a pipe which conveys only

wastewater or liquid waste, free

of fecal mater
1. Any pipe in the plumbing system
provided to ventilate a house a pipe or opening used for
ensuring the circulation of air in
drainage system and to prevent a plumbing system and for
relieving the negative pressure
trap siphonage and back exerted on trap seals

pressure. any pipe which conveys the

discharge of water closet, urinal
a) waste pipe or fixtures having similar
functions, with or without the
discharges from other fixtures to
b) vent pipe the building drain or building
sewer
c) soil pipe
same as building trap, main trap;
d) house trap a running trap on the oultet side
of a building drain (on the sewer
side of all drain connections);
prevents the passage of odors
between the common sewer and
the plumbing of the building

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2. What is the minimum size of the
supply valve for tank type water
closet?
a) ¾” b) 3/8”
c) 1/2” d) 1”

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3. The maximum horizontal
development length
between the trap seal and
the vertical inlet at the trap
arm.
a) 6 feet b) 5 feet
c) 4 feet d) 3 feet

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4. A female G.I. pipe reducer fitting
used in a straight pipe connection
where the fitting’s both ends are
threaded inside.
a) Coupling reducer
b) Bushing reducer
c) Elbow reducer
d) Tee reducer

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 a pipe connecting upward from
a soil or waste stack below the
floor and below horizontal
connection to an adjacent vent
5. A vent used in a battery of stack at a point above the floor
and higher than the highest spil
plumbing fixtures where the vent level of fixtures for preventing
pressure changes in the stacks
is installed in-front of the last
fixture of the battery. a group vent pipe which start in
front of the extreme fixture
connection on a horizontal
a) Yoke vent branch and connects to the vent
stack
b) Circuit vent the extension of a soil or waste
stack above the highest
horizontal drain connected to
c) Stack vent the stack; the uppermost end
above the roof is called stack
d) Relief vent vent through roof (SVTR)
a vertical vent line, the primary
function of which is to provide
additional circulation of air
between the drainage and vent
systems or to act as an auxiliary
vent on a specially designed
system such as a yoke vent
connection

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6. A type of water pump with its
pump motor installed on the
surface attached to a lift and
push rod to activate a
submerged piston.
a) Reciprocating pump
b) Sump pump
c) Jack pump
d) Centrifugal pump

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7. What is a device installed on top
of a pressure tank used to
protect against hydrostatic
or reducing valve, pressure
collapse due to Suction or regulating valve; a valve that
maintains a predetermined
negative pressure resulting from pressure by means of an
automatic valve controller
back-siphonage in a downfeed
water distribution system? a backflow preventer which
prevents a vacuum in a water-
a) Pressure reducing valve supply system from causing
backflow
b) Vacuum breaker valve in a pressure tank for water
storage, a pressure-actuated
c) Air volume control valve safety valve that is designed to
open and relieve pressure
automatically if the pressure
d) pressure relief valve within the tank exceeds the
value for which it was designed
to operate safely

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8. The location of a fire hose
cabinet connected to a Standpipe
for buildings shall be at every floor
level above the first floor at:
• a) store rooms

b) inside a mechanical/electrical
stairway

c) a landing of a stairway

d) at any private room or rentable

space

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9. Branch vents are required to
have at least a slope of ¼”/ft. The
purpose of which is:
a) For convenience in installing
the pipe
b) To facilitate air movement with
lesser air resistance
c) For purposes of economy
d) To allow any waste to drain
into the drain pipe

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10. A type of pump which comprises
essentially an impeller of set
vanes enclosed in a housing or
casing coupled with the pump
motor. Its fundamental principle is
it adds energy in the form of
velocity to an already flowing
liquid.
a pump in which the pressure is
a) Reciprocating pump imparted to the fluid by
centrifugal force produced by a
b) Centrifugal pump rotating impeller

c) Piston pump
d) Turbine pump

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11. Given Figure BO 02.84.
The Figure shows the
Soil, Waste, and Vent
Piping on plan layout.
What PVC fitting
combinations are
installed at location 8 in
its order of sequence
from the floor drain to the
soil branch to conform to
the Plumbing Code and
good plumbing practice?
a) 2” p-trap – 2 x ¼ Bend -- 4 x 2 Tee
b) 2” p-trap – 2 x 1/16 Bend -- 4 x 2 Tee
c) 2” p-trap – 2 x 1/8 Bend -- 4 x 2 Wye
d) 2” p-trap – 2 x ¼ Bend -- 2 x 1/8 Bend –4 x 2 Wye

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12. The maximum height of a Fire
Service connection from the
grade line is ________cms.
a) 120 cms. b) 130 cms.
c) 122 cms. d) 102 cms.

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13. A female G.I. threaded reducer
fitting used to connect a reducing
branch from a main water
distribution.
a) Bell reducer
b) Tee reducer
c) Elbow reducer
d) Coupling reducer

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14. A fitting installed at a branching
tee from a horizontal soil branch
to a horizontal waste branch.
a) 4 x 2 wye and 2” 1/8 bend
combination
b) 4 x 4 tee
c) 4 x 2 tee
d) 4 x 4 wye and 4” 1/8 bend
combination

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15. What does PE pipe stand for?
a) Polyethylene Pipe
b) Polythylene Pipe
c) Polyvinyl Extra Pipes
d) Plastics Extra Pipe

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16. The general term for the hot and
cold water pipes containing
potable water supplying the
different plumbing fixtures.
a) Water plumbing pipes
b) Water distribution pipes
c) Hot or Cold Water line
d) Water supply pipes

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 PD No. 1096 (NBC)
Sec. 1212.
Fire Extinguishing Systems
(a) Fire Extinguishing Systems
17. The standard size of a wet (b) Dry Standpipes
(c) Wet Standpipes
standpipe outlet for each floor (1.) Construction.
(2.) Size.
is: (2.1) Interior wet standpipes shall
have an internal diameter
a) 38 mm (1 ½”) dia. sufficient to deliver 190 liters of
water per minute under 2.0
kilograms per square centimeter
b) 32 mm (1 ¼”) dia. pressure at the hose connections.
Buildings of Group H and I
Occupancy shall have wet
c) 51 mm (2”) dia. standpipes systems capable of
delivering the required quantity
and pressure from any two outlets
d) 64 mm (2 ½”) dia. simultaneously; for all other
occupancies only one outlet need
be figured to be opened at one
time. In no case shall the internal
diameter of a wet standpipe be
less than 50 millimeters, except
when the standpipe is attached to
an automatic fire-extinguishing
system.

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18. A type of fitting for yoke vent:
a) 1/8 bend fitting
b) Wye fitting
c) ¼ bend fitting
d) Tee fitting

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19. The minimum horizontal
clearance of a vent branch
immediately above the flood
level rim of the fixture it serves:
a) 6” b) 8”
c) 12” d) 10”

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20. What is the minimum size of
trap or branch of a bidet?
a) 3” b) 2”
c) 2 ½” d) 1 ½” or 38 mm Ø

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21. Minimum supply pipe diameter
for tank type water closet:
a) 3/8” b) ¾”
c) 1” d) ½”

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 UNION
22. A thread fitting to join two
threaded fittings as close as
possible but not exceeding 3
a short length of pipe with
inches: threads at each end; used to join
couplings or fittings
a) Nipple or flange union; A pipe fitting
used to connect the ends of two
b) Union pipes, neither of which can be
turned; consists of three pieces,
the two end pieces (having inner
c) None of the three threads), which are tightened
around the pipe ends to be
d) Coupling joined, and a center piece, which
draws the two end pieces
together as it is rotated, effecting
a seal.

a short internally threaded

section of pipe, used to join two
pipes or conduits

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23. The following are the list of
purposes of providing a venting
system in the plumbing system.
Which in the list is NOT a
purpose?
a) To convey the foul smell
present in the pipes.
b) To protect the seal in the
trap it serves.
c) To enable the drains to drain
faster and better.
d) To carry the combustible
sewer gas out of the building.

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24. Which in the list is not a
commercial size of GI pipe for
water supply?
a) 1 ¾” dia b) 2 ½” dia
c) 4” dia d) 3” dia

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25. Which of the following locations
do not require installation of a
clean out?
a) At every branch interval of a
soil stack.
b) Any horizontal waste or soil
pipe exceeding 15 meters.
c) At upper end of every soil
branch.
d) Any change of direction of a
soil branch 22.5 degrees.

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26. Term applied to the
interconnection of the same
fixtures in one soil or waste
branch with one branch vent:
a) Battery of fixtures
b) Series of fixtures
c) Multiple fixtures
d) A fixture unit

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27. A single vent that ventilates
multiple traps in the case of a
back to back fixture:
a) Crown Vent a vent pie which is connected at
the crown of a trap
b) Common Vent
c) Individual Vent same as back vent

d) Back Vent also individual vent; the part of a

vent line, which connects
directly with an individual trap
underneath or behind the fixture
and extends to the branch or
main vent pipe at any point
higher than the fixture or fixture
trapsit serves

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28. A parameter in sizing a
drainage pipe:
a) Number of fixture unit
b) Location of the fixture
c) Size of trap

d) Type of pipe

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29. A pipe in the plumbing system,
which conveys the discharge of a pipe which conveys only
liquid and solid wastes with or wastewater or liquid waste free
of fecal matter
without the discharge from other
or simply stack; the vertical
fixtures to the house drains. main of a system of soil, waste
or vent pipings extending
through one or more stories
a) Waste Pipe and extended through the roof

b) Soil pipe a pipe that conveys special

wastes which require some
c) Stack Pipe special methods of handling
such as the use of indirect
waste piping and receptors;
d) Special waste pipe corrosion-resistant piping; san,
oil or grease interceptors;
condensers or other
pretreatment facilities

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30. The minimum size of a stand
pipe for a building in which the
highest outlet is 23 meters or
less from the Fire Service
Connection:
a) 76 mm (3”) dia.
b) 102 mm (4”) dia.
c) 153 mm (6”) dia.
d) 63 mm (2 ½”) dia. CONNECT TO
FIRE HOSE

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31. Water distribution system,
which constantly relies on the control by a municipality of
the use of land and buildings,
pressure from the main water the height and bulk of buildings,
density population, relation of a
pipe applied only if the highest lot’s building coverage to open
space, size and location of
fixture is supplied continuously yards and setbacks and
provision of any ancillary
with the flow rate and minimum facilities

required working pressure: or booster pump; an auxiliary

pump which is used in a
piping system to increase or
a) Zoning maintain the pressure in a
system
b) Upfeed or direct method or down-feed system; a water
distribution system in which the
c) Booster water distribution main is
located at the top of the
pressure zone; the distribution
d) Downfeed main supplies the risers that
distributes water downward to
the lowest point of the zone

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32. A system of building which
includes the water supply,
distribution pipes; the fixture and
fixture traps; the soil, waste and
vent pipes; the house drain and
the house sewer; the storm
water drainage; with their
devices, appurtenances and
connections all within or adjacent
to the building:
a) Sanitary System
b) Plumbing System
c) Water Supply System
d) Drainage System

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33. The minimum size of a wet
stand pipe for a riser of more
than 15 meters from the
source.
a) 64 mm (2 ½”) dia.
b) 102 mm (4”) dia.
c) 51 mm (2”) dia.
d) 76 mm (3”) dia.

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34. What is the minimum height of a
branch vent above the fixture it
is venting?
a) 4” b) 12”
c) 18” d) 6”

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35. A common term for a two-way
Fire Service Connection:
a) Siamese Connection
b) Wet Standpipe
c) Combination Standpipe
d) Dry Standpipe

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36. A fitting installed at the base of
a soil stack and a building
drain:
a) ¼ bend
b) Wye and 1/8 bend
combination
c) Long sweep bend
d) 1/8 bend and 1/8 bend
combination

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37. Which in the list is not a
standard commercial size of GI
pipe for water supply?
a) 3/8” dia. b) ¾” dia.
c) 1 ¼” dia. d) 2 ½” dia.

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38. A parameter in sizing a
horizontal soil branch pipe:
a) Number of soil or waste
branch
b) Number of branch vents
c) Amount of waste
d) Type of venting system

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39. Passing through it can treat
a coarse-grained chemical
hard water: compound used in water-
softening equipment; consists
of a greenish granular material
a) Zeolite containing iron (up to 25%), a
large percentage of silica, and
b) Chlorinating some alumina and potash

c) Aeration adding the chemical chlorine to

water for drinking or swimming
d) Filtration exposing a substance to
circulating air

removal of solids and/or bacteria

from water by a mechanical
process in which suspended
solid contaminants are removed,
e.g., by passing it through a filter
bed, sieve or the like

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40. Jacuzzi:
a) A kind of plumbing tool
b) A brand name of
manufacturer of water body
massage plumbing fixtures
c) An Italian inventor of jack
pump
d) An equipment for cleaning
swimming pool

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41. Bidet toilet fixtures:
a) For washing feet
b) For facial moisturizing
c) For use by invalids
d) For washing genitals

Bidet

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42. Collection line of a Plumbing
system is sometimes referred to
as:
a fixture providing an opening in
a floor to drain water into a
a) Floor drain plumbing system; in homes,
usu. fitted with a deep seal trap
b) House drain
a drain used for conveying
c) Storm drain rainwater, subsurface water,
condensate, cooling water or
d) Sanitary drain other similar discharges, but not
sewage or industrial waste, to a
point of disposal.

a drain for water and waste

material originating at plumbing
fixtures, floor drains, etc.

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43. Water wells should have at least
a safe distance from the septic
tank of:
a) 40’0” b) 35’0” Time Saver Standards for
Architectural Design Data 6th ed. by
c) 30’0” d) 50’0” J.H. Callender under INDIVIDUAL
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS –
Water sources and consumption
Table 3. Minimum recommended
distances between water supplies
and various sources of contamination

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44. Sump pump is for:
a) Pumping special mine tailings
b) Pumping sumptuous liquid
materials
c) Pumping up effluent and waste
water to a higher level
d) Pumping abrasive liquid
material

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45. A threaded faucet allowing a
hose to be attached to it is
called:
not defined
a) Sprinkler faucet
or bib, bibb, bib tap, faucet or
b) Bibcock stop cock; has a nozzle bent
downward
c) Hose faucet
not defined
d) Hose bibb
or sill cock, hose bib, hose cock

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46. When the water pressure
cannot directly convey water to
building tank or reservoir the
device used is called:
a) Water conveyor
b) Water hoist
c) Pump
d) Water lifter

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47. Types of plastic pipes of fittings
other than polybutylene and
polyethylene:
a) Polyvinyl Chloride
b) Nylon Pipe
c) Neoprene Pipe
d) Fiberglass Pipe

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48. A pipe fitting to join two straight
lengths of pipe:
a short internally threaded
section of pipe, used to join two
a) Coupling pipes or conduits
b) Nipple a short length of pipe with
threads at each end; used to join
couplings or fittings
c) Tee
d) St. Elbow

COUPLING NIPPLE

90°
STREET TEE
ELBOW

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49. Level III type of water service
refers to:
a) artesian well
b) individual shallow well
c) hand pump installation public
faucet
d) individual house pipe-in
connection with meter

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50. A faucet fitted with nozzle
curving downward used as a
draw-off-trap:
a) firehouse
b) bibcock
c) lavatory faucet
d) garden hose

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51. One of the first steps in the
selection of a suitable water
supply source is:
a) water (potability)
b) topography
c) budgetary cost
d) water (demand)

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52. The minimum size of swimming
pool drain:
a) 3” Ø
b) 4” Ø
c) 2” Ø
d) 6” Ø

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53. Fluoride as an additive in water
supply is a chemical for:
a) purifier
b) coagulant
c) disinfectant
d) dental

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54. The quality of Galvanized Iron
pipes are rated by:
a) class
b) schedule
c) mm.
d) gauge

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55. A pipe fitting to change in one
single direction (course) the
flow of water: TEE
a) tee
b) cross tee
c) wye CROSS
d) elbow

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56. The minimum distance (in
meters) of a well from a septic
tank:
a) 15
b) 10
c) 25
d) 20

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57. A piece of pipe threaded outside
all throughout to connect short
runs of two pipe fittings:
has a shoulder, the
a) nipple unthreaded portion
b) supply pipe generic term for a pipe that
conveys water supply
c) coupling
internally threaded
d) close nipple
not “closed” nipple

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58. Prevents water hammer:
a) water meter seal
b) float valve or float-controlled valve; a valve
which controls the flow of water
c) check valve where its opening and closing
depends on the position of a
float which rides on the surface
d) air chamber of water in a tank, as in a water
closet.

or back-pressure valve, reflux

valve; an automatic valve which
permits liquid to flow in only
one direction.

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59. A theater or movie house’s water
requirement is determined or
estimated at 5 gallons of water per
day:
a) total number of movie goers
per day
b) total number of auditorium seats
c) floor area space of auditorium
d) box office record

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60. Water Well Yield is a factor
considered to determine the size
of:
a) fixtures
b) electrical wiring
c) water pipe
d) pump

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61. Identify the illustration WS-2,
which is a PVC female threaded
adaptor fitting?

a) Figure 2 b) Figure 1
c) Figure 4 d) Figure 3

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62. Identify in illustration WS-1,
which is a 90 degree PVC elbow
fitting:

a) Figure 2 b) Figure 4
c) Figure 3 d) Figure 1

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63. The reference in measuring the
depth of a trap seal of the trap:
a) crown weir to bottom dip
b) bottom dip to top dip
c) inlet to outlet
d) crown weir to top dip

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64. A pipe fitting shaped like letter
“S”:
a) P-trap
b) Double Bend
c) U-trap
d) ¼ St. Bend

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65. The part of a vent line which
connects directly with an
individual trap underneath or
behind the fixture and extends or simply blow-off; a
controlled outlet of a pipeline
to the branch or main pipe at to discharge liquid or detritus
any point higher than the fixture or vent stack through the roof,
trap: VSTR; the vertical vent pipe
installed primarily for providing
circulation of air to and from any
a) Blow-off pipe part of the soil or waste of the
drainage system
b) Vent-through roof
any pipe which conveys the
c) Back vent pipe discharge of water closet, urinal
or fixtures having similar
functions, with or without the
d) Soil pipe discharges from other fixtures to
the building drain or building
sewer

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 Time Saver Standards 6th ed.
By J.H. Callender:
Plumbing – Fixtures
Public Facilities
Table 2. Minimum number of plumbing
66. The minimum number of water fixtures required
Schools:
closet unit required for the female Water Closets
Elementary Boys Girls
population of an elementary 1/90 1/35
school: but in the Revised Nat’l
Plumbing Code of the
a) 1 per 75 b) 1 per 35 Philippines
c) 1 per 50 d) 1 per 100 Table 4 – 1
Minimum Plumbing Facilities
Schools – for student use
Water Closets
Elementary Male Female
1: 1- 20 1: 1- 20
2: 21- 50 2: 21- 50
over 50, add 1 fixture
for each additional 50
persons

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67. The minimum size of trap and
waste branch for a bidet:
or 38 mm. Ø
a) 3” Ø b) 1 ½” Ø
c) 2” Ø d) 1” Ø

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68. A pipe which conveys only liquid
waste, free of fecal matter: that portion of a vent pipe
through which waste water
a) wet vent also flows through

b) waste pipe or waste stack

c) vent pipe pipe used for ensuring

circulation of air in a
plumbing system and for
d) soil pipe relieving the negative
pressure exerted on trap seals

pipe which conveys the

discharge of water closets or
fixtures having similar
functions; also soil line

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69. A general term used for any
vertical line of soil, waste, or either wet or dry; network of
vent piping: pipes primarily used for water
conveyance in case of fire
a) stand pipe
water supply pipe extending
b) riser vertically to a full story or more
to convey water into pipe
c) shaft branches or fixtures

d) stack A vertical opening through a

building for elevators,
dumbwaiters, lights, ventilation
or similar purposes

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 however, in the Time Saver
Standards 6th ed. By J.H.
Callender:
70. The minimum number of a Plumbing – Fixtures
Public Facilities
water closet unit required for Table 2. Minimum number of
the female population of a plumbing fixtures required

secondary school: Schools:

Water Closets
Secondary Boys Girls
a) 1 per 45 b) 1 per 75 1/90 1/35

in the Revised Nat’l Plumbing

c) 1 per 50 d) 1 per 60 Code of the Philippines
Table 4 – 1
Minimum Plumbing Facilities
Schools – for student use
Water Closets
Secondary Male Female
1 per 30 1 per 25

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 Revised Nat’l Plumbing
Code of the Philippines
Section 1206
1206.1 Building sewers shall be
run in practical alignment at a
uniform slope of not less than
71. The minimum slope of a two (2) percent or 21 mm per
meter toward the point of
building drain: disposal, i.e., to the septic tank
or to the street sewer main.
a) 1/16 in./ft. b) 1 in./ft. Exception: When approved
by the Administrative Authority
c) 1/8 in./ft. d) 3/4 in./ft. and when it is impractical, due
to the depth of the street sewer
or the structural features or due
to adverse arrangement of any
building or structure, to obtain
a slope of two (2) percent or 21
mm per meter, any such pipe
or piping 102 mm and 152.4
mm in diameter may have a
slope of not less than s = 1%,
(10.5 mm per meter) and any
such piping 203 mm diameter
and larger may have a slope of
not less than s=0.5%, (5.3 mm
per meter)

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72. The minimum size of a trap and
waste branch for a pedestal
urinal:
a) 2” Ø b) 2 ½” Ø
The Revised Nat’l Plumbing Code
c) 3” Ø d) 4” Ø of the Philippines
Table 7 – 2.
Minimum Trap Diameters and
Drainage Fixture Unit Values
Item No. 21
Urinal, pedestal, trap arm only 76 mm

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73. The minimum size of a trap and
waste branch for a shower stall:
Time Saver Standards for
a) 2” Ø b) 3” Ø Architectural Design Data 6th ed.
by J.H. Callender under
Plumbing – Drainage Systems
c) 1 ½” Ø d) 1” Ø Sizing and Ratings
Table 1. Sanitary drainage fixture
unit values.

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74. The minimum size of a trap and
waste branch for a size of foot
bath:
a) 1 ¼” Ø b) 2” Ø
c) 1 ½” Ø d) 1” Ø

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 from the Time Saver
Standards 6th ed. By J.H.
75. The minimum number of a urinal Callender:
fixture required for the male Plumbing – Fixtures
Public Facilities
population of both elementary Table 2. Minimum number of
plumbing fixtures required
and secondary school:
Schools:
a) 1 per 40 b) 1 per 50 Urinals
Elementary 1/30 boys
Secondary 1/30 boys
c) 1 per 60 d) 1 per 30
although in the Revised Nat’l
Plumbing Code of the
Philippines
Table 4 – 1
Minimum Plumbing Facilities
Schools – for student use
Urinals
Elementary 1 per 75
Secondary

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76. Identify in Illustration SP-4,
which is a tap tee fitting:

a) figure 4 b) figure 3
c) figure 2 d) figure 1

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77. Identify in illustration SP-5,
which is 1/8 bend fitting:

a) figure 2 b) figure 4
c) figure 1 d) figure 3

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78. 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 these rods: fixed or portable, used to hold
an object down while work is
a) vise grip done on it

b) union patente
a barrier which rotates on an
axis to allow one person
c) turnstile passage through one direction
only
d) turnbuckle

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79. Water evaporators, condensers The Revised Nat’l Plumbing Code
and other machinery shall be of the Philippines
Sec. 801.1
properly connected to: No evaporative cooler, air washer
or similar air conditioning
equipment shall have any drain
a) drainage system pipe directly connected to any
soil, waste and vent pipe. Such
b) septic tank equipment shall be drained by
means of indirect waste pipes
c) open canal and all wastes drained by them
shall discharge through an air
break into an open floor sink or
d) water system other approved type receptor
properly connected to the
drainage system.

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80. To be able to meet the
requirements during peak
demands from a low yielding
water well is to install:
a) Water reservoir
b) Bigger pump motor
c) Bigger pipes
d) None of these

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81. The location of water well to
nearest septic vault should at
least be:
a) 35 feet or more
b) 40 feet or more
c) 45 feet or more Time Saver Standards for
Architectural Design Data 6th ed.
d) 50 feet or more by J.H. Callender under
INDIVIDUAL WATER SUPPLY
SYSTEMS –
Water sources and consumption
Table 3. Minimum recommended
distances between water supplies
and various sources of
contamination

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82. Hose bibb has a mouth that is:
a) Welded on
b) Multi-directional
c) Flexible
d) Projecting by 2” longer

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 Revised National Plumbing Code
of the Philippines
83. House sewer pipe connected Sec. 302 – Grade of Horizontal
Drainage Piping
from the building to the main Horizontal drainage pipes shall be
sewer should have the slope of: run in practical alignments and at a
uniform slope between manholes of
not less than 20 mm/m or 2%
a) 2 % b) 45 % toward the point of disposal,
provided that, where it is
c) 30 % d) 20 % impracticable to obtain a 2% slope
due to the following constraints: (1)
excessive depth of the proposed
drainage line; (2) structural and/or
geographical features of the terrain;
and (3) existing adverse in
arrangements of building or
structure; any such pipe or piping
102 mm or larger in diameter may
have a slope of 10 mm/m or 1%
provided it is first approved by the
Administrative Authority

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84. The pipe used for waste pipe
installation during the early
1970’s.
a) Lead pipe
b) Brass pipe
c) Cast iron pipe
d) G.I. pipe

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85. A passage under a road,
embankment or canal which
allows for the flow of water: any type of pipe through which
water is distributed for irrigation
a) Irrigation pipe
a passage below ground level
b) Culvert which permits the flow of water;
often a large diameter metal or
concrete pipe
c) Water trench
not defined
d) Gutter
also eaves gutter, eaves trough,
roof gutter; a shallow channel of
metal or wood set immediately
below and along the eaves of a
building to catch and carry off
rainwater from the roof

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86. The type of bathtub other than
sunken, square, free standing
is:
a) Saniwares
b) None of these
c) American Standard
d) Recessed

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87. The diameter given in tube or
tubing specification is referred
to its:
a) Minimum threading cut
diameter
b) Inside chamber
c) Outside diameter
d) Minimum yielding tolerance

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88. The water column that seals
the escape of unhealthy
gases in the sanitary
drainage system is called:
a) Trap or water seal
b) Siphon level
c) Seal trap
d) Air lock a space which is designed to
isolate an air conditioned space
from another space to which it is
connected

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89. A kind of valve in which liquid
flow is shut off by a flat disk
that is screwed down onto its
seat is called:
A valve which can be operated
a) Key valve only by the insertion of a key

b) Compression valve or back-pressure valve, reflux

valve; a valve that automatically
c) Check valve closes to prevent the flow of
liquid or gas in a reverse
direction
d) Ball valve
a valve for regulating the flow of
fluids by a movable ball which fits
in a spherical seat

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90. A pipe fitting, usually short
with inside thread used to
or flange union; A pipe fitting
connect pipes with outside used to connect the ends of two
pipes, neither of which can be
threaded ends is called: turned; consists of three pieces,
the two end pieces (having inner
threads), which are tightened
a) Union around the pipe ends to be
joined, and a center piece, which
b) Cross Pipe draws the two end pieces
together as it is rotated, effecting
a seal.
c) Nipple
not defined
d) Coupling
a short length of pipe with
threads at each end; used to join
couplings or fittings

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91. Dry stand pipe is a
requirement for a building
with a minimum height of:
PD No. 1096 (NBC)
a) 4 storeys Sec. 1212
(a) Fire-Extinguishing Systems
b) 3 storeys (b) Dry Standpipes. Every building
four or more storeys in height
shall be equipped with one or
c) 2 storeys more dry standpipes.
d) 1 storey

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92. The three degrees or grading
of waste water are storm water,
gray water and:
a) Contaminated water
b) Dirty water
c) Black water
d) Polluted water

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93. Shallow water well, when
excavated by hand is called:
a) Dug wells
b) Drilled wells
c) Driven wells
d) Deep wells

Dug Wells

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94. When fixtures are directly
mounted on walls or ceilings, it
is called:
fixture is suspended or hanging
a) Pendant mounted from a ceiling or soffit

b) Recess mounted
fixture is in a shallow depression
c) Surface mounted of the surface it is mounted in

d) Flush mounted
fixture whose surface is in the
same plane as that of the surface it
is mounted in

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95. An underground tank reservoir
to store water:
a) Cistern
b) Overhead tank
c) Flood Valve
d) Below grade tank

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96. The diameter given in pipe
specification is referring to its:
a) Inside diameter
b) Outside diameter
c) Minimum threading cut
diameter
d) Maximum yield tolerance

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97. A fitting constructed to prevent
the passage of air, gas and
other elements through the
pipe without affecting the flow
of water though it is called:
a) Check valve or back-pressure valve, reflux
valve; an automatic valve which
permits liquid to flow in only one
b) Trap direction

c) Damper device used to vary the volume of

air passing through an air outlet,
d) Air lock inlet or duct; it does not
significantly affect the shape of
the delivery pattern

a space which is designed to

isolate an air conditioned space
from another space to which it is
connected

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98. A pipe fitting with inside
threads, used to join two pipes a pipe, sheet metal, or conduit
fitting having a bend, usu. 90°; a
with outside threads: 90° elbow is also called an ell
a) Elbow
or flange union; a pipe fitting used
b) Coupling to connect the ends of two pipes,
neither of which can be turned;
consists of three pieces, the two
c) Union end pieces (having inner threads),
which are tightened around the
pipe ends to be joined, and a
d) Nipple center piece, which draws the two
end pieces together as it is
rotated, effecting a seal.

a short length of pipe with threads

at each end; used to join
couplings or fittings

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99. A Siamese connection is a:
a) Tee connection
b) Wye connection
c) None of these
d) Double tee connection

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100. The term used in the
construction industry to specify
the installation of all pipes in a
plumbing system is:
a) Roughing-in
b) Plumbing lay-out
c) Piping works
d) Plumbing installations

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101. The average consumption of
water per capita is:
a) 90 gals. b) 50 gals.
c) 40 gals. d) 30 gals.

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102. Storm drains are classified
into three, the inside storm
drain, the outside storm
drain, and the ________:
a) Medium storm drain
b) Light storm drain
c) Overhead storm drain

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103. A pipe fitting within the inter-
connection of pipes for the
purpose of easy connection
when needed: same as pipe tee; a metal
member having a constant T-
a) Tee shaped cross section

b) Reducer (1) A thinner or solvent used to

lower viscosity of paint,
c) Union Patent varnish or lacquer
(2) a reducing pipe or valve

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104. In BP Blg. 344, the height of
the lavatory is:
a) 0.60 m
b) 0.80 m BP 344
Appendix A
C. Inside Buildings and
c) 0.70 m Structures
8. Washrooms & Toilets
d) 0.90 m 8.8 Maximum height of lavatories
should be 0.80 m with a knee
recess of 0.60 – 0.70 m
vertical clearance and a 0.50
m depth

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105. A type of tap water faucet
other than key cock:
a) Compression
b) Check valve
c) Butterfly
Compression Cock or Faucet – a
d) Safety faucet faucet in which water flow is shut
off by a flap disk that is screwed
down onto its seat.

or back-pressure valve, reflux

valve; an automatic valve which
permits liquid to flow in only one
direction

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106. The pipe from the house
plumbing fixture leading to the
septic tank or public sewer a branch line of a soil pipe
line:
that part of the lowest horizontal
a) Soil branch piping of a plumbing system
which receives the discharges
from soil, wastes and other
b) House drain drainage pipes inside of a
building and conveys it to the
c) Soil stack house sewer outside of the
building. (NPC 209.6)
d) Waste stack a vertical soil pipe carrying the
discharge from toilet fixtures

a vertical pipe which conveys

liquid wastes which are free of
fecal matter

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107. A type of wye special firemen
connection found on the
ground floor of a building is
called:
a) Firemen connection
b) Elbow connection
c) Siamese connection
d) Double End connection

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108. A device that discharges a
predetermined volume of
water to fixtures for flushing
or float-controlled valve; a valve
purposes and is activated by which controls the flow of water
where its opening and closing
direct water pressure: depends on the position of a
float which rides on the surface
of water in a tank, as in a water
a) Flushometer closet.

b) Float valve or flush valve; a special valve

located at the bottom of the tank
c) Flushing valve of a water closet or the like;
provides the discharge through
which the fixture is flushed
d) Check vale
or back-pressure valve, reflux
valve; a valve that automatically
closes to prevent the flow of
liquid or gas in a reverse
direction

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109. Another name for corporation
cock is:
a) None of these
Corporation cock/stop – a stop
b) Corporation stop valve placed at the connection of
the water service pipe to the
c) Incorporation cock water main

d) Water main lock

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110. The pipes used extensively
for waste installation during
sixties is:
a) Cast-iron pipes
b) G.I. Pipe
c) Brass Pipe
d) P.V.C. Pipes

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 a valve in which the flow of water is
cut off by means of a circular disc
fitted against machine-smoothed
faces, at right angles to the direction
111. The device used to of flow; the disk is raised or lowered
by means of a threaded stem
connected to the handle of the valve;
automatically regulate the the opening in the valve is usually as
large as the full bore of the pipe
entry of water to tank
depository is called: or float check; a type of check valve
where as water flows into an
atmospheric-type vacuum breaker,
a) Gate valve the float check rises and seals
against the air inlet port, permitting
water to flow through; when the
b) Float valve water is turned off, the float check
falls, opening the air inlet port,
thereby preventing backflow
c) Ball valve
or ball cock; a valve opened and
d) Check valve closed by the fall and rise,
respectively, of an attached ball
floating on the surface of the liquid

or back-pressure valve, reflux valve;

a valve that automatically closes to
prevent the flow of liquid or gas in a
reverse direction

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112. To protect PVC pipes when
installed below grade line,
they are expected to be
provided with:
a) None of these
b) Steel casing
c) Concrete casing
d) Asphalt casing

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113. The other kind of water aside
from hard water is called:
a) Filtered water
b) Mineral water
c) Distilled water
d) Soft water

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 a fixture providing an opening in
a floor to drain water into a
plumbing system; in homes,
114. Collection line of a Plumbing usually fitted with a deep seal
trap
System is sometimes referred
to as: a general term for a drain
conveying water and waste
material originating at plumbing
a) Floor drain fixtures, floor drains, etc.

b) Sanitary drain a drain used for conveying

rainwater, subsurface water,
c) Storm drain condensate, cooling water or
other similar discharges, but
d) House drain not sewage or industrial waste,
to a point of disposal

that part of the lowest horizontal

piping of a plumbing system
which receives the discharges
from soil, waste and other
drainage pipes inside of a building
and conveys it to the house sewer
outside of the building

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 The Plumbing Cycle
Components & Flow in Water
Systems:
S U P P L Y DISTRIBUTION U S E

Pressure,
Water Mains, Plumbing
Piping
Storage Tanks Fixtures
Networks

S O U R C E COLLECTION
Gravity,
Lakes, Rivers, Piping
Reservoirs Networks
TREATMENT DISPOSAL

Treated water Sewage Plants,

Sanitary and
returned to the Natural
Storm Sewers
original source Purification
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 Water Functions Diagram:

SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION U S E COLLECTION DISPOSAL

Flow of water (& water carried wastes) should always

be only in one direction (from supply to disposal)
The two sides should always be carefully separated
from each other
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 C o m p o n e n t s
WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM

PLUMBING FIXTURES

SANITARY DRAINAGE SYSTEM

STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM

FUEL GAS PIPING SYSTEM

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