Questions and Answers

1. The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the outlet
of a faucet and the flood level rim of the fixture or receptacle
A. Air break
B. Air gap
C. Angle valve
D. Backflow
2. The first section of water supply piping in a building after the water meter
A. Building supply pipe
B. Caulking/calking/cogging
3. A vertical length of soil or waste stack at least eight feet in height ( a storey hieght),
within which the horizontal branches from one storey or floor of the building or
structure are connected on the stack
A. Bidet
B. Branch interval
C. Building/house drain
D. Building/house sewer
4. The end portion of a pipe which for a short distance is enlarged to recieve the end
of another pipe which may be the same diameter for the purpose of making a joint
A. Battery of fixtures
B. Bell or hub
C. Bibb
D. Branch
5. A term synonymous with faucet, cock, plug, tap or spigot
A. Battery of fixtures
B. Bell or hub
C. Bibb
D. Branch
6. That part of the drainage system that extends from the end of the building drain and
conveys its discharge to the public sewer, private sewer, individual sewage disposal
system or other appropriate point of disposal
A. Bidet
B. Branch interval
C. Building/house drain
D. Building/house sewer
7. A pressure within the sanitary drainage system or vent piping system that is greater
than the atmospheric pressure (>14.7psi)
A. Back pressure
B. Back siphonage
C. Backwater valve
D. Ball valve
8. The flow of water or waste water in pipes in reverse direction from that normally
intended
A. Air break
B. Air gap
C. Angle valve
D. Backflow
9. A kind of fixture which is used for bathing the external genitals and posterior parts
of the body
A. Bidet
B. Branch interval
C. Building/house drain
D. Building/house sewer
10. A valve in which the flow of liquid is controlled by a rotating drilled ball that fits
tightly against a resilient (flexible) seat in the valve body
A. Back pressure
B. Back siphonage
C. Backwater valve
D. Ball valve
11. A valve in which the inlet and outlet openings are at 90 degree angle to one
another
A. Air break
B. Air gap
C. Angle valve
D. Backflow
12. The flowing by negative pressure of contaminated or polluted water from a
plumbing fixture into a potable water system
A. Back pressure
B. Back siphonage
C. Backwater valve
D. Ball valve
13. Any part of the piping system other the main, riser or stack
A. Battery of fixtures
B. Bell or hub
C. Bibb
D. Branch
14. Plugging an opening with oakum lead or other material that are pounded into the
annular space
A. Building supply pipe
B. Caulking/calking/cogging
15. That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a plumbing system which recieves the
discahrge from soil waste and other drainage pipes inside a building and conveys
it to the building sewer/house sewer
A. Bidet
B. Branch interval
C. Building/house drain
D. Building/house sewer
16. A device installed in piping to prevent the reverse flow of storm or sewage into
the drainage system or their branches
A. Back pressure
B. Back siphonage
C. Backwater valve
D. Ball valve
17. Any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into a
common horizontal waste or soil branch
A. Battery of fixtures
B. Bell or hub
C. Bibb
D. Branch
18. The physical separation between a waste pipe and an indirect receptor or device
indirectly connected
A. Air break
B. Air gap
C. Angle valve
D. Backflow