1. How many plumbing units would a plumbing 7.

From the preceding problem, if the width of the

installation have if such installation consist of digestive chamber is half its length and a liquid
the following: 3 waters, 3 water closets, 4 depth of 1.50 (excluding airspace), calculate the
lavatories, 3 shower heads, 2 kitchen sinks and 6 width of the digestive chamber.
floor drains? A. 0.90m
A. 1 B. 1.10m
B. 2 C. 1.30m
C. 3 D. 1.6m
D. 4
8. From the same problem above, calculate its
2. How many yoke vents may be installed in a length.
building of 15 storeys, using the minimum code A. 3.0 m
requirements? B. 3.20 m
A. 2 C. 3.40 m
B. 3 D. 3.60 m
C. 4
D. 5 9. If the volume of the leaching chamber is half the
volume of digestive chamber, calculate the
3. What fitting combination is recommended for width of its leaching chamber.
installation at the intersection of soil and waste A. 1.0 m
branch to a stack? B. 1.40 m
A. 2-1/8 bends C. 1.60 m
B. Tapped tee D. 1.80 m
C. Wye combination and
D. Sanitary tee 10. Calculate the length of its leaching number.
A. 1.0 m
4. A fixture rated a 6 dfu shall have a discharge B. 1.20 m
rate equivalent to _______. C. 1.40 m
A. 3 ft3/min. D. 1.60 m
B. 6 ft3/min.
C. 12 ft3/min. 11. Which piping materials is appropriately used in
D. 18 ft3/min. an acid waste system?
A. DWV copper tube
5. A cylindrical tank having a diameter of 1.0 m B. Malleable Iron pipe
and a length of 1.5 has a capacity of _____ C. Galvanized Steel pipe
when half-full. D. Plastic or Synthetic pipe
A. 0.60 m3
B. 1.20 m3 12. Which material ultimately seals a caulked or
C. 0.90 m3 bell and spigot joint?
D. 0.10 m3 A. Cement
B. Oakum
6. A low – rise office building has a total occupant C. Pig lead
load of 100 persons. The said building is to be D. Coat tar
provided with a single septic tank as its main 13. What fitting may be used in a cleanout if the
sewage disposal system unit. Using a sewage pipe run size is 150 mm in diameter?
flow rate of 75.5 liters per employee, calculate A. Increaser
the total sewage generated from users of B. Reducer
plumbing units in the building. C. Elbow
A. 0.757 m3 D. Couplinz
B. 7.57 m3 14. What standard plastic pipe is used on water
C. 75.7 m3 service piping connecting from the water main?
D. 757 m3 A. PE (polyethylene)
B. ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene)
C. PP (polypropylene)
D. UPVC (unplasticized polyvinyl cholorie)
15. What do you call the process in which all types 23. Ventilating system is essential in sanitary
of iron-based metals rust? drainage system, providing such system
A. Oxidation prevents ________.
B. Pit corrosion A. Backpressure
C. Material breakdown B. Siphonage
D. Tuberculation C. Backflow
D. All of the above
16. What is the size of a downspout connected from 24. Using the formula, Q= Av, what is the diameter
a roof deck with an area of 425 m2 if the rate of of a pipe having a flow rate of 0.0982m3/sec and
the rainfall is 100mm per hour? a velocity of 2000mm/sec?
A. 50 mm ø A. 25 mm ø
B. 75 mm ø B. 32 mm ø
C. 100 mm ø C. 38 mm ø
D. 125 mm ø D. 50 mm ø
17. How many urinals should be installed in a 25. When designing overhead water tank, which
restaurant male comfort room if the occupant rule applies when determining the size and
load is 350? capacity of cistern compared to the overhead
A. 1 water tank when using large-capacity overhead
B. 2 tanks?
C. 3 A. Cistern is bigger than overhead water
D. 4 tank
18. Which pipe support is recommended in holding B. Cistern is smaller than overhead water
a single horizontal soil or waste branch? tank
A. Clevis C. Overhead water tank is the same as the
B. Bracket size cistern
C. Trapeze D. Any size for both cistern and overhead
D. Clamp hanger water tank is acceptable

19. Which of these pipes is measured by its outside 26. What pipe size arrangement is best
diameter? recommended when connecting a downfeed
A. Galvanized steel pipe pipe from an overhead water tank to its farthest
B. Cast iron pipe outlet, considering hydraulic principle involved?
C. Copper tube A. 13, 38, 25, 19 mm ø
D. Concrete pipe B. 13, 19, 25, 38 mm ø
20. Pressure loss in pipe due to its interior surface is C. 38, 25, 13, 19 mm ø
attribute to what factor? D. 38, 25, 19, 13 mm ø
A. Friction loss
B. Static pressure 27. Calculate the pressure at the highest outlet of an
C. Dynamic head upfeed pipe if the pressure at the base is 30 psi
D. Water flow and the head of highest outlet is 60 ft.
A. 4 psi
21. Which of the following maintenance procedures B. 8 psi
may be done a running pump? C. 10 psi
A. Lubricating the impeller shaft D. 15 psi
B. Replacing worn out gasket
C. Replacing volute or discharge 28. In a building with an overhead water tank
D. Attaching and detaching discharge and (located at the deck), using gravity-feed water
inlet pipes supply from the tank, where would you locate a
pressure (hydro-pneumatic) tank?
22. Which plastic pipe is normally oval in cross A. At ground floor
section and is denoted by its outside diameter? B. At mind-height of building
A. Polypropylene (PP) C. At the roof deck
B. Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC) D. Above overhead water tank
C. Polybutylene (PB)
D. Styrene Rubber (SR)
29. The following are types of joints used in plastic 35. What adverse effect would excessive water
pipes, which of these is NOT applicable? pressure have on plumbing system?
A. Crimped joint A. It may cause stress on pipes, fittings
B. Solvent cement weld joint appliances and fixtures thereby causing
C. Heat fusion joint damage to it
D. Hot poured joint B. Expedite oxidation process especially on
metallic pipes
30. Calculate the pressure at the base of a downfeed C. Alters quality of water
pipe with an overhead water tank located 45 ft D. Causes fast delivery of liquid inside
above base outlet.
A. 15.4 psi 36. Calculate the number of water closet for a
B. 25.5 psi secondary level school building cluster with
C. 19.5 psi male population of 300.
D. 30.6 psi A. 8
B. 10
31. Which system of water distribution uses a C. 12
combination of a pump and its components and D. 15
a pressure tank with its accessory devices?
A. Gravity tank system 37. When using PPR-C pipe in water supply
B. Booster pump system distribution installation, what type of joint is
C. Direct (pressure) system used to connect sections of this type of pipe?
D. Hydropneumatic system A. Compression coupling joint
B. Flared joint
32. When constructing a cistern, what type of C. Heat fusion joint
control valve is used on the inlet side of the D. Flanged joint
tank? This valve is equipped with a mechanism
that closes and open with the rise and fall of a 38. A horizontal run of pipe with a length of 15 m
ball. shall have a different elevation between
A. Foot valve endpoints of ____ if the slope requirement is 2
B. Check valve percent.
C. Float valve A. 0.2
D. Pressure relief valve B. 0.3
C. 04
33. Galvanized iron pipes (iron pipe size) size D. 0.5
should be supported at not less than ______
when installing vertical lines of sanitary or 39. What type of closet bowl in code prescribed for
water distribution pipes. public building installation?
A. Every storey A. Elongated bowl
B. 1 meter B. Open front seat
C. 3 meter C. With smooth, non-absorbent surface
D. 2 meter D. All of the above

34. Why should an air vent be provided at the 40. Which fixtures listed below requires an external
freeboard portion of an overhead water tank? or exposed trap?
A. In order to prevent fouling of air inside A. Floor drain
B. To economize use of water by B. Bidet
introducing air into it C. Water closet
C. In order to balance atmospheric pressure D. Urinal
and allow free flow of water by gravity 41. Which type of trap is considered objectionable
D. To increase air pressure and force water due to its depth of seal, form or shape and its
out of the tank ability to self-clean?
A. Full S-trap
B. P-trap
C. Grease trap
D. Drum trap
42. The specification notation, ‘PN-20 conforming 50. Which among the water treatment methods
to DIN 1998, DIN-8077” refers to what kind of listed below is used primarily to remove salts
piping materials? from water?
A. Galvanized steel pipe A. Filtration
B. Copper tube B. Reverse osmosis
C. Plastic pipe C. Adsorption
D. Cast iron pipe D. De-ionization
43. Pressure in water supply system is affected by
which factor? 51. What chemical is used in disinfecting water?
A. Difference in elevation A. Iodine
B. Size of pipe B. Chlorine
C. Pipe inside surface condition C. Chloramines
D. All of these D. All of these
44. When installing horizontal sanitary pipes of
single run, which type of pipe support device is 52. Multiple pressure zoning is a system of
the most applicable? grouping or clustering plumbing sections into
A. Bracket ‘zones’ used to provide an independent system
B. Clevis of water distribution based on pressure
C. Trapeze difference, this is commonly done in what
D. Sway brace condition in plumbing?
A. A multi-storey building
45. Water that percolated into sub-surface and is B. Water supply system
deposited in layers of soil and in soil cavity is C. When building has an overhead water
known as _________. tank
A. Surface water D. All of these
B. Rainwater
C. Ground water 53. In a lavatory with an effective outlet opening of
D. Atmospheric water not greater than 13 mm, what is its air gap
requirement?
46. In a swimming pool, what is the purpose of A. 25 mm
installing vacuum lines? B. 32 mm
A. To introduce air into water C. 38 mm
B. For draining purposes D. 50mm
C. For cleaning purposes
D. To prevent backflow 54. A certain water distribution system for a group
of fixtures consisting of water closet, a lavatory
47. A method in cleaning pool filter by reversing and a shower, what would be the minimum size
the flow of water to remove dirt inside the filter of water line?
tank. A. 25 mm
A. Vacuum washing B. 10 mm
B. Backwashing C. 13mm
C. Declogging D. 32mm
D. Filtering
55. In what plumbing installation or situation can a
48. Which aspects of water quality shall be cleanout be omitted?
maintained in a swimming pool? A. If change of direction is more than 22 ½
A. Alkalinity and acidity degrees
B. Clarity B. If horizontal drain line is 1.5 meters in
C. Bacteria growth length
D. All of these C. If length of run is more than 15 meters
49. Zeolite process is a method D. At the upper end of a horizontal drain
A. Filtering water pipe
B. Disinfecting water
C. Softening water
D. Desalting saltwater
56. What is the maximum allowable distance from a 63. Tuberculation is a term which refers to material
trap to a vent for a pipe with a diameter of 50 deterioration particularly a process of oxidation
mm? applies to what kind of material?
A. 0.76 m A. Cast iron pipe
B. 1.52 m B. Plastic pipe
C. 1.83 m C. Copper tube
D. 1.07 m D. Galvanized steel pipe

57. Tailpiece from fixtures such as lavatory and sink 64. When laying pipe in a trench it is sometimes
shall not exceed ________. important to check the invel aside from the
A. 0.6 m slope, which portion of the pipe is measured in
B. 0.8 m establishing invel?
C. 1.0 m A. Inverts of two pipes or between inlet and
D. 1.2 m outlet
B. Difference of crowns of two pipes
58. The term ‘rising stem’ is applied to what kind of C. Slope of one pipe in relation to the other
plumbing material or device? D. Alignment of two horizontal pipes in
A. Valve succession
B. Pipe
C. Fitting 65. What is the appropriate use of a globe valve?
D. Backwater assembly A. Installed as end of the line device such
as compression tap
59. Solder and sweat joint is used on what plumbing B. Used in pressurized water line
material? installation
A. Plastic pipe C. When friction coefficient is of minor
B. Brass tube consideration
C. Galvanized iron pipe D. All of these
D. Concrete pipe 66. How can ‘water hammering’ be prevented or
eliminated?
60. When using hubless cast iron pip, what material A. A regulate pressure in the system such as
shall be used to join sections of this kind of minimizing excessive pressure
material? B. Provide air chamber or water hammer
A. Galvanized steel coupling arrestor near openings
B. Elastomeric compression coupling C. Use self-closing taps of the non-
C. Plastic insert concussive type
D. Oakum D. All of these
67. What are the basic principles of a sound
61. A roof with an area of 50 sq. meters can plumbing system design?
sufficiently drain rainwater using what A. Drainage pipes should be self-cleaning
minimum size of drain and downspout? B. Operate with minimum maintenance
Consider a rate of rainfall of 100 mm per hour. C. Material should be smooth, impervious,
A. 1-50 mm dia. non-corrodable and of sufficient strength
B. 1-75 mm dia. D. All of these
C. 1-100 mm dia. 68. Which procedure is applicable when testing
D. 1-150 mm dia. water supply system?
A. Leave all orifices open
62. The decomposition of sewage inside septic tank B. Pressurize system by introducing air into
produces what kind of gas? it
A. Methane C. Fill all lines at one point with water
B. Sulfur dioxide preferably at the highest point or
C. Carbon dioxide elevation with all other opening closed
D. All of these or plugged and check for decrease in
level of water inside
D. Install fixtures and conduct testing with
all fixtures in place
69. Sovent system utilizes a single line system of 75. What will be the minimum size of vent pipe for
pipes, fitting and contraptions or devices, what a lavatory with a drain pipe size of 32 mm
are the components of this system of diameter?
installation? A. 25 mm
A. Single stack and branches B. 32 mm
B. Aerator fitting C. 38 mm
C. De-aerator fitting D. 50 mm
D. All of these
76. Which method of trap seal loss is associated
70. Why do plumbers install trap? with waste defying gravity by flowing of waste
A. In order to provide smooth flow of waste water from the trap side to the drain side of the
inside pipes trap?
B. To allow water to stagnate A. Momentum siphonage
C. To prevent passage of foul air, gases and B. Evaporation
some vermin C. Capillary action
D. Allow access for cleaning rods when D. Backpressure
declogging
77. A water treatment method characterized by the
71. Plumbing system design involves the following removal of suspended matter by allowing time
procedure EXCEPT ________ and inactivity of water to cause the settling of
A. Sizing of pipes heavier suspended particles. This method is
B. Calculating for fixtures discharge known as ___________.
capacities A. Sedimentation
C. Providing layout in plans that includes B. Filtration
fixtures, pipes, fitting and other devices C. Adsorption
D. Quantifying materials needed for D. Aeration
installation
78. Which method of water treatment is used to
72. In the designation for a wye branch, e.g 100mm ‘soften’ water?
x 100 mm x 50 mm refers to what part of the A. Flocculation
fitting? B. Zeolite
A. Diameter of a branch C. Aeration
B. Diameter of barrel D. Sedimentation
C. Length of barrel
D. Depth of fitting engagement 79. Calculate the total demand for a certain
occupancy using a consumption rate of 0.18 m3
73. When estimating plumbing system, it is best to /person/day if the number of users is 20 persons.
use which of the following plan document? A. 1.8 m3
A. Avoid having multiple change of B. 2.4 m3
directions C. 3.6 m3
B. Isometric diagram D. 7.2 m3
C. Riser diagram 80. From the preceding problem, determine the
D. Plumbing details width of cistern assuming the following: L=2w
74. In order to provide an efficient and cost depth, d=2.0 m add 20 percent of the volume for
effective layout, which of the following the other uses.
practices should be observed? A. 1.04 m
A. Avoid having multiple change of B. 4.02 m
directions C. 3.2 m
B. Properly size pipes D. 2.08 m
C. Minimize use of fitting 81. From the same problem, calculate the length of
D. All of these the cistern
A. 5.2 m
B. 4.02 m
C. 3.2 m
D. 2.08 m
82. From no. 79. Determine the diameter of 88. As a plumber, what would you recommend if
spherical overhead water tank that can hold the the pressure from the water is not sufficient to
total computed volume of water. cause water to be conveyed to the upper floors
A. 1.2 m of a building?
B. 1.5 m A. Provide cistern and draw water from the
C. 1.9 m cistern by using pump directly installed
D. 2.0 m above the cistern and connected with the
outlets
83. What is diameter of cylindrical tank that can B. Provide cistern and pressure tank above
hold the same volume of water as the preceding it with a pump and draw water from the
problem, if its length is twice its diameter? pressure tank
A. 1.10 m C. Connect water pump directly from the
B. 1.23 m water main and connect with the outlets
C. 1.32 m D. Provide overhead water tank, install
D. 1.64 m pump on it and draw water from the
overhead tank
84. In a typical swimming pool, where should return
pipes be installed? 89. Why is it sometimes necessary to provide
A. Beside main drain hydropneumatic tank system at the last floor of
B. On the sidewall the building usually at the roof deck?
C. At the bottom A. Low water pressure at outlet due to
D. Beside the skimmer altitude
B. Low pressure because of head of water
85. What should be installed at the main drain of a from water main to pressure tank
swimming pool? This is used to prevent C. Low head between outlets at the last
pressure build-up at the on the underside of the floor and water level of overhead water
bottom slab caused by water accumulating at tank
this portion of the pool. D. Due to pipe size of downfeed pipe
A. Vacuum breaker
B. Backwater valve 90. A building has two basement levels with toilets
C. Balancing valve located at each level. How would you convey
D. Hydrostatic relief valve and discharge wastewater from these toilets to
sewer line at street level?
86. ¼ in. per foot is gradient equivalent to a slope A. Provide sump pump at ground level and
percentage of __________. pump wastewater out into the sewer line
A. 1% B. Provide a sump pit with ejectors and
B. 2% pump wastewater out into the sewer line
C. 3% C. Install perforated pipes below grade and
D. 4% allow leaching of wastewater to the sub-
soil
87. What would be the actual length of horizontal D. Provide septic tank system and connect
pipe if the total run is 35 meters and the slope is outlet to a system of perforated pipes
2%? underneath the building.
A. 35.007 m
B. 35.07 m
C. 35.7 m
D. 35.71 m
91. From the preceding situation, if pressure from
the water main is sufficient to bring water up to
two levels above street level, how would you
convey water from the water main to the toile
rooms located at the basement levels?
A. Provide cistern at the lowest an draw
water from the cistern to the toilet rooms
located at the basement levels?
B. Connect supply pipe from the water
main to the toilet room below
C. Provide cistern at ground level, install
pump and connect to outlets at toilet
rooms
D. Connect pump from directly from the
water main and provide pressure tank,
connect supply pipes from tank to outlets
92. Why is it necessary to provide pressure reducing
values at certain points in a building?
A. To reduce excessive water pressure
which may cause joints, fixtures and
fittings to break or leak
B. Minimize use of pipes and fittings
C. To reduce pipe size
D. To eliminate the use of overhead water
tank
93. Size of downfeed pipe from a gravity tank is
determined by which factor/s?
A. Static head
B. Fixture units value of fixtures
C. Number and type of fixtures
D. All of these
94. Where do ou use a manifold?
A. Ventilation system
B. Overhead water tank supply outlet
C. Building supply pipe from the water
service pipe
D. All of the above
95. What is the advantage of using ‘loop” system in
water distribution system?
A. Equalizes pressure at some points
B. Isolate area for repairs and maintenance
C. Can have other source of water aside
from the normal source
D. All of these
96. What is the practical application of ‘telescopic’
pipe or reduce pipe system in water supply
system?
A. Pipe reduction compensates pressure
loss due to length of pipe
B. Decrease in pressure due to distance
C. Decrease volume delivered
D. Unnecessary changes in fittings
97. Yoke vent is an inter-connection between
_____________________
A. Horizontal branch and vent stack
B. Fixture vent and branch vent
C. Soil stack and a waste branch
D. Soil stack and vent stack
98. Why is it necessary to install ejector vent in a
sump pit?
A. Prevent trap seal loss of fixtures
B. Prevent backflow
C. Prevent backpressure and siphonage
D. All of these
99. What is the flushing for low consumption or
ultra-low flush watercloset that is commonly
used in the industry?
A. 5 gpf
B. 3.5 gpf
C. 2.5 gpf
D. 1.6 gpf
100. ‘Zoning’ is commonly used in system of
plumbing? The system is characterized by
segregating areas or floor levels into pressure
zones so that pressure at these levels is
regulated.
A. Ventilation system
B. Water distribution system
C. Storm drainage system
D. Sanitary drainage system