L5_PLUMBING SYSTEM

Question 1

rain

Answer 1

Storm Water

Question 2

wastes from laundries, wash basins, sinks, showers, bath tubs)

Answer 2

Grey water

Question 3

water plus human waste solid and liquid, urine, that is flushed out of toilets and urinals

Answer 3

Black water

Question 4

any pipe which conveys the discharge of water closets, urinals, or fixtures having similar functions

Answer 4

Soil Pipe

Question 5

a general term used for any vertical line of soil, waste, or vent piping.

Answer 5

Stack

Question 6

a vertical soil pipe conveying fecal matter and liquid waste

Answer 6

Soil stack pipe

Question 7

an extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal drain
connected to the stack

Answer 7

Stack vent

Question 8

a pipe or opening used for ensuring the circulation of air in a plumbing system and for reducing to pressure exerted on trap seals

Answer 8

Vent

Question 9

an arrangement of venting so installed that one vent pipe will serve two 2 traps.

Answer 9

Unit vent

Question 10

that portion of a vent pipe through which liquid waste flow

Answer 10

Wet vent

Question 11

any part of a piping system other than the main_, riser or stack.

Answer 11

Branch

Question 12

main of any system of continuous piping is the principal artery of the system to which branches may be connected.

Answer 12

Main

Question 13

a vent pipe connecting from a branch of the drainage system to a vent stack.

Answer 13

Branch vent

Question 14

a pipe which conveys only liquid wastes free of fecal matter

Answer 14

Waste pipe

Question 15

a sewer or other pipe or conduit used for conveying ground water, surface
water, waste water or sewage

Answer 15

Drain

Question 16

A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage and waste liquids.

Answer 16

Sewerage

Question 17

any wastewater containing
animal or vegetable
matter in suspension or
solution and may include
liquids containing
chemicals in solution .

Answer 17

Sewage

Question 18

a comprehensive term, including all construction for collection, transportation, pumping, treatment and final disposition of waste

Answer 18

Sewer

Question 19

a metallic sleeve, calked or otherwise, joined to. an opening in a pipe, ir.to which a plug is screwed that can be removed for the purpose of cleaning or examining the interior of the pipe

Answer 19

Cleanout Ferrule

Question 20

A fitting or device so constructed as to prevent the passage of air, gas, and some vermin through a pipe without materially affecting the flow of sewage or waste water through it.

Answer 20

Trap

Question 21

part of the lowest horizontal piping of a plumbing system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside of a building and conveys it to the house sewer. It should have a slope of at least 1/4” to a foot or .006 for every .30 meter. (6mm for every 300mm)

Answer 21

House drain

Question 22

the house sewer is that part of a plumbing system extending from a point about four (4) or five t5l feet from the inner face of the foundation wall of a
building to the junction with another sewer.

Answer 22

House sewer

Question 23

a trap connected to lowest horizontal piping or House Drain

Answer 23

House trap

Question 24

The primary (Fresh Air Inlet) functiOn of which is to. provide circulation of air between drainage and vent system.

Answer 24

Relief vent

Question 25

a common sewer directly controlled by public authority to which all abutters have equal rights .of connection.

Answer 25

Public sewer

Question 26

a suction caused by the flow of liquids in pipes

Answer 26

Siphonage

Question 27

The end of a pipe which fits into a bell. Also a word synonymously with faucet.

Answer 27

Spigot

Question 28

The vertical distance between the dip and crown wire of a trap.

Answer 28

Seal

Question 29

The installation of all pipes in the plumbing system that are in partitions and under floors .

Answer 29

Roughing in

Question 30

a pit or receptacle at a low point to which the liquid wastes are drained

Answer 30

Sump

Question 31

a vertical opening through a building for elevators, dumbwaiters, light, ventilation, etc

Answer 31

Shaft

Question 32

a sheet metal placed when concrete is poured to accomodate future plumbing pipes.

Answer 32

Sleeve

Question 33

an opening or space to accommodate a group of pipes

Answer 33

Pipe chase

Question 34

Opening for ventilation circulation of air.

Answer 34

Duct

Question 35

water that originates from precipitation (storm), including heavy rain and melt water from hail and snow.

Answer 35

Storm water

Question 36

two major issues of storm water

Answer 36

Flooding Water pollution

Question 37

The purpose of a dam is to impound (store) water, wastewater or liquid borne materials for any of several reasons

Answer 37

Dams

Question 38

"an area of land that is usually saturated with water".

Answer 38

Wet Land

Question 39

Wetlands contribute a number of functions that benefit people. These are called ______

Answer 39

Ecosystem services

Question 40

• refers to domestic wastewater generated in households or office buildings from streams without fecal contamination,

Answer 40

Grey water

Question 41

The separate treatment of grey water falls under the concept of ___________ , which is one principle commonly applied in ecological sanitation approaches. The main advantage of keeping grey water separate from toilet wastewater is that the pathogen load is greatly reduced, and the grey water is therefore easier to treat and reuse

Answer 41

Source separation

Question 42

When grey water is mixed with toilet wastewater, it is called

Answer 42

Sewage or black water

Question 43

• in a sanitation context denotes wastewater from toilets, which likely contains pathogens which may spread by the fecal–oral route.

Answer 43

Black water

Question 44

Color coding - Potable water

Answer 44

Blue/White

Question 45

Color coding - Electric Conduit

Answer 45

Orange/Light Gray

Question 46

Color coding - Industrial system

Answer 46

Gray

Question 47

Color coding - Communication cable

Answer 47

Yellow

Question 48

Color coding - Sewage system

Answer 48

Orange brown

Question 49

hemp or old hemp rope soaked in oil or tar to make it waterproof.

Answer 49

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