Questions and Answers

1. A chamber of a large septic tank employing siphonic action to automatically

discharge a large volume of effluent when a predetermined quantity has
accumulated.
A. Drain field
B. Sewage treatment chamber
C. Seepage pit
D. Dosing chamber
2. Cheapest pipe. light in weight, slightly flexible.
A. Synthetic pipe
B. Cast iron soil pipe
C. Bituminous fiber sewage pipe
D. Galvanized wrought iron pipe
3. 'Collecting Vent Line.'
4. Drawing: (Answers on 204-205, building construction:) 1. 45 degree Elbow
2.Return Bend 3.Wye 4. Sanitary Cross 5. Tee
5. Pump for removing the accumulations of liquid from a sump
6. Minimum size trap for residential sink
A. 38mm
B. 32mm
C. 36mm
D. 34mm
7. Extends from the house draing at a point 0.60 meters from the outside face of the
foundation wall of a building to the junction with the street sewer or any point of
discharge and conveying the drainage of one building site.
8. 'backbone' of the entire sanitary system. Portion where waste does not travel
through.
A. Main soil and waste stack
B. Air vent and soil pipe
C. Main soil and waste vent
D. Unit, common or dual vent
9. Used for fixtures where grease may be introduced to the drainage or sewer system
in quantities that that cann affect line stoppage or hinder sewage treatment or
private sewage disposal.
10. One of the oldest materials used for sewer lines. highly resistant to most acids.
A. Brass pipe
B. Vitrified clay pipe
C. Synthetic pipe
D. Lead pipe
11. Used for lavatories, kitchen sinks, laundry tubs & urinals
12. Layer of sewage matter that rises to the surface of the sewage in a septic tank
13. Each plumbing fixture excepting those with integral traps, shall be separately
trapped with an approved type duraseal trap
A. True
B. False
14. Sediment that settles out of sewage, forming a semi-solid mass on the bottom of a
septic tank.
15. What pipe is used for underground installations
A. UV type
B. SV type
C. XV type
D. SX type