MAINE JOURNEYMAN PLUMBING EXAM | QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST EXAM
When Plumbing code conflicts with mechanical code, which shall prevail? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Plumbing code
It is the duty of whom to notify the AHJ of work ready for inspection? -
CORRECT ANSWER - The person doing the work
What is AHJ? - CORRECT ANSWER - Authority Having Jurisdiction
How much notice must you give the AHJ prior to inspection? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 24 Hours
hot water for public use lavatories shall be limited to what temp:
A) 105
B) 120
C)115
D)110 - CORRECT ANSWER - 120 F
Is the plumbing code minimum or maximum standards? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Minimum requirements and standards
What is considered a bathroom? - CORRECT ANSWER - A room with a
shower or bathtub
,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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Building drain
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Continuous vent
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
A) Combination Waste and Vent system
B) Drain air system
C) Oversized drain
D) Flat Drain - CORRECT ANSWER - Combination Waste and vent system
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Yoke vent
, 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
C) 300 - CORRECT ANSWER - 200.96
Volume is (Pie X R^2)xHeight
(3.14x2^2) X 16 =200.96
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 7.48 gallons per cubic foot
(200.96 X 7.48) = 1503.2 gallons
Developed Length - CORRECT ANSWER - The length along the center of the
pipe and fitting
Vertical pipe - CORRECT 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
potable water - CORRECT ANSWER - water that is safe to drink, use in
culinary and domestic purposes
a stack is - CORRECT ANSWER - a vertical pipe
branch - CORRECT ANSWER - Horizontal pipe
ANSWERS | VERIFIED ANSWERS | LATEST EXAM
When Plumbing code conflicts with mechanical code, which shall prevail? -
CORRECT ANSWER - Plumbing code
It is the duty of whom to notify the AHJ of work ready for inspection? -
CORRECT ANSWER - The person doing the work
What is AHJ? - CORRECT ANSWER - Authority Having Jurisdiction
How much notice must you give the AHJ prior to inspection? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 24 Hours
hot water for public use lavatories shall be limited to what temp:
A) 105
B) 120
C)115
D)110 - CORRECT ANSWER - 120 F
Is the plumbing code minimum or maximum standards? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Minimum requirements and standards
What is considered a bathroom? - CORRECT ANSWER - A room with a
shower or bathtub
,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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Building drain
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Continuous vent
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
A) Combination Waste and Vent system
B) Drain air system
C) Oversized drain
D) Flat Drain - CORRECT ANSWER - Combination Waste and vent system
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - Yoke vent
, 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
C) 300 - CORRECT ANSWER - 200.96
Volume is (Pie X R^2)xHeight
(3.14x2^2) X 16 =200.96
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 - CORRECT ANSWER - 7.48 gallons per cubic foot
(200.96 X 7.48) = 1503.2 gallons
Developed Length - CORRECT ANSWER - The length along the center of the
pipe and fitting
Vertical pipe - CORRECT 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
potable water - CORRECT ANSWER - water that is safe to drink, use in
culinary and domestic purposes
a stack is - CORRECT ANSWER - a vertical pipe
branch - CORRECT ANSWER - Horizontal pipe
