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PRACTICE EXAM c. 3.45 psi

d. 10 psi
1. Plumbing fixtures shall be made of
materials free from concealed fouling 9. A receptacle attached to the plumbing
surfaces and shall be located in ventilated system other than the trap to which waste
enclosures. may be collected or retained for an
a. Smooth non-irritated ultimate discharge to the fixture.
b. Smooth non-absorbent a. Container
c. Watertight b. Fixture
d. Shiny non-absorbent c. septic tank
d. cesspool
2. All plumbing fixtures shall be installed
to be accessible for their intended 10. The valve for controlling 2 or more outlet
use. in a cold water supply line shall be
a. Properly ventilated a. Rising stem gate valve
b. Properly spaced b. Heavy duty globe valve
c. Properly cleaned c. Ground key valve
d. All of the above d. Non-rising stem globe valve

3. A unit equivalent to a flow rate of 1cfm or 11. The minimum size of building supply pipe
1gpm of water. allowed by the code for water is .
a. Fixture Unit a. ¾ inch (19mm)
b. SI unit b. 1 inch
c. English unit c. ½ inch
d. No. of water closet d. 1 ¼ inch

4. A fixture designed for washing of hands or 12. The critical marking level of a backflow
face, sometimes called wash basin. prevention device or a vacuum breaker is a
a. Sink point established by the .
b. Lavatory a. Testing Laboratory
c. Bathtub b. Health officer
d. Shower c. Inspector
d. Manufacturer
5. A condition in distribution system where it
could damage or create condition that will 13. In water supply piping, slip joints may be
damage components of the distribution used only on the .
system or create a nuisance is termed as a. Cold water supply
. b. Concealed fixture
a. Excessive water pressure c. Exposed fixture supply
b. Loss of pressure d. Hot water supply
c. Excessive air pressure
d. Loss of water flow 14. An automatic fill device commonly found in
toilet tanks.
6. Air pressure in drainage pipe greater than a. Globe valve
atmospheric pressure. b. Ballcock
a. Standard pressure c. Butterfly valve
b. Normal pressure d. Gate valve
c. Back pressure
d. Barometric pressure 15. Equipment which includes all valves and
controls used in the plumbing system which
7. No clerical toilet shall be installed in are required to be accessible or readily
any building unless first approved by the accessible is called .
. a. Machines
a. Health officer b. Controls
b. Nurse c. Regulating equipment
c. Doctor d. Pipes
d. Medical representative
16. The level in a fixture at which the water
8. The minimum pressure that should be begins to overflow over the top rim of the
maintained for fixtures containing flush fixture.
tank supplies shall be . a. Flood level rim
a. 8 psi b. Flood level
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d. Flooded plumbing function, such as motors, heating
elements and pressure- temperature elements
17. Is the top edge of a receptacle from where a. Plumbing appurtenance
water overflows. b. Plumbing appliance
a. Flood level rim c. Plumbing fixtures
b. Flood level d. All of the above
c. Flooded
d. Airgap 25. A manufactured device or prefabricated
assembly or an on-the-job assembly of
18. A fixture is when the liquid component parts, and serves as adjunct to
therein rises to the flood level rim the basic piping system and plumbing
a. Flood level rim fixtures
b. Flood level a. Plumbing appurtenance
c. Flooded b. Plumbing appliance
d. Airgap c. Plumbing fixtures
d. All of the above
19. A tank located above or integral with water
closet, urinal or similar fixture for 26. An approved type installed receptacles,
flushing or removing excrement in the devices or appliances supplied with water
fixture. or receive liquid or liquid borne waste and
a. Flush valve discharge such waste into the drainage
b. Flush tank system
c. Flushometer valve a. Plumbing appurtenance
d. Flushometer tank b. Plumbing appliance
c. Plumbing fixtures
20. Is a device located at the bottom of the d. All of the above
tank for the purpose of flushing water
closet and similar fixtures. 27. Water satisfactory for drinking, culinary
a. Flush valve and domestic purposes and meets the
b. Flush tank requirement of the Philippine National
c. Flushometer valve Standard for Drinking Water
d. Flushometer tank a. Potability
b. Purified water
21. Is integrated within an air accumulator c. Potable water
vessel which is designed to discharge a d. Clear water
predetermined quantity of water into
fixture for flushing purposes. 28. The pipe or tubing that connects the outlet
a. Flushometer valve of a plumbing fixture to the trap
b. Flush Valve a. Trap arm
c. Flushometer tank b. Tailpiece
d. Flush tank c. Outlet
d. Inlet
22. Is a device which discharges a
predetermined quantity of water into 29. That portion of a fixture drain between a
fixtures for flushing purposes and is trap and a vent
actuated by direct water pressure a. Trap arm
a. Flushometer tank b. Tailpiece
b. Flushometer valve c. Outlet
c. Flush valve d. Inlet
d. Flush tank
30. An air pressure less than atmospheric. Also
23. Is a device designed and installed to implies siphonage in piping system
separate and retain deleterious, hazardous a. Backpressure
or undesirable matters from normal sewage b. Vacuum
or liquid waste to discharge into the c. Adequate pressure
disposal terminal by gravity d. Water pressure
a. Separator
b. Filter 31. A pipe which conveys potable water from the
c. Interceptor building supply pipe to the plumbing
d. All of the above fixtures and water outlets
a. Water seal
24. Any one of special class of device or b. Water main
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d. Water supply d. Be used when approved by ASME
Standards
32. The maximum vertical depth of liquid that a
trap will retain, measured between the 39. What is the minimum thickness of copper
crown weir and the top of the dip of the pans or liners for shower receptors?
trap a. Gauge No. 24 B&S or 0.5mm thick
a. Water seal b. Gauge No. 20 B&S or 0.8mm thick
b. Rainwater c. Gauge No. 16 U.S. B&S or 1.6mm thick
c. Trap seal d. None of the above
d. Wet water
40. Plumbing fixtures shall be installed in a
33. An approved plumbing fixture or device of manner to provide easy access for rear and
such material, shape, and capacity to cleaning. Where practical, all pipes from
adequately receive the discharge from fixtures shall be
indirect waste pipes, constructed and a. Run perpendicular and close to the
located to be readily cleaned. nearest wall or building line
a. Interceptor b. Run perpendicular and close to the
b. Receptor farthest wall or building line
c. SVTR c. Run parallel and close to the
d. Revent nearest wall or building line
d. Run parallel and close to the
34. Where there is exposure to skin farthest wall or building line
contamination with poisonous, infectious,
or irritating materials, provide one 41. Baptistries, ornamental and lily ponds,
lavatory for aquaria, ornamental fountain basins and
a. Each three persons similar constructions when provided with
b. Each four persons water supply lines shall be protected from
c. Each five persons a. Back-siphonage
d. Each six persons b. Backflow
c. Cross connection
35. The maximum height above the trap for a d. Reverse back flow
clothes washer standpipe receptor is
a. 0.45m 42. Water pipes and fittings with a lead
b. 0.60m content that exceed shall be
c. 0.75m prohibited and not used in potable piping
d. 0.80m systems.
a. 0.2%
36. Where food is consumed indoors, water b. 2%
stations may be substituted for drinking c. 8%
fountains. Offices or public buildings for d. 20%
use by more than six persons shall have one
drinking fountain for the first 75 persons 43. What is the maximum interval between
and one additional fountain for cleanouts along lateral line?
a. Each 100 persons thereafter a. 15m
b. Each 120 persons thereafter b. 48m
c. Each 150 persons thereafter c. 10m
d. Each 200 persons thereafter d. 6m

37. Fixture traps for a lavatory shall 44. Where potable water is discharged to the
a. Be self-cleaning drainage system, it shall be by means of
b. Have a J-bend a. An approved airgap of two pipe
c. Have a brass cleanout plug for diameters from the supply outlet and
cleaning purposes the top surface of the drainage
d. Be designed to avoid fungus growth inlet
b. No case shall the gap be less than
38. A trap depending on movable parts to retain 25mm
its seal may c. Both a & b
a. Be used for fixtures with clear d. None of the above
water waste only
b. Not be used under any circumstances 45. In setting of urinals, what is the minimum
c. Be used if first approved by center to center distance allowed by the
plumbing official code, in meters?
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b. 0.75 b. Backwater valve
c. 0.50 c. Removable plug
d. 0.40 d. Trap seal protection device

46. Watercloset and urinal flushometer valves 53. Bases of soil stacks must be supported
shallbe equipped with a. With concrete blocks
a. A listed vacuum breaker b. By concrete piers
b. A listed ballcock c. To the satisfaction of plumbing
c. An approved backflow prevention inspector
assembly, device or method d. To the satisfaction of the job
d. Listed construction and materials engineer

47. The developed length of the trap arm from 54. The developed length between the trap of a
the weir to the inner edge of the vent water closet or similar fixture measured
shall in no case be less than from the top of closet ring (closet flange)
a. 1 pipe size larger than the trap arm to inner edge of vent shall not exceed
diameter a. 1200mm
b. 2 times the diameter of the trap arm b. 1229mm
c. 2 pipe size larger than the trap arm c. 1800mm
diameter d. 1829mm
d. 4 times the diameter of the trap arm
55. All shower compartment shall have a min.
48. Each such tailpiece, continuous waste or finished interior area of square
waste and overflow shall not be less than meter & shall be capable of encompassing a
for lavatories, drinking fountains 762mm diameter circle
and similar small fixtures a. 0.60
a. 32mm inside diameter b. 0.80
b. 32mm outside diameter c. 0.70
c. 38mm inside diameter d. 0.90
d. 38mm outside diameter
56. When a water service pipe is installed in
49. Water closet and urinal tanks shall be the same trench with a building sewer,
equipped with there must be a minimum separation of
a. A listed vacuum breaker a. 6 inches
b. A listed ballcock b. 10 inches
c. An approved backflow prevention c. 12 inches
assembly, device or method d. 18 inches
d. Listed construction and materials
57. In no case shall any dam or threshold be
50. Trap arms , the change of in depth when measured from the top
direction not exceeding 22 ½ degree no of the dam or threshold of the drain
cleanout is required, and for change of a. more than 51mm nor less than 228mm
direction greater than 22 ½ degree a b. less than 51mm nor more than 288mm
cleanout is required at the bend c. less than 51mm nor more than 228mm
a. 51 mm in diameter and larger d. less than 25mm nor more than 228mm
b. 76 mm in diameter and larger
c. 32 mm in diameter and larger 58. The critical level of a vacuum breaker
d. 38 mm in diameter and larger installed in a urinal is measured from
a. Highest part of the urinal
51. Cleanout in piping 51 mm or less in size b. Floor
shall be installed so that there is a c. Bottom part of the urinal
clearance of not less than in front d. None of the above
of the cleanout.
a. 504mm 59. Consists of a loaded air inlet valve, an
b. 102mm internally loaded check valve, 2 properly
c. 305mm located test cocks and 2 isolation gate
d. 450mm valves
a. PVB
52. Floor drain or similar traps directly b. RP
connected to the drainage system and c. DC
subject to infrequent use shall be provided d. AVB
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60. Number of urinals for office with 420 conditioning tanks & similar equipment
persons which require removal for servicing or
a. 5 replacement.
b. 2 a. 0.45m
c. 4 b. 0.30m
d. 7 c. 0.50m
d. 0.75m
61. What is the maximum space between drains in
gutter? 68. Water satisfactory for drinking, culinary
a. 1.9m and domestic purpose and meet the
b. 2.9m requirement of the health authority having
c. 3.9m jurisdiction
d. 4.9m a. Distilled water
b. Palatable water
62. shall be maintained in efficient c. Potable water
operating condition by periodic removal of d. Spring water
the accumulated grease and settled solids.
No such collected grease shall be 69. Thresholds shall be of sufficient width to
introduced into the drainage piping and accommodate a minimum wide door
public or private sewer. a. 449mm
a. P-trap b. 549mm
b. Grease trap c. 599mm
c. Sand interceptor d. 559mm
d. Catch basin
70. The strainers serving shower drains shall
63. A pipe which makes an angle of not more have waterway equivalent to
than 45 degrees with the vertical a. ½ times the area of the tailpiece
a. Straight b. 2 times the area of the tailpiece
b. Vertical c. area of the tailpiece
c. Unacceptable d. 1 ½ times the area of the tailpiece
d. Graded
71. Water closet bowls for public use shall be
64. A pipe which makes an angle of more than 45 of elongated bowl types with
degrees with the horizontal a. Closed front seats
a. Vertical b. Front seats
b. Horizontal c. Close coupled seats
c. Unacceptable d. Open front seats
d. Graded
72. In water distribution system, it shall be
65. Floor drains shall be considered plumbing installed on the water heating system in an
fixtures and each drain shall be provided approved location based on its listing
with an approved-type having requirements and the manufacturer’s
the sum of the areas of the holes of the instruction.
strainer plate equal to the cross-sectional a. CT & PRV (Combination Temperature &
area of the tailpiece. Pressure Relief Valve)
a. Hinged strainer plate b. DC & PRV
b. Dome type strainer c. RP & DC
c. Beehive strainer d. PVC & RP
d. All of the above
73. What is DOH Administrative Order No. 2007
66. Interceptors or clarifiers for sand and all about?
similar heavy solids shall be so designed a. Revised Effluent Regulation of 1990
and located as to be readily accessible for b. Revised Water Usage/Classification
cleaning and shall have a water seal of not Water Quality Criteria
less than deep. c. Philippine National Standards for
a. 152mm Effluent Discharge of 2007
b. 120mm d. Philippine National Standards for
c. 135mm Drinking Water of 2007
d. 145mm
74. Cleanouts shall be provided for a pressure
67. Unions shall be installed in the water drainage system.
supply piping within away from a. True
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c. Maybe 82. Tank water closets are preferred over
d. Need approval of Administrative flushometer water closets for residences
Authority because they
a. Are less expensive
75. The distance between trap and vent shall b. Flush more quickly
not be more than . c. Require a smaller drain
a. 5ft d. Require a smaller size supply
b. 3ft
c. 4ft 83. No under-floor cleanout in any residential
d. 6ft occupancy shall be more than from an
access door, trap door or crawl hole.
76. It shall be installed at all changes in a. 6.0m
direction as tees and bends, change in size b. 6.1m
as reducers, stops as at dead ends and c. 6.2m
valves d. 6.3m
a. Fittings
b. Hangers & supports 84. cleanout plugs shall be installed
c. Thrust blocking where raised heads may cause hazard to
d. Cleanouts passing personnel or vehicles.
a. Recessed
77. Access & clearance for testing, maintenance b. Countersunk
& repair shall require------- min. space c. Cover plate
between the lowest portion of the assembly d. Exposed
& the grade, floor or platform.
a. 300mm 85. Hot water supply is located at the of
b. 305mm the combination fittings
c. 310mm a. Left side
d. 320mm b. Right side
c. Back
78. Ratio of water closets for female d. Top
population for elementary and secondary
school 86. Cast iron fittings up to & including in
a. 1:45 size, when used in connection with potable
b. 1:25 (elementary) water piping shall be galvanized.
c. 1:55 a. 25mm
d. 1:30 (secondary) b. 76mm
c. 38mm
79. Sink use for janitorial services in a d. 51mm
building is called
a. Pantry sink 87. Covers of gravity tanks shall be vented
b. Scullery sink with a return-bent vent pipe having an area
c. Wash up sink not less than the area of the down-feed
d. Slop sink riser pipe, and the vent shall be screened
with a fine corrosion-resistant screen with
80. What is installed on fixtures to keep sewer openings of .
gases from entering the building a. 10-15 mess per 25mm
a. Valves b. 11-12 mess per 25mm
b. Faucets c. 14-18 mess per 25mm
c. Vents d. 15-18 mess per 25mm
d. Traps
88. Water pressure greater than 551 KPa. An
81. The tub overflow and drain assembly is not approved-type pressure regulator preceded
included in the rough in piping for a by an adequately sized strainer shall be
bathtub because it is attached directly to installed to reduce pressure.
the a. Adequate water pressure
a. Tub at the time the tub is set b. Excessive water pressure
b. Vent at the time the tub is set c. High Pressure
c. Pump at the time the tub is set d. Inadequate water pressure
d. Shower arm at the time the tub is
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89. A system of a building or premises consists d. Urinals
of water service, water supply line, water
distributing pipe and necessary branch 97. Fixture unit value of a residential sink.
fittings, valves and all appurtenances a. 1
required for the supply of potable water b. 1.5
a. Water supply system c. 2
b. Water main d. 3
c. Distributing system
d. Waste water 98. Fixture unit value of a shower bath.
a. 1
90. Vertical piping shall be supported at b. 1.5
a. each story c. 2
b. every five stories d. 3
c. the base only
d. every 20 ft 99. Fixture unit value of a urinal.
a. 1
91. Water closet or bidets shall have a minimum b. 2
distance of from its center to any c. 3
sidewall or partition d. 5
a. 0.3m
b. 0.375m 100.Fixture unit value of a combination
c. 0.75m fixture.
d. 0.6m a. 1
b. 1.5
92. All portions of non-potable water line c. 2
shall be exposed. Each outlet on the non- d. 3
potable water line, which may be used for
drinking or domestic purposes, shall be
posted
a. DANGER - UNSAFE WATER
b. WARNING – NON-POTABLE WATER
c. DANGER – DO NOT DRINK
d. None of the above

93. How many single compartment fixtures of

sinks, lavatory or laundry tubs can be
connected to a single trap?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

94. The tailpiece for a lavatory shall not be

less than .
a. 1 ¼ inch
b. 1 ½ inch
c. 1 inch
d. 1 3/8 inch

95. A drinking fountain bubbler opening should

be located above the drinking fountain rim
a minimum of .
a. 1in
b. 2in
c. 3 in
d. 4 in

96. Cleanouts may be omitted from horizontal

drainage pipes less than 1.5m unless
serving sinks and .
a. Water closet
b. Lavatory
c. Bathtub

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