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A.
B.
C.
D.
3"
2 1/2"
2"
4" (Answer)
Q.2) What is used in water pipelines to absorb the shock caused by water hammering?
A.
B.
C.
D.
shock regulator
air chamber (Answer)
water regulator
shock absorber system
polymer
elastomeric gasket
teflon (Answer)
structural polyester thread
1.10 m
1.20 m
1.50 m
1.80 m (Answer)
A.
B.
C.
D.
X11.1
X11.2
X11.3 (Answer)
X11.5
Q.7) 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.
B.
C.
D.
Q.8) The minimum number of water closet unit required for the female population of an
elementary school?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1 per 75
1 per 35 (Answer)
1 per 50
1 per 100
Q.9) A faucet fitted with nozzle curving downward used as a draw-of trap?
A.
B.
C.
D.
firehouse
bibcock
lavatory faucet (Answer)
garden hose
A.
B.
C.
D.
Q.11)
a
d
c
b (Answer)
Q.13) 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 (Answer)
C. it's own gravity weight counters its speed of going up
D. all things stops
Q.14) The minimum sized of a trap and waste branch for a size of foot bath?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1 1/4 diameter
2 diameter (Answer)
1,1/2 diameter
1 diameter
3
4
2 (Answer)
1 1/2
Q.16) In storm drainage system, it is used to prevent aggregates, debris and other unwanted
objects from entering the drainage system?
A.
B.
C.
D.
trap
catch basin (Answer)
FD
storm trap
class
schedule (Answer)
thickness
gauge
washdown
flatback
feminine stall urinal
Bidet (Answer)
Q.19)
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.
B.
C.
D.
X11.1
X11.6
X11.8 (Answer)
X11.9
Q.20) 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.
B.
C.
D.
Blow-pipe
VTR
Back vent pipe (Answer)
Soil pipe
Q.21) A pipe that conveys the discharge of water closets or fixtures having similar functions
with or without the discharges from other fixtures?
A.
B.
C.
D.
waste pipe
soil pipe (Answer)
branch pipe
drain pipe
uPVC (Answer)
PeX
PP
GI
centrifugal pump
sump (Answer)
rotary pump
central sewage booster
Q.24) A plumbing devices designed to intercept most greases and solids before they enter a
at corner of walls
inside columns
wall hung
in between window openings (Answer)
Q.26) 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.
B.
C.
D.
vice grip
union patente
turnstile
turnbuckle (Answer)
Q.27) A term used to describe pumps that are interconnected with each other?
A.
B.
C.
D.
gang
series
battery (Answer)
none
Q.28) Where traps are used to prevent foul odor from coming out. Which of the following does
not have a water trap?
A.
B.
C.
D.
kitchen sink
lavatory
floor drain
bidet (Answer)
A.
B.
C.
D.
Q.30) What is installed in a fixture to alleviate the effects of too much water pressure?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Q.31) 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 (Answer)
Q.32) What is the most efficient tools for cutting cast iron pipe?
A.
B.
C.
D.
handsaw
hacksaw
chisel and hammer
snap cutter (Answer)
chloride (Answer)
sodium
cyanide
hydrochlor
D. 1/4 of 1 ft (Answer)
Q.35) Prevents water hammer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Q.36) The minimum sized of a trap and waste branch for a pedestal urinal?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2 diameter (Answer)
2 1/2 diameter
3 diameter
4 diameter
Q.37) It is the line in a single diagram that runs from the fuses to the home run?
A.
B.
C.
D.
ground wire
riser (Answer)
main
single fuse diagram
Q.38) What type of materials is used for the base of a septic tank?
A.
B.
C.
D.
earth base
mass concrete
lean concrete
reinforced concrete (Answer)
gate valve
flushometer (Answer)
faucet
none
B. 120psi
C. 30 psi
D. 40 psi
Q.41) Which is not a rule of a thumb when designing a drainage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Q.42) A pipe which conveys only liquid waste, free of fecal matter?
A.
B.
C.
D.
wet vent
waste pipe (Answer)
vent pipe
soil pipe
vertical shaft
pipe chase (Answer)
ducts
raceway
copper
lead (Answer)
GI
iron
3dia.
4dia
2dia (Answer)
6dia
Q.46) Where would you locate water distribution pipe farthest from?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Q.47) Black steel pipe with galvanized malleable fitting is ideal for?
A.
B.
C.
D.
oxygen pipe
electrical conduit
gas pipe (Answer)
water Pipe
Q.48) The minimum size of a trap and waste branch for a shower stall?
A.
B.
C.
D.
2 diameter (Answer)
3 diameter
1 1/2 diameter
1 diameter
coupling (Answer)
nipple
tee
elbow
Q.51) 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 (Answer)
D. 2.4 m
Q.52) What is the standard water consumption (gallon/ person/day) used in a 2 story residence?
A.
B.
C.
D.
30-40 (Answer)
40-60
50-80
90-120
Q.53) When there is a low pressure from the water main, what will you use to supply higher
levels?
A.
B.
C.
D.
pneumatic pump
sump pump
jet pump
booster pump (Answer)
Q.54) In the given figure, identify the plumbing fixture in label "8"?
chb
drywall (Answer)
shearwall
double wall
cyan
green
blue (Answer)
light blue
Q.57) What property is used to distinguish between potable and sanitary uPVC pipes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
thickness
nominal diameter
outside diameter
color (Answer)
mechanical fastener
Solvent
fusion welding (Answer)
coupling
Q.59) 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.
B.
C.
D.
curb cock
corp stop (Answer)
cock stop
emergency cock
Q.60) There are several reasons why soil stacks are not allowed in columns. Which is not a
reason?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1%
2% (Answer)
3%
4%
Q.62) Water well yield is a factor considered to determine the size of?
A.
B.
C.
D.
fixtures
electrical wiring
water pipe (Answer)
pump
Q.63)
An elbow having
lugs for attachment to wall or joist?
A.
B.
C.
D.
X12.1
X11.5
X11.4
X11.2 (Answer)
Q.64) What do you call a liquid waste ( without urine/ industrial waste) discharges into the
sewer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Q.66)
X11.8
X11.9
X11.6
X11.4 (Answer)
BI pipe
polyethylene pipe (Answer)
GI pipe
none
Q.68) The minimum number of a urinal fixture required for the male population of both
elementary and secondary school?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1 per 40
1 per 50
1 per 60
1 per 30 (Answer)
Q.70) A general term used for any vertical line of soil, waste, or vent piping?
A.
B.
C.
D.
stand pipe
riser
shaft
stack (Answer)
1.5"
2" (Answer)
2.5"
3"
purify
coagulant (Answer)
disinfectant
dental
Q.73) Base on the figure shown, identify the type of closet at leter "A"?
A.
B.
C.
D.
siphon-vortex
siphon-jet (Answer)
wash-down
reverse-trap
Q.74) The minimum distance (in meters) of a well from a septic tank?
A.
B.
C.
D.
15 (Answer)
10
25
20
Q.75) An individual vent for a plumbing fixture located at the downstream of a trap?
A. vent pipe
38mm (Answer)
45mm
500mm
600mm
Q.77) The minimum size of trap and waste branch for a bidet?
A.
B.
C.
D.
3 diameter
1- 1/2 diameter
2 diameter (Answer)
1 diameter
coupling
elbow
structural compression gasket (Answer)
polymer compression gasket
Q.79) One of the first steps in the selection of a suitable water supply source is?
A.
B.
C.
D.
5 m (Answer)
6m
10m center to center
15 m
A.
B.
C.
D.
drywall
150mm CHB wall
pipe chase (Answer)
box-up with the column
check valve
angle valve
gate valve (Answer)
globe valve
light blue
gray
blue
white (Answer)
A
B
C
D (Answer)
galvanized iron
ceramic (Answer)
s/s
pvc
Q.88)
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 (Answer)
D. X11.7
Q.89) In plumbing system, if pipes are electrical wires, what are the equivalent of switches?
A.
B.
C.
D.
tee
floor drains
clean out
valve (Answer)
Q.90) The prescribe color coding of piping under refrigerating division of all pipes and fittings?
A.
B.
C.
D.
white
yellow
gray
black (Answer)
Q.91) The sewage treatment process that involves the use of hydrochloride to kill pathogenic
bacteria?
A.
B.
C.
D.
disinfection (Answer)
aeration
chlorination
hydro-chlorine filtration
Q.92)
a (Answer)
d
c
b
A
B
C (Answer)
D
Explanation
The noisiest is washdown. The answer is correct. Try to see the photo again.
Q.94) Kind of pipe not suited to be exposed to ultraviolet rays?
A.
B.
C.
D.
PB
iron
pvc (Answer)
gi
Q.95) A pipe fitting to change in one single direction (course) the flow of water:
A.
B.
C.
D.
tee
cross tee
wye
elbow (Answer)
white
orange
gray (Answer)
silver
Q.98) A piece of pipe threaded outside all through out to connect short runs of two pipe fittings?
A.
B.
C.
D.
nipple (Answer)
supply pip
coupling
close nipple
In the figure
above, which is a reducing socket?
A. A
B. B (Answer)
C. C
D. D
Q.101) Which wall is best suited if soil pipe will run through it?
A. drywall
B. 6" CHB (Answer)
C. shear wall
D. retaining wall
Q.102)
A. A (Answer)
B. B
C. C
D. D
Q.103) Theater or movie houses 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 (Answer)
D. box office record
Q.104) 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 (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
Q.105) 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 (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
Q.106) 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 (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