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Q.1) Unions shall be installed in a water supply system within 12 inches of ___
A. a control valve
B. a house valve
C. regulating equipment (Correct Answer)
D. transition fittings (Your Answer)
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Q.2) Vent pipes protect fixture traps against ___
A. evaporation
B. siphonage (Your Answer) -pressure
C. clogging
D. cross-connections
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Q.3) Parallel vent stacks are required for drainage stacks that extend above the
building drain ___
A. five stories or more
B. 10 stories or more (Your Answer)
C. 50 ft
D. 100 ft
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Q.4) The maximum fixture unit loading allowed on a 2-inches waste stack is ___
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 16 (Your Answer)
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Q.5) All malleable iron water fittings shall be ___
A. 2 inch or smaller
B. galvanized (Your Answer) zinc coated
C. flanged
D. removed
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Q.6) the color stripe on type "K" hard-drawn copper tubing is ___
A. green (Correct Answer)
B. blue
C. red (Your Answer)
D. yellow
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Q.7) Stills, sterilizers and similar equipment that produce waste shall be __
A. connceted directly to the building drains (Your Answer)
B. indirectly connected to a lavatory taolpiece
C. indirectly connected by means of an airgap (Correct Answer)
D. directly connected to the building drain using an airbreak
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Q.8) The size of the yoke vent that making the yoke vent intersects with the drainage
stack is __
not less in diameter than either the drainage or the vent stack, whichever is
smaller (Your Answer)
B. a minimum of 4 inches
C. two pipes sizes larger than the drain line
D. two pipes sizes smaller than the drain line
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Q.9) Each vent pipe or stack shall extend through its flashing and shall terminate
vertically above the roof at least ___
A. 6 inches (Your Answer)
B. 12 inches
C. 18 inches
D. 24 inches
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Q.10) A standpipe for a clothes washer shall have a minimum and maximum length of
_
A. 4in. and 12in.
B. 18in. and 30in. (Correct Answer)
C. 18in. and 24 in.
D. 12in. and 36in. (Your Answer)
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Q.11) ABS or PVC-DWV piping installations exposed within ducts or plenums shall
be limited to a flame-spread index of not more than 25 or a smoke index of 50
except for __
A. two-storey buildings
B. structures not over three floors above grade (Your Answer)
C. the restriction found in IS 5 and 9
D. single family homes (Correct Answer)
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Q.12) Sheet lead used for flashins of vents terminals shall be not less than __
A. dry wells
B. a public way (Correct Answer)
C. leach pits
D. the tailpiece of plumbing fixtures (Your Answer)
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Q.19) Horizontal termination of vents from any openable window, door opening, air
intake or vent shaft shall be not less than ___ 3 FEET
A. 1 ft
B. 2 ft (Your Answer)
C. 10 ft (Correct Answer)
D. 12 ft
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Q.20) An indirect waste receptor shall not be installed in a ___
A. toilet room (Correct Answer)
B. boiler room
C. commercial kitchen
D. air compressor equipment (Your Answer)
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Q.21) PEX tubing shall not be installed within the first ___ of piping connected too a
water heater (in inches)
A. 12 (Your Answer)
B. 18 (Correct Answer)
C. 24
D. 36
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Q.22) Backflow prevention devices installed in the water supply line to steam boilers
shall be installed __A. 6 inhes above the floor
B. 6 inches above the boiler
C. 12 inches above the floor (Your Answer)
D. 12 inches above the boiler
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Q.23) All melleable iron vent or water fitting shall be __
A. concealed
B. exposed
C. galvanized (Your Answer)
D. painted
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Q.24) One factor for determining the size of a vent pipe is ___
A. its accessibility
B. its length (Your Answer)
C. the type of building
D. the price of material
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Q.25) The piping material no approved in the code for water piping located inside a
building is ___
A. brass
B. CPVC
C. asbestos cement (Your Answer)
D. PEX
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Q.26) The diameter of an individual vent shall not be less than ___
A. 1-1/4 inches (Your Answer)
B. 1-1/2inches
C. 2 inches
D. 3 inches
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Q.27) No drain, overflow, or relief vent from a water supply system. or any other
discharges under pressure shall be discharge to the drainage system
A. by means of indirect waste through an airgap or airbreak (Your Answer)
B. by direct connection (Correct Answer)
C. through the garbage disposal
D. with a branch wye tailpiece
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Q.28) Galvanized steel piping installed under a concrete floor slab within a building
shall _
A. have a machine-applied coating (Correct Answer) or wrapping
B. have a spiral wrap
C. be installed without joints (Your Answer)
D. be installed with brazed joints
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Q.29) __ are considered suds-producing fixtures
A. kitchen sinks (Your Answer)
B. bathtubs
C. washing machine standpipes
D. all of the above (Correct Answer)
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Q.30) The combination of vent pipes that will provide sufficient aggregate crosssectional vent area for required a 4-inch house sewer is ___
A. 1-2 inch and 4 - 1-1/2 inch
B. 3-2 inch and 1 - 1-1/2 inch
C. 2-2 inch and 1 - 1-1/2 inch
D. 4 - 2 inch (Your Answer)
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Q.31) Cleanouts shall be designed to be __
A. threaded (Your Answer)
B. gastight and watertight (Correct Answer)
C. easy opening
D. concealed
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Q.32) The primary reason for installing backflow prevention assemblies is to ___
A. prevent scalding
prevent pollution and contamination of the potable water supply (Correct
B.
Answer)
C. prevent mixing of hot and cold water
D. prevent excessive pressure (Your Answer)
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Q.33) A straight run of building sewer will require cleanout at intervals not to exceed
__
A. 50 ft (Your Answer)
B. 75 ft
C. 100 ft (Correct Answer)
D. 300 ft
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Q.34) The type of valve required on a building supply to any building is a ___
A. fullway valve (Correct Answer)
B. butterfly valve
C. globe valve
D. corporation valve (Your Answer)
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Q.35) No chemical waste shall be discharged into the ground, local sewer, or other
means without __
A. being properly vented
B. approved of the local Authority Having Jurisdiction (Correct Answer)
C. first going through a chemical waste separator (Your Answer)
A. sanitary tee
B. cross tee
C. combination Y and 1/8 bend (Your Answer)
D. side inlet 1/4 bend
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Q.42) The code requirement for "and adequate supply of potable running water" is
for
A. cleansing and sanitation (Correct Answer)
B. protection of trap seals
C. water-cooled equipment
D. hydronic systems (Your Answer)
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Q.43) The available pressure at the water meter is 80 psi. At the highest supply outlet,
36 feet above the water meter, the pressure would be __ psi
A. 62 (Correct Answer)
B. 44
C. 116
D. 80 (Your Answer)
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Q.44) Vents terminals in locations having minimum design temperatures below 0 deg
F shall be a minimum of ___
A. A - 2 inches (Your Answer)
B. B - 4 inches
C. C - one pipe size larger than the required
D. A and C apply
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Q.45) Building sewers 8 inches or larger may have a slope of not less than ___
A. 1/16 inch per foot (Correct Answer)
B. 1/2 inch per foot
C. 1/4 inch per foot (Your Answer)
D. 1/8 inch per foot
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Q.46) All backflow devices or assemblies shall be tested by a ___
A. licensed agent
B. representative from the Authority Having Jurisdiction (Your Answer)
C. certified backflow tester (Correct Answer)
D. third-party certified agency
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Q.47) The clearance required in front of a 2-inch cleanout shall not be less than __
A. 6 inches
B. 12 inches (Your Answer)
C. 18 inches
D. 24 inches
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Q.48) Except for plastic pipe, in lieu of water test, drainage piping may be tested
with__
A. air (Correct Answer)
B. ether
C. smoke (Your Answer)
D. gas
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Q.49) Water piping may be installed in the same trench with sewer piping made of ___
A. cast iron (Correct Answer)
B. clay (Your Answer)
C. asbestos cement
D. bituminized fiber
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Q.50) The minimum size drain line for wall-hung urinal is __ inches
A. 2 (Your Answer)
B. 1-1/4
C. 1-1/2
D. 3
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Q.51) Each pressure relief valve installed inside of the building shall have a ___
A. full sized drain extended to outlet (Correct Answer)
B. check valve to prevent backflow (Your Answer)
C. trapped drain line
D. drain that terminates 30 inches or more above grade
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Q.52) CPVC water pipe may be used for hot and cold water distribution systems ___
A. in residences only (Your Answer)
B. within a building (Correct Answer)
C. below ground only
D. aboveground only
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Q.53) Joints at the roof around vent pipes shall be made watertight by the use of ___
Q.65) The distance between a water heater and the union on the water lines shall not be
more than ___
A. 6 inches
B. 12 inches (Correct Answer)
C. 18 inches (Your Answer)
D. 24 inches
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Q.66) above the highest part of a urinal equipped with a flushometer valve (in inches)
A. 1 (Your Answer)
B. 6 (Correct Answer)
C. 3
D. 12
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Q.67) The minimum size condensate waste pipe from a 12-ton refrigeration unit is ___
A. 3/4 inch (Correct Answer)
B. 1 inch (Your Answer)
C. 1-1/4 inches
D. 1-1/2 inches
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Q.68) The minimum sizes of vertical and horizontal drainage shall be determined
from the __
A. location of fixturtes
B. type of building
C. total fixture units (Your Answer)
D. total bathrooms
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Q.69) The owner shall make and keep a __
A. blueprint of the construction (Your Answer)
B. log of all chemicals used
permanentrecord of all piping and venting carrying chemical waste (Correct
C.
Answer)
D. record of materials used for all chemical waste
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Q.70) If the trap from a sink located in a bar cannot be vented ___
the drain shall discharge through an airgap or airbreak into an approved receptor
that is vented
B. the fixture must be relocated (Your Answer)
C. the discharge may be pumped to an approved receptor (Correct Answer)
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Q.82) Immediately ahead of each water-supplied appliance and each slip joint or
nonmetallic water supply connection required a _
A. control valve (Correct Answer)
B. check valve
C. backwater valve (Your Answer)
D. solenoid valve
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Q.83) Pipes carrying wastewater from swimming or wadding pools, including pool
drainage, backwash from filters, and discharge from pumps, shall be ___
A. installed as an indirect waste (Correct Answer)
B. connected to a holding tank (Your Answer)
C. connected to an interceptor
D. directly connected to the building drain and properly trapped and vented
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Q.84) Water valves 2-1/2 inches and larger may have bodies that are ___
A. galvanized (Your Answer)
B. die-cast
C. aluminim core
D. cast iron (Correct Answer)
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Q.85)
A. 14 bathtubs
B. 16 showers (Your Answer)
C. 24 lavatories (Correct Answer)
D. 15 water closet
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Q.86) Condensate waste shall discharge to the drainage system by means of a(an) __
A. indirect waste pipe (Correct Answer)
B. direct waste pipe
C. Johnson Tee
D. backflow preventer
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Q.88) Macerating toilet system shall be restricted to single bathrooms for ___
A. private use
B. public use
C. no restriction (Correct Answer)
D. not allowed
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Q.89) ___ tube shall not be used for chemical or industrial waste, as defined in Section
811.1
A. glass
B. PVC
C. cast iron
D. copper (Correct Answer)
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Q.90) The tailpiece diameter for lavatories and drinking fountains shall no be less than ___
A. 1-1/4 inches (Your Answer)
B. 1-3/8 inches
C. 1-1/2 inches
D. 1-3/4 inches
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Q.91) Atmospheric-type vacuum breakers shall not be subjected to ___
A. back pressure (Correct Answer)
B. hot water
C. use in a laboratory
D. intermittent use (Your Answer)
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Q.92) Each outlet in a nonpotable waterline that may be used for drinking purposes shall be
posted ___
A. DANGER-PROCESSED WATER
B. DANGER-CONTAMINATED WATER
C. DANGER-POLLUTED WATER
D. CAUTION-NONPOTABLE WATER DO NOT DRINK (Your Answer)
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Q.93) The maximum horizontal length permitted for a required 2-inch vent pipe is ___
A. 20 ft
B. 40 ft (Your Answer)
C. 60 ft
D. 120 ft
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All receptors recieving the discharge from indirect waste piping shall be ___
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Q.106) The quantity of water required to be supplied to every plumbing fixture shall
be represented by ___
A. gallons per minute (Your Answer)
B. fixture units (Correct Answer)
C. feet per second
D. available head pressure
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Q.107) Joints between steel and cast-iron pipe shall be __
A. threaded only
B. caulked or threaded (Your Answer)
C. caulked only
D. brazed
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Q.108) Showers in all buildings shall be provided with individual contrrol valves of
the ___
A. A- pressure balance type
B. B- thermostatic mixing valve type
C. C- 140 degree F limit control type (Your Answer)
D. A and B apply (Correct Answer)
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Q.109) Approved strainers having an approved waterway area are not required for
___
A. kitchen sinks
B. lavatories
C. urinals (Your Answer)
D. bathtubs
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Q.110) The clear space in front of any water closet or bidet shall not be less than ___.
A. 12 inches
B. 18 inches (Your Answer)
C. 24 inches (Correct Answer)
D. 30 inches
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Q.111) Increasing vents one pipe size will __
A. provide increased drainage
B. allow a uniform installation (Your Answer)
C. allow vents of longer vents (Correct Answer)
B. 7.5 psi
C. 15 psi (Your Answer)
D. 29 psi
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Q.118) Cast-iron fittings, up to and including two inches in size, when used in connection
with potable water piping, shall be ___
A. extra heavy
B. flanged
C. disallowed
D. galvanized (Your Answer)
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Q.119) Except for alleys and streets, vent termination from property lines shall not be less
than __
A. 1 ft (Your Answer)
B. 2 ft
C. 3 ft (Correct Answer)
D. 4 ft
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Q.120) The distance from the vent pipe opening to any vertical surface shall be at least __
A. 6 inches
B. 12 inches (Correct Answer)
C. 18 inches
D. 24 inches (Your Answer)
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Q.121) Whenever fixtures and/or fixture fittings are installed that require a residual water
pressure higher than 15 pounds per square inch (103.5 kPa)__
A. A- that minimum pressure shall be provided (Correct Answer)
B- provision shall be made to use fixtures that do not require higher residual
B.
pressure
C. C- the piping sytem shall be not less than copper tubing Type L
D. A and C apply (Your Answer)
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Q.122) The minimum size trap and trap arm for a bathtub is __
A. 1-1/2 inches (Your Answer)
B. 2 inches
C. 2-1/2 inches
D. 3 inches
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Q.123) Copper tubing used for water piping under concrete slab within a building shall be
___
A. installed with brazed joints with cast brass fittings (Correct Answer)
B. protected with a factory applied coating
C. installed without joints where possible
D. installed with Type K copper tube with brazed joints (Your Answer)
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Q.124) Every abandoned building sewer shall be plugged or capped __
A. at the sidewalk or curb
B. within 5 ft of the property line (Your Answer)
C. at the street tap
D. where convenient
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Q.125) Whenever practicable, all piping recieving chemical waste shall be ___
A. concealed
B. readily accessible (Correct Answer)
C. covered (Your Answer)
D. in clear view
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Q.126) A domestic dishwashing machine shall be connected to the drainage system by
using __
A. an approved airgap fitting (Your Answer)
B. a Hartford loop
C. a double check valve
D. a direct connection
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Q.127) The pipe size for the common vent serving lavatories installed back-to-back
shall not be less than __ inch(es)
A. 1
B. 1-1/4
C. 1-1/2 (Your Answer)
D. 2
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Q.128) Above the overflow rim of a vat (in inches)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 6 (Your Answer)
D. 12
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Q.129) Sewer and water piping may be installed in the same trench (with the proper
clearances) if the sewer piping is __
A. cast iron
B. PVC
C. extra strength vitrified clay
D. any of the above (Your Answer)
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Q.130) Changes in direction of vent piping shall be made by __
A. heating the pipe and bending
B. welded joints where possible
C. threaded fittings of caulked joints
D. appropriate use of fittings (Your Answer)
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Q.131) The developed length from the fixture outlet of a bar sink to a receptor shall
not exceed __ ft?
A. 6 (Your Answer)
B. 5 (Correct Answer)
C. 3
D. 15
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Q.132) Devices that are not regularly classified as plumbing fixtures, but which have a
drip or drainage outlets, shall be drained by __
A. a connection directly to the building
indirect waste pipes discharging into an open receptor through an airgap or
B.
airbreak (Correct Answer)
C. direct connection to a storm sewer
D. indirect waste piping connected to the building drain (Your Answer)
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Q.133) Except for plastic piping, water piping systems may be tested with ___
A. 10 psi air pressure
B. 50 psi air pressure (Correct Answer)
C. 10 psi Carbon dioxide
D. 60 psi Carbon dioxide (Your Answer)
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Q.134) Flexible corrugated connectors of copper or stainless steel for water heater
connectors shall be limited to ___
A. 12 inches (Your Answer)
B. 18 inches
C. 24 inches (Correct Answer)
D. 36 inches