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d. Fitting
PRACTICAL PROBLEMS MODULE NO. 1
1. Which of the following is the minimum size of supply 9. What is the recommended slope for sanitary drainage
pipe for a shower head. pipes?
a. 25mm b. 10mm a. 1% b. 2%
c. 19mm d. 13 mm c. 5% d. 4%

2. A cylindrical trap commonly used on the drain pipes of 10. Identify the plumbing valve below.
bathtubs and bidet.
a. Running trap
b. P-trap
c. Bell trap
d. Drum trap

3. Which of the following is not considered a sanitary

ware?
a. Urinal a. Ball valve
b. Floor Drain b. Float valve
c. Bath Tub c. Butterfly valve
d. Water Closet d. Gate valve

4. IPS stands for ___. 11. Which of the following is the best type of sewage
a. Iron Pipe Size disposal?
b. Internal Pipe Size a. Privy
c. Individual Plumbing System b. Cesspool
d. International Plumbing System c. Sewage Holding Tank
d. Septic Tank
5. This tool is used to make watertight joints between
flexible copper piping materials. 12. PVC stands for ___, which commonly used different
piping system.
a. Polyvinyl Chloride
b. Polyvinyl Chemical
c. Polyvinyl Chlorine
d. Polyvinyl Cooling Pipe
a. Flaring tool b. Pipe vise
c. Victaulic coupling d. Basin Wrench 13. DWV stands for___.
a. Drain, Wet, Vent
6. Which of the following characteristics best describes a b. Double, Work, Vault
plastic or synthetic pipe? c. Drain, Waste, Vent
a. Low resistance to fluid flow d. Drainpipe, Water, Velocity
b. Applicable for either hot and cold assemblies
c. Ease of usage 14. Which joint type is commonly used on galvanized steel
d. All of the above pipe?
a. Soldered Joint
7. Which fitting combination is best suited for the base of a b. Screwed Joint
soil or waste stack? c. Welded Joint
a. Short sweep and 1/4 bend d. Solvent Cement Joint
b. 1-1/8 bend
c. Wye branch and 1/8 bend 15. PPR stands for ___, which is commonly used on water
d. 1/4 bend supply piping.
a. Polypropylene Return
8. A change in direction is achieved with the use of a ___. b. Polypropylene Random
a. Pipe c. Polypropylene Round
b. Bushing d. Polypropylene Reducer
c. Fitting

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16. Wastewater flushed out of the water closet is known as 26. Where does the digestion process in a septic tank take
___. place?
a. Gray water b. Storm water a. Digestion Chamber
c. Black water d. White water b. Primary Leaching Chamber
c. Secondary Leaching Chamber
17. What is the heaviest type of copper tube? d. None of these
a. Type DWV b. Type L
c. Type M d. Type K 27. Identify the opening mechanism of the clean-out
shown below.
18. Which of the following is an example of a plumbing
fixture?
a. Gate valve b. Floor Drain
c. Shower d. Water meter

19. What type of vent is used in conjunction with loop

vent?
a. Unit Vent b. Circuit Vent
c. Individual Vent d. Back Vent a. Countersunk
b. Plug
20. What type of venting system is connected at the drain c. Cap
side of a trap? d. Drop
a. Dry Vent
b. Wet Vent 28. The term stack is used exclusively in what vertical
c. Storm Vent systems of pipe.
d. Fixture Vent a. Vent pipe b. Waste pipe
c. Soil pipe d. All of these
21. What type of vent serves only one fixture?
a. Circuit Vent 29. Which fixtures has a flush valve?
b. Yoke Vent a. Urinal
c. Revent b. Lavatory
d. Loop Vent c. Service Sink
d. Bidet
22. Hub is also known as ___.
a. Bell b. Body 30. Expansion loop is used in what kind of piping system.
c. Pipe d. Spigot a. Storm Drainage
b. Cold Water Supply
23. Crimping is a process of ___ pipe. c. Hot Water Supply
a. Jointing fitting to a pipe d. Vent Piping
b. Threading
c. Cutting 31. A fitting with a projecting collar along the edge used on
d. Removing installation requiring increased area coverage for added
mechanical strength
24. Which fitting is used in joining galvanized steel pipe a. Union b. Socket
with plastic pipe? c. Flange d. Nipple
a. Coupling
b. Union 32. Which of the following has the highest frictional
c. Tee coefficient?
d. Adapter a. Gate Valve
b. Globe Valve
25. Double offset may be used in the following way except. c. Ball Valve
a. Used to avoid obstruction d. Check Valve
b. Used as a trap substitute
c. Connect soil stack to vent stack
d. All of these

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33. Identify the fitting illustrated below. c. Sprinkler

d. Standpipe

41. As metal cools after being flame cut it ___.

a. Expands
b. Contracts
c. Remain the same
d. Become harder

a. Runner Tee 42. A bidet is a plumbing fixture used for washing the ___.
b. Tapped Tee a. Body
c. Service Tee b. External Genitalia
d. Offset Tee c. Face
d. Feet
34. Aircon drain can be considered ___.
a. Direct Waste 43. A vertical pipe, or a reservoir, into which water is
b. Indirect Waste pumped to give it at a head.
c. Special Waste a. Riser
d. Hazardous Waste b. Stack
c. Standpipe
35. What is U in uPVC. d. Upfeed
a. Under
b. Universal 44. A piece of pipe over 300mm in length but less than the
c. Uniform commercially available and functions as extension in the
d. Unplasticized piping system.
a. Nipple
36. A male thread fitting with square head used for closing b. Cut pipe
another female fitting. c. Union
a. Cap d. Coupling
b. Plug
c. Nipple 45. Identify the fitting shown.
d. Bushing

37. The type of urinal in which the bowl is elongated and

attached to the floor.
a. Trough urinal
b. Wall hung urinal
c. Stall urinal
d. None of these
a. Union
38. What is the minimum fixture drain size of a floor drain? b. Bushing
a. 51mm b. 102mm c. Nipple
c. 38mm d. 76mm d. Coupling

39. Process of flushing, cleaning to remove dirt by the 46. A yoke vent is an inter-connection between__.
flowing liquid through it. a. Fixture drain and fixture branch
a. Scouring b. Vent stack and soil stack
b. Cleaning c. Horizontal branch and stack vent
c. Draining d. None of these
d. Scrubbing
47. A vent pipe serving a single island fixture must extend
40. A wye connection used in fire lines where firehoses ___ before offsetting horizontally or vertically downward.
may be connected. a. Before the drainage outlet
a. Siamese connection b. 3"
b. Hydrant c. 6"

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d. Just above the drainage outlet. 55. CCIP means ___.

a. Central Cast Iron Pipe
48. Maximum depth of liquid where oxidation of the b. Center Cast Iron Pipe
effluent is still effective. c. Centrifugally Cast Iron Pipe
a. 1.20m d. Centroidal Cast Iron Pipe
b. 1.40m
c. 1.60m 56. What type of bacteria requires no oxygen for their
d. 1.80m action in the decomposition of sewage.
a. Aerial bacteria
49. A plumbing permit shall become null and avoid if the b. Anaerobic bacteria
work authorized therein is not commenced within ___. c. Aerobic bacteria
a. 6 months d. None of the above
b. 1 year
c. 18 months 57. After how many days shall a plumbing permit expire
d. 2 years and become null and void if the plumbing work authorized
therein has not been started.
50. A valve installed on hot water tank to release the a. 30
buildup of temperatures or pressure inside the tank. b. 180
a. Shutoff valve c. 365
b. Temperature-pressure relief valve d. 730
c. Thermostat
d. Float valve 58. A chemical composition equal to or less than __
percent lead is considered as "lead free" solder.
51. Identify the fitting illustrated below. a. 5 %
b. 10 %
c. 15 %
d. 20 %

59. What do you call the pipe or tubing that connects the
outlet of a plumbing fixture to the trap.
a. Tailpiece
b. Connector
a. Runner Tee c. Outflow
b. Tapped Tee d. Crown
c. Service Tee
d. Offset Tee 60. Which of the following is not an element in the
computation of the size of grease interceptors?
52. A water closet flushing design wherein flushing is a. Waste flow rate
activated by a whirlpool-like action of water. b. Storage capacity
a. Wash down c. Retention time
b. Siphon jet d. Diameter of outlet pipe
c. Pail flush
d. Siphon vortex 61. Pipe made of plastic and normally colored black. the
cross-sectional shape is circular and is denoted by its
53. A circuit vent may vent up to ___. outside diameter.
a. 4 b. 6 a. Polybutylene pipe
c. 8 d. 10 b. Polyethlene pipe
c. Polyvinyl chloride
54. A venting arrangement in which one vent serves two d. G.I. Pipe
fixtures.
a. Backvent 62. A gas that is produced in the septic tank by
b. Revent combination of carbon and oxygen.
c. Return vent a. Carbon dioxide
d. Unit vent b. Carbon monoxide
c. Methane
d. Oxygen
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63. It is due to the weight of the atmosphere on the earth 72. Embedded G.I. pipes should be covered by ___ and
surface. coated with black coal tar.
a. Gauge pressure a. Burlap b. Rice sack
b. Absolute pressure c. Jute sack d. Polyethylene sheet
c. Atmospheric pressure
d. Back pressure 73. What do you call the process in which the steel and
wrought iron pipe rust?
64. A treatment process in which suspended matter in a. Oxidation
sewage subsides and is deposited by gravity. b. Tuberculation
a. Aeration c. Decomposition
b. Sedimentation d. Segregation
c. Coagulation
d. Distillation 74. A piece of metal fitted under another piece of flat metal
or wood over which water is expected to run & is usually
65. The process of connecting pipe with an oakum and found in roofs.
lead that is pounded into place. a. Gutter b. Flashing
a. Crimping c. Conductor d. Leader
b. Welding
c. Caulking 75. Water closet for public use shall be elongated and with
d. Threading ___.
a. Open front
66. It is a type of elbow with a third opening perpendicular b. Open side
to the plain of the run. c. Dual seat
a. Three-outlet elbow d. Closed front
b. Side-outlet elbow
c. Branched elbow 76. A fitting which main function is to connect the male end
d. Tri-axial elbow of a pipe to a fitting of a larger size.
a. Coupling
67. Floating wastewater in the septic tanks. b. Bushing
a. Sludge c. Union
b. Debris d. Tee
c. Scum
d. None of the above 77. Identify the figure?

68. The minimum depth of a trap seal.

a. 1"
b. 2"
c. 3"
d. 4"

69. The extension of a soil or waste stack above the

highest horizontal drain connected to the stack. a. Street tee
a. Vent Stack b. Combined tee
b. Main Stack c. Threaded tee
c. Stack Vent d. Union tee
d. Soil Stack
78. RCPC means.
70. A fitting screwed or caulked over the end of a pipe for a. Reinforced concrete pipe culvert
closing the pipe end. b. Reinforced concrete pipe canal
a. Plug b. Countersunk c. Reinforced concrete pipe cylinder
c. Cap d. Drain d. Reinforce concrete pipe container

71. An outhouse used for the deposition of excrement. 79. Generally considered standard weight pipe.
a. Privy b. Cesspool a. Schedule 20
c. Septic Tanks d. Sewage Holding Tank b. Schedule 40

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c. Schedule 60 c. Ridge cover

d. Schedule 80 d. Ridge roll

80. In storage racks, plastic pipes should ideally have how 88. What is needed to resist the force induced by the water
many supports at the bottom evenly spaced. in a piping network?
a. 3 a. Thrust support
b. 4 b. Thrust block
c. 5 c. Steel support
d. 6 d. Steel block

81. How many meals per day must an eating place serve 89. Closet rings or closet flanges shall have how many
before it is necessary to have an interceptor installed? bolts?
a. 50 b. 100 a. 2
c. 150 d. 200 b. 4
c. 6
82. The simplest and cheapest bonnet design of valve. d. 8
a. Bolted b. Welded
c. Screwed d. Fused 90. Two most common forms of Teflon threads sealant.
a. Spray
83. What is more corrosive? b. Liquid
a. Cold water b. Water c. Tape
c. Hot water d. Warm water d. Glue

84. Identify the fitting shown. 91. HVAC means.

92. A wet vent may ___.

a. Serve only one bathroom group
b. Allows water closet to be drained
c. Extend from the connection of the dry vent down to the
lowest fixture drain
d. None of these

93. A bowl-shaped container with a handle and often with

a. Union a cover. Generally used as a urinal in night.
b. Bushing a. Urinating pot
c. Nipple b. Sanitary pot
d. Coupling c. Chamber pot
d. Waste pot
85. Part of boiler that permits emptying or discharging of
sediment. 94. Unless prohibited by structural conditions, what is the
a. Boiler cleanout reference of each vertical pipes before offsetting
b. Boiler drain horizontally to join the vent stack or stack vent.
c. Boiler blowoff a. Fixture tailpiece
d. Boiler chute b. Airgap of fixture
c. Invert of trap
86. A self sealing gasket is found in a ___. d. Highest flood level rim
a. Screwed joint
b. Full face flange 95. What is the main purpose of a smoke test?
c. Victaulic coupling a. To check leaks in plumbing system
d. Mechanical connection b. To check effectiveness of traps
c. To check for tightness of joints
87. Pressed or folded sheet installed at the ridge of the d. To check for any defect in plumbing material
rood.
a. Ridge plate
b. Ridge cap

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96. Dye penetrant test is used in testing integrity of ___.

a. Welded joints
b. Threaded joints
c. Flanged joints
d. Caulked joints

97. For plastic pipes, SDR means.

a. Standard Diameter Ring
b. Standard Diameter Ratio
c. Standard Dimensional Ring
d. Standard Dimensional Ratio

98. Minimum drain pipe for laundry tubs.

a. 32mm b. 38mm
c. 51mm d. 76mm

99. It is a piece of plastic or metal strip installed at the

edges of tile works.
a. Tile piece
b. Tile trim
c. Tile border
d. Tile cover

100. What is the ideal time to clean a septic tank?

a. When the sludge occupies 1/3 of the volume
b. When the sludge occupies 1/2 of the volume
c. When the sludge occupies 2/3 of the volume
d. When the sludge occupies 1/4 of the volume

101. HWT means.

a. Hot water terminal
b. Hot water tank
c. Holding water terminal
d. Holding water tank

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