JOURNEYMAN PLUMBING TEST
(TEXAS) LATEST 2025 FINAL EXAM
STUDYGUIDE (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |
A+ GRADED STUDY MATERIAL
Common Vent Correct Answer A vent connecting at the
junction of two fixture drains or to a fixture branch and
serving as a vent for both fixtures.
Conductor Correct Answer A pipe inside the building that
conveys stormwater from the roof to a storm or combined
building drain.
Contamination Correct Answer An impairment of the
quality of the potable water that creates an actual hazard
to the public health through poisoning or the spread of
disease by sewage, industrial fluids or waste.
Cross Contamination Correct Answer Any physical
connection or arrangement between two otherwise
separate piping systems, one of which contains portable
water and the other, either water of unknown or
questionable safety or stream, gas or chemical, whereby
their exists the possibility for flow from one system to the
other, with the direction of flow depending on the pressure
differential between the two systems ("Backflow").
Developed Length Correct Answer The length of a pipe
measured along the center line of the pipe and fittings.
,Direct-Vent Appliances Correct Answer Appliances that
are constructed and installed so that air from combustion
is derived directly from the outdoor atmosphere and all flu
gases are discharged directly to the outdoor atmosphere.
Fixture Drain Correct Answer The drain from the trap of a
fixture to a junction with any other drain pipe
Fixture Supply Correct Answer The water supply pipe
connecting a fixture to a branch water supply pipe or
directly to a main water supply pipe.
Flood Level Rim Correct Answer the edge of the
receptacle from which water overflows.
Graywater Correct Answer Water discharge from
lavatories, bathtubs, showers, clothes washers and
laundry trays.
Grease Interceptor (Gravity) Correct Answer plumbing
apparatus of not less than 500 gallon (1893L) capacity
that are installed in the sanitary discharge system to
intercept free-floating fats, oils and grease from
wastewater discharge. Separation is accomplished by
gravity during a retention time of not less than 30 minutes.
Horizontal Branch Drain Correct Answer a drainage
branch pipe extending laterally from a soil or waste stack
or building drain with or without vertical sections or
branches, that receives the discharge from two or more
, fixture, drains or branches and conducts the discharge to
the soil or waste stack or to the building drain.
Horizontal Pipe Correct Answer Any pipe or fitting that
makes an
angle of LESS than 45 degrees (0.79 rad) with the
horizontal
Indirect Waste Pipe Correct Answer A waste pipe that
does not connect directly with the drainage system, but
that discharges into the drainage system through an air
brake or air gap into a trap, fixture, receptor or interceptor.
Individual Vent Correct Answer A pipe installed to vent a
fixture trap and that connects with the vent system above
the fixture served or terminated in the open air.
Interceptor Correct Answer A device designed and
installed to separate and retain for removal, by automatic
or manual means, deleterious, hazardous or undesirable
matter from normal waste, while permitting normal sewage
or waste to discharge and to the drainage system by
gravity. (Referred to as "separator")
Leader Correct Answer An exterior drainage pipe for
conveying storm water from roof or gutter drains to an
approved means of disposal.
Pollution Correct Answer An impairment of the quality of
the potable water to a degree that does not create a
hazard to public health, but that does adversely and
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