RNPCP CHAPTER 2

Question 1

ABS

Answer 1

Acrylonitrile-Butadiene·Styrene

Question 2

any public space. public park or thoroughfare less than three (3) meters but not less than two (2) meters in width dedicated or deeded for public use.

Answer 2

ALLEY

Question 3

any change, addition or modification in construction or occupancy.

Answer 3

ALTER or ALTERATION

Question 4

when applied to a fixture, connection, appliance or equipment, shalt mean having access thereto, but which may require prior removal of an access panel, door or similar obstruction. “Readily accessible” shall mean direct access without the necessity of removing any panel, door or similar obstruction.

Answer 4

ACCESSIBLE

Question 5

a physical separation. which may be a low inlet into the indirect waste receptor from the fixture, appliance or device indirectly connected.

Answer 5

AIRBREAK

Question 6

the unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from any pipe, plumbing fixture, appliance or apputtenance conveying waste to the flood level rim of the receptor

Answer 6

AIR GAP, DRAINAGE

Question 7

an unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from any pipe or faucet conveying potable water to the flood-level rim of any tank, vat or fixture

Answer 7

AIR GAP, WATER DISTRBUTION

Question 8

accepted or acceptable under an applicable specifications or standard stated or cited in this Code., or accepted as suitable for any proposed use under procedures and powers of the Administrative Authority

Answer 8

APPROVED

Question 9

an organization primarily established for purposes of testing to approve standards and approved by the Administrative Authority

Answer 9

APPROVED TESTING AGENCY

Question 10

The Administrative Authority including the Building Ofiicial, the Commission, the Board and such other drpartment or agency established and authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of Republic Act 13 78 - The Plumbing Code of the Philippines, Presidential Decree No. 223~ as amended by P.D. 657 - creating the Professkmal Regulation Commission and prescribing its powers and functions, and Letter of Instruction No. 1000 - ordering and directing the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), the former Ministry of Human Settlements, the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture, Public Works and Highways, Tourism, Transportation and Communication all 5OOT agencies concerned, to authorize and support PRC Accredited Bonafide Professional Organizations only, and their members to organize, host, sponsor or represent the Filipino Professionals in national, regional and international fora, conventions where the concerned professions are involved; and further orders and directs that all government agencies and instrumentalities shall give priority to bonafide members of the accredited profesional organizations in the hiring of its employees and engagement of professional services.

Answer 10

AUTHORITY, ADMINISTRATIVE

Question 11

the flow of water or other liquids, mixtures or substances into the distributing pipes of a potable supply of water from any source other than from its intended source

Answer 11

BACKFLOW

Question 12

condition or any arrangement whereby reverse flow can occur

Answer 12

BACKFLOW CONNECTION

Question 13

occurs due to an increased reverse pressure above the supply pressure. This may be due to pumps, boilers, gravity or other sources of pressure

Answer 13

BACKPRESSURE BACKFLOW

Question 14

device or means to prevent flow of liquid from retuming to the source of supply. Also called vacuum breaker

Answer 14

BACKFLOW PREVENTER

Question 15

the flowing back of used, contaminated or · polluted water from a plumbing fixture or vessel into a water supply pipe due to a negative pressure in such pipe. See backflow

Answer 15

BACK-SIPHONAGE

Question 16

a device installed in a drainage system to prevent reverse flow.

Answer 16

BACKWATER VALVE

Question 17

the part of a vent line, which connects directly with an individual trap underneath or behind the fixture and extends to the branch or main vent pipe at any point higher than the fixture or fixture traps it serves. This is sometimes called an individual vent. See Revent pipe.

Answer 17

BACKVENT PIPE

Question 18

a valve opened and closed by the fall and rise, respectively, of an attached ball floating on the surface of the liquid.

Answer 18

BALL COCK

Question 19

a type of pipe connection in which a ball-shaped end is held in a cuplike shell and allows movements in every direction

Answer 19

BALI, JOINT

Question 20

a room equipped with a shower stall or bathtub

Answer 20

BATHROOM

Question 21

any of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into a common horizontal soil or waste branch.

Answer 21

BATTERY OF FIXTURES

Question 22

that portion of a pipe which, for a short distance, is sufficiently enlarged to receive the end of other pipe of the same diameter for the purpose of making rt caulked or push-on joint

Answer 22

BELL OR HUB

Question 23

a tool for straightening or bending lead pipe

Answer 23

BENDING PIN (or IRON)

Question 24

synonymous with faucet, cock, tap, plug, etc. The word “faucet” is preferred.

Answer 24

BIBB

Question 25

A plumbing fixtures used for washing the middle private part of the body, especially the genitals. Also called a “sitz” bath.

Answer 25

BIDET

Question 26

A pipe tlange that is not drilled for bolt holes

Answer 26

BLANK FLANGE

Question 27

a flange that closes the end of a pipe. There is no opening for the passage of liquid or gas

Answer 27

BLIND FLANGE

Question 28

a controlled outlet of a pipeline to discharge liquid or detritus

Answer 28

BLOW·OFF

Question 29

the Licensure Board for Master Plumbers

Answer 29

BOARD

Question 30

a valved outlet of a boiler that permits discharge of accumulated sediment

Answer 30

BOILER BLOW-OFF

Question 31

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

Answer 31

BRANCH

Question 32

a length of soil or waste stack corresponding in general to a story height, but in no case less than 2.43 meters within which the horizontal branches from one floor or story of a building are connected to the stack

Answer 32

BRANCH INTERVAL

Question 33

see Fixture Branch

Answer 33

BRANCH, FIXTURE

Question 34

see Horizontal Branch

Answer 34

BRANCH, HORIZONTAL

Question 35

a horizontal vent connecting one or more individual vertical back vents with the vent stack or stack vent

Answer 35

BRANCH VENT

Question 36

any joint obtained by joining of metal parts with alloys which melt at temperatures higher than 449 degrees centigrade, but lower than t.he melting temperature of the parts to be joined.

Answer 36

BRAZED JOINT

Question 37

Brown and Sharpe (Specification) or Bell and Spigot (Ends of Pipes)

Answer 37

B & S

Question 38

a structure built, erected and framed of component structural pat1s designed for the housing. shelter, enclosure or support of persons> animals or prope11y of any kind

Answer 38

BUILDING

Question 39

that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer beginning 0.6 meter outside the building wall

Answer 39

BUILDING DRAIN

Question 40

that part of the horizontal piping of a drainage system which starts from the end of the building drain and which receives the discharge of the building drain and conveys it to a public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage disposal system or other point of disposal.

Answer 40

BUILDING SEWER

Question 41

that portion of an underground system, which cannot drain by gravity into the building sewer

Answer 41

BUILDING SUBDRAIN

Question 42

the pipe carrying potable water from the water meter or other source of water supply to a building or other point of use or distribution on the lot. Building supply shall also mean water service connection.

Answer 42

BUILDING SUPPLY

Question 43

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

Answer 43

CAULKING

Question 44

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

Answer 44

CAP

Question 45

a receptacle in which liquids are retained for sufficient period of time to allow settleable material to deposit

Answer 45

CATCH BASIN

Question 46

a person who has shown competence to test and maintain backtlow assemblies to the satisfaction of the Administrative Authority having jurisdiction.

Answer 46

CERTIFIED BACKFLOW ASSEMBLY TESTER

Question 47

a non-watertight lined excavation in the ground which receives the discharge of a sanitttry drainage system or part thereof, designed to retain the organic matter and solids discharging thcretrom, but permitting the liquid to seep through the bottom and sides of the cesspool.

Answer 47

CESSPOOL

Question 48

a vertical shaft for installarion of different pipe stacks

Answer 48

CHASE

Question 49

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

Answer 49

CHECK VALVE

Question 50

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

Answer 50

CIRCUIT VENT

Question 51

Sec Interceptor.

Answer 51

CLARIFIER

Question 52

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

Answer 52

CODF

Question 53

sec unit vent and dual vent

Answer 53

COMMON VENT

Question 54

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.

Answer 54

COMBINATION WASTE AND VENT SYSTEM

Question 55

a structure which any part of its structural framework will ignite and burn at a temperature of 756 degrees centigrade or less.

Answer 55

COMBUSTIBLE CONSTRUCTION

Question 56

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)

Answer 56

COMMISSION

Question 57

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

Answer 57

COMMON

Question 58

a mom or space having a volume less than 14 cu.m with 250 kilogram calorie of the aggregate input rating of all fuel-burning appliances installed in that space

Answer 58

CONFINED SPACE

Question 59

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.

Answer 59

CONTAMINATION

Question 60

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

Answer 60

CONTINUOUS VENT

Question 61

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

Answer 61

CONTINUOUS WASTE

Question 62

a vertical pipe to convey rainwater

Answer 62

CONDUCTOR OR DOWNSPOUT

Question 63

a stop valve placed at the connection of the water service pipe to the water main

Answer 63

CORPORATION COCK

Question 64

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.

Answer 64

COURT

Question 65

C-L or C/L marking on a backflow prevention device or vacuum breaker is a point conforming to approved standards and 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.

Answer 65

CRITICAL LEVEL

Question 66

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 on-potable, used, unclean, polluted, contaminated water or other substances to enter into any part of such potable water system under any condition.

Answer 66

CROSS-CONNECTION

Question 67

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

Answer 67

DEAD-END

Question 68

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

Answer 68

DEPARTMENT HAVING JURISDICTION

Question 69

the length of a pipe along its centerline and fittings

Answer 69

DEVELOPED LENGTH

Question 70

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

Answer 70

DIAMETER

Question 71

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

Answer 71

DOMESTIC SEWAGE

Question 72

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

Answer 72

DOUBLE-BEND FITTING

Question 73

two offsets in succession or in series such that the centerlines of the outside ends are in the same straight line

Answer 73

DOUBLE OFFSET

Question 74

the vertical portion of a rainwater conductor

Answer 74

DOWNSPOUT

Question 75

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

Answer 75

DRAIN

Question 76

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.

Answer 76

DRAINAGE SYSTEM

Question 77

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

Answer 77

DRY VENT

Question 78

sec Unit Vent

Answer 78

DUAL VENT

Question 79

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

Answer 79

DURHAM SYSTEM

Question 80

is the minimum cross-sectional area at the point of water supply discharge measured or expressed in terms of: ( 1) diameter of a circle; (2) if the opening is not circular, the diameter of a circle of equivalent cross-sectional area. (This is applicable also to air gap installation.)

Answer 80

EFFECTIVE OPENING

Question 81

the on-going installation of the plumbing system or any part thereof which has been installed prior to the effectivity of this Code

Answer 81

EXISTING WORK

Question 82

one person living alone or a group Jiving together, whether related to each other by birth or not

Answer 82

FAMILY

Question 83

a valve located at the end of a water pipe through of which water can be drawn from or held within the pipe

Answer 83

FAUCET

Question 84

a metallic sleeve, caulked or joined to an opening in a pipe, into which a plug is screwed that can be removed for cleaning or examining the interior of the pipe

Answer 84

FERRULE

Question 85

a receptacle other than a trap attached to a plumbing system in which water or wastes may be collected or retained for ultimate discharge into the plumbing system.

Answer 85

FIXTURE

Question 86

the water supply pipe between the fixture supply pipe and the water-distributing pipe .

Answer 86

FIXTURE BRANCH

Question 87

the drainpipe from the trap of a fixture to the junction of that drain with any other drainpipe.

Answer 87

FlXTURE DRAIN

Question 88

a water supply pipe connecting the fixture with the future branch.

Answer 88

FIXTURE SUPPLY

Question 89

is an arbitrary quantity in terms of which the loadproducing effects or water requirements on the plumbing system of different kinds of plumbing fixtures are expressed in some arbitrarily chosen scale. One fixture unit is equivalent to a rate of flow at 28.3 liters per minute ( 1 cu. ft./minute).

Answer 89

FIXTURE UNIT

Question 90

the level in a fixture at which water begins to overflow over the top or rim of the fixture

Answer 90

FLOOD LEVEL

Question 91

is the top edge of a receptacle from where water overflows

Answer 91

FLOOD LEVEL RIM

Question 92

a fixture is flooded when the liquid therein rises to the flood level rim

Answer 92

FLOODED

Question 93

the area included within surrounding walls of a building (or portion thc1eof), exclusive of vent shafts and courts.

Answer 93

FLOOR AREA

Question 94

a tank located above or integral with water closet, urinal or similar fixtures for flushing or removing excrements in the fixture.

Answer 94

FLUSH TANK

Question 95

is a device located at the bottom of the tank for the purpose of flushing waster closet and similar fixtures

Answer 95

FLUSH VALVE

Question 96

is integrated within an air accumulator vessel which is designed to discharge a predetermined quantity of water into fixtures for flushing purposes.

Answer 96

FLUSHOMETER TANK

Question 97

is a device, which discharges a predetennined quantity of water into fixtures for flushing purposes and is actuated by direct water pressure.

Answer 97

FLUSHOMETER VALVE

Question 98

a valve in which the flow ofwater is cut off by means of a circular disc fitted against machine-smoothed faces, at righl angles to the direction of flow. The disk is raised or lowered by means of a threaded stern connected to the handle of the valve. The opening in the valve is usually as large as the full bore of the pipe

Answer 98

GATE VALVE

Question 99

a valve in which the flow of fluid is cut off by means of a circular disc that fits over and against the horizontal valve seat. The movement of the plane of disc is parallel to the nonnal direction of flow of water through the orifice resulting to a tortuous passage which offers a high pressure loss

Answer 99

GLOBE VALVE

Question 100

a return bend of small-sized pipe, one end of which is about 30 em. long and the other end is about 7. 5 em. long. It is commonly used as a faucet for a pantry sink. Also, the term means the flexible tubing connection between a service pipe and a water main

Answer 100

GOOSENECK

Question 101

is the slope or fall of a line of pipe with reference to a horizontal plane. In drainage, it is usually expressed as the fall in centiEleters per meter or percentage slope of pipe

Answer 101

GRADE

Question 102

an interceptor of at least 3 c.ubic meters capacity to serve one or more fixtures and which is remotely located

Answer 102

GREASE INTERCEPTOR

Question 103

a device designed to retain grease from one to a maximum of tour fixtures .

Answer 103

GREASE TRAP

Question 104

he water that stands in or passes through the ground

Answer 104

GROUND WATER

Question 105

a branch vent that performs its functions for two (2) or more traps.

Answer 105

GROUP VENT

Question 106

see Supports

Answer 106

HANGERS

Question 107

the vertical distance from the “Grade Line” to the highest point of the coping of a flat roof or to the top line of a _____ roof or to the average highest gable of a pitch or hip-roof

Answer 107

HEIGHT OF BUILDING

Question 108

see Contamination

Answer 108

HIGH HAZARD

Question 109

is a drain pipe extending laterally from a soil or waste stack or building drain with or without vertical sections or branches, which receives the discharge from one or more fixture drains and conducts it to the soil or waste stack or to the building drain.

Answer 109

HORIZONTAL BRANCH

Question 110

is any pipe or fitting installed in a horizontal position or which forms an angle of not more than forty-five (45) degrees with the horizontal plane

Answer 110

HORIZONTAL PIPE

Question 111

is that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a plumbing system which receives the dischaiges from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside of a building and conveys it to the house sewer outside of the building.

Answer 111

HOUSE DRAIN

Question 112

is that part of a plumbing system extending from the house drain at a point 0.60 meters from the outside face of the foundation walt of a building to the junction with the street sewer or to any point of discharge, and conveying the drainage of one building site.

Answer 112

HOUSE SEWER

Question 113

is the pipeline from the building to the public or street storm drainage system.

Answer 113

HOUSE STORM SEWER

Question 114

are cast iron soil pipes with plain ends connected together with bolted stainless steel bands and neoprene gaskets

Answer 114

HUBLESS PIPES

Question 115

is a pipe that does not connect directly with the drainage system but conveys liquid wastes by discharging into a plumbing fixture, interceptor or receptacle directly connected to the drainage system .

Answer 115

INDIRECT WASTE PIPE

Question 116

is a pipe installed to vent a fixture trap and which connects with the vent system above the fixture served or terminates in the open air

Answer 116

INDIVIDUAL VENT

Question 117

any and alI liquid or water-borne waste from industrial or commercial processes, except domestic sewage

Answer 117

INDUSTRIAL WASTE

Question 118

means Iron Pipe Size

Answer 118

I.P.S.

Question 119

a condition contrary to sanitary principles or injurious to health

Answer 119

INSANITARY

Question 120

Conditions where the word “insanitary” shall apply include the following:

Answer 120

Any trap which does not maintain a proper trap seal;
*Any opening in a drainage system. except where lawful, which is not
provided with an approved water-sealed trap;
*Any plumbing fixture or other waste-discharging receptacle or device. not
supplied with water sufftcient to flush it and maintain it in a clean condition;
*Any defective fixture, trap, pipe or fitting;
*Any trap, except where exempted in this Code, directly connected to a
drainage system, the seal of which is not protected against siphonage and
backpressure by a vent pipe~
*Any connection, cross-connection, construction or condition, temporary or
permanent, which permit or make possible, by any means whatsoever, for
any unapproved foreign matter to enter into a water distribution system used
for domestic purposes; and
*The foregoing enumeration of conditions which the term “insanitary”
applies, shaH not preclude the application of that term to conditions that are,
in fact, insanitary.

Question 121

is a device designed and installed to separate and retain deleterious, hazardous or undesirable matters from normal wastes and permits normal sewage or liquid wastes to discharge into the disposal terminal by gravity

Answer 121

INTERCEPTOR (CLARIFIER)

Question 122

The lowest portion of the interior part of any pipe or conduit that is not vertical.

Answer 122

INVERT

Question 123

the Administrative Authority under the Department of Health, the Department of Public Works & Highways, the Department of Interior and Local Government, the City Mayors of Chartered Cities, Environmeatal Management Bureau (D.E.N.R) and other government: entities that regulate the practice of Registered & Licensed Master Plumbers.

Answer 123

JURISDICTION

Question 124

equipment or materials bearing a label of a listing agency. AH labels shall be embossed, stamped or indelibly marked with stickers, glued on the tinished product indicating the weight, specifications and logo of the manufacturer

Answer 124

LABELED

Question 125

in plumbing, a secondary pipeline. In sewerage, a common sewer to which no other branch sewer is connected. It receives sewage from building sewer service connections only

Answer 125

LATERAL

Question 126

a water closet consisting of a continuous trough containing water. The trough extends under two or more adjacent seats. Prohibited by health authorities for pennanent installations.

Answer 126

LATRINE

Question 127

a fixture designed for the washing of the hands or face. Sometimes called a wash basin

Answer 127

LAVATORY

Question 128

a cesspool that is not watertight.

Answer 128

LEACHING CESSPOOL

Question 129

a pipe connected from building gutter to the downspout or conductor.

Answer 129

LEADER - (See Conductor)

Question 130

is measured along its centerline

Answer 130

LENGTH OF PIPE

Question 131

is the discharge from any fixture, appliance or appurtenance in connection with a plumbing system which does not receive fecal matter

Answer 131

LIQUID WASTE

Question 132

equipment or materials included in a LIST published by a listing agency that maintain periodic inspection on current production of listed equipment or materials and whose listing state either that the equipment or materials complied with approved standards or have been tested and found suitable for use in specified manners.

Answer 132

LISTED

Question 133

is an agency accepted by the Administrative Authority in the business of listing nr labeling and which maintains a periodic inspection program on current production of listed models, and makes available a published report of such listing where specific information is included tint the product has been tested against approved standards and found safe for use in a specitic manner

Answer 133

LISTING AGENCY

Question 134

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

Answer 134

LOCAL VENT

Question 135

a vertical vent connection on a horizontal soil or waste pipe branch at a point downstream of the last fixture connection and turning to a horizontal line above the highest overflow level of the highest fixture connected thereat; the terminus connected to the stack vent in the case of loop venting or to the vent stack nearby in the case of circuit venting.

Answer 135

LOOP OR CIRCUIT VENT

Question 136

a single area of land legally recorded or validated by other means acceptable to the Administrative Authority where a building is situated or site of any work regulated by this Code, together with the yard, court, and unoccupied space legally required for the building or works; and which i! owned by or in the lawful possession of the owner of the building or works

Answer 136

LOT

Question 137

see Pollution

Answer 137

LOW HAZARD

Question 138

any system of continuous piping, which is the principal artery of the system where branches are connected

Answer 138

MAIN

Question 139

see Public Sewer

Answer 139

MAIN SEWER

Question 140

the principal artery of the venting system to which vent branches are connected

Answer 140

MAIN VENT

Question 141

a large opening in a sewer line or part of a plumbing system constructed with sufficient size for a man to gain access therein for maintenance purposes and facility for changes of line and/or grade of pipeline .

Answer 141

MANHOLE

Question 142

a person technically and legally qualified and licensed to practice the profession of Master Plumbing without limitations in accordance with Republic Act 13 78. having passed the examination conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission, has received a
Certificate of Registration from the Board of Master Plumbing and possesses
the current license to practice

Answer 142

MASTER PLUMBER

Question 143

the word “may” is a permissive term.

Answer 143

MAY

Question 144

that part of the horizontal piping of sanilary drainage system which measures 0.6 meter downstream from the last mobile home site and conveys sewage to a public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage disposal system or other points of disposal

Answer 144

MOBILE HOME PARK SEWER

Question 145

National Master Plumbers Association of the Philippines

Answer 145

NAMPAP

Question 146

includes, but is not limited to the following:
*Any public nuisance known in common law or in equity jurisprudence
*Whenever any work regulated by this Code is dangerous to human life or detrimental to health and property
*Inadequate or unsafe water supply and or sewage disposal system.

Answer 146

NUISANCE

Question 147

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

Answer 147

OAKUM

Question 148

the purpose for which a building is used or intended to be used. The term shall also include the building or room housing used. Change of occupancy is not interpreted to mean change of tenants or proprietors.

Answer 148

OCCUPANCY

Question 149

in a line of piping is a combination of elbows or bends, which brings one section of the pipe out of line but into a line parallel with the original section

Answer 149

OFFSET

Question 150

a natural person, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns; and also includes a firm, partnership or corporation, its or their successors or assigns or agents of any of the aforesaid

Answer 150

PERSON

Question 151

Polybutylene. Tube made of plastic material and colored black. The cross-sectional shape is nonnally oval and is denoted by its outside diameter or O.D. Normally used as water service connection from main to meter.

Answer 151

PB

Question 152

Polyethylene. Tube made of plastic material and colored black. The cross-sectional shape is circular and is denoted by its outside diameter or O.D.

Answer 152

PE

Question 153

a cylindrical conduit or conductor conforming to the particular dimensions commonly known as “pipe size”, and is denoted by its interior diameter or l.D.

Answer 153

PIPE

Question 154

see Grade

Answer 154

PITCH

Question 155

the art and technique of installing pipes, fixtures and other apparatuses in buildings for bringing in the supply, liquids, substances and/or ingredients and removing them~ and such water, liquid and other carried wastes hazardous to health, sanitation, life; property; also the pipes and fixtures after installation i.e., the plumbing system

Answer 155

PLUMBING

Question 156

any one of a special class of device or equipment intended to perform a speciaf plumbing function. Its operation and/or control may be dependent upon one or more energized components, such as motors, controls, heating elements and pressure-temperature-sensing elements. Such device or equipment may operate automatically through one or more of the following actions: a time cycle, a temperature range, a pressure range, a measuted volume or weight~ or the device or equipment may be manually adjusted or controlled by the user or operator.

Answer 156

PLUMBING APPLIANCE

Question 157

a manufactured device or a prefabricated assembly or an on-the-job assembly of component parts, and serves as adjunct to the basic piping system and plumbing fixtures. An appurtenance demands no additional water supply nor does it add any discharge load to a fixture or the drainage system. It performs some useful functions in the operation, maintenance, servicing, eccnomy or safety of the plumbing system

Answer 157

PLUMBING APPURTENANCE

Question 158

a sole proprietorship or corporation composed of Registered and Licensed Master Plumbers together with allied professionals, with the Master Plumbers composing the majority of the membership, incorporators, directors and/or executive officers and Licensed Master Plumber only render work and services within the cognizance of a Registered Master Plumber and members of the allied professions also only render work and services within the cognizance of their respective professions.

Answer 158

PLUMBING FIRM

Question 159

are approved-type installed receptacles. devices or appliances supplied with water or receive liquid or liquid-borne wastes and discharge such wastes into the drainage system to which they may be directly or indirectly connected. Industrial or commercial tanks, vats and similar processing equipment are not plumbing fixtures, but may be connected to or discharged into approved traps or plumbing fixtures as provided for in this Code.

Answer 159

PLUMBING FIXTURES

Question 160

the Administrative Authority or the officer charged with the administration and enforcement of the National Plumbing Code, or his regularly authorized deputy.

Answer 160

PLUMBING OFFICIAL

Question 161

includes all potable water supply and distribution pipes, all plumbing fixtures and traps; all sanitary and storm drainage systems~ vent pipes, roof drains, leaders and downspouts; and all building drains and sewers, including their respective joints and connections; devices, receptacles, and appurtenances within the property~ water lines in the premises: potable, tap, hot and chilled water pipings~ potable water treating or using equipment; fuel gas piping; water heaters and vents for same.

Answer 161

PLUMBING SYSTEM

Question 162

a minimum standard quantity ofplumbing fixtures that discharge wastes into a plumbing installation induding: one (1) water meter, one (1) water closet, one (1) lavatory, one (1) shower head and drain tor a bathtub or shower stall, one ( 1) kitchen sink, one ( 1) Iaundry tray and three ( 3) floor drains and four (4) faucets/hose bibb

Answer 162

PLUMBING UNIT

Question 163

an impairment of the quality of the water to a degree which creates hazard to the public health and adversely affects the aesthetic and potable qual it irs of waters for domestic use

Answer 163

POLLUTION

Question 164

water satisfactory for drinking, culinary and domestic purposes and meets the requirements of the Philippine National Standards for Drinking Water

Answer 164

POTABLE WATER

Question 165

the normal force exerted by a homogeneous liquid or gas, per unit of area on the wall of the container

Answer 165

PRESSURE

Question 166

the pressure existing without any flow motion.

Answer 166

STATIC PRESSURE

Question 167

the pressure available at the fixture or water outlet; allowance is made for pressure drop due to friction loss, head, meter and other losses in the system during maximum demand period

Answer 167

RESlDUAL PRESSURE

Question 168

of the building drain is the single sloping drain from the base of a stack to its junction with the main building drain.

Answer 168

PRIMARY BRANCH

Question 169

In classification of plumbing fixtures, “private” applies to plumbing fixtures in residences and apartments, to private bathrooms in hotels and hospitals, to restrooms in commercial establishments for restricted use, single fixture or group of single fixtures and to similar installations where the fixtures are intended for the use of a family or an individual.

Answer 169

PRIVATE OR PRIVATE USE

Question 170

a septic tank with the effluent discharging into a subsurface disposal field, into one or more seepage pits or into a combination of subsurface disposal field and seepage pit or of such other facilities as may be permitted under the procedures set forth elsewhere in this Code.

Answer 170

PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM

Question 171

a building sewer, which receives the discharge from more than one building drain and conveys it to a public sewer, private sewage disposal system, or other points of disposaL

Answer 171

PRIVATE SEWER

Question 172

an outhouse or structure used for the deposition of excrement

Answer 172

PRIVY

Question 173

a pit beneath a privy where excrement collects

Answer 173

PRIVY VAULT

Question 174

In the classification of plumbing fixtures, “public” or “public use” shall mean all buildings or structures that are not defined as private or private use .

Answer 174

PUBLIC OR PUBLIC USE

Question 175

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

Answer 175

PUBLIC SEWER

Question 176

Polyvinyl Chloride. Potable water pipings are color-coded BLUE. Drainpipes are manufactured with toxic components and are color-coded gray, orange or brown.

Answer 176

PVC

Question 177

all plumbing fixtures and materials used in any discharge or plumbing system or parts thereof shall be free from defects.

Answer 177

QUALITY OF MATERIALS

Question 178

an approved plumbing fixture or device of such materials, shape and capacity to adequately receive the discharge from indirect waste pipes, constructed and located to be readily cleaned

Answer 178

RECEPTOR

Question 179

include all valves and controls used in plumbing systems which are accessible

Answer 179

REGULATING EQUIPMENT

Question 180

a vertical vent line, the primary function of which is to provide additional circulation of air between the drainage and vent systems or to act as an auxiliary vent on a specially designed system such as a ‘‘yoke vent” connection between the soil and vent stacks

Answer 180

RELIEF VENT

Question 181

the reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing building for its maintenance. The word “repair” or “repairs” shall not apply to any change of constru+A201ction or occupancy

Answer 181

REPAIR

Question 182

an open return bend usually made up two 90° bends with inside and outside threads, flanged or welded fittings~ and applied also to a one hundred eighty degrees bend in copper tubings

Answer 182

RETURN BEND

Question 183

see backvent pipe

Answer 183

REVENT PIPE

Question 184

an unobstructed top open edge of a fixture

Answer 184

RIM

Question 185

a water supply pipe, which extends vertically to one full story or more to convey water into pipe branches or plumbing fixtures

Answer 185

RISER

Question 186

the installation of all pipings and fitting parts of the plumbing system, which can be completed prior to the installation of fixtures and accessories. These include sanitary and storm drainage, tap, hot and chilled water supplies, gas piping, vent pipings and the necessary fixture supports

Answer 186

ROUGHING-lN

Question 187

see Interceptor

Answer 187

SAND INTERCEPTOR

Question 188

the wastewater containing human excrements and liquid household waste. Also called domestic sewage.

Answer 188

SANITARY SEWAGE

Question 189

a sewer intended to receive sanitary sewage with or without pre-treated industrial wastes and without the admixture of rain or ground water

Answer 189

SANITARY SEWER

Question 190

the vertical distance between the dip and the crown weir of a trap . Also, the water in the trap between the dip and the crown weir

Answer 190

SEAL

Question 191

any branch in a building drain other than the primary branch.

Answer 191

SECONDARY BRANCH

Question 192

a loosely lined excavation in the ground. which receives the discharge of a septic tank and designed to permit the effluent from the septic tank to seep through pit bottom and sides

Answer 192

SEEPAGE PIT

Question 193

a water-tight receptacle which receives the discharge of a sanitaty plumbing system or part thereof, designed and constructed to retain solids, digest organic matter through a period of detention and to allow the liquids to discharge into the soil outside of the tank through a system of open-jointed sub-surface pipings or a seepage pit meeting the requirements of this Code .

Answer 193

SEPTIC TANK

Question 194

the pipe from the street water main or other source of waler supply to the building served

Answer 194

SERVICE PIPE

Question 195

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

Answer 195

SEWAGE

Question 196

a pipe or conduit for carrying sewage and wastewater

Answer 196

SEWER

Question 197

a comprehensive term, including all constructions for collection, transportation, pumping, treatment and, final disposition of sewage

Answer 197

SEWERAGE OR SEWERAGE WORKS

Question 198

a vertical opening through a building for elevators, dumbwaiters, lights, ventilation or similar purposes

Answer 198

SHAFT

Question 199

a hose fitting with clapper valves for combining the flow from two or more lines of hose into a single stream. The inlet fitting of a fire standpipe located above ground level

Answer 199

SIAMESE CONNECTION

Question 200

a suction created by the flow of liquids m pipes. A pressure less than atmospheric

Answer 200

SIPHONAGE

Question 201

the word “shall” denotes mandatory acceptation

Answer 201

SHALL

Question 202

an approved clastomeric sealing gasket with an approved outer shield and a tightening mechanism

Answer 202

SHIELDED COUPLING

Question 203

a building designed as a home by the owner of such building, and shall be the only dwelling located on a parcel of ground with the usual accessory building

Answer 203

SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING

Question 204

see Diameter

Answer 204

SIZE AND TYPE OF TUBING

Question 205

an adjustable tubing connection, consisting of a compression nut, a friction ring, and a compression washer. designed to fit a threaded adapter fitting or a standard taper pipe thread

Answer 205

SLIP JOINT

Question 206

see Grade

Answer 206

SLOPE

Question 207

a vertical soil pipe conveying fecal matter and wastewater

Answer 207

SOIL STACK PIPE

Question 208

any pipe, which conveys the discharge of water closet, urinal or fixtures having similar functions, with or without the discharges from other fixtures to the building drain or building sewer

Answer 208

SOIL PIPE

Question 209

a pipe joint obtained by joining metal parts with metallic mixtures or alloys which melt at a temperature below 427 degrees centigrade and above 149 degrees centigrade

Answer 209

SOLDERED JOINT

Question 210

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

Answer 210

SPIGOT

Question 211

wastes which require some special methods of handling such as the use of indirect waste piping and receptors; corrosion-resistant piping; sand, oil or grease interceptors; condensers or other pretreatment facilities

Answer 211

SPECIAL WASTES

Question 212

the vertical main of a system of soil, waste or vent pipings extending through one or more stories and extended thru the roof

Answer 212

STACK

Question 213

a vertical pipe, or a reservoir, into which water is pumped to give it at a head, classified as; Wet Standpipe, Automatic Standpipe System, Manually-Operated Standpipe System, Dry Standpipe

Answer 213

STANDPIPE

Question 214

water pressure is maintained at all times

Answer 214

WET STANDPIPE

Question 215

operates automatically by opening a hose valve

Answer 215

AUTOMATIC STANDPIPE SYSTEM

Question 216

remote control device al each hose station

Answer 216

MANUALLY-OPERATED STANDPIPE SYSTEM

Question 217

having no permanent water inside the pipe

Answer 217

DRY STANDPIPE

Question 218

that portion of the rainfall or other precipitation which runs off over the earth surface after a storm

Answer 218

STORM WATER

Question 219

that portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above

Answer 219

STOREY

Question 220

an underground drainpipe that receives only subsurface or seepage water and convey it to a sump for disposal by gravity flow or by lift pump

Answer 220

SUBSOIL DRAIN

Question 221

the extension of a soil or waste stack above the highest horizontal drain connected to the stack. The uppermost end above the roof is called ________________ through roof (SVTR)

Answer 221

STACK VENT

Question 222

an approved tank or pit which receives sewage or wastewater and is located below the normal grade of the gravity system and must be emptied by mechanical means

Answer 222

SUMP

Question 223

supports, hangers, anchors, brackets, cradles are devices for holding and securing pipes and fixtures to walls, ceiling, floors or structural members

Answer 223

SUPPORTS

Question 224

that portion of rainfall or other precipitation which runs off over the surface of the ground

Answer 224

SURFACFE WATER

Question 225

a water basin used for swimming designed to accommodate many bathers at a time and properly connected to a disposal system, fills and draws water supply or provided with approved water purification and recirculation system

Answer 225

SWIMMING POOL

Question 226

the pipe or tubing that connects the outlet of a plumbing fixture to the trap.

Answer 226

TAlLPIECE

Question 227

a tee with the branch tapped to receive a threaded pipe or fittings

Answer 227

TAPPED TEE

Question 228

a fitting or device designed and constructed to provide, when properly vented, a liquid seal which prevents the backflow of foul air or methane gas without materially affecting the flow of sewage or wastewater through it

Answer 228

TRAP

Question 229

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

Answer 229

TRAP ARM

Question 230

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

Answer 230

TRAP SEAL

Question 231

a cylindrical conduit or conductor or conforming to the particular dimensions known as “tube sizes” and denoted by its outside diameter or O.D

Answer 231

TUBE

Question 232

a room space having a volume equal to at least 1.4 cu.m. of the aggregate input rating of the fuel-burning appliance installed in that space. Rooms adjacent and open to the space where the appliance is installed, through openings not furnished with doors, are considered a part of the unconfined space

Answer 232

UNCONFINED SPACE

Question 233

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

Answer 233

UNIT VENT

Question 234

an air pressure less than atmospheric. Also, implies siphonage in piping system.

Answer 234

VACUUM

Question 235

sec Backtlow Preventer

Answer 235

VAClJUM BREAKER

Question 236

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

Answer 236

VENT PIPE

Question 237

the vertical vent pipe installed primarily for providing circulation of air to and from any part of the soil, waste of the drainage system

Answer 237

VENT STACK

Question 238

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 back pressure

Answer 238

VENT SYSTEM

Question 239

any pipe or fitting installed in a vertical position or which forms an angle of not more than forty-five (45) degrees with the vertical line

Answer 239

VERTICAL PIPE

Question 240

see Liquid Waste and Industrial Waste

Answer 240

WASTE

Question 241

a pipe, which conveys only wastewater or liquid waste, free of fecal matter

Answer 241

WASTE PlPE

Question 242

a device which conditions or treats water supply to improve water quality, remove suspended solids by filtration

Answer 242

WATER TREATMENT

Question 243

a pipe which conveys potable water from the building supply pipe to the plumbing fixtures and other water outlets

Answer 243

WATER- DISTRIBUTING PlPE

Question 244

or street main is the water-supply pipe for public or community use

Answer 244

WATER MAIN

Question 245

of a building or premises consists of the water service pipe, water supply line, water distributing pipe and the necessary branch pipes, fittings, valves and all appurtenances required for the supply of potable water

Answer 245

WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM

Question 246

that portion of a vent pipe through where wastewater also flows through

Answer 246

WET VENT

Question 247

any joint or seam obtained by the joining of metal parts in a plastic molten state

Answer 247

WELDED JOINT OR SEAM

Question 248

a person who specializes in the welding of pipes and holds a valid certificate of competency from a recognized testing agency, based on the requirements of the regulating authority

Answer 248

WELDER, PIPELINE

Question 249

a hose connection with two-gated outlets permitting two connections of the same or smaller coupling diameter to be taken from a single supply line. Also, a pipe fitting of three branches that form the letter “wye”

Answer 249

WYE

Question 250

an open. unoccupied space, other than a court, unobstructed from the ground to the sky, except where specifically provided in this Code

Answer 250

YARD

Question 251

a pipe connecting upward from a soil or waste stack below the floor and below horizontal connection to an adjacent vent stack at a point above the floor and higher than highest spill level of fixtures for preventing pressure changes in the stacks

Answer 251

YOKE VENT