MASTER PLUMBER BOARD EXAM

PLUMBING ARITHMETIC - 10%

PLUMBING CODE - 10%
SANITATION, PLUMBING DESIGN - 40%
PRACTICAL PROBLEMS - 40%

PLUMBING ARITHMETIC

1. Simple / Compound Interest

2. Chemical Symbol for Tin
3. Luxury
4. Clock Problem – what time after 2:00 o’clock the hands perpendicular to each other
5. Area of Triangle – given two sides
6. Length of Other Triangle – given two sides and an angle
7. Volume of Cone and Cylinder
8. Radius of a Sphere
9. Unit Weight
10. Types of Triangles
11. Unit Conversion (Celsius to Fahrenheit)
12. Lateral and Surface Areas
13. Ordinary Annuity
14. Highest Position in the Corporation – Chairman of the Board
15. Fair Market Value
16. Significant Numbers
17. Sum of Interior Angles
18. Nth Term of the Sequence
19. Line Segment Definition
20. Pythagorean Theorem
21. Age Problem
22. Average Velocity
23. Probability – 5 starter in basketball, 15 members; sum of 11 in rolling dice
24. Radius of Circle with Square Inscribed
25. Basic Physics
26. Bernoulli, Flow Rate formula, simple conversions
27. Range / Domain

PLUMBING CODE

1. Gray Water
2. Storm Water is Rain Water
3. Vacuum
4. Common Vent Corporation Stop
5. Ejector
6. Venting System
7. Vent Stack
8. Stack
9. Pressure Relief Valve
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11. House Sewer
12. Blank Flange
13. International Organization for Standardization
14. Plastic Pipe Support – 1 meter
15. Flood Level Rim
16. Tapped Tee
17. Fitting and Adapter
18. One year commencement upon issuance of permit
19. Soil Pipe
20. Insanitary
21. Invert
22. Plumbing Code
23. History of Plumbing
24. Basic principles, code of ethics
25. Most of all. Master Chapter 2 - Definitions, dami lumalabas jan pramis

SANITATION, PLUMBING DESIGN AND INSTALLATION

1. Local Vent
2. Valves up to 51mm – Brass
3. Area method
4. Sanitary Landfill
5. Maximum Length of Fire Hose
6. Pendent
7. Minimum Pipe Size for Dry Stand Pipe
8. Minimum Pipe Size for 3 Tonner Refrigerant
9. Top Slab (parts of Septic Tank)
10. Trap Seal
11. Minimum Water Seal for Drum Trap
12. Maximum Trap Diameter for Shower Bath
13. Submersible Pump
14. Combination of Sanitary Sewage and Storm Water Combine Sewage
15. Waste Pipe
16. Unit Vent
17. Dead End
18. Wet Vent
19. Cesspool
20. DMV
21. Types ng Tools (caliper, hammers, shovel)
22. Troubleshoot problems and remedies ng mga fixtures, mga situational questions,
23. Design of Septic Tank
24. Design of spacings of fixtures to each other, to wall
25. Minimum sizes of pipes for every fixture (trap & trap arm size;may table yan)
26. Konting tanong sa Biology, basic science.
27. Sizing of Storm Drainage System
28. Sizing of Water Distribution System

PRACTICAL PROBLEMS
 1. Ablution Trough – Religious Ceremonies
2. Dental Cupsidor
3. Minimum Pipe Size for 3-Way Siamese Connection
4. Flanged Globe Valve
5. Soldered Tee
6. Water Hammer
7. Chain Tong
8. Chain Wrench
9. Strap Wrench
10. Round Point Shovel
11. Plastic Basic Nut Wrench
12. Air Chamber
13. Air Space
14. Connection of Main Vent and Stack Vent
15. Journeyman
16. Apprentice Plumber
17. Carbon Monoxide
18. Flooded
19. Plumber Snake – Cleanout Auger
20. Puro situational problems at troubleshoot
21. Plumbing tools,
22. Plumbing materials
23. Types of pipe support

TABLES

1. Table 6-1 Minimum Air Gaps for Water Distribution pg.59

2. Table 6-5 Equivalent Water Supply Fixture Units pg.73
3. Table 7-2 Minimum Trap Diameters & Drainage Fixture Units pg.80
4. Table 7-3 Discharge Capacity pg.81
5. Table 7-4 Cleanouts pg.83
6. Table 7-6 Cleanouts 9 (metric) pg.89
7. Table 10-1 Horizontal Distance of Trap Arms pg.107
8. Table 10-2 Grease Traps Capacity pg.112
9. Table 14-3 Reference Specifications for Plumbing Materials (important) pg.148