VIRGEN MILAGROSA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

Martin Posadas Avenue, San Carlos City, Pangasinan

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

ENGINEERING UTILITIES 2
SANITATION, PLUMBING DESIGN AND INSTALLATION

Instructions: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item
by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.

1. One cubic foot is equal to: 9. One inch water column is equal to
A. 7.48 gallons A. 0.036 psi
B. 3.789 liters B. 0.043 psi
C. 28.3 cubic feet C. 4.33 psi
D. 6.895 kPa D. 8.33 psi

2. It is the pipe from the water main or other 10. One cubic foot of water is equal to
sources of water supply to the building served. A. 8.33 pounds
A. Fixture branch B. 3,960 pounds
B. Fixture drain C. 62.4 pounds
C. Water service pipe D. 33,000 pounds
D. Water distributing pipe
11. Bending a copper is easily done with pipe
3. One gallon of water is equivalent to how many bending machine, another way of bending
pounds? copper is by using a steel spring inserted inside
A. 8.33 the pipe to produce a smooth clean curve.
B. 5.55 Copper pipes are bent slowly on a wide radius
C. 6.85 to
D. 3.79 A. avoid warping
B. avoid breaking
4. It is important to maintain a minimum of _____ C. avoid kinking
velocity in public sewers. D. avoid expanding
A. 1 fps
B. 2 fps 12. One psi is equal to
C. 3 fps A. 1.79 feet
D. 4 fps B. 1.91 feet
C. 2.31 feet
5. A sanitary sewer that conveys sanitary waste to D. 3.0 feet
a dispersal plant. It is commonly made of
concrete pipe that varies in sizes from 0.60 to 13. During the process of threading, what is the
3.0 meters in diameter. best oil to apply to protect both the threader and
A. Intercepting sewer the thread of the pipe?
B. Tributary sewer A. Canola oil
C. Storm sewer B. Coconut oil
D. Public sewer C. Motor oil
D. Baby oil
6. 2000 btuh is equal to:
A. 2 cfh 14. 3413 btuh is equal to
B. 20 cfh A. 1 kilowatt
C. 200 cfh B. 0.5 kilowatt
D. 2000 cfh C. 8.33 kilowatt
D. 0.43 kilowatt
7. It is a public sewer facility that carries regular
sanitary wastes only. It terminates in a modern 15. The water supply of the building or premises
sewage dispersal plant. consists of the water service pipe, the water
A. Sanitary sewer distributing pipes, and the necessary
B. Storm sewer connecting pipes, fitting, control valves, and all
C. Combined sewer appurtenances in or adjacent to the building or
D. Building sewer premises.
A. Water supply system
8. 0.72 cfs is equal to B. Plumbing system
A. 33.14 gpd C. DWV system
B. 23.4 gph D. Durham system
C. 28.3 lpm
D. 323.14 gpm
16. The simplest way of joining plastic pipe 25. The vertical vent pipe installed primarily for
A. Solvent welding providing circulation of air to and from any part
B. Fusion welding of the soil, waste of the drainage system.
C. By using a neoprene gasket A. Vent pipe
D. By caulking B. Soil pipe
C. Soil stack
17. What is the maximum distance between trap D. Vent stack
weir and fixture outlet?
A. 30 cm 26. It is classified as an intercepting sewer branch.
B. 0.60 m Also known as the contributing sewer.
C. 22 inches A. Intercepting sewer
D. 30 inches B. Trunk line sewer
C. Tributary sewer
18. A concrete sealed vault with a wooded shelter D. Combined sewer
constructed for the collection of raw sewage.
A. Public sewer line 27. A pipe, which conveys only wastewater or liquid
B. Cesspool waste, free of fecal matter.
C. Privy A. Waste pipe
D. Septic tank B. Soil pipe
C. Waste stack
19. One of the most expensive types of pipe. It is D. Soil stack
made of an alloy or zinc and copper mixed at
15% and 85% proportion respectively. 28. Includes all the piping within public or private
A. Copper pipe premises which convey sewage or other liquid
B. Brass pipe wastes to a legal point of disposal but does not
C. GI pipe include the mains of a public sewer system or a
D. Lead pipe public sewage treatment or disposal plant.
A. Drainage pipe
20. What is the neutral PH level for water? B. Drainage system
A. 0 C. Plumbing system
B. 7 D. Storm drainage system
C. 14
D. 10 29. It refers to an installation that receives and
conveys discharges from water closet with or
21. It is the pipe that conveys water from the water without waste coming from other fixtures.
service pipe to the plumbing fixtures and other A. Drainage system
water outlets. B. Soil pipe
A. Fixture branch C. Drainage pipe
B. Fixture drain D. Waste pipe
C. Water service pipe
D. Water distributing pipe 30. It refers to the pump that will discharge waste in
the sump and transfer it to the house drain
22. A kind of pipe which is superior for embedment installed overhead.
in concrete structure having the same material A. Pump
properties. B. Sewage ejector
A. Vitrified clay pipe C. Centrifugal pump
B. Bituminous fiber sewer pipe D. Jockey pump
C. Cast iron pipe
D. Asbestos pipe 31. In the figure shown, identify item number 10.

23. For galvanized steel pipe, cutting is done by

using a hacksaw blade applying forward strokes
at the rate of about one stroke per second. What
is the best TPI to use?
A. 32
B. 16
C. 20
D. 14

24. In cutting copper pipes, what is the best tool to

use?
A. Hack saw blade
B. Rotary tube cutter
C. One stroke pipe cutter
D. Midget cutter A. Waste branch
B. Soil branch
C. Branch vent
D. Sanitary branch
 39. In the figure shown, identify item number 4.
32. What is the travel distance of the pipe if the
offset angle is 45° and the offset length is 30
cm?
A. 24.24 cm
B. 32.32 cm
C. 42.42 cm
D. 54.54 cm

33. A hole in the ground curbed with stones, bricks,

concrete hollow blocks or other materials laid in
such a manner to allow raw contaminated
sewage to leach into the soil. A. Loop vent
A. Septic tank B. Relief vent
B. Public sewer line C. Circuit vent
C. Latrine D. Branch vent
D. Cesspool

34. A hole in the ground curbed with stones, bricks, 40. In the figure shown, identify item number 5.
concrete hollow blocks or other materials laid in
such a manner to allow raw contaminated
sewage to leach into the soil.
A. Septic tank
B. Cesspool
C. Latrine
D. Pubic sewer line

35. It means to flush or wash out, to remove dirt or

grease by flowing through. A self-cleaning
ability of the pipe.
A. Caulking
B. Roughing-in A. Vent stack
C. Trimming-in B. Stack vent
D. Scouring C. Waste stack
D. Waste vent
36. A vertical soil pipe conveying fecal matter and
wastewater. 41. In the figure shown, identify item number 1.
A. Waste stack
B. Soil stack
C. Soil branch
D. Vent pipe

37. Which of the following is not a fixture?

A. Slop sink
B. Lavatory
C. Urinal
D. Pump

38. A pipe or opening used for ensuring the A. Loop vent

circulation of air in a plumbing system and for B. Branch vent
relieving the negative pressure exerted on trap C. Relief vent
seals. D. House drain
A. Vent pipe
B. Soil pipe
C. Soil stack
D. Vent stack
42. In the figure shown, identify item number 2. 49. Device and system of piping that maintains a
water seal in a remote trap
A. Trap arm
B. Trap primer
C. Trap seal
D. Trap

50. That portion of a drainage system that does not

drain by gravity into the building sewer
A. Building supply
B. Sewer ejector
C. Building subdrain
A. Circuit Vent D. Sump pit
B. Loop Vent
C. Soil Branch 51. Any pressure less than the atmosphere exerted
D. Relief Vent A. Atmospheric pressure
B. Negative pressure
43. In the figure shown, identify item number 6. C. Positive pressure
D. Gravity

52. Water supply to a urinal shall be protected by

an approved
A. Relief valve
B. Vacuum breaker
C. Metering valve
D. Automatic switch

53. The connection of a dishwasher drain directly to

a continuous waste is a code violation
A. True
A. Loop vent B. False
B. Vent stack C. Maybe
C. Waste Stack D. Not Sure
D. Soil branch
54. Minimum distance from a sidewall to the center
44. Static pressure is pressure existing without any of water closet
flow A. 15"
A. True B. 12"
B. False C. 13"
C. Maybe D. 14"
D. Not sure
55. Minimum distance from a sidewall to the center
45. Principal artery of the venting system of urinal
A. Branch Vent A. 15"
B. Vent B. 12"
C. Vertical Vent C. 13"
D. Main Vent D. 11"

46. An outlet on a boiler to permit emptying or 56. A pipeline system filled with water and
discharge of sediment connected to a constant water supply for the
A. Boiler Blow-Off use of the BFP and the occupants of the
B. Relief Valve buildings solely for fire suppression purposes.
C. Aspirator A. Sprinkler system
D. Check Valve B. Standpipe system
C. Combination Standpipe
47. T Rating limits the maximum temperature rise D. Wet standpipe
of ____ above its initial temperature.
A. 325 57. A type of standpipe system in which the pipes
B. 375 are normally not filled with water. Water is
C. 400 introduced into the system thru fire service
D. 300 connections when needed.
A. Dry standpipe
48. Unsanitary and Insanitary share the same B. Wet standpipe
meaning C. Standpipe system
A. True D. Combination standpipe
B. False
C. Maybe
D. Not Sure
58. A fitting screwed or caulked over the end of a 66. Each standpipe shall be equipped with an
pipe for closing the pipe end. approved sixty-four millimeters (64 mm) outlet,
A. Plug what is the maximum required distance above
B. Flange the floor of each storey?
C. Cap A. 22 cm
D. Dead-end B. 61 cm
C. 150 cm
59. The term associated with water that evaporates D. 122 cm
from living plants.
A. Transpiration 67. An approved durable sign with raised letters
B. Precipitation shall be permanently attached to all fire service
C. Evaporation street connections, cast on a plate or fitting that
D. Condensation reads “DRY STANDPIPE”. What is the
minimum required height of the approved
60. Primary purpose of disinfection is to remove durable sign with raised letters?
A. Bacteria A. 25 mm
B. Color B. 46 mm
C. Odor C. 51 mm
D. Algae D. 64 mm

61. All buildings with required enclosed stairway or 68. As per Fire Code, wet standpipes shall be
smokeproof enclosure shall have at least one located so that all portions of the buildings are
dry standpipe outlet connection located at every within 6m of a nozzle, what is the minimum
floor level landing above the first floor of every length of the hose?
required enclosure. What is the maximum travel A. 22 m
distance from a dry standpoint outlet B. 24 m
connection? C. 26 m
A. 20 m D. 28 m
B. 30 m
C. 40 m 69. All interior wet standpipes shall be
D. 50 m equipped with thirty-eight
millimeters (38 mm) valve in each storey,
62. All dry standpipes shall be tested hydrostatically including the basement or cell roof of the
to withstand building, what is the minimum required distance
A. Not less than 50 psi (3.5 kg/cm2) above above the floor?
the maximum working pressure A. 46 cm
B. Not less than 60 psi above the maximum B. 64 cm
working pressure C. 91 cm
C. Not less than 80 psi above the maximum D. 182 cm
working pressure
D. Not less than 100 psi above the 70. What is the minimum diameter required for a
maximum working pressure combination standpipe system?
A. 25 mm
63. What is the minimum required size of the B. 102 mm
standpipe in buildings in which the highest C. 150 mm
outlet is twenty-three (23) meters or less above D. 50 mm
the fire service connections?
A. 51 mm 71. What is the minimum diameter required for a
B. 64 mm combination standpipe system?
C. 102 mm A. 25 mm
D. 153 mm B. 51 mm
C. 102 mm
64. What is the minimum required size of the D. 150 mm
standpipe in buildings in which the highest
outlet is higher than twenty-three (23) meters 72. The combination of sanitary and storm water.
above the fire service connections? A. Septic
A. 51 mm B. Combined sewage
B. 64 mm C. Garbage
C. 102 mm D. Privy
D. 153 mm
73. An act establishing a comprehensive fire code
65. Pour index horsepower is equal to how many of the Philippines, repealing presidential decree
foot lbs per minute? no. 1185 and for other purposes
A. 11000 A. RA 9514
B. 22000 B. BP 344
C. 33000 C. PD 1096
D. 44000 D. PD 957
74. Water that undergoes a process where the
pollutants are removed or rendered harmless. 81. Is the chemical process in which the coagulant
A. Purified water reacts with the sediment to make it capable of
B. Polluted water combining into larger particles. This is called
C. Gray water destabilization.
D. Black water A. Aeration
B. Coagulation
75. Water that contains one or more C. Flocculation
impurities that make the water D. Sedimentation
unsuitable for a desired use.
A. Purified water 82. Is the physical process in which the sediment
B. Polluted water particles collide with each other and stick
C. Gray water together.
D. Black water A. Aeration
B. Coagulation
76. Water drained from lavatories, sink, laundry C. Flocculation
trays and showers; contains minor D. Sedimentation
pollutants. 83. In the figure shown, identify letter a.
A. Purified water
B. Polluted water
C. Gray water
D. Black water

77. Water drained from water closets and urinals;

carries body wastes and contains major
pollutants.
A. Purified water
B. Polluted water
C. Gray water
D. Black water A. 300 mm
B. 900 mm
78. Rainwater drained from roof gutters and C. 1500 mm
downspouts. D. 3000 mm
A. Ground water
B. Storm water 84. In the figure shown, identify letter e.
C. Surface water
D. Run-off

79. In the figure shown, identify letter b.

A. 100 mm
B. 350 mm
C. 50 mm
D. 25 mm
A. 375 mm
B. 460 mm 85. This is the process by which suspended solids
C. 300 mm are removed from the water by gravity settling
D. 900 mm and deposition. This process usually follows
coagulation-flocculation. The objective of this
80. Water is sprayed into the air to release any process is to remove most of the suspended
trapped gases and absorb additional oxygen for solids, reducing the loads on the filters.
better taste. A. Aeration
A. Aeration B. Coagulation
B. Coagulation C. Flocculation
C. Flocculation D. Sedimentation
D. Sedimentation
 90. The piping that conveys the discharge of water
86. This is the passage of fluid through a porous closets or fixtures having similar functions
medium suspended matter which did not settle (containing fecal matter), with or without the
by gravity. In water purification, matter to be discharges from other fixtures.
removed includes suspended silt, clay, colloids, A. Soil drainage system
and microorganisms including algae, bacteria, B. Waste drainage system
and viruses. A filter bed consists of a granular C. Storm drainage system
non-porous material held one place by the force D. Vent system
of gravity or by the direction of flow.
A. Filtration 91. In the figure shown, identify letter d.
B. Coagulation
C. Disinfection
D. Sedimentation

87. In the figure shown, identify letter a.

A. 150 mm
B. 300 mm
C. 900 mm
D. 3000 mm

92. The piping system that receives a flow or air to

or from a drainage system or to provide a
circulation of air within such system to protect
A. 1500 mm trap seals from siphonage or back pressure.
B. 1700 mm A. Soil drainage system
C. 1800 mm B. Waste drainage system
D. 3000 mm C. Storm drainage system
D. Vent system
88. This is the most important process used in the
production of water of a safe and sanitary 93. Part of the lowest horizontal piping of a
quality. Chlorination is the method of plumbing system, which receives the
introducing a controlled amount of chlorine to discharges from the soil, waste and other
the water in order to attain a desired degree of drainage pipes inside of a building and conveys
disinfection. it to the house sewer outside of the building.
A. Filtration A. Building drain
B. Coagulation B. Building sewer
C. Disinfection C. Subsoil drain
D. Sedimentation D. Soil pipe

89. In the figure shown, identify letter c. 94. Extends from the house drain at a point 0.60
meters from the outside face of the foundation
wall of a building to the junction with the street
sewer or to any point of discharge, and
conveying the drainage of one building site. No
house/building sewer shall be smaller than
150mm in diameter, nor less in size than the
house/building drain
A. Building drain
B. Building sewer
C. Subsoil drain
D. Soil pipe
A. 150 mm 95. A sprinkler system that is installed for buildings
B. 300 mm is required for
C. 900 mm A. In case of fire
D. 3000 mm B. Fire protection
C. Fire reserve
D. Fire fighting
96. A house sewer system receiving sewage from
a townhouse has 90 flush tank W.C., 90 shower
heads, 30 bath tubs, 30 kitchen sinks, 90
lavatories & 30 bidets. What is the total F.U. of
the Kitchen Sinks?
A. 30
B. 80
C. 60
D. 21

97. A sewer NOT directly controlled by public

authority is
A. Public sewer
B. Building sewer
C. Common sewer
D. Private sewer

98. What is a common pipe material used for

services connection?
A. Polyethylene
B. Poly enzyme
C. Plastic extrusion
D. Plastic expander

99. What fixture is designed for washing hands or

face, sometimes called washbasin?
A. Lavatory
B. Bathtub
C. Sink
D. Shower

100. What is a process of water purification

so as to remove the particles of vegetable
matter, mud and other particles present in the
water? (Most commonly used materials are
sand and gravel.)
A. Filtration
B. Splashing
C. Drying
D. Absorption