UPC: Ch 11 Storm Drainage UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers

UPC: Ch 11 Storm Drainage UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Storm water shall not be drained into sewers intended for ___________________.
a. a combined sewer system
b. sanitary drainage only
c. a storm drain system

d. a storm sewer system - CORRECT ANSWER -B


Subsoil drains shall be piped to a ______________________.
a. storm drain
b. street curb
c. alley

d. all of the above - CORRECT ANSWER -D


The perimeter of buildings having basements, cellars, or crawl spaces or floors below grade
shall be provided with ____________________.
a. backwater valves
b. seepage pits
c. subsoil drains

d. leech lines - CORRECT ANSWER -C


All rainwater sumps serving "public use" occupancy buildings shall be provided with
__________________.
a. single pumps
b. dual pumps
c. separate sumps

, d. overflow tanks - CORRECT ANSWER -B


Roof drains, gutters, vertical conductors or leaders, and horizontal storm drains for primary
drainage shall be sized based on ____________________.
a. 30-minute 30-year storm
b. 3 inches per hour
c. 60-minute 100-year return period

d. 6 inches per hour - CORRECT ANSWER -C


The overflow level of the secondary drain inlet above the primary drain inlet shall be not less
than ______________ inch(es) above the roof.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 6

d. 12 - CORRECT ANSWER -B


Leaders and storm drains, where connected to a combined sewer, shall be _____________.
a. trapped
b. identified
c. crown vented

d. over-sized - CORRECT ANSWER -A


Of those listed, an approved material for conductors installed above ground level in buildings
is ________________________.
a. aluminum sheet metal
b. ABS Schedule 40
c. PVC SDR 35

d. CPVC - CORRECT ANSWER -B