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Maine Journeyman Plumbing Exam ALL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
QUESTION: hot water for public use lavatories shall be limited to what temp:
A) 105
B) 120
C)115
D)110 - ANSWER-120 F
QUESTION: Is the plumbing code minimum or maximum standards? - ANSWER-Minimum
requirements and standards
QUESTION: What is considered a bathroom? - ANSWER-A room with a shower or bathtub
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QUESTION: that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the
discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys
it to the building sewer
A) Building subdrain
B)soil stack
C)Building Sewer
D)Building drain - ANSWER-Building drain
QUESTION: A vertical vent that is a continuation of the drain to which it connects
A) Continuous vent
B) Yoke Vent
C) Up Vent
D) Standard Vent - ANSWER-Continuous vent
QUESTION: a specially designed system of waste piping embodying the horizontal wet venting
of one or more sinks or floor drains by means of a common waste and vent pipe adequately
sized to provide free movement of air above the flow line of the drain
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A) Combination Waste and Vent system
B) Drain air system
C) Oversized drain
D) Flat Drain - ANSWER-Combination Waste and vent system
QUESTION: Where parallel vertical stacks are installed, the connection for the soil stacks shall
be via:
A) Backflow tee
B) Typical Wye
C) Drain Tee
D) Yoke Vent - ANSWER-Yoke vent
QUESTION: You are looking at a 16 foot long cylinder that is 4 feet wide. If it is entirely full, how
much water is in the cylinder?
A) 200.96
B)256
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C) 300 - ANSWER-200.96
Volume is (Pie X R^2)xHeight
(3.14x2^2) X 16 =200.96
QUESTION: The Volume of the cylinder is 200.96 cubic feet, many gallons of water is that?
A) 1503
B) 1600
C) 1000
D) 1263.72 - ANSWER-7.48 gallons per cubic foot
(200.96 X 7.48) = 1503.2 gallons
QUESTION: Developed Length - ANSWER-The length along the center of the pipe and fitting
QUESTION: Vertical pipe - ANSWER-any pipe or fitting installed in a vertical position or which
forms an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the vertical line
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Maine Journeyman Plumbing Exam ALL
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
LATEST UPDATE THIS YEAR
QUESTION: hot water for public use lavatories shall be limited to what temp:
A) 105
B) 120
C)115
D)110 - ANSWER-120 F
QUESTION: Is the plumbing code minimum or maximum standards? - ANSWER-Minimum
requirements and standards
QUESTION: What is considered a bathroom? - ANSWER-A room with a shower or bathtub
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QUESTION: that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system which receives the
discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys
it to the building sewer
A) Building subdrain
B)soil stack
C)Building Sewer
D)Building drain - ANSWER-Building drain
QUESTION: A vertical vent that is a continuation of the drain to which it connects
A) Continuous vent
B) Yoke Vent
C) Up Vent
D) Standard Vent - ANSWER-Continuous vent
QUESTION: a specially designed system of waste piping embodying the horizontal wet venting
of one or more sinks or floor drains by means of a common waste and vent pipe adequately
sized to provide free movement of air above the flow line of the drain
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A) Combination Waste and Vent system
B) Drain air system
C) Oversized drain
D) Flat Drain - ANSWER-Combination Waste and vent system
QUESTION: Where parallel vertical stacks are installed, the connection for the soil stacks shall
be via:
A) Backflow tee
B) Typical Wye
C) Drain Tee
D) Yoke Vent - ANSWER-Yoke vent
QUESTION: You are looking at a 16 foot long cylinder that is 4 feet wide. If it is entirely full, how
much water is in the cylinder?
A) 200.96
B)256
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C) 300 - ANSWER-200.96
Volume is (Pie X R^2)xHeight
(3.14x2^2) X 16 =200.96
QUESTION: The Volume of the cylinder is 200.96 cubic feet, many gallons of water is that?
A) 1503
B) 1600
C) 1000
D) 1263.72 - ANSWER-7.48 gallons per cubic foot
(200.96 X 7.48) = 1503.2 gallons
QUESTION: Developed Length - ANSWER-The length along the center of the pipe and fitting
QUESTION: Vertical pipe - ANSWER-any pipe or fitting installed in a vertical position or which
forms an angle of not more than 45 degrees with the vertical line
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