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Plumbing Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is the complex mixture of toxic and non-toxic gases collected in a residential waste water system?
Equalize air pressure
Horizontal supply pipes
Sewer gases
Sanding Screen
2. How many pounds-per-square-inch (psi) is the water in a normal residential plumbing system?
Syphonic and Induction
Equalize air pressure
Revent pipe
65 psi
3. During the 'Clarification ' phase of water treatment what is the material that is coagulated by adding aluminum sulfate to the water called?
green
Horizontal supply pipes
Air Chamber
Flock
4. What is the area inside a pipe fitting that accepts the end of a pipe called?
Equalize air pressure
Flange
Air Chamber
green
5. What is the name of the gas in the torch that was used to heat the copper pipes during the solddering process?
Revent pipe
Propane
Sludge Blanket
Sanding Screen
6. What was the name of the material used to sand or clean the ends of the copper pipes and fittings before the soldering process?
Vent pipe
Syphonic and Induction
Sanding Screen
Propane
7. What is the term use to describe a balanced air flow that allows easy water flow within a plumbing system?
Clean out plug
Carbon granules
soil pipe
Equalize air pressure
8. What acid like substance is used as an etch to clean the surface of copper during the process of Soldering?
Cross Connection
Flux
Trap
Reservoirs
9. What was the name of the material used to sand or clean the ends of the copper pipes and fittings before the soldering process?
Waste pipe
Flock
Equalize air pressure
Sanding Screen
10. During the 'filtration' phase of water treatment water material is the water allowed to seep through?
Main Shutoff Valve
Sludge Blanket
green
Carbon granules
11. What is the valve that controls flow of water into a building?
Main Service Pipe
Revent pipe
Clean out plug
Main Shutoff Valve
12. What is the term use to describe a balanced air flow that allows easy water flow within a plumbing system?
Equalize air pressure
Private water system
Flange
Tank and Bowl
13. What are two types of valves used to shut off the water supply to a plumbing system? .
Drain-Waste-Vent (DWV)
green
Ball or Gate valves
Propane
14. When measuring pipe fittings what is the distance from one fitting that is directly in line with another fitting called?
Municipal Water System
Drain-Waste-Vent (DWV)
Face to Face
Trap
15. How many pounds-per-square-inch (psi) is the water in a normal residential plumbing system?
Ball or Gate valves
Syphonic and Induction
Flux
65 psi
16. What is the pipe fitting that has a removable plug and cleands a pipe run?
Clean out plug
65 psi
Revent pipe
green
17. The pipe that stops sewer gases from entering the home plumbing system is called?
Horizontal supply pipes
Ballcock valve
Trap
Flock
18. What is part of the drainage system that carries off solid waste from a plumbing fixture - especially from a toilet?
Vent pipe
soil pipe
Carbon granules
Private water system
19. What are the two main components of a modern toilet?
Tank and Bowl
Sludge Blanket
Chlorine
Flange
20. Where do large cities get their drinking water from?
Trap
65 psi
Water Supply System
Reservoirs
21. What is the natural force that starts the flush cycle of a modern toilet?
Gravity
Cross Connection
Trap
Private water system
22. During the 'Clarification ' phase of water treatment what is the material that is coagulated by adding aluminum sulfate to the water called?
Ballcock valve
Flock
Face to Face
Carbon granules
23. What is the valve that controls flow of water into a building?
Propane
Main Shutoff Valve
Tank and Bowl
65 psi
24. What part of a drainage system is used to take excess or grey water away - usually from a sink or a tub that will not contain any solid materials?
Waste pipe
Sanding Screen
Main Service Pipe
Cross Connection
25. The pipe that stops sewer gases from entering the home plumbing system is called?
Trap
Municipal Water System
Tank and Bowl
Ball or Gate valves
26. What is a pipe that connects from the public water to a building called?
Waste pipe
Sludge Blanket
Main Service Pipe
Trap
27. What are two types of valves used to shut off the water supply to a plumbing system? .
Trap
Ball or Gate valves
Flux
Ballcock valve
28. What is the area inside a pipe fitting that accepts the end of a pipe called?
Drain-Waste-Vent (DWV)
Flange
Sewer gases
Gravity
29. What are the two forces that cause the bowl of a modern toilet to empty it's contents?
Propane
Carbon granules
Syphonic and Induction
Face to Face
30. During the final steps of the 'Filtration' phase of water purification what chemical is added to the water in order to kill any harmful bacteria?
Waste pipe
Chlorine
Tank and Bowl
Carbon granules
31. What is a network of pipes - pumps - and storage and treatment facilities designed to deliver drinking water to homes - schools - businesses - and other users in a city or town?
Ball or Gate valves
Municipal Water System
Flux
Syphonic and Induction
32. Where does a household that is not connected to public or municipal draw it's potable water from?
Cross Connection
Ball or Gate valves
Municipal Water System
Private water system
33. When measuring pipe fittings what is the distance from one fitting that is directly in line with another fitting called?
Vent pipe
Main Shutoff Valve
Face to Face
Cross Connection
34. What is a system that cleans water and is pumped to homes and buildings?
Ball or Gate valves
Equalize air pressure
Water Supply System
Revent pipe
35. What are the two forces that cause the bowl of a modern toilet to empty it's contents?
Reservoirs
Syphonic and Induction
Main Shutoff Valve
65 psi
36. The portion of a water supply line which is usually under the customer's ground and conveys water from the main is called?
Horizontal supply pipes
Air Chamber
Trap
Water Supply System
37. What is the device at the bottom of a modern toilet tank that allows and stops the flow of water into the bowl?
Tank and Bowl
Carbon granules
Flapper Valve
65 psi
38. What is a pipe that connects from the public water to a building called?
Chlorine
Main Service Pipe
Drain-Waste-Vent (DWV)
Vent pipe
39. What is the device located inside the toilet tank that starts and stops the flow of water?
green
Sewer gases
Ballcock valve
Air Chamber
40. What is the name of the gas in the torch that was used to heat the copper pipes during the solddering process?
Sewer gases
Syphonic and Induction
Propane
green
41. What is A physical link between safe water and dirty water - which can come from drains - sewers or other wastewater sources?
Cross Connection
Revent pipe
Waste pipe
Reservoirs
42. When heating copper pipe to solder a joint - what color will the flame turn to indicate a proper temperture has been reached to start melting the solder?
Reservoirs
Air Chamber
green
Waste pipe
43. What is the device located inside the toilet tank that starts and stops the flow of water?
65 psi
Ballcock valve
Carbon granules
Air Chamber
44. During the 'filtration' phase of water treatment water material is the water allowed to seep through?
Carbon granules
Horizontal supply pipes
Ball or Gate valves
Main Service Pipe
45. The portion of a water supply line which is usually under the customer's ground and conveys water from the main is called?
Flange
Horizontal supply pipes
Flapper Valve
soil pipe
46. Diring the 'Clarification' phase of water treatment what is the material that is formed at the top of the of the clarifying vat called?
Sludge Blanket
soil pipe
Private water system
Ball or Gate valves
47. What pipe that rises out of the roof of a house regulates air pressure in the waste system pipes facilitating flow?
Flux
Vent pipe
Trap
Sludge Blanket
48. In modern plumbing - what is the system that removes greywater aka wastewater from a building and regulates air pressure?
Flock
Drain-Waste-Vent (DWV)
Tank and Bowl
Clean out plug
49. What pipe that rises out of the roof of a house regulates air pressure in the waste system pipes facilitating flow?
Clean out plug
Flange
Vent pipe
Flapper Valve
50. Where does a household that is not connected to public or municipal draw it's potable water from?
Private water system
Main Service Pipe
Carbon granules
Flapper Valve