SANITATION, DESIGN & INSTALLATION

1. How do you connect pump in series?

b. Same gpm.

2. Construction of septic tank should be located at a distance away from the source
of water supply to prevent sanitation?
a. 15 meters.

3. It is compartment in the septic tank usually extended above the surface of the
ground to overcome surface water infiltration?
a. Leaking chamber.

4. The retention period or the time for which suspended matters in septic tank
would settle and stabilize is?
a. 24 hours.

5. A septic tank is a water tight receptacle for which the sewage is digested than
a biological action mainly by microorganism?
b. Aerobic bacteria.

6. The top cover and the manhole of a septic tank usually extended above the
surface of the ground to overcome surface water infiltration?
c. 5 cm.

7. The soil branch piping installed in horizontal run must be supported by

substantial iron hanger at close interval to prevent sagging, approximate a
distance?
a. 1.50 meters apart.

8. Soil pipe is the part of the drainage system, which conveys waste water
containing organic waste, whereas waste pipe is apart that conveys waste
containing?
a. Acid
b. Salt
c. Other element soluble in water
d. answer All of these.

9. The soil branch must be slope at a grade so that waste content is given a flow
of pipe velocity to assure a self-scouring condition and lesson the possibility of
seal losses stoppage and retarded flow?
a. Acid
b. Salt
c. Other element soluble in water
d. answer All of the above.

10. It is temperature at which water vapor forms above liquid fuel.

d. Boiling point?

11. Pour index horsepower is how many foot lbs per minutes?
b. 33,000.

12. The speed at which an exact model of the pump would have to run if it were
designed to deliver 1 GPM against 1 feet head per stage?
a. Peripheral speed.

13. A positive displacement pump is?

a. Rotary pump.

14. A pressure gage register 50 psig in a region where barometer is 1.25 psia. Find
the absolute pressure?
d. 64.25 psi.

15. A pump used in underground?

b. Submersible pump.

16. The property of a fluid whereby its own molecule are united or attracted to
each other is?
c. Cohesion.

17. A state of complete physical mental and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity?
a. Health

18. Public health substance that deforms continuously under the application of a
shear force. It cannot sustain a shear force at rest is?
d. Discharge.

19. Study of the distribution of the disease or condition in a population?

c. Epidemiology.

20. The physical characteristics of sewage is determined by?

a. Turbidity
b. Colour
c. Odour
d. answer All of the above.

21. It includes the discharge from latrine, urinals, bathrooms, kitchens and
stables is called?
b. Wet refuse.

22. Used to deliver water at a point higher than the position of the pump itself
when the plunger decends, the valve is closed and the water in the cylinder is
forced out through the valve and up to the storage?
b. Force pump.

23. Bacteria which has no function in sewage treatment?

c. Facultative bacteria.

24. It includes the urea, proteins and amino acids is?

c. Nitrogenous compound.

25. At a point in a horizontal pipeline, the pressure of water flowing at a

velocity of 4.6 m/s is 117.3 kPa at another point closed by, where the pipe has a
smaller section, the pressure is 110 kPa. If the head loss is 0.2, find the
velocity of flow at the second point?
a. 5.57 meter/s.

26. The rate of flow of liquid measured per unit of time, usually gpm or lps?
c. Flow rate.

27. The total relationship of man to physical, biological, socio-economic and

socio-cultural environment as it affects human well being?
b. Environmental health.

28. Applied to a specific disease when it normally prevails in locality and does
not fluctuate markedly from the normal expected merdence in the commonly?
d. Epidemic.
29. Disinfection of drinking water is done to remove?
a. Bacteria.

30. Means by which infectious agents are transported in causing disease. Water,
food, insect and inanimate object may be vehicles of infection, insects or rodents
are sometimes?
b. Host.

31. The unit of kinematics viscosity in metric system?

c. Sq. meter per sec.

32. The combination of sanitary sewerage and storm water is?

d. Combine sewage.

33. A type of valve which should be used only wide open or fully closed?
a. Gate valve

34. Cast iron weighs 640 lbs per ft^3. What is the weight of the cast iron block is
14’ x 12’ x 18’ is?
d. 1120 lbs

35. 1 psi is equivalent to a water head of?

a. 2.31 psi.

36. Instrument used to measure the water flow?

a. Venture meter.

37. What is the temperature in degree celcius of 2 liters of water at 300degree

celcius after 500 calories of heat have been added?
b. 280 degree kelvin.

38. The volume of a liquid passing through a cross section of a stream in unit time
is called?
d. discharge.

39. Determine the water nature through acidity or alkalinity is?

a. pH value.

40. Pipe fitting are intended to make change direction, turn and offset, but their
use must be planned carefully so that waste within the line have free passage, the
fitting use in vertical to horizontal changes of direction is?
a. long sweep bend.

41. Waste pipe is classified into two ways, according to the type it serve, direct
waste as one terminal solidly joined to the plumbing system, whereas indirect waste
has terminal drain pipes simply empty into the?
a. Plumbing system
b. Environment
c. Canal
d. answer None of these.

42. Drinking fountain or bubbler when they are located in the building may be
connected to the pipe that terminate into?
b. Waste pipe.

43. Sink are patterned in two style, trap standard to the floor and trap to the
wall, the sink used as a rule for janitorial services in a building is called?
d. Slop sink.
44. Corrosion in pipe, what is the by-product of chemical reaction of oxidation in
forming ferrous oxide or rust is covered by the action of?
b. Sulfur oxide.

45. Pipe is one of the oldest plumbing materials and very suitable for underground
installation, but never recommended to convey water human consumption because it is
poisonous?
b. Lead pipes.

46. The pipe that is remarkable for hot water lure installation?
a. Copper pipes.

47. The non-soluble materials which is the end product after biological action of
bacteria in waste and what settles at the bottom of the septic tank is called?
c. Sludge.

48. Which sources of water supply that was not used in the older days?
d. Centralized treatment of reservoir.

49. What is that appurtenant structure installed at the basement floor of a

building which waste water are drained?
a. Sump pit.

50. What water storage that was not used during primitive period?
d. Glass container.

51. Interconnection of sewer service pipe into a sewer main is made by punching the
sewer main a hole to fit the sewer service. In what poit on the sewer main does
interconnection made?
b. On the top of the sewer main.

52. What is water that diminishes the capacity of water to form lather with soap?
c. Mineral that makes water hard.

53. Saddle clamp is a pipe fitting which is not use when water service is to be
interconnected to the type of water main?
b. Asbestos cement pipe.

54. Flowing stream of water has the tendency to purify itself which term is not
applicable in the purification?
c. Dilution.

55. How far should a septic tank be constructed away from the water supply source
to prevent contamination?
d. 15.2 meters.

56. What is the chief factor in clarification of still water since particles of
solid materials will settle more readily in still than flowing water?
b. Sedimentation.

57. The soil branch piping installed in horizontal run must be supported by iron
hanger at closet interval to prevent sagging. What is the distance apart the
hangers?
a. 1.5 m.

58. Before water from any source will be adopted for domestic water supply, what
kind of examination will it be subjected to?
b. Aeration and bacteriological.
59. Which method that is not commonly used for bringing water from its source to
the customer?
d. Direct pressure system.

60. A well that penetrates the earth to depths of not more than 100 feet?
c. Deep well.

61. To reduce the excessive pressure that produces a hammering sound, how long, a
pipe should be added and installed on the top of riser of the highest fixture level
to absorb air pressure?
a. 0.3-0.9 meters.

62. What is the minimum horizontal distance required between vent terminal and
window opening of a building?
b. 3 meters.

63. What should be the minimum clearance that should be made with respect to the
floor line to allow convenient opening or closing of a clean out?
d. 300 mm.

64. A well that passes through one or more source impervious strata and penetrates
a water bearing stratum in which water is held under pressure and water rises in
the well?
c. Deep well.

65. What is the size of relief vent on a circuit vented soil branch installation of
plumbing fixtures?
a. one half times the diameter of the soil pipe.

66. What is the size of the yoke or by pass vent for a high rise building?
a. Equal size of the main vent.

67. The top of the well is lower that the high position of the previous stratum
from which the water is obtained and water will rise through the entire length of
the well and way flow from the wall without pumping?
d. Artesian well.

68. What do you call the undesirable type of vegetation formed when water reservoir
is exposed to light?
c. Pond scum.

69. Which does not apply in the removal of suspended materials and color in the
water supply?
d. Chlorination.

70. The pipe or shaft which is used to remove foul or congested air from a fixture
or a room and convey the same to the atmosphere is called _______?
a. Local vent.

71. What is the process of water supply purification which consists of applying
certain chemicals in particles too small to be removed by plain sedimentation?
c. Filtration.

72. What is the type of water closet prescribed for public toilet?
a. Elongated bowl type.

73. What is the process of exposing water in their films to the oxygen of the
atmosphere in order to remove neutralize the taste, odor and dissolved oxygen?
c. Aeration.
74. What is the pipe fitting with outside thread and projecting square head used
for closing the edge of another fitting?
b. Cap.

75. The jelly like substance being formed in the process of coagulation?
c. Floe.

76. The handicapped fixtures are usually designed for people with less physical
ability that the general public. For the handicapped, what is the prescribed height
of the toilet bowl?
a. 450 mm.

77. What are the used disinfections large public water supplies?
d. Chlorine.

78. The difference between a tube and a pipe is that the tube has relatively thin
wall and ____?
b. The listed size correspond to the outside diameter.

79. What is the important advantage of chlorine compared to other water supply
treatment?
d. Kills bacteria.

80. What is the prescribed distance of vent from trap seal in plumbing
installation?
a. 1.5 meter.

81. What is that vent pipe system on plumbing which liquid waste flow through?
a. Wet vent.

82. The classification of water when it contains dissolved salts of calcium and
magnesium?
b. Hard.

83. What is that vent pipe in plumbing that serve the building drain and building
sewer?
a. VSTR.

84. What is that receptacle attached to the plumbing system other than trap on
which water or waste may be collected or retained for ultimate discharge into the
drainage?
a. Catch basin. but shall be fixture.

85. How is water hardness measured?

a. Ounce of hardness.

86. What is the pipe connection in which a ball is held in a cup-like that allows
movement in every direction?
c. Ball joint.

87. What is the good reason why hardness in water is objectionable?

a. Dangerous to health.

88. Leaching field is categorized as one of the on-site efferent disposal for
septic tank. How far should be the distance from a shallow well to prevent
contamination of water?
a. 25 meters
89. What do you call that process of removing the hardness causing minerals from
water?
a. Water softening.

90. In plumbing, the unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere,
between faucet supplying water and the flood level rim of a fixture is called
______?
a. Air gap.

91. What is the minimum capacity of the water tank needed for a complete water
closet flushing in a toilet?
d. 12 Liters.

92. What is vertical distance between the dip and crown weir of the trap?
a. Trap seal.

93. What is that fittings so installed in plumbing system to prevent passage of

air, gas and some vermin through the pipe?
a. Trap.

94. What is the type of wrench used in working with plated finish and in place with
too small to admit pipe wrench?
d. Pipe tong.

95. What is that fitting that operates automatically when refilling the water tank
after each discharge and shutting off completely when the tank is already full?
a. Float valve.

96. An oil tank is 3m long, 3 m wide and 2 m high, when it is full of coconut oil
specific gravity of 0.90, find the downward force at the bottom of the tank?
b. 16,200 kg.

97. A swimming pool is 6m wide by 12m long, if is 1.20 m deep in one end and 2.40
at the other end. How many gallon of water does it contain?
d. 34,250 galloms.

98. A rectangular ground reservoir is to be constructed to serve the water supply

requirement for a commercial building the outside dimension of the reservoir is 8m
long, 6m wide and 8m deep. Compute for the total cost of excavation if the cost of
labor is P50.00 per cubic meter?
b. P19,200.

99. Master Plumber A can finish the excavation and pipe laying of storm drainage in
8 hrs, Master Plumber B require 10 hrs to do same job. How many hours are required
if both A &B work together?
a. 4.24 hours.

100. A plumber is to use a deep well as source of water to supply for the building
under construction and he want to estimate the length of intake pipe, so, from the
surface of the ground he drop a coin into the well and after 2 seconds he heard the
splashing sound down under, how deep is the well?
c. 22.2 feet.