TSBPE - Inspector Plumbing Exam
1. Air Gap: Plb Term - The vertical distance between the opening of
the water supply and the flood level rim of a receptacle.
2. Branch: Plb Term - Any part of the piping system, except
mains, stacks or risers
3. Branch Vent: Plb Term - A vent connecting individual vents
with a stack vent or a vent stack.
4. Building Drain: Plb Term - The lowest part of the drainage
system which receives waster from soil and waste pipes and
connects to the building sewer
5. Building Sewer: Plb Term - The drainage piping that conveys
waster from the building drain to the public sewer or disposal
system.
6. Cleanout: Plb Term - Access opening in the drainage system
used to remove obstructions.
7. Combination Fixture: Plb Term - Two or three compartment
sink drained by a continuous waste connected to one trap.
8. Combination Waste and Vent: Plb Term - A horizontal wet
venting system for sinks and floor drains.
9. Common Vent: Plb Term - A single vent serving as the vent for
two fixture drains.
,10. Critical Level: Plb Term - An elevation mark on a vacuum
breaker setting the minimum elevation the device can be installed
above the flood level rim of a fixture.
11. Cross Connection: Plb Term - An actual or potential tie
between potable water and any source of pollution or
contamination.
12. Developed Length: Plb Term - A measurement of piping
taken along the cen- terline of pipe and fittings.
13. Drain: Plb Term - Any pipe that conveys waste water in the
drainage system
14. Indirect Waste: Plb Term - A waste pipe that drains through
an air gap to the drainage system
15. Individual Vent: Plb Term - A pipe installed to vent one fixture
trap. It may connect to the vent system above the fixture or
terminate to the open air.
16. Main: Plb Term - The primary or principal pipe to which
branches are connected.
17. Potable Water: Plb Term - Water that is sufficiently free of
impurities to meet public health standards.
18. Rough-In: Plb Term - Parts of the plumbing system installed
prior to the instal- lation of fixtures.
19. Soil Pipe: Plb Term - The drain pipe conveying sewage
containing fecal matter
, 20. Stack Vent: Plb Term - The extension of a soil or waste stack
above the highest fixture served.
21. Trap: Plb Term - A device that provides a water seal to prevent
the passage of sewer gas and allow the passage of waste.
22. Trap Seal: Plb Term - Distance from weir to top of the dip of
the trap
1. Air Gap: Plb Term - The vertical distance between the opening of
the water supply and the flood level rim of a receptacle.
2. Branch: Plb Term - Any part of the piping system, except
mains, stacks or risers
3. Branch Vent: Plb Term - A vent connecting individual vents
with a stack vent or a vent stack.
4. Building Drain: Plb Term - The lowest part of the drainage
system which receives waster from soil and waste pipes and
connects to the building sewer
5. Building Sewer: Plb Term - The drainage piping that conveys
waster from the building drain to the public sewer or disposal
system.
6. Cleanout: Plb Term - Access opening in the drainage system
used to remove obstructions.
7. Combination Fixture: Plb Term - Two or three compartment
sink drained by a continuous waste connected to one trap.
8. Combination Waste and Vent: Plb Term - A horizontal wet
venting system for sinks and floor drains.
9. Common Vent: Plb Term - A single vent serving as the vent for
two fixture drains.
,10. Critical Level: Plb Term - An elevation mark on a vacuum
breaker setting the minimum elevation the device can be installed
above the flood level rim of a fixture.
11. Cross Connection: Plb Term - An actual or potential tie
between potable water and any source of pollution or
contamination.
12. Developed Length: Plb Term - A measurement of piping
taken along the cen- terline of pipe and fittings.
13. Drain: Plb Term - Any pipe that conveys waste water in the
drainage system
14. Indirect Waste: Plb Term - A waste pipe that drains through
an air gap to the drainage system
15. Individual Vent: Plb Term - A pipe installed to vent one fixture
trap. It may connect to the vent system above the fixture or
terminate to the open air.
16. Main: Plb Term - The primary or principal pipe to which
branches are connected.
17. Potable Water: Plb Term - Water that is sufficiently free of
impurities to meet public health standards.
18. Rough-In: Plb Term - Parts of the plumbing system installed
prior to the instal- lation of fixtures.
19. Soil Pipe: Plb Term - The drain pipe conveying sewage
containing fecal matter
, 20. Stack Vent: Plb Term - The extension of a soil or waste stack
above the highest fixture served.
21. Trap: Plb Term - A device that provides a water seal to prevent
the passage of sewer gas and allow the passage of waste.
22. Trap Seal: Plb Term - Distance from weir to top of the dip of
the trap
