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Instructions: Select the correct answer for each of the a. 0.2% d. Be a minimum of one (1) pipe size larger
following questions. Mark ONLY ONE ANSWER for each b. 8% than the required minimum waste pipe size
item by shading the box corresponding to this letter of c. 2% of the upper fixture
your choice on the sheet provided. USE PENCIL NO. 2. d. 0.8% 22) According to NPCP 1959, fixtures used in
13) Joints at the roof around stack vent pipes shall be factories, dormitories, office buildings and similar
1) “Sacrarium” waste of holy water and wash water
made water tight by the use of approved installations are classified as _____.
at church altar services must not be discharge
a. Flashing material a. Class 1
into the sanitary drainage system but disposed of
b. Bitumen b. Class 2
a. Direct into the ground
c. Metal sleeve c. Class 3
b. Into the sewer
d. Stainless steel bands and neoprene gaskets d. Class 4
c. Directly to the septic tank
14) What is the minimum required for drinking 23) Critical level – C-L or C/L marking on a backflow
d. Into the storm drain
fountain in assembly places? prevention device or vacuum breaker is a point
2) What pressure id required to test water supply?
a. 1 per 8 persons conforming to approved standards and
a. 100% of used water pressure
b. 1 per 40 persons established by the ______.
b. 150% of used water pressure
c. 1 per 75 persons a. Testing laboratory
c. 200% of used water pressure
d. 1 per 150 persons b. Manufacturer
d. 250% of used water pressure
15) Faucets and diverters shall be connected to the c. Supplier
3) It refers to the pressure range measured over a
hot and cold water distribution supplies so that d. Authority having Jurisdiction
period of 24 hours.
the hot water supply is located at _____ of the 24) Appliances, devices or apparatus such as stills,
a. Static pressure
combination fittings. sterilizers and similar equipment requiring water
b. Pressure
a. Left side and waste and used for sterile materials shall be
c. Normal pressure
b. Right side drained through an _____.
d. Critical pressure
c. Bottom a. Air gap
4) A material not listed in the code for use in water
d. Center b. Air break
piping.
16) What is the minimum development length of the c. Interceptor
a. Plastic
trap arm from the trap weir to the inner edge of d. Grease trap
b. Cast iron
the vent? 25) It is a type of vent used for fixtures installed away
c. Aluminum
a. 0.76m from the wall.
d. Asbestos cement
b. 2 times the diameter of the trap arm a. Circuit vent
5) A set of regulation adapted by an administrative
c. 2 times the effective opening b. Loop vent
agency that has jurisdiction over material and
d. 3 times the effective opening c. Looped vent
design specification in plumbing?
17) What is the minimum height of the atmospheric d. Common vent
a. Building code
vacuum breaker above the flood level rim of 26) Level 3 source of water supply as per LWUA.
b. Civil code
such trapped fixture? a. Point source
c. Code of ethics
a. 51mm b. Communal
d. Plumbing code
b. 76mm c. Individual house connection
6) What is the color coding for copper tubing – type
c. 102mm d. Deep well
DWV?
d. 152mm 27) Each CW & VS as defined in Sub-Section 104.11
a. Green
18) A type of pipe connection in which a ball- of Section 104, shall be provide with a vent or
b. Red
shaped end is held in a cuplike shell and allows vents adequate to assure free circulation of air.
c. Blue
movements in every direction. Any branch more than ____ in length shall be
d. Yellow
a. Brazed joint separately vented in an approved manner.
7) What is the minimum dimension of manhole
b. Seam joint a. 1.5 meter
required for septic tank?
c. Solvent cement b. 2.4 meter
a. 400mm
d. Ball joint c. 4.6 meter
b. 500mm
19) The covers of gravity tanks shall be vented with a d. 8.0 meter
c. 508mm
return-bend vent pipe having an area not less 28) The threads of drainage fittings shall be ____to
d. 608mm
than the area of the down-feed riser pipe, and allow 2% grade.
8) What is the estimated sewage flow rate for
the vent shall be screened with a fine corrosion- a. Cut
bowling alleys per lane?
resistant screen with openings not less than b. Tapped
a. 56.8 lpd
________. c. Drilled
b. 18.9 lpd
a. 12 nor more than 14 mesh per 25 mm d. Bored
c. 94.6 lpd
b. 14 nor more than 16 mesh per 25 mm 29) The sanitary drainage system for public health
d. 283.9 lpd
c. 12 nor more than 13 mesh per 25 mm reason, must discharge into
9) What is the estimated sewage flow rate for
d. 14 nor more than 18 mesh per 25 mm a. Waterway
dance halls per person?
20) Thrust block shall be installed at all changes in b. Public storm drainage
a. 56.8 lpd
direction, changes in size, values, and at all _____ c. Public sewer
b. 18.9 lpd
a. Dead ends d. Ground
c. 94.6 lpd
b. Joints 30) Sleeves protecting pipe that pass through
d. 283.9 lpd
c. Plastic pipes foundation wall should be this size
10) What is the estimated sewage flow rate for
d. Cast iron soil pipes a. Two size larger than the pipe
schools – elementary students per person?
21) Chemical or industrial liquid waste likely to b. Three sizes larger than the pipe
a. 56.8 lpd
damage or increase maintenance costs on the c. Same size as the pipe
b. 18.9 lpd
excreta sewer system, detrimentally affect d. One size larger
c. 94.6 lpd
sewage treatment or contaminate surface or 31) The pipe material not suitable for use in in-house
d. 283.9 lpd
subsurface waters, shall plumbing for a potable water system is
11) What is the estimated sewage flow rate for public
a. Be pretreated to render them innocuous a. Brass pipe
swimming pools per person?
prior to their discharge into a drainage b. Concrete pipe
a. 56.8 lpd
system c. Galvanized iron pipe
b. 37.9 lpd
b. Be of such material and design to d. Plastic pipe
c. 11.4 lpd
adequately perform its intended function to 32) The pipe materials not suitable for used in the
d. 75.7 lpd
the satisfaction of the Administrative service of hot water system is
12) What is the maximum lead content allowed for
Authority a. Copper size
pipes and fittings?
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c. Galvanized iron pipe 43) A receptacle designed and constructed to a. Gas tight
d. Brass pipe separate and prevent the passage oil, grease, b. Water tight
33) What is the minimum capacity of water tank lard or other materials into the drainage system c. Air tight
needed for a complete water closet flushing a. Interceptor d. All of these
a. 1.6 gallon b. Grease trap 55) Roof terminal of any stack or vent shall be
b. 4 gallon c. Manhole extended above highest opening, at any
c. 5 gallon d. Catch basin distance away any door, window or air shaft.
d. 7 gallon 44) An outhouse or structure used for deposition of a. 3 meters
34) The water retained in a fixture trap after flushing excrement in rural area b. 2 meters
is called a. Septic vault c. 1 meter
a. Trap seal b. Privy d. 2 ½ meters
b. Mechanical seal c. Leaching cesspool 56) The distance of vent pipe from a trap shall be not
c. Dry seal d. Latrine more than these length
d. Back flow preventer 45) The vertical distance between the dip and the a. 5m
35) It is apublic space, public park or thoroughfare crown weir of a trap is called b. 4m
less than three (3) meters but not less than two a. Seal c. 6m
meters in width which has been dedicated or b. Goose neck d. 3m
deeded to the public for use. c. Fixture drain 57) A portion of the pipe which is for a short distance
a. Court d. Leader is sufficiently enlarge to receive the end of
b. Alley 46) A pit or receptacle at its lowest point of a another pipe, it is called:
c. Car park basement floor to which the liquid waste are a. Grove
d. Yard drained b. Hub
36) Identify a connection in which a ball is held in or a. Sub drain c. Slit
cup like shell that allows movement in any b. Sump pit d. Mouth
direction. c. Underground tank 58) Any part of the piping system in a roughing-in
a. Universal joint d. House drain installation other than the min, riser or stack:
b. Ball joint 47) A vertical pipe usually used for the storage of a. Extension
c. Screwed joint water frequently under pressure b. Branch
d. Bell & spigot joint a. Riser pipe c. Lateral
37) A vent pipe connecting from a branch of a b. Stand pipe d. Reserve pipe
drainage system to a vent stack c. Pressure pipe 59) Black vent pipe line which connect directly with
a. Looped vent d. Service pipe individual trap underneath the fixture and
b. Branch vent 48) An arrangement of venting so installed about extended to a branch or main at any point
c. Yoke vent one vent pipe will serve two traps higher than fixtures, this is sometime called:
d. Dry vent a. Unit vent a. Local vent
38) A fitting into which the end of a pipe is screwed b. Side vent b. Wet vent
for the purpose of closing the end of the pipe is c. Circuit vent c. Individual vent
called d. Back vent d. Side vent
a. Blank flange 49) A vent in that portion of a vent pipe system 60) The battery of fixtures in any of two or more similar
b. Blind flange through which liquid waste flow. adjacent fixtures which discharge to a common
c. Cap a. Wet vent pipe called:
d. Plug b. Individual vent a. Horizontal branch
39) A stop valve place in a service pipe near its c. Stack vent b. Lateral pipe
connection with the water main is called d. Yoke vent c. Main soil stack
a. Service cock 50) It is that portion of the rainfall or other d. Main drainage pipe
b. Corporation cock precipitation which runs off on the ground 61) Refers to an individual who worked in the sanitary
c. Stop cock surface after a storm and for such short flood field of ancient Rome.
d. Gate valve following a typhoon a. Plumbarius
40) Identify the extended portion od a pipe that is a. Splash flood b. Plumbum
closed at one end to which no connection is b. Surface water c. Roman
made on the extended portion; thus, permitting c. Storm water d. Magistrate
the stagnation of water or air therein, d. Ground water 62) It is specified in Section 169 of the NPC that all
a. Clean out 51) Revocation of permit cancellation and rejection joints on vitrified pipe and cement pipe shall be:
b. Dead end of new application for plumbing permit are a. Poured joint
c. Faucet imposed for the following ground. b. Slip joint
d. Lateral line a. Improper conduct c. Caulk joint
41) A valve in which the flow of water is cut-off by b. Bad faith d. Wipe joint
means of a circular disc that fits against the valve c. Violation of the code 63) When a basement drain inlet I subjected to
end. The place of movement of the disc is d. All of the above backflow such drain shall be equipped with a
parallel to the normal direction of flow of water 52) When there is changes in the direction of flow in suitable valve
which is turned through a tortuous passage to soil or waste line from horizontal to vertical, the a. Check valve
direct the flow to the face of the disc. bend to use is; b. Back water valve
a. Gate valve a. Short quarter vent c. Gate valve
b. Globe valve b. Single sanitary tee d. Relief valve
c. Check valve c. Tee 64) The roof terminal of any stack or vent within 3m
d. Foot valve d. All of the above of any doors, windows, air shaft shall extend at
42) It is that part of a plumbing system extending 53) The prohibited fittings such as double hub or least:
from a point of about 0.6m from the inner face of double tee branch are not allowed in: a. 0.30 mm
the foundation wall of a building to any point of a. Vertical soil pipe b. 0.60 mm
discharge. b. Horizontal soil pipe c. 0.90 mm
a. House drain c. Vent pipe d. 120 mm
b. House sewer d. None of the above 65) The size of house sewer, house drain and
c. Lateral 54) Joints and connections in pipes shall be made horizontal branches in plumbing installation is
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the percentage slope of pipe branch fixtures a. 4 d. 1.2m
such as: b. 5 87) What is the maximum practical lift of a shallow
a. 2% c. 6 well jet pump?
b. 3% d. 7 a. 22’
c. 4% b. 25’
d. All of these c. 29’
66) If a plumbing system is to be tested by air, an air d. 33.9’
pressure application is maintained for 15 minutes 88) A backwater valve may be installed in a building
for each section at pressures: drain provided that it is:
a. 1 ½ psi a. Properly vented
b. 2 ½ psi b. Normally open
c. 3 psi c. 3” or larger
d. 5 psi d. Trapped upstream
67) The National Plumbing Code id approved on this 89) When a well pump turns on as soon as a faucet
date: is used the most likely problem is:
a. January 28, 1959 a. Water logged pressure tank
b. June 18, 1955 77) How many 2” pipes does it take to equal the b. Defective pressure switch
c. Feb. 28, 1958 volume capacity of a 6” pipe? c. Foot valve not holding
d. June 18, 1956 a. 2 d. Pump impeller is worn out
68) The Law passed to regulate the trade of Master b. 5 90) A gear pump is a positive displacement pump
Plumber is known to be: c. 7 and must be installed with a:
a. RA 544 d. 9 a. Pressure tank
b. RA 1364 78) When using oxy-fuel cutting and welding b. Pressure switch
c. RA 1378 equipment, a flashback arrestor protectsthe c. Pressure relief valve
d. RA 544 operator from? d. Pressure reducing valve
69) The drainage system is designed, constructed a. Flame traveling into the hoses 91) What type of trap is not permitted in a drainage
and maintained so as to guard against b. Bright flashes system?
a. Obstruction c. Electrical shock a. S trap standard
b. Clogging d. Material blowback b. Bell trap
c. Deposit of solid 79) Horizontally run type M copper pipe must be c. P trap
d. All of these supported every: d. Drum trap
70) The prohibited traps for/in plumbing fixtures are a. 1 meter 92) Where is the jet located in a deep well?
the type: b. 1.2 meters a. At the pump
a. Full S-trap c. 2.5 meters b. Below the foot valve
b. Trap with movable internal part d. 3 meters c. Above the foot valve
c. Bag type trap 80) Water that is determined to have a PH of 5.5 d. Top of the well
d. All of these would be considered: 93) How should you increase the length of flush on a
71) You are required to use a 20-foot ladder placed a. Mildly alkaline flushometer?
up against a building that is 40’ high. At what b. Very alkaline a. Turn regulating screw clockwise
horizontal distance from the base of the building c. Very acidic b. Turn regulating screw counter clockwise
must the ladder be? d. Mildly acidic c. Remove vacuum breaker
a. 4’ 81) Copper tube permitted for underground water d. Throttle the stop valve
b. 5’ distribution. 94) What is the minimum length of a trap arm?
c. 6’ a. type M soft a. No minimum
d. 7’ b. type L hard b. 2 pipe diameters
72) Confined spaces are hazardous environments c. type K soft c. 12”
because they usually have: d. DMV d. 18”
a. Explosive atmospheres 82) Which is not an approved method for joining cast 95) A branch with 34 fixtures units discharges into
b. Restricted access and agress iron waste pipe: sewage sump. What is the minimum size vent
c. Flood hazards a. compression joint required for the sump?
d. Limited room for maneuverability b. welded joint a. 1 ½”
73) Scaffolding erected ______ feet above the c. mechanical joint b. 2”
ground must have guard rails. d. caulked joint c. 3”
a. 4 83) Dielectric unions are used to: d. 4”
b. 6 a. ground metallic pipe 96) What is the maximum vertical fall of a water
c. 8 b. connect plastic to copper pipe closet trap arm?
d. 10 c. to prevent shocks a. 1m
74) Class “A” fire extinguishers are used on and d. prevent corrosion b. 1200mm
contain. 84) When installing glass piping; if one end needs to c. 2m
a. Flammable liquids, CO² be field cut, the ends should be joined: d. 3m
b. Metal, CO² a. Plain to plain 97) A building’s roof measuring 90m by 50m would
c. Electrical components, foam b. Bead to bead require how many flow-controlled roofs drains?
d. Combustible materials, water c. Bead to plain a. 6
75) When using a Hilti powder actuated fastening d. Bead to hub b. 8
tool, the device fails to fire when the trigger is 85) Bell and spigot cast iron is installed with the: c. 10
pulled. The first thing you should do is? a. Bell upstream d. 12
a. Keep the tool in position and wait 30 b. Spigot upstream 98) A laboratory sink that receives bio-hazardous
seconds c. Bell downstream waster must be installed with a:
b. Remove the cartridge d. Doesn’t matter a. Backwater valve
c. Inspect the magazine 86) Asbestos cement pipe installed below a 60mm b. Check valve
d. Depress the trigger again thick concrete floor must be at least how deep? c. Interceptor for organic waste
76) Using the reference drawings below, determine a. 150mm d. Cleanout above the flood level rim
how many 90° fittings would be required to b. 300mm 99) The absorption rate of septic field is determined
construct the piping arrangement. c. 600mm by:

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a. Soil analysis must discharge within _____ of a floor drain or served shall be computed on the basis of the
b. Percolation test suitable area. number of rooms with each bedroom occupied
c. Water table a. 150mm by _____ or on the basis of the actual number of
d. Linear feet of leech field b. 300mm persons served by the tanks whichever is greater.
100) Medical gas piping is most often joined by: c. 600mm a. 1 person
a. Lead free solder d. Not specified b. 2 persons
b. Flared joints 112) Length is not a consideration when sizing this c. 3 persons
c. Silver brazes vent: d. 4 persons
d. Compression joints a. Relief vent 124) Thread on plastic pipe shall be factory cut or
101) A circuit vented branch with a horizontal offset b. Stack vent molded. Threaded plastic pipe shall be schedule
that uses two 45° fittings will require a: c. Header _____min. wall thickness.
a. Two relief vents d. Circuit vent a. 40
b. Increase one pipe size 113) A cross fitting may not be used in a DWV system b. 80
c. Additional circuit vent except to connect: c. 120
d. Not permitted a. Back to back fixtures d. 60
102) A properly cut thread on black iron pipe should b. Branches that receive clear water waste 125) It is physical separation, which may be a low inlet
allow how many hand turns with a fitting? c. Four vents into indirect waste receptor from the fixture,
a. 1½ d. Fixture drains of three compartment sinks appliances or device indirectly connected.
b. 2½ 114) The minimum size for vents serving an oil a. Air gap
c. 3½ interceptor are: b. Air brake
d. 4½ a. 1 ¼” c. Air barrier
103) A well with a water tight casing requires a b. 1 ½” d. Air curtain
minimum standoff distance from a septic system c. 2” 126) No building sewer or other drainage piping or
of: d. 3” part thereof, constructed of materials other than
a. 50m 115) Which of the following fixtures may not be approved for use or within the building shall be
b. 20m indirectly connected to a drainage system: installed under or within _____ meters for any
c. 15m a. Commercial dishwasher building or structure.
d. 30m b. Sterilizer a. 0.60
104) An air conditioner that discharges 0.05 L/s of c. Drinking fountain b. 0.70
condensate into a floor drain, would equate to d. Water softener backwash c. 0.50
how many fixture units? 116) A pressure reducing valve must be installed if the d. 0.40
a. 1 water service pressure is above: 127) Each cleanout in piping 51mm or less in size shall
b. 2 a. 50 psi (344 Kpa) be installed so that there is clearance of not less
c. 8 b. 80 psi (550 Kpa) than _____ mm, in front of the cleanout.
d. 45 c. 65 psi (450 Kpa) a. 504 mm
105) An interceptor may act as a trap for a fixture d. 100 psi (690 Kpa) b. 102 mm
provided that: 117) A twin tank water softener will house the brine in c. 305 mm
a. It has a 38mm water seal one tank and the other tank will house the: d. 50 mm
b. It is located within 8’ of the fixture a. Zeolite 128) Any two or more similar adjacent fixtures which
c. Vent is increased on size b. Soda ash discharge into a common horizontal soil or waste
d. All of the above c. Green sand branch.
106) Underground piping installed in a dug trench d. Activated carbon a. Back to back fixtures
should be covered with appropriate backfill to a 118) Where should you locate a fin tube radiator b. Side by side fixtures
height of: within a room? c. Group of fixtures
a. 100mm a. Where space permits d. Battery of fixtures
b. 150mm b. Homeowners preference 129) Sanitary Engineering Law
c. 300mm c. Under a window a. RA 1378
d. 600mm d. Doesn’t matter b. RA 1364
107) Which is not a hot water heating piping system: 119) Water that has dissolved mineral content of >181 c. RA 1368
a. Two pipe reverse return mg/L would be deemed: d. RA 8495
b. Series loop a. Soft 130) In case, of renewal of plumbing permit a fee of
c. Two pipe direct return b. Moderately hard equivalent to _____ of the original fee.
d. One pipe gravity return c. Hard a. ½
108) The ideal location for a circulator pump installed d. Very hard b. ¾
in a hot water heating system is: 120) The abbreviation of NPS refers to: c. 1
a. On the return close to the boiler a. Pipe size d. None of the above
b. On the supply after the zone valve b. Wall thickness 131) A tee with branch tapped to receive a threaded
c. On the supply before the expansion tank c. Threads per inch pipe or fittings
d. On the supply after the expansion tank d. Thread taper a. Branch tee
109) A pipe that connects at its downstream end to 121) What is the maximum horizontal offset permitted b. Closed tee
two or more vent pipes and at its upper end to a in a 3” soil or waste stack that is serving as a wet c. Threaded tee
vent stack or stack vent is a: vent? d. Tapped tee
a. Header a. 1.2m 132) A water closet consisting of a continuous through
b. Circuit vent b. 1.8m containing water.
c. Branch vent c. 2.5m a. Privy
d. Common vent d. 3.5m b. Latrine
110) When determining the location to install a 122) A toilet seat used in a public washroom must be: c. Squat type
condensing boiler what must be considered? a. Cover-less type d. Continuous closet
a. Home owner’s preference b. Plastic non-permeable type 133) An outhouse or structure used for the deposition
b. Existing vent location c. Round type of excrement.
c. Central to heating units d. Elongated open front type a. Privy
d. Near a floor drain 123) Capacity of septic tank – for residences, hotels, b. Septic tank
111) The discharge piping from a service water motels, boarding houses, apartment houses and c. Catch basin
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134) The code of sanitation of the Philippines with d. Barometric pressure b. ¾”
Implementing Rules and Regulations. 145) All water supply, drainage, venting system and all c. 1”
a. PD 568 fixtures and their traps complete with their d. 1 ¼”
b. PD 658 connection. 157) The minimum allowable size f any building drain,
c. PD 856 a. Plumbing system horizontal branch, vertical soil or waste stack
d. PD 865 b. Piping system serving one or more WC?
135) A Pipe joint obtaining by jointing metal parts with c. Sewer system a. 51 mm
metallic mixtures which melts at a temperature d. Sanitary system b. 64 mm
below 427° and above 149°C. 146) The minimum size of water supply pipe to a c. 76 mm
a. Brazing lavatory is: d. 102 mm
b. Soldering a. 1 diameter 158) The vent pipe serving a combination waste and
c. Welding b. 2/4 diameter vent system with a 4 inch drainpipe shall be at
d. GMADW c. 3/8 diameter least?
136) A metallic sleeve, calked or join to opening in a d. ½ diameter a. 1”
pipe, into which a plug screwed that can be 147) What is the minimum number of water closets for b. 2”
removed for cleaning or examining the interior of hospital waiting room? c. 3”
the pipe. a. 1 per room d. 4”
a. Flange b. 2 per room 159) The maximum lead content allowed in pipe used
b. Ferrule c. 3 per room to convey potable water?
c. Threaded pipe d. 4 per room a. 2%
d. Cast pipe 148) What is the minimum number of lavatories for b. 0.2%
137) Normally, a ____ mm/hr rainfall intensity is used Hospital’s Ward Room? c. 8%
around in Metro Manila. a. 1 per 8 patients d. 10%
a. 102 b. 1 per 10 patients 160) Minimum size of water supply pipe for
b. 450 c. 1 per 40 flushometer is?
c. 150 d. 1 per 35 a. ½”
d. 175 149) The minimum air gap for lavatories and other b. ¾”
138) A vertical vent that continuation of the drain to fixtures with effective openings not greater than c. 1”
which it connects is a ____. 13mm in diameter when not affected by d. 1 ¼”
a. Branch vent sidewalls. 161) Rain water piping located on an exterior of a
b. Relief vent a. 25mm building using galvanized sheet metal shall not
c. Continuous vent b. 38mm be less than?
d. Circuit vent c. 51mm a. Ga. 12
139) A piping system designed to control and convey d. 57mm b. Ga. 16
excess ground water to a suitable location. 150) The minimum diameter size of water supply pipe c. Ga. 26
a. Storm water drainage piping to a lavatory is? d. Ga. 28
b. Sewer piping a. 1” 162) The maximum fixture units loading allowed on a
c. Vertical stack b. ½” 2 inch waste stack?
d. Downspout c. 3/8” a. 2
140) A unit which is equivalent to the flow rate of one d. 1 ¼” b. 4
(1) cubic foot of water per minute or 7 ½ gpm of 151) The minimum pressure that should be maintained c. 6
water. for fixtures containing flush tank supplies? d. 8
a. Fixture unit a. 5 psi 163) The minimum quantity of water for flushing urinal
b. Number of water closets b. 8 psi is?
c. English unit c. 15 psi a. 2 gallons
d. Metric unit d. 30 psi b. 3 gallons
141) A fixture designed for the washing of hands and 152) Supports anchorage of piping shall not exceed c. 4 gallons
face, sometimes called washbasin. an interval of? d. 6 gallons
a. Sink a. 3m 164) The distance between a water heater and the
b. Lavatory b. 1.5 m union on the water lines shall not be more than?
c. Bathtub c. 1.2 m a. 6“
d. Shower d. 4.5 m b. 12”
142) When no public sewer intended to serve any lot 153) The water demand for shower head is? c. 18”
or premises is available in any thoroughfare or a. 2 gpm d. 24”
right of way abutting such lot or premises, b. 4 gpm 165) The total number of water closets on a 3 inch
drainage piping from the building shall be c. 5 gpm stack is?
connected to: d. 10 gpm a. 2
a. Sewage ejector 154) Vent pipes may offset horizontally when the b. 3
b. Holding tank distance above the extreme overflow level of the c. 4
c. Private sewage disposal system fixture is at least? d. 6
d. Cesspool a. 25 mm 166) Every passage way to attic, water heater shall
143) A condition in the distribution system where it b. 51 mm have a solid continuous flooring not less than?
could damage, or create condition that will c. 102 mm a. 18”
damage components of the distribution system d. 152 mm b. 24”
or create a nuisance is termed as; 155) Cast iron piping in 10ft lengths installed c. 36”
a. Excessive water pressure horizontally, shall be supported at intervals of not d. 48”
b. Loss of pressure more than? 167) Allowing for friction and other pressure los the
c. Excessive air pressure a. 1.5 m available water pressure for fixture is?
d. Loss of water flow b. 3.0 m a. 10 psi
144) Air pressure in drainage pipes greater than c. 4.6 m b. 15 psi
atmospheric pressure. d. 6m c. 60 psi
a. Standard pressure 156) The minimum size of the building supply by the d. 80 psi
b. Normal pressure code is? 168) The maximum trap loading for a 2 inch trap is?
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b. 2 a. 8 psi 192) The minimum water seal height of the interceptor
c. 4 b. 5 psi or clarifier?
d. 6 c. 15 psi a. 75 mm
169) The minimum slope of 3 inch horizontal pipe shall d. 25 psi b. 102 mm
be not less than? 181) In making an air test to the plumbing installation, c. 152 mm
a. 0.5% (after closing all the openings with testing plugs) d. 205 mm
b. 1% what is the pressure applied as indicated on the 193) The minimum size of building sewer is?
c. 2% mercury gauge? a. 75 mm
d. 3% a. 8 psi b. 102 mm
170) The size of the supple piping outlet for any gas b. 5 psi c. 152 mm
appliance shall not be less than? c. 15 psi d. 205 mm
a. The smallest size in the pipe system d. 25 psi 194) The maximum spacing of the cleanout?
b. The inlet connection of that appliance 182) Interval for support for cast iron pipe should not a. Every 5 m
c. The outlet exceed __________. b. Every 10 m
d. Whichever is smaller a. 1.5 m c. Every 15 m
171) The water test for drainage system shall be at b. 3.0 m d. Every 20 m
least? c. 3.6 m 195) The minimum pressure that should be maintained
a. 3 ft head d. 1.0 m in a flush tank according to the code?
b. 10 psi 183) The minimum size of a house sewer not carrying a. 5 psi
c. 25 psi human excrement and installed underground? b. 8 psi
d. 10 ft head a. 51 mm c. 15 psi
172) What pressure is required to test water supply b. 64 mm d. 25 psi
system? c. 76 mm 196) The minimum pressure that should be maintained
a. 100% of used water pressure d. 102 mm in a flush tank according to the code?
b. 150% of used water pressure 184) The minimum size of a house sewer carrying a. 5 psi
c. 200% of used water pressure human excrement and installed underground? b. 8 psi
d. 300% of used water pressure a. 64 mm c. 15 psi
173) The minimum size of clean-out allowed to serve a b. 76 mm d. 25 psi
4 inch drain line? c. 102 mm 197) What is the width of the spacer inside the
a. 2 ½” d. 152 mm neoprene gasket where fittings of pipe ends
b. 3” 185) The minimum of a soil stack? meet?
c. 3 ½” a. 64 mm a. 3/16”
d. 4” b. 76 mm b. 3/8”
174) Piping____ mm or larger in diameter may have a c. 102 mm c. 3/32”
slope of 1 %. d. 152 mm d. 3/64”
a. 76 mm 186) The minimum distance of the inlet to the bottom 198) Copper tubing shall be supported at each storey
b. 102 mm of the sump pit? or at maximum intervals of ____ meters on center.
c. 152 mm a. 2” a. 3.6 m
d. 205 mm b. 3” b. 3.0 m
175) What is the distance of the septic tank from any c. 4” c. 1.5 m
source of water supply? d. 6” d. 1.2 m
a. 3m 187) The minimum size of the under drains? 199) Lead pipe shall be supported at intervals not
b. 10 m a. 2” exceeding ____ meters at centers with a rigid
c. 15 m b. 3” vertical back.
d. 30 m c. 4” a. 3.6 m
176) What is the recommended size for drain serving d. 6” b. 3.0 m
water closet? 188) In the conduct of the water test for plumbing c. 1.5 m
a. 51 mm installations, pipe will be subjected to ______ d. 1.2 m
b. 76 m pressure for 15 mins before inspection. 200) Cast iron pipe – where joints occur, it shall be
c. 102 mm a. 8 psi supported at not more than 1.5 – meter interval
d. 152 mm b. 5 psi except that pipe exceeding 1.5 – meter length
177) What is the minimum distance of sewer lines from c. 15 psi may be supported at not more than____ meters.
water lines? d. 25 psi a. 3.6 m
a. 0.3 m 189) What is the minimum air gap? b. 3.0 m
b. 1.5 m a. 38 mm c. 1.5 m
c. 3.0 m b. 25 mm d. 1.2 m
d. 15.2 m c. 28 mm 201) Plastic tube shall be supported by stiff metal or
178) The recommended distance from the bottom of d. 51 mm wood backing with hangers in its entire length for
the water tank that the dip tube of cold water 190) In laying water pipelines underground, provisions small size tubing up to ____ mm diameter.
supply should terminate? for the minimum allowable distance were a. 32 mm
a. 20 cm stipulated by the code. What is the minimum b. 38 mm
b. 30 cm distance of the water lines with respect to the c. 51 mm
c. 40 cm sewer lines parallel to the water line? d. 76 mm
d. 50 cm a. 0.30 m 202) What is the minimum air gaps for water
179) Interval distance between the cleanout along b. 0.60 m distribution when affected by sidewalls for
the lateral line? c. 1.0 m lavatories and other fixtures with effective
a. 15 m d. 1.50 m opening not greater than 13 mm in dia?
b. 30 m 191) The interval of the floors where yoke vent can be a. 25 mm
c. 45 m located? b. 38 mm
d. 61 m a. 4 c. 51 mm
180) On the large plumbing installations, water tests b. 5 d. 57 mm
are applied progressively where the low end of c. 6 203) What is the minimum air gaps for sinks, laundry
the line is plugged and filled with water. What is d. 10 trays, gooseneck bath faucets and other fixtures
the min pressure that should be applied?

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with effective opening not greater than 19 mm in 213) Closet ring or closet flange shall be approx.. ___ b. 13mm
dia when not affected by sidewalls? mm in dia and when installed shall together with c. 19 mm
a. 25 mm the soil pipe, present a 38 mm with flange and a d. 25 mm
b. 38 mm groove face to receive the figure gasket of ball 224) What is the minimum size connections for the
c. 51 mm wax. cold water line for the urinal stall?
d. 57 mm a. 76 mm a. 10 mm
204) For over rim bath fillers and other fixtures with b. 102 mm b. 13 mm
effective opening not greater than 25 mm in dia c. 178 mm c. 19 mm
when not affected by sidewalls?? d. 305 mm d. 25 mm
a. 25 mm 214) Caulked – on closet ring or closet ring or closet 225) The pressure available for friction loss in kpa
b. 38 mm flanges shall not be less than __mm thick and not divided by the developed lengths of the pipe
c. 51 mm less 51 mm in overall depth. from the main to the highest fixture, times one
d. 57 mm a. 3.2 mm hundred will be the average permissible friction
205) For over rim bath fillers and other fixtures with b. 6.4 mm loss per ___meter length of pipe.
effective opening not greater than 25 mm in dia c. 17.8 mm a. 9.79
when affected by sidewalls?? d. 38 mm b. 61
a. 25 mm 215) Gate valves, when used in drainage work, shall c. 30.40
b. 38 mm be the full way type with working parts of d. 16
c. 51 mm corrosion resistant metal. Sizes ___mm or larger in
d. 76 mm dia shall have a cast iron bodies.
206) What is the minimum air gap for water distribution a. 76 mm
with effective openings not greater than 25 mm b. 102 mm
in dia when not affected by sidewall? c. 178 mm
a. ½ times the diameter of effective opening d. 305 mm
b. 2 times the diameter of effective opening 216) Valves up to end including ___ mm in size shall be
c. 3 times the diameter of effective opening all brass or bronze metal.
d. 4 times the diameter of effective opening a. 25 mm
207) What is the minimum air gap for water distribution b. 38 mm
with effective openings not greater than 25 mm c. 51 mm
in dia when affected by sidewall? d. 57 mm
a. ½ times the diameter of effective opening 217) If the highest group of the fixture contains
b. 2 times the diameter of effective opening flushometer valves the pressure for the group
c. 3 times the diameter of effective opening should not be less than ___ kpa.
d. 4 times the diameter of effective opening a. 102.42
208) Air gaps less than 25 mm shall only be approved b. 103.42
as permanent part of a listed assembly as c. 104.42
permanent part of a listed assemble that has d. 105.42
been tested under actual backflow conditions 218) For flush tank supplies, the available pressure may
with vacuum from 0 - ___ of mercury. not be less ___kpa.
a. 36.5 a. 55.16
b. 63.5 b. 53.16
c. 35.6 c. 51.16
d. 83.6 d. 103
209) Atmospheric vacuum breaker is installed in an 219) In getting the result in the loss in static pressure in
upright position. What is the minimum distance kpa, multiply the diff in elevation by ___.
above all downstream piping and flood level rim a. 9.82
of receptor? b. 9.79
a. 150 mm c. 9.76
b. 200 mm d. 9.73
c. 250 mm 220) What is the minimum size of connections for the
d. 300 mm cold water line for bathtub, bidet and
210) Access and clearance shall be provided for he combination sink and tray?
required testing maintenance and repair. Access a. 13 mm
and clearance shall require minimum of ___mm b. 19 mm
space between the lowest portion of the c. 25 mm
assembly and the grade, floor and platform. d. 38 mm
a. 152 mm 221) What is the minimum size of connections for the
b. 205 mm hot water line for bathtub, bidet and
c. 305 mm combination sink and tray, dental lav, kitchen
d. 450 mm sink, laundry tray?
211) Installations elevated more than ___ meters a. 13 mm
above the floor or grade shall be provided with b. 19 mm
a permanent platform capable of supporting a c. 25 mm
tester or maintenance person. d. 38 mm
a. 1.52 m 222) What is the minimum size of connections for the
b. 2.2 m cold water line for bedpan washer, urinal and
c. 3.0 m flushometer valve?
d. 305 mm a. 13 mm
212) After caulking, the finished joint shall not extend b. 19 mm
more than ___mm below the rim of the tub. c. 25 mm
a. 19 mm d. 38 mm
b. 32 mm 223) What is the minimum size of connection for the
c. 25 mm hot water line for lavatory?
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