Texas State Plumbing Inspector
Master Exam
1. Chapter 1 - Administration: This chapter covers maintaining,
permitting and inspecting of the plumbing system.
2. 100% Penalty (Double fee): What is the penalty for work being
done without a permit?
3. TRUE: All Underground piping shall be left uncovered until
inspected? T or F
4. Air Gap: The vertical distance between the opening of the
water supply and the flood level rim of the receptacle is called?
5. Branch: Any part of the piping system except a riser, main or
stack.
6. Branch Vent: A vent connecting individual vents with a stack
vent or vent stack.
7. Building Drain: The lowest part of the drainage system which
receives waste from soil and waste pipes and connects to the
building sewer.
8. Cleanout: Access opening in the drainage system used to
remove obstructions.
9. Combination Fixture: Two or three compartment sinks drained
by a continuous waste connected to one trap.
,10. Combination waste and vent system: A horizontal wet
venting system for sinks and floor drains.
11. Common Vent: A single vent serving as the vent for two
fixture drains.
12. Critical Level: An elevation mark on a vacuum breaker setting
the minimum elevation the device can be installed above the flood
level rim of the fixture.
13. Cross Connection: An Actual or potential tie between potable
water and any source of pollution or contamination.
14. Developed Length: A measurement of piping taken along the
centerline of pipe and fittings.
15. Drain: Any pipe that conveys waste water in the drainage
system.
16. Indirect Waste: A waste pipe that drains through an air gap to
the drainage system.
17. Individual Vent: A pipe installed to vent one fixture trap. It
may connect to the vent system above the fixture or terminate in
the open air.
18. Main: The primary or principle pipe to which branches are
connected.
19. Potable Water: Water that is sufficiently free of impurities to
meet public health standards.
, 20. Rough in: Parts of plumbing system installed prior to the
installation of fixtures.
21. Soil Pipe: A drain pipe conveying sewage containing fecal
matter.
22. Stack Vent: The extension of a soil or waste stack above the
highest fixture served.
23. Trap: A device that provides a water seal to prevent the
passage of sewer gas and allow the passage of waste.
24. Trap Seal: Distance from weir to top of the dip of the trap.
Master Exam
1. Chapter 1 - Administration: This chapter covers maintaining,
permitting and inspecting of the plumbing system.
2. 100% Penalty (Double fee): What is the penalty for work being
done without a permit?
3. TRUE: All Underground piping shall be left uncovered until
inspected? T or F
4. Air Gap: The vertical distance between the opening of the
water supply and the flood level rim of the receptacle is called?
5. Branch: Any part of the piping system except a riser, main or
stack.
6. Branch Vent: A vent connecting individual vents with a stack
vent or vent stack.
7. Building Drain: The lowest part of the drainage system which
receives waste from soil and waste pipes and connects to the
building sewer.
8. Cleanout: Access opening in the drainage system used to
remove obstructions.
9. Combination Fixture: Two or three compartment sinks drained
by a continuous waste connected to one trap.
,10. Combination waste and vent system: A horizontal wet
venting system for sinks and floor drains.
11. Common Vent: A single vent serving as the vent for two
fixture drains.
12. Critical Level: An elevation mark on a vacuum breaker setting
the minimum elevation the device can be installed above the flood
level rim of the fixture.
13. Cross Connection: An Actual or potential tie between potable
water and any source of pollution or contamination.
14. Developed Length: A measurement of piping taken along the
centerline of pipe and fittings.
15. Drain: Any pipe that conveys waste water in the drainage
system.
16. Indirect Waste: A waste pipe that drains through an air gap to
the drainage system.
17. Individual Vent: A pipe installed to vent one fixture trap. It
may connect to the vent system above the fixture or terminate in
the open air.
18. Main: The primary or principle pipe to which branches are
connected.
19. Potable Water: Water that is sufficiently free of impurities to
meet public health standards.
, 20. Rough in: Parts of plumbing system installed prior to the
installation of fixtures.
21. Soil Pipe: A drain pipe conveying sewage containing fecal
matter.
22. Stack Vent: The extension of a soil or waste stack above the
highest fixture served.
23. Trap: A device that provides a water seal to prevent the
passage of sewer gas and allow the passage of waste.
24. Trap Seal: Distance from weir to top of the dip of the trap.
