UPC: Ch 2 Definitions

The restroom facilities in a private day care center are classified as public use.

a. True

b. False

True

The discharge from clinical sinks and conveyed to the building drain is defined as a waste pipe.

a. True

b. False

False

A device and system of piping that maintains a water seal in a remote trap is called a trap primer.

a. True

b. False

True

Static pressure is pressure existing without any flow.

a. True

b. False

True

A permanently installed mechanical device, other than an ejector, for removing sewage or liquid waste from a sump is called a sewage pump.

a. True

b. False

True

Unsanitary and insanitary share the same meaning.

a. True

b. False

True

A room equipped with a shower or bathtub is a ______________________.

a. toilet room

b. bathroom

c. shower room

d. washroom

B

Fixture connections that require the removal of an access panel for servicing are considered _____________________________.

a. accessible

b. readily accessible

c. not accessible

d. exposed

A

That part of the lowest piping of a drainage system that receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to a point 2 feet outside the building wall is a _____________.

a. building drain

b. building sewer

c. waste pipe

d. soil stack

A

A vertical vent that is a contiuation of the drain to which it connects is a ______________.

a. circuit vent

b. relief vent

c. continuous vent

d. branch vent

C

A horizontal drain that is sized to provide free movement of air above the flow line of the drain is called a __________________.

a. continuous waste system

b. durham waste and vent system

c. combination waste and vent system

d. solvent waste and vent system

C

The length along the centerline of the pipe and fittings is the ___________________.

a. diagonal length

b. diameter length

c. circumference length

d. developed length

D

A device integrated within an air accumulator vessel that is designed to discharge a predetermined quantity of water to a fixtures for flushing purposes is a(n) ______________.

a. expansion tank

b. surge tank

c. flushometer

d. day tank

C

The combination of fittings that may be used to make an offset and is considered a vertical pipe are _____________.

a. 1-90 degree and 1-45 degree

b. 2-90 degree and 1-45 degree

c. 1-45 degree and 1-60 degree

d. 1- 45 degree and 1- 45 degree

D

Water that is satisfactory for drinking, culinary and domestic purposes and that meets the requirements of the Authority Having Jurisdiction is referred to by this code as __________.

a. potable water

b. industrial water

c. soft water

d. hard water

A

By code definition, a stack is always _____________.

a. straight

b. horizontal

c. vertical

d. exposed

C

A vent that also serves as a drain is a(n) ___________________.

a. island vent

b. vent stack

c. loop vent

d. wet vent

D

A pipe that makes an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the vertical is considered ___________________.

a. vertical

b. horizontal

c. crooked pipe

d. diagonal pipe

A

The vertical depth of a trap seal is measured from ________________.

a. the crown weir to the top of the dip of the dip of the trap

b. the inlet of the trap to the bottom of the trap

c. the outlet of the trap to the bottom of the trap

d. the inlet of the trap to the outlet of the trap

A

A mixing valve that senses outlet temperature and compensates for fluctuations in incoming hot or cold water temperature is a __________________.

a. themostatic (temperature control) valve

b. combination thermostatic/pressure-balancing valve

c. pressure-balance valve

d. none of the above

A

A combination building sewer is a(n) __________________________.

a. combination of all sewer and drainage piping from inside and outside of a building

b. building sewer that conveys industrial waste and domestic sewage

c. building sewer that conveys both sewage and storm water

d. building draings that convey waste and storm water

C

PEX is defined as ____________.

a. polyethylene

b. cross-linked polyethylene

c. polybutylene X

d. none of the above

B

The lowest portion of the inside of a horizontal pipe is called the ___________________.

a. bottom

b. flat vent

c. invert

d. invert mass

C

The part of the horizontal piping of a drainage system that begins _____________ feet downstream from the last mobile home site and conveys it to a public sewer is called a mobile home park sewer.

a. 2

b. 3

c. 3-1/2

d. 5

A

A standard that is an extensive compilation of provisions covering broad subject matter is the definition for _____________________.

a. standards

b. listed

c. legal document

d. code

D

The principal artery of the venting system to which branches may be connected is called the ______________.

a. branch vent

b. vertical vent

c. vent

d. main vent

D

A joint obtained by the joining of metal parts with metallic mixtures or alloys that melt at a temperature up to and including 840 degrees F is a _____________________.

a. solder joint

b. brazed joint

c. metallic joint

d. flared joint

A

The organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing the requirements of a code or standard is the ___________________.

a. administrative authority

b. building department

c. plumbing inspector or department

d. Authority Having Jurisdiction

D

That portion of a drainage system that does not drain by gravity into the building sewer, or other approved point of disposal is called a(n) ______________________.

a. building supply

b. building subdrain

c. sewer ejector

d. storm sewer

B

A pipe inside a building that conveys storm water from the roof to a storm drain, combined building sewer, or other approved point of disposal is called a(n) _________________.

a. conductor

b. building storm drain

c. adductor

d. rain leader

A

An outlet on a boiler to permit emptying or discharging of sediment is called a(n) ______________.

a. relief valve

b. atmospheric check valve

c. aspirator

d. boiler blowoff

D

A device designed to provide protection against hydraulic shock in the building water supply system is called a(n) __________________.

a. backflow preventer

b. air chamber

c. flushometer valve

d. water hammer arrester

D

A device installed in a drainage system to prevent reverse flow is a ______________.

a. sewage ejector

b. check valve

c. backwater valve

d. backflow preventer

C

Any pressure less than that exerted by the atmosphere is a _________________.

a. vacuum

b. negative pressure

c. atmospheric pressure

d. positive pressure

A

A document, the main text of which contains only mandatory provisions using the word "shall" to indicate requirements, is best described as a(n) _____________________.

a. legal document

b. code

c. law

d. standard

D

When a backflow prevention device does not bear a critical level marking, the part of the device that shall constitute the critical level is the ____________________.

a. top

b. bottom

c. center

d. outlet invert

B

A water heater is by definition an appliance for ___________________.

a. heating water to a maximum of 210 degrees F

b. supplying hot water for domestic and commercial purposes

c. heating hot water and equipped with a draft hood

d. supplying hot water to a maximum of 190 degrees F

B

The pipe or duct that connects a fuel-gas burning water heater to a vent or chimney is a ___________________.

a. flue collar

b. vent connector

c. collar connector

d. chimney collar connector

B

A water heater that is constructed and installed so that all air for combustion is derived directly from the outside atmosphere and all flue gases are discharged to the outside atmosphere is a __________________.

a. direct-vent appliance

b. gravity-vent appliance

c. forced-draft vent appliance

d. induced vent appliance

A

Type B vent is used for venting a listed or approved appliance equipped to burn _________.

a. only gas

b. only oil

c. gas or oil

d. solid fuel

A

The piping and equipment between the street gas main and the gas piping system inlet, which is installed by and is under the control and maintenance of the serving gas supplier, is listed in teh code as _________________.

a. gas piping

b. servicing piping

c. gas fitting

d. yard piping

B

Grounding electrodes are divices that establish an electrical connection to the ___________.

a. earth

b. cold water piping

c. building structural steel

d. building electrical wiring

A

The removal of nitrogen from a system wiht the medical gas required for that system is referred to as _______________.

a. flow purge

b. system purge

c. flow test

d. system test

B

SCFM means ________________-.

a. standard criteria for medicine

b. standard criteria for medical gas

c. standard cubic feet per minute

d. standard cubic feet per meter

C

A valve that controls the gas or vacuum service to a particular area is a(n) _____________.

a. zone valve

b. branch valve

c. area valve

d. isolation valve

A

The pipe from the source of supply to a building or structure is the ____________.

a. water main

b. building supply

c. water-distribution pipe

d. water riser

B

The service valve serves ______________.

a. vertical piping extending from a horizontal branch

b. horizontal piping extending from a riser to a station outlet or inlet

c. a designated zone

d. all piping downstream from the source

B

The T rating limits the maximum temperature rise of ____________ above its initial temperature through the penetration on the no fire side.

a. 400 degrees F

b. 300 degrees F

c. 325 degrees F

d. 375 degrees F

C

The definition of gray water is _____________-

a. untreated wastewater that has not come into contact with kitchen sink or dishwasher waste

b. untreated wastewater that has not come into contact with toilet waste

c. wastewater from bathtubs, showersk lavatories, clothes washers and laundry tubs

d. all of the above are the requirements

D

Reclaimed water systems are defined as follows: _____________________.

a. domestic wastewater

b. tertiary treated non-potable water

c. meet Federal requirements

d. both b and c apply

B

That portion of a venting system that connects a water heater to a vent is a ____________.

a. vent

b. vent connector

c. chimney connector

d. Type "B" vent

B

A device located at the bottom of the tank for the purpose of flushing water closets and similar fixtures is a ______________.

a. ballcock

b. tank ball

c. flush valve

d. flushometer valve

C

Gray water is untreated wastewater that has not come into contact with waste from which one of the following ________________?

a. showers

b. tubs

c. toilets

d. lavatories

C

A physical separation that may be a low inlet into the indirect waste receptor from the fixtures, appliances, or devices indirectly connected is the definition for a(n) ________________.

a. airbreak

b. airgap

c. indirect waste

d. individual vent

A

A pipe that makes an angle of 45 degrees from the vertical is considered _____________.

a. vertical

b. horizontal

c. crooked

d. offset

A

The definition for the word "stack" does not include _________________.

a. soil piping

b. vent piping

c. waste piping

d. water piping

D