2nd Quarter Examination

Grade 12- Masonry / Plumbing

Name: __________________________________________________________ Grade: ______________

Test I. Multiple Choice

1. It is specifically used for attachment threaded pipe on fittings.

a. Solvent c. Teflon tape
b. Cement d. ABS cleaner
2. What tool used for cutting pipe and tube?
a. Pipe cutter c. Pipe reamer
b. Pipe thread d. Pipe bender
3. An underground tunnel that carries off the drainage and waste matter from a home or town is called:
a. Drainage system c. Sewerage
b. Fixture d. Sewer
4. It is receptacle or vault used to collect organic waste discharged from the house sewer.
a. Septic tank c. Manhole
b. Water tank d. Waste tank
5. The tools used to tighten or loosen hexagonal fitting like unions and other metal fittings.
a. Pipe vase c. Pliers
b. Wrenches d. Vice
6. Which of the following is NOT required by the National Plumbing Code?
a. Drainage pipe should be inclined properly for a downward gravity flow of water.
b. Drainage pipe should be provided with adequate cleanout.
c. All pipe joints must be well-fitted and tightly connected.
d. No vent pipe is needed.
7. Plastic pipes are commonly used in water fixture installation nowadays. Which of the following is preferred?
a. Chlorinated PVC (CPVC) c. Polyethylene
b. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) d. Cross-linked polyethylene (PEX)
8. A metal or plastic fitting used to connect smaller pipe from a larger pipe.
a. Elbow c. Union
b. Reducer d. Coupling
9. The pipe that conveys waste from various fixture other than from the water closet.
a. Waste pipe c. Soil pipe
b. Vent pipe d. Drain pipe
10. The Plumbing Code on house drain provides that there must be no more than two closet that shall discharge
into a ____________pipe diameter.
a. 80 mm c. 70 mm
b. 3 inches or 75 mm d. less than 75 mm
11. What must be installed to prevent backflow of the water seal in the drainage system?
a. Vent pipe c. Drain pipe
b. Soil Pipe d. Cleanout
12. It is a fitting or device that provides liquid seal to prevent the back passage of air.
a. Loop c. Fixture
b. Sewer d. Trap
13. Which conveys water from the service to the plumbing fixture, appliances or other system served, including
fitting and control valves?
a. Water reservoir c. Water service pipe
b. Water distribution system d. Main water pipe

14. What is ideal inclination of a horizontal waste pipe as recommended by the National Plumbing Code?
a. 2% c. 3%
b. 4% d. 5%
15. A plumber needs to bend copper tubing without kinking it. Unfortunately, his pipe bender breaks. What is the
best thing to do?
a. Buy a new pipe bender c. Bend the copper tubing slowly by hand
b. Expose the copper to heat d. Borrow a pipe bender to Stock Manager
16. Which tool is appropriate for tightening and loosening pipe?
 a. Flux c. Pipe cutter
b. Pipe wrench d. Plunger
17. Which pipe is used through which rainwater passes from the roof down to the ground?
a. Vent c. Downspout
b. Gutter d. Storm drain
18. What does plumbing ventilation mean?
a. Giving pressure differentials in the public sewer
b. Carrying server gas out and relieving pressure of the drainage system
c. Discouraging corrosion in the drainage piping
d. Maintaining the trap seal from the drainage system
19. The National Plumbing Code on soil provides, at least, one of the vertical stacks in the plumbing system that
extends full size through the roof for the following purposes EXCEPT one. Which is it?
a. To prevent the possibility of back sewage which may force the water seal, off the fixture trap.
b. To prevent and dispose of the sewage gas above the roof.
c. To enhance siphoning of the water
d. To prevent siphoning of the water trap seal by force or suction
20. When a sink clogs up, the problem is usually due to the blockage in the
a. J-bend c. Waste pipe
b. Tail pipe d. P-trap

Test II. Matching type

Direction: Pick a word inside the box that best describes each item.
Storm drain Ventilation Soil pipe Waste pipe

Soil stack Septic tank House drain

Vent pipe Trap Fixture

1. It is used on plumbing fixture designed to prevent the back flow

of gases coming from the septic tank.
2. Designed to maintain a balance atmospheric pressure inside the system.
3. It is a pipe installation that carries human solid waste coming from the water closet.
4. Is any pipe in a drainage installation that receives the discharges of any fixture except water
closet and conveys the same to the soil branch, soil pipe or house drain?
5. In a plumbing system functions as air passage or conduit to ventilate the drainage and waste
pipe installation.
6. Is a vertical pipe installation where the soil branches terminate, because it receives human
waste from soil branch.
7. In a plumbing system that receives discharges of all solid and waste stacks within the building,
and conveys the same to the house sewer and sometimes referred to as the Collection Line of a
Plumbing System.
8. Is that unit of the plumbing system that conveys rain to a suitable terminal?
9. Is a receptacle or vault used to collect organic waste discharged from the house sewer?
10. Refers to slop sink, lavatory, urinals, bathtub and the like except water closet.

Test III.

The Drainage Installation is Sometimes Referred to as DWV which means:

D – for drainage of __________.

W –for waste coming from various fixtures other than _________.

V – refers to the ventilation of the ________ system.

Test IV.

Draw or Make a plan for the installation of two (2) Urinals, one (1) Lavatory and one (1) for Water
Closet. List down all materials and tools needed for installation.

Prepared by: Ziebert M. Cabug-os