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PART 1 Flashcards

1
Q

pipes installed to provide flow of air to or
from a drainage system or to provide a circulation of air
within such system to protect traps seals from siphonage and
backpressure

A

Vent system

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2
Q

principal artery of the venting
system

A

Main vent ( vent stack )

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3
Q

vertical vent pipe installed primarily for
providing a circulation of air

A

Vent stack

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4
Q

the extension of a soil or waste stack above
the highest horizontal drain connected to the stack (SVTR)

A

Stack vent

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5
Q

Two Principal Classifications of Vents

A

Stack vent.
Vent stack

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6
Q

the extension of a soil or
waste stack above the highest
horizontal drain connected to the
stack (SVTR)

A

Stack vent

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7
Q

principal artery, vertical vent pipe;
“relief” and “yoke” vents; tributary;
collecting vent line; relieves any
back-pressure

A

Vent stack

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8
Q

that portion of a
vent pipe through wastewater also
flows through

A

Wet vent

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9
Q

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

A

Dry vent

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10
Q

a horizontal
vent pipe connecting from a
_____of the drainage system to
a vent stack or stack vent

A

Branch vent

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11
Q

a branch vent

A

Group vent

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12
Q

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

A

Vent pipe

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13
Q

connects directly
with an individual trap underneath or
behind the fixture

A

Backvent pipe

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14
Q

serves a single
trap

A

Individual vent

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15
Q

(UNIT
VENT/DUAL VENT)

A

COMMON VENT

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16
Q

(UNIT VENT)

A

DUAL VENT

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17
Q

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

A

Unit vent

18
Q

group vent from
in front of the last fixture/connects
to vent stack (LOOP VENT)

A

Circuit vent

19
Q

(extension is usually vertical
immediately beyond its connection
to the soil or waste pipe);
connected to the stack vent

A

Loop or circuit vent

20
Q

auxiliary vent
(“yoke vent”)

A

Relief vent

21
Q

connecting
upward from a soil or waste
stack below the floor and below
horizontal connection to an
adjacent vent stack

A

Yoke vent

22
Q

used on
fixtures located in the room
away from partitions that might
be utilized to conceal the waste
and vent.

A

Loop vent

23
Q

horizontal wet venting of one or more
sinks/floor drains by a common horizontal
waste and vent pipe

A

COMBINATION WASTE AND VENT SYSTEM

24
Q

drain connecting
the compartments of a set of fixtures to a trap
or connecting other permitted fixtures to a
common trap

A

Continuous waste

25
Q

pipe or shaft to
convey foul air from a fixture or room
to the outer air

A

Local vent

26
Q

underground

A

Utility vent

27
Q
  • a fitting or device so
    constructed as to prevent the
    passage of air, gas
A

Traps

28
Q

vertical distance between
the dip and the crown weir of a
trap/the water in the trap between
the dip and the crown weir

A

Seal

29
Q

maximum vertical depth of liquid
that a trap will retain, measured
within the crown weir and the top of
the dip of the trap

A

Trap seal

30
Q

fitting shaped like the “S”

A

DOUBLE-BEND FITTING

31
Q

that portion of a fixture drain between a
trap and the ven

A

Trap arm

32
Q

physical separation into
indirect waste receptor from fixture,
device indirectly connected

A

AIR BREAK

33
Q

unobstructed
vertical distance between the lowest
opening from any pipe to the flood
level rim of the receptor

A

AIR GAP, DRAINAGE

34
Q

unobstructed vertical distance through
free atmosphere between the lowest
opening from any pipe or faucet
conveying potable water to the flood-
level rim

A

AIR GAP, WATER DISTRIBUTION

35
Q

a
waste pipe that does not connect
directly with the building drainage

A

INDIRECT WASTE PIPE

36
Q

legal traps

A

S trap, bell trap, drum trap, crown vented trap

37
Q

intercept or to
separate, and prevent the passage of oil,
grease, sand

A

clarifier

38
Q

interceptor of 3 cubic meters

A

grease interceptor

38
Q

retain grease from 1 - 4
fixtures (maximum)

A

grease trap

39
Q

(INTERCEPTOR)

A

sand interceptor

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