History Of Plumbing Practice

Question 1

Birth of the plumbing profession in the Philippines

Answer 1

17th Century

Question 2

Model community (17th Century)

Answer 2

Walled City (Intramuros)

Question 3

Built the government buildings, residential, and other structures, incorporated European Standards

Answer 3

Friar Engineers

Question 4

Filipino Plumbers—- maintaining, repairing, and/or remodeling plumbing systems in all “pueblos” or towns

Answer 4

18th & 19th Century

Question 5

The great leap of plumbing (arrival of American soldiers, engineers, and doctors)

Answer 5

20th Century

Question 6

It became a priority (Cholera, leprosy, schistosomiasis, and other contagious diseases)

Answer 6

Health & hygiene

Question 7

Who issued a letter of instruction on proper waste disposal in all municipalities?

Answer 7

Governor General Harrison

Question 8

The plumbing trade was duly recognized by the government

Answer 8

1902

Question 9

It became the model community (1902)

Answer 9

City of Manila

Question 10

Who is the first chief of the Division of Plumbing Construction and Inspection?

Answer 10

John F. Hass, Master Plumber

Question 11

It was organized and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission

Answer 11

National Master Plumbers Association of the Philippines (NAMPAP)

Question 12

NAMPAP stands for?

Answer 12

National Master Plumbers Association of the Philippines

Question 13

It is the plumbing code for the City of Manila

Answer 13

City Ordinance 2411

Question 14

House Bill No. 962 became Republic Act No. 1378

Answer 14

1954

Question 15

RA 1378 (Plumbing Law of the Philippines) was signed by Pres. Ramon Magsaysay

Answer 15

June 18, 1955

Question 16

Republic Act No. 1378

Answer 16

Plumbing Law of the Philippines

Question 17

NAMPAP was promulgated and approved by the Malacañang

Answer 17

January 28, 1959

Question 18

The Board of Examiners for Master Plumbers and the NAMPAP prepared a Curriculum for Plumbing Engineering that was approved by the DepEd and was first introduced at the Feati University

Answer 18

1966 to 1969

Question 19

The FIRST amendment to the National Plumbing Code was approved which effected the inclusion of “Asbestos-Cement Pipe” as an approved plumbing material

Answer 19

November 28, 1967

Question 20

NAWASA stands for?

Answer 20

National Waterworks and Sewerage Authority

Question 21

Before Martial Law in 1972, it was passed with the “National Plumbing Code of 1959 as referral code in full text

Answer 21

Republic Act No. 6541

Question 22

It is the Building Code of the Philippines

Answer 22

Republic Act No. 6541

Question 23

He spearheaded the updating of the Revised National Plumbing Code of the Philippines in 1996

Answer 23

Jaime M. Cabasa, NAMPAP President

Question 24

NAMPAP submitted the draft code to the Board of Master Plumbers (BOMP) chaired by Engr. Fortunato H. Amosco

Answer 24

October 1999

Question 25

BOMP means?

Answer 25

Board of Master Plumbers

Question 26

He adopted the Revised Plumbing Code of 1999

Answer 26

Hermogenes Pobre, PRC Chairman

Question 27

He approved the Revised Plumbing Code of 1999 pursuant to Section 4 of RA 1378 (Plumbing Law)

Answer 27

Joseph Ejercito Estrada

Question 28

The Revised Plumbing Code of 1999 was adopted pursuant to Section 4 of RA 1378

Answer 28

December 21, 1999