WorksheetsChapter 11 2021 UPC
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. Of those listed, roofs, inner courts, vent shafts, light wells, or similar areas having rainwater drains shall discharge to (a) _____.
a)
a. sanitary sewage system
b)
b. private sewage disposal system
c)
c. sump with pump discharge into the house drain
d)
d. outside of the building or to the gutter
2.
2. Storm water shall not be drained into sewers intended for _______________________________.
a)
a. a combined sewer system
b)
b. sanitary drainage only
c)
c. a storm drain system
d)
d. a storm sewer system
3.
3. Of those listed, an approved material for conductors installed above ground level in buildings is _____.
a)
a. aluminum sheet metal
b)
b. ABS Schedule 40
c)
c. PVC SDR 35
d)
d. CPVC
4.
4. The perimeter of buildings having basements, cellars, or crawl spaces or floors below grade shall be provided with _______________________.
a)
a. backwater valves
b)
b. seepage pits
c)
c. subsoil drains
d)
d. leach lines
5.
5. Subsoil drain lines shall be _____________.
a)
a. open jointed
b)
b. perforated pipe
c)
c. close jointed
d)
d. open jointed or perforated pipe
6.
6. Subsoil drains shall be piped to a _______________________.
a)
a. storm drain
b)
b. street curb
c)
c. alley
d)
d. all of these answers
7.
7. Roof drains, gutters, vertical conductors or leaders, and horizontal storm drains for primary drainage shall be sized based on _____.
a)
a. 30-minute 30-year storm
b)
b. 3 inches per hour
c)
c. 60-minute 100-year return period
d)
d. 6 inches per hour
8.
8. The overflow level of the secondary drain inlet above the primary drain inlet shall be not less than ______ inch(es) above the roof.
a)
a. 1
b)
b. 2
c)
c. 6
d)
d. 12
9.
9. A connection between the roof drain and the secondary (overflow) drain in a separate piping system shall _____.
a)
a. be connected at vertical piping only
b)
b. not exist, and the secondary drain shall discharge independently above grade and in a location observable by building occupants
c)
c. occur below ground outside of the building
d)
d. occur below the roof structure, provided that the overflow drain shall be the same size as the roof drain
10.
11. All rainwater sumps serving “public use” occupancy buildings shall be provided with ______________.
a)
a. single pumps
b)
b. dual pumps
c)
c. separate sumps
d)
d. overflow tanks
11.
12. Leaders and storm drains, where connected to a combined sewer, shall be _________________.
a)
a. trapped
b)
b. identified
c)
c. crown vented
d)
d. oversized
12.
13. Traps, where installed for individual conductors, shall be _____________ the horizontal drain to which they are connected.
a)
a. two pipe sizes larger than
b)
b. 1/2 the cross-sectional area of
c)
c. the same size as
d)
d. twice the cross-sectional area of
13.
14. Leaders installed along alleyways, driveways, or other locations where they may be exposed to damage shall be _____________.
a)
a. constructed from ferrous pipe
b)
b. installed with extra-heavy couplings
c)
c. provided with expansion joints
d)
d. Type DWV copper tube
14.
15. Flat deck drains may be installed on _______________.
a)
a. sun decks
b)
b. parking decks
c)
c. any roof
d)
d. parking decks and / or sun decks
15.
16. Of those listed, roof drain strainers of the flat-surface type may be installed on _______________________.
a)
a. sun decks
b)
b. any roof
c)
c. secondary roof drains
d)
d. its upper terminal
16.
17. Connection between the roof and roof drains that pass through the roof and into the interior of the building shall be made watertight by the use of ______________________.
a)
a. expansion joints
b)
b. caulking compound
c)
c. solvent cement
d)
d. proper flashing material
17.
18. Tables 1103.1, 1103.2, and 1103.3 are printed in your code book for your use.
The minimum size of a drain leader serving a roof with a projected area of 4,613 square feet and a rainfall rate of 3 inches per hour is _____.
a)
a. 2 inches
b)
b. 3 inches
c)
c. 4 inches
d)
d. 5 inches
18.
19. Tables 1103.1, 1103.2, and 1103.3 are printed in your code book for your use.
With a projected roof area of 18,500 square feet in an area that has a rainfall rate of 3 inches per hour, what minimum size of horizontal pipe is required at a 1/4'' per foot slope?
a)
a. 3 inch
b)
b. 5 inch
c)
c. 6 inch
d)
d. 8 inch
19.
20. Tables 1103.1, 1103.2, and 1103.3 are printed in your code book for your use.
The minimum size of a horizontal rainwater pipe with a 1/8 inch per foot slope, serving a roof with a projected area of 10,700 square feet, and a rainfall rate of 2 inches per hour is _____________.
a)
a. 2 inches
b)
b. 3 inches
c)
c. 5 inches
d)
d. 6 inches
20.
21. Tables 1103.1, 1103.2, and 1103.3 are printed in your code book for your use.
The size of semicircular gutters shall be based on the maximum projected roof area in ____________.
a)
a. Table 701.1
b)
b. Table 1101.8
c)
c. Table 1103.3
d)
d. Table 1101.12
21.
22. Tables 1103.1, 1103.2, and 1103.3 are printed in your code book for your use.
For the purposes of calculating roof area, one vertical wall projecting above a roof will ____________.
a)
a. add 50 percent of wall area to roof figures
b)
b. add 35 percent of wall area to roof figures
c)
c. add no additional area
d)
d. subtract 35 percent of wall area from roof figures
22.
23. Calculations for the controlled flow roof drainage system shall be submitted along with plans to the _____________.
a)
a. architect
b)
b. plumber
c)
c. not adopted
d)
d. Authority Having Jurisdiction
23.
24. Schedule 40 plastic DWV systems shall not be tested by _____________.
a)
a. water
b)
b. air
c)
c. 10-foot head of water
d)
d. water from low to high point
24.
25. Of those listed,storm drain systems shall be tested upon completion of the rough piping by using ______________.
a)
a. 10-foot head of water
b)
b. 4.34 psi air
c)
c. 4.34 inches mercury
d)
d. smoke or peppermint
25.
26. Tables 1103.1, 1103.2, and 1103.3 are printed in your code book for your use.
Vertical piping may be __________________.
a)
a. round
b)
b. square
c)
c. rectangle
d)
d. all of these answers
26.
27. The sizing data for horizontal storm drain piping is based on the pipes flowing _______________.
a)
a. 1/2 full
b)
b. 3/4 full
c)
c. full
d)
d. at 2 percent velocity
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