SANITATION, PLUMBING DESIGN & INSTALLATION – SET 3
1. VERTICAL – By code definition, a stack
is always ____.
2. BATHROOM – A room equipped with a
shower or bathtub is a ____.
3. COMBINATION WASTE AND VENT
SYSTEM – A horizontal drain that is sized
to provide free movement of air above the
flow line of the drain.
4. DEVELOPED LENGTH – The length
along the centerline of the pipe and
fittings is the ____.
5. FLUSHOMETER TANK – A device
integrated within an air accumulator
vessel that is designed to discharge a
predetermined quantity of water of
fixtures for flushing purposes.
6. 1 - 45 degree and 1 - 45 degree –
The combination of fittings that may be
used to make an offset and is considered
a vertical pipe.
7. POTABLE WATER – Water that is
satisfactory for drinking, culinary and
domestic purposes and that meets the
requirements of the Authority Having
Jurisdiction is referred to by this code as
8. ACCESSIBLE – Fixture connections
that require the removal of an access
panel for servicing are considered ____.
9. THE CROWN WEIR TO THE TOP OF
THE DIP OF THE TRAP – When
residential water meters become worn,
they have the tendency to
10. WET VENT – A vent that also serves
as a drain.
11. VERTICAL – A pipe that makes an
angle not more than 45 degrees with the
vertical.
12. TRUE – The restroom facilities in a
private day care center are classified as
public use.
13. FALSE – The discharge from clinical
sinks and conveyed to the building drain is
defined as a waste pipe.
14. THERMOSTATIC (TEMPERATURE
CONTROL) VALVE – A mixing valve that
senses outlet temperature and
compensates for fluctuations in incoming
hot or cold water temperature is a ____.
15. CROSS-LINKED POLYETHYLENE –
PEX is defined as _____.
16. BUILDING DRAIN – 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
feet outside the building wall is a _____.
17. CONTINUOUS VENT – A vertical vent
that is a continuation of the drain to which
it connects.
18. BUILDING SEWER THAT CONVEYS
BOTH SEWAGE AND STORM WATER –
A combination building sewer is a:
19. INVERT – The lowest portion of the
inside of a horizontal pipe is called the __.
20. CODE – A standard that is an
extensive compilation of provisions
covering broad subject matter.
21. TRUE – Static pressure is pressure
existing without any flow.
22. TRAP PRIMER – A device and system
of piping that maintains a water seal in a
remote trap.
23. MAIN VENT – The principal artery of
the venting system to which branches
may be connected.
24. AUTHORITY HAVING
JURISDICTION – The organization,
office, or individual responsible for
enforcing the requirements of a code or
standard.
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25. BUILDING SUBDRAIN – That
portion of a drainage system that does not
drain by gravity into the building sewer.
26. CONDUCTOR – A pipe inside a
building that conveys storm water from
the roof to a storm drain, combined
building sewer, or other approved point of
disposal.
27. BOILER BLOWOFF – An outlet on a
boiler to permit emptying or discharging
of sediment.
28. WATER HAMMER ARRESTOR – A
device designed to provide protection
against hydraulic shock in the building
water supply system.
29. BACKWATER VALVE – A device
installed in a drainage system to prevent
reverse flow.
30. NEGATIVE PRESSURE / VACUUM –
Any pressure less than that exerted by
atmosphere.
31. POSITIVE PRESSURE – Any
pressure greater than that exerted by
atmosphere.
32. HORIZONTAL PIPING EXTENDING
FROM A RISER TO A STATION OUTLET
OR INLET – The service valve serves ___.
33. STANDARD – A document, wherein
the main text of which contains only
mandatory provisions using the word
“shall” to indicate requirements, is best
described as a ____.
34. TRUE – Unsanitary and insanitary
share the same meaning.
35. BOTTOM – When a backflow
prevention device does not bear a critical
level marking, the part of the device that
shall constitute the critical level is the __.
36. BUILDING SUPPLY – The pipe from
the source of supply to a building or
structure is the _____.
37. ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE – Any
pressure equal to that exerted by
atmosphere.
38. 325 F – The T rating limits the
maximum temperature rise of ____ above
its initial temperature through the
penetration on the no fire side.
39. The definition of gray water is:
- Untreated wastewater that has not come
into contact with kitchen sink or dishwater
waste
- Untreated wastewater that has not come
into contact with toilet waste
- Wastewater from bathtubs, showers,
lavatories, clothes washers and laundry
tubs
- ALL OF THE ABOVE
40. TERTIARY TREATED NON-POTABLE
WATER – Reclaimed water systems are
defined as:
41. VENT CONNECTOR – That portion of
a venting system that connects a water
heater to a vent.
42. FLUSH VALVE – A device located at
the bottom of the tank for the purpose of
flushing water closets and similar fixtures.
43. HOUSE OR INLET SIDE OF THE
FIXTURE TRAP – The overflow pipe from
a fixture shall be connected on the ____.
44. AIRBREAK - A physical separation,
which may be low inlet into the indirect
waste receptor from the fixture, appliance
or device indirectly connected.
45. VERTICAL – A pipe that makes an
angle of 45 degrees from the vertical.
46. WATER PIPING – The definition for
the work “Stack” does not include ____.
47. TRUE – A permanently installed
mechanical device, other than an ejector,
for removing sewage or liquid waste from
a sump is called a sewage pump.
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48. COPPER ALLOY – Screws or bolts for
securing floor-mounted fixtures shall be _.
49. A UTILITY SPACE OR ACCESS
PANEL – Fixtures having concealed slip
joint connections shall be provided with __
50. TOILETS – Gray water is untreated
wastewater that has not come into contact
with waste from which of the following?
51. 1-1/2 inches – The diameter of a
waste outlet and fixture tailpiece for a
bathtub shall not be less than ____.
(Inner diameter)
52. TRUE – The connection of a
dishwasher drain directly to the
continuous waste is a code violation.
53. 15” – The minimum distance from a
side wall to the center of a water closet is
54. 24” – The distance between the
center of two urinals cannot be less than
55. 1 – Manually controlled flushometer
valves shall be used to flush not more
than ___ urinal(s).
56. VACUUM BREAKER – A water supply
to a urinal shall be protected by an
approved _____.
57. PROHIBITED - Trough urinals shall
be ____.
58. 30” – With two noted exceptions, all
shower compartments and receptors shall
be capable of encompassing a ____
diameter circle.
59. TO COMPLY WITH ACCESSIBILITY
STANDARDS – The curb or threshold of a
shower compartment may be eliminated.
60. 2, 9 – A dam or threshold be less than
__ inches or exceeding __ inches in depth
were measured from the top of the dam
or threshold to the top of the drain.
61. SOLDERED or BRAZED - Joints in
copper shower pan liner shall be ____.
62. PUBLIC TOILET ROOMS – Drinking
fountains shall not be installed in ______.
63. 30” – Water closets set side by side
shall be no closer than __ center to center.
64. AUTOMATIC IN OPERATION –
Tanks flushing more than one urinal shall
be _____.
65. FLUSH TANKS – Automatically
controlled flushometer valves may be
substituted for ____.
66. MADE WATERTIGHT – The joint of a
wall-hung lavatory, where is in contact
with the wall, shall be ____.
67. FLOOR DRAINS & SHOWER DRAINS
– In the construction of “on-site built-up
shower receptors”, watertight shower pan
linings shall be installed, over a smooth
and solid sub-base, with a pitch to the
“weep holes” of ________ inch per foot.
68. METAL SUPPORTING MEMBERS –
Wall-hung lavatories shall be supported by
____.
69. 1 ¼ inches – The tailpiece diameter
for lavatories shall not be less than ____.
70. 2% - Gutters in public shower rooms
shall be sloped not less than ___.
71. ¼ - Strainers having waterway areas
at least equivalent to the area of their
tailpiece are required for ___.
72. PRESSURE BALANCE TYPE &
THERMOSTATIC MIXING VALVE TYPE
– Showers and tub-shower combinations
shall not be provided with individual
control valves of the _______.
73. 24” – The clear span in front of any
water closet or bidet shall not be less than
___.
74. 110 – Maximum hot water
temperature discharging from a bidet shall
be limited to ___ ◦F.
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75. TOP OF THE CLOSET RING – Closet

bends or stubs shall be cut off so as to
present a smooth surface, even with the
____.

76. A CARRIER FITTINGS – Wall-

mounted water closets shall be securely
bolted to ____.

77. FLANGES – Fixture connections

between drainage pipes and water closets
shall be made with approved ____.

78. A domestic dish-washing machine

shall discharge indirectly through an air
cap fitting into a ____.
a. wye branch fitting on the tailpiece of a
kitchen sink
b. waste receptor
c. dishwasher connection of a food waste
disposer
d. ALL OF THE ABOVE

79. AIR GAP – The water supply to a

bathtub and whirlpool bathtub filler valve
shall be protected by an ____.

80. CLEARLY IDENTIFIED – The path of

travel to an emergency eyewash shall be _

81.