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Q.1) What is the minimum dimension for a turning space in a water closet stall
intended for disabled persons?
A. 2.00 m
B. 1.20 m
C. 1.00 m
D. 1.50 m (Your Answer)
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Q.2) Who is empowered to administer the provision of Rep. Act 1378?
A. Office of the President
B. Congress of the Philippines
C. The Board of Examiners for Master Plumbers (Your Answer)
D. Professional Regulation Commision
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Q.3) What is the PRC Resolution Number is issued by the Board of Master Plumbing
for the adoption and promulgation of the Revised National Plumbing Code of
the Philippines?
A. Res. No. 2 (Your Answer)
B. Res. No. 1378
C. Res. No. 4 (Correct Answer)
D. Res. No. 962
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Q.4) A kind of cleanout plugs that will be installed in case where raised heads may
cause hazards to passing personnel or vehicles.
A. depressed
B. countersunk (Your Answer)
C. embedded
D. recessed
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Q.5) The following are grounds for non-issuance of the certificate of registration by
the Board of Master Plumbers EXCEPT
A. convicted by court for any criminal offense
B. of unsound mind
C. guilty of immoral or dishonorable conduct
D. failure to pay the required fees (Your Answer)
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Q.6) Who shall set the criteria for the quality of drinking water from meteoric,
surface or underground sources?
D. 50 cm to 1.0 m
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Q.12) What installation standard is followed in joining plastic pipe and fittings by
solvent cement?
A. ISO (Your Answer)
B. ANSI
C. IAPMO (Correct Answer)
D. ASHRAE
Wrong
Q.13) The appropriate sealant that will be used to cover void spaces between pipes
and sleeves through concrete floors in the ground
A. bitumen (Correct Answer)
B. epoxy (Your Answer)
C. grease
D. putty
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Q.14) In accordance to the Building Code, what must be provided in addition to septic
tanks by building located in areas where there is no sanitary sewerage system
whenever they will dispose their waste?
A. Baffle plate
B. Subsurface absorption filed (Correct Answer)
C. Imhoff tank
D. Settling chamber (Your Answer)
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Q.15) Under the Accessibilty Law, what is the minimum area of water closet stalls?
A. 1.7 x 1.8 meters (Your Answer)
B. 2.0 x 2.0 meters
C. 1.5 x 1.8 meters
D. 1.2 x 2.0 meters
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Q.16) When shall the installation of plumbing equipment to supply building or
structures from existing water supply system only be allowed to?
A. If the water demand is inadequate
B. Whenever the water supply is scantity availbale
C. When there is always water in the main (Your Answer)
D. When water is not available in the vicinity
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Q.17) Under what law did plumbing became a duly recognized profession by the
Philppine government?
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Q.23) What is the maximum distance as where supports of vertical cast iron soil pipes
are made?
A. every 3.0 m (Your Answer)
B. every meter
C. every storey (Correct Answer)
D. every joint
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Q.24) Which of the following plumbing code in USA does the National Plumbing Code
of the Philippines was being patterned for?
A. Standard Plumbing Code
B. ASPE Code
C. Uniform Plumbing Code (Your Answer)
D. International Plumbing Code
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Q.25) In the water test of the entire plumbing system all openings should be tightly
closed except at
A. producing cleanouts
B. highest opening (Your Answer)
C. stack vent
D. bleeders
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Q.26) A stack, as defined in the code, is ___
A. the main vent
B. any vertical vent
C. the horizontal main of soil, waste, or vent stack
the vertical main of soil, waste, or vent piping that extends one or more
D.
stories (Your Answer)
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Q.27) What is the minimum diameter of vent pipe is allowed in the revised Code?
A. 1 inch
B. 1 1/4 inch (Your Answer)
C. 2 inch
D. 1 1/2 inch
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Q.28) Except for plastic piping system, hot and cold water piping may be tested wtih
___
A. 50 psi of the working pressure of the water in the system for at least 15
Of the four board subjects given for Master Plumbers examination, which of this
subject was originally split into two subject?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Q.40) How many units do the controversial Article 3.2.2.2 of PD 1096 otherwise known as
the National Building Code limits the practice of Master Plumber?
A. 20 (Correct Answer)
B. 10
C. 5
D. 50
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Q.41) Building sewers shall be tested by completely filling the sewer with water from the
___
A. lowest to the highest point (Your Answer)
B. lowest to at least ground level
C. lowest to at least a 10-foot head
D. lowest to at least a 5-foot head
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Q.42) Aside from galvanized steel, what is the other material for dry standpipe that the
Building Code allows?
A. PVC pipe
B. Wrought iron (Correct Answer)
C. PE pipe
D. Brass (Your Answer)
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Q.43) For new, additional or altered plumbing installation not exceeding 20 units, the
Building Code stated that a Licensed Master Plumber could sign and affix his seal on
the follwing engineering documents except
A. Plumbing plan and layout
B. Design analysis and plans of the original installation (Correct Answer)
C. Isometric drawing (Your Answer)
D. Guide specifications and bill of materials
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Q.44) Unless prohibited by structural conditions, what is the reference of each vertical vent
pipes before offsetting horizontally to join the stack vent or vent stack?
A. invert of trap
B. air gap of fixture
C. water level inside the trap
D. highest flood level rim of fixture (Your Answer)
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Q.45) What is the masimum length of the fire hose that shall be equipped on wet
standpipes?
A. 12 meters
B. 23 meters (Your Answer)
C. 17 meters
D. 25 meters
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Q.46) What shape of signage is shown for mens showroom?
A. SQUARE
B. CIRCLE
C. TRIANGLE (Your Answer)
D. RECTANGLE
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Q.47) Who was awarded as the most outstanding Registered Master Plumber for the Year
2011?
A. Dave Vela (Correct Answer)
B. Alberto Azarcon
C. Alberto Cabael (Your Answer)
D. Thelma Cardente
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Q.48) What is the minimum horizontal clear dsitance from the septic tank to the property
line of the adjoining private property?
A. 1.0 m
B. 1.2 m
C. 1.5 m (Your Answer)
D. 1.8 m
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Q.49) What is the minimum total net inlet area of roof deck drains on roof deck used as sun
decks and parking decks?
A. equal to the area of outlet pipe (Your Answer)
B. equal to 4 times the area of outlet pipe
C. equal to 2 times the area of outlet pipe (Correct Answer)
D. equal to 1 1/2 times the area of outlet pipe
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Q.50) The cover of gravity tanks shall be vented using a screened
A. return bend pipe (Correct Answer)
B. upright pipe
C. horizontal nipple
D. all of these (Your Answer)
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Q.51) A type of drainage and venting system with universal branch line that is prohibited
A. single (Your Answer)
B. dual
C. dependent
D. alternate
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Q.52) Except on what fixture does the vent pipe opening from the soil or waste pipe must
not be below the weir of the trap?
A. lavatory
B. kitchen sink
C. bath tub
D. water closet (Your Answer)
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Q.53) A fitting for lead-caulked joint that is prohibited when in vertical position
A. single hub
B. double hub (Correct Answer)
C. double tapped tee
D. all of these (Your Answer)
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Q.54) What is the shape for the signage for women's comfort room in order to aid visually
impaired women readilty determine whether a washroom is for men or women?
A. CIRCLE (Correct Answer)
B. RECTANGLE
C. TRIANGLE (Your Answer)
D. SQUARE
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Q.55) Which of the following is a prohibited fixture inside a public toilet room?
A. faucet
B. drinking fountain (Your Answer)
C. slop sink
D. bidet
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Q.56) In the excreta drainage system, which of the following pipe materials should not be
used underground?
A. vitrified clay pipe
B. hubless cast iron
C. galvanized wrought iron (Correct Answer)
D. none of the above (Your Answer)
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Q.57) According to the Fire Code of the Philippines what is the required slope of all
horizontal runs of dry standpipes system for purpose of drawing?
A. 10%
B. 20% (Correct Answer)
C. 5%
D. 2% (Your Answer)
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Q.58) What portion of the trap should the vent pipe opening will not go below from a soil
or waste pipe?
A. slip joint
B. weir (Your Answer)
C. sleeve
D. seal
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Q.59) According to Rep. Act 1378 for at leasrt how many years must the appointee to the
Board of Master Plumbers must have been actively engaged in the trade of
plumbing?
A. Ten years
B. Eight years
C. Two years
D. Five years (Your Answer)
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Q.60) What is not needed to be installed when a combination standpipe system is installed
in accordance with the Fire Code?
A. dry standpipe (Correct Answer)
B. wet standpipe
C. sprinkler system
D. siamese connection (Your Answer)
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Q.61) Who has the power to remove any member of the Board of Master Plumbers for
neglect of duty, incompetence, malpratice and unprofessional or dishonorable
conduct?
A. President of the Philippines (Correct Answer)
B. Civil Service Commisioner
C. Chairman of PRC Commisioners (Your Answer)
D. Commision on Appointments
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Q.62) Aside from Bell and Spigot, B & S in the code means
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Q.68) Whenever the piping is pressurized by a pump or ejector, what kind of pipe should
not be used in the excreta drainage system?
A. vitrified clay pipe (Your Answer)
B. hubless cast iron
C. galvanized wrought iron
D. none of these
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Q.69) For at least how many working days shall a required for inspection of the plumbing
works be filed before such inspection be intended?
A. 7 working days
B. 5 working days (Your Answer)
C. 3 working days (Correct Answer)
D. 10 working days
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Q.70) What is the maximum allowable lead content of pipe and fitting for potable piping
system?
A. 0%
B. 2% (Your Answer)
C. 5%
D. 8% (Correct Answer)
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Q.71) To what provision does the design, construction and operation of deep wells for the
abstraction of ground water will have to follow?
A. National Plumbing Code of the Philippines
B. National Standards for Drinking Water
C. Water Code of the Philippines (Your Answer)
D. Code of Sanitation
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Q.72) Which of the following is the primary basics for sizing vertical rainwater piping in
the Revised National Plumbing Code?
A. intensity of rainfall (Your Answer)
B. wind direction
C. slope of roof
D. roof area
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Q.73) What is the minimum age requirement for an appointee to become a member of the
Board of Master Plumbers?
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Q.79) If ever pipes are to pass through masonry by using pipe sleeves, how far must each
pipe be from each other?
A. Minimum of three diameters, center to center (Correct Answer)
B. Minimum of three diameters flushed from each hole (Your Answer)
C. Minimum of 0.15 m on centers
D. Maximum of two diameters flushed from each hole
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Q.80) What is the nimimum floor area in every storey which is used for habitation,
recreation, dining, study of work and which has an occupiped load of not more than
20, wherein a standard automatic extinguishing system is a
A. 300 sq.m
B. 200 sq.m (Your Answer)
C. 400 sq.m
D. 500 sq.m
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Q.81) Who was the first Charter President of NAMPAP?
A. Antonio Mansueto Sr.
B. Comelio G. Odvina
C. Jesus Tanghal Dera (Your Answer)
D. Catalino C. Casupanan (Correct Answer)
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Q.82) Which of the following is not included in a plumbing unit?
A. Water Meter (Your Answer)
B. Floor Drain
C. Urinal (Correct Answer)
D. Laundry Tray
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Q.83) For the hot and cold water distribution system, on what side should the hot water
supply be placed in combination fittings?
A. left (Your Answer)
B. right
C. center
D. none of these
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Q.84) What is the maximum height should a water closet have if it is intended for a
disabled person.
A. 0.40m
B. 0.50m *
C. 0.45m (Your Answer)
D. 0.35m
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Q.85) What Congress of the Republic of the Philippines approved after the third
reading Rep. Act 1378 otherwise known as the Plumbing Law of the
Philippines?
A. Third Congress (Your Answer)
B. Sixth Congress
C. Second Congress
D. Fifth Congress
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Q.86) What is the minimum number of years of experience must a Registered Master
Plumber be before he can be a technical staff of a Building Office?
A. one year
B. three years (Correct Answer)
C. two years
D. five years (Your Answer)
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Q.87) NAMPAP is a professional organization of Registered Master Plumber under
PRC. What is the PRC accreditation number of NAMPAP?
A. 10
B. 14 (Correct Answer)
C. 18 (Your Answer)
D. 12
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Q.88) What is the minimum number of water closet in a floor level wherein you have to
provide 1 water closet for disabled persons as provided by Batas Pambansa Blg. 344?
in excess of this number you have to provide 2.
A. 12
B. 15
C. 20 (Your Answer)
D. 10
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Q.89) The following are the data required whenever a Registered Master Plumber sign the
blueprint of the building plan EXCEPT
A. Date of PRC registration
B. PTR date
C. Registration expiry date (Your Answer)
D. none of these
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Q.90) In order as not to impede the movement of a person in wheel chair and to have a
convenient access on the lavatory, what is the allowable knee recess vertical
clearance that will be provided?
A. 0.50 m to 0.80 m
B. 0.60 m to 0.80 m
C. 0.40 m to 0.70 m
D. 0.60 m to 0.70 m (Your Answer)
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Q.91) The minimum requirement for the slope of horizontal drainage pipes between
manholes is
A. 2% (Your Answer)
B. 2 1/2%
C. 3%
D. 4%
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Q.92) What is the type of Siamese connection that all 125-millimeter dry standpipes shall
be equipped with?
A. three-way (Correct Answer)
B. two-way (Your Answer)
C. four-way
D. one-way
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Q.93) For how many days shall the REvised National Plumbing Code will take effect
following its complete publication in the Official Gazette?
A. 100 days (Correct Answer)
B. 60 days
C. 50 days
D. 30 days (Your Answer)
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Q.94) What kind of septic tank is prohibited?
A. CONCRETE
B. STEEL
C. PLASTIC
D. WOODEN (Your Answer)
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Q.95) When permitted by DENR, which of the following below is NOT used as a basis
in determining the type of the private sewage disposal system to be used?
A. SOIL POROSITY
B. GROUND WATER LEVEL
C. NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS (Your Answer)
D. LOCATION
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Q.96) Aside from the number of fixture units connected to it, the size of the vent
piping is determined by its
A. number of inlets
B. length (Your Answer)
C. discharge
D. loading
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Q.97) For a vertical drainage line that is installed to be truly in vertical position, what is the
allowed degeree of the branch to be used?
A. 10
B. 45 (Your Answer)
C. 30
D. 60 (Correct Answer)
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Q.98) In 1966- 1969, the Board of Master Plumbers and NAMPAP prepared a
curriculum for Plumbing Engineering and approved by the Department of
Education. What was the first school that introduced the Plumbing Engineering
curriculum?
A. Feati University (Correct Answer)
B. University of the Philippines
C. Mapua Institute of Technology (Your Answer)
D. National University
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Q.99)
With what standard specification must all pipe materials must conform to?
Unanswered
Q.101) What is the minimum allowable interval for the support of plastic pipes when
installed vertically
A. 2ft
B. 5ft
C. 1 meter (Correct Answer)
D. 1.5 meter
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Q.102) Where should the overflow pipe lead for overhead tank installed on buildings?
A. Soil stack
B. Scuppers
C. Storm drain (Your Answer)
D. Gutter
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Q.103) Within how many meters away shall unions be installed from regulating equipment,
water heater, conditioning tank and similar equipment which require removal for
servicing or replacement?
A. 2 ft (Your Answer)
B. 1 m
C. 5 ft
D. 0.3 m (Correct Answer)
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Q.104) Who is the current chairman of the Board of Examiners for Master Plumber?
A. Fortunato Amosco
B. Virgilio Simbulan (Correct Answer)
C. Jessie Mariano (Your Answer)
D. Valerin Maogila
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Q.105) What shall be issued by the Administrative Authority for the construction of a part
of a large and/or complicated plumbing system before the entire plans and
specifications for the whole system have been submitted or approved?
A. restraining order (Your Answer)
B. partial permit (Correct Answer)
C. summon
D. evaluation sheet
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Q.106) What is the minimum pipe size of the standpipe if the highest outlet is located 23
meters or less above the Fire Service connection?
A. 3 inches
B. 6 inches
C. 5 inches
D. 4 inches (Your Answer)
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Q.107) What government agency is tasked to set the criteria in the discharge of sanitary
sewage from buildings or pretreated industrial wastewater directly into the nearest
sanitary sewer main?
A. National Pollution Control Commission
B. Dept of Environment and Natural Resources (Your Answer)
C. Department of Health
D. Department of Public Works
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Q.108) What is the fee if an expired plumbing permit is renewed?
A. P 150.00
B. Equal to the original fee
C. Double of the original fee
D. 1/2 of the original fee (Your Answer)
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Q.109) Who among the Board Examiners is not a signatory to PRC Resolution 04 that
request for the adoption and promulgation of the Revised National Plumbing
Code of the Philippines in 1999?
A. Imelda Perez (Correct Answer)
B. Aida Emely Luz
C. Fortunato Amosco (Your Answer)
D. Jesus Pacheco
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Q.110) What is the maximum water pressure must standpipe fittings and connections must
withstand to when ready for service?
A. 21 kg/cm (Correct Answer)
B. 34 kg/cm
C. 15 kg/cm (Your Answer)
D. 8 kg/cm
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Q.111) Where practical, all pipes from fixtures shall be run in what direction with
respect to the nearest wall or building line?
A. offset
B. parallel (Your Answer)
C. across
D. perpendicular
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Q.112) Unless serving sinks or urinals, cleanouts may be omitted on a horizontal drain
line that is
A. equal to 2.0 meters
B. greater than 2.0 meters
C. less than 1.5 meters (Your Answer)
D. none of these
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Q.113) Accordingto Batas Pambansa Blg. 344, what type of urinal should be provided
for disabled persons?
A. WALL-HUNG TYPE (Your Answer)
B. PEDESTAL TYPE
C. TROUGH TYPE (Correct Answer)
D. NONE OF THESE