PLUMBING CODE – WEEK 1 PRACTICE EXAM PART 2

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item
by shading the box corresponding on the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO
ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. _____ of approved plans, specifications and computations shall be retained by the Administrative
Authority until final approval of the work covered therein.
a. One set
b. Two sets
c. 6 sets
d. 5 sets

2. Unless otherwise provided for in this Code, all materials, fixtures, or devices used or entering into the
construction of plumbing systems, or parts thereof, shall be submitted to the
a. Administrative Authority
b. AHJ
c. DWPH
d. Sanitary Engineering Department

3. Plastic pipe and fittings designed to be joined by solvent cement shall comply with appropriate ____
installation standards.
a. IAPMO
b. NPC
c. NBC
d. Sanitation Code

4. I.P.S. means
a. international pipe standard
b. internal process system
c. iron pipe size
d. international product standard

5. All plumbing fixtures, drains, appurtenances and appliances, used to receive or discharge liquid wastes or
sewage, shall be connected properly to the
a. storm sewage system
b. drainage system
c. directly to the ground
d. none of the above

6. Every building in which plumbing fixtures are installed shall have a connection to a
a. public or private sewer
b. sewage ejector
c. holding tank
d. cesspool
7. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, by any means whatsoever, into any plumbing fixture, floor
drain, interceptor, sump, receptor, or device, which is connected to any drainage system, public sewer,
private sewer, septic tank, or cesspool, any ashes, cinders, solids, rags, inflammable, poisonous or
explosive liquids or gases, oils, grease, or any other thing whatsoever which would, or could cause,
damage to the drainage system or public sewer.

a. maybe
b. false
c. true
d. sometimes

8. Roofs, inner courts, vent shafts, light wells or similar areas having rain water drain, shall discharge to the
outside of the building or to the gutter and shall not be connected to the sanitary drainage system unless
first approved by the
a. Building and safety
b. Architect
c. Administrative authority
d. Zoning administrator

9. Burred ends of all pipe and tubing shall be ______ to the full bore of the pipe or tube and all chips shall
be removed.
a. Reamed
b. Resize
c. Remove
d. None of the above

10. No cast iron soil pipe shall be

a. caulked
b. Soldered
c. threaded
d. none of the above

11. No drainage or vent piping shall be drilled and tapped for the purpose of making connections
a. maybe
b. false
c. true
d. sometimes

12. Single stack drainage and venting systems, with unvented branch lines are
a. approved by the AHJ
b. prohibited
c. necessary
d. none of the above

13. The enlargement of a three (3) inch (80 mm) closet bend or stub to four (4) inches (100 mm) shall be
considered
a. Not obstruction
 b. Obstruction
c. Prohibited
d. Protected

14. Except for necessary valves, where inter-membering or mixing of dissimilar metals occur, the point of
connection shall be confined to

a. Un-exposed locations
b. Accessible locations
c. Not-accessible location
d. Readily accessible locations

15. All trenches deeper than the footing of any building or structure and paralleling the same shall be at least
____ therefrom, unless permission is otherwise granted by the Administrative Authority.
a. 24 degree
b. 60 degree
c. 45 degree
d. 22.5 degree

16. Hanger rod size for Pipe and Tube Sizing 8 inches
a. 3/8
b. ½
c. 5/8
d. 1/3

17. Hanger rod size for Pipe and Tube Sizing 12 inches
a. 3/8
b. ½
c. 5/8
d. 1/3

18. Trenches shall be backfilled in thin layers to _______ above the top of the piping with clean earth which
shall not contain stones, boulders, cinder fill, frozen earth, construction debris or other materials which
would damage or break the piping or cause corrosive action.
a. 152 mm
b. 305 mm
c. 600 mm
d. 172 mm

19. Threaded plastic pipe shall be ______ minimum wall thickness

a. schedule 40
b. schedule 120
c. schedule 10
d. schedule 80

20. Wiped joints shall have an exposed surface on each side of a joint not less than ____ and at least as thick
as the material being joined.
a. 19.1 mm
 b. 17.2 mm
c. 24 mm
d. 21.4 mm

21. Joints between lead pipe and cast iron, steel or wrought iron shall be made by means of a
a. brazing
b. welding
c. solvent cementing
d. caulking ferrule or soldering nipple.

22. Joints in copper tubing shall be made by the appropriate use of approved copper or
a. copper zinc fittings
b. copper alloy fittings
c. GI fittings
d. brass fittings

23. The tubing shall be reamed to the full inside diameter, resized to round and expanded with a proper
a. reaming tool
b. tubing tool
c. flaring tool
d. expanding tool

24. When pipe is joined by means of flexible compression joints, such joints shall conform to approved
standards and shall not be considered as
a. Slip joints.
b. Compression joints
c. Flaring joints
d. Soldering joints

25. CPVC and PVC pipe and fittings shall be cleaned and joined with listed primer(s) and
a. solvent cement
b. hot press welding
c. caulking
d. mechanical adapter

26. Joints from copper tubing to threaded pipe shall be made by the use of
a. union patente
b. adapter fittings
c. coupling
d. street coupling

27. When connecting plastic pipe to other types of piping, only approved types of ______ designed for the
specific transition intended shall be used.
a. Standard coupling
b. Bushing
c. fittings and adapters
d. union
28. Any fitting or connection which has an enlargement, chamber or recess with a ledge, shoulder or
reduction of pipe area, that offers an obstruction to flow through the drain shall be
a. permitted
b. prohibited
c. adapted
d. declared

29. Brass or cast iron body cleanouts shall be used as a reducer or adapter from cast iron drainage pipe to
iron pipe size (IPS) pipe.
a. maybe
b. false
c. true
d. sometimes

30. An alley is any public space, public park or thoroughfare less than _______ meters but not less 2 meters
in width dedicated or deeded for public use.
a. Four
b. Five
c. Three
d. Six

31. Occurs to an increased reversed pressure above the supply pressure. This may be due to pumps, boilers,
gravity and other source of pressure.
a. Reverse pressure
b. Backpressure backflow
c. Negative pressure
d. Pressure drop

32. A type of pipe connection in which a ball shaped end is held in a cuplike shell and allows movements in
every direction.
a. Ball joint
b. Ball coupling
c. Ball connection
d. Ball socket

33. A controlled outlet of pipeline to discharge liquid or detritus.

a. Drain pipe
b. Drain outlet
c. Blow off
d. Washout drain

34. A horizontal vent connecting one or more individual vertical back vents with the vent stack.
a. Main vent
b. Horizontal main vent
c. Stack vent
d. Branch vent

35. A fitting screwed or caulked over the end of a pipe for closing the end.
 a. Cap
b. Cleanout
c. Spigot
d. Blank flange

36. After caulking, the finished joint shall not extend more than ______ mm below the rim of the hub.
a. 2.4
b. 3.2
c. 1.5
d. 2.3

37. Plastic pipe and fittings designed to be joined by solvent cement shall comply with appropriate ____
installation standards.
a. IAPMO
b. NPC
c. NBC
d. Sanitation Code

38. Neoprene rubber shall be used in soils subject to __________.

a. Pollution
b. Oil intrusion
c. Contamination
d. Erosion

39. Joints with thin walled copper tubing to thick walled threaded pipe shall be made by the use of _______
adaptor fitting.
a. Brass
b. Copper
c. Galvanized iron
d. Cast iron

40. The joints between the copper tubing and fittings shall be properly sweated or soldered or made with
flared and screw ends adaptor fittings, the connection between the threaded pipe and the fitting made
with a standard pipe size______ joint.
a. Flange
b. Slip
c. Screw
d. Welded

41. Approved unions may be used in drainage work when accessibly located in the trap seal or between a
fixture and its trap in the vent system except______ or in wet vents, at accessible joints in the water
supply piping system and in gas piping.
a. Dry vent
b. Air vent
c. Soil pipe
d. Underground
42. Brass or copper ground joint, flared on ferrule type connections when made up shall not considered as
_____ joints.
a. Flange
b. Slip
c. Screw
d. Welded

43. No fitting or connections that offers abnormal obstruction to flow shall be used. The enlargement of _____
mm closet bend or stub to 102 mm shall not be considered an obstruction.
a. 64
b. 72
c. 76
d. 102

44. Brass or cast iron body cleanouts shall not be used as _____ or adapter.
a. Reducer
b. Enlarger
c. Fitting
d. Union

45. Type _______ copper tubing may be used for water piping when piping is above ground inside or a top of
a bldg., or underground outside of structures with outside protective coating.
a. K
b. L
c. M
d. N

46. Copper tube shall not be used for piping carrying chemical or industrial wastes. Copper tube for water
supply piping shall have a weight of not less than type_____.
a. K
b. L
c. M
d. N

47. Copper tubing shall be marked by means of a continuous and indelibly colored stripe at least_____ mm in
width.
a. 6.4
b. 7.2
c. 7.6
d. 6.8

48. What is the color coding for type k copper tubing?

a. Blue
b. Green
c. Yellow
d. Red

49. What is the color coding for type l copper tubing?

 a. Blue
b. Green
c. Yellow
d. Red

50. What is the color coding for type DWV copper tubing?
a. Blue
b. Green
c. Yellow
d. Red

51. Closet or closet flange shall be approx., ____mm in diameter and when installed shall together with soil
pipe, present a 38 mm wide flange and groove face to receive the fixture gasket or ball wax
a. 178
b. 152
c. 302
d. 104

52. Caulked on closet ring or closet flanges shall not be less than____ mm thick and not less than 51 mm in
overall depth.
a. 7.2
b. 6.4
c. 5.4
d. 3.4

53. Gate valves, when used in drainage work, shall be a full way type with working parts of corrosion resistant
metal. Sizes ____ mm or larger in diameter shall have a cast iron bodies.
a. 102
b. 104
c. 106
d. 108

54. Valves up to and including ____ mm in size shall be all brass and bronze metal.
a. 102
b. 64
c. 51
d. 42

55. ANSI means

a. American National Standards Institute
b. American National Specification Institute
c. Association of National Sanitation Institute
d. Association of National Specification Institute

56. If the highest group of the fixture contains flushometer valves the pressure for the group should not be
less than _____ psi.
a. 8 psi
b. 12 psi
 c. 15 psi
d. 50 psi

57. For flush tank supplies, the available pressure may not be less than _____kpa.
a. 8 psi
b. 5 psi
c. 15 psi
d. 13 psi

58. In getting the result in the loss in static pressure in kpa, multiply the difference in elevation by _____.
a. 9.79
b. 8.72
c. 8.93
d. 9.82

59. What is the minimum size of connections for the cold water line for bathtub, bidet, and combination sink
and tray?
a. 19 mm
b. 13 mm
c. 25.3 mm
d. 332 mm

60. Revised Plumbing Code of 1999 was approved by President Joseph Estrada
a. December 21,1999
b. October 12, 1999
c. June 2, 1999
d. August 18,1999

61. Plumbing Code for the City of Manila

a. City Ordinance 4121
b. City Ordinance 1124
c. City Ordinance 2411
d. City Ordinance 1241

62. Drainage Fixture Unit of water closet, public installation

a. 6
b. 3
c. 4
d. 1

63. When President Ramon Magsaysay did signed the R.A. 1378, otherwise known as the “PLUMBING LAW
OF THE PHILIPPINES”?
a. June 8, 1959
b. June 28, 1699
c. June 18, 1955
d. June 8, 1599
64. Type of Joints for soft copper water tubing shall be made with fittings meeting approved standards. The
tubing shall be expanded with a proper flaring tool.
a. Flared joints
b. Solder & Sweat joints
c. Cement Mortar Joints
d. Burned Lead Joints

65. National Plumbing Code prepared by NAMPAP was Promulgated and approved by Malacanang
a. June 18, 1955
b. June 8, 1959
c. January 28,1959
d. January 18, 1955

66. Identify a connection in which a ball is held in or cup like shell that allow movement in any direction.
a. universal joint b. ball joint c. screwed joint d. bell & spigot joint

67. A vent pipe connecting from a branch of a drainage system to a vent stack
a. looped vent b. branch vent c. yoke vent d. dry vent

68. A fitting into which the end of a pipe is screwed for the purpose of closing the end of the pipe is called:
a. blank flange b. blind flange c. cap d. plug

69. A stop valve place in a service pipe near its connection with the water main is called
a. service cock b. corporation cock c. stop cock d. gate valve

70. Identify the extended portion of a pipe that is closed at one end to which no connection are made on the
extended portion; thus permitting the stagnantation of water or air therein,
a. clean out b. dead end c. faucet d. lateral line

71. A valve in which the flow of water is cut-off by means of a circular disc that fits against the valve end. The
place of movement of the disc is parallel to the normal direction of flow of water which is turned through
a tortuous passage to direct the flow to the face of the disc.
a. gate valve b. globe valve c. check valve d. foot valve

72. It is that part of a plumbing system extending from a point of about 0.60 meters from the outside face of
the foundation wall of a building to any point of discharge.
a. house drain b. house sewer c. lateral d. storm drain
73. A receptacle designed and constructed to separate and prevent the passage of oil, grease, lard or other
materials into the drainage system
a. interceptor b. grease trap c. manhole d. catch basin

74. An outhouse or structure used for deposition of excrement in rural area

a. septic vault b. privy c. leaching cesspool d. latrine

75. The vertical distance between the dip and the crown weir of a trap is called
a. seal b. goose neck c. fixture drain d. leader

76. A pit or receptacle at its lowest point of a basement floor to which the liquid waste are drained
a. sub drain b. sump pit c. underground tank d. house drain

77. A vertical pipe usually used for the storage of water frequently under pressure
a. riser pipe b. stand pipe c. pressure pipe d. service pipe

78. An arrangement of venting so installed about one vent pipe will serve two traps
a. unit vent b. side vent c. circuit vent d. back vent

79. A vent in that portion of a vent pipe system through which liquid waste flow
a. wet vent b. individual vent c. stack vent d. yoke vent

80. It is that portion of the rainfall or other precipitation which runs off on the ground surface after a storm
and for such short flood following a typhoon
a. splash flood b. surface water c. storm water d. ground water

81. Revocation of permit cancellation and rejection of new application for plumbing permit are imposed for
the following ground.
a. improper conduct b. bad faith c. violation of the code d. all of the above

82. A faucet opened or closed by the fall or rise of a ball floating in the surface of water is called:
a. float valve b. bibb c. ball cock d. top faucet

83. A controlled outlet of a pipeline used to discharge water or detritus:

 a. overflow b. blow-off c. faucet d. by-pass line

84. The part of a plumbing system other than the main riser or stack.
a. lateral b. vent c. branch d. downspout

85. A metallic sleeves, caulked or other wing joined to an opening in a pipe, into which a plug is screwed that
can be removed for the purpose of cleaning and examining the interior of the pipe.
a. flashing b. ferrule c. clean out d. cap

86. A receptacle attached to a plumbing system other than a trap in which wastes may be collected or retained
for ultimate discharge into the plumbing system.
a. fixture b. catch basin c. roof drain d. bleeder

87. The level in a fixture at which water begin to overflow the top or rim of the fixture is called:
a. grade line level b. flood level c. flow level d. crown level

88. In plumbing a secondary pipeline, in sewerage a common sewer to which no other common sewer is
tributary. It received sewage only from building sewer
a. lateral line b. interceptor line c. house drain d. house service line

89. A set of regulation adapted by an administrative agency that has jurisdiction over materials and design
specification in plumbing.
a. Plumbing code
b. Building code
c. Sanitary code
d. Drainage code

90. A term used which is contrary to sanitary principles or injurious to health is ___.
a. Healthful
b. Insanitary
c. Polluted
d. Unhealthy

91. cPVC water pipe may be used for hot and cold water distribution system ___.
a. Above ground only
b. Underground only
c. Within a building
d. Outside of the building
92. In case of renewal of plumbing permit, how much shall be paid?
a. twice the original amount
b. half of the original amount
c. a third of the original amount
d. a quarter of the original amount

93. Is the discharge from any fixture, appliance or appurtenance in connection with a plumbing system with
a plumbing system which does not receive fecal matter? (MP July 2016)
a. liquid waste
b. waste water
c. soil waste
d. waste pipe

94. A pipe flange that is not drilled for bolt holes. (MP July 2015)
a. blind flange
b. blank flange
c. flat flange
d. bolted flange

95. A non-watertight lined excavation in the ground which receives the discharge of a sanitary drainage
system permitting the liquid to seep through the bottom and sides. (MP Feb 2016)
a. privy
b. cesspool
c. disposal field
d. seepage pit

96. A vertical vent that is a continuation of a drain to which it connects is a ___.

a. circuit vent
b. continuous vent
c. relief vent
d. None of the above

97. That part of the lowest piping of a drainage system that receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other
drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to a point 2 ft outside the building wall is a
___.
a. building drain
b. waste pipe
c. building sewer
d. soil stack

98. A horizontal drain that is sized to provide free movement of air above the flow line of the drain is called a
___.
a. continuous waste system
b. durham waste and vent system
c. combination waste and vent system
d. solvent waste and vent system
99. The length along the centerline of the pipe and fittings is the ____.
a. diagonal length
b. diameter length
c. circumference length
d. development length

100. A vent that also serves as drain is a (an) ___.

a. island vent
b. vent stack
c. loop vent
d. wet vent

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