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100

how many hrs is the mass plumbing tier program

550 hrs.

100

What type of a measurement is a straight line?

Linear

100

I am the most common valve? 

Ball Valve 

100

I am the thickest copper there is

Type K

100

I am the back of most tubing cutters

Reamer

200

How many tiers can I do in a year?

1.5 tiers per year other than tier1 and 2 can be in the same year

200

inches xInches_ =______Inches

Square inches

200

I am used on a water heater as the main safety device

Temperature and pressure releif valve

200

I am cast iron, there are 2 types of me, what are they?

No hub and service weight

200

I am a pipe wrench, what was my original name

a Stilson wrench

300

How many hrs. continuing eds are needed per licensing cycle?

12 hrs per cycle/ 2 years

300

WHat is the formula for a 45 degree offset 

offset x constant (1.414) =travel-C-C

300

I am a check valve that should only be used in the horizontal position

Swing check

300

I  am the way black pipe thickness is read

Schedule

300

I am a pipe wrench what is my original name and why is it that?

Stilson wrench, a man named stilson invented me

400

What is needed to get extra hrs over the 1700 hrs. in a vocational setting

Subject to the limitations of 248 CMR 11.00, students working as apprentices are eligible for experience hours above and beyond the 1,700 hours of experience for work experience in a co-op relationship that is documented by the employing master plumber to have occurred outside of normal school hours (such as evenings, weekends, and summers)

400

The formula for head pressure if given the height is

height x .434 = psi of head pressure

400

I am the best at throttling the flow

Globe valve

400

I am used outside to protect from rust and corrosion

Galvanized

400

Whats the name(s) of the two tools used to cut cast iron soil pipe?

Scissor snapper and wratchet snapper

500

What is needed to take the master's exam?

1. Experience. The applicant shall furnish documentation satisfactory to the Board demonstrating completion of no less than one year practical experience totaling a minimum of 1,700 clock hours of experience as the holder of a Commonwealth of Massachusetts journeyman plumber license and demonstrating that he or she has been actively engaged in or working at the business of installing repairing, or maintaining plumbing and gas fitting systems, apparatus, devices, fixtures or other appliances typical to the discipline of the plumbing and gas fitting industry only. 2. Education. The applicant shall furnish documentation satisfactory to the Board of having completed the 110 hour tier five of the five tier Plumber Educational Program as approved by the Board and described in 248 CMR 11.06. Individuals who completed this education as an apprentice shall not be required to complete any additional education

500

The formula for total capacity is 

(Ht' x .434) x (d squared x .7854) 

500

Im the first valve in the water system

Corporation stop

500

There is a type a and a type b,what am i?

Pex

500

I amused to flare copper, there are to parts to me, what are they?

Flare block and flare cone

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