Ch 2 - Practice Exam Flashcards
A room equipped with a shower or bathtub is a __
A. Toilet room
B. Bathroom
C. Shower room
D. Washroom
B. bathroom
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. Accessible
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. building drain
A vertical vent that is a continuation of the drain to which it connects is a ___
A. Circuit vent
B. Relief vent
C. Continuous vent
D. Branch vent
C. continuous vent
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. combination waste and vent system
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. Developed length
A device integrated within an air accumulator vessel that is designed to discharge a predetermined quantity of water to fixtures for flushing purposes is a (an) _____
A. Expansion tank
B. Surge tank
C. Flushometer tank
D. Day tank
C. Flushometer tank
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. 1-45 degree and 1-45 degree
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. Potable water
By code definition, a stack is always____
A. Straight
B. Horizontal
C. Vertical
D. Exposed
C. Vertical
A pipe that makes an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the cervical is considered ___
A. Vertical
B. Horizontal
C. Crooked pipe
D. Diagonal pipe
A. Vertical
The vertical depth of a trap seal is measured from ____
A. The crown weir to the top 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. The crown weir to the top of the dip of the trap
D. Trap arm
D. Private sewage + disposal system
B. Yoke vent
D. Sump
C. Indirect waste pipe
B. Grade of pipe
B. Critical level marking
A. Airgap
C. Horizontal branch
B. Wet vent
A mixing valve that senses outlet temperature and compensates for fluctuations in incoming hot or cold water temperature is a ____
A. Thermostatic (temperature control) valve
B. Combination thermostatic/pressure-balancing valve
C. Pressure-balancing valve
D. None of the above
A. Thermostatic (temperature control) valve
True or False:
The restroom facilities in a private day care center are classified as public use.
True
True or False:
The discharge from clinical sinks and conveyed to the building drain is defined as a waste pipe.
False
A combination building sewer is a ____
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 drains that convey waste and storm water
C. Building sewer that conveys both sewage and storm water
PEX is defined as ____
A. Polyethylene
B. Cross-linked polyethylene
C. Polybutylene X
D. None of the above
B. Cross-linked polyethylene
The lowest portion of the inside of a horizontal pipe is called the ____
A. Bottom
B. Flat vent
C. Invert
D. Invert mass
C. Invert
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. 2
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. 2
True or False:
A device and system of piping that maintains a water seal in a remote trap is called a trap primer.
True
True or False:
Static pressure is pressure existing without any flow
True
True or False:
A permanently installed mechanical device, other than an ejector, for removing sewage or liquid waste from a sump is called a sewage pump.
True
A standard that is in extensive compilation of provisions, covering broad subject matter is a definition for ____
A. Standards
B. Listed
C. Legal document
D. Code
D. Code
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. Main Vent
A joint obtained by the joining of metal parts with metallic mixtures or alloys that melt at a temperature up to and including 840• F is a __
A. Soldered Joint
B. Brazed Joint
C. Metallic Joint
D. Flared Joint
A. Soldered Joint
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. Authority Having Jurisdiction
The portion of the drainage system that does not drain by gravity into the building sewer is known as a ___
A. Building supply
B. Building subdrain
C. Sewer ejector
D. Storm sewer
B. Building subdrain
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(an) ___
A. Conductor
B. Building storm drain
C. Adductor
D. Rain leader
A. Conductor
An outlet on a boiler to permit emptying or discharging of sediment is called a(an)___
A. Relief valve
B. Atmospheric check valve
C. Aspirator
D. Boiler blowoff
D. Boiler blowoff
A decide designed to provide protection against hydraulic shock in the building water supply system is called a (an)___
A. Back flow preventer
B. Air chamber
C. Flushometer valve
D. Water hammer arrestor
D. Water hammer arrestor
A device installed in a drainage system to prevent reverse flow is a ____
A. Sewage ejector
B. Check valve
C. Backwater valve
D. Backflow preventor
C. Backwater valve
Any pressure less than that exerted by the atmosphere is a (an) ____
A. Vacuum
B. Negative pressure
C. Atmospheric pressure
D. Positive pressure
A. Vacuum
A document, the main text of which contains only mandatory provisions using the word “shall” to indicate requirements, is best described as a ____
A. Legal document
B. Code
C. Law
D. Standard
D. Standard
T or F: Unsanitary and insanitary share the same meaning
True
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. Bottom
A water heater is by definition an appliance for ____
A. Hearing hit water to a maximum of 210•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•F
B. Supplying hot water for domestic and commercial purposes
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
A. Flue collar
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. Direct-vent appliance
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 or fuel
A. Only gas
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 or the serving gas supplier, is listed in the code as ____
A. Gas piping
B. Service piping
C. Gas fitting
D. Yard piping
B. Service piping
Grounding electrodes are devices that establish an electrical connection to the __
A. Earth
B. Cold water piping
C. Building structural steel
D. Building electrical wiring
A. Earth
The removal of nitrogen from a system with the medical gas required for that system is referred to as ____
A. Flow purge
B. System purge
C. Flow test
D. System test
B. System purge
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. Standard cubic feet per minute
A valve that controls the gas or vacuum service to a particular area is a (an) ___
A. Zone valve
B. Branch valve
C. Area valve
D. Isolation valve
A. Zone valve
B. Building supply
B. Horizontal piping extending from a riser to a station outlet or inlet
C. 325•F
D. All of the above
B. Tertiary treated nonpotable water
B. Vent connector
C. Flush valve
C. Toilets
A. Airbreak
A. Vertical
D. Water piping
