Questions A.

Vacuum breaker
1. What kind of internally threaded galvanized B. Tap
fitting is used to close the end of an externally
C. Water closet
threaded pipe?
D. Swimming pool
A. Cap
B. Plug
7.Which type of venting system is used to
C. Bushing
provide ventilation to two (2) fixture traps
D. Flange usually placed side-by-side or back to back?
A. Individual vent
2. In water supply system, it is the first section B.Common vent
of water supply piping in a building after the
C. Circuit vent
water meter.
D. Loop vent
A. Water main
B. Water distributing pipe
8. The following are examples of plumbing
C. Building supply pipe
fixtures EXCEPT _____________
D. Water service pipe
A. Urinal
B. Bidet
3. A device used in conjunction with a fixture
C. Trap
such as water closet and urinal which
discharges a pre-determined quantity of water D. Floor drain
for flushing purposes. This device is actuated
by direct water pressure from branch pipes.
A. Vacuum breaker 9. A kind of trap seal loss resulting from
change in temperature. It usually happens
B. Flushometer valve when fixture is not always used.
C. Fixture trim A. Backpressure
D. Flush valve B. Evaporation
C. Siphonage
4. A word that is synonymous with hub; it is the D. Capillary action
enlarged end portion of a pipe into which
another pipe of the same or different size may
be inserted into. 10. A kind of faucet with external threads
A. Spigot provided at its outlet to which a hose may be
attached.
B. Bell
A. Hose bibb
C. Body
B. Ball valve
D. Flange
C. Compression faucet
D. Self closing faucet
5. A vertical pipe that collects sewage from
fixtures such as water closet, urinal, was basin,
floor drain, etc. via horizontal branches 11. What type of ventilation system is used in
A. Waste stack fixtures such as sinks that are located away
from walls and partitions?
B. Vent stack
A. Unit vent
C. Soil branch
B. Back vent
D. Soil and waste stack
C.Ejector vent
D. Looped vent
6. Which of the following plumbing system
items is considered a plumbing appurtenance?
12. Which of the following conditions qualifies water potable. The process is done by heating
the term "battery of fixtures"? seawater then pumping water into low pressure
vessels where water is partially vaporized.
A. Fixtures of similar type and class such as a
Water vapor is then condensed and turned into
group of water closets, lavatories, urinals, etc.
potable water.
B. Two or more fixtures connected to a
A. Desalting
common branch
B. Evaporation
C. Fixtures that are adjacent to each other
C. Condensation
D. All of these
D. Desalination

13. Where may be a cleanout be omitted?

18. In the coliform group of bacteria, e. coli is
A.At the upper end of every horizontal soil or
present in fecal matter as well those birds and
waste branch
other animals. What is 'e' in the abbreviation
B. At the base of stack e.coli?

C. At 1.5 m from a fixture A. Entamoeba

D. At 15 meters or less length of horizontal run B. Escherichia

of waste and soil pipe
C. Excreta
D. Enzyme
14. It refers to the continuous exchange of
water within the hydrosphere, between the
atmosphere, ground surface, underground and 19. A vertical length of soil or waste stack at
water surface. least eight feet in height (a storey height) ,
within which the horizontal branches from one
A. Ecological cycle
storey or floor of the building or structure are
B. Atmospheric cycle connected to the stack.

C. Hydrological cycle A. Fixture branch

D. Meteorological cycle B. Branch drain

C. Branch pipe

15. The process of removing suspended matter D. Branch interval

in water along with some discoloration using
hydrate sulfate commonly called alum to form a
gelatinous substance; the process is also
known as flocculation
A. Filtration
B. Aeration
20. That part of the drainage system that
extends from the end of the building drain and
conveys its discharge to the public sewer,
private sewer, individual sewage disposal
system, or other appropriate point disposal

C. Ultraviolet radiation A. Building sewer

D. Coagulation B. Building drain

C. Building storm drain

16. What is the most common type of water
distribution system which depends on the
pressure from the water main
A. Direct (pressure) system
B. Hydropneumatic system
C. Upfeed and gravity distribution system
D. Upfeed (pump)system
17. A water treatment process whereby salt
content in water is removed thereby rendering
D. Building sewage pipe
21. What property of water is characterized by
its ability to stick and pull itself together. It can
be demonstrated on a dripping tap where water
cling to its orifice and forms tiny globules that
stretches before it fall.
A. Capillary action
B. Dissolving ability of water
C. Absorption
D.Surface tension 27. A vertical pipe which conveys only
wastewater or liquid waste free from fecal
matter.
22. Wastewater which comes from discharge of
A.Waste pipe
laundry trays, lavatories, bathtubs, etc.
B. Soil pipe
A.Black water
C. Soil stack
B. Grey water
D. Waste stack
C. Contaminated water
D. Hard water
28. A suction created by the flow of liquid in
pipes; a pressure less than the atmospheric
23. Where do you install a flushometer valve? pressure.

A. Urinal A. Backflow

B. Bathtub B. Backpressure

C. Lavatory C. Siphonage

D. Bidet D. Flow pressure

24. In a building, it consists of water service
pipe, building supply pipes and the essential
branch pipes, valves and all other
appurtenances for the supply of water.
A.Water and waste service system
B. Water pipeline system
C. Water supply and distribution system
D. Building water service and sewage piping
system
29. A fitting or device designed and
constructed to provide, when properly vented a
liquid seal which prevents backflow and
passage of foul air and gases without
materially affecting the flow of sewage or
wastewater through it.
A. Trap
B.Fitting
C. Pipe
D. Valve

25. Any pipe which conveys the discharge of

water closet, urinals or fixtures having similar 30. Which of the following devices, methods or
function, with or without the discharge from contraption can prevent backflow in either
other fixtures to the building drain or building water supply or drainage system?
sewer.
A. Check valve
A. Soil pipe
B. Backflow preventor
B. Waste pipe
C. Air break
C. Building drain
D. All of these
D. Building sewer

31. A water supply pipe that extends vertically

26. A pipe which conveys potable water from one full storey or more to convey water to
the building supply pipe to the plumbing fixture branches or group of fixtures.
fixtures and other outlets.
A. Up-pipe
A. Water service pipe
B. Riser
B. Water main
C. Stack pipe
C. Water distributing pipe
D. Water stack
D. Building water supply pipe

32. The installation of parts of the plumbing

system which can be completed prior to
installation of fixtures or finishing. This includes
drainage, water supply and vent piping and A. Plumbing system shall be maintained in a
other necessary pipe supports. sanitary and serviceable condition
A. Roughing-in B. Water closet may be located in an unlit or
unventilated room
B. Mock-up installation
C. Plumbing fixtures shall be designed and
C. Pre-installation
adjusted to use minimum amount of water for
D. Setting flushing
D. All premises intended for human habitation
shall be provided with ample and wholesome
33. A kind of faucet having one end that amount of water
extends downwards about three inches long.
This type of faucet is used in kitchen sinks and
drinking fountains.
38. A general term which refers to the process
A. Self- closing faucet of removing contaminants from water. It
involves several processes that is intended to
B. Compression faucet render raw water into potable and safe water
C. Center set faucet for consumption.

D. Gooseneck A. Water purification

B. Water filtration

34. Gutters, downspouts, leaders, catch C.Water softening

basins, junction boxes, area drains, etc. are D. Water desalination
components of what system in plumbing?
A. Sanitary drainage system
39.A kind of sewer system where both sanitary
B. Water supply system waste and storm water can be drained into.
C. Storm drainage system A.Sanitary sewer
D. Ventilation system B. Waste water
C. Storm sewer
35. A watertight compartment into which the D. Combination sewer
discharge of sanitary plumbing system or part
thereof, designed and constructed to retain
solids, digest organic matter through period of
40. A source of water which can be made by
detention and to allow the liquid to discharge
excavating, digging, boring or drilling into
into the soil outside of the tank through a
ground for the purpose of obtaining water.
system of open-jointed sub-surface piping or
Water obtained from this source is
seepage pit.
accumulated in acquifers resulting from
A. Seepage pit percolation and absorption through ground.

B. Cesspool A. Well

C. Septic tank B. River, streams or lake

D. Privy vault C. Precipitate

D. Surface run-off

36. The following are components of a basic

plumbing system EXCEPT _________.
41. A process of plugging a opening with
A. Fixtures oakum, lead or other material that are pounded
into the annular space of a bell and spigot type
B. Valves of cast iron pipe.
C. Utility box A. Cogging
D. Fittings B. Calking
C. Caulking
37. Which of the following is a violation or D. All of these
contradictory to the basic plumbing principles?
 has an outside thread on one end and inside
thread on the other.
42. Which of the following fixtures has a built-in
trap? A. Straight elbow
A. Lavatory B. Elbow reducer
B. Floor drain C. Street elbow
C. Kitchen sink D. Eccentric elbow reducer
D. Water closet
48. A prefabricated plumbing device or item
that is used to connect one or more pipes
43. A portion of the sanitary drainage system
and/or used to change direction of straight run
installation designed to provide and maintain
of pipes.
balance atmospheric pressure within the
system thereby preventing trap seal loss, back A. Fixture
pressure, siphonage, backflow, retardation of
B. Fitting
flow and ultimately material deterioration.
C. Appurtenance
A. Soil piping system
D. Fixture trim
B. Ventilation system
C. Storm drainage system
49. A valve in which the flow of water is cut off
D. Sewage disposal system
by means of a circular disk that fits against the
valve seat. The plane of movement of the disk
is parallel to the normal direction of flow of
44. What kind of fitting is used to connect a
water, which is turned through a tortuous
lavatory arm to a drain pipe with an angle of 90
passage to direct the flow normal to the face of
degree?
the disk.
A. Wye branch
A. Gate valve
B. Upright wye branch
B. Check valve
C. Sanitary tee
C. Globe valve
D. Bend fitting
D.Angle valve

45. A type of cast iron pipe having one end with

50. A 1/8 bend or sweep is a fitting having an
bell and the other end a spigot
angle equivalent to ___________.
A. Single hub pipe
A. 90 degree
B. Standard pipe
B. 60 degree
C. Double hub pipe
C. 45 degree
D. Hubless pipe
D. 22 1/2 degree

46. That property of plumbing material that

51. In back to back fixture connection, the
allows mechanical deformation by
following may be used EXCEPT
extrusion,forging, rolling, etc, without fracturing.
_____________.
Galvanized steel pipe has this property.
A. Double sanitary tee
A. Malleability
B. Double wye combination
B. Hardness
C. Double inverted wye
C. Ductility
D. Double tapped tee
D. Brittleness

52. It is provided with a valve that can be

47. This fitting is used to connect sections of
activated by means of a lever or a push button
pipes that are perpendicular to each other. It
to release a pre-determined quantity of water A. Schedule 10
for flushing.
B. Schedule 30
A. Flushometer type water closet
C. Schedule 40
B. Tank type water closet
D. Schedule 80
C. Siphon vortex water closet
D. Wall hung water closet
58. Which of the following galvanized steel
fitting is used to connect pipe lengths so that
neither side can be turned? This fitting is
53. A kind of fitting that is a combination of wye
specifically used when pipes meet at a certain
branch and 1/8 bend where the branch inlet is
point along the water line. In addition , namely:
parallel to the drum; such fitting is used when
2 flanges and a lock nut.
connecting vent stack with soil stack at its
base. A. Nipple
A. Return bend B. Union
B. Upright wye C. Coupling
C. Street tee D. Bushing
D. Sanitary tee
59. Plastic pipes are made of what kind of
plastic?
54. Which kind of valve is used to control or
regulate the flow of water in water supply A. Thermoplastic
system along water service pipe section?
B. Melamine resin
A. Globe valve
C. Acrylic plastic
B. Angle valve
D. None of the above
C. Float valve
D. Gate valve
60. What kind of joint is used on copper tubes
when making a joint?
55. A kind of fitting that is used to connect A. Solvent cement welding
sections of pipes in a straight run or risers with
B. Soldered joint
both ends internally threaded.
C. Threaded joint
A. Hex bushing
D. Heat fusion joint
B. Nipple
C. Socket
61. The following is a standard size of a
D. Face bushing
galvanized steel pipe EXCEPT __________.
A. 1/2"
56. Which of the following types of fitting is
B. 3/4"
generally used in sanitary drainage system
installation? C. 2 1/2"
A. Wye branch D. 3 1/4"
B. Straight tee
C. Nipple 62. Which of the following is an application of
copper tube?
D. Union
A. Sanitary drainage system
B. Vent piping system
57. Which of the following galvanized steel
pipes is prescribed as standard for most C.Hot and cold water system
waterline installation and commonly specified
for water supply and distribution system D. All of the above
application?
63. Which of the following copper tube types is off its seat and the pressure in the tank or pipe
the heaviest? is relieved.
A. type K A. Balance valve
B. Type L B.Pressure relief valve
C. Type M C. Plug valve
D. Type DWV D. Temperature and pressure relief valve

64. A kind of pipe that is manufactured from an 69. Compression coupling joint is used on what
alloy of 85% copper and 15% zinc. kind of cast iron pipe?
A. Bronze A. Single hub
B. Aluminum B. Double hub
C. Brass C. Hubless
D. Cast iron D. Standard pipe

65. Which among the types of valves indicated 70. What kind of internally threaded galvanized
below prevents the flow of liquid inside pipes? fitting is used to close the end of an externally
threaded pipe?
A. Relief valve
A. Cap
B. Ball valve
B. Plug
C. Angle valve
C.Bushing
D. Check valve
D. Flange

66. Which type of valve is used in areas that

are tight? this special type of valve has a disk 71. What is the standard length of a galvanized
with a center pivot that allows for throttling and steel pipe?
control of water.
A. 10 ft
A. Butterfly valve
B. 12 ft
B. Gate valve
C. 18 ft
C. Globe valve
D. 20 ft
D. Stop and waste valve

72. The water supply and drainage fittings

67. A valve in which the flow of liquid is which are installed on the fixture to control the
controlled by a rotating drilled ball that fits flow of water into the fixture and the flow of
tightly against a resilient (flexible) seat in the waste water from the fixture to the sanitary
valve body. system.
A. Angle valve A. Plumbing appurtenance
B. Check valve B. Plumbing equipment
C. Float valve C. Plumbing fixture trim
D. Ball valve D. Plumbing accesory

68. A kind of valve used to prevent or to relieve 73. Which of the following fittings is used in
dangerously high pressures in plumbing; water supply system installation?
usually used in water supply system. It has a
A. Street elbow
control disk that is held in place by an
adjustable connection in the spring, when the B. Wye combination
pressure becomes too high the disk is forced
C. Upright wye branch
D. Sanitary tee
79. Where should a float valve be installed?
74. A flexible kind of plastic pipe that has a A. Urinal
characteristic of being resistant to chemical
B. Lavatory
and resistant to impact. It has around cross-
sectional shape. C. Cistern
A. Polypropylene D. Sink
B. Polybutylene
C. Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene 80. What material are sanitary wares made of?
D. Polyethylene A. Ceramics
B. Plastic
75. What kind of valve is used to control the C. Stainless steel
flow of water from the water branch line to a
lavatory or a water closet? D.Glass

A. Angle valve
B. Float valve
C. Gate valve
D. Foot valve
76. A type of water pump commonly used in
houses and buildings for transporting water
from lower to higher elevation; it contains an
impeller mounted on a rotating shaft. The
rotation of impeller increases water velocity
while forcing water into a casing, thus
converting water velocity into higher pressure
and forcing water out of the impeller as
discharge.
81. Which of the following water closet designs
is prohibited by code due to its insanitary
features?
A. Hopper
B.Plunger
C. Pan
D. All of these
82. A kind of check valve used at the end of the
suction line of a pump. It is designed to prevent
water from flowing back into the tank and
causing priming problems.

A. Centrifugal pump A. Foot valve

B. Jet pump B. Gate valve

C. Rotary pump C. Butterfly valve

D. Reciprocating pump D. Angle valve

77. What kind of water meter is commonly 83. The type of water closet with its tank
used in residential waterline installation? located behind the bowl.

A. Disk type A. Close coupled

B. Turbine type B. One-piece

C. Compound type C.High tank

D. None of the above D. Corner toilet

78. Which of the plumbing fixtures is also 84. What is the prescribed shape of water
considered a sanitary ware? closet bowl for installation in public places such
as commercial centers, offices, airports, etc. ?
A. Water closet
A. Round
B. Lavatory
B. Elongated
C. Urinal
C. Square
D. All of the above
D. Trapezoidal
85. Which of the following is NOT a type of 91. Which of the following situations/locations
water closet flushing designs? do not require a cleanout?
A. Siphon vortex A. At the upper end of every horizontal soil and
waste branch
B. Reverse trap
B. At every branch interval along the stack
C. Washdown
C. Any horizontal soil pipe 15 meters long or
D.Washout
less
D. At the base of every soil and waste stack
86. A type of urinal having its body extended to
the floor.
92.
A. Wall hung
A fixture having a drainage fixture unit (dfu)
B. Trough type
value of 6 fu has a discharge rate of
C. Stall type __________

D. Pedestal type A.2 cu ft/min

B. 4 cu ft/min

87. Which of the following is considered a C. 6 cu ft/min

plumbing fixture?
D. 8 cu ft/min
A. Gate valve
B. Faucet
93.This water supply fitting type is used to
C. Water meter change direction and both ends are internally
threaded.
D. Floor drain
A. Street elbow
B. Union elbow
88. The following devices are specifically used
in preventing backflow EXCEPT __________. C. Reducing elbow

A. Butterfly valve D. Straight elbow

B. Foot valve
C. Backwater valve 94. What is the minimum fixture supply pipe
size of a lavatory ?
D. Check Valve
A.10 mm
B. 13 mm
89. How many drinking fountains may be
required in a theater having an occupant load C. 19 mm
of 600?
D. 25 mm
A. 2
B. 4
95. Which of the following plastic or synthetic
C. 6 pipes is a flexible type of pipe?

D. 8 A. Unplasticized polyvinyl chloride

B. Polybutylene (PB)

90. Which of the following fixture traps is C. Polypropylene (PP)

classified as permissible trap?
D. Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
A.Full S trap
B. P-trap
96. Which of the following plastic or synthetic
C. Bell trap pipes is a flexible type of pipe?The
abbreviation IPS stands for
D. Mechanically Sealed Trap
A.Internal Pipe Size
B. Individual Plumbing System
C. International Piping Symbol
D. Iron Pipe Size

97. Calculate the velocity of wastewater flowing

through a pipe having a cross sectional area of
2 cm square and a discharge rate of 8 cu.m.
per sec.
A. 4 cm/sec
B. 6 cm/sec
C. 8 cm/sec
D.10 cm/sec

98. What characteristics best describes a

plastic or synthetic pipe?
A. Low resistance to fluid flow
B. Poor structural stability
C. Production of toxic gases
D. Low resistance to solvents

99. What do you call a type of wrench used in

NO-Hub plumbing installation; it is used to
ensure a tight, leak-free joint?
A. Allen wrench
B. Valve seat tool
C. Strap wrench
D. Torque wrench

100. Which tool is recommended for removing

and assembling lavatory fittings?
A. Monkey wrench
B. Basin wrench
C. Crescent wrench
D. Spud wrench