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1. Is the unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from
any pipe or faucet supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixtures, or other device and the flood level rim
of the receptacle.
a. Air Break b. Air Gap c. Trap Gap d. Trap Seal e. none of the above

2. Is any pipe that conveys the discharge of water closets or fixtures having similar functions, with or
without the discharge from other fixtures to the building drains (house drain) or building sewer (house
sewer).
a. Waste Pipe b. Soil Pipe c. PVC Pipe d. Vent Pipe e. none of the above

3. Is a Y connection used on fire lines so that two lines of hose maybe connected to a hydrant or to the
same nozzle.
a. Siamese Connection b. Tee c. Coupling d. Elbow e. none of the above

4. Is a fitting or device so designed as to provide when properly vented a liquid seal that will prevent the
back passage of air without materially affecting the flow of sewage through it.
a. trap seal b. drain c. indirect trap d. trap e. none of the above

5. Is the device located at the bottom of the tank for flushing water closets and similar fixtures.
a. flushometer valve b. gate valve c. globe valve d. flush valve e. none of the above

6. Is the lowest portion of the inside of any pipe or conduit that is not vertical.
a. crown b. lining c. invert d. ring e. none of the above

7. Is the slope or fall of pipe in reference to fraction of an inch per foot length of
pipe.
a. grade b. coefficient c. length d. friction e. none of the above

8. A controlled outlet on a pipeline used to discharge water.

a. gate valve b. blow-off c. air valve d. manhole e. none of the above

9. Includes all piping within the public and private premises that conveys sewage, rainwater, and other
liquid waste, to a legal point of disposal. It does not include the mains of public sewer system private or
public sewerage treatment disposal plant.
a. water supply system b. vent system c. drainage system d. fire protection system
d. all of the above

10. Are underground drain pipes that receive sub-surface or seepage water only and convey it to a place
disposal.
a. subsoil sewer b. subsoil waste pipe c. soil pipe d. subsoil drain e. none of the above

11. Any condition or act which increases or may cause an increase in the probability of the occurrence of
fire.
a. fire hazard b. fire accident c. fire risk d. fire result e. none of the above

12. A piece of metal or an electrical conductor used to bypass a safety device in an electrical system.
a. wire fault b. illegal connections c. jumper d. transmission wire e. none of the above

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13. No more than ____ water closets shall discharge into any 75 mm horizontal soil branch, house drain.
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 e. none of the above

14. Is the result of minus pressure in the drainage system.

a. siphonage b. capillary action c. back pressure d. wind effect e. none of the above

15. Chemical compound that is commonly intended of producing explosion.

a. corrosive b. explosive c. flammable d. inflammable e. none of the above

16. A type of standpipe system in which the pipes are normally not filled with water.
Water is introduced into the system thru Fire service connections when needed.
a. Dry Standpipe b. Wet Standpipe c. Combination Standpipe d. Fire Standpipe e. all of the above

17. Any liquid which causes fire when in contact with organic matter or with certain chemicals.
a. Combustible b. Corrosive Liquid c. Carcinogenic d. Flammable e. none of the above

18. A pipe system that does not connect directly with the drainage system but conveys liquid wastes by
discharging into a plumbing fixture, interceptor or receptacle directly connected to the drainage system.
a. indirect waste b. direct waste c. wastewater d. water supply e. none of the above

19. Portion of the drainage pipe installation, designed to maintained balance atmospheric pressure
inside the system to prevent problems.
a. storm drainage b. drainage system c. fire protection d. ventilation e. none of the above

20. Receptacles for wastes that are discharged into the drainage system.
a. water tank b. septic tank c. fixtures d. cesspool e. all of the above

21. Which is that pipe in the building premises that conveys water from the building supply pipe to the
plumbing fixtures and other water outlets?
a. fixture supply pipes b. riser c. fixture supply branches d. water distributing pipes e. all of the above

22. Which is the branch vent that loops back and connects with stack vent instead of a vent stack?
a. loop vent b. loop connection c. circuit vent d. branch vent interval e. horizontral branch

23. In the line of a piping, which is the combination of elbows or bends which brings one section of the
pipe out of line but into a line parallel with other sections?
a. horizontal branch b. loop vent c. offset d. vent header e. parallel stacks

24. Which are installed receptacles, devices, or appliances which are supplied with water or which
receive or discharge liquids, with or without discharge into the drainage system with which they may be
directly or indirectly connected?
a. water heaters b. lavatory c. valves d. plumbing fixtures e. gravity tank

25. Which is the device designed and installed so as to separate and retain deleterious, hazardous or
undesirable matter from the normal wastes and permit normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge
into the disposal terminal by gravity?

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a. grease trap b. fixture trap c. acid neutralizing trap d. interceptor e. drum trap

26. Which is a water conductor from the roof to the building storm drain, combined building sewer or
other means of disposal?
a. Storm water stack b. Waste stack c. leader d. Sullage stack e. Vertical main

27. Which is the kind of water which is satisfactory for drinking, culinary, and domestic purposes and
meets the requirements of the health authority having jurisdiction?
a. Potable water b. Safe water c. Pure and wholesome water d. Drinking water supply
e. Domestic water

28. Which backflow prevention device consists of a a 90-degree with a hood on its top to allow air to
enter the water system if siphon attempts to form to protect potable water from being contaminated by
unsafe source?
a. Check valve b. Atmospheric vacuum breaker c. Pressure vacuum breaker d. gate valve
e. None of the above

29. Which is the unobstructed vertical space between the water outlet and the flood level rim of a
fixture?
a. Air vent b. Air gap c. Air space d. Air break e. None of the above

30. Which is termed as the vertical unobstructed space between the waste outlet and the receiving
waste pipe where the discharge of wastes from certain appliances will discharge to the drainage
system?
a. Air vent b. Air gap c. Air space d. Air break e. None of the above

31. Which is that part of the lowest piping of the drainage system, which receives the discharge from the
soil waste, and other drainage pipes inside the wall of the building?
a. Horizontal branch b. Soil stack c. Stack vent d. Building sewer e. Building drain

32. Which is that part of the horizontal piping of the drainage system which extends from the end of the
building drain and conveys waste into a public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage-disposal system
or other point of disposal
a. Sump pit b. Building sewer c. Horizontal branch d. Header e. Building trap

33. Which is that portion of the drainage system which cannot drain by gravity into the building sewer?
a. Building drain b. Building drain c. Basement drain d. Building subdrain e. Building storm drain

34. Which is the following back of used, contaminated or polluted water from a plumbing fixture or
vessel into a water supply pipe due to a negative pressure in
such a pipe?
a. Back flow b. Negative pressure c. Back pressure d. Back siphonage e. Full flow

35. Which is a group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into a common horizontal
waste or soil branch?

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a. Fixture branches b. Drainage fixture units c. Battery of fixtures d. Plumbing fixtures

e. All of the above

36. Which is a type of branch vent that serves two or more traps and extends from in front of the last
fixtures connection of a horizontal branch to vent stack?
a. Branch interval b. Loop vent c. Vent header d. Combination fixture e. Circuit vent

37. Which backflow prevention device consists of a valve that normally allows fluid (liquid or gas) to flow
through it in only one direction?
a. Vacuum breaker b. Gate valve c. Pressure regulating valve d. Check valve e. None of the above

38. Which the outlet on a boiler which permits emptying or discharge of sediments from that boiler?
a. Air vent b. Drain pipe c. Gate valve d. Air relief valve e. Boiler blow off

39. Which is the general term applied to any part of the piping system other than main, riser, or stack
and refers to the pipe the connect similar types of types of pipes?
a. Branch b. Drain c. Battery of fixtures d. Horizontal pipes e. Header

40. Which is the length of soil or waste stack corresponding in general to a story height, but in no case
less than 8 feet within which the horizontal branches from the floor or story of a building are connected
to the stack?
a. Fixtures branches b. Battery of fixtures c. Branch interval d. Soil stack length e. Storey height

41. Which is a kind of fixture combining one sink and tray or a two- or- three–compartment sink or tray
in one unit?
a. Combination fixture b. Drainage fixtures c. Slop sink d. Soil stack length e. Drainage fixtures unit

42. Which is the maximum vertical depth of liquid that a trap will retain, measured between the crown
of a weir and top of the dip of the trap?
a. Liquid waste b. vacuum c. Trap seal d. Branch interval e. Hydraulic gradient

43. Which type of vent connects upward from a soil of waste stack to a vent for the purpose of
preventing pressure changes in the stack?
a. Relief vent b. Branch vent c. Main vent d. Yoke vent e. Common vent

44. Which is the any pipe that conveys the discharge of water closets, urinals, or fixtures having similar
functions, with or without the discharge from other fixtures, to the building drain or building sewer?
a. Soil stack b. Soil pipe c. Sewage d. Horizontal branch e. Building sewer

45. Which is that main horizontal pipe that receives storm water and sewage?
a. Combined building drain b. Building sewer c. Combined building sewer d. Building trap
e. Private sewer

46. Which piping system includes all the piping within public or private premises and conveys sewage,
rainwater, or other liquid wastes to an acceptable point of disposal?
a. Building drainage system b. public sewers c. Building drain d. Building sewer
e. All of the above

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47. Which is the term used to describe soil waste or waste systems where all piping is of threaded pipe,
tubing, or other such rigid connection?
a. Threaded piping b. Sovent systems c. Building drainage system d. Durham system
e. Joint connection

48. Which is the drain pipe connecting several fixtures?

a. Horizontal drain b. Horizontal fixture branch c. Branch internal d. Battery fixtures
e. All of the above

49. Which is the type of vent that connects at the junction of two fixture drains and serving as vent for
both fixtures?
a. Continuous vent b. Stack vent c. Vent stack d. Main vent e. Common vent

50. Which is the physical connection between two otherwise separate piping systems, one of which
contains potable water and other waster of unknown or questionable safety?
a. service connection b. continous connection c. main water line d. illegal connection
e. cross connection

51. Piping installation wherein both the mains and the distribution pipes are constantly filled with water.
a. Dry Standpipe b. Wet Standpipe c. Combination Standpipe d. Fire Standpipe
e. all of the above

52. A passage hall or antechamber between the outlet doors and the interior parts of house or building.
a. corridor b. egress c. main entrance d. vestibule e. none of the above

53. No chemical wastes shall be discharged into the ground, local sewer or other disposal.
a. True b. False c. Maybe d. No relation e. none of the above

54. Caused by plus pressure.

a. siphonage b. capillary action c. back pressure d. wind effect e. none of the above

55. Floor drains subject to backflow shall not be directly connected to the drainage system.
a. True b. False c. Maybe d. No relation e. none of the above

56. Bonfires is permitted within 20 meters away of any structures.

a. True b. False c. Maybe d. No relation e. none of the above

57. Giving false or malicious alarms is prohibited at all times.

a. True b. False c. Maybe d. No relation e. none of the above

58. No building sewer shall be smaller than _____ diameter nor less in size of building drain.
a. 75 mm c. 100 mm c. 50 mm d. 150 mm e. none of the above

59. It is also called Back vent.

a. relief vent b. circuit vent c. main vent d. individual vent e. none of the above

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60. Bathtubs should be provided with waste outlets and overflows at least ____ in diameter and should
be equipped with suitable stoppers.
a. 1.5 inches b. 3.8 cm c. 0.125 ft. d. none of the above e. all of the above

61. Are those which are liable to burn with extreme rapidity or from which poisonous gases or xplosions
are to be expected in the event of fire.
a. high hazard content b. moderate hazard content c. ordinary hazard content d. extra-ordinary hazard
content e. none of the above

62. Chemical wastes shall be discharged into the sewer main.

a. True b. False c. Maybe d. No relation e. none of the above

63. Employed where two or more fixture traps are installed on a horizontal soil or waste branch.
a. relief vent b. circuit vent c. main vent d. individual vent e. none of the above

64. Installed to ventilate the soil and waste pipe and the connecting branches rather than the fixture
traps.
a. relief vent b. circuit vent c. main vent d. individual vent e. none of the above

65. R.A. 1378 is also known as

a. Fire Code of the Phil b. Plumbing Code of the Phil. c. Building Code of the Phil. d. Sanitation Code of
the Phil. e. none of the above

66. Roof joint shall be

a. gas tight c. smoke tight
b. air tight d. water tight

67. A fixture designed for the washing of hands or face, sometimes called washbasin
a. sink c. bathtub
b. lavatory d. shower

68. A stack as defined in the Code is

a. vertical main soil , waste or vent piping c. the main vent
b. any vertical vent d. horizontal vent

69. Means any pipe or fitting which makes an angle of more than 45 deg. with vertical.
a. vertical pipe b. horizontal pipe c. cross pipe d. diagonal pipe e. none of the above

70. Is a Y connection used on fire lines so that two lines of hose maybe connected to a
hydrant or to the same nozzle.
a. fire hydrant b. tee c. siamese connection d. elbow e. none of the above

71. Is the extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal drain connected to the stack.
a. stack vent b. vent stack c. battery of fixtures d. branch e. none of the above

72. 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.

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a. fixture unit b. receptacle c. battery of fixtures d. stack e. none of the above

73. A system consisting of a combination of an automatic fire or smoke detection system

and a system of high velocity water spray nozzle.
a. sprinkler vent method b. spray nozzle method c. rolling shutter method d. all of the above
e. none of the above

74. A device that contains within it chemicals, fluids, or gases for extinguishing fires, the means for
application of its contents for the purposes, and is capable of being readily move from place to place.
a. fire hose b. fire box c. fire extinguisher d. all of the above e. none of the above

75. Is the water-supply pipe for public or community use. It is also called a street main.
a. Water Service Line b. Public Water Line c. Water Main d. NAWASA Line e. None of the above

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