Texas State Plumbing Inspector Test, Master Exam 2026

Texas State Plumbing Inspector Test, Master Exam 2025

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.