KRS 3.18 KY STATE PLUMBING TEST QUESTIONS WITH ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
VERIFIED DETAILED ANSWERS ||\\//|| ||\\//||
"Department" means what? - correct answer✔✔Dept of Housing, Building & Construction ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
PG 7 ||\\//||
What is a Journeyman Plumber and what are his duties? - correct answer✔✔Person who
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works under direct supervision of a master plumbing while working with plumbing &
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materials. PG 7 ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is a Master Plumber and what are his duties? - correct answer✔✔A person who
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assumes responsibility and work in and with plumbing systems. PG 7 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Give the definition of "plumbing" - correct answer✔✔The art of installing plumbing
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List fives examples that are included as "plumbing" - correct answer✔✔1. Water Supply
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2. Drainage System
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3. Ventilation
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4. Drainage Vent
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5. Install water heating devices
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Describe in detail what a maintenance man can do in this everyday duties. - correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
answer✔✔Keep the plumbing systems working properly and in good repair ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is the definition of "apprentice" - correct answer✔✔Person who engages in pluming
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under supervision of a journeyman or master plumber ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
,What is meant by a farmstead and where does it apply? - correct answer✔✔Farm w/
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multiple buildings with 10 or more acres. Outside municipalities ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is the code? - correct answer✔✔Kentucky State Plumbing Code (KRS 318)
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Chapter 318 applies and shall be in full force where in the commonwealth? Where in the
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commonwealth is there an exception to this rule? - correct answer✔✔The entire ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
commonwealth. Except Farmsteads ||\\//|| ||\\//||
No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in plumbing unless amount of general liability
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
insurance is maintained? - correct answer✔✔250K ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What four qualifications must be met to become a journeyman/master plumber? - correct
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answer✔✔1. 18 years old ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
2. Good morales
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3. US Citizen
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4, Pose all other qualifications
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When does plumbing license expire? - correct answer✔✔Last day of license holders birth
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month
Name 5 reasons a license may be revoked? - correct answer✔✔1. Willing violating code
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2. Stealing money
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3. Fraud
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4. Incompetent
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5. Letting another employee use your license
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PG 11 ||\\//||
, What procedure can be taken when your license has been revoked or suspended by the
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department? - correct answer✔✔Hearing and then an appeal w/ Circuit Court ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Any person aggrieved by any rule, regulation, or amendment approved by the department
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can appeal such action to whom and this would have to be done within how many days of
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the action? - correct answer✔✔Circuit court within 30 days
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How many member make up the plumbing code committee and state examining
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committee? - correct answer✔✔4 & 7 PG 12 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
How many years experience must a plumber have to be qualified to become a plumbing
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inspector and does the plumber have to have both masters and journeyman license? - ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
correct answer✔✔8 years of experience, no. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Explain when a notice of connection letter, for a person in responsible charge of a plumbing ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
company or individual engaged in the plumbing business has to be submitted to the
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division of plumbing. - correct answer✔✔Day of connection ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Before you can construct, install, alter, or cause to construct, install, or alter any plumbing
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in the commonwealth you must first have what? - correct answer✔✔A permit
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If an on-site sewage disposal system that does not have a surface discharge is proposed on a
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plumbing installation permit application what must accompany this application? - correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
answer✔✔A separate permit. Valid on site sewage. PG 17 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Before a plumber can construct, install, or extensively alter any plumbing, sewerage or
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
water supply in a public building what must be obtained and how is it done? - correct
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answer✔✔Submit drawings and pull/get permit. PG 17 & 18 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
VERIFIED DETAILED ANSWERS ||\\//|| ||\\//||
"Department" means what? - correct answer✔✔Dept of Housing, Building & Construction ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
PG 7 ||\\//||
What is a Journeyman Plumber and what are his duties? - correct answer✔✔Person who
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
works under direct supervision of a master plumbing while working with plumbing &
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materials. PG 7 ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is a Master Plumber and what are his duties? - correct answer✔✔A person who
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
assumes responsibility and work in and with plumbing systems. PG 7 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Give the definition of "plumbing" - correct answer✔✔The art of installing plumbing
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
List fives examples that are included as "plumbing" - correct answer✔✔1. Water Supply
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
2. Drainage System
||\\//|| ||\\//||
3. Ventilation
||\\//||
4. Drainage Vent
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
5. Install water heating devices
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Describe in detail what a maintenance man can do in this everyday duties. - correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
answer✔✔Keep the plumbing systems working properly and in good repair ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is the definition of "apprentice" - correct answer✔✔Person who engages in pluming
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
under supervision of a journeyman or master plumber ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
,What is meant by a farmstead and where does it apply? - correct answer✔✔Farm w/
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
multiple buildings with 10 or more acres. Outside municipalities ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What is the code? - correct answer✔✔Kentucky State Plumbing Code (KRS 318)
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Chapter 318 applies and shall be in full force where in the commonwealth? Where in the
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
commonwealth is there an exception to this rule? - correct answer✔✔The entire ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
commonwealth. Except Farmsteads ||\\//|| ||\\//||
No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in plumbing unless amount of general liability
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
insurance is maintained? - correct answer✔✔250K ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
What four qualifications must be met to become a journeyman/master plumber? - correct
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
answer✔✔1. 18 years old ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
2. Good morales
||\\//|| ||\\//||
3. US Citizen
||\\//|| ||\\//||
4, Pose all other qualifications
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
When does plumbing license expire? - correct answer✔✔Last day of license holders birth
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
month
Name 5 reasons a license may be revoked? - correct answer✔✔1. Willing violating code
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
2. Stealing money
||\\//|| ||\\//||
3. Fraud
||\\//||
4. Incompetent
||\\//||
5. Letting another employee use your license
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
PG 11 ||\\//||
, What procedure can be taken when your license has been revoked or suspended by the
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
department? - correct answer✔✔Hearing and then an appeal w/ Circuit Court ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Any person aggrieved by any rule, regulation, or amendment approved by the department
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
can appeal such action to whom and this would have to be done within how many days of
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
the action? - correct answer✔✔Circuit court within 30 days
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
How many member make up the plumbing code committee and state examining
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
committee? - correct answer✔✔4 & 7 PG 12 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
How many years experience must a plumber have to be qualified to become a plumbing
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
inspector and does the plumber have to have both masters and journeyman license? - ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
correct answer✔✔8 years of experience, no. ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Explain when a notice of connection letter, for a person in responsible charge of a plumbing ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
company or individual engaged in the plumbing business has to be submitted to the
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
division of plumbing. - correct answer✔✔Day of connection ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Before you can construct, install, alter, or cause to construct, install, or alter any plumbing
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
in the commonwealth you must first have what? - correct answer✔✔A permit
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
If an on-site sewage disposal system that does not have a surface discharge is proposed on a
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
plumbing installation permit application what must accompany this application? - correct ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
answer✔✔A separate permit. Valid on site sewage. PG 17 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
Before a plumber can construct, install, or extensively alter any plumbing, sewerage or
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
water supply in a public building what must be obtained and how is it done? - correct
||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
answer✔✔Submit drawings and pull/get permit. PG 17 & 18 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||
