Q.1) On the outside, a globe valve looks similar to what other valve? C. Type DWV Q.

ype DWV Q.16) What tool is used to cut copper, brass, aluminum, or plastic
A. Stop and waste valve D. Type M tubing, and thin-wall conduit?
B. Angle valve A. Hacksaw
C. Gate valve Q.9) What are used to keep harmful substances from entering the B. Flaring tool
D. Check valve sanitary drainage system? C. Pipe tap
A. Interceptors D. Tubing cutter
Q.2) What mechanical operation is done to cut or form the fixture or B. Separators
individual parts of the fixture? C. Valves Q.17) Which fitting is NOT necessary in the installation of the house
A. Injection molding D. Traps service?
B. Drawing A. Corporation stop
C. Reaming Q.10) At what angle do vent stacks attach to horizontal vent pipes? B. Meter stop
D. Stamping A. 90 degrees C. Curb stop
B. 45 degrees D. Water mater
Q.3) What chemical element in the steel increase the corrosion and C. 22-1/2 degrees
stain-resistant qualities of the fixture? D. 60 degrees Q.18) What part of a pipe curves like the neck of a goose, and is
A. Nickel flexible?
B. Copper Q.11) What is the most common repair required on fixture faucets? A. E-curve
C. Iron A. Replace washer B. Snake
D. Aluminum B. Control water flow C. Goose neck
C. Tighten the lock nut D. Auger
Q.4) What thin line in the plan determine the depth requirments of D. Replece steam packing
sewers and water services? Q.19) When fixtures are constructed of previous material, what
A. Cross-hatch Q.12) In a plumbing plan, how is the hot water return represented in specific condition is permitted?
B. Contour between dashes? A. Unsatisfactoey Quality
C. Broken A. Single dot B. Inaccessibility of parts to be cleaned
D. Phantom B. Double dot C. Waste outlet that can retain water
C. Continuous dotted line D. Smooth substance
Q.5) What is the best tool for cutting cast iron soil pipe that is rigidly in D. Triple dots
place? Q.20) If one of the two weights associated with cast-iron is service
A. Hacksaw Q.13) What type of level er used by plumbers to install underground weight, what is the other weight?
B. Soil pipe cutter plumbing? A. Extra heavy weight
C. Grinder A. Line level B. Double extra service weight
D. Hammer and chisel B. Pipe C. Light weight
C. Grade level D. Light weight
Q.6) What is the name of the tool used to remove pits or rough D. Standard level
surfaces from valve or faucet seats? Q.21) What is the minimum length of time (in hours) before a jointed
A. Seat driver Q.14) Aside from lavatory, what is the other common fixture that is plasteic pipe be subjected to pressure test?
B. Seat reamer provided with overflows? A. 1
C. Seat dressing A. Kitchen sink B. 3
D. Seat planning B. Slop sink C. 2
C. Urinal D. 4
Q.7) What is meant by the term plumbo-solvent? D. Bathtub
A. The ability of water to dissolve copper Q.22) What do lines on isometric drawing represent?
B. The addition of chlorine to the water supply Q.15) What is the maximum distance (in feet) between hangers for 3 A. Valves and vents
C. The ability of water to dissolve lead inches plastic pipe installed in 20 foot lengths? B. Pipe and fittings
D. The use of lead-free solder fittings ) A. 5 C. Pipe and fixtures
B. 4 D. Fixtures ang fittings
Q.8) What type of rigid copper pipe is the heaviest and is used for C. 2.5
underground waste? D. 6.5
A. Type K
B. Type L
Q.23) What is the CORRECT and MOST accurate way to measure out D. 2ft Q.38) What happens when moist air is trapped in a horizontal vent
lengths of pipe? pipe?
A. Center-to-face Q.31) Which of the following factors is NOT considered in sizing the A. Can block the passage of warm air into the system
B. Center-to-center water supply piping? B. Being dense, the plumbing sysytem is disturded
C. End-to-end A. Length of the pipe in the building C. Can cause corrosion on the pipe
D. End-to-center B. Pressure of the water supply at the source D. Can lead to the creation of vacuum spaces
C. Number and kind of fixtures installed
Q.24) What is the primary purpose of valving? D. Pipe friction Q.39) When are traps prohibited?
A. Change the direction of fluid flow A. If they are of inverted type
B. Adjust pipe sizes Q.32) What strength of a hook should you choose in selecting a hook B. If they do not depend on interior partitions or moving parts for
C. Deliver fluid and chain that are to be used for lifting pipes? action
D. Regular fluid flow A. A little bit stonger than the chain C. If they are over 4 inches in diameter
B. Twice as strong as the chain D. If they depend on concealed interior partitions or moving parts for
Q.25) What is the function of by pass valve? C. Same strength as a chain action
A. To control the flow of water D. Weaker than the chain
B. To act as relief valve in case of failure of the other valves Q.40) Which can cause obstruction of the flow of wastes in a drainage
C. To equalize the pressure and temperature on both sides of the Q.33) To what purpose are faucet designed? piping?
main valve A. Acess to other fixtures A. Pocket of neutral pressure
D. To act as balancing valve B. Set up fast installition B. Pressure differential
C. Provide for easy replacement and maintenance of parts C. Pocket of positive and negative pressures
Q.26) What tool is favored by some plumber for cutting plastic pipe? D. Control the flow of water D. Pocket of low or high pressure
A. Universal saw
B. Circle saw Q.34) What is the name of the washer that seals the bottom of a Q.41) Other than making a quiet and peaceful house, what is
C. Adjustable wrench lavatory bowl? prevented when water hammer will be eliminated?
D. Pipe wrench A. Cushion A. Slow flow of water
B. Compression B. Damage to piping
Q.27) What type of a joint is a compression coupling? C. Delta C. Decrease in water pressure
A. Mechanical D. Mack D. Lose of air ventilation
B. Threaded
C. Illegal Q.35) In plumbing plan, what represents pipe going down with the Q.42) What tool is used to open plugged or sluggish drain piping?
D. Screw open side or sides of the circle being at the higher elevetion? A. Drain auger
A. Semicircle B. Force cup
Q.28) Which of the following plumbing fixtures is the MOST commonly B. Broken circle C. Hand-spinner drain cable
used? C. Solid circle D. Plunger
A. Kitchen sink D. Closed circle
B. Water closet Q.43) What tool is used to grip pipe and fitting when installing and
C. Lavatory Q.36) Which of the following pipes is a vertical extension of the soil, removing piping?
D. Shower waste, or vent pipe? A. Pipe wrench
A. Leader B. Hacksaw
Q.29) What is the name of the process in which steel and wrought B. Drain C. Tubing
iron pipe rust? C. Riser D. Cutter vise
A. Oxidation D. Stack
B. Cavitation Q.44) What cause majority of all accidents in plumbing work?
C. Tuberculation Q.37) On what point of the pipe cross-section is the pipes elevetion A. Material defect
D. Sublimation referred to? B. Unsafe acts
A. Top of pipe C. Unsafe conditions
Q.30) What is the recommened support spacing of vertically installed B. Center of pipe D. Ignorance
pipe? C. Invert
A. 4ft D. Bottom pipe Q.45) What could be a sulotion to a restricted water flow of faucet?
B. 3ft A. Replace or filter screen
C. 6ft B. Smooth out lever nut
C. Re-adjust valve Q.53) What is the name of the tool used to remove a bur from the Q.60) Why do mostwall-hung urinals Not require a trap?
D. Clean or replace hose head valve inside of a water pipe? A. They are designed to have integral trap
A. Pipe vise B. Because such fixtures seldom receive solid waste
Q.46) What tool is used for expanding the ends of lead pipe? B. Pipe Reamer C. Traps are already provided down the soil pipe
A. Drift plug C. Pipe Offset D. Siphonic action that occurs in wall-hung urinals during flushing
B. Turn pin D. Pipe Threader prevents the usage of traps
C. Dresser
D. Shave book Q.54) What type of scald protection valves in shower is a combination Q.61) What device is used to raise the temperature of some of the
of pressure balancing and thermostatic control? domestic water supply for use in various fixtures?
Q.47) What type of fixture operates under pressure from the water A. Complex A. Temperature increaser
supply and requires a higher suuply flow rate? B. Combination B. Hot water heater
A. Flush valve C. Compound C. Thermostat
B. Flush fixtures D. Double D. Heating elament
C. Flush pressure
D. Flush tank Q.55) What kind of pipe is generally designed for underground gas Q.62) Which is NOT an essential need in designing and in reading a
distribution and for other underground services? blueprint?
Q.48) What is the most appropriate method in the connection of a A. Wrought iron pipe A. Abbrevations
commercial black steel pipe which is under 2 inches in diameter? B. Plastic coated steel pipe B. Binoculars
A. Caulking C. Terra-cotta pipe C. Blueprint symbols
B. Soldering D. Tin pipe D. Mathematical table
C. Welding
D. Threading Q.56) Which of the following illustrated in the plan bi circular Q.63) What type of rigid copper pipe is lightweight?
template? A. Type DWV
Q.49) What common support is used to keep vertical pipe in A. Side view 90 Degrees toward B. Type L
alignment? B. Isometric 90 degrees up C. Tyep M
A. Vent piping C. Plan view 90 degrees down D. Type K
B. Vertical D. Plan view 90 degrees away
C. Horizontal Q.64) Which of the following materials composition describe a 95/5
D. Waste piping Q.57) What do you call the primary vent in a venting system to which solder?
various vent in a venting system to which various vent branches are A. 95% tin-5% zinc
Q.50) Which of the following is NOT a type of sink? connected? B. 95% lead-5% zinc
A. Service A. Main vent C. 95% tin-5% antimony
B. Perforated B. Yoke vent D. 95% lead-5% antimony
C. Flushing rim C. Vent Stack
D. Scullery D. Stack vent Q.65) What do you call the drains which serve one or more fixtures
that discharge into another drain or into a stack?
Q.51) Which are parts of water closet? Q.58) When water heater is a combibation potable water heater and A. Fixture drains
A. Mounting nut, housing, faucet, flange assembly space heater, ho must potable water be maintained? B. Horizontal Branches
B. Closet Bolts, wax ring, seat, ballcock A. At moderate temperature C. Wet vents
C. Nailing flange, sponge gasket, cross-bar strainer, overflow fitting B. At a cool temperature D. Fixture branches
D. Metal washer, drain assembly, lift-rod, supply tubes C. At a warm temperature
D. Throughout the syytem Q.66) Which of the following does the feed cister supply water?
Q.52) What safety device should plumbing construction workers A. The cold distribution pipework
wear? Q.59) On a sanitary waste line, what is located is located in an B. The hot Storage vessel
A. Gloves accessible area and attaches to the end of the waste pipe in the C. A set of booster pumps
B. Shoes direction opposite of flow? D. A WC pan or urinal
C. Belts A. Clean out
D. Goggles B. Sewer pipe Q.67) What vents are pipes that serve as the drain of one fixture while
C. Vent pipe venting another fixture?
D. Floor drain A. Stack vents
B. Wet vents
C. Relief vents Q.75) Which of the following is acceptable procedure when installing Q.82) What do you call the lines that are made of short and thick
D. Relief vents piping in a loadbearing wooden partition? dashes and are used to show the location of recessed objects in the
A. Do not drill or notch the studs plan?
Q.68) In a plumbing plan which of the following is represented by B. Drill a hole at the sides of the studs A. Invisible
double dots in between dashes? C. Make a notch not more than one-half the thickness B. Cutting plane
A. Hot water return D. Drill hole through the center of the studs C. Recessed
B. Cold water D. Hidden
C. Vent Q.76) What is the term given to the letter/number designation
D. Hot water assigned to each type of fixture? Q.83) The overflow passageway from afixture must be connected to
A. Fixture schedule what portion of the plumbing sysytem?
Q.69) Why is it that the house sewer is usually the first phase of the B. Item number/letter A. Bottom side of the fixture trap
plumbing layout that must be installed? C. Fixture label B. Inlet side of the fixture trap
A. As basis of the basement elevation and plot plan of the building D. Fixture ID C. Upper side of the fixture trap
B. Excavation of the building may be drained during inclement D. Outlet side of the fixture trap
weather Q.77) What conveys foul air from a plumbing fixture or a room to the
C. To serve as a starting point for the house drain outer air? Q.84) What plan are useful in planning the installation of sewers,
D. To be the reference point of the building elevations A. Stack vent water services, building drains, and hose bibs?
B. Leader A. Site palns
Q.70) Which of the following is NOT a cause why water closet flushes C. Riser B. Floor plans
poorly? D. Local vent C. Contour plans
A. Clogged flush Holes D. Cross-section plans
B. Enough water in tank Q.78) What are the products of complete combustion of natural gas?
C. Vent is Clogged A. Hydrogen and methane Q.85) What is the purpose of an air gap of a water distribution
D. Partial drain blockage B. Water vapour and carbon dioxide system?
C. Oxygen and carbon monoxide A. Dampens the shock wave created inside the water distribution
Q.71) Which of the following does NOT determine the size of the vent D. Carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide piping
pipe? B. Ensures that water will not rise in the fixture into the water supply
A. Pressure of waste flow Q.79) According to the international Plumbing Code, above what outlet
B. Type of plumbing fixtures to be vented temperature can you consider water as hot water? C. Prevent domestic water in the building from flowing backwards and
C. Maximum fixture unit load A. 60 deg C returning to the pipe main.
D. Developed length of the vent pipe B. 120 deg F D. Guards against siphonage
C. above room temperature
Q.72) What are designed to collect and drain water entering the soil? D. 212 deg F Q.86) What kind of plumbing tool is cheaply used for cutting cast-iron
A. Catch basins pipes, brick or stone?
B. Sewer pipes Q.80) What is the minimum size (in inches) of traps used on a kitchen A. Cold chisel
C. Subsoil drains sink waste pipe? B. Diamond nose chisel
D. Drainage pipe A. 2 C. Cape chisel
B. 2.5 D. Gouge
Q.73) Identify the equipment in No. 42 of the Wet Standpipe C. 1
Schemetic Riser Diagram in Drawing 3. D. 1.5 Q.87) What device utilize the water delivered by the water supply
A. Fire Extinguisher system?
B. Fire pull box Q.81) What type of shower provides a means for quick rinsing of a A. Plumbing riser
C. Fire hose cabinet person's skin that may have been exposed to a toxic or harmful B. Plumbing fixture
D. Fire enunciator chemical? C. Plumbing pipe
A. Health care D. Plumbing vent
Q.74) When joints are necessary in a copper gas piping system, what B. Emergency
type of solder must be used? C. Vanity Q.88) Which are prevented by fixture trap seals?
A. Hard D. Quick A. Excessive draining
B. Soft B. Siphonage and backpressure
C. Malleable C. Free-flowing effluents
D. Ductile D. Overflows
Q.89) Riser diagram which are elevations or perspective views Q.95) What step must be undertaken to avoid encountering airline Q.102) How should fixtures be located in order to essure of the most
showing stacks an risers generally indicate what kind of jobs? cracks on the soldered joint of a hot water supply system when the economical installation?
A. Simple water is turned on? A. Parallel to teach other
B. Non-complicated A. Use a solder type that is suited for a particular fitting and pipe B. With less bends and curves
C. Complicated B. Apply heat evenly on the fitting before placing the solder on slot C. Along a straight line
D. Easy holes D. As close together as possible
C. Thoroughly clean the joint to be soldered
Q.90) what is the suitable gasket material for a flange union used in D. Faucets should be opened on the downstream side to relieve Q.103) Which of the following fixtures does NOT belong to the group.
gasoline conduction? pressure on the line before soldering A. Hose bibb
A. Metallic or rubber composition B. Water spigot
B. Metallic Q.96) What pipe is indicated in the plumbing plan having a series of C. Water cooler
C. Rubber or asbestos sheet dashes with letter V separating the dashes? D. Water faucet
D. Rubber or asbestos composition A. Vacant
B. Vent Q.104) Which of the following pipes provides a flow of air to or from a
Q.91) Which of the following pipes receives the discharge from a C. Vinyl drainage system to provide a ciculation of air within the system?
water closet and conveys it to a soil stack or the building drain? D. Vacuum A. Soil
A. Waste B. Vent
B. Drain Q.97) When two or more fixtures are permitted to use a single trap, C. Drain
C. Vent what is the waste pipe for installation called? D. Waste
D. Soil A. Individual
B. Continous waste Q.105) What pipe idicated in the plumbing plan with a solid line?
Q.92) Which of the following methods of jointing plastics used for C. Common waste A. Drain
discharge pipework systems is BEST described as a cold welding D. Sewer B. Hot water reciculating
process? C. Vacuum
A. Solvent welding Q.98) What must a pipe pass through when it penetrates an exterior D. Fire protection
B. Fusion welding wall?
C. Compression welding A. Cotrol valve Q.106) What device prevents excessive vacuum in a pressure vessel?
D. Branch Welding B. Protection pad A. Vacuum pump
C. Adapter B. Vacuum Breaker
Q.93) Which of the following is NOT among the basic angles necessary D. Sleeve C. Vacuum pressure preventer
to express the sanitary planning system in an isometric drawing? D. Vacuum relief valve
A. Horizontal pipe Q.99) What device is used to ream burs out of pipe that has been cut?
B. Sixty degree angle pipe A. Bolt cutter Q.107) What tool is used to make holes in stainless steel sinks?
C. Vertical pipe B. Pipe reamer A. Cutter wheel
D. Forty-five degree angle pipe C. Wood chisel B. Wood chisel
D. Cutter wheel C. Bolt Cutter
Q.94) Which of the following statements is NOT true in water heaters? D. Knockout set
A. The discahrge pipe from a relief valve must be trapped. Q.100) What minimum clear distance is required whenever the water
B. When water haeters are installed in locations where leakage of the service supply pipe will be laid on the same trench within the sewer Q.108) What type of pipe joints consists of a soft metal alloy of tin and
tank orconnections will cause damage, the water heater must be line? lead with a low melting point?
installed in a pan. A. 2 Foot A. Butt-weld
C. All water heaters must be provided with an approved, self-closing B. 1 Foot B. Solder
(levered) pressure relief valve and a temperature relief valve, or a C. 3 Foot C. Threaded
combination thereof. D. 2 1/2 Foot D. Compression
D. Water heaters must be protected to prevent siphoning of its
contents. Q.101) Which of the water closets is the most efficient, the quietest Q.109) What drain serves a single fixture trap?
and the most expensive? A. Individaul drain
A. Siphon jet B. Fixture branch
B. Reverse trap C. Horizontal branch
C. Valve D. Fixture drain
D. Siphon action
Q.110) What kind of test is used in determining whethergalvanized
pipe is made of wrought iron or wrought steel?
A. Smoke
B. Hammer
C. Water
D. Gas

Q.111) What pipe is represented on drawing with alternating long and

short dashes?
A. Drain pipe
B. Hot water pipe
C. Cold water pipe
D. Vent pipe

Q.112) Copper has several alloys such as brass that are used as a
plumbing materials. What is the principal alloy found in brass?
A. Aluminum
B. Zinc
C. Nickel
D. Tin

Q.113) What is the tool for straightening or bending lead pipe?

A. Bending pin
B. Coupling
C. Bending wrench
D. Offset

Q.114) What prevent sewer gas from entering a building?

A. Traps
B. Regulators
C. Interceptors
D. Separators