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The art and science of installing pipes, fixtures, amd other apparatus to
convey and supply water buildings and to dispose and discharge waste
water and other liquids, gases and other substances out of building in a
safe, orderly,healthy, and sanitary way to ensure the health and sanitation
of life and property.

a. Plumber
b. Plumbing
c. Plumbing Appurtance
d. Plumbing System
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A title given to a person who is skilled in the field of sanitation

a. Plumbing Appurtance
b. Plumbing System
c. Plumber
d. Plumbing
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Pipe that conveys wastes from the water closet.

a. One Piece
b. Fixture Drain
c. Catch Basin
d. Soil pipe
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An act which regulate the Practice of Sanitary Engineering in the

Philippines.

a. RA 1264
b. RA 1364
c. RA 1365
d. RA 1374
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This act is known as __________ that was approved on June 18, 1955.

a. Plumbing Engineering Law

b. Sanitary Engineering Law
c. Water Quality Management
d. National Plumbing Code of the Philippines
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What is the act for Water Quality Management?

a. ACT 2252
b. ACT 2162
c. ACT 2152
d. ACT 2153
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___________ is the most satisfactory means of water distribution.

a. Gravitational Flow Method

b. Mechanical Flow Method
c. Electro-Magnetic Flow Method
d. Electric Flow Method
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Any approved fitting that can be used to connect pipes and fittings that
would not otherwise fit together is an adapter fitting.

a. Plumbing Fixture
b. Pipe
c. Adapter Fittings
d. Soil Pipe
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Type of water closet (as to design) least expensive but noisiest.

a. Siphon Jet
b. Siphon Wash Down
c. Siphon Vortex
d. Squat bowl
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Type of water closet (as to design) that bowl develops its flushing action
through the water entering through diagonal holes around rim which
creates a swirling action which forms a vortex in the center.

a. Siphon Jet
b. Siphon Wash Down
c. Siphon Vortex
d. Squat bowl
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A water closet (as to make) that is otherwise known as "Eastern type"

since the user assumes a squatting position rather than a sitting position.

a. Siphon Jet
b. Siphon Wash Down
c. Siphon Vortex
d. Squat bowl
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Type of water closet (as to flushing mechanism) that holds a supply of

water for flushing a fixture such as the water closet.

a. Siphon Jet
b. Flush Tank
c. Siphon Vortex
d. Flush Valve
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Type of water closet (as to flushing mechanism) that valve is designed to

supply a fixed quantity of a water for flushing purposes.

a. Siphon Jet
b. Flush Tank
c. Siphon Vortex
d. Flush Valve
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Manufactured device/pre-fabricated assembly; on-the-job assembly of

component parts and serves as adjunct to the basic piping system and
plumbing fixtures.

a. Plumbing Appurtance
b. Plumbing System
c. Plumbing Appliance
d. Battery of Fixtures
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The drainage pipe of a plumbing system take the waste from the
plumbing fixtures and deliver it to the sewer or some other outlet.

a. Soil Stack Pipe

b. Drainage System
c. Plumbing System
d. Storm Drainage
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Includes the water supply, liquids, substances and other ingredients

distributing pipes and those pipes removing them the water, liquid and
other carried wastes.

a. Soil Stack Pipe

b. Drainage System
c. Plumbing System
d. Storm Drainage
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A device placed in the house drain immediately inside the foundation

wall of the building.

a. House Drain
b. House Sewer
c. The House Trap
d. Subsoil Drain
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A device installed on plumbing system serving kitchen of hotels, dining

rooms, clubhouses and restaurants.

a. Trap Arm
b. Trap Seal (Water Seal)
c. Grease Trap
d. Trap
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Unobstructed vertical distance through free atmosphere between the

lowest opening from any pipe, plumbing fixture, appliance, appurtenance
conveying waste to flood level rim of the receptor.

a. Trap Arm
b. Double-Bed Fitting
c. Drainage Air Gap
d. Double-Bed Fitting
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A pipe fitting shaped like "S"

a. Trap Arm
b. Double-Bed Fitting
c. Drainage Air Gap
d. Double-Bed Fitting
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The minimum depth of concrete grease trap should not be less than
________.

a. 150cm
b. 120cm
c. 130cm
d. 110cm
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The maximum developed length of the trap arm water closet or similar
fixture shall not exceed to how many meters?

a. 1.5m
b. 1.6
c. 1.8m
d. 1.9m
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A water supply pipe that extends vertically one full storey or more to
convey water to fixture branches or group of fixtures.

a. Riser
b. Cable tray
c. Conduit
d. Nadir
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A unit or assembly units or sections and associated fittings forming a

rigid structural system used to support cables.

a. Riser
b. Cable tray
c. Conduit
d. Nadir
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A cylindrical conduit or conductor, the wall thickness is sufficient to

receive a standard pipe.

a. Riser
b. Cable tray
c. Conduit
d. Nadir
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A condition characterized as vertically downward directly below the

luminaire. What is that term?

a. Riser
b. Cable tray
c. Conduit
d. Nadir
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The over-all covering of underground feeder and branch circuit cables

shall be ____.

a. Fungus and Corrosion resistant

b. Panelboard
c. Multi-outlet assembly
d. Dichlorodifluormethane
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It is also known as electric panel or load center.

a. Fungus and Corrosion resistant

b. Panelboard
c. Multi-outlet assembly
d. Dichlorodifluormethane
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A strong, rigid and economical plastic pipe. It resists a wide range of

acids and bases but may be damaged by some solvents and chlorinated
carbons.

a. Polyvinylchloride
b. Chlorinated polyvinyl
c. Polypropylene
d. Acrilonitryle butadiene styrene
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A type of pipe manufactured from low expansion borosilicate having low

alkali content; primarily used for the drainage of various corrosive
liquids. It is very brittle and should be used when some measure of
protection is provided against damage.

a. Asbestos cement pipe

b. Glass pipe
c. Magnesium pipe
d. Aluminum pipe
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A valve that permits the flow of liquid in a pipe in one direction only and
closes automatically to prevent backflow.

a. Gate valve
b. Check valve
c. Globe valve
d. Angle valve
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A fixture providing an opening in the floor to drain water into the

plumbing system.

a. Catch basin
b. Clean out
c. Roof drain
d. Floor drain
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A pipe fitting with a removable plug which provides for inspection or

cleaning of the pipe run; also called an access eye or cleaning eye.

a. Floor drain
b. Cleanout
c. Downspout
d. Roof drain
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A branch vent which serves two or more traps and extends from in front
of the last fixture connection of a horizontal branch to the stack.

a. Unit vent
b. Circuit vent
c. Yoke vent
d. Loop vent
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A fitting used to connect a branch pipe into a straight run of piping at 45

degrees.

a. Vent pipe
b. Check valve
c. Wye fitting
d. trap
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A fitting or device so constructed as to prevent the passage of foul air,

gases and some vermin without affecting the flow of sewage inside the
pipe.

a. Vent pipe
b. Check valve
c. Wye fitting
d. Trap
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The vertical distance between the top dip and crown weir of a pipe.

a. Seal Measurement
b. Trap Measurement
c. Wye fitting
d. Pipe Measurement
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A lined and covered excavation in the ground which receives the

discharge of domestic sewage or other organic wastes from a drainage
system.

a. Septic tank
b. Seepage pit / cesspool
c. Back vent
d. Blind vent
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A watertight receptacle which receives the discharge of a plumbing

system or part thereof and is designed and constructed so as to separate
solids from liquid, digest the organic matter through a period of
detention and allow the effluent to discharge into a drainage system.

a. Septic tank
b. Seepage pit / cesspool
c. Back vent
d. Blind vent
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Also called an individual vent

a. Loop vent
b. Relief vent
c. Back vent
d. Blind vent
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A vent which terminates on the upper side of the fixture and does not
connect to the main vent system. This is sometimes done with the intent
of cheating.

a. Loop vent
b. Relief vent
c. Back vent
d. Blind vent
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A valve in which the flow of fluid is controlled by a rotating drilled ball

that fits tightly against a resilient seat in the body.

a. Gate valve
b. Check valve
c. Globe valve
d. Angle valve
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A type of ventilation system used on fixtures in a room away from

partitions.

a. Loop vent
b. Relief vent
c. Back vent
d. Blind vent
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The installation of all parts of the plumbing system which can be

completed prior to the installation of fixtures.

a. Floor Mounted Fixture

b. Roughing-in
c. Flushometer
d. Full Bath
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A device which discharges a predetermined quantity of water to fixtures

for flushing purposes.

a. Floor Mounted Fixture

b. Roughing-in
c. Flushometer
d. Hose Bibb
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A faucet to which a hose may be attached.

a. Hose bibb
b. Flushometer
c. Riser
d. Soil Stack
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The pipe installed to ventilate a building drainage system and to prevent

trap siphonage.
(siphonage also syphonage - 2 accepted spellings)

a. Vent pipe
b. Check valve
c. Wye fitting
d. Stack vent
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A vent which also serves as a drain.

The extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal drain
connection to the stack.

a. Vent pipe
b. Check valve
c. Vent Stack
d. Stack vent
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A vertical pipe installed in order to provide circulation of air to and from

the drainage system.

a. Vent pipe
b. Check valve
c. Vent Stack
d. Stack vent
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A suction created by the flow of liquid in pipes.

a. Stack
b. Siphonage/Syphonage
c. Backflow
d. Branch
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A general term for any vertical line of soil, waste and vent pipe
extending through one or more storeys.

a. Stack
b. Siphonage/Syphonage
c. Backflow
d. Branch
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The flow of water in pipes in a reverse direction from the which is

normally intended.

a. Stack
b. Siphonage/Syphonage
c. Backflow
d. Branch
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Any part of the piping system other than the main riser or stack.

a. Stack
b. Siphonage/Syphonage
c. Backflow
d. Branch
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Any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into
a common horizontal waste or soil branch.

a. Battery of fixtures
b. Crown Weir
c. Durham’s System
d. Indirect Waste Pipe
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The highest part of the inside portion of the bottom surface at the crown
of a trap.

a. Battery of fixtures
b. Crown Weir
c. Durham’s System
d. Indirect Waste Pipe
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A term sometimes used to describe a soil or waste pipe system which is

constructed of threaded pipe, tubing or other rigid construction, using
recessed drainage fittings.

a. Battery of fixtures
b. Crown Weir
c. Durham’s System
d. Indirect Waste Pipe
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A waste pipe that does not connect directly with the drainage system but
conveys liquid waste by discharging into a plumbing fixture or
receptacle.

a. Battery of fixtures
b. Crown Weir
c. Durham’s System
d. Indirect Waste Pipe
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An artificial conduit, usually underground, for carrying off waste water

and refuse.

a. Alkalinity
b. Sewer
c. E.Coli
d. Foamability
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Cased by bicarbonates, carbonates or hydroxide components

a. Alkalinity
b. Sewer
c. E.Coli
d. Foamability
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Bacteria in water

a. Alkalinity
b. Sewer
c. E.Coli
d. Foamability
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Caused by detergent

a. Alkalinity
b. Sewer
c. E.Coli
d. Foamability
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Coagulation, alum is added

a. Flocculation
b. Ferrous Bicarbonate
c. Zeolite
d. Black Water
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Iron in water

a. Flocculation
b. Ferrous Bicarbonate
c. Zeolite
d. Black Water
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Caused by calcium and magnesium deposits

a. Ferrous Bicarbonate
b. Zeolite
c. Black Water
d. Hardness
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Water softening

a. Ferrous Bicarbonate
b. Zeolite
c. Black Water
d. Hardness
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Water plus human waste from toilets and urinals

a. Grey Water
b. Black Water
c. Color/ Discoloration
d. Filtration
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Waste water from laundry area, lavatory, sink, shower and bathtub.

a. Grey Water
b. Black Water
c. Color/ Discoloration
d. Filtration
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Caused by iron and manganese

a. Grey Water
b. Black Water
c. Color/ Discoloration
d. Filtration
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Mode of turbidity correction

a. Grey Water
b. Black Water
c. Color/ Discoloration
d. Filtration
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Indirect water distribution system

a. Plumbing System
b. Drainage System
c. Cold Water System
d. Hydro-pneumatic System
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Water supply requirement for a single family

a. 35-75 gpd
b. 40-75 gpd
c. 50-75 gpd
d. 60-75 gpd
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Minimum fixture supply size for lavatory

a. 3/9
b. 3/8”
c. 3/6”
d. 3/4"