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This document contains information about plumbing tools, symbols, terms, arithmetic, practical problems, and other pointers to review for plumbing licensure examinations. It lists over 90 plumbing terms and definitions, 10 topics in plumbing arithmetic, practical problems involving septic tanks, piping diagrams, and more. Other sections provide an overview of relevant plumbing codes, standards, and materials to study.

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MPLE

This document contains information about plumbing tools, symbols, terms, arithmetic, practical problems, and other pointers to review for plumbing licensure examinations. It lists over 90 plumbing terms and definitions, 10 topics in plumbing arithmetic, practical problems involving septic tanks, piping diagrams, and more. Other sections provide an overview of relevant plumbing codes, standards, and materials to study.

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Plumbing Tools

1.4Wheel Pipe Cutter


2. Soil Pipe Cutter (5 questions) – What
type of pipe is this used?
3. 3 Way Pipe Threader
4. Geared Rachet Tube Bender
5. Level Type Tube Bender
6. Spring Type Tube Bender
7. Bench Yoke Vise
8. Plumber Snake – Other term for this
Plumbing Symbols
1. Vent Pipe (Dash/Broken Line)
2. Hot water return pipe (3 dotted)
3. Type of Connections (Welded, Screwed, B&S, Soldered,
Flanges)
Plumbing Terms
1. Aeration
2. 0.375 m (English units) – Spacing of WC
3. Max length of tailpiece
4. Slope Requirement of House Drain – 2%
5. 15 m – Min distance of Water supply well to Septic
6. Minimum thickness for Fire pro pipes
7. Circle – Shape symbol for girls (BP 344)
8. Roughing – In
9. 120 days – Suspended or Abandoned
10. Alteration (2 questions)
11. Backflow Preventer
12. Backflow – Positive Pressure
13. Branch Interval
14. Building Supply
15. Caulking
16. Catch Basin
17. Meter Stop – From Max Fajardo book
18. Development Length
19. NPS – meaning
20. Durham System
21. Ferrule
22. Fixture Units
23. Flushometer Valve
24. Grease Trap
25. House Sewer
26. Insanitary
27. Interceptor
28. Invert
29. Loop Vent
30. Local Vent
31. Oakum
32. Polybutylene (PB)
33. Plumbing – Water supply or drainage
34. Plumbing System
35. Public Sewer System
36. Privy
37. Riser
38. Sewage
39. Seepage
40. Septic Tank
41. Siamese Connection
42. Siphonage
43. Spigot
44. Dry Stand Pipe
45. Storm Water
46. Subsoil Drain
47. Sump
48. Tube
49. Water Distribution Pipe
50. Bitumen
51. Acid Resistant – Plumbing Fixtures
52. Sacrarium
53. 0.6 m2 – Area for Shower stall
54. 3 days – days before the inspection
55. Backflow Prevention Devices & Assemblies
56. cPVC – for Hot Water piping
57. Full way Gate Valve
58. 55.16 kPa, 103 kPa & 551 kPa – water pressure
59. 0.3 m – clearance for water supply & sewer pipe
60. 0.9 m – support spacing for trap arm
61. ¼ in – Closet ring
62. 0.3 m – below the ground (Vitrified Clay Pipe)
63. 1 in – Air Gap
64. Wet Venting
65. Combination Waste & Vent System (CW & VS)
66. 15 cm – vent termination
67. 1 m above the floor – Yoke vent
68. Sand Interceptor
69. Dome type strainer – roof drain
70. 15 m – clean-out
71. 135 deg – clean-out
72. 91m – manhole spacing
73. Threaded Joints – Wall thickness (Schedule 80)
74. Wiped Joint
75. Flared Joint
76. Asbestos – Not for water piping
77. Slip Joint
78. Expansion Joint
79. ASSE
80. CS & PS
81. UL
82. ABS
83. DWV
84. CPE
85. 2 – No. of manhole in septic tank
86. Semi Circular
87. Anaerobic Bacteria
88. Gases in Septic – flammable gases
89. Sludge
90. Common Seal & Deep seal
91. Types of Wells
92. Down feed System
93. Maximum Demand – Fajardo Book
94. Chairman of the Board (RMP) – Valentino Mangila
Plumbing Arithmetic
1. Engineering economy – Simple and Compound Interest
2. Straight line method
3. Effective rate
4. Engineering economy terms
5. Dynamics
6. Algebra – Series, Clock, Work, Motion, Age problems
7. Sine & Cosine Law
8. Area ng Rhombus – given 2 diagonals
9. Area ng Ellipse – Given Major and Minor axis
10. Sum of Interior Angles
11. Diagonals
12. Spherical Triangle
13. R’th term (Binomial Expansion)
14. Remainder Theorem
Practical Problems
and SPDI Topics
• Septic Tank parts
• Drain Fields Length and Spacing Requirement of sub soil
pipes
• Parts of Flushometer Valve (valve assembly, control stop
assembly, stud assembly & lever assembly)
• Spacing ng hangers
• Pipe Hangers
• Figure of Piping line in Cistern (Identify what valve to be
used like gate valve, check valve, and float valve.)
• Code of Ethics (Statement Number) – 2 problems
• Same with Principles – (Statement Number)
• Types of Water (Black, Gray, & Polluted)
• Color of Communicating Pipe (Gray)
• Pipe Fittings (Copper
Fitting
• Part of Trap (P-trap)
• Water bill computation
• Types of pipe (Figure 1-2 from Fajardo book)
• Min. & Max Slope of Sub-soil Pipe in
disposal fields
• Storm Drainage Design
• Shower Piping Diagram (Hot & Cold Water
Line)
• Plumbing Fixture Facilities
• Isometric Diagram (Identify the fittings)
• Pipe Design Sizing – Compute for pipe
size using table (DFU) from Table
• Water supply piping diagram
Other pointers to
review
1. Fire Code of the Philippines
2. Phil. National Drinking Water Standards
3. Batas Pambansa 344 (For Persons With Disabilities Or PWD)
4. Commercial Sizes of Pipes (Plastic, Copper, Cast Iron, etc.)
5. Pipe Color Coding
6. Plumbing Tools and Uses
7. Sanitation Code Of The Philippines and Its IRR
8. Sanitary Eng'g Law (Sanitation And Wastewater Systems)
9. Master Plumbing Law
10. Definition Of UPVC, PE, HDPE, PB, etc.
11. Plumbing Design & Estimate By Fajardo (Hot water Tank Sizes,
p.259.)

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