Plumbing Review

Problems:
1.A cylindrical water tank which is 10.66 mts in diameter and 32 mts in length is placed
temporarily on an 18.5 degree slope. The filler is located flush with the top of the tank at midpoint. What is the maximum volume of water which can be placed in the tank?
a. 27.43
b. 27.12
c. 30.48
d. 27.432
e. None of the Above
2. An empty storage tank at standard atmospheric pressure (not under pressurized
condition) is 8 feet in diameter and 32 feet high. How long will it take to fill 90 percent of the
tank volume if a pump is discharging a constant 24 gallons per minute into the tank?
a. 7 hours and 31 minutes
b. 8 hours and 21 minutes
c. 8 hours and 23 minutes
d. 9 hours and 17 minutes
3. A chlorine pump is feeding 10% bleach at a dosage of 5 mg/l. The specific gravity of the
bleach is 1.14. If 2,200,000 gallons are treated in 16 hours, how many gallons per hour is the
pump feeding?
a. 5 gal/hour
b. 5.5 gal/hour
c. 6 gal/hour
d. 6.5 gal/hour
4. A 50,000 gallon tank receives 250,000 gpd flow. What is the detention time in hours?
a. 6.1 hrs
b.5.4 hrs
c. 4.8 hrs
d.4.2 hrs
5. A pump is installed at 5320 feet above sea level. The overflow of the reservoir is at 5460 feet
above sea level. What is the discharge pressure on the pump in psi?
a. 70.6 psi
b. 65.5 psi
c. 60.6 psi
d. 55.4 psi

6. How many 2" pipes does it take to equal the volume capacity of a 6" pipe?
a. 2
b. 5
c. 7
d. 9
7. A hollow iron pipe is 21 cm long and its external diameter is 8 cm. If the thickness of the pipe
is 1 cm and iron weighs 8 g/cm3, then the weight of the pipe is:
A. 3.6 kg
B. 3.696 kg
C. 36 kg
D. 36.9 kg
8. A nozzle with a radius of 0.250 cm is attached to a garden hose with a radius of 0.900 cm. The
flow rate through hose and nozzle is 0.500 L/s. Calculate the speed of the water (a) in the hose
and (b) in the nozzle.
a. 2.95, 26.5
b. 0.95, 25.2
c. 1.95, 25.5
d. None of the above
9. A lift station sewage pump initially costs$20,000. Annual maintenance costs are $300. The
pump salvage value is 10 percent of the initial cost in 20 years. Using 4% interest, the annual
cost of the pump is most nearly:
A $1,200
B $1,705
C $1,772
D $1,840
10. How many bricks, each measuring 25 cm x 11.25 cm x 6 cm, will be needed to build a wall
of 8 m x 6 m x 22.5 cm?
A. 5600
B. 6000
C. 6400
D. 7200
11. The curved surface area of a cylindrical pillar is 264 m2 and its volume is 924 m3. Find the
ratio of its diameter to its height.
A. 3 : 7
B. 7 : 3
C. 6 : 7
D. 7 : 6
12. Ed works for an environmental protection agency which deals with land areas that have been
contaminated by toxic waste. The contaminated soil covers an area of 1.62 acres. Ed must
remove the top 18 inches of soil in this area. What is the area of contaminated soil in square

yards?
a.1600.0
b. 3920.4
c. 7840.8
d. 10890
13. A body weighs 0.05 kN on Earth where g = 9.81 m/s2. Determine its weight on (a) the moon,
and (b) on mars with g = 1.67 m/s2, and g = 3.92 m/s2 respectively
a. 0.008 kN ,0.02 kN
b. 0.009 kN ,0.04 kN
c. 0.007 kN ,0.01 kN
d. None of the above
14. By what percentage will the area of a circle be increased if its radius id doubled?
a. 57%
b. 300%
c. 100%
d. 29%
15. Find the central angle subtended by circular arc of radius 720 cm if the chords is 1107 cm
long.
a. 90.2
b. 100.48
c. 50.50
d. 85.4