Journeyman and Master Plumbing
Exam Question Bank questions and
answers graded A+
60 degrees - correct answer ✔✔What degree is used for isometric drawings?
20-30 minutes - correct answer ✔✔What is the recommended minimum of minutes for
chlorine water management?
O ring - correct answer ✔✔When you need to repair a single handle lavatory faucet, what
needs to be replaced?
steel pipe is joined to a dissimilar metal pipe - correct answer ✔✔Galvanic corrosion of water
supply piping can occur where
at all reasonable times - correct answer ✔✔Whenever necessary to make an inspection to
enforce any of the provisions of the Code, an authorized representative may enter the premises
Supervisor of job at job-site - correct answer ✔✔After completion of work and testing of sewer
pipeline, who shall request inspection?
Contractor - correct answer ✔✔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?
Within 10 days - correct answer ✔✔When plumbing work is inspected and a "notice of
correction" is served, how many days does the contractor have to correct the work?
,Airgap, drainage - correct answer ✔✔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?
readily accessible - correct answer ✔✔A cleanout which has direct access without the necessity
of removing any panel or door is defined to be
backflow - correct answer ✔✔Distribution of water from any other source than intended is
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 - correct answer ✔✔Back-siphonage
is defined as
building supply - correct answer ✔✔The _________________________ is the pipe which
carries potable water from a water meter to a building.
non-potable water or other liquids entering a potable water system - correct answer
✔✔Backflow is defined as
battery - correct answer ✔✔Any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures that discharge
into a common horizontal waste branch is defined as a
Branch vent - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following connects one or more individual vents
to a vent stack?
horizontal - correct answer ✔✔A combination waste and vent system may be installed on a
_______________________ piping system.
the critical level - correct answer ✔✔The minimum level at which a vacuum breaker may be
installed above the flood level rim of the device and service is called
, C-L or C/L - correct answer ✔✔The "the critical level" is shown on a backflow prevention device
by a _______________ marking.
Bottom - correct answer ✔✔When a backflow prevention device does not bear a "critical level"
marking, which part of the device constitutes the critical level?
Bottom - correct answer ✔✔What is the Critical Level on a backflow device?
a connection through which non-potable water may enter a potable water system. - correct
answer ✔✔According to the Uniform Plumbing Code, a "cross connection" is defined as
Developed length - correct answer ✔✔What is the name for the measurement taken along the
centerline of a pipe and fittings?
has been installed prior to the effective date of the code. - correct answer ✔✔"Existing work" is
defined to be a plumbing system or any part thereof which
horizontal - correct answer ✔✔A pipe which makes an angle of not more than 45 degrees with
the horizontal is considered
45 - correct answer ✔✔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.
It is free of fecal matter. - correct answer ✔✔What statement is true about industrial waste?
inside bottom - correct answer ✔✔The "invert" elevation of a sewer line is the
____________________ of the pipe.
Exam Question Bank questions and
answers graded A+
60 degrees - correct answer ✔✔What degree is used for isometric drawings?
20-30 minutes - correct answer ✔✔What is the recommended minimum of minutes for
chlorine water management?
O ring - correct answer ✔✔When you need to repair a single handle lavatory faucet, what
needs to be replaced?
steel pipe is joined to a dissimilar metal pipe - correct answer ✔✔Galvanic corrosion of water
supply piping can occur where
at all reasonable times - correct answer ✔✔Whenever necessary to make an inspection to
enforce any of the provisions of the Code, an authorized representative may enter the premises
Supervisor of job at job-site - correct answer ✔✔After completion of work and testing of sewer
pipeline, who shall request inspection?
Contractor - correct answer ✔✔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?
Within 10 days - correct answer ✔✔When plumbing work is inspected and a "notice of
correction" is served, how many days does the contractor have to correct the work?
,Airgap, drainage - correct answer ✔✔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?
readily accessible - correct answer ✔✔A cleanout which has direct access without the necessity
of removing any panel or door is defined to be
backflow - correct answer ✔✔Distribution of water from any other source than intended is
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 - correct answer ✔✔Back-siphonage
is defined as
building supply - correct answer ✔✔The _________________________ is the pipe which
carries potable water from a water meter to a building.
non-potable water or other liquids entering a potable water system - correct answer
✔✔Backflow is defined as
battery - correct answer ✔✔Any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures that discharge
into a common horizontal waste branch is defined as a
Branch vent - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following connects one or more individual vents
to a vent stack?
horizontal - correct answer ✔✔A combination waste and vent system may be installed on a
_______________________ piping system.
the critical level - correct answer ✔✔The minimum level at which a vacuum breaker may be
installed above the flood level rim of the device and service is called
, C-L or C/L - correct answer ✔✔The "the critical level" is shown on a backflow prevention device
by a _______________ marking.
Bottom - correct answer ✔✔When a backflow prevention device does not bear a "critical level"
marking, which part of the device constitutes the critical level?
Bottom - correct answer ✔✔What is the Critical Level on a backflow device?
a connection through which non-potable water may enter a potable water system. - correct
answer ✔✔According to the Uniform Plumbing Code, a "cross connection" is defined as
Developed length - correct answer ✔✔What is the name for the measurement taken along the
centerline of a pipe and fittings?
has been installed prior to the effective date of the code. - correct answer ✔✔"Existing work" is
defined to be a plumbing system or any part thereof which
horizontal - correct answer ✔✔A pipe which makes an angle of not more than 45 degrees with
the horizontal is considered
45 - correct answer ✔✔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.
It is free of fecal matter. - correct answer ✔✔What statement is true about industrial waste?
inside bottom - correct answer ✔✔The "invert" elevation of a sewer line is the
____________________ of the pipe.
