MASTER PLUMBER EXAM: DEFINITION |\ |\ |\ |\
OF TERMS |\
ABS - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Acrylonitrile-Butadiene·Styrene
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ALLEY - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔any public space. public park or
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thoroughfare less than three (3) meters but not less than two (2) meters in
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width dedicated or deeded for public use.
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ALTER or ALTERATION - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔any change, addition
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or modification
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ACCESSIBLE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔when applied to a fixture, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
connection, appliance or equipment, shalt mean having access thereto, but
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which may require prior removal of an access panel, door or similar
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obstruction. "Readily accessible" shall mean direct access without the
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necessity of removing any panel, door or similar obstruction.
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AIRBREAK - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a physical separation. which may be
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a low inlet into the indirect waste receptor from the fixture, appliance or
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device indirectly connected.
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AIR GAP, DRAINAGE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the unobstructed vertical
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distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from any
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,pipe, plumbing fixture, appliance or appurtenance conveying waste to the
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flood level rim of the receptor.
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AIR GAP, WATER DISTRIBUTION - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an
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unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the
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lowest opening from any pipe or faucet conveying potable water to the flood-
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level rim of any tank, vat or fixture.
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APPROVED - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔accepted or acceptable under an |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
applicable specifications or standard stated or cited in this Code., or accepted
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as suitable for any proposed use under procedures and powers of the
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Administrative Authority. |\
APPROVED TESTING AGENCY - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an organization |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
primarily established for purposes of testing to approve standards and
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approved by the Administrative Authority.|\ |\ |\ |\
AUTHORITY, ADMINISTRATIVE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Administrative Authority including the Building Official, the Commission, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the Board and such other department or agency established and authorized
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to administer and enforce the provisions of Republic Act 13 78
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BACKFLOW - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the flow of water or other liquids,
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mixtures or substances into the distributing pipes of a potable supply of
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water from any source other than from its intended source.
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,BACKFLOW CONNECTION - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔condition or any
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arrangement whereby reverse flow can occur. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
BACKPRESSURE BACKFLOW - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔occurs due to an |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
increased reverse pressure above the supply pressure. This may be due to
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pumps, boilers, gravity or other sources of pressure
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BACKFLOW PREVENTER - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔device or means to
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prevent flow of liquid from returning to the source of supply. Also called
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vacuum breaker |\
BACK-SIPHONAGE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the flowing back of used, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
contaminated or · polluted water from a plumbing fixture or vessel into a
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water supply pipe due to a negative pressure in such pipe. See backflow.
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BACKWATER VALVE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a device installed in a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
drainage system to prevent reverse flow.
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BACK VENT PIPE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the part of a vent line, which
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connects directly with an individual trap underneath or behind the fixture
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and extends to the branch or main vent pipe at any point higher than the
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fixture or fixture traps it serves. This is sometimes called an individual vent.
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BALL COCK - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a valve opened and closed by the
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fall and rise, respective! y, of an attached ball floating on the surface of the
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liquid
, BALL JOINT - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a type of pipe connection in which
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a ball-shaped end is held in a cup like shell and allows movements in every
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direction.
BATTERY OF FIXTURES - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔any of two or more
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similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into a common horizontal soil or
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waste branch. |\
BELL OR HUB - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔that portion of a pipe which, for
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a short distance, is sufficiently enlarged to receive the end of another pipe of
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the same diameter for the purpose of making rt caulked or push-on joint
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BENDING PIN (or IRON) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a tool for
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straightening or bending lead pipe synonymous with faucet, cock, tap, plug,
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etc. The word "faucet" is preferred
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BIDET - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A plumbing fixture used for washing the
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middle private part of the body, especially the genitals. Also called a "sitz"
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bath.
BLANK FLANGE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A pipe flange that is not
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drilled for bolt holes |\ |\ |\
BLIND FLANGE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a flange that closes the end of
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a pipe. There is no opening for the passage of liquid or gas.
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OF TERMS |\
ABS - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Acrylonitrile-Butadiene·Styrene
|\ |\ |\ |\
ALLEY - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔any public space. public park or
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
thoroughfare less than three (3) meters but not less than two (2) meters in
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
width dedicated or deeded for public use.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ALTER or ALTERATION - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔any change, addition
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
or modification
|\
ACCESSIBLE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔when applied to a fixture, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
connection, appliance or equipment, shalt mean having access thereto, but
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
which may require prior removal of an access panel, door or similar
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
obstruction. "Readily accessible" shall mean direct access without the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
necessity of removing any panel, door or similar obstruction.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
AIRBREAK - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a physical separation. which may be
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a low inlet into the indirect waste receptor from the fixture, appliance or
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
device indirectly connected.
|\ |\
AIR GAP, DRAINAGE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the unobstructed vertical
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from any
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,pipe, plumbing fixture, appliance or appurtenance conveying waste to the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
flood level rim of the receptor.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
AIR GAP, WATER DISTRIBUTION - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
lowest opening from any pipe or faucet conveying potable water to the flood-
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
level rim of any tank, vat or fixture.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
APPROVED - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔accepted or acceptable under an |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
applicable specifications or standard stated or cited in this Code., or accepted
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
as suitable for any proposed use under procedures and powers of the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Administrative Authority. |\
APPROVED TESTING AGENCY - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔an organization |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
primarily established for purposes of testing to approve standards and
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
approved by the Administrative Authority.|\ |\ |\ |\
AUTHORITY, ADMINISTRATIVE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
Administrative Authority including the Building Official, the Commission, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the Board and such other department or agency established and authorized
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
to administer and enforce the provisions of Republic Act 13 78
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
BACKFLOW - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the flow of water or other liquids,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
mixtures or substances into the distributing pipes of a potable supply of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
water from any source other than from its intended source.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
,BACKFLOW CONNECTION - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔condition or any
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
arrangement whereby reverse flow can occur. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
BACKPRESSURE BACKFLOW - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔occurs due to an |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
increased reverse pressure above the supply pressure. This may be due to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
pumps, boilers, gravity or other sources of pressure
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
BACKFLOW PREVENTER - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔device or means to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
prevent flow of liquid from returning to the source of supply. Also called
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
vacuum breaker |\
BACK-SIPHONAGE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the flowing back of used, |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
contaminated or · polluted water from a plumbing fixture or vessel into a
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
water supply pipe due to a negative pressure in such pipe. See backflow.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
BACKWATER VALVE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a device installed in a |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
drainage system to prevent reverse flow.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
BACK VENT PIPE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔the part of a vent line, which
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
connects directly with an individual trap underneath or behind the fixture
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
and extends to the branch or main vent pipe at any point higher than the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
fixture or fixture traps it serves. This is sometimes called an individual vent.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
BALL COCK - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a valve opened and closed by the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
fall and rise, respective! y, of an attached ball floating on the surface of the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
liquid
, BALL JOINT - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a type of pipe connection in which
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a ball-shaped end is held in a cup like shell and allows movements in every
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
direction.
BATTERY OF FIXTURES - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔any of two or more
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
similar adjacent fixtures which discharge into a common horizontal soil or
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
waste branch. |\
BELL OR HUB - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔that portion of a pipe which, for
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a short distance, is sufficiently enlarged to receive the end of another pipe of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
the same diameter for the purpose of making rt caulked or push-on joint
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
BENDING PIN (or IRON) - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a tool for
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
straightening or bending lead pipe synonymous with faucet, cock, tap, plug,
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
etc. The word "faucet" is preferred
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
BIDET - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A plumbing fixture used for washing the
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
middle private part of the body, especially the genitals. Also called a "sitz"
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
bath.
BLANK FLANGE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A pipe flange that is not
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
drilled for bolt holes |\ |\ |\
BLIND FLANGE - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a flange that closes the end of
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a pipe. There is no opening for the passage of liquid or gas.
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