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Question | Answer |
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Watertight manholes are made of brick or concrete, how many feet in diameter at sewer, and should be placed at junctions & bends in the line? | 4 feet diameter at sewer level |
Invert of inlet pipe on a drop manhole must be how many feet above the outlet? | 2 feet above outlet pipe |
Leaching cesspools should only be used where subsoil is porous to a new depth of at least how many feet and groundwater is below this elevation? | 8 to 10 feet for soil but below for groundwater. |
Only what schedule or heavier pipe should be used when plastic pipe is being threaded? | 80 |
What is the most common trap used in plumbing? | P-Trap |
The tank trailer or "water buffalo" has a capacity how many gallons of water? | 400 gallons of water. |
What are the four methods of joining plastic pipe? | Solvent welding, fusion welding, fillet welding, and threading. |
Plastic pipe should not be stored more than how many feet high during prolonged storage? | 2 feet. |
The Milnor washer uses how many gallons of water per wash cycle? | 125 gallons per wash cycle. |
What joints eliminate the use of oakum and mortar joins for sewer mains? | Speed seal. |
Joints on vitrified clay and concrete pipe may be made of cement or what other components? | Bituminous |
Vitrified clay pipe is made of moistened powder clay. It is available in laying lengths of 2, 2.5, and 3 feet & in diameters ranging from 4 to ___ inches? | 42 inches |
When lead is melted, what forms on top of the molten metal? | Slag |
What bend is used to change direction of a cast iron soil pipeline 22 and a half degrees? | 1/16 bend |
What is the recommended distance cast iron soil pipe should protrude from a building; per National Standard Plumbing code? | 3 feet |
What pipes are installed underground by a UT? | Cast Iron soil pipe, vitrified clay pipe, concrete pipe, plastic pipe. |
When is the Seabees birthday? | March 5, 1942 |
Who is the founder of the Seabees? | Admiral Ben Morrell |
What year was the NAVFAC CEC published? | 1867 |
What is the most effective tear agent causing incapacitation 20-60 seconds after exposure? | O-Chlorobenzylidene Malononitrile |
When does a victim stop breathing after inhaling a high concentration of a blood agent? | One minute. |
What is the most hazardous form of radiation? | Gamma rays |
Symptoms of Nerve Agent Contamination | Runny nose, tightness of chest, contraction of eye pupils, nausea, cramps, headaches, coma, and convulsions. |
How many hours until skin turns red after being exposed to mustard vapour? | 1/2 hour to 36 hours |
What are three radiation hazards? | Internal contamination, penetration dose, skin dose |
What are the four types of nuclear radiation? | Alpha particles, beta particles, neutrons, and gamma rays |
To eliminate accidental trip of valve, air pressure should be how much psi higher than calculated pressure of dry pipe? | 20 psi |
The difference in area between two clappers is what ratio? | 6:1 |
In a dry pipe, sprinkler systems normally have air or what? | Nitrogen |
What is the most common type of sprinkler system? | Wet pipe |
How many components does a sprinkler system have? | 3 |
What are the pipes called that let outside air into pipes? | Vents |
Flash blindness is normally of a temporary nature since the eyes can recover in about 15 minutes in the daytime and ___ minutes in the night? | 45 minutes to recover at night time. |
Permanent damage to your eyes caused by burns from thermal radiation may occur ___ or more miles from a large yield nuclear weapon? | 40 miles or more |
Second degree burns may be received at distances of how many miles or more depending on the size of the nuclear weapon? | 25 miles |
The effects of nuclear weapons are divided into what three categories? | Blast, heat, and nuclear radiation. |
What is the most effiecent means of delivering biological agents on a large scale? | Aerosols |
The effects of tear gas disappear in how many minutes after reaching fresh air or donning a mask? | 5-10 minutes |
What type of agent renders personnel incapable of performing their duties by interfering with the mental process to control bodily functions? | Non lethal incapacitating |
What type of anti personnel agents do nerve, blister, choking, and blood agents fall into? | Casualty |
Atmospheric pressure at sea level is about how many pounds per square inch? | 14.7 pounds per square inch |
The pipes in a water line may follow the contour of the earth's surface in a trench that is a minimum of how many feet deep? | 2 feet deep |
Water pipes should be laid 1 foot above and how many feet away from nearby sewers? | 10 feet away from nearby sewers |
Cast-iron pressure pipe for water mains comes in how many foot lengths with either bell and spigot or mechanical (gland type) joints? | 20 foot lengths |
The process used to soften copper is called what? | Annealing |
How many methods are used in measuring pipe or tubing? | 7 methods |
What is a method of forming the end of copper into a funnel shape, so it can be held in a threaded fitting when a line joint is being made? | Flaring |
What is the process of applying a small amount of solder to the end of the copper before it is inserted into the sweat fitting? | Tinning |
In SILVER BRAZING, also called SILVER SOLDERING or HARD SOLDERING, joint members are fused by heating with a gas flame and silver alloy filler metal with a melting point above what temperature, but below the melting point of the base metal? | 800 degrees F |
Silver-brazed joints have high strength on ferrous and nonferrous metals. On stainless steel, it is possible to develop a joint tensile strength of approximately how many pounds per square inch (psi)? | 130,000 pounds per square inch |
What is an all-purpose industrial fuel that has the high-flame temperature of acetylene and the handling characteristics of propane? | MAPP gas |
In jobs requiring higher pressure and gas flow, MAPP at the full-cylinder pressure of what psig at 70 degrees F can be used safely? | 95 psig |
What is the most important step of successful welding with MAPP gas? | Flame adjustment |
The explosive limits of MAPP gas range from 3.4 percent to 10.8 percent in air or 1.5 percent to what percent in oxygen? | 60% in oxygen |
MAPP gas has a detectable odor at 100 ppm or at a concentration of what amount of it's lower explosive limit? | 1/340 |
What is a colorless, tasteless, and odorless gas slightly heavier than air? | Oxygen |
Filler rods for steel are often coated with what to protect them from corrosion during storage? | Copper |
If acetylene cylinders are not stored upright (valves at top), they must not be used until they have been allowed to stand upright for at least how many hours to prevent acetone discharge? | At least 12 hours |
What term means that wrought-iron and steel iron are protected to resist corrosion? | Galvanized |
What joins two pipes of different sizes? | Reducer |
What reduces the size of openings of fittings and valves to a smaller diameter? | Bushings |
Cement-asbestos pipe is corrosion resistant and doesn't rust or rot. It has a smooth interior surface that's a favorable friction factor. Pipe comes in sizes from 3 to 36 inches in diameter for pressures of 50 to 200 psi and in lengths of 5, 10, and ? ft? | 13 feet |
Joints in cement-asbestos pipe are made with a special coupling with how many rubber sealing rings? | Three rubber sealing rings |
Ductile iron is a cast iron in which the carbon is reformed by what? | Magnesium inoculation |
What are used to stop, throttle, or control the flow of water in a pipeline? | Valves |
What valve is used in systems where a straight flow with the least amount of restriction is needed? | Gate valve |
What type of valve is light in weight, takes up less space than a globe valve, or gate valve, is easy to overhaul, and can be opened or closed quickly? | Butterfly valve |
What type of valves are automatic valves used to provide a steady pressure lower than that of the supply pressure? | Pressure-reducing valve |
What is the best way to extend the service life of valves and fittings? | Periodic maintenance |
When a valve seat contains irregularities that are too large to be removed by grinding-in, by what method? | Lapping |
In general, rings used as packing are used in valves that require packing larger than what size? | 1/4 inch |
Most large manually operated valves are operated through gears as are motor-operated valves. These gears are housed in what? | Gearboxes |
What measures the flow of water within a line to a point of distribution , such as laundries, housing areas, and so on? | Water meters |
What keeps moisture from condensing on the outside of cold pipes? | Insulation |
All trenches deeper than how many feet must have their sides supported or protected by sloping or battering? | If deeper than 5 feet |
Ladders used as access ways should extend from the bottom of the trench to not less than three feet above the surface. Lateral travel to an exit ladder should not exceed how many feet? | 25 feet |
Which type of plan contains general goals and broad guidelines? | Policy |
What is a plan or system under which action may be taken towards a goal? | Program |
What is the altering of a natural environment in an adverse way called? | Environmental pollution |
Which type of pollutants include insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, natural and chemical fertilizers , drainage from animal feedlots, salts from field irrigation, and silts from uncontrolled soil erosion? | Agricultural |
What are copies of mechanical or other types of technical drawings referred to as? | Blueprints |
Which term means interpreting ideas expressed by others on drawings, whether or not the drawings are actually blueprints? | Blueprint reading |
Original drawings are drawn or traced, directly on translucent tracing paper or cloth, using black waterproof India ink, a pencil, or what other systems? | Computer Aided Drafting |
Which type of patented paper produces prints with black lines on a white background? | BW paper |
Which process is used by businesses to incorporate reduced-size drawings into reports or records? | Photostatic |
How many levels of Seabee construction management are there? | Three |
What level of construction management is used at the company level? | Level Two |
What level of construction management is used at the Operations Officer or detail Officer-In-Charge level? | Level One |
What level of construction management focuses on the crew leader and the crew leader's particular project? | Level Three |
What method is construction management in the Seabees based on? | Critical Path Method |
Seabees began deploying yearly to the continent of Antartica in what year? | 1955 |
The Chief of Naval Operations granted authority for the establishment of 18 reserve battalions in July of what year? | 1960 |
It was during the summer of what year that the Seabees first went to work for the State Department? | 1964 |
In what year was the Naval Support Unit, State Department officially established to administer Seabees assigned to support the Foreign Service? | 1966 |
On what date did the first full Seabee battalion arrive in Vietnam to build an expeditionary airfield for the Marines at Chu Lai? | May 7th 1965 |
What is a balanced, air ground combined arms task organization of Marine Corps forces under a single commander, structured to accomplish a specific mission? | MAGTF |
No matter it's size, a MAGTF consists of a Command Element and at least how many major subordinate elements? | Three |
What is the MAGTF headquarters and it is established for effective planning and execution? | Command Element |
What is task-organized to conduct ground operations , project combat power, and contribute to battle space dominance in support of the MAGTF's mission? | Ground Combat Element |
What provides all or a portion of the six functions of Marine aviation necessary to accomplish the MAGTF's mission? | Aviation Combat Element |
What kind of system is used where there is an extra hazard, such as areas where flammable liquids or propellants are handled or stored, or where there is a possibility that a fire might grow faster than ordinary sprinkler systems can control? | Water deluge |
What are nozzles placed at intervals along the piping network to distribute a uniform pattern of water on the area being protected? | Sprinklers |
Sprinklers have orifices ranging in size from 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch diameter graduated by what size increments? | 1/16 inch |
What gives different patterns of water distribution and allow the sprinkler to be placed in various locations such as upright pendent, or sidewall? | Deflectors |
What are the four types of release mechanisms for automatic sprinklers? | Fusible link, frangible bulb, frangible pellet, and bimetallic element. |
What is an elevated working platform for supporting both men and materials? | Scaffold |
Three primary categories of scaffolding? | tubular, suspended, or rolling |
What is a group of sewer pipes and pumps designed to convey domestic and industrial wastes and to transport them to a wastewater treatment plant? | Wastewater system |
Sewers should be designed to let the wastewater move at not less than how many feet per second? | Not less than 2 feet per second |
what let's you inspect and clean sewer lines? | Manholes |