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Are You Smarter Than a 3 rd Year Apprentice?. Rules of the Game. You will choose from 9 questions ranging in topics and in level from first to third year apprentice. The first answer is worth $1. Get 9 questions right and win $20. Answer the bonus 10 th question right to win an additional $5.
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Rules of the Game • You will choose from 9 questions ranging in topics and in level from first to third year apprentice. • The first answer is worth $1. Get 9 questions right and win $20. Answer the bonus 10th question right to win an additional $5. • Any missed answers, and the game is over. You will not earn any of the winnings until you answer at least 5 questions correctly. At that point, you will win the prize for the number of questions answered correctly. • There are no cheats or peeks in this game – you’re on your own!
Question Values • Question values are as follows:
Where Did We Get the Questions? • Questions were extracted from the PHCC Educational Foundation’s Plumbing Assessment Tests. • Tests are available through the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) and its Whitener Group affiliate for $25 each. • Tests can be used by schools to assess progress of apprentices and by employers to help determine the knowledge level of prospective employees.
Topics – Game 1 BONUS ROUND
1st Year – Plumbing Profession The epidemics that occurred in the Middle Ages can be attributed to the decline in the use of
Your Answer: Plumbing That is correct! You’re smarter than a 1st year apprentice! Aren’t you proud? Pick Your Next Category
Your Answer: Penicillin There are two types of answers: correct and incorrect. Unfortunately, this one falls into the second category. You are NOT smarter than a 1st year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer: Lead Pipes That is not correct! You are NOT smarter than a 1st year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer: Standard Plumbing Codes Tough break! That is not correct. You are NOT smarter than a 1st year apprentice! GAME OVER
1st Year – Mathematics When a pipe size is doubled, the capacity of the pipe is increase approximately ____________ times.
Your Answer: Two That is not correct. You are NOT smarter than a 1st year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer: Three Did you sleep through class? That answer is wrong. You are NOT smarter than a 1st year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer: Four You are correct! YESSSSSSS! You’re smarter than a 1st year apprentice! Aren’t you proud? Pick Your Next Category
Your Answer: Five You must have been absent that day. That answer is wrong. You are NOT smarter than a 1st year apprentice! GAME OVER
1st Year – Related Science Approximately __________ percent of Earth’s surface is covered by water.
Your Answer: 10 Do you live on Earth? That answer is wrong. You are NOT smarter than a 1st year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer: 25 Just how often did you skip class? That answer is incorrect. You are NOT smarter than a 1st year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer: 50 There goes the cash. That answer is incorrect. You are NOT smarter than a 1st year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer: 75 Good answer! That is correct. You are definitely smarter than a 1st year apprentice! Pat yourself on the back! Pick Your Next Category
2nd Year – Safety Procedures If the oxygen level is at 17%, which of the following should be done regarding sending an employee into a confined space?
Your Answer:Issue a half-face respirator. Glad you’re not my employer. That answer is incorrect. You are NOT smarter than a 2nd year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer:Nothing. 17% is acceptable. Really? That answer is incorrect. You are NOT smarter than a 2nd year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer:Ventilate until the meter reads 19.5 % or higher That is correct. You are smarter than a 2nd year apprentice! Do you want a cookie? Pick Your Next Category
Your Answer:Ventilate with a compressed air line. And the game is over for you! That answer is not correct. You are NOT smarter than a 2nd year apprentice! GAME OVER
2nd Year – Pipe Joining & Connections The primary function of flux is to
Your Answer: facilitate capillary action Did you send a twin to class for you? That answer is not correct. You are NOT smarter than a 2nd year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer:lubricate the tube ends to aid in cup fitting installation Nope! That answer is not correct. You are NOT smarter than a 2nd year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer:chemically clean the surfaces to be soldered or brazed Way to go! That is correct. You are smarter than a 2nd year apprentice! Pick Your Next Category
Your Answer:chemically bond the pieces being joined Socially promoted? That answer is not correct. You are NOT smarter than a 2nd year apprentice! GAME OVER
2nd Year – Plans, Drawings & Charts The view shown in this drawing represents
Your Answer: a rising stem valve That’s not it! You are NOT smarter than a 2nd year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer:the symbol for “point of connection” That answer is not correct. You are NOT smarter than a 2nd year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer:90 degrees looking down That is correct. You are smarter than a 2nd year apprentice! Pick Your Next Category
Your Answer: a tank and fittings Time for tutoring! That answer is not correct. You are NOT smarter than a 2nd year apprentice! GAME OVER
3rd Year – Mathematics The static water pressure at the meter is 80 psi. At a supply outlet 40 feet above the meter, the static water pressure would be approximately
Your Answer: 45 psi Sorry, but that answer is not correct. You are NOT smarter than a 3rd year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer: 60 psi That is correct. You may be smarter than a 3rd year apprentice! Pick Your Next Category
Your Answer: 85 psi That answer is not correct. You are NOT smarter than a 3rd year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer: 120 psi That answer is not correct. You are NOT smarter than a 3rd year apprentice! GAME OVER
3rd Year – Related Science When heated, solids increase in
Your Answer: length and thickness That answer is not correct. You are NOT smarter than a 3rd year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer: width and circumference Nope. You are NOT smarter than a 3rd year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer: thickness and radius Maybe next time. That answer is incorrect. You are NOT smarter than a 3rd year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer:length, width, and thickness That is correct! Nice job! You may be smarter than a 3rd year apprentice! Pick Your Next Category
3rd Year – Install DWV Systems Why are 45 degree fittings used where the branch line enters the waste stack?
Your Answer: for quick connection Your luck has run out. That answer is incorrect. You are NOT smarter than a 3rd year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer:for free flow of sewage Good answer! That is correct! You may be smarter than a 3rd year apprentice! Pick Your Next Category
Your Answer: to avoid siphonage I don’t think so. That answer is incorrect. You are NOT smarter than a 3rd year apprentice! GAME OVER
Your Answer:for easy trap installation C’mon. Even I know this one. Of course, I have the answer key to help me. Sorry, but you are NOT smarter than a 3rd year apprentice! GAME OVER