Tyler's Plumbing Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions
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Plumbing
True or False: A control valve is required at each water-supplied piece of mechanical equipment. - Answer-True
True or False: Freshwater is naturally occurring water, which is 2.5% of global water such as lakes, rivers, streams, ground water, and rain water. - Answer-True
True or False: To pr...
Tyler's Plumbing Final Exam Questions
with Complete Solutions
True or False: A control valve is required at each water-supplied piece of mechanical
equipment. - Answer-True
True or False: Freshwater is naturally occurring water, which is 2.5% of global water
such as lakes, rivers, streams, ground water, and rain water. - Answer-True
True or False: To protect a building water supply system from the effects of thermal
expansion in a closed piping system, an expansion tank should be installed on the cold
water supply side of the water heater ahead of any circulation line connections. -
Answer-True
True or False: private water systems serve no more than 60 people. - Answer-False
True or False: Thermoelectric power and irrigation remained the two largest uses of
water in 2010, and total withdrawal for both were less than in 2005. - Answer-True
True or False: the water supply source is the part of the plumbing system that delivers
water to plumbing fixtures and appliances installed in or outside a building. - Answer-
False
True or False: A pipe segment is the length of piping from one branch fitting to the next
branch fitting or the fixture branch serving a fixture or appliance outlet. - Answer-True
True or False: Gravity circulation is the circulation of water based on the use of a
mechanical pump. - Answer-False
True or False: the manufacture of nominal pipe sizes from 1/3" to 12" (3mm to 305mm)
is based on the outside diameter (OD) of the pipe. - Answer-False
True or False: Piping should not be directly embedded in concrete. - Answer-True
True or False: PVC has a maximum service temperature of 100° F (38.7°C) - Answer-
False
True or False: Heating water is estimated to consume 10% to 25% of the total energy
used in an average home. - Answer-True
True or False: A check valve is specifically required on the discharge piping from water
supply tanks at or near the tank and at each water service either at the discharge side
of a water service meter or at some point in the unmetered water service. - Answer-
False
, True or False: A plumbing appurtenance is a special class of devices or equipment that
is intended to perform a special plumbing function. - Answer-False
True or False: Lavatories are categorized by the building occupant use, their shape,
size, and color, whether they have any special integral features, and by method of
installation. - Answer-True
True or False: Proper plumbing fixture and appliance installation occurs in two phases:
rough-in and finish. - Answer-True
True or False: The wastewater discharged from the bathtub, and other non-sanitary
plumbing fixtures, is identified as black water. - Answer-False
True or False: A product that bears the "classified" or "shield" label has demonstrated
compliance with the specific standard or standards to which it was tested. - Answer-
False
True or False: Siphonage is caused by the effects of self-siphonage and pressure
fluctuations, including aspiration and back pressure. - Answer-True
True or False: A trap weir is the depth of water in a fixture that prevents the passage of
noxious odors but allows the free flow of wastewater - Answer-False
True or False: A bi-level drinking fountain has separate basins and bubblers installed at
two different levels. - Answer-True
True or False: A vanity lavatory is a lavatory in which the basin mounts on top of the
countertop. - Answer-False
True or False: Emergency plumping fixtures are categorized by the part of the body the
fixture is intended to provide relief for. - Answer-True
True or False: There are eight urinal design: siphon-jet, blow out, wash out, wash down,
stall, trough, non water, and hybrid. - Answer-True
True or False: There are no specific plumbing code requirements for the setting of
drinking fountains other than to follow the manufacturer's installation instructions. -
Answer-True
True or False: Besides an air gap, a common type of back flow prevention device is an
AVB. - Answer-True
True or False: A garderobe was essentially a waste shoot from upper areas of the
castle used to deposit excrement into a cesspit below. - Answer-True
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