. A. Multiple Security Scanning (MSS) device

B. B. Normally closed Contact devices
C. C. Passive Infrared (PIR) presences detector (Your Answer)
Incorrect

103) . An apparent shift in the frequency occurring when an acoustic source

and listener are in motion relative to each other, the frequency
increasing when the source and the listener approach each other and
decreasing when they move apart. (LA 010)

A. A. wave front
B. b.droppler effect (Correct Answer)
C. C. logarithm effect (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
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104) What is the vertical clearance of an open supply conductors, over 750 V to
22 kV over or under roofs or projections not readily accessible to
pedestrians. (NBC p. 213)

A. A. 3800 mm (Your Answer)

B. B. 3900 mm
C. C. 4000 mm
Correct

105) The flow of water or other liquids, mixtures or other substances into the
distributing pipes of a potable supply of water from any source other
than from its intended source.

A. A. Back-flow (Your Answer)

B. B. Back siphonage
C. C. boiler valve
Correct

106) An air-conditioning assembly containing the fans, filters, and other

components necessary to treat and distribute conditioned air to an entire
building or to specific zones within the building. (ME 046)

A. A. damper
B. B. chiller water plant
C. C. air-handling unit (Your Answer)
Correct
107) A type of flush action of water closet where flushing action is started by
a whirlpool motion followed by a complete flush down.

A. A. Siphon vortex (Your Answer)

B. B. direct flush valve
C. C. Siphon jet
Correct

108) A pipe connecting upward from a soil or waste stack below the floor and
below horizontal connection to an adjacent vent stack at a point above the
floor and higher than the highest spill level of fixture for preventing
pressure changes in the stack.

A. A. wye
B. B. branch vent
C. C. yoke vent (Your Answer)
Correct

109) Is the vertical clearance of unguarded rigid energized parts, over 750 V
to 22 kV over roofs accessible to vehicles but not subject to truck traffic.
(NBC p. 213)

A. A. 3800 mm
B. C. 4000 mm (Your Answer)
C. B. 3900 mm
Correct

110) What is the color for of oil-mineral vegetable or animal, flammable or

combustible. (ME 084)

A. A. Yellow
B. B. Brown (Your Answer)
C. C. Safety Red
1) refers to the back flow of used contaminated or polluted water
from a plumbing fixture or vessel into a water supply pipe due
to negative pressure in such a pipe

A. Back Siphonage (Your Answer)

B. Back flow
C. Back pressure
Correct

2) is the flow of water, or other liquid mixture or substances into the

distributing pipes of a potable supply of water from any source,
other than its intended source

A. Back Flow (Your Answer)

B. Back Siphon
C. Back pressure
Correct
3) is the unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere
between the lowest opening from any pipe or faucet supplying
water to a tank, plumbing fixture , or other device and the flood
level rim of the receptacle

A. Air Gap (Your Answer)

B. Air Space
C. Air Vant
Correct

4) is any part of piping system other than the main riser or stack

A. Branch (Your Answer)

B. Stack
C. Horizontal part
Correct

5) is the minimum cross sectional area at the point of water supply

discharge, measured or expressed in terms of diameter of a
circle. If the opening is not a circle ,the diameter of a circle that
is equivalent the cross sectional area

A.
Effective Opening (Your Answer)
B. Surface Opening
C. Supply Opening
Correct

6) is a drain from two or three fixture connected to a single trap. It is

also called a dual vent.

A. Common Vent (Your Answer)

B. Surface Vent
C. Double Vent
Correct

7) is a device located at the bottom of the tank for flushing water

closets and similar fixtures.

A. Flash Valve (Your Answer)

B. Flushometer Valve
C. Relief Valve
Correct

8) refers to any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which

discharges into a common horizontal waste pipe or soil branch

A. Battery of Fixture (Your Answer)

B. Group of Fixture
 C. Branch of Fixture
Correct

9) is plugging an opening with an oakum, lead or other materials,

that are pounded into place or opening.

A. Caulking (Your Answer)

B. Oakuming
C. Plugging
Correct

10) is a quantity in terms of which the load producing effects on the plumbing system
of different kinds of plumbing fixtures are expressed on some arbitrarily chosen
scale

A. Fixture Units (Your Answer)

B. Fixture measure
C. Unit of Fixture
1) Above Which Pressure CRV (creep relief valve) of Domestic Regulator B-1.6 allove to
pass gas ?

A. 1.6 Bar
B. 0.16 Bar
C. 35 Mili Bar (Your Answer)
D. 2.0 Bar
Correct

2) OPSO & UPSO are safety devises attached with Regulator.

A. True (Your Answer)

B. False
Correct

3) What is the full name of ''PTFE'' (TEFLON) ?

A. Poly tetra fluoro ethane

B. Poly tetra fluoro ethelyne (Your Answer)
C. Poly tetra fluoro eather
D. Poly tetra fero eathane
E. None of above
Correct

4) what is the unit for Natural Gas Measurment?

A. Qubic Meter
B. Qubic Meter Per Hour
C. SCMH (standard cubic meter per hour).
D. SCM (Standard Cubic Meter) (Your Answer)
Correct
 5) BY USE OF WHICH GAUGE WE CAN CHECK THREAD OF G.I.
FITTINGS.

A. MICROMETER SCREW GAUGE

B. VERNIYER CALIPER
C. RING GAUGE
D. PLUG GAUGE (Your Answer)
Correct

6) Ball valve installation in fall to open direction

A. True
B. False (Your Answer)
Correct

7) IDENTIFY THE PIPE CLASS FOR DOMESTIC G.I. CONNECTION

A. A CLASS
B. B CLASS
C. C CLASS (Your Answer)
D. NONE OF ABOVE
Correct

8) when UPSO shutt-off the flow from Regulator ?

A. Down stream pressure increase from permissible limit

B. Upstream pressure increase from permissible limit
C. Upstream pessure decrease from permissible limit (Your Answer)
D. Downstream pressure decrease from permissible limit
Correct

9) Max. Flow Rate of G-1.6 Domestic meter

A. 1.6 Qubic Meter Per Hour

B. 0.16 Qubic Meter Per Hour
C. 2.5 Qubic Meter Per Hour (Your Answer)
D. None of Above
Correct

10) Generally which kind of threads are done in domestic plumbing?

A. BSP
B. BSPT (Your Answer)
C. NPT
D. None of above

1) Water that is stored in the spaces between rocks and dirt is called ________.
 A. Rain water
B. Precipitation
C. Spring
D. Groundwater (Your Answer)
Correct

2)

This water strider is able to walk on water because of what

property of water? This property is also why doing this hurts!

A. Buoyancy
B. Adhesion
C. Cohesion
D. Surface tension (Your Answer)
Correct

3) Water sticking to water is called ________.

A. Cohesion (Your Answer)

B. Adhesion
C. Specific heat
D. Density
Correct
4) Water percentage of water on Earth is saltwater?

A. 3
B. 97 (Your Answer)
C. 25
D. 50
Feedback
97% of Earth's waters is saltwater, and 3% is freshwater. Most freshwater on Earth is located in the polar ice caps.
Correct
5) Water forms droplets. What property of water does this demonstrate?

A. Cohesion (Your Answer)

B. Precipitation
C. Adhesion
D. Surface tension
Feedback
Water sticking to water is known as cohesion. Cohesion is the reason water forms droplets.
Correct

6) Water in the form of gas is called?

 A. Condensation
B. Evaporation
C. Water vapor (Your Answer)
D. Ice
Correct

7) Which ocean zone is always covered by water, is shallow enough for photosynthesis

to take place, and can contain kelp forests?

A. Open ocean
B. Intertidal zone
C. Nertic zone (Your Answer)
D. Coast
Correct

8This is a starfish trapped on the beach unable to survive. Which ocean zone is this organisms habitat?
)
 A. Nertic zone
B. Open ocean
C. Intertidal zone (Your Answer)
D. Sea-floor
Correct
9) Where is most of Earth's freshwater located?

A. In polar ice caps (Your Answer)

B. In lakes and rivers

C. As groundwater

D. In the oceans
Feedback
Most of Earth's freshwater is frozen in glaciers and icebergs.
Incorrect

10) Which of the following is an example of a benthos.

A. A shark
B. Algae
C. A crab (Correct Answer)
D. A clownfish (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
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11) Algae is an example of an _______.

A. Benthos
B. Free swimmer
C. Bottom dweller
D. Plankton (Your Answer)
Correct

12) Which type of irrigation pours water through canals and waterways?

A. Flood irrigation (Your Answer)

B. Spray irrigation
C. Drip irrigation
D. Reservoir irrigation
Correct

13) A channel dug to allow boats to travel from one river to another is an example of a

A. Canal (Your Answer)

B. Lake
C. Reservoir
D. Sewage system
Correct
14) In a sewage system, what is added to kill harmful bacteria?

A. Chlorine (Your Answer)

B. Sand
C. Bacteria
D. Soap
Correct

15) The term for pollution that can be traced to a specific location is

A. Water pollution
B. Point-source pollution (Your Answer)
C. Nonpoint-source pollution
D. Runoff polluition
Correct

16) A section of a waterway in which ships are raised or lowered is called a

A. Turbine

B. Fish ladder
C. Dam
D. Lock (Your Answer)
Correct

17) In a sewage plant, sludge and oil are consumed by

A. Chlorine
B. Sand
C. Bacteria (Your Answer)
D. Soap
Correct

18) What are the three forms of water on Earth?

A. Groundwater, lakes, and clouds

B. Liquid water, frozen water, and water vapor (Your Answer)
C. Gas, steam, and vapor
D. Groundwater, oceans, and ice
Correct

19) How is water stored in an aquifer?

A. In an open underground lake

B. In cracks and spaces in rocks (Your Answer)
C. In impermeable rock
D. In wells and springs
Incorrect
20) Warm water stays at the oceans surface because

A. It is less dense than cold water (Correct Answer)

B. It is more dense than cold water (Your Answer)
C. Is saltier that cold water
D. It has more carbon dioxide than cold watert
Discuss this Question
Correct

21) Sonar measures ocean depth by means of

A. Sound waves (Your Answer)

B. Weighted lines
C. Magnets
D. Light waves
Correct

22) Surface currents are caused by

A. Waves
B. Winds (Your Answer)
C. Density
D. Heat
Correct

23) Deep currents are caused by differences in

A. Location
B. Wind speed
C. Depth
D. Density (Your Answer)
Correct

24) Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of

A. Earth and the Sun

B. The Sun and the Moon
C. Earth alone
D. Earth and the Moon (Your Answer)
Correct

25) An environment that contains all the necessary requirements for an organism to live
is called

A. The surface zone

B. A nodule
C. A habitat (Your Answer)
D. An estuary
Incorrect
26) Two kinds of wetlands that border estuaries are

A. Coral reefs and mangrove forests

B. Salt marshes and mangrove forests (Correct Answer)
C. Tidal pools and salt marshes
D. Mangrove forests and tidal pools (Your Answer)
Discuss this Question
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27) Where would you expect to find ocean organisms that are able to survive out of
water and withstand drastic changes in salinity?

A. An intertidal zone (Correct Answer)

B. A coral reef (Your Answer)
C. The open ocean
D. A hydrothermal vent
Discuss this Question
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28) Where are hydrothermal vents located?

A. In the intertidal zone

B. On the deep-ocean floor (Your Answer)
C. On coral reefs
D. In kelp forest
Correct

29) The bacteria that form the base of the food chain at hydrothermal vents convert

A. Dim sunlight that filters down into the food

B. Heat from the vents into food
C. Phytoplankton that drift down into food
D. Chemicals released by the vents into food (Your Answer)
Correct

30) Overfishing is best described as catching

A. More fish than people can eat

B. Fish at a faster rate than they can reproduce (Your Answer)
C. Other kinds of fish than the ones intended
D. Fish with huge nets and long lines of hooks
Correct

31 Why are 30 percent of the fish that are caught by commercial fishing boats thrown away?
)

A
Fishing nets catch everything in their path (Your Answer)
.
B
Smaller fish are thrown back into the ocean
.
C
Oil pollution has damaged many of the fish
.
D Large phytoplankton interfere with nets and lines
.
1) Where will you least place a downspout?

A. At corner of walls
B. Inside columns
C. Wall hung
D. In between window openings (Your Answer)
Incorrect

2) Where are storm sewer usually placed?

A. Under the sidewalk on narrow road and under the road on wide
road (Your Answer)
B. Near the curb (Correct Answer)
C. At the center of the road
D. None
Discuss this Question
Correct

3) Where should you place soil-pipes for high-rise structures?

A. Pipe chase (Your Answer)

B. Double wall partitions
C. RC wall
D. Column
Correct

4 Identify the given figure. A pipe fitting having a large radius of curvature
)
 ?

A. X11.1
B. X11.2
C. X11.3 (Your Answer)
D. X11.5
Incorrect

5) Which plumbing fixture does not have a water-saving feature?

A. Lavatory with pop-up

B. 1.5 gallon flush water closet
C. Flow limiting feature (Correct Answer)
D. Waterless urinal (Your Answer)
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6) According to NBC, pipe support should be every?

A. 3m (Your Answer)
B. 1.5m
C. 2m
D. 4m
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7) Should not be used for a pipe chase?

A. Chb
B. Drywall (Your Answer)
C. Shearwall
D. Double wall
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8) In a location where there is no provision for drainage line, what is the

 next best thing?

A. Store waste in the tank and dispose in sanitary fill (Correct Answer)
B. Use drain tiles connected to open field (Your Answer)
C. Connect to the nearest creek
D. Any of the above
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9) Can you embed a 4" diameter pipe in a 150 wall?

A. Yes (Your Answer)

B. No
C. None
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10) Kind of pipe not suited to be exposed to ultraviolet rays?

A. PB (Your Answer)
B. Iron
C. Pvc (Correct Answer)
D. GI
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11) In the given figure, identify the plumbing fixture in label "8".
 A. 2" 1/4 bend
B. 2" trap assembly
C. 2" 1/4 bend (Your Answer)
D. 4" closet bend (Correct Answer)
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12) Which wall is best suited if soil pipe will run through it?

A. Drywall
B. 6" CHB (Correct Answer)
C. Shear wall
D. Retaining wall
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13) A plumbing devices designed to intercept most greases and solids before
they enter a wastewater disposal system. Except for one,

A. Trap seal (Correct Answer)

B. Grease interceptors
C. Grease recovery devices
D. Grease converters
grease converters
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14) Where traps are used to prevent foul odor from coming out. Which of the
following does not have a water trap?

A. Kitchen sink
B. Lavatory
lavatory
C. Floor drain
D. Bidet (Correct Answer)
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15) What pipe should not be buried underground?

A. BI pipe
B. Polyethylene pipe (Correct Answer)
C. GI pipe
D. None
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16) Copper pipes are classified as what main pipe?

A. Galvanized iron
B. Ceramic (Correct Answer)
C. S/s
D. Pvc
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17) Allowable slope of sanitary sewer?

A. 1ft of 1 meter
B. 1/2 in of 1 meter
C. 1/4 of 1meter
D. 1/4 of 1 ft (Correct Answer)
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18) Which is not a rule of a thumb when designing a drainage?

A. As much as possible, pipes must run in a straight line

B. Underground drainage line should be on top of compacted soil
C. It should be underneath the driveway (Correct Answer)
D. None of the above
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19) In storm drainage system, it is used to prevent aggregates, debris and

other unwanted objects from entering the drainage system?

A. Trap
B. Catch basin (Correct Answer)
C. FD
D. Storm trap
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20) Best location to put the soil pipes?

A. Drywall
B. 150mm CHB wall
C. Pipe chase (Correct Answer)
D. Box-up with the column

1) When are hot and cold shower valves identical?

A. Always
B. Never
C. Sometimes (Your Answer)
D. Not Sure
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2) When can a diverter valve replace a hot or cold shower valve?

A. Always
B. Never (Your Answer)
C. Sometimes
D. Not Sure
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3) Stem packing is used when leaking occurs at which location?

A. Tub Spout
B. Shower valve (Your Answer)
C. Drain
D. Shower Head
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4) Where is the cold water valve located?

A. Left Side
B. Right Side (Your Answer)
C. Center
D. Bottom
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5) What do all toilets have built into them?

A. Anti-Syphon Valve
B. P-Trap (Your Answer)
C. T P valve
D. Shut-Off valve
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6) What can never be re-used when replacing a toilet?

A. Flange Bolts
B. Wax Ring (Your Answer)
C. Plastic Shims
D. Closet Flange
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7) How many p-traps does a double kitchen sink require?

A. One (Your Answer)

B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
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8) What fits between a closet flange and toilet bowl?

A. Spud washer
B. Wax Ring (Your Answer)
C. O-Ring
D. Lock Washer
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9) What connects a P-Trap to the drain?

A. Coupling
B. Elbow
C. Trap Adaptor (Your Answer)
D. Union
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10) Where can the size of a P-Trap be changed?

A. J-Bend
B. Wall
C. Both the J-bend and the wall (Your Answer)
D. Neither the j-bend or the wall
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11) The tail piece on a lavatory is what diameter?

A. 1 1/2"
B. 1 1/4" (Your Answer)
C. 2 1/2"
D. 2 1/4"
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12) The tail piece on a kitchen sink is what diameter?

A. 1 1/2" (Your Answer)

B. 1 1/4"
C. 2 1/2"
D. 2 1/4"
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13) What color of flame is best for soldering?

A. Red
B. Yellow
C. Blue (Your Answer)
D. Orange
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14) What must be applied to a copper fitting and copper pipe before soldering?

A. Water
B. Oil
C. Flux (Your Answer)
D. Glue
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15) What substance is not permitted in solder which is used for water supply
pipes?

A. Tin
B. Brass
C. Lead (Your Answer)
D. Steel
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16) What is the slope most often required for drainage?

A. 1/4" per foot (Your Answer)

B. 1/2" per foot
C. 3/4" per foot
D. 1" per foot
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17) What type of adhesive is used to connect PVC pipe and fittings?

A. Elmers Glue
B. Silicone
C. Solvent Glue (Your Answer)
D. JB Weld
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18) PSI is the abbreviation for what?

A. Pressure Side In
B. Pounds per Square Inch (Your Answer)
C. Plumbing Safety Inquiry
D. Pounds per Square Foot
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19) The anode rod on a water heater is made of what material?

A. Copper
B. Magnesium (Your Answer)
C. Galvanized Pipe
D. Plastic
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20) The safety valve on a water heater is called what?

A. Anti-Syphon valve
B. Shut-off Valve
C. Drain Valve
D. TP valve (Your Answer)
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21) The drain valve on a water heater has what kind of thread?

A. Standard Pipe Thread

B. Compression Thread
C. Garden Hose Thread (Your Answer)
D. Fine Thread
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22) A 50 gallon water heater is operated by how many volts?

A. 120 volts
B. 240 volts (Your Answer)
C. 360 volts
D. 115 volts
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23) How many thermostats does an electric water heater have?

A. One
B. Two (Your Answer)
C. Three
D. None
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24) The water supply pipe that enters and leaves a water heater is what size?

A. 1/4"
B. 1/2"
C. 3/4" (Your Answer)
D. 1"
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25) What is used to unclog a toilet?

A. Mechanical Power Auger

B. Closet Auger (Your Answer)
C. Fish Tape
D. Garden Hose
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26) A dip tube is located on what type of water heater?

A. Gas Water Heater

B. Electric Water Heater
C. Both Gas & Electric Water Heater (Your Answer)
D. None of the Above
1) Receptacles which are used to provide, receive and discharge water.

A. Bath Fixtures
 B. Scullery Fixtures
C. Soil Fixture
D. Plumbing Fixtures (Your Answer)
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2)

identify according to flush type

A. Flush Tank Water Closet (Your Answer)

B. Direct Flush Valve
C. Close Coupled Flush Tank
D. Both a and b
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3)

identify according to flush type

A. High Flush Tank

B. Floor Mounted
C. Low Flush Tank
D. Integral Flush Tank (Your Answer)
Correct

4) Toilet type according to flushing action that flushes through a siphon

action created in the trapway.

A. Reverse Trap (Your Answer)

B. Wash Down
C. Siphon Jet
D. Siphon Vortex
Correct

5) Has A Bulge in Front. Costs less but is least efficient and noisiest.

A. Siphon Vortex
B. Reverse Trap
C. Wash Down (Your Answer)
D. Direct Flush Valve
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6)

Label the missing parts.

From Top to bottom

WAX RING(Your Answer)

Possible correct answers:
 tanklid ballcock flushhandle waxgasket

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7) Flushable Fixture Used By men for urinating

A. Water closet
B. Urinal (Your Answer)
C. Lavatory
D. Bidet
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8) device for regulating the supply of water in a flush tank by means of a

hollow floating ball. also called float valve

A. Ball cock (Your Answer)

B. Flushometer valve
C. Water hammer
D. Backsplash
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9) Flushing action is obtained directly from a flush valve connected into

the bowl
 A. Siphon jet
B. Wash down
C. Wall hung
D. Direct flush valve (Your Answer)
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10)

Identify according to Flush

Tank type

A. High Flush Tank (Your Answer)

B. Low Flush Tank
C. Integral Flush Tank
D. Close Coupled Flush Tank
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11) a 180 degree bend in a pipe.

A. Drop elbow
B. Return bend (Your Answer)
C. Elbow
D. Wye
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12) oblong tub to bathe in.

BATHTUB(Your Answer)
Possible correct answers:
 bathtub

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13) bath in which water is sparayed onto the body from an overhead nozzle
or showerhead.

SHOWER(Your Answer)
Possible correct answers:
 shower

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14) bowl or basin with running water for washing the face or hands

LAVATORY(Your Answer)
Possible correct answers:
 lavatory

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15) deep sink for washing clothes

WASHING MACHINE(Your Answer)

Possible correct answers:
 laundry tray

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16) bar attached to a wall near a bathtub or shower

GRAB BAR(Your Answer)

Possible correct answers:
 grab bar

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17) u shaped or s shaped section of a drainpipe in which liquid remains and

forms a seal for preventing the passage of sewer gas without affecting
the normal flow of waste water or sewage.

A. Drum trap
 B. Backsplash
C. Air gap
D. Trap (Your Answer)
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18) coupling device for connecting two pipes.

A. Plug
B. Sanitary toe
C. Union (Your Answer)
D. Increaser