PLUMBING CODE

After you inspect the sewer type

In constructing a sewer main, when should you backfill the trench?

Plumbing fixture

What device utilize the water delivered by the water supply system?

Nipple

Which of the following is not a sanitary drainage fitting?

Bad washer

What does continuous dripping of a single or mixing faucet indicate?

Utility

On what type of as-built drawings are oil water separators located?

Plumbing system

All water supply, drainage, and venting systems and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections

Indirect Waste Pipe

A waste pipe that does not connect directly with the drainage system but conveys wastes by discharging into a plumbing fixture or receptacle, which is directly connected to the drainage system

7

How many provision of the Master Plumber Code of Ethics

House Trap

It is a device installed in a house drain immediately inside the foundation wall of the building.

2

How many set of plans return to the applicant after approval of permit?

Kitchen sink

The following are examples of sanitary wares EXCEPT __________.

2411

Manila City Ordinance __________, the "Plumbing Code of the City of Manila" was enacted and placed under the Department of Public Services, Manila

Approved

When the Administrative Authority issues the permit he shall endorse in writing or stamp the plans and specifications as "__________".

Main vent

What is the other word for vent stack?

551 kPa

An excessive water pressure is more than __________

Blind Flange

A flange that closes the end of a pipe. There is no opening for the passage of air or liquid.

Half Bathroom

A room equipped with a Water Closet and Lavatory

Fixture units

The quantity of water required to be supplied to every plumbing fixture shall be represented by __________

All of the above

Which is considered suds-producing fixture?

Air Break

A piping arrangement in which a drain from a fixture, appliance or device discharge indirectly into a fixture, receptacle, or interceptor at a point below the flood level rim of the receptacle so installed as to prevent backflow or siphonage.

Galvanized

All small-sized malleable iron water fittings shall be __________

Water tightness

Shower receptor shall be tested for __________

Brass

Screws or bolts for securing floor mounted fixtures shall be __________

50%

The House Drain should be sized correctly to have a flow of about of the pipe diameter.

1.8 m / 3.0 m

Copper tubing shall be supported horizontally at approximately __________ for piping 38 mm diameter and below and __________ intervals for piping 51 mm diameter and larger.

Union

What fitting joins pipes so they can be taken apart later?

120 days

A plumbing permit issued shall expire and become null and void if the plumbing work authorized is suspended or abandoned at any time after having been commenced for a period of __________

Half the amount of the original fee

In case of renewal of a plumbing permit, a fee equivalent to __________ shall be paid.

Gooseneck

A kind of return bend of small-sized faucet, one end of which is about one foot long and the other end is about 3 inches. It is commonly used as a faucet for pantry sink and drinking fountain. Also, the lead connection between the service pipe and the water main.

Backflow Connection

A condition or any arrangement whereby reverse flow can occur.

An additional manhole

If a septic tank has a compartment that exceed 3.7 m in length, what should be the additional requirement?

Intensity of rainfall

Which of the following is the primary basics for sizing vertical rainwater piping in the Revised National Plumbing Code?

Metal Pipe Sleeves

All piping passing under or through walls and shall be protected from breakage with embedded __________.

Vertical

By code definition, a stack is always __________

Cross-linked polyethylene

PEX is the definition for__________

Sacrarium

__________ cup sink at church altar and Baptisteries font outlet shall discharge direct to the ground and not connected to the drainage system.

Water tight

Where a fixture comes in contact with the wall or floor, the joint between the fixture and wall or floor shall be made __________

Health Officer

No dry or chemical closet (toilet) shall be installed in any building for human habitation, unless first approved by the __________ or Administrative Authority.

Drainage System

Includes all piping within public or private which conveys sewage, rain water or often liquid waste to a legal point of disposal but does not include the main of a public sewer system or private or public sewerage treatment.

0.3 m

Building sewer shall be installed under or within 0.6 m of any building structure nor less than __________ below the finish ground surface.

Bitumen

The appropriate sealant that will be used to cover void spaces between pipes and sleeves through concrete floors in the ground

3 working days

The Administrative Authority requires that every request for inspection be filed at least __________ before such inspection is intended.

55.16 kPa

For flush tank supplies, the available pressure may not be less than __________.

Hydrostatic Test

What testing method is most recommended for sanitary piping system?

Service Sinks

What type of sink is used for dumping mop buckets and washing mops?

Twice, after rough-in and after fixtures are installed

How many times are pipes in the water systems tested?

Fittings

Most of the waste pipe line failures were attributed to the unwarranted use of accessories and too many __________.

Regulate fluid flow

What is the primary purpose of valving?

Bathtub

Aside from lavatory, what is the other common fixture that is provided with overflows?

Third Congress

What congress of the Republic of the Philippines approved after the third reading Rep. Act 1378 otherwise known as the Plumbing Law of the Philippines?

3 inches

What is the smallest plastic drain that can accomodate a water closet?

Effluent

Liquid sewage that has been treated in a septic tank or sewage treatment plant

Sludge

Sediment that settles out of sewage, forming a semi-solid mass on the bottom of a septic tank

Series 1000

What type of PVC pipe is used on sanitary drainage system?

Fittings

__________ on screwed pipe joints shall be of the recessed drainage type.

Thrust Blocking

It shall be installed at all changes in direction as tees and bends, change in size as reducers, stops as a dead ends and valves.

Flanges

What should be used when connecting water closets to drainage pipes?

XV type

This type of cast iron pipe is classified as extra duty pipe used for underground installations.

Bushing

A pipe fitting used to reduce the size of an opening.

Infiltration

The movement of water to the surface of a soil and into the soil below the surface.

Offset

What is a combination of elbows or bends, which brings one section of the pipe out of line but into a line parallel with the original section?

110 F

Hot water piping system over __________ shall be provided backflow preventer designed to operate without rendering any portion of the assembly inoperative.

8%

Maximum lead content allowed in pipe used to convey potable water.

American Society of Sanitary Engineers

What does the abbreviation of ASSE?

4

How many bolts will be used per water closet?

M

This type of copper tubing may be used for water piping when piping is above ground inside or atop a building, or underground outside of structures with outside protective coating.

Green

All hard drawn copper tubing shall be marked by a continuous and indelibly colored stripe at least 6.4 mm in width. What color is used for Type K?

Elastomeric Gasketed and Rubber-ring Joints

What does section 1302.14 of the Plumbing Code state?

91 m

The maximum distance between manholes.

Firm Bed

Building sewer piping shall be laid on a __________ throughout its entire length.

Lowest Section

Conductors shall be protected from damage by connecting a stronger material such as steel pipe or cast iron at its __________.

Sand Interceptor

This should be provided whenever the discharge of a fixture drain may contain solids or semi-solids heavier than water.

Weir

The vent pipe opening from a soil or waste pipe, except for water closets and similar fixtures, shall not be below the __________ of the trap.

0.002

Solders and fluxes with a lead content which exceeds __________ are prohibited in piping systems used to convey potable water.

Bolted

Wall-mounted water closet fixtures shall be securely __________ to an approved fixture carrier fitting.

10

Each soil or waste stack which extends __________ or more stories above the building drain shall be served by a parallel vent stack which shall extend undiminished in size

Wiped Joints

Which of the following types of joints is used for lead pipes or fittings or between lead pipe or fittings and brass or copper pipe, ferrules, solder nipples or traps.

Flared Joints

Type of joints for soft copper water tubing.

Gravity

Where practicable, all plumbing fixtures shall be drained into the public sewer or private sewage disposal system by __________.

0.063

For a continuous flow into a drainage system, such as from sump pump or ejector, air conditioning equipment or similar devices, two (2) fixture units shall be allowed for every __________ L/s of flow.

6

Water closets shall be computed as __________ fixture units when determining septic tank size.

Cleanout

Countersunk __________ plugs shall be installed where raised heads may cause hazard to passing personnel or vehicles.

1.5 m

What is the commercial length of cast iron pipes?

Sand

In the process of bending, plastic pipe is packed with __________ then heated using a flame torch or hot water.

Cesspool

Is a hole in the ground curbed with stones, bricks, concrete hollow blocks, or other materials laid in such a manner as to allow raw contaminated sewage leach into the soil.

Septic

The sewage that turns dark and smell unpleasantly due to anaerobic decomposition.

Scouring

This term means to flush or wash out, to remove dirt or grease by flowing through.

Fittings

Most of the waste pipe line failures were attributed to the unwarranted use of accessories and too many __________.

Inside Storm Drain

Sometimes located under the basement floor or within the walls of the building.

Reduces Corrosion

Galvanization provides a pipe with what benefit?

Chlorination

Which does not apply in the removal of suspended materials and color in the water supply?

By finding where lines drawn through the fitting intersect

How do you determine the center of a fitting?

Groundwater

Water is collected from spring and well as source of water for domestic water supply is called,

Thirty years old

What is the minimum age requirement for an appointee to become a member of the Board of Master Plumbers?

Soapy water to the exterior of the piping

Leaks in gas piping shall be located by applying __________

Prevents the dies and threads from overheating and becoming damaged

What is the purpose of oiling while threading the steel pipe?

Practical Problems

Of the four board subjects given for Master Plumbers examination, which of this subject was originally split into two subjects?

Presidential Decree No. 856

The __________, or most well known to be the Code on Sanitation, was promulgated by the late President Ferdinand Marcos on December 23, 1975.

Tested and Disinfected

Before a new water main is put into service it must be?

Hydrostatic test

What testing method is most recommended for sanitary piping system?