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1. These are wastes that are being discharge by water closets.

a. Solid Waste
b. Liquid Waste
c. None of these
d. Both a and b
2. These are wastes that are being discharge by various fixtures except water closets.
a. Solid Waste
b. Liquid Waste
c. None of these
d. Both a and b
3. Any pipe that conveys waste from various fixtures other than the water closet.
a. Solid Pipe
b. Waste Pipe
c. Liquid Pipe
d. Both a and b
4. Any pipe that conveys waste from the water closet.
a. Soil Pipe
b. Waste Pipe
c. None of these
d. Both a and b
5. Which of the following is not a type of Cast Iron Pipe.
a. Type K
b. SV Type
c. XV Type
d. Both b and c
6. Is the cheapest among sewer pipes.
a. Cast Iron Pipe
b. Vitrified Clay Pipe
c. Galvanized Iron Pipe
d. Bituminous Fiber Sewer Pipe
7. Pipe that is never used to convey water for human consumption.
a. Cast Iron Pipe
b. Lead Pipe
c. Galvanized Iron Pipe
d. Bituminous Fiber Sewer Pipe
8. Is made out from mild steel, drawn through a die and welded, cast into into 6 meters long.
a. Cast Iron Pipe
b. Lead Pipe
c. Galvanized Steel Pipe
d. Bituminous Fiber Sewer Pipe
9. A fixture is flooded when the liquid therein rises to the flood level rim.
a. Flooded
b. Flood Level Rim
c. Flood Level
d. Rim
10. The water that stands in or passes through the ground.
a. Surface Water
b. Ground Water
c. Surface Runoff
d. Storm Water
11. A device designed to retain grease from one to a maximum of four fixtures.
a. Grease Interceptor
b. P-trap
c. Grease Trap
d. Sand Trap
12. Minimum distance of two water closets center to center.
a. 0.75 meter or 30 inches
b. 0.375 meter or 15 inches
c. 0.3 meter or 12 inches
d. 0.6 meter or 24 inches

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13. Minimum distance of two urinals center to center.

a. 0.75 meter or 30 inches
b. 0.375 meter or 15 inches
c. 0.3 meter or 12 inches
d. 0.6 meter or 24 inches
14. Which of the following is not a plumbing fixture.
a. None of these.
b. Floor Drain.
c. Shower Receptor.
d. Water Closet.
15. A _______ is a quarter-turn rotary motion valve that uses a ball-shaped disk to stop or start the flow.
a. Gate Valve
b. Globe Valve
c. All of these
d. Ball Valve
16. A water supply pipe, which extends vertically to one full story or more to convey water into pipe branches
or plumbing fixtures.
a. Building Supply
b. Riser
c. Water Main
d. None of these.
17. The pH scale usually ranges from.
a. 0 to 7
b. 0 to 14
c. 0 to 15
d. None of these.
18. No water closet shall have a flush volume exceeding
a. 1.6 gallons per flush (gpf)
b. 1.28 gallons per flush (gpf)
c. 0.5 gallons per flush (gpf)
d. None of these.
19. All food equipment shall be separated from the drainage system by a full
a. airbreak
b. Both a and b.
c. airgap
d. None of these.
20. No standpipe receptor for any clotheswasher shall extend more than ____ above its trap.
a. 0.8 meter
b. 0.45 meter
c. 1.2 meter
d. None of these.
21. No trap for any clotheswasher standpipe receptor shall be installed below the floor, but shall be roughed
no less than _______ and not more than 0.45 meter above the floor.
a. 0.15 meter
b. 0.2 meter
c. 0.3 meter
d. None of these.
22. The airgap for drainage shall be not less than _________ between the plumbing fixture, appliance or
appurtenance outlet and the rim of the floor sink or receptor.
a. 50 mm
b. 25 mm
c. 75 mm
d. None of these.
23. Every indirect waste interceptor receiving discharge containing particles that clogs the receptor drain shall
have a readily removable ____________.
a. beehive strainer
b. floor drain
c. cleanout plug
d. None of these.

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24. Appliances, devices or apparatus such as stills, sterilizers and similar equipment requiring water and waste
and used for sterile materials shall be drained through an ___________.
a. Both c and d
b. None of these
c. airbreak
d. airgap
25. Drinking fountains may be installed with indirect wastes.
a. True
b. None of these
c. False
26. Pipes from boilers shall discharge by means of indirect waste piping as determined by ________ or the
boiler manufacturer's recommendations.
a. Registered Master Plumber
b. Contractor
c. Administrative Authority
d. None of these.
27. The contents of condensers receiving steam or hot water under pressure must pass first through an open
sump before entering the drainage system.
a. False
b. True
c. None of these.
28. Sumps, condensers or intercepting tanks constructed of concrete shall have walls and bottom not less than
__________thickness.
a. 102 mm
b. 75 mm
c. 150 mm
d. 125 mm
29. Condensers constructed of metal shall be not less than ___________.
a. None of these.
b. No. 17 B and S gauge (1.1 mm thickness)
c. No. 16 U.S. gauge B and S (1.6 mm thickness)
d. No. 12 U.S. Standard gauge (2.8 mm thickness)
30. Size of vent in mm of 19 mm Boiler Blowoff.
a. 51 mm
b. 25.4 mm
c. 64 mm
d. 76 mm
31. The vertical piping between any two (2) consecutive inlet levels shall be considered a wet-vented section.
a. True
b. False
c. None of these.
32. Is a hole in the ground curbed with stones, bricks, concrete hollow blocks, or other materials laid in such a
manner as to allow raw contaminated sewage to leach into the soil.
a. The Privy
b. The Cesspool
c. The Septic Tank
d. Public Sewer Line
33. Is a concrete sealed vault with a wooden shelter constructed for the collection of raw seepage.
a. The Privy
b. The Cesspool
c. The Septic Tank
d. Public Sewer Line
34. Is a device or receptacle used to expedite the decomposition of the elements contained in a raw sewage
waste.
a. The Privy
b. The Cesspool
c. The Septic Tank
d. Public Sewer Line

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35. Is a public sewage system, operated and maintained by the government consisting of a sewage treatment
plant that conveys the raw sewage from buildings and houses to a disposal system
a. The Privy
b. The Cesspool
c. The Septic Tank
d. Public Sewer Line
36. Which of the following are not recommended by sanitary authorities as a type of sewage disposal
a. The Privy
b. The Cesspool
c. The Septic Tank
d. Public Sewer Line
37. Is a public sewage system, operated and maintained by the government consisting of a sewage treatment
plant that conveys the raw sewage from buildings and houses to a disposal system
a. The Privy
b. The Cesspool
c. The Septic Tank
d. Public Sewer Line
38. Refers to the pump that will discharge waste in the sump and transfer it to the house drain installed
overhead.
a. Sewage Ejector
b. Jet Pump
c. Centrifugal Pump
d. Sump Pump

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