BASIC PLUMBING a. 70 feet c.

75 feet
LET – TLE MAJOR b. 80 feet d. 85 feet
14. Which of the following tools is used in making teeth on
Direction: Read the questions carefully and encircle the letter of pipes?
the correct answer for each question. a. Pipe wrench c. Pliers
b. Hack saw d. Threader
1. What do you call a person who installs pipes, fixtures and 15. To avoid leakage of threaded fittings, what material is used
other apparatus to convey and supply water in building and to seal it off?
to dispose and discharge water waste? a. Masking tape c. Teflon tape
a. Plumber c. Mason b. Scotch tape d. Any of the above
b. Carpenter d. All of the above 16. The right and proper tool used to cut G.I. pipe is ______.
2. Showers, lavatories, bath tubs and sink are fixed plumbing a. hacksaw c. pipe reamer
items in a household known as b. pipe cutter d. cold chisel
a. Fittings c. Fixtures 17. Which of the following tools is used to tighten or loosen
b. Equipment d .Plumbing materials hexagonal fittings like unions and other metal fitting?
3. The following statements are required by the National a. Wrench c. Pipe vise
Plumbing Code EXCEPT b. Pliers d. Threader
a. All pipe joints must be well fitted and tightly 18. Which device provides liquid seal to prevent the back
connected passage of air?
b. The drainage pipe should be inclined properly for a. Fixture c. Trap
downward gravity flow of water b. Sewer d. None of the above
c. Drainage pipe should be provided with adequate 19. What fitting is used if one wants to connect smaller pipe
cleanout from a larger pipe?
d. There should be no ventilation pipe to avoid a. Nipple c. Coupling
exposure of bad odor b. Bushing d. Reducer
4. Which of the following statements refer to a good waste 20. Which fitting is used to connect fixed pipe and fixtures?
pipe installation? a. Union fitting c. Tee fitting
a. Right location of the cleanout b. Wye fitting d. Reducer
b. Proper fitting and joining of pipes
c. Correct slope of the pipelines
21. A type of pipe made of concrete and usually use for sewer
purpose due to large diameter in size and durability. It has
d. All of the above
the ability to adopt soil environment with no danger of
5. Plumbing codes in the Philippines vary from place to place rusting
in order to protect the health of the community. Faulty a. soil pipes c. water pipes
plumbing may cause b. sewer pipe d. drainage pipe
a. Health problem of the community
b. Health problem of the people
22. What particular tool will be use to by plumber when
tightening or loosen pipe fitting
c. Health epidemics
a. adjustable wrench c. pliers
d. Serious health hazard
b. pipe wrench d. basin wrench
6. What do you call the pipe that conveys waste from various
23. A building has a system of pipes and drains installed for
fixtures other than from the water closet?
the purpose of distribution of potable drinking water and the
a. Soil pipe c. Drain pipe
removal of waterborne wastes
b. Waste pipe d. Vent pipe
a. Venting system c. Drainage system
7. In order to prevent siphonage or backflow of the water seal b. Water system d. Plumbing system
in the drainage system, what must be installed?
a. Drain pipe c. Vent pipe
24. In order to avoid the sewer gases to build up pressure in
the drainage system, the must connect
b. Soil pipe d. Waste pipe
a. . Water system c. Drainage system
8. What is the ideal size of the pipe to be used as a soil pipe b. Venting system d. Plumbing system
as provided by the National Plumbing Code?
a. Not less than 3” or 75 mm diameter
25. The drainpipes connections are lead away from all fixtures
at a certain calculated slope of
b. Not more than 3” or 75 mm diameter
a. ½ per ft b. 5/8 per ft c. 1/8 per ft d. ¼ per ft
c. At least 2-4” or more than 75 mm diameter
d. At least 2 inches and not exceed 75 mm 26. Today’s modern plumbing makes use of central fitting
diameter suitable for joining both imperial and metric sizes of
medium and high density polyethylene pipe. This type of
9. It refers to the commonly used plastic pipe in water fixture
fitting is made of
installations.
a. nylon material c. plastics
a. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
b. fiber d. syntactic
b. The Polyethylene (PE)
c. Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC) 27. This type of material is use for making flanged. The color
d. Styrene Rubber Plastic ( SR) is gray and it is usually hard but brittle and not affected
much by massive rusting when expose to air and water.
10. It refers to the receptacle or vault used to collect organic
a. . Steel c. cast iron
waste discharge from the house sewer.
b. Mild steel d. stainless steel
a. Septic tank c. Water tank
b. Waste tank d. All of the above 28. The proper installation of the venting system facilitate the
flow of sewer gases and
11. What size of a septic tank is ideal in a family with 6
a. draining of water waste c. solid waste disposal
members?
b. water disposal d . solid and water disposal
a. 1.3 cu.m. c. 2.6 cu.m.
b. 3.9 cu.m. d. 6 cu.m. 29. The atmospheric pressure in the drainpipes is maintained
by the ________ due to the siphoning effect and flow of
12. What do you call the process of decomposition in the upper
running water in the traps.
portion of the septic tank?
a. venting system c. effect solid waste
a. Sedimentation c. Anaerobic decomposition
b. Effect of Air d. effect of gases
b. Digestion d. None of the above
30. It is a concrete structure under the ground level designed
13. In constructing septic tank, what is the minimum distance
to hold and deposit solid and liquid waste of a building
of the tank to the nearest source of water?
 a. Venting system c. Drainage system b. tools and equipment d. engineering standard
b. Water system d. Septic tank 46. If you install a soil pipe ,what is the standard pitch or
31. It is a type of pipe connections that is attached to a system slope?
designed to prevent potentially dangerous sewer gases a. 5% b. 10% c.2% d.1%
from entering the house 47. If you put source of potablewater ,what is the minimum
a. Trap b. Venting c. Drainage d. Plumbing safe distance from the septic tank?
32. A house plumber should have a copy of the plumbing local a. 15m b. 10m c. 5m d. 20m
code before installing any plumbing connection. This code 48. No cesspool,septic tank or drainfields shall be located
can be acquired from the office of within how many meter radius from the well?
a. Mayor’s office c. Building inspector’s a. 15m b. 10m c. 50m d. 45m
b. Public works and Highways d. License plumber 49. If you plan to drill for a well that can supply water for public
33. Galvanized steel was used in homes prior to the use ,what is the minimum meter radius from a well to the
year______and the widespread adoption of copper, but it residences?
can still be found used in some older homes. a. 150m b. 100m c. 50m d. 200m
a. 1965 b. 1970 c. 1960 d. 1980 50. If you want to estimate the number of G.I pipesneeded
34. Copper, historically has been the most common type of from your house to mainsupply, what is the standard length
pipe used in home plumbing and it became very popular in of a G.I pipe that you aregoing to use?
the 1960’s due to its a. 20m b. 6ft. c. 3.0m d.20ft.
a. availability c. reliability and durability
b. affordability d. Usefulness
35. This material is used in conjunctions with metal roofing
sections, flashings, and guttering rain water accessories.
a. Sealants c. contact cement
b. elastomeric d. gutter cement
36. This type of joints is generally used on large-diameter
pipes and tubes where unions and other screwed fittings
cannot be use.
a. Flanged c. Pipes
b. b. Fitting d. coupling
37. Compressions fittings are normally made of brass in
various sizes and are manufactured for
a. joining metals c. joining pipes
b. compressing joint d. Jointing polyethylene
38. Mr. Abad want to control the incoming water lifts from the in
the system. What kind of valve will he install?
a. flanged valves c. union valve
b. b. flanged and loose valves d. loose valve
39. Generally, flanged joints are used on a large-diameter
pipes and tubes where unions and other screwed are fitted.
The main purpose of the flanged joints is to allow the
sections of piping to be replaced without distributing the
a. running water c. venting system
b. trap d. section of the piping circuit
40. One of the most corrosion- resistant materials available to
plumbers for use in hot and cold water services connection
a. stainless steel tube c. cast iron
b. steel tube d. uPVC
41. The Plumbing Codes varied widely from place to places in
order to protect the health of the community. Faulty
plumbing may cause
a. health problem of the people c. health epidemics
b. problem of the community d. serious health hazard
42. Polyethylene fitting normally made of brass in various
sizes, this is called
a. cast iron pipes b. flanged fitting
c. stainless pipes d. Compressions fittings
43. The shape and position of a trap retains water that serves
as an________ against the rising sewer gases. This due to
the normal circumstances in rising sewer air
a. operation of the sewer c. trap in the sewer
b. abnormal operation d. effective seal
44. The application of Science and technology contribute
much in the improvements of the plastic materials in
plumbing. It indicate that that
a. uniform regulations can be expected
b. capital can be expected
c. demand can be expected
d. regulations can be the same
45. The increasing standardization of Plumbing codes in
different areas of the country tends toward uniformly due
to the availability of
a. manpower c. equipment and materials