MASTER PLUMBER Licensure Examination

Final Pre-Board

PLUMBING DESIGN, INSTALLATION & SANITATION Rating _______

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following question. Mark only
the answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on
the answer sheet provided.

1. What is that appurtenant structure installed at the basement floor of a building in

which waste water are drained?
a. sump pit b. septic tank c. catch basin d. floor drain

2. Interconnection of sewer service pipe into a sewer main is made by punching the
sewer main a hole to fit the sewer service. In what point on the sewer main does
interconnection made?
a. 45 above the flow line of the main c. at the bottom of the sewer main
b. on the top of the sewer main d. at middle side of the sewer main

3. Saddle clamp is a pipe fitting which is not use when the water service is to be
interconnected to the type of water main.
a. centrifugal cast iron pipe c. galvanized iron pipe
b. asbestos cement pipe d. PVC pipe

4. How far should a septic tank be constructed away from the water supply source to
prevent contamination?
a. 20m b. 10m c. 50m d. 5m

5. The soil branch piping installed in horizontal run must be supported by iron
hanger at closed interval to prevent sagging. What is the distance apart the
hangers?
a. 1.5m b. 3m c. 5m d. 0.8m

6. To reduce the excessive pressure that produces a hammering sound, how long, a
pipe should be added and installed on the top of riser of the highest fixture level to
absorb air pressure.
a. 0.3 0.9m b. 0.4 1m c. 1-1.5m d. 0.6 1.2m

7. What is the minimum horizontal distance required between vent terminal and
window opening of a building?
a. 1.5m b. 3m c. 1m d. 0.5m

8. What should be the minimum clearance that should be made with respect to the
floor line to allow convenient opening or closing of a clean out?
a. 100 mm b. 200 mm c. 50 mm d. 300 mm
9. What is the size of relief vent on a circuit vented soil branch installation of
plumbing fixtures?
a. times the diameter of the soil pipe c. 1 times the diameter of the soil
pipe
b. equal diameter of the soil d. times the diameter of the soil
pipe

10. What is the size of the yoke or by pass vent for a high rise building?
a. equal size of the main vent c. 1 times the size of the main vent
b. times the size of the main vent d. times the size of the main vent
11. The pipe or shaft which is used to remove foul or congested air from a fixture or a
room and convey the same to the atmosphere is called _____________.
a. local vent b. crown vent c. back vent d. ventilating
pipe

12. What is the type of water closet prescribed for public toilet?
a. elongated bowl type b. oval bowl type c. circular bowl type d. egg shaped
bowl type

13. What is the pipe fitting with outside thread and projecting square head used for
closing the edge of another fitting?
a. plug b. cap c. knot d. bushing

14. The handicapped fixtures are usually designed for people with less physical
ability than the general public. For the handicapped, what is the prescribed height
of the toilet bowl?
a. 450 mm b. 400 mm c. 500 mm d. 600 mm

15. The difference between a tube and a pipe is that the tube has relatively thin wall
and _____.
a. straight edge b. the listed size correspond to the outside
diameter
b. relatively square edge d. the listed size correspond to the inside diameter

16. What is the prescribed distance of vent from trap seal in plumbing installation?
a. 1.5m b. 0.6m c. 2m d. 1m

17. What is that vent pipe system on plumbing which liquid waste flow through/
a. wet vent b. yoke vent c. stack vent d. back vent

18. What is that vent pipe in plumbing that serve the building drain and building
sewer?
a. VSTR b. SVTR c. yoke vent d. relief vent
19. What is that receptacle attached to the plumbing system other than a trap on
which water or waste maybe collected or retained for ultimate discharge into the
drainage?
 a. catch basin b. manhole c. bleeder d. scupper
drain

20. What is the pipe connection in which a ball is held in a cup-like shell that allows
movement in every direction?
a. universal joint b. uniform patent c. slip joint d. caulk joint

21. Leach field is categorized as one of the on site efferent disposal for septic tank.
How far should be the distance from a shallow well to prevent contamination of
water?
a. 25m b. 50m c. 15m d. 40m

22. In plumbing, the unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere,
between faucet supplying water and the flood level rim of a fixture is called
________.
a. air gap b. airline c. flushing lane d. goose neck

23. What is the minimum capacity of the water tank needed for a complete water
closet flushing in a toilet?
a. 19 L b. 26 L c. 15 L d. 12 L

24. What is vertical distance between the dip and the crow weir of the trap?
a. trap seal b. crown air c. leader d. bleeder

25. What is that fittings so installed in plumbing system to prevent passage of air, gas
and some vermin through the pipe?
a. trap b. check valve c. flap valve d. gate valve

26. What is the type of wrench used in working with plated finish and in place with
too small to admit pipe wrench?
a. strap wrench b. closed wrench c. open wrench d. pipe tong

27. What is that fitting that operates automatically when refilling the water tank after
each discharge and shutting off completely when the tank is already full?
a. float valve b. foot valve c. pressure regulating valve d.
check valve

28. What is the radius of a circular lagoon whose rim area is equal of a rectangle
whose sides are 25m & 15m respectively?
a. 9.36m b. 8.3m c. 9.262m d. 8.202m

29. A plumber desire to pump water from a well 60 feet at the rate of 100 gpm,
assuring that the pump he will be using has on effusing of 100%. What is the
horsepower of its pump?
a. 1.5 Hp b. 2 Hp c. 1 Hp d. 1 Hp
30. What is the capacity of pump in Horsepower is lift 10,000 gallon at highly 90 ft,
assuming weight of water is 8.3 pounds per gallon?
a. 3.79 Hp b. 3.5 Hp c. 4 Hp d. 3 Hp

31. added and the tank was fast half full, what is the volume and capacity of the tank?
a. 210 gal b. 200 gal c. 310 gal d. 300 gal

32. An oil tank is 3m long, 3m wide and 2m high, when it is full of coconut oil
specific gravity of 0.90, find the downward force at the bottom of the tank.
a. 16,300 kg b. 16,200 kg c. 15,200 kg d. 14,200 kg

33. A swimming pool is 6m wide by 12m long, of is 1.20m deep in one end and 2.40
at the other end. How many gallon of water does it contain?
a. 34, 140 gal b. 34,240 gal c. 33,240 gal d. 34,250 gal

34. A rectangular ground reservoir is to be constructed to serve the water supply

requirement for a commercial building the outside dimension of the reservoir is
8m long, 6m wide and 8m deep. Compute for the total cost of excavation if the
cost of labor is P50.00 per cubic meter.
a. P 1,920 b. P 19,200 c. P 18,200 d. P 1,820

35. Master Plumber A can finish the excavation and pipe laying of storm drainage in 8
hrs, Master Plumber B require 10 hrs to do same job. How many hours are
required if both A&B work together?
a. 4.24 hrs b. 3.24 hrs c. 5 hrs d. 3.5 hrs

36. A plumber is to use a deep well as sources of water to supply for the building
under construction and he want to estimate the length of intake pipe, so, from the
surface of the ground he drop a coin into the well and after 2 seconds he heard the
splashing sound down under, how deep is the well?
a. 32.2 ft b. 64 ft c. 22.2 ft d. 33 ft

37. A drainage pipe should it be installed underground it must have or minimum

diameter of :
a. 100mm b. 50mm c. 45 mm d. 75mm

38. A secondary pipeline in sewerage a common sewer to which no other sewer is

tributary is called
a. interceptor b. lateral c. dead end d. branch

39. That pipe which conveys waste water and water carried waste without fecal
matter
a. waste pipe b. wet stand pipe c. vent pipe d. wet vent

40. A bacteria living or active in the absence of free oxygen is called

a. aerobic b. anaerobic c. facultative aerobic d. all
 of the above

41. A value which automatically closes the flow of water in a reverse directions
a. globe valve b. check valve c. float valve d. angle valve

42. The greatest stress which the material can stand without permanent deformation is
called
a. ultimate stress b. tensile stress c. working stress d. none from
above

43. A vent for a single fixtures or battery of fixtures which is connected into the same
stack, into which the fixtures discharge
a. unit vent b. local vent c. wet vent d. continuous
vent

44. A vent which also serve as a drain is called

a. wet vent b. local vent c. loop vent d. back vent

45. A method of installation not allowed in a lateral to avoid pressure and retardation
of flow of waste water causing deposition of solid is
a. sharp curve b. elbow c. gate valve d. cross-
connection

46. The sanitary drainage system for public health reason, must discharge to
a. waterway b. public storm drainage c. public sewer system d.
septic tank

47. What do you call that vents for fixtures intended to ventilate the foul odors and
remove air from adjacent area?
a. local vent b. ventilation pipe c. vapor relief pipe d. all of these

48. This pipe is some of the oldest plumbing materials and very suitable for
underground installation, but never recommended to convey water for human
consumption because it is poisonous
a. lead pipe b. asbestos pipe c. bituminous pipe d. clay pipe

49. What happen when air comes into contact with wastewater in the drainage system
a. dragged along with the fixture along the system
b. sudden vacuum occur in the system
c. flooding of the fixture along the system
d. circulation of the air in the system stop
50. What is that device use to prevent backflow whereby air is admitted to the supply
pipe whenever a vacuum occur?
a. gate valve b. air relief valve c. float valve d. vacuum
breaker

51. Pipe materials used inside the buildings and premises shall conform to the
Standard Specifications set forth this organization
a. American Water Works Association (AWWA)
b. Philippine Standard Council (PSC)
c. American Society for testing Materials (ASTM)
d. United Laboratories (UL)

52. When heat is applied to water; molecular activity intensified and such particle
expand in itself, followed by the change in behavior
a. became abnormal c. decreases the volume
b. increases the volume d. became contracted

53. What is the prescribed color coding of piping under Steam Division of a high
pressure pipe
a. black b. white c. red d. blue

54. What is that fitting that operate automatically refilling the tanks after discharge
and shutting of completely when the tank is already filled?
a. foot valve b. float valve c. globe valve d. ball cock

55. What is that controlled outlet in a pipeline used to discharge water or drained the
systems
a. blow-off b. dead end c. cleanout d. all of these

56. Which of the following is not a function of all faucets?

a. temperature control b. volume control c. level control d.
on/off control

57. What is the basic element of a cold water supply system in a building?
a. downspouts b. subsoil drain lines c. riser run outs d.
water closet

58. Which types of urinals are quite in operation?

a. washout and siphon jet c. washout and washdown
b. siphon jet and blow out d. blowout and washdown

59. What is that receptacle installed at corner wall that collect rain water from a
balcony?
a. downspout b. bee-hive roof drain c. roof drain d.
scupper drain
60. What is that system of arrangement of venting so installed that one vent will serve
two trap?
a. relief vent b. unit vent c. wet vent d. local vent

61. What is the minimum size of a fire hose outlet of an interior wet standpipe?
a. 25 mm dia. b. 41 mm dia. c. 20 mm dia. d. 38 mm dia.

62. A building subdrain is located at what level?

a. below the level of the public sewer c. below the basement floor level
b. above the level of a public sewer d. above the basement floor level

63. What is the term with reference to the load producing effect on the plumbing
system
for different kind of plumbing fixtures?
a. flush tank volume b. demand load c. fixtures value d. fixtures unit

64. Caulk joint shall be firmly packed with oakum or hemp and poured with pure
lead, what is that depth of lead over oakum?
a. 25mm b. 32 mm c. 38 mm d. 13 mm

65. What is the depth of the building sewer when installed?

a. 1m b. 0.3m c. 0.65m d. 1.2m

66. The connection of sewer service line into a sewer main is made y entering the
sewer pipe at what point?
a. above the flow line of the sewer c. at the top of the sewer main
b. at the bottom of the sewer main d. at the side of sewer main

67. Which of the following is NOT a type of lavatory?

a. splash-back b. ledge-back c. reverse trap d. counter top

68. What do you call a connection in which a ball is held in a cup like shell that
allows movement in every direction?
a. union patent b. slip joint c. universal joint d. ball joint

69. What type of end connections which are used for valves smaller than 2 inches in
diameter?
a. threaded b. flanged c. compressive d. union patent

70. What do you call that point which is unobstructed open edge of the fixture?
a. flushing surface b. rim c. blister d. drain board

71. Normally, storm water should NOT be discharged into this body of water?
a. lake b. river c. dry well d. ground
water
72. Dry standpipes shall have sufficient strength to withstand a water pressure of how
much when ready for service?
a. 5 kg/cm b. 10 kg/cm c. 20 kg/cm d.25 kg/cm

73. The soil branch piping installed in horizontal ru must be supported by substantial
iron hanger at close interval to prevent sagging, what is the approximate distance
between support?
a. 2 m apart b. 1m apart c. 1.5m apart d. none of
these

74. PD 1095 prescribes that dry standpipe is required for every building of how many
floors?
a. 3 storey or more b. 4 storey or more c. 2 storey or more d. 5 storey or
more

75. On most two-handle faucets, the stems:

a. rotate clockwise c. rotate counterclockwise
b. rotate in the same direction d. rotates clockwise and
counterclockwise

76. Flush meter is another name for :

a. flush tank b. relief valve c. vacuum breaker d. flush
valve

77. The basic elements of a cold water supply system include the
a. riser run outs b. subsoil drain lines c. downspouts d. water
closets

78. The water service is a pipe that extends from the

a. water riser run out to the water tank c. water main to the water tank
b. water main to the water meter d. water main to the building

79. In term of discharge, one fixture unit represent the flow rate approximately:
a. 7 gal b. 5 g al c. 7.48 gal d. 6.5 gal

80. The area of hole of roof drain to effectively collect and drain rain water in roof is:
a. 2 x the area of drain pipe c. 7 x the area of drain pipe
b. 3 x the area of drain pipe d. 5 x the area of drain pipe

81. In water supply system the unobstructed vertical distance thru the free atmosphere
between a faucet supplying water and the flood level rim of the fixture is called:
a. air lane b. drain c. air gap d. sink
82. The space between the liquid level line to the inside top cover of septic tank is
called:
a. air space b. freeboard c. overflow d. ventilation
space

83. The trap provision required to restaurant and other establishment where sewage
covers large amount of grease prior to discharge to sewer
a. drum trap b. grease trap c. catch basin d. S-trap

84. A pit or receptacle at low point to which waste water are drained:
a. catch basin b. sump pit c. leaching field d. septic tank

85. It is the pipe extension of a solid or waste stack above the highest horizontal drain
connected to the stack:
a. vent stack thru roof c. local vent
b. stack vent thru roof d. loop vent

86. It is the arrangement of venting so installed that one vent will serve two trap
a. local vent b. unit vent c. wet vent d. relief vent

87. It is a pipe which convey only liquid waste free from fecal matter:
a. back vent b. loop vent c. wet vent d. yoke vent

88. It is a portion of the vent pipe through which liquid waste flow:
a. local vent b. utility vent c. individual vent d. relief vent

89. It is a lost of trap seal due to unequal atmospheric pressure condition and due to
rapid flows of water thru the trap
a. wind effect b. capillary attraction c. siphonage d. back
pressure

90. It is a lost of trap seal due to suspension of foreign object such as string rugs or
lint into the trap seal extending over the outlet arm of the trap:
a. wind effect b. evaporation c. capillary attraction d.
siphonage

91. Construction of septic tank should be located at a distance away from the source
of water supply to prevent contamination:
a. 15m b. 10m c. 20m d. 5m

92. The top cover and the manhole of a septic tank usually extended above the surface
of the ground to overcome surface water infiltration:
a. 15cm b. 10cm c. 5cm d.
20cm
93. It is a compartment in the septic tank for the settlement of floating or suspended
matters, sand, debris and any excessive amount of grease or oil from sewage.
a. bathing chamber c. chlorination chamber
b. sedimentation chamber d. sewage chamber

94. A septic tank is a water tight receptacle for which sewage is digested than a
biological action mainly by microorganism such as
a. facultative bacteria b. aerobic bacteria c. anaerobic bacteria d.
enzymes

95. The retention period or the time for which suspended matters in septic tank would
settle and stabilize is:
a. 24 hrs b. 12 hrs c. 18 hrs d. 30
hrs

96. The soil branch must be slope at a grade so that waste content is given a flow of
pipe velocity to assure a self scouring condition and lessen the possibility of seal
loss stoppage and retarded flow:
a. inch per foot b. inch per foot c. inch per foot d. 1inch
per foot

97. Waste pipe is classified into two ways, according to the type of fixture it serve,
direct waste is one terminal solidly joined to the plumbing system, whereas
indirect waste has terminal drain pipe simply empty into the:
a. plumbing system b. environment c. canal d. none
of these

98. Water pressure in hot water are considered hazardous and may resort to explosion
of sewage tank when it exceed water cooling pressure of:
a. 100 psi b. 125 psi c. 130 psi d. 150
psi

99. When air comes into contact with wastewater in the drainage system it causes:
a. circulation of the air in the system stop c. flooding in the fixture along the
system
b. dragged along with the liquid flow d. sudden vacuum in the system

100. The cold-water supply is delivered into the hot water-tank by means of a
boiler tube; this tube has a hole within 6 inches from the top of the tank, the
purpose of which is to serve as:
a. vacuum breaker b. ventilation c. inspection hole d. blow-off