1 point c. Corrosive liquid 17.

An extremely hot luminous bridge

Sanitation, Plumbing Design, and a. Cellulose nitrate plastic (pyroxylin) d. Curtain board formed by passage of an electric current
Installation Mock Exam Part 3 b. Cellulose nitrate / nitro-cellulose 12. Descriptive of any material which, by its across a space between two conductors or
c. Nitric oxide nature or as a result of its reaction with terminals due to the incandescence of the
1. RA 9514 is also known as d. Sodium nitrate other elements, produces a rapid drop in conducting vapor.
1 point 7. This describes materials that are easily temperature of the immediate 1 point
a. Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of set on fire. surroundings. a. Electric arc
2008 1 point 1 point b. Electric current
b. Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of a. Combustible fiber a. Flash point c. Electric shock
2010 b. Combustible, flammable or inflammable b. Fulminator d. Electric ground
c. Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of c. Combustible liquid c. Cryogenic 18. A hot piece of lump that remains after a
2009 d. Corrosive liquid d. None of the above material has partially burned, and is still
d. Revised Fire Code of the Philippines of 8. Any readily ignitable and free-burning 13. A normally open device installed inside oxidizing without the manifestation of
2007 fiber such as cotton, oakum, rags, waste an air duct system which automatically flames.
2. Act that would remove or neutralize a cloth, waste paper, kapok, hay, straw, closes to restrict the passage of smoke or 1 point
fire hazard. Spanish moss, excelsior and other similar fire. a. Fire
1 point materials commonly used in commerce. 1 point b. Ember
a. Fire resistivity 1 point a. Damper c. Burned piece
b. Fire exit a. Combustible fiber b. Ember d. Cinder
c. Suppression b. Combustible liquid c. Hose box 19. Materials used as final coating of a
d. Abatement c. Corrosive liquid d. None of the above surface for ornamental or protective
3. Any person who acts as agent of the d. Curtain board 14. The process of first raising the purposes.
owner and manages the use of a building 9. Liquid having a flash point at or above temperature in separate the more volatile 1 point
for him. 37.8°C (100°F). from the less volatile parts and then cooling a. Erections
1 point 1 point and condensing the resulting vapor so as to b. Finishes
a. Officer a. Curtain board produce a nearly purified substance. c. Laid-on
b. Building official b. Corrosive liquid 1 point d. Final phases
c. Chief c. Combustible liquid a. Condensation 20. The active principle of burning,
d. Administrator d. Combustible fiber b. Distillation characterized by the heat and ignition of
4. Any material or mixture consisting of a 10. Any liquid which causes fire when in c. Vaporization combustion.
fuel and oxidizer used to set off explosives. contact with organic matter or with certain d. None of the above 1 point
1 point chemicals. 15. A continuous passageway for the a. Boil
a. Blasting agent 1 point transmission of air. b. Ember
b. Foam a. Corrosive liquid 1 point c. Smoke
c. Chemical fire reducer b. Combustible liquid a. Exhaust system d. Fire
d. None of the above c. Combustible fiber b. Pipe line system 21. A building that is unsafe in case of a fire
5. A highly combustible and explosive d. None of the above c. Duct system because it will burn easily or because it
compound produced by the reaction of 11. A vertical panel of non-combustible or d. Air duct system lacks adequate exits or fire escapes.
nitric acid with a cellulose material. fire-resistive materials attached to and 16. A finely powdered substance which, 1 point
1 point extending below the bottom chord of the when mixed with air in the proper a. Fire trap
a. Sodium nitrate roof trusses to divide the underside of the proportion and ignited, will cause an b. Fire unsafe
b. Nitrous oxide roof into separate compartments so the explosion. c. Fire creator
c. Cellulose nitrate heat and smoke will be directed upwards to 1 point d. Building fire
d. None of the above a roof vent. * a. Powder 22. Any vertical or audible signal produced
6. Any plastic substance, material or 1 point b. Chemical compound by a device or system to warm the
compound having cellulose nitrate (nitro- a. Combustible fiber c. Gust occupants of the building or the firefighting
cellulose) as base. b. Combustible liquid d. Dust elements of the presence or danger of fire
to enable them to undertake immediate 1 point b. Waste drainage system or sanitary 35. A vertical soil pipe conveying fecal
action to save life and property and to a. Fire protective device drainage system matter and waste water.
suppress the fire. b. Fire protective and fire safety device c. Storm drainage system 1 point
1 point c. Fire suppression device d. Vent system a. Waste pipe
a. Fire signal d. Fire safety device 31. Part of the lowest horizontal piping of a b. Soil pipe
b. Fire alarm 27. The piping that conveys the discharge of plumbing system which receives the c. Vent pipe
c. Fire warning system water closets or fixtures having similar discharges from the soil, waste and other d. Soil stack pipe
d. Fire protection functions (containing fecal matter), with or drainage pipes inside of a building and 36. Used for ensuring the circulation of air
23. A fire-resistive door prescribed for without the discharges from other fixtures. conveys it to the house sewer outside of in a plumbing system and for relieving the
openings in fire separation walls or 1 point the building. negative pressure exerted on trap seals.
partitions. a. Soil drainage system 1 point 1 point
1 point b. Waste drainage system or sanitary a. Building drain a. Waste pipe
a. Fire resistive door drainage system b. Building sewer b. Soil pipe
b. Fire door c. Storm drainage system c. Subsoil drain c. Vent pipe
c. Fire reducer door d. Vent system d. Soil pipe d. Soil stack pipe
d. Door fire 28. The piping that receives the liquid 32. Extends from the house drain at a point 37. The vertical vent pipe installed primarily
24. Any condition or act which increases or discharge from plumbing fixtures other 0.60 meters from the outside face of the for providing circulation of air to and from
may cause to increase the probability of the than those fixtures (water closets) receiving foundation wall of a building to the junction any part of the drainage system.
occurrence of fire, or which may obstruct, fecal matter. This piping is free of fecal with the street sewer or to any point of 1 point
delay, hinder, or interfere with firefighting flow. discharge and conveying the drainage of a. Vent stack
operations and the safeguarding of life and 1 point one building site. No house/building sewer b. Soil stack
property. a. Soil drainage system shall be smaller than 150 mm in diameter, c. Branch
1 point b. Waste drainage system or sanitary nor less in size than the house/building d. Stack vent
a. Fire trap drainage system drain. 38. A watertight covered receptacle
b. Fire unsafe c. Storm drainage system 1 point designed and constructed to receive the
c. Fire hazard d. Vent system a. Building drain discharge of sewage from a building sewer,
d. Fire warning 29. The piping system that receives clean b. Building sewer separate solids from the liquid, digest
25. The portion of a roadway or public way water drainage from leaders, downspouts, c. Subsoil drain organic matter and store digested solids,
that should be kept opened and surface runoff, ground water, subsurface d. Soil pipe and the clarified liquids are to be
unobstructed at all times for the expedient water, condensate water, cooling water or 33. Conveys only wastewater or liquid discharged for final disposal.
operation of firefighting units. other similar discharges and conveys them waste free of fecal matter. 1 point
1 point to the point of disposal. All sanitary wastes 1 point a. Catch basin
a. Fire row must be excluded. a. Waste pipe b. Cesspool
b. Fire alley 1 point b. Soil pipe c. Sump
c. Fire line a. Soil drainage system c. Vent pipe d. Septic tank
d. Fire lane b. Waste drainage system or sanitary d. Soil stack pipe 39. A septic tank with the effluent
26. Any device intended for the protection drainage system 34. Any pipe which conveys the discharge discharging into a subsurface disposal field,
of buildings or persons to include but not c. Storm drainage system of water closet, urinal or fixtures having seepage pits, or of other such facilities or
limited to built-in protection system such as d. Vent system similar functions, with or without the may be permitted by the plumbing code.
sprinklers and other automatic 30. The piping system that receives flow of discharges from other fixtures to the 1 point
extinguishing system, detectors for heat, air to or from a drainage system or to building drain or building sewer. a. Public sewer
smoke and combustion products and other provide a circulation of air within such 1 point b. Private sewage disposal system
warning system components, personal system to protect trap seals from siphonage a. Waste pipe c. Leaching cesspool
protective equipment such as fire blankets, or back pressure. b. Soil pipe d. Sump pit
helmets, fire suits, gloves and other 1 point c. Vent pipe 40. The water collector at the eaves of the
garments that may be put on or worn by a. Soil drainage system d. Soil stack pipe building.
persons to protect themselves during a fire. 1 point
a. Roof gutter 1 point 52. Digestion of the waste through the d. Drilled wells
b. Downspout a. Drainage system natural bacteria digestive action in a tank or 58. These are constructed using either hand
c. Leader b. Drainage piping system chamber. or power-driven earth auger. A well casing
d. Conductor c. Storm drainage system 1 point is lowered into the bottom of the hole.
41. A vertical pipe which conveys rain d. Vent system a. Anaerobic (bacterial) digestion After the boring is complete, cement grout
water, also known as conductor. 47. Fittings or devices designed and b. Aerobic waste digestion is poured to fill the gap between the bored
1 point constructed to provide a liquid seal which c. Anaerobic waste digestion hole and the well casing. This is to prevent
a. Roof gutter prevents the back passage of air without d. Aerobic (bacterial) digestion contamination.
b. Downspout materially affecting the flow of sewage or 53. The sewage sediment, rich in distinctive 1 point
c. Leader water through it. bacteria, which can be used to break down a. Dug wells
d. Conductor 1 point fresh sewage more quickly. b. Bored wells
42. Receives storm water, clear water, rain, a. Trap 1 point c. Driven wells
or surface water waste. b. Crown weir a. Scum d. Drilled wells
1 point c. Trap weir b. Effluent 59. It is done by forcing into the earth a 60-
a. Storm pipe d. Trap arm c. Active sludge to 90-centimeter-long piece of perforated
b. Rain water drain 48. That portion of the sewage treatment d. Influent steel tube attached to a pointed screen
c. Storm drain process in which biochemical 54. A means of filtering out any solid matter called a “drive point.” This type of well
d. Catch basin decomposition of organic matter takes from the effluent. varies from 32 mm diameter at a depth of 3
43. A receptacle in which liquids are place, resulting in the formation of simple 1 point to 12 meters.
retained for a sufficient period of time to organic and mineral substances. a. Digestion 1 point
allow materials to settle and deposit. 1 point b. Sedimentation a. Dug wells
1 point a. Digestion c. Disinfection b. Bored wells
a. Catch basin b. Sedimentation d. Filtration c. Driven wells
b. Cesspool c. Disinfection 55. A process to disinfect the effluent with d. Drilled wells
c. Sump d. Filtration chemicals. 60. A drilling rig is used to drill the well hole
d. Septic tank 49. Untreated sewage flowing into a 1 point and then a casing or tubular pipe is forced
44. A fitting or device designed and treatment system. a. Digestion down the hole to prevent it from caving-in.
constructed to provide, when properly 1 point b. Sedimentation When a water-bearing stratum of sufficient
vented, a liquid seal which prevents the a. Influent c. Disinfection capacity is found, a well screen is set in
backflow of foul air or methane gas without b. Effluent d. Filtration place to permit the water to flow into the
materially affecting the flow of sewage or c. Sludge 56. The flow or trickling of a liquid casing and to hold back the fine material.
waste water through it. d. Scum downward through a filtering medium. The depth of this well is limited only by the
1 point 50. Treated or partially treated sewage 1 point distance one must dig to obtain an
a. Trap flowing out of a treatment system. a. Filtration adequate supply of fresh water, even down
b. Crown weir 1 point b. Percolation to 450 meters.
c. Trap weir a. Influent c. Sedimentation 1 point
d. Trap arm b. Effluent d. Trickling a. Dug wells
45. It is composed of groups of pipes and c. Sludge 57. These are wells 60 centimeters or more b. Bored wells
fittings that convey waste from the building d. Scum in diameter dug through the soft upper soil. c. Driven wells
to the proper means of disposal. 51. Formation of layers of heavy particles in The sides may be of masonry or concrete to d. Drilled wells
1 point the influent. prevent from caving-in. It is necessary that 61. A short piece of pipe, threaded on the
a. Drainage system 1 point the well should be impervious to a depth of outside (male threads) at both ends, used
b. Drainage piping system a. Digestion at least 3 meters. to join couplings or other fittings.
c. Storm drainage system b. Sedimentation 1 point 1 point
d. Vent system c. Disinfection a. Dug wells a. Nipple
46. Contains fittings that serve as drains, d. Filtration b. Bored wells b. Union
traps and vents. c. Driven wells c. Bushing
d. Coupling 68. An elbow fitting having a 90° or 45° 1 point this, an additional 0.30 m to 0.90 m length
62. Below 75 mm in length. Also known as bend with an inside thread on one end and a. Lift pump of pipe is added to the riser to give air
shoulder nipple. outside thread on the other end. It is also b. Piston pump pressure which absorbs it.
1 point known as service ell or street ell. c. Deep well piston pump 1 point
a. Short nipple 1 point d. Plunger pump a. Water axe
b. Long nipple a. Reducing elbow 74. Refers to the public water system laid b. Water hammer
c. Closed nipple b. Street elbow underground along the streets where the c. Water driver
d. Couple c. Tee house service is connected. d. Water shovel
63. Over 75 mm in length. d. Union patente 1 point 80. A kind of GI fitting that has external
1 point 69. A T-shaped pipe fitting that joins 3 or 4 a. Water main threads on one end and internal threads on
a. Short nipple pipes at perpendicular directions. b. Corporation cock the other end.
b. Long nipple 1 point c. Gooseneck 1 point
c. Closed nipple a. Reducing elbow d. Curb stop a. Reducing elbow
d. Couple b. Street elbow 75. One end is 0.30 m and the other end is b. Street elbow
64. Where the threads meet. c. Tee 0.90 m long. This prevents the pipe from c. Tee
1 point d. Union patente snapping when the soil settles. d. Union patente
a. Short nipple 70. The simplest of the reciprocating pumps 1 point 81. uPVC stands for
b. Long nipple and consists of a piston moving up and a. Water main 1 point
c. Closed nipple down in a cylinder or barrel. b. Corporation cock a. Unplastic Polyvinyl Chloride
d. Couple 1 point c. Gooseneck b. Unplastical Polyvinyl Chloride
65. A short internally threaded (female a. Lift pump d. Curb stop c. Unplasticized Polyvinyl Chloride
thread) at both ends and used to connect b. Piston pump 76. A stop valve in a service pipe close to its d. Unplasticize Polyvinyl Chloride
two pipes in a straight line. c. Deep well piston pump connection with a water main. 82. This consists of a wedge-shaped plug
1 point d. Plunger pump 1 point which is screwed down to seat between
a. Short nipple 71. A lift pump cannot be used to raise a. Water main two brass rings surrounding the inlet pipe
b. Long nipple water above 7.50 to 8.50 meters at a b. Corporation cock so that a double seal is obtained. The inlet
c. Closed nipple normal atmospheric pressure (101 kPa) due c. Gooseneck and outlet are in a straight line. This valve is
d. Couple to d. Curb stop used when a normal fully open or closed
66. A pipe fitting having a bend and makes 1 point 77. A kind of GI fitting used as a reducer position is desired. Either end may be used
an angle (90° or 45°) between adjacent a. Loss of efficiency in the pump. from a bigger diameter to a lesser as inlet.
pipes for a change in direction. b. Friction in the intake pipe. diameter. 1 point
1 point c. Impossible to obtain a perfect vacuum. 1 point a. Check valve
a. Tee d. All of the above. a. Bushing b. Gate valve
b. Elbow 72. It is a positive displacement b. Union c. Globe valve
c. Nipple reciprocating pump in which a plunger is c. Elbow d. Ball valve
d. Coupling driven backwards and forwards, or up and d. Tee 83. These valves are used when it is desired
67. Joins two pipes of different diameters at down by a mechanical working head. 78. A GI fitting which is used when a pipe that the flow through a pipe be always in
right angles of each other. When specifying 1 point has already been installed but dismantling one direction and there is a possibility of a
reducer fittings, the bigger diameter is a. Lift pump is difficult. flow taking place in the opposite direction.
stated first followed by the smaller b. Piston pump 1 point One type has a pivoted flap which is readily
diameter. c. Plunger pump a. Bushing pushed open by the pressure of water from
1 point d. None of these b. Union one side but is tightly closed by the force of
a. Reducing elbow 73. When water is more than 7.5 m below c. Elbow a reverse flow.
b. Street elbow ground, it is visually necessary to place a d. Tee 1 point
c. Tee pump in or near the water in the well and 79. This occurs when a valve is suddenly a. Check valve
d. Union patente pump from there. Water is forced up to turned off and causes the water to stop, b. Gate valve
drop pipe and out into the delivery pipe. forcing the pipes to shake, and to reduce c. Globe valve
d. Ball valve 89. Generally confined to unheated and rapid evacuation of people through 98. Any act of manufacturing, fabrication,
84. A material used as a covering, such as a buildings, there is no water in the means of egress sealed from smoke or fire, conversion, etc. that uses or produces
pipe bigger than the main pipe of a deep distribution pipes except during a fire. the confinement of fire or smoke in the materials which are likely to cause fires or
well so that the main pipe can be pulled out Remote valves may be actuated by sensitive room or floor of origin and delay their explosions.
for repair. elements to admit water to sprinkler heads. spread to other parts of the building by 1 point
1 point 1 point means of smoke-sealed and fire-resistant a. Combustible operation / process
a. Housing a. Wet pipe system doors, walls and floors. It shall also mean to b. Hazardous operation / process
b. Covering plate b. Dry pipe system include the treatment of building c. Chemical operation / process
c. Casing c. Sprinkler system components or contents with flame- d. None of the above
d. None of the above d. Standpipe system retardant chemicals. 99. Passageway from one building to
85. This is the vertical distance from the 90. An inlet placed outside a building close 1 point another or through or around a wall in
higher source of water or overhead tank to to ground level, having two openings so a. Fire hydrant approximately the same floor level.
the outlet (faucets, shower heads) and is that fire engines can pump water to the dry b. Fire exit construction 1 point
distributed by gravity. stand pipes and sprinkler system of the c. Fire safety construction a. Corridor exit
1 point building. d. None of the above b. Vertical exit
a. Overhead height 1 point 94. Under the Fire Code, what is the c. Horizontal exit
b. Source height a. Siamese twin maximum width (meters) of a single door in d. Fire exit
c. Water height b. Siamese couple a doorway? 100. A box or cabinet where fire hoses,
d. Tank height c. Closed Siamese 1 point valves, and other equipment are stored and
86. Subsurface conditions of ground water d. Sprinkler head a. 0.80 arranged for firefighting.
and rock must be known. Sites with 91. Sprinkler heads are the _________ bulb b. 1.50 1 point
subsurface which are about 1.80 m to 2.40 type. The bulb is transparent and contains a c. 1.40 a. Hose reel
m below grade can cause problems with colored liquid. At 360 degrees Fahrenheit, d. 1.22 b. Hose box
excavations, foundations, utility placement, the bulb breaks and releases a water 95. The minimum temperature at which any c. Junction box
and landscaping. This is described as a level stream. material gives off vapor in sufficient d. Reel box
underground in which the soil is saturated 1 point concentration to form an ignitable mixture A copy of your responses will be emailed to
with water. a. Circular with air. the address you provided.
1 point b. Ovoid 1 point
urface water c. Quartzoid a. Flash point
b. Lake d. Ellipsoid b. Electric arc
c. Aquifer 92. One is called upright when used above c. Fulminate
d. Water table piping when piping is exposed, but when it d. None of the above
87. An opening or space to accommodate a is hidden inside ceilings that shows only the 96. A process where a piece of metal is
group of pipes. bulb, it is called heated prior to changing the shape or
1 point 1 point dimensions.
a. Pipe chase a. Pendant 1 point
b. Shaft b. Pendent a. Forging
c. Pipe opening c. Concealed b. Stretching
d. Rack d. Sidewall c. Heating
88. A system of sprinklers with its pipes 93. Refers to design and installation of d. Tempering
constantly filling both mains and walls, barriers, doors, windows, vents, 97. Kind of stable explosive compound
distribution pipes. means of egress, etc. integral to and which explodes by percussion.
1 point incorporated into a building or structure in 1 point
a. Wet pipe system order to minimize danger to life from fire, a. Fulminate
b. Dry pipe system smoke, fumes, or panic before the building b. Percussive explosion
c. Sprinkler system is evacuated. These features are also c. Compound
d. Standpipe system designed to achieve, among others, safe d. Electric arc