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CHAP 2 C-D Flashcards

1
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plugging an opening with oakum, lead or other materials
that are pounded into the annular space. Also, the material pounded into
the annular opening .

A

CAULKING

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2
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a fitting, screwed or caulked over the end of a pipe for closing the
pipe end.

A

CAP

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3
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  • a receptacle in which liquids are retained for ~
    suflicient period of time to allow settleable material to deposit.
A

CATCH BASIN

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4
Q

a person who has
shown compct(‘ncc to test and maintain backtlow assemblies to the
satisfaction of the Administratiw Authority having jurisdiction.

A

CERTIFIED BACKFLOW ASSEMBLY TESTER

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5
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a non-watertight lined excavation in .thl! ground which
receives the discharge of a sanitttry drainage system or part thereof,
d~signed to retain the organic matter and solids discharging thcretrom, 0ut
permitting the li4uid to seep through the bottom and sides of the cesspool.

A

CESSPOOL

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6
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a vertical shaft for installarion of different pipe stacks.

A

CHASE

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7
Q

a valve that automatically closes to prevent the flow
of liquid or gas in a reverse direction

A

CHECK VALVE

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8
Q

a group vent pipe which starts in front of the extreme
fixture connection on a h01izontal branch and connects to the vent stack.
Sec loop’ vent, also.

A

CIRCUIT VENT -

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9
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Sec Interceptor.

A

CLARIFIER

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10
Q

The word ‘‘Code” or “this Code,” when U5ed alone, shall mean
these regulations, subsequent amendments thereto or any emergency rule
or regulation which the Administrative Authority having jurisdiction may
lawfully adopt .

A

CODE

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11
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  • sec unit vent and dual vent.
A

COMMON VENT

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12
Q

a specially
designed system of waste piping embodying the horizontal wet venting of
one or more sinks or floor drains by means of a common horizontal waste
and vent pipe. adequately sized to provide free movement of air above the·
flow line of the drain.

A

COMBINATION WASTE AND VENT SYSTEM

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13
Q

a structure which any part of it!>
stmctural framework will ignite and burn at a temperature of 756 degrees
centigrade or less.

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COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION

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14
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The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)

A

COMMISSION

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15
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that part of a plumbing system designed and installed to
serve more than one ( 1) appliance, fixture, building or system.

A

COMMON

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16
Q

a mom or space having a volume less than I 4 cu.
m with 250 kilogram calorie of the aggregate input rating of all fuelbmning applianc~s installed in that space

A

CONFINED SPACE

17
Q

an impairment of the quality of the potable water
which creates an actual hazard to the public health through poisoning or
spread of disease by sewage, industrial fluids or waste. Also, defined as
High Hazard.

A

CONTAMINATION

18
Q

a continuous vent is vertical vent that is a
continuation of the drain to which the vent connects.

A

CONTINUOUS VENT

19
Q
  • a drain connecting the compartments of a set of fixtures to a trap or connecting other permitted fixtures to a common
    trap.
A

CONTINUOUS WASTE

20
Q
  • a vertical pipe to convey rainwater
A

CONDUCTOR OR DOWNSPOUT

21
Q
  • a stop valve placed at the connection of the water service pipe to the water main.
A

CORPORATION COCK

22
Q

an open, unoccupied space, bounded on two (2) or more sides
by the walls of the building. An inner court is a court entirely within the
exterior walls of a building. All other courts are outer courts.

A

COURT

23
Q
  • C-L or C/L marking on a backflow prevention
    device or vacuum breaker is a point conforming to approved standards (;:fld
    established by the testing laboratory (usually stamped on the device by the
    manufacturer) which determines the minimum elevation above the flood
    level rim of the fixture or rcceptable served where the device may be
    installed. When a backflow prevention device does not bear a critical level
    marking, the bottom of the vacuum breaker, combination valve or the
    bottom of any such approved device shaH constitute the critical level.
A

CRITICAL LEVEL

24
Q

any connection or arrangement, physical or
otherwise, between a potable water supply system and any plumbing
fixture or any tank. receptable, equipment or device, through which
enables non-potable, used, unclean, polluted, contaminated water or other
substances to enter into any part of such potable water system under any
condition.

A

CROSS-CONNECTION

25
Q

the Administrative
Authority and includes any other law enforcement agency concerned by any
provision of this Code, whether St1ch agency is specifically named or not.

A

DEPARTMENT HAVING JURISDICTION

26
Q

the extended portion of a pipe that is closed at one end to
which no councctions arc made on the exl.cndcd portion, thus permitting the
stagnation of liquid or air therein.

A

DEAD-END

27
Q

the length of a pipe along its centerline and fittings.

A

DEVELOPED LENGTH

28
Q
  • unless specifically stated, the term “diameter’’ is the nominal
    diameter as designated commercially. I. D. denotes inside diameter of pipe
    and O.D. denotes outside diameter of tube.
A

DIAMETER

29
Q

the liquid and water-home wastes derived from
the ordinary living processes, free trom industrial wastes and of such
character that permit satisfactory disposal without special treatment. It is
discharged into the public sewer or into a private sewage disposal system .

A

DOMESTIC SEWAGE

30
Q

a pipe fitting with adjacent reverse bends and shaped like the letter “S’’

A

DOUBLE-BEND FITTING

31
Q
  • two offsets in succession or in series such that the centerlines of the outside ends are in the same straight line .
A

DOUBLE OFFSET

32
Q

the vertical portion of a rainwater conductor .

A

DOWNSPOUT

33
Q

a pipe, which carries ground and surface waters, stonn water or
wastewater into a building drainage system .

A

DRAIN

34
Q

includes all the pipings within public or private
premises which convey sewage or other liquid wastes to a legal point of
disposal but does not include the mains of a public sewer system or a public
sewage treatment or disposal plant.

A

DRAINAGE SYSTEM

35
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a vent that does not carry liquid or water-borne wastes.

A

DRY VENT

36
Q

see unit Vent.

A

DUAL VENT

37
Q
  • a term used to describe soil or waste system where
    all pipings are of threaded pipe, tubing or other such rigid construction using
    recessed drainage fittings to con·espond to the types of piping.
A

DURHAM SYSTEM

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