INTERIOR GAS PIPING SAFETY INSPECTION MANUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
DOT JURISDICTIONICAL PIPING ENDS? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AT THE OUTLET FITTING OF THE GAS
METER
WHEN A GAS METER IS INSIDE THE DOT JURISDICTIONAL PIPING? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AT THE
OUTLET SIDE OF THE METER EVEN INSIDE THE BUILDING.
LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES (LDC'S) ARE REQUIRED? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TO PERFORM
PERIODIC LEAK SURVEYS AND VISUAL INSPECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE
REQUIREMENTS.
NATIONAL GRID PROCEDURE MANUAL IS CALLED? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅BLUE BOOK
CON ED PROCEDURE MANUAL IS CALLED? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅YELLOW BOOK
THE REGULATION SPECIFYING THE QUALIFICATION PROCESS IS OFTERN REFERRED TO AS - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅OPERATOR QUALIFICATION OR "OQ"
WHAT IS "DOT JURISDICTIONAL PIPING"? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FOR INSIDE METERS ITS THE PIPING
FOR THE BUILDING WALL TO THE OUTLET FITTING OF THE GAS METER.
ALL PIPING AFTER THE METER OUTLET FITTING IS CALLED? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"FUEL GAS", "AHJ
PIPING" OR "HOUSE" PIPING
WHAT ORGINZATION INSIDE DOT REGULATES THE GAS PIPING? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅PIPELINE AND
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMIN. (PHMSA)
SERVICE LINE DEFINITION? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A DISTRIBUTION LINE THAT TRANSPORTS GAS FROM
A COMMON SOURCE OF SUPPLY TO AN INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER AND ENDS AT THE OUTLET SIDE OF THE
GAS METER.
,ALL PIPING FROM THE GAS MAIN UP TO THE OUTLET SIDE OF THE GAS METER IS REGULATED BY WHAT
AGENY? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅DOT PHMSA
WHAT ARE THE TWO PRIME AREAS OF INTEREST WITHIN THE CODES WHICH HAVE TO DO WITH INSIDE
INSPECTIONS? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. GAS LEAK SURVEYS & 2.ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION
THE PIPING DOWNSTREAM OF GAS METER OUTLET IS REGULATED BY? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NYS PSC
& LOCAL GAS COMPANIES & PLUMBING CODES
FEDERAL CODES REQUIRE EACH METER AND REGULATOR WHETHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE A BUILDING,
MUST BE INSTALLED IN? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. READIBLE ACCESSIBLE LOCATION 2.PROTECTED
FROM CORROSION AND DAMAGE. UPSTREAM REGULATOR MAYBE BURIED
REGULATOR INSTALLED INSIDE MUST BE LOCATED? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO
THE POINT OF SERVICE LINE ENTERING THE BUILDING
METERS INSTALLED INSIDE MUST BE IN A VENTILATED SPACE AND NOT LESS THAN - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅3 FEET FROM AN IGNITION SOURCE OR HEAT SOURCE
A SEPERATE DEVICE MUST BE INSTALLED TO PROTECT THE SYSTEM FROM VACUUM AND ? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅BACKPRESSURE
RELIEF VENTS FROM SERVICE REGULATORS MUST TERMINATE TO THE OUTDOORS AND THE
FOLLOWING 3 THINGS? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. RAIN AND INSECT RESISTANT, 2. IN AN AREA WHERE
GAS CAN ESCAPE FREELY, 3. PROTECTED FROM SUBMERGENCE IN FLOOD AREAS.
NYC LOCAL LAW 2016-152 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅BUILDING GAS PIPING MUST BE PERIODICALLY
INSPECTED EVERY 5 YEARS UNLESS THE BUILDING USING GAS IS LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD.
LMP MUST SUBMIT REPORT TO NYC DOB WITHIN - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅60 DAYS
, CLASS A CONDITION IS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. LEAKING GAS THAT CANT BE STOPPED
2. ANY NOT PROPERLY VENTED APPLIANCE SPILLING CO
3.DEFECTIVE AND OBSTRUCTED VENTING SYSTEMS
4.DEFECTIVE HEAT EXCHANGERS SPILLING CO
PLUMBER REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS, GAS LEAK, CORROSION, AND MUST
NOTIFY THE FOLLOWING THREE ENTITIES - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. OWNER, 2. UTILITY AND 3. DOB
TASK "86" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅INTERIOR JURISDICTIONAL PIPING SAFETY INSPECTIONS
AOC MEANING? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ABNORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS
TYPES OF AOCS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FLEX TO BYPASS METER
LOCKS REMOVED FOR LOCKED METER VALVE
SUSPECTED UNAUTHORIZED OPERATION OF HEAD SERVICE VALVE
CONFIRMED THEFT OF SERVICE
OPEN HOUSE PIPING NO LOCK ON METER VALVE
FLEX HOSES THROUGH A WALL
MULTIPLE FLEX HOSES IN SERIES
FLEX HOSES CONNECTING SEGMENTS OF PIPE.
FLEX CONNECTOR ON A STATIONARY APPLIANCE
CAN A FLEX CONNECTOR BE USED ON A STATIONARY APPLIANCE? YES/NO - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NO
A UNION BEFORE THE APPLIANCE VALVE IS CONSIDERED AN - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AOC
NO BRASS PIPING IS ALLOWED ON HOUSE LINE AND IS CONSIDERED AN - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AOC
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
DOT JURISDICTIONICAL PIPING ENDS? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AT THE OUTLET FITTING OF THE GAS
METER
WHEN A GAS METER IS INSIDE THE DOT JURISDICTIONAL PIPING? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AT THE
OUTLET SIDE OF THE METER EVEN INSIDE THE BUILDING.
LOCAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES (LDC'S) ARE REQUIRED? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TO PERFORM
PERIODIC LEAK SURVEYS AND VISUAL INSPECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE
REQUIREMENTS.
NATIONAL GRID PROCEDURE MANUAL IS CALLED? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅BLUE BOOK
CON ED PROCEDURE MANUAL IS CALLED? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅YELLOW BOOK
THE REGULATION SPECIFYING THE QUALIFICATION PROCESS IS OFTERN REFERRED TO AS - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅OPERATOR QUALIFICATION OR "OQ"
WHAT IS "DOT JURISDICTIONAL PIPING"? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FOR INSIDE METERS ITS THE PIPING
FOR THE BUILDING WALL TO THE OUTLET FITTING OF THE GAS METER.
ALL PIPING AFTER THE METER OUTLET FITTING IS CALLED? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"FUEL GAS", "AHJ
PIPING" OR "HOUSE" PIPING
WHAT ORGINZATION INSIDE DOT REGULATES THE GAS PIPING? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅PIPELINE AND
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMIN. (PHMSA)
SERVICE LINE DEFINITION? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A DISTRIBUTION LINE THAT TRANSPORTS GAS FROM
A COMMON SOURCE OF SUPPLY TO AN INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER AND ENDS AT THE OUTLET SIDE OF THE
GAS METER.
,ALL PIPING FROM THE GAS MAIN UP TO THE OUTLET SIDE OF THE GAS METER IS REGULATED BY WHAT
AGENY? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅DOT PHMSA
WHAT ARE THE TWO PRIME AREAS OF INTEREST WITHIN THE CODES WHICH HAVE TO DO WITH INSIDE
INSPECTIONS? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. GAS LEAK SURVEYS & 2.ATMOSPHERIC CORROSION
THE PIPING DOWNSTREAM OF GAS METER OUTLET IS REGULATED BY? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NYS PSC
& LOCAL GAS COMPANIES & PLUMBING CODES
FEDERAL CODES REQUIRE EACH METER AND REGULATOR WHETHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE A BUILDING,
MUST BE INSTALLED IN? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. READIBLE ACCESSIBLE LOCATION 2.PROTECTED
FROM CORROSION AND DAMAGE. UPSTREAM REGULATOR MAYBE BURIED
REGULATOR INSTALLED INSIDE MUST BE LOCATED? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO
THE POINT OF SERVICE LINE ENTERING THE BUILDING
METERS INSTALLED INSIDE MUST BE IN A VENTILATED SPACE AND NOT LESS THAN - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅3 FEET FROM AN IGNITION SOURCE OR HEAT SOURCE
A SEPERATE DEVICE MUST BE INSTALLED TO PROTECT THE SYSTEM FROM VACUUM AND ? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅BACKPRESSURE
RELIEF VENTS FROM SERVICE REGULATORS MUST TERMINATE TO THE OUTDOORS AND THE
FOLLOWING 3 THINGS? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. RAIN AND INSECT RESISTANT, 2. IN AN AREA WHERE
GAS CAN ESCAPE FREELY, 3. PROTECTED FROM SUBMERGENCE IN FLOOD AREAS.
NYC LOCAL LAW 2016-152 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅BUILDING GAS PIPING MUST BE PERIODICALLY
INSPECTED EVERY 5 YEARS UNLESS THE BUILDING USING GAS IS LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD.
LMP MUST SUBMIT REPORT TO NYC DOB WITHIN - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅60 DAYS
, CLASS A CONDITION IS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. LEAKING GAS THAT CANT BE STOPPED
2. ANY NOT PROPERLY VENTED APPLIANCE SPILLING CO
3.DEFECTIVE AND OBSTRUCTED VENTING SYSTEMS
4.DEFECTIVE HEAT EXCHANGERS SPILLING CO
PLUMBER REPORT SHOULD INCLUDE ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS, GAS LEAK, CORROSION, AND MUST
NOTIFY THE FOLLOWING THREE ENTITIES - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. OWNER, 2. UTILITY AND 3. DOB
TASK "86" - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅INTERIOR JURISDICTIONAL PIPING SAFETY INSPECTIONS
AOC MEANING? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ABNORMAL OPERATING CONDITIONS
TYPES OF AOCS - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅FLEX TO BYPASS METER
LOCKS REMOVED FOR LOCKED METER VALVE
SUSPECTED UNAUTHORIZED OPERATION OF HEAD SERVICE VALVE
CONFIRMED THEFT OF SERVICE
OPEN HOUSE PIPING NO LOCK ON METER VALVE
FLEX HOSES THROUGH A WALL
MULTIPLE FLEX HOSES IN SERIES
FLEX HOSES CONNECTING SEGMENTS OF PIPE.
FLEX CONNECTOR ON A STATIONARY APPLIANCE
CAN A FLEX CONNECTOR BE USED ON A STATIONARY APPLIANCE? YES/NO - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅NO
A UNION BEFORE THE APPLIANCE VALVE IS CONSIDERED AN - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AOC
NO BRASS PIPING IS ALLOWED ON HOUSE LINE AND IS CONSIDERED AN - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅AOC
