Deck 23: Plumbing Codes: Healthcare Facilities and Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems

Question 1

Sterilizer vents and stacks for individual sterilizers cannot be less than what pipe size?

A)2-inch
B)1-inch
C)1 1/2-inch
D)2 1/2-inch

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a gas used in a medical system?

A)oxygen
B)nitrogen
C)helium
D)all of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Cylinders contain gasses pressurized to what level?

A)500 pounds per square inch
B)1,000 pounds per square inch
C)2,000 pounds per square inch
D)1,500 pounds per square inch

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The NFPA denotes a bulk designation to stores of oxygen larger than:

A)20,000 cubic feet
B)15,000 cubic feet
C)10,000 cubic feet
D)5,000 cubic feet

Question 5

How many total outlets would be required by three operating rooms?

A)3
B)4
C)8
D)6

Question 6

Clinical sinks, bedpan washers, and flushing-rim service sinks are installed similar to water closets.

Question 7

Normal operating line pressure for oxygen is:

A)100-120 psig
B)50-55 psig
C)35-40 psig
D)75-85 psig

Question 8

Which of the following utilizes steam in cleaning bedpans and other similar devices?

A)clinical sinks
B)sterilizers
C)bedpan washers
D)central vacuum systems

Question 9

Cylinders are high-pressure storage containers that contain gases at pressures of 2,000 pounds per square inch.

Question 10

Why do facilities such as hospitals seek fail-safe systems?

A)they are cheaper to maintain
B)they are cheaper to install
C)people's lives depend on systems performing as designed
D)they offer better aesthetics

Question 11

When sterilizers have provisions for a vapor/local vent, a vapor vent must be extended to where?

A)the outdoors to the side of the building
B)the outdoors above the roof
C)into the nearest venting system
D)into an unoccupied area of the building

Question 12

What is the minimum flow rate for an oxygen medical system?

A)15 CFM per outlet
B)1 SCFM per outlet
C)0.71 CFM per outlet
D)2.65 CFM per outlet

Question 13

To protect a sanitary drainage system, the waste drainage from condensers or steam traps must be cooled below what temperature before being discharged indirectly into the sanitary drainage system?

A)140 ° F
B)180 ° F
C)120 ° F
D)100 ° F

Question 14

When air is compressed, multiple after-coolers are installed between the air compressor and storage tank to ensure the air temperature does not reach what point?

A)95 ° F
B)110° F
C)120° F
D)100° F

Question 15

Provisions for aspirators or other water-supplied suction devices must be installed only with the specific approval of the authority having jurisdiction.