MAINE JOURNEYMAN PLUMBING
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When Plumbing code conflicts with mechanical code, which shall prevail? -
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CORRECT ANSWER - Plumbing code
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It is the duty of whom to notify the AHJ of work ready for inspection? - CORRECT
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ANSWER - The person doing the work
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What is AHJ? - CORRECTANSWER - Authority Having Jurisdiction
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How much notice must you give theAHJ prior to inspection? - CORRECT
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ANSWER - 24 Hours
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hot water for public use lavatories shall be limited to what temp:
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A) 105
B) 120
C)115
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D)110 - CORRECTANSWER - 120 F | | | | | |
Is the plumbing code minimum or maximum standards? - CORRECT ANSWER -
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Minimum requirements and standards
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What is considered a bathroom? - CORRECTANSWER - A room with a shower
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or bathtub
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,that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the
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discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building
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and conveys it to the building sewer
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A) Building subdrain |
B) soil stack |
C) Building Sewer |
D) Building drain - CORRECTANSWER - Building drain | | | | | | |
A vertical vent that is a continuation of the drain to which it connects
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A) Continuous vent |
B) Yoke Vent |
C) Up Vent |
D) Standard Vent - CORRECTANSWER - Continuous vent | | | | | | |
a specially designed system of waste piping embodying the horizontal wet venting
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of one or more sinks or floor drains by means of a common waste and vent pipe
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adequately sized to provide free movement of air above the flow line of the drain
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A) Combination Waste and Vent system | | | |
B) Drain air system | |
C) Oversized drain |
D) Flat Drain - CORRECTANSWER - Combination Waste and vent system
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Where parallel vertical stacks are installed, the connection for the soil stacks shall
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be via:
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A) Backflow tee |
B) Typical Wye |
C) Drain Tee |
D) Yoke Vent - CORRECTANSWER - Yoke vent | | | | | | |
, You are looking at a 16 foot long cylinder that is 4 feet wide. If it is entirely full, how
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much water is in the cylinder?
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A) 200.96
B)256
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C) 300 - CORRECTANSWER - 200.96
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Volumeis (PieX R^2)xHeight (3.14x2^2) | | | | |
X 16 =200.96
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The Volume of the cylinder is 200.96 cubic feet, many gallons of water is that?
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A) 1503
B) 1600
C) 1000
D) 1263.72 - CORRECT ANSWER - 7.48 gallons per cubic foot | | | | | | | | |
(200.96 X 7.48) = 1503.2 gallons
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Developed Length - CORRECTANSWER - The length along the center of the | | | | | | | | | | | |
pipe and fitting
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Vertical pipe - CORRECTANSWER - any pipe or fitting installed in a vertical
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position or which forms an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the vertical line
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potable water - CORRECTANSWER - water that is safe to drink, use in culinary
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and domestic purposes
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a stack is - CORRECT ANSWER - a vertical pipe
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branch - CORRECTANSWER - Horizontal pipe| | | | | |
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When Plumbing code conflicts with mechanical code, which shall prevail? -
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CORRECT ANSWER - Plumbing code
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It is the duty of whom to notify the AHJ of work ready for inspection? - CORRECT
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ANSWER - The person doing the work
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What is AHJ? - CORRECTANSWER - Authority Having Jurisdiction
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How much notice must you give theAHJ prior to inspection? - CORRECT
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ANSWER - 24 Hours
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hot water for public use lavatories shall be limited to what temp:
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A) 105
B) 120
C)115
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D)110 - CORRECTANSWER - 120 F | | | | | |
Is the plumbing code minimum or maximum standards? - CORRECT ANSWER -
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Minimum requirements and standards
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What is considered a bathroom? - CORRECTANSWER - A room with a shower
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
or bathtub
| |
,that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and conveys it to the building sewer
| | | | | | |
A) Building subdrain |
B) soil stack |
C) Building Sewer |
D) Building drain - CORRECTANSWER - Building drain | | | | | | |
A vertical vent that is a continuation of the drain to which it connects
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
A) Continuous vent |
B) Yoke Vent |
C) Up Vent |
D) Standard Vent - CORRECTANSWER - Continuous vent | | | | | | |
a specially designed system of waste piping embodying the horizontal wet venting
| | | | | | | | | | |
of one or more sinks or floor drains by means of a common waste and vent pipe
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
adequately sized to provide free movement of air above the flow line of the drain
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
A) Combination Waste and Vent system | | | |
B) Drain air system | |
C) Oversized drain |
D) Flat Drain - CORRECTANSWER - Combination Waste and vent system
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Where parallel vertical stacks are installed, the connection for the soil stacks shall
| | | | | | | | | | | |
be via:
| |
A) Backflow tee |
B) Typical Wye |
C) Drain Tee |
D) Yoke Vent - CORRECTANSWER - Yoke vent | | | | | | |
, You are looking at a 16 foot long cylinder that is 4 feet wide. If it is entirely full, how
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
much water is in the cylinder?
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A) 200.96
B)256
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C) 300 - CORRECTANSWER - 200.96
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Volumeis (PieX R^2)xHeight (3.14x2^2) | | | | |
X 16 =200.96
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The Volume of the cylinder is 200.96 cubic feet, many gallons of water is that?
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A) 1503
B) 1600
C) 1000
D) 1263.72 - CORRECT ANSWER - 7.48 gallons per cubic foot | | | | | | | | |
(200.96 X 7.48) = 1503.2 gallons
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Developed Length - CORRECTANSWER - The length along the center of the | | | | | | | | | | | |
pipe and fitting
| | |
Vertical pipe - CORRECTANSWER - any pipe or fitting installed in a vertical
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
position or which forms an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the vertical line
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
potable water - CORRECTANSWER - water that is safe to drink, use in culinary
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and domestic purposes
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a stack is - CORRECT ANSWER - a vertical pipe
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branch - CORRECTANSWER - Horizontal pipe| | | | | |
