Sanitation, Plumbing Design, and d. Filtration a. Cistern d.

Piston pump
Installation Mock Exam Part 4 7. Water is purified by _________ in various b. Sump pit / cesspool 18. This is a portion of the rain water which
processes, so as to remove the particles of c. Sewage tank has percolated into the earth to form
1. Materials are PVC, GI, reinforced vegetable matter, mud, and other particles d. None of these underground deposits.
concrete, stainless steel, or plain steel. of matter present in water. The most 13. Turbidity is another problem of water 1 point
1 point commonly used materials are sand and for water distribution, because silt or mud a. Aquifer
a. Cistern / cistern tank gravel. in surface or on the ground, which can b. Well
b. Water tank 1 point cause discoloration of water and bad taste. c. Cistern
c. Water dam a. Filtration What is the best solution for this? d. Soil bearing
d. Cofferdam b. Purification 1 point 19. This is a kind of pump attached to the
2. ________ are holes in the earth from c. Sedimentation a. Aeration end of deep well pipe enclosed in a casing
which a fluid may be withdrawn using d. Aeration b. Sedimentation where the pump is capable of functioning
manual or mechanical means such as draw 8. Water is passed through layers of sand c. Filtration while submerged.
bucket, pump, etc. and gravel in concrete basins in order to d. Boiling 1 point
1 point remove the finer suspended particles. 14. To reduce water hammer, what should a. Force pump
a. Wells 1 point be done? b. Submersible pump
b. Pits a. Coagulation 1 point c. Lift pump
c. Fox holes b. Flocculation a. Put noise reduction insulation to absorb d. Sump pump
d. None of the above c. Sedimentation noise that will be created by the pipes. 20. This consists of a wedge-shaped plug
3. Which is not one of the components of d. Filtration b. An additional 0.30 m to 0.90 m length of which is screwed down to seat between
plumbing? 9. Water cycle consists of 3 stages of pipe is added to the riser to give air two brass rings surrounding the inlet pipe
1 point process. Which is not included? pressure which absorbs it. so that a double seal is obtained. The inlet
a. Water supply distribution system 1 point c. Additional vent pipe. and outlet are in a straight line. This valve is
b. Sanitary drainage and disposal system a. Evaporation d. Both b and c. used when a normal fully open or fully
c. Storm drainage system b. Condensation 15. To ensure that there is no leakage, a GI closed position is desired. Either end may
d. Electrical piping system c. Precipitation pipe when threaded has to use lead liquid be used as inlet.
4. What is the best fixture for a public d. Hydration or _________ tape around the thread 1 point
comfort room? 10. Uses extreme water pressure so as not before tightening the fittings. a. Gate valve
1 point to affect existing foundation in the vicinity. 1 point b. Check valve
a. Gate valve It makes use of a suction pump above, a. Solvent c. Globe valve
b. Flushometer while the casing acts as the pump riser. b. Teflon d. Foot valve
c. Faucet 1 point c. Packaging 21. These valves are used when it is desired
d. None of the above a. Bored well d. Electrical that the flow through a pipe be always in
5. Which can discharge directly to the b. Drilled well 16. This water source is often accessed by one direction and there is a possibility of a
sewer system? c. Jetted well springs and wells. flow taking place in the opposite direction.
1 point d. Dug well 1 point One type has a pivoted flap which is readily
a. Building sewer 11. uPVC means a. Ground water pushed open by the pressure of water from
b. Oil and grease 1 point b. Rain water one side but is tightly closed by the force of
c. Ashes a. Unplasticized polyvinyl chloride c. Natural water a reverse flow.
d. None of the above b. Unplastic polyvinyl chloride d. None of the above 1 point
6. Water is sprayed into the air to release c. Unplasticize polyvinyl chloride 17. This pump is used in applications where a. Gate valves
any trapped gases and absorb additional d. Unplasticizing polyvinyl chloride excess water must be pumped away from a b. Check valves
oxygen for better taste. 12. Underground container for waster particular area. c. Globe valves
1 point matter which is a covered underground 1 point d. Foot valves
a. Aeration tank or well for the collection of waste a. Jet pump 22. These are dug with earth augers and are
b. Sedimentation matter and water, especially sewage. b. Sump pump usually less than 30 meters (100 feet) deep.
c. Chlorination 1 point c. Turbine pump The diameter ranges from 2 to 30 inches.
The well is lined with metal, vitrified tile or 27. The ability to stick itself together and a. Centrifugal pump 1 point
concrete. pull itself together. b. Reciprocating pump a. National Master Plumber Association of
1 point 1 point c. Turbine pump the Philippines
a. Dug wells a. Surface tension d. Submersible pump b. National Master Plumbers Association of
b. Bored wells b. Capillarity 33. Property of water wherein it can the Philippines
c. Driven wells c. Heat absorption dissolve anything. Water is also known as c. National Association of Master Plumber
d. Shore wells d. Dissolving ability the universal solvent. in the Philippines
23. There is a septic tank installed on the 28. Suspended solids are removed from the 1 point d. National Association of Master Plumbers
top of a rock by the seashore. The tank is water by gravity settling and deposition. a. Surface tension in the Philippines
exposed on low tide and covered in sea Water is passed through basins so b. Heat absorption 39. The method of introducing a controlled
water during high tide. Which of the sediments can settle through a period of c. Capillarity amount of chlorine to the water in order to
following would be an appropriate time. d. Dissolving ability attain a desired degree of disinfection.
waterproofing for it? 1 point 34. This plays an important part in the 1 point
1 point a. Coagulation plumbing system, providing this is the most a. Chlorination
a. Waterproof all surfaces, exterior and b. Flocculation critical utility requirement, and also known b. Flocculation
interior. c. Sedimentation as a universal solvent. c. Filtration
b. Water proof all interior surfaces except d. Aeration 1 point d. Sedimentation
the floor. 29. This requires more elaborate a. Sewage 40. Jet pumps are centrifugal pumps
c. Waterproof only the exterior and equipment depending on the geology of the b. Water typically used for drawing water up from a
interior walls. site. This can reach up to 100 meters in c. Chloride well.
d. None of the above. depth. d. Purified water 1 point
24. There are several reasons why the soil 1 point 35. A physical process in which the a. Submersible pump
stacks are not allowed in columns. Which is a. Bored wells sediment particles collide with each other b. Turbine pump
not the reason? b. Drilled wells and stick together. c. Jet (ejector) pump
1 point c. Shore wells 1 point d. Reciprocating pump
a. The pipes will interfere with the d. Dug wells a. Coagulation 41. It is the ability to absorb heat without
reinforcing bars. 30. This refers to the public water system b. Flocculation becoming warmer.
b. The size of the columns will be larger. laid underground along the streets where c. Sedimentation 1 point
c. Cracks and leaks cannot be detected. the house service is connected. d. Aeration a. Surface tension
d. The gases emitted will deteriorate 1 point 36. It is a device used to move fluids, such b. Heat absorption
concrete. a. Main service as liquids or slurries, a mechanical c. Capillarity
25. The pipe from the public water main or b. Water source equipment displaces a volume by physical d. Dissolving ability
source of water supply to the building c. Water main or mechanical action. 42. It contains an impeller mounted on a
served. d. Building supply pipe 1 point rotating shaft. The rotating impeller
1 point 31. Raw water is made to pass on pipes of a. Pump increases the water velocity while forcing
a. Service pipe tiny sieves (strainers) and exposed to air of b. Motor the water into a casing, thus converting the
b. Main service pipe fine mist to purify it. c. Propeller water’s velocity into higher pressure.
c. Distribution pipe 1 point d. Machine 1 point
d. Building supply pipe a. Sedimentation 37. One end is 0.30 m long and the other a. Centrifugal pump
26. One of the physical properties of water b. Reverse osmosis end is 0.90 m long. This prevents the pipe b. Reciprocating pump
is the ability to climb up a surface against c. Aeration from snapping when the soil settles. c. Turbine pump
the pull of gravity. d. Filtration 1 point d. Submersible pump
1 point 32. A pump having a plunger that moves a. Gooseneck 43. It is the art and technique of installing
a. Surface tension back and forth within a cylinder equipped b. Corporation cock pipes, fixtures, and other apparatus in
b. Capillarity with check valves. The cylinder is best c. Ball cock buildings and bringing the supply of liquid
c. Heat absorption located near or below the ground level. d. Long neck substances and ingredients and then
d. Dissolving ability 1 point 38. NAMPAP means removing them.
1 point a. Water tank 52. It is a fitting installed at a branching tee 58. What is the advantage of using rain
a. Source distribution b. Cistern tank from a horizontal soil branch to a horizontal water?
b. Plumbing c. Suction tank waste branch. 1 point
c. Mechanics d. Pneumatic tank 1 point a. Water is soft and pure and is suitable for
d. None of the above 48. It is a pump used to deliver water at a a. 4” x 2” wye and 2” 1/8 bend the hot water supply system.
44. A plumbing system which carries water point higher than the position of the pump combination b. Water is available every day.
from the water source, street main or a itself. When the plunger (a piston) b. 4” x 4” tee c. Water is natural and is purified by
pump to the building and to the various descends, valve A is closed and water in the c. 4” x 2” tee natural means.
points in the building at which water is cylinder is forced out through valve B and d. 4” x 4” wye and 4” 1/8 bend d. None of the above.
used. up to the storage. When the plunger is combination 59. Acidity is one of the many problems in
1 point raised, valve B is closed and A is open to 53. Excessive pressure that produces a water distribution and water purification.
a. Sewage system admit water to the cylinder. rumbling sound. This can cause corrosion of non-ferrous
b. Water supply and distribution system 1 point 1 point pipes and rusting & clogging of steel pipes.
c. Drainage system a. Lift pump a. Water hammer Which is the best solution for this problem?
d. None of the above b. Submersible pump b. Water pressure 1 point
45. It is basically a centrifugal pump c. Force pump c. Water dissemination a. Passing the water through a bed of
complete with electric motors which are d. Turbine pump d. Momentum siphonage crushed marble or limestone to achieve
positioned under water in a suitable bored 49. It is a positive displacement 54. A chemical process in which the alkalinity, or adding sodium silicate
hole that delivers the water to the surface. reciprocating pump in which a plunger is coagulant reacts with the sediment to make b. Chlorination or removing salt contents
1 point driven backwards and forwards, or up and it capable of combining into larger particles. c. Aeration
a. Centrifugal pump down by a mechanical working head. Water 1 point d. None of the above
b. Reciprocating pump is sucked into a sealed vacuum by the use a. Coagulation 60. A pump that has a vertical turbine
c. Turbine pump of a piston. b. Flocculation located below the ground water level and a
d. Submersible pump 1 point c. Sedimentation driving motor located on the ground.
46. It is a method that will remove one or a. Piston pump d. Aeration 1 point
more materials that make the water b. Reciprocating pump 55. It is a water equipment used whenever a. Centrifugal pump
unsuitable for a given use. c. Jet (ejector) pump the water supply at its natural pressure b. Reciprocating pump
1 point d. Turbine pump cannot be directly piped to a building, tank c. Turbine pump
a. Water sedimentation 50. In 1935, this is the only group / or reservoir. d. Submersible pump
b. Water treatment organization for plumbing works and 1 point 61. A tank using air pressure from a suction
c. Water boiling ordinances. a. Pump tank to distribute water for tall buildings
d. None of the above 1 point b. Tank which cannot be reached by normal
47. It is a tank constructed of riveted or a. NAMPAP c. Motor pressure.
welded steel plate, with the larger tanks b. DOH d. Bibb 1 point
often divided into two compartments. They c. DILG 56. The horizontal pipes that serve faucets. a. Water tank
should be large enough to contain at least d. DENR 1 point b. Cistern tank
one day’s supply for the entire building in 51. Hardness is another problem for water a. Branches c. Suction tank
case the city main is temporarily shut off. distribution because of the presence of b. Vent pipe d. Pneumatic tank
The pipe from the pump to the tank should magnesium and calcium salts, which can c. Riser 62. A stop valve in a service pipe close to its
be cross connected to the city main so that cause clogging of pipes and impaired d. Stack vent connection with a water main.
the water may be pumped directly from the laundry and cooking. Which is the best 57. Amount of waste discharged for a waste 1 point
main in case of fire. This tank is used so solution for this? water treatment facility. a. Gate valve
that the pneumatic tank or other pumps 1 point 1 point b. Corporation cock
suck the water from this tank and not from a. Chemical treatment a. 300 gpm c. Check valve
the public main, so that it will not deprive b. Boiling b. 500 gpm d. Globe valve
the neighbors of water due to pressure. c. Sedimentation c. 30 cu m/day 63. A steel drive well point is fitted on one
1 point d. Aeration d. 50 cu m/day end of the pipe section and driven into the
earth. The point may be driven into the 68. A kind of GI fitting that has one end a. 3/4" 79. What is the device installed on top of
ground to a depth of up to 15 meters (50 external threads, while the other end has b. 1/2" the pressure tank that protects against
feet). internal threads. c. 3/8” hydrostatic collapse due to suction or
1 point 1 point d. 1” negative pressure resulting from back-
a. Driven wells a. Street elbow or tee 74. What is the minimum size of a trap or siphonage in a down feed water
b. Dug wells b. Wye branch of a residential kitchen? distribution system?
c. Deep wells c. Elbow 1 point 1 point
d. Shore wells d. Bushing a. 1 1/2" a. Pressure reducing valve
64. A pump consists of a piston traveling up 69. Which of the following locations do not b. 1 3/4" b. Vacuum breaker valve
and down within a cylinder which is require installation of a clean out? c. 1 1/4" c. Air volume control valve
connected with a pipe extending down into 1 point d. 2” d. Pressure relief valve
the source. The piston and the bottom of a. At every branch interval of a soil stack. 75. What is the minimum size of a trap or 80. PE pipe stands for
the cylinder are each provided with a valve b. Any horizontal waste or soil pipe branch for a lavatory? 1 point
opening upward. exceeding 15 meters. 1 point a. Polyethylene
1 point c. Any change in direction of soil branch a. 1 1/2" b. Polyethene
a. Lift pump exceeding 22.5 degrees. b. 1 3/4" c. Polyvinyl extra
b. Submersible pump d. At the end of every soil branch. c. 1 1/4" d. Plastic extra
c. Force pump 70. Which in the list is not a standard d. 2” 81. Water as delivered by MWSS is no
d. Sump pump commercial size of GI pipe for water 76. What is a type of wet vent applied on longer safe for drinking because of several
65. A mixture of surface runoff and ground supply? installations with multi-branch intervals contaminants from the water source
water. Surface sources include rivers, lakes, 1 point where the vertical vent pipe takes off in present in the environment. It is now
ponds, and impounding reservoirs. a. 2 1/2" diameter front of the fixture and connects to a main therefore imperative that water, to be safe
1 point b. 4” diameter vent stack? for drinking, has to undergo water
a. Ground water c. 3” diameter 1 point purification in several stages. What is the
b. Natural surface water d. 5” diameter a. Relief vent stage in water purification which removes
c. Rain water 71. Which criterion is not needed for sizing b. Yoke vent mineral deposits, salts, heavy metal and
d. Natural water a vent pipe for individual, branch and c. Loop vent total dissolved solids while retaining some
66. A method of purifying water wherein circuit vent based on the total linear d. Circuit vent useful materials?
particles of matter that are suspended in footage of the pipe making up the vent? 77. What is the GI fitting used to join two 1 point
the water are allowed to stay in a container 1 point threaded fittings as close as possible but a. Carbon filtration
so that they will settle in the bottom, then a. Developed length of the vent pipe not exceeding 3 inches? b. Aeration
drawing the water out, leaving these b. Number of fixture units 1 point c. Ultraviolet radiation
matters in the container. c. Slope of the drain pipe a. Nipple d. Reverse osmosis
1 point d. Size of the drain pipe b. Bushing 82. The term used for the main water pipe
a. Aeration 72. Where are dampers installed to c. Union delivering potable water to a building.
b. Sedimentation regulate the amount of cool air for an even d. Coupling 1 point
c. Reverse osmosis distribution to the outlets? 78. What is a fire line system without a a. Water service pipe
d. Purification 1 point constant water supply and is equipped with b. MWSS
67. A kind of GI fitting used as a reducer a. At the trunk ducts a fire service inlet and outlet connection c. Main pipe
from a bigger diameter to a lesser b. At a practical location of angles and and installed exclusively for the use of the d. Water utility pipe
diameter. elbows fire service? 83. The standard size of an outlet of a dry
1 point c. At the branch supply duct as far as 1 point standpipe located for each floor.
a. Bushing practical from the outlet a. Fire department connection 1 point
b. Reducer d. At the air boot fitting b. Dry standpipe a. 51 mm
c. Fitting 73. What is the size of supply valve for tank c. Combination standpipe b. 76 mm
d. Tee type water closet? d. Wet standpipe c. 38 mm
1 point d. 64 mm
84. The minimum height of fire service d. Globe valve 1 point 99. A type of pump which comprises
connection from the grade line. 90. Minimum water delivery in liters per a. For convenience in installing the pipe. essentially of an impeller or set of vanes
1 point minute for an outlet of a wet standpipe at a b. To facilitate air movement with less air enclosed in a housing or casing close
a. 50 cm residual pressure of 1.8 kilograms per resistance. coupled with the pump motor. Its
b. 100 cm square meter. c. For purposes of economy. fundamental principle is it adds energy in
c. 46 cm 1 point d. To allow any waste to drain into the the form of velocity to an already flowing
d. 35 cm a. 132 liters per minute drain pipe. liquid.
85. The maximum horizontal developed b. 112 liters per minute 95. Any pipe in the plumbing system 1 point
length between the trap seal and the c. 155 liters per minute provided to ventilate a house drainage a. Reciprocating pump
vertical vent inlet at the trap arm. d. 126 liters per minute system and to prevent trap siphonage and b. Centrifugal pump
1 point 91. It is customary that a fully open type of back pressure. c. Piston pump
a. 6 feet valve is used in several locations in a water 1 point d. Turbine pump
b. 5 feet distribution system. Which location in the a. Waste pipe 100. A type of pump for driven well from
c. 4 feet following list does not require one? b. Vent pipe 150 ft to 200 ft which works by a principle
d. 3 feet 1 point c. Soil pipe of Venturi where water of high pressure is
86. The maximum height of a fire service a. On every hose bibb d. House trap pumped into the well to draw water
connection from the grade line. b. On the water supply to pressurized tank 96. A vent used in a battery of plumbing upwards through the return pipe.
1 point c. On the water service pipe near the fixtures where the vent is installed in front 1 point
a. 120 cm source connection of the last fixture of the battery. a. Submersible pump
b. 130 cm d. On the main water distribution pipe near 1 point b. Jet pump
c. 122 cm the water service a. Yoke vent c. Jack or piston pump
d. 102 cm 92. In a water system with a constant water b. Circuit vent d. Reciprocating pump
87. The location of a fire hose cabinet supply for a series of plumbing fixtures, c. Stack vent A copy of your responses will be emailed to
connected to a standpipe for buildings shall water supply drop is experienced when the d. Relief vent the address you provided.
be at every floor level above the first floor. fixtures in the series are simultaneously 97. A type of water pump with its pump
1 point opened. Which poor design in the plumbing motor installed on the surface attached to a
a. At the store room. system causes this? lift and push rod to activate a submerged
b. Inside the mechanical room. 1 point piston.
c. At a landing of an enclosed stairway. a. Choice in the system of water 1 point
d. At any private room or rentable space. distribution a. Reciprocating pump
88. The general term for the hot and cold b. Insufficiency in the size of water service b. Sump pump
water pipes containing potable water. in the distribution pipe c. Jack pump
1 point c. Too many fixtures opened d. Centrifugal pump
a. Water plumbing pipes simultaneously 98. A type of pump which delivers high
b. Water distribution pipes d. Use of PVC or other plastic pipes water discharge with high pressure drawn
c. Hot or cold water lines 93. In a water distribution system, locations from a shallow source like a cistern, and is
d. Water supply pipes such as supply pipe to every water heater best suited as a fire pump or a transfer
89. Single lever valves used in kitchen sink requires a fully open valve. Which of the pump. The pump motor is installed on the
and lavatory faucets or at shower valves following in the list is a full open valve? surface for easy maintenance coupled with
have gained popularity in plumbing 1 point a shaft to turn the impellers, which is
installations today. This is because these a. Check valve submerged below.
valves are beautiful and are maintenance- b. Ball valve 1 point
free. These valves work by the principle of a c. Globe valve a. Centrifugal pump
1 point d. Angle valve b. Submersible pump
a. Gate valve 94. Branch vents are required to have at c. Jet pump
b. Angle valve least a slope of 1/4"/foot. The purpose of d. Turbine pump
c. Ball valve this is