Plumbing Ventilation
waste pipe on the downstream side of
Group 9 Quiz
1. __________ is a type of group venting
where one vent protects two fixture
traps.
a. Primary Vents
b. Dual Venting
c. Bilateral Venting
d. Triad Venting
2. According to Section 905.1 of the
Revised National Plumbing Code of
the Philippines, “All horizontal vent
and branch vent pipes shall be free
from drops or sags and each such vent
shall be graded and connected to drip
back by gravity to the _________ it
serves.”
a. Drainage Pipe
b. Sewage Pipe
c. Soil Pipe
d. Oil Pipe
3. "Every drainage pipe that has a size of
3" or less, and every fixture drain shall
have a ____________in the direction
of flow of at least______."
a. Upward Slope, 1:100
b. Downward Slope, 1:25
c. Downward Slope, 1:50
d. Upward Slope, 1:75
4. It means a vent pipe that functions for
two or more traps connecting to a
horizontal branch where the lowest
end of the vent pipe connects to the
the highest fixture of the group and the
upper end connects to branch vent,
vent stack, stack vent or extends to
open air independently.
a. Trap Vents
b. Circuit Vents
c. Stack Vents
d. Yoke Vents
5. It is an arrangement of group venting
when fixture traps are vented through
the soil stack which terminates into a
header or open air and no additional
venting is required.
a. Trap Vents
b. Circuit Vents
c. Stack Vents
d. Yoke Vents
6. The installation of this depends upon
the good judgement of the plumber to
wherever back pressure is most likely
to occur.
a. Looped Vents
b. Wet Vents
c. Stack Vents
d. Relief Vents
7. How do plumbing vents protect trap
seals?
a. By balancing the air pressure
inside the drainage system
b. By blocking the air pressure
inside the drainage system
c. By ventilating the the solid and
waste pipes
 d. By reducing the vent piping
required for a given installation

8. It is the standing water inside a trap.

a. Siphonage
b. Drainage System
c. Sewer Gas
d. Trap Seal

9. "No vent pipe shall be so arranged

that it will serve as a bypass in the
event of an obstruction in the
drainage pipe."
a. True
b. False
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A nor B

10. “Each soil or waste stack which

extends 10 or more stories above the
building drain shall be served by a
parallel vent stack which will extend
undiminished in size from its upper
terminal at the roof and connect to the
soil or waste stack at ground level.”
What section part of the Chapter 9 of
the National Plumbing Code does the
statement belongs to?
a. Section 906.4
b. Section 905.3
c. Section 908.4
d. Section 907.1
 Answer Key

1. B. Dual Venting
2. A. Drainage Pipe
3. C. Downward Slope, 1:50
4. B. Circuit Vents
5. C. Stack Vents
6. D. Relief Vents
7. A. By balancing the air
pressure inside the drainage
system.
8. D. Trap Seal
9. A. True
10. D. Section 907.1