Journeyman and Master Plumbing Exam Question and Answers Fully Solved
What degree is used for isometric drawings? - Answers 60 degrees
What is the recommended minimum of minutes for chlorine water management? - Answers 20-30
minutes
When you need to repair a single handle lavatory faucet, what needs to be replaced? - Answers O ring
Galvanic corrosion of water supply piping can occur where - Answers steel pipe is joined to a dissimilar
metal pipe
Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of the Code, an authorized
representative may enter the premises - Answers at all reasonable times
After completion of work and testing of sewer pipeline, who shall request inspection? - Answers
Supervisor of job at job-site
If the Administrative Authority requests that a new type of material be used on a project, who pays for
the testing of the new material? - Answers Contractor
When plumbing work is inspected and a "notice of correction" is served, how many days does the
contractor have to correct the work? - Answers Within 10 days
What is the vertical distance called that is between the lowest opening of a pipe fixture or appurtenance
that is discharging waste to the overflow level of a fixture? - Answers Airgap, drainage
A cleanout which has direct access without the necessity of removing any panel or door is defined to be
- Answers readily accessible
Distribution of water from any other source than intended is - Answers backflow
Back-siphonage is defined as - Answers the flowing back of used, contaminated or polluted water from a
plumbing fixture or vessel into a water supply pipe due to a negative pressure in such pipe
The _________________________ is the pipe which carries potable water from a water meter to a
building. - Answers building supply
Backflow is defined as - Answers non-potable water or other liquids entering a potable water system
Any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures that discharge into a common horizontal waste
branch is defined as a - Answers battery
Which of the following connects one or more individual vents to a vent stack? - Answers Branch vent
A combination waste and vent system may be installed on a _______________________ piping system.
- Answers horizontal
, The minimum level at which a vacuum breaker may be installed above the flood level rim of the device
and service is called - Answers the critical level
The "the critical level" is shown on a backflow prevention device by a _______________ marking. -
Answers C-L or C/L
When a backflow prevention device does not bear a "critical level" marking, which part of the device
constitutes the critical level? - Answers Bottom
What is the Critical Level on a backflow device? - Answers Bottom
According to the Uniform Plumbing Code, a "cross connection" is defined as - Answers a connection
through which non-potable water may enter a potable water system.
What is the name for the measurement taken along the centerline of a pipe and fittings? - Answers
Developed length
"Existing work" is defined to be a plumbing system or any part thereof which - Answers has been
installed prior to the effective date of the code.
A pipe which makes an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the horizontal is considered - Answers
horizontal
A horizontal pipe is any pipe or fitting which is installed in a horizontal position or which makes an angle
of less than _________ degrees with the horizontal. - Answers 45
What statement is true about industrial waste? - Answers It is free of fecal matter.
The "invert" elevation of a sewer line is the ____________________ of the pipe. - Answers inside
bottom
Water which is satisfactory for drinking, culinary and domestic purposes and meets the requirements of
the health authority having jurisdiction is defined as _____________________ water. - Answers potable
Refer to the illustration above. This is a multi-story installation. There is a sink draining into the pipe
above "A". What is the name for the pipe at "A"? - Answers soil stack
With an on-demand water heater, no relief is required if the maximum inside heater is - Answers 3 "
Any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter is called - Answers sewage
That portion of the drainage system composed of the pipe from the fixture trap to the vent serving that
fixture is the _________________________. - Answers trap arm
Refer to the illustration above. The trap seal in the illustration above is indicated by dimension - Answers
B
What degree is used for isometric drawings? - Answers 60 degrees
What is the recommended minimum of minutes for chlorine water management? - Answers 20-30
minutes
When you need to repair a single handle lavatory faucet, what needs to be replaced? - Answers O ring
Galvanic corrosion of water supply piping can occur where - Answers steel pipe is joined to a dissimilar
metal pipe
Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of the Code, an authorized
representative may enter the premises - Answers at all reasonable times
After completion of work and testing of sewer pipeline, who shall request inspection? - Answers
Supervisor of job at job-site
If the Administrative Authority requests that a new type of material be used on a project, who pays for
the testing of the new material? - Answers Contractor
When plumbing work is inspected and a "notice of correction" is served, how many days does the
contractor have to correct the work? - Answers Within 10 days
What is the vertical distance called that is between the lowest opening of a pipe fixture or appurtenance
that is discharging waste to the overflow level of a fixture? - Answers Airgap, drainage
A cleanout which has direct access without the necessity of removing any panel or door is defined to be
- Answers readily accessible
Distribution of water from any other source than intended is - Answers backflow
Back-siphonage is defined as - Answers the flowing back of used, contaminated or polluted water from a
plumbing fixture or vessel into a water supply pipe due to a negative pressure in such pipe
The _________________________ is the pipe which carries potable water from a water meter to a
building. - Answers building supply
Backflow is defined as - Answers non-potable water or other liquids entering a potable water system
Any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures that discharge into a common horizontal waste
branch is defined as a - Answers battery
Which of the following connects one or more individual vents to a vent stack? - Answers Branch vent
A combination waste and vent system may be installed on a _______________________ piping system.
- Answers horizontal
, The minimum level at which a vacuum breaker may be installed above the flood level rim of the device
and service is called - Answers the critical level
The "the critical level" is shown on a backflow prevention device by a _______________ marking. -
Answers C-L or C/L
When a backflow prevention device does not bear a "critical level" marking, which part of the device
constitutes the critical level? - Answers Bottom
What is the Critical Level on a backflow device? - Answers Bottom
According to the Uniform Plumbing Code, a "cross connection" is defined as - Answers a connection
through which non-potable water may enter a potable water system.
What is the name for the measurement taken along the centerline of a pipe and fittings? - Answers
Developed length
"Existing work" is defined to be a plumbing system or any part thereof which - Answers has been
installed prior to the effective date of the code.
A pipe which makes an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the horizontal is considered - Answers
horizontal
A horizontal pipe is any pipe or fitting which is installed in a horizontal position or which makes an angle
of less than _________ degrees with the horizontal. - Answers 45
What statement is true about industrial waste? - Answers It is free of fecal matter.
The "invert" elevation of a sewer line is the ____________________ of the pipe. - Answers inside
bottom
Water which is satisfactory for drinking, culinary and domestic purposes and meets the requirements of
the health authority having jurisdiction is defined as _____________________ water. - Answers potable
Refer to the illustration above. This is a multi-story installation. There is a sink draining into the pipe
above "A". What is the name for the pipe at "A"? - Answers soil stack
With an on-demand water heater, no relief is required if the maximum inside heater is - Answers 3 "
Any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter is called - Answers sewage
That portion of the drainage system composed of the pipe from the fixture trap to the vent serving that
fixture is the _________________________. - Answers trap arm
Refer to the illustration above. The trap seal in the illustration above is indicated by dimension - Answers
B
