2015 UPC Chapter 2 Definitions – Part 1 RV 11/8/16

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Quiz 1 1. The definitions of terms are arranged 3. A control valve is installed in a new alphabetically according to the ______word installation and must be accessible. of the term. “Accessible” means that it can be ______.  first  accessed directly without any obstructions  second  accessed by cutting an opening into the wall  third  accessed by removing a fixture or appliance  fourth  accessed by removing an access door  fifth  none of the answers provided

2. Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene is ______. 4. An installation that is required to be readily  a type of material used to create conduits for accessible means that it can be ______. conveying building drains  accessed by cutting into a wall  a special caulking for ceramic tile  accessed by removing an access panel,  a toxic material that is banned for potable door or another accepted method water systems  accessed by removing a fixture or appliance  a chemical that is a controlled substance  none of the answers provided  also known as ABS in the trade

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 negative pressure tap 5. The physical separation that may below the  aspirator inlet into the indirect waste receptor from the fixture is known as ______.  the specified gap 12. The AHJ shall be a ______department  an air break having statutory authority.  a break gap  federal  a space break  state  local 6. The unobstructed vertical distance through  regional the atmosphere between the lowest opening  any of the answers provided from a potable water faucet to the flood-level rim of a fixture is known as ______. 13. Can the AHJ be an individual plumbing,  a water distribution air gap mechanical, labor department, health  a drainage airgap department, or building official?  an air break  Yes  indirect waste  No  none of the answers provided 14. A ______device is required to prevent 7. An alternate water source includes ______. backflow into the potable water system.  gray water  backflow preventer  on-site treated nonpotable water  double check valve assembly  rainwater  anti-flow meter  reclaimed (recycled) water  none of the answers provided  all of the answers provided 15. A backwater valve is installed in a water 8. Anesthetizing location is an area of a facility supply system to prevent reverse flow. that has been designated to be used for the  True administration of general anesthesia.  False  True  False 16. A room equipped with a water closet and a lavatory is known as a ______. 9. Approved means acceptable to the ______.  1/4 bathroom  general contractor  1/2 bathroom  home owner  bathroom  AHJ  any of the answers provided  bank  none of the answers provided

10. An area drain is a receptor designed to 17. A bathroom group must include ______. collect surface or storm water from an open  a water closet area.  a water closet and a sink  True  a water closet, a sink and a bathtub or  False shower  a bathtub or shower 11. A fitting supplied with water under a positive pressure that passes through an integral 18. Any group of two or more similar, adjacent orifice causing a vacuum is called a/n fixtures that discharge into a common ______. horizontal waste or soil branch is called a  vacuum tap ______.  pressure tap  double bathroom

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 double discharge  A. building supply  multiple fixture connection  B. irrigation line  battery of fixtures  C. water service  D. both B and C

Quiz 2 1. Boiler blowoff is ______.  a device used reduce pressure on the high 7. A person certified by Washington State pressure side of a system Department of Health to inspect and test,  a device used to discharge sediment from a maintain and repair backflow prevention boiler assemblies, devices and air gaps is known  less than 2x working pressure as a ______.  none of the answers provided  plumber  journeyman plumber 2. Bonding jumper is not a reliable conductor to  certified backflow assembly tester ensure the required electrical conductivity  none of the answers provided between metal parts are required to be electrically connected. 8. A cesspool ______.  True  holds organic solids  False  is a lined excavation  permits liquids to seep through the bottom 3. A bottle filling station is connected to the and sides potable water distribution system and  any of the answers provided sanitary drainage system that is designed  none of the answers provided and intended for filling personal use drinking water bottles or containers not less that ______in height. 9. A fixture that has the same flushing and cleansing characteristics of a water closet  2 inches that is used to receive that wastes from a  5 inches bedpan is known as a/n ______.  10 inches  clinical sink  17 inches  bedpan sink  nursing home sink 4. A building is a structure for housing, shelter  hospital sink or support of persons, animals, or property of any kind. 10. Plans, specifications, written, graphic, and  True pictorial documents prepared for describing  False the ______of the elements of a project necessary for obtaining a permit is known as 5. The building drain must extend ______from construction documents. the outside of the building wall to the  design building sewer.  location  2 feet  physical characteristics  4 feet  all of the answers provided  6 feet  none of the answers provided  8 feet 11. ______is the term used when potable water 6. The pipe that supplies potable water from that has bacteria creates a public health the water meter to a building or another hazard. point of use is known as a/n ______.

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 A. Contamination  2 feet  B. High hazard  3 feet  C. Non-drinkable  4 feet  D. Non-sanitary  5 feet  E. both A and B 3. In the designed flood elevation Coastal 12. Copper alloy is a homogenous mixture of Zone-A, wave height is between ______and ______or more metals. ______.  two  1 foot – 2 feet  three  1.5 foot – 3 feet  four  3 feet – 4 feet  five  4 feet – 5 feet

13. CPVC is ______.  Cold Pressurized Valve Connection  Conductor Pressure Value Coefficient 4. In the designed flood elevation Zone-A,  Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride wave height is less than ______.  Calculated Pressure Valve Capacity  1 foot  1.5 feet 14. A debris excluder is ______.  2 feet  found on a commercial sink upstream from  3 feet an inline garbage disposal  3.5 feet  unlawful to install in a 3-inch sewer line  installed in a shower drain line 5. In the designed flood elevation Zone-X,  a device installed on the rainwater wave height is less than ______. catchments conveyance system to prevent  1 foot the accumulation of leaves, needles, or other debris in the system  1.5 feet  2 feet 15. The elevation of the design flood relative to  3 feet the datum on the community’s designated  none of the answers provided flood hazard map is known as the ______.  design flood elevation 6. In areas designated as Zone AO where a  flood plain depth number is not specified on the map,  overflow field the depth number is equal to ______.  high water area  1 foot  none of the answers provided  1.5 feet  2 feet Quiz 3  3 feet 1. In describing the characteristics of a flood  none of the answers provided plain, the abbreviation of BFE is used and means ______. 7. The rain leader from the roof to the building  Base Flood Elevation storm drain located outside of the building is  Basic Flood Evacuation known as a/n ______.  Base Flood Plain Economic Zone  elbow  Best Flood Evacuation Route  leave port  leaf port 2. In the designed flood elevation Zone V,  downspout wave height is equal to or greater than ______.

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8. A drain is ______pipe that carries  any of the answers provided waterborne wastes in a building drainage system. 14. A fitting or arrangement of pipe and fittings  an ABS that permits the contraction and expansion  a 1-1/2 inch or larger of a piping system is known as an expansion  a 3 inch or larger joint.  a galvanized or copper  True  any of the answers provided  False

9. Drainage systems shall not include the 15. A/n ______is between the water line to a mains of a ______kitchen sink and the main water line.  public sewer system  water line  public sewage treatment plant  auxiliary line  public sewage disposal plant  branch supply line  any of the answers provided  arterial line  fixture branch

10. Drinking fountains shall incorporate a ______for chilling the drinking water.  water filter 16. A drain from the trap of a fixture to the junction of that drain with any other drain  cooling system pipe is known as a ______.  both of the answers provided  combination drain  neither of the answers provided  continuous drain  multiple-use drain 11. An effective ground-fault current path is generally known as the ground wire. This  fixture drain ground wire is ______in color.  any of the answers provided  black  red 17. The load on a plumbing system from different kinds of fixtures is known as a  white ______.  green  load  none of the answers provided  fixture unit  fixture number 12. A sink used in the patient exam room of a medical or dental office with a primary  load unit purpose for washing hands is known as the  none of the answers provided exam room sink.  True Quiz 4  False 1. The top edge of a receptor from which water overflows is known as ______. 13. On a remodel, older plumbing work was  flooded uncovered that does not meet the latest  flood level current code. This work is considered to be  the flood-level rim ______.  none of the answers provided  accepted  approved 2. When the liquid rises to the flood level rim,  existing work the fixture is known as ______.  a mess  overloaded

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 overflowed  B. gang shower  flooded  C. group shower  capacity excess  D. both B and C

3. A ______tank is located above a water 9. Is patient care room the same as general closet for the purpose of flushing the usable care area? portion of the fixture.  Yes  rinse  No  hose  storage 10. Who is responsible for the operation of a  water health care facility?  flush  Council  Administration 4. A valve located at the bottom of the tank for  Governing body the purpose of flushing water closets is  Committee known as a ______.  basin valve 11. A gravity grease interceptor does not have  tank valve the following features ______.  flush valve  30-minute retention time  waste valve  baffle (s)  a minimum of three (3) compartments  a minimum total volume of not less than 300 gallons 5. A tank integrated within an air accumulator vessel that discharges a preset amount of flushing water is known as a ______.  hydraulic tank 12. A/n ______is a device that is installed in a  pressure water tank sanitary drainage system to intercept non-  flushometer tank petroleum fats, oils and grease from a  single flush tank wastewater discharge.  metered flush tank  grease interceptor  NPF disposal system 6. A ______valve discharges a predetermined  effluent separation interceptor quantity of water to fixtures for flushing and  FOG disposal system is actuated by direct water pressure.  rise 13. A Grease Removal Device (GRD) that  flood automatically, mechanically removes non-  flushometer petroleum fats, oils and grease (FOG) from the interceptor, is a device.  dump  True  fast-acting sweep  False 7. FOG is an abbreviation for ______. Quiz 5  fats, oils, grease 1. A grounding electrode through which a  floating on grease direct connection to ______is established.  flood on grade  earth  flush on grade  water pipe  fuse box 8. Two showers that are installed in the same  panel box custom bathroom are known as a ______.  none of the answers provided  A. customized shower

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2. Heat-fusion welding includes ______. 8. A drain that dumps into a drainage system,  socket-fusion but does not make a physical connection  electro-fusion with the drain and has a physical gap between itself and the drainage system is  saddle-fusion known as a/n ______.  all of the answers provided  air gap  air break 3. Heat-fusion welding involves the application of ______to the components to fuse them  indirect waste pipe together.  direct waste pipe  heat  pressure 9. An individual vent is ______.  both of the answers provided  a pipe that terminates in the open air  neither of the answers provided  a pipe that connects to a vent system that is above the fixture that it serves 4. Any pipe that is installed at an angle less  a pipe that vents a fixture than 45 degrees from vertical is considered  all of the answers provided ______.  none of the answers provided  crooked  vertical 10. Any and all liquid or water-borne waste from  horizontal industrial or commercial processes, except domestic sewage, is referred to as ______.  bent  sewage 5. Hot water is defined as water greater than or  waste equal to ______.  industrial waste  100°F  commercial waste  120°F  130°F  140°F

6. A Hydromechanical Grease Interceptor incorporates which of the following except?  External flow control, with air intake (vent), 11. A device that separates hazardous wastes directly connected. from normal wastes and permits normal  External flow control, with air intake (vent), wastes to discharge into the disposal indirectly connected. terminal by gravity is called a ______.  External flow control, without air intake  A. retention tank (vent), directly connected.  B. clarifier  Without external flow control, directly  C. interceptor connected.  D. both B and C  Without external flow control, indirectly connected. 12. The lowest portion of the inside of a horizontal pipe is known as the ______. 7. An indirect-fired water heater consists of a  bottom storage tank equipped with ______heat  BDC exchanger which transfers heat from an external source in order to heat potable  invert water.  convert  an internal  an external 13. A joint obtained by joining 2 metal parts with alloys which melt at a temperature above  an internal or external 840°F is known as a ______.

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 sweat joint  one  soldered joint  two  brazed joint  three  welded joint  four

14. Flared joint is a metal-to-metal compression 18. The exterior vertical drainage pipe that joint in which c conical spread is made on conveys storm water from roof or gutter the end of the tube that is compressed by a drains is called a ______. flare nut against a mating flare.  rain drain riser  True  leader  False  conductor  gutter drain 15. A joint obtained by the joining of metal parts with metallic mixtures or alloys which melt at 19. Liquid waste includes fecal matter. a temperature up to and including 840°F is  True known as a ______.  False  sweat joint  soldered joint 20. A legally recorded individual area of land  brazed joint that is built or being built, is regulated by this  welded joint code, and is in possession of the owner is called a ______. 16. A welded joint is ______.  lot  a gastight joint obtained by the joining of  plot metal parts in the plastic molten state  short plot  a gastight joint obtained by the joining of  property metal parts with molten plastic  headache  a watertight joint obtained by the joining of metal parts with molten plastic 21. A macerating toilet system ______.  a watertight joint obtained by the joining of  grinds the effluent and pumps it to an metal parts in the plastic molten state approved point of discharge  cannot be installed on a private sewer/ disposal system  is insanitary  originally was designed and installed in 17. A maximum of ______lavatories in sets can Macedonia be serviced by a single trap.

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