Master Plumber Licensure Examination #1 - Plumbing Arithmetic

These flashcards cover multiple concepts from the Master Plumber Licensure Examination focused on plumbing arithmetic, providing definitions and clarifications on important terms.

Capital gain

An increase in the value of a capital asset.

Rhombus

Another term for rhombus is diamond.

Sum of expressions

The sum of 6x + 5y and 3x - 5y is 9x.

Discharge pressure on a pump

The discharge pressure when the reservoir level is 115 feet above is approximately 49.8 psi.

Dodecagon

A polygon with twelve sides.

Deka

A prefix denoting a multiple of ten times any of the physical units.

Work-in-process

Classified as an asset.

Owner's equity

Not affected by the expense to get a license.

Euclid

The father of plane geometry.

Ambiguous case

A case where the triangle solution data leads to two solutions.

Concave polygon

A type of polygon in which vertices point inward.

Deferred annuity

A series of equal payments occurring at equal intervals of time after several periods.

Collective bargaining

Negotiation of wage rates and conditions by representatives of labor and management.

Registered bond

A type of bond where the owner's name is recorded.

Dihedral angle

The amount of divergence when two planes intersect.

Break even point

The output at which income equals operating cost.

Salvage value

Estimate of an asset's net market value at the end of its estimated life.

Depletion

Lessening of the value of an asset due to decrease in availability.

Capital recovery

The present worth of all depreciation over the item's economic life.

Escalatory clause

Provision in a contract for possible adjustment of costs.

Derivative

The integral of any quotient whose numerator is the differential of the denominator.

Nonagon

A regular polygon that has 27 diagonals.

Specific gravity of ivory soap

Less than that of water, causing it to float.

Monopsony

A market with only one buyer for an item with no substitutes.

Myriagon

A polygon with 10,000 sides.

Cevian

Any line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point on the opposite side.

Force

Any influence capable of producing a change in the motion of an object.

Initial working capital

Amount needed to begin operations before income from sales.

Torus

A ring-shaped surface obtained by rotating a circle about a coplanar line.

Ellipse

A curve where the eccentricity is less than one.

Axiom

Statement assumed to be true as a basis for argument.

Annuity

A series of equal payments occurring at equal periods of time.

Asset turnover

Ratio of annual sales to the average assets used.

Trash thrown away in a week

The average person throws away 24.5 pounds of trash in one week.

Conversion factor

About 3.066 quarts of water are in a 3.25-liter container.

Acid test ratio

Another term for the quick ratio.

Partners in business

Exist in forms of ownership like partnership, single proprietorship, or corporation.

Amortization

Repaying a debt through a series of equal payments over time.

Lumen

Unit of luminous flux.

Candela

Equivalent to lumen/steradian.

Coefficient of restitution

Applies jointly to colliding objects.

Law of conservation of momentum

When external forces equal zero, total linear momentum remains constant.

Impulse

Product of force and the time during which a force acts.

Sum of numbers

0.216 + 9.3 + 72.0 equals 81.516.

Multiplication result

Result of multiplying 11 by 0.032 is 0.352.

Momentum

Product of velocity and mass.

Kinetic energy

Type of energy transmitted by rotary motion.

Hours to fill tank

It will take 12 hours to fill a 100' in diameter tank being filled at 1500 gpm and emptied at 300 gpm.

Surface area of tank

Surface area of a 60 feet in diameter sedimentation basin is 2830 sq. ft.

Divisible number

76 can be evenly divided by 19.

Height difference

Pierre is 6 inches taller than Jovy.

Marcia's age

Marcia is 26 years old.

Distributive law

Relates addition and multiplication.

Axiom of Addition

Statement assumed as true for argument's basis.

Volume of circular tank

A circular tank with a diameter of 40 feet holds 120,000 gallons.

Gallons held by pipe

A 654 ft long 6