Building Construction Quiz (plumbing - Sanitary Drainage

and Sewage) 15 Questions

Part I. Identification (Essential Parts of Sanitary Drainage System)
A chamber of a large septic tank employing siphonic action to
automatically discharge a large volume of effluent when a
predetermined quantity has accumulated.
a. Drain field
b. Sewage treatment chamber
c. Seepage pit
d. Dosing chamber
Questions and Answers
 1. Conveys only wastewater or liquid waste free of fecal matter
2. Constructed to provide a liquid seal which prevents backflow of foul air or
methane gas without affecting the flow of sewage or wastewater through it.
3. For ensuring the circulation of air in a plumbing system.
 4. Extends from the house drain at a point 0.60 meters from the outside
face of the foundation wall of a building to the junction with the street
sewer or any point of discharge and conveying the drainage of one
building site.
 5. Vertical
main system of soil, waste or vent piping extending through one
or more stories and extended through the roof.
 6. Partof the lowest horizontal piping of a plumbing system which receives
the discharges from the soil, waste and other drainage pipes inside of a
building and conveys it to the house sewer outside of the building.
 7. Any part of the piping system other than a main, riser or stack.
 8. Pump for removing the accumulations of liquid from a sump
 9. Apipe or artificial conduit as underground for carrying off sewage or
other liquid waste to a treatment plant.
 10. Pitor reservoir serving as a drain or receptacle for water and other
liquids.
 11. Achamber of a large septic tank employing siphonic action to
automatically discharge a large volume of effluent when a predetermined
quantity has accumulated.
o A. Drain field
o B. Sewage treatment chamber
o C. Seepage pit
o D. Dosing chamber

12. Minimum slope or pitch of horizontal drainage pipe

 o A. 3.0% per foot
o B. 1.5% per foot
o C. 1% per foot
o D. 2% per foot
 13. Lowest point on the interior of a drainpipe or sewer where the liquid is
deepest.
o A. Invert
o B. Cleanout
o C. Battery
o D. Fall

14. Oversized pipe functioning both as a soil or waste pipe and a vent

 15. Used for lavatories, kitchen sinks, laundry tubs & urinals