Residential Plumbing Code and System
Fundamentals for Journeyman Exam
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Plumbing Code - Correct answers✔✔Designed to provide minimum standards to safeguard life,
health and public welfare in the design of the plumbing system.
Administration - Correct answers✔✔Deals with maintaining, permitting and inspecting the
plumbing system.
Owner's Responsibility - Correct answers✔✔The owner or owner's agent is responsible for
maintaining the plumbing system in a safe condition.
Permits - Correct answers✔✔Must be obtained and all underground piping must be left
uncovered until inspected and approved.
Air Gap - Correct answers✔✔The vertical distance between the opening of the water supply and
the flood level rim of a receptacle.
Branch - Correct answers✔✔Any part of the piping system except mains, stacks or risers.
Branch Vent - Correct answers✔✔A vent connecting individual vents with a stack vent or vent
stack.
Building Drain - Correct answers✔✔The lowest part of the drainage system which receives
waste from soil and waste pipes and connects to the building sewer.
, Building Sewer - Correct answers✔✔Drainage piping that conveys waste from the building drain
to the public sewer or disposal system.
Clean Out - Correct answers✔✔Access opening in the drainage system used to remove
obstructions.
Combination Fixture - Correct answers✔✔Two or three compartment sink drained by a
continuous waste connected to one trap.
Combination Waste and Vent System - Correct answers✔✔A horizontal wet venting system for
sinks and floor drains.
Critical Level - Correct answers✔✔An elevation mark on a vacuum breaker setting the
minimum elevation the device can be installed above the flood level rim of a fixture.
Cross Connection - Correct answers✔✔An actual or potential tie between potable water and any
source of pollution or contamination.
Developed Length - Correct answers✔✔A measurement of piping taken along the centerline of
pipe and fittings.
Drain - Correct answers✔✔Any pipe that conveys wastewater in the drainage system.
Flood Level Rim - Correct answers✔✔The upper rim of a fixture where water will overflow.
Fundamentals for Journeyman Exam
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Plumbing Code - Correct answers✔✔Designed to provide minimum standards to safeguard life,
health and public welfare in the design of the plumbing system.
Administration - Correct answers✔✔Deals with maintaining, permitting and inspecting the
plumbing system.
Owner's Responsibility - Correct answers✔✔The owner or owner's agent is responsible for
maintaining the plumbing system in a safe condition.
Permits - Correct answers✔✔Must be obtained and all underground piping must be left
uncovered until inspected and approved.
Air Gap - Correct answers✔✔The vertical distance between the opening of the water supply and
the flood level rim of a receptacle.
Branch - Correct answers✔✔Any part of the piping system except mains, stacks or risers.
Branch Vent - Correct answers✔✔A vent connecting individual vents with a stack vent or vent
stack.
Building Drain - Correct answers✔✔The lowest part of the drainage system which receives
waste from soil and waste pipes and connects to the building sewer.
, Building Sewer - Correct answers✔✔Drainage piping that conveys waste from the building drain
to the public sewer or disposal system.
Clean Out - Correct answers✔✔Access opening in the drainage system used to remove
obstructions.
Combination Fixture - Correct answers✔✔Two or three compartment sink drained by a
continuous waste connected to one trap.
Combination Waste and Vent System - Correct answers✔✔A horizontal wet venting system for
sinks and floor drains.
Critical Level - Correct answers✔✔An elevation mark on a vacuum breaker setting the
minimum elevation the device can be installed above the flood level rim of a fixture.
Cross Connection - Correct answers✔✔An actual or potential tie between potable water and any
source of pollution or contamination.
Developed Length - Correct answers✔✔A measurement of piping taken along the centerline of
pipe and fittings.
Drain - Correct answers✔✔Any pipe that conveys wastewater in the drainage system.
Flood Level Rim - Correct answers✔✔The upper rim of a fixture where water will overflow.
