Mock Examination: Plumbing and Sanitary Services

1. Section 4 of Republic Act 1378 is known as c. swing check valve

a. the Plumbing Code of the Philippines d. gate valve
b. the Plumbing Law
c. the National Master Plumbers Association 9. preferred type of fitting used to connect two pipes
d. the National Plumber’s Code when adjusting the distance of these pipes is
necessary
2. Any pipe in the plumbing system provided to a. coupling
ventilate a house drainage system and to prevent trap b. socket
siphonage and back pressure c. union
a. waste pipe d. adapter
b. vent pipe e. reducer
c. soil pipe
d. house trap 10. The standard size of a wet standpipe outlet for
each floor
3. A vent used in a battery of plumbing fixtures where a. 38mm (1 ½”)
the vent is installed in-front of the last fixture of the b. 32mm (1 ¼”)
battery c. 51mm (2”)
a. yoke vent d. 64mm (2 ½”)
b. stack vent
c. relief vent 11. A type of fitting for yoke vent
d. circuit vent a. elbow
b. wye
4. A type of pump which comprises essentially an c. tee
impeller of set vanes enclosed in a housing or casing d. crowfoot
coupled with the pump motor
a. piston pump 12. What is the minimum size of trap or branch of a
b. jack pump bidet
c. centrifugal pump a. 75mm (3”)
d. turbines b. 51mm (2”)
c. 64mm (2 ½”)
5. A female G.I. threaded reducer fitting used to d. 38mm (1 ½”)
connect a reducing branch from a main water
distribution 13. Term applied to the interconnection of the same
a. bell reducer fixtures in one soil or waste branch with one branch
b. tee reducer vent
c. elbow reducer a. battery of fixtures
d. coupling reducer b. multiple fixtures
c. series of fixtures
6. What does PE pipe stand for? d. fixture unit
a. Polyethylene Pipe
b. Polythylene Pipe 14. A common term for a two-way Fire Service
c. Polyvinyl Extra Pipes Connection
d. Plastics Extra Pipe a. siamese connection
b. wet standpipe
7. method of water treatment wherein denser c. dry standpipe
objectionable elements settle on the bottom of the d. combination wye
basin for easy separation
a. filtration 15. pipe material which allows the installation of one
b. sedimentation diameter size smaller than the specified size as
c. filtering calculated by the master plumber/sanitary engineer
d. limestone straining a. G.I.
b. wrought iron
8. the following valves have only one side which can c. PVC
be used as a water inlet, except for d. cement
a. horizontal check valve e. none of the above
b. angle valve
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16. Full-way valve is another term for 23. Which in the list is not a standard commercial size
a. check valve of GI pipe for water supply
b. gate valve a. 3/8”
c. globe valve b. 1 ¼”
d. lift valve c. ¾”
e. none of the above d. 2 ½”

17. plumbing fixture classification of kitchen sinks 24. Passing through it can treat hard water
a. soil a. zeolite
b. water b. chlorine
c. scullery c. iron
d. bathing d. limestone
e. none of the above
25. Collection line of a Plumbing system is sometimes
18. faucet with exterior threading at its mouth usually referred to as
located outside a building a. floor drain
a. key cock b. house drain
b. compression cock c. storm drain
c. self closing faucet d. sanitary drain
d. hose bibb
26. Types of plastic pipes of fittings other than
19. the Air pressure System for water distribution polybutylene and polyethylene
serves zones of how many floors a. polyvinyl chloride
a. 5 b. nylon
b. 10 c. g.i. pipe
c. 12 d. neoprene pipe
d. 15
e. none of the above 27. Level III type of water service refers to
a. artesian well
20. system of water distribution by which water is b. individual shallow well
delivered to and through the building by normal c. hand pump
pressure from the public water main d. individual house pipe-in connection with meter
a. upfeed
b. overheadfeed 28. type of well construction used so as not to affect
c. downfeed the foundations of adjacent buildings
d. air pressure a. dug well
b. bored well
21. type of fire protection system wherein water is c. driven well
immediately available in case of fire d. jetted well
I. automatic dry pipe
II. wet standpipe with siamese connection 29. A cause of trap seal loss that only occurs in
III. wet standpipe fixtures at the bottom of soil stacks
IV. automatic wet pipe a. direct siphonage
V. dry standpipe b. momentum siphonage
a. I, II, and III c. back pressure
b. II, III, and IV d. capillary attraction
c. II and III
d. II only 30. A chemical present in the sanitary system which, if
e. III only removed, can prevent or at least
minimize acid formation
22. A fitting installed at the base of a soil stack and a a. carbon
building drain b. nitrogen
a. ¼ bend c. hydrogen
b. wye and 1/8 bend connection d. iron
c. long sweep bend e. none of the above
d. double 1/8 bend
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31. That portion of the vent pipe system that directly b. riser
ventilates two fixture traps c. soil pipe
a. unit vent d. stack
b. dual vent
c. common vent 39. In buildings with basements much deeper than the
d. a and b city sewer, wastes are conveyed to the house sewer
e. all of the above after it has been collected in a
a. septic tank
32. That portion of the vent pipe system which b. garage trap
ventilates the main soil and waste stack and c. basement trap
connecting branches, rather than the fixture traps d. house drain
themselves e. sump pit
a. circuit vent
b. main vent 40. The lighter organic matter in the septic tank which
c. relief vent is less dense than water
d. unit vent a. sludge
e. wet vent b. scum
c. effluent
33. The minimum size of a swimming pool drain d. bacteria
a. 51mm (2”) e. none of the above
b. 76mm (3”)
c. 102mm (4”) 41. The only type of valve used in the sanitary system
d. 153mm (6”) a. back flow valve
b. pressure valve
34. Prevents water hammer c. back pressure valve
a. water meter seal d. gate valve
b. gate valve
c. check valve 42. The pipe used for waste pipe installation during
d. air chamber the early 1970’s
a. g.i. pipe
35. A pipe which conveys only liquid waste, free of b. copper pipe
fecal matter c. cast iron pipe
a. waste pipe b. pvc pipe
b. soil pipe
c. vent pipe 43. The equivalent of 1 Fixture Unit (F.U.)
d. gray pipe a. o.23 l/sec
b. 0.52 l/sec
36. Method of ventilation commonly used in spaces c. 7.52 l/sec
without partitions such as beauty parlors and barber d. 7.5 gals/min
shops e. 75 gals/min
a. loop vent
b. looped vent 44. The diameter given in tube or tubing specification
c. yoke vent is referred to its
d. local vent a. inside diameter
e. none of the above b. outside diameter
c. yielding tolerance
37. The preferred type of pipe used when only a d. threading cut
portion of its length is required 45. Water column that seals the escape of unhealthy
a. standard pipe gases in the sanitary drainage system
b. single hub pipe a. siphon level
c. double hub pipe b. trap or water seal
d. hubless pipe c. air lock
d. air chamber
38. A general term used for any vertical line of soil,
waste, or vent piping 46. A pipe fitting, usually short with inside thread used
a. stand pipe to connect pipes with outside threaded ends
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a. union
b. cross pipe
c. coupling
d. nipple

47. fixtures directly mounted on walls or ceilings

a. pendant mounted
b. recessed mounted
c. surface mounted
d. flushed

48. an underground tank reservoir to store water

a. overhead tank
b. underground tank
c. sump
d. cistern

49. Coverage of one sprinkler head for light hazard

occupancy type buildings
a. 5.0 sqM
b. 10 sqM
c. 20 sqM
d. 25 sqM
e. 50 sqM

50. term used in the construction industry to specify

the installation of all pipes in a plumbing system
a. roughing-in
b. plumbing layout
c. piping network
d. piping works