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This 6 hour course is approved for:

1. Dwelling Contractor Qualifier Certification.

2. Initial Qualifier-Dwelling Contractor Qualifier Certification. (12 total hours required)

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Comm 5-Use definitions to answer questions 1-85 below

Comm 5.003 Definitions. In this chapter:

(1) “Approved” means accepted by the department.

(1m) “ASME” means American society of mechanical engineers.

(2) “Automatic fire sprinkler contractor” has the meaning

specified under s. 145.01 (1), Stats.

Note: Under section 145.01 (1), Stats., “automatic fire sprinkler contractor” means

any individual, firm or corporation who has paid the annual license fee and obtained

a license to conduct a business in the design, installation, maintenance or repair of

automatic fire sprinkler systems.

(3) “Automatic fire sprinkler system” has the meaning specified

under s. 145.01 (2), Stats.

Note: Under s. 145.01 (2), Stats., “automatic fire sprinkler system”, for fire protection

purposes, means an integrated system of underground and overhead piping

designed in accordance with fire protection engineering standards. The system

includes a suitable water supply, such as a gravity tank, fire pump, reservoir or pressure

tank or connection beginning at the supply side of an approved gate valve located

at or near the property line where the pipe or piping system provides water used exclusively

for fire protection and related appurtenances and to standpipes connected to

automatic sprinkler systems. The portion of the sprinkler system above ground is a

network of specially sized or hydraulically designed piping installed in a building,

structure or area, generally overhead, and to which sprinklers are connected in a systematic

pattern. The system includes a controlling valve and a device for actuating

an alarm when the system is in operation. The system is usually activated by heat

from a fire and discharges water over the fire area.

(4) “Automatic fire sprinkler system apprentice” has the

meaning specified under s. 145.01 (3), Stats.

Note: Under s. 145.01 (3), Stats., “automatic fire sprinkler system apprentice”

means any person other than an automatic fire sprinkler system contractor or a journeyman

automatic fire sprinkler system fitter who is engaged in learning and assisting

in the installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems and who is indentured under ch.

106, Stats.

(5) “Blasting” means any method of loosening, moving or

shattering masses of solid matter by use of an explosive.

(6) “Blasting operation” means any enterprise or activity

involving blasting.

(6m) “Branch” means an office, other than the main business

office, involved in the sales of manufactured homes that advertises

as a sales location, displays new or used homes, takes sales

calls, is staffed by licensed salespersons, has signage of a licensed

dealer, and accepts offers or contracts on manufactured homes.

(6s) “Broker” means a manufactured home dealer who has no

sales lot, no inventory and no ownership interest in the manufactured

homes being sold.

(7) “Building permit” means an official document or certificate

granting permission to perform construction or erosion control

work, except for electrical, plumbing or HVAC, on a one− or

2−family dwelling.

(8) “Business establishment” means any industrial or commercial

organization or enterprise, including but not limited to a

proprietorship, partnership, firm, business trust, joint venture,

syndicate, corporation or association.

(8m) “Cash price” means the manufactured home dealer asking

price including dealer installed options and accessories and

additional dealer mark−up, profit and transportation charges,

minus the dollar value of cash discounts.

(9) “Combustible liquid” means a liquid with a flash point at

or above 100_F.

(10) “Conflict of interest” means a certified inspector inspecting

work in which the inspector or the inspector’s employer, other

than the state or a municipality, has participated or has a monetary

or personal interest.

(11) “Damage” means defects caused by reasons other than

normal wear through home age and usage.

(13) “Department” means the department of commerce.

(14) “Direct supervision” means to assume the responsibility

of an activity of others and its results by providing oversight and

guidance at the site where the activity is being conducted.

(15) “Dwelling contractor” means any person, firm or corporation

engaged in the business of performing construction or erosion

control work on a one− or 2− family dwelling.

Note: Pursuant to s. 101.654 (1) (b), Stats., “dwelling contractor” does not include

an owner of a dwelling who resides or will reside in the dwelling.

(16) “Electrical construction” means the installation of electrical

wiring. “Electrical construction” does not include the maintenance,

repair or fabrication of electrical equipment or the installation

of electrical wiring and equipment covered by ch. PSC 114.

(17) “Electrical wiring” means all equipment , wiring, material,

fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures and apparatus used for

the production, modification, regulation, control, distribution, utilization

or safeguarding of electrical energy for mechanical,

chemical, cosmetic, heating, lighting or similar purposes as covered

by the scope of ch. Comm 16.

(17m) “Financial statement” means a balance sheet showing

assets, liabilities and net worth.

(18) “Fireworks” has the meaning specified under s. 167.10

(1), Stats.

Note: Under s. 167.10 (1), Stats., “fireworks” means anything manufactured, processed

or packaged for exploding, emitting sparks or combustion which does not

have another common use, but does not include any of the following:

(a) Fuel or a lubricant.

(b) A firearm cartridge or shotgun shell.

(c) A flare used or possessed or sold for use as a signal in an emergency or in the

operation of a railway, aircraft, watercraft or motor vehicle.

(d) A match, cigarette lighter, stove, furnace, candle, lantern or space heater.

(e) A cap containing not more than one−quarter grain of explosive mixture, if the

cap is used or possessed or sold for use in a device which prevents direct bodily contact

with a cap when it is in place for explosion.

(f) A toy snake which contains no mercury.

(g) A model rocket engine.

(h) Tobacco and a tobacco product.

(i) A sparkler on a wire or wood stick not exceeding 36 inches in length that is

designed to produce audible or visible effects or to produce audible and visible

effects.

(j) A device designed to spray out paper confetti or streamers and which contains

less than one−quarter grain of explosive mixture.

(k) A fuseless device that is designed to produce audible or visible effects or audible

and visible effects, and that contains less than one−quarter grain of explosive mixture.

(L) A device that is designed primarily to burn pyrotechnic smoke−producing

mixtures, at a controlled rate, and that produces audible or visible effects, or audible

and visible effects.

(m) A cylindrical fountain that consists of one or more tubes and that is classified

by the federal department of transportation as a Division 1.4 explosive, as defined in

49 CFR 173.50.

(n) A cone fountain that is classified by the federal department of transportation

as a Division 1.4 explosive, as defined in 49 CFR 173.50.

(19) “Flammable liquid” means a liquid having a flash point

below 100_F and having a vapor pressure not exceeding 40 psi

absolute at 100_F.

(20) “General supervision” means to assume the responsibility

of an activity of others and its results without being present at

the site where the activity is being conducted.

(21) “HVAC” means heating, ventilating and air conditioning.

(22) “HVAC equipment” means materials, piping, fittings,

devices, appliances, apparatus, controls and control wiring used

as part of or in connection with permanent heating, ventilating, air

conditioning or exhausting systems serving buildings. HVAC

equipment does not include residential bathroom fans and kitchen

hoods, water heaters, process heating equipment, and space heaters

such as masonry fireplaces and chimneys, factory−built fireplaces

and venting systems, decorative gas fireplaces, and wood−

burning stoves.

(23) “Incompetence” means conduct which evidences a lack

of competence or ability to discharge the duty required to protect

the health, safety and welfare of the public, lack of knowledge of

the fundamental principles of a particular trade or practice, or an

inability to apply those principles, or failure to maintain competency

in the current practices and methods applicable to the activity

and the state statutes and rules governing the activity.

(24) “Journeyman automatic fire sprinkler fitter” has the

meaning specified under s. 145.01 (6), Stats.

Note: Under s. 145.01 (6), Stats., “journeyman automatic fire sprinkler fitter”

means any person other than an automatic fire sprinkler contractor who is engaged

in the practical installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems.

(25) “Journeyman plumber” has the meaning specified under

s. 145.01 (7), Stats.

Note: Under s. 145.01 (7), Stats., “journeyman plumber” means any person other

than a master plumber, who is engaged in the practical installation of plumbing.

(26) “Journeyman plumber−restricted” means a person

licensed under s. 145.14, Stats.

Note: See appendix for further explanatory material.

(26m) “Licensee” means any manufactured home dealer or

manufactured home salesperson or any person who is both a

manufactured home dealer and a manufactured home salesperson.

(27) “Listed device” has the meaning specified under s.

167.10 (1) (e), (f) and (i) to (n), Stats.

Note: See the note after the definition of “fireworks”, sub. (18), for the statutory

language of s. 167.10 (1) (e), (f) and (i) to (n).

(27e) “Main business office” means an office involved in the

sales of manufactured homes that is the primary management

location of the licensed manufactured home dealer.

(27m) “Manufactured home” has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (2), Stats.

Note: Under s. 101.91 (2), Stats., ”manufactured home” means any of the following:

(am) A structure that is designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent

foundation and that is certified by the federal department of housing and urban

development as complying with the standards established under 42 USC 5401 to

5425.

(c) A mobile home, unless a mobile home is specifically excluded under the

applicable statute.

(27s) “Manufactured home dealer” has the meaning given in

s. 101.91 (3), Stats., except for a person who sells no more than

one new or used manufactured home in any one calendar year.

Note: Under s.101.91 (3), Stats., “manufactured home dealer” means a person

who, for a commission or other thing of value, sells, exchanges, buys or rents, or

offers or attempts to negotiate a sale or exchange of an interest in, manufactured

homes or who is engaged wholly or partially in the business of selling manufactured

homes, whether or not the manufactured homes are owned by the person, but does

not include:

(a) A receiver, trustee, personal representative, guardian, or other person

appointed by or acting under the judgment or order of any court.

(b) Any public officer while performing that officer’s official duty.

(c) Any employee of a person enumerated in par. (a) or (b).

(d) Any lender, as defined in s. 421.301 (22).

(e) A person transferring a manufactured home used for that person’s personal,

family or household purposes, if the transfer is an occasional sale and is not part of

the business of the transferor.

(27w) “Manufactured home community” has the meaning given in s. 101.91 (5m), Stats.

Note: Under s. 101.91 (5m), Stats., “manufactured home community” means any

plot or plots of ground upon which 3 or more manufactured homes that are occupied

for dwelling or sleeping purposes are located. “Manufactured home community”

does not include a farm where the occupants of the manufactured homes are the

father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister of the farm owner or operator or where

the occupants of the manufactured homes work on the farm.

(28) “Master plumber” has the meaning specified under s.

145.01 (8), Stats.

Note: Under s. 145.01 (8), Stats., “master plumber” means any person skilled in

the planning, superintending and the practical installation of plumbing and familiar

with the laws, rules and regulations governing the same.

(29) “Master plumber−restricted” means a person licensed under s. 145.14, Stats.

Note: See appendix for further explanatory material.

(30) “Misconduct” means an act performed by an individual

relating to the responsibilities or duties for which the individual

has been licensed, registered or certified that jeopardizes the interests

of the public, including violation of federal or state laws, local

ordinances or administrative rules; preparation of deficient or falsified

reports; failure to submit information or reports required by

law or contract when requested by the municipality or the department;

conduct which evidences a lack of trustworthiness; misrepresentation

of qualifications such as education, experience or certification;

illegal entry of premises; misuse of funds; or

misrepresentation of authority.

(30m) “Multipurpose piping system” means a type of water

distribution system conveying potable water to plumbing fixtures

and appliances and automatic fire sprinklers with the intention of

serving both domestic water needs and fire protection needs

within a one− or 2−family dwelling or manufactured dwelling.

(31) “Municipality” means a city, village, town or county.

(32) “Negligence” means the failure to exercise the degree of

care and judgment to protect public health and safety normally

expected of an individual performing activities within the scope

of a license, certification or registration category.

(32e) “Net worth” means the difference between the asset and

liability values on a financial statement. Negative net worth is the

excess of liabilities over assets.

(32h) “New manufactured home” has the meaning given in s.

101.91 (11), Stats.

Note: Under s. 101.91 (11), Stats., “new manufactured home” means a manufactured

home that has never been occupied, used or sold for personal or business use.

(32m) “PECFA” means petroleum environmental cleanup

fund award, as established in s. 101.143, Stats.

(33) “Pipelayer” has the meaning specified under s. 145.01 (9), Stats.

Note: Under s. 145.01 (9), Stats., “pipelayer” means a person registered under s.

145.07 (11).

(34) “Plumbing” has the meaning specified under s. 145.01 (10), Stats.

Note: Under s. 145.01 (10), Stats., “plumbing” means and includes:

(a) All piping, fixtures, appliances, equipment, devices and appurtenances in

connection with the water supply, water distribution and drainage systems, including

hot water storage tanks, water softeners and water heaters connected with such water

and drainage systems and also includes the installation thereof.

(b) The construction, connection or installation of any drain or waste piping system

from the outside or proposed outside foundation walls of any building to the

mains or other sewage system terminal within bounds of, or beneath an area subject

to easement for highway purposes, including private sewage systems, and the alteration

of any such systems, drains or waste piping.

(c) The water service piping from the outside or proposed outside foundation

walls of any building to the main or other water utility service terminal within bounds

of, or beneath an area subject to easement for highway purposes and its connections.

(d) The water pressure system other than municipal systems as provided in ch.

281.

(e) A plumbing and drainage system so designed and vent piping so installed as

to keep the air within the system in free circulation and movement; to prevent with

a margin of safety unequal air pressures of such force as might blow, siphon or affect

trap seals, or retard the discharge from plumbing fixtures, or permit sewer air to

escape into the building; to prohibit cross−connection, contamination or pollution of

the potable water supply and distribution systems; and to provide an adequate supply

of water to properly serve, cleanse and operate all fixtures, equipment, appurtenances

and appliances served by the plumbing system.

(35) “Plumbing appliance’ means any one of a class of plumbing

devices which is intended to perform a special function. The

operation or control of the appliance may be dependent upon one

or more energized components, such as motors, controls, heating

elements, or pressure or temperature sensing elements. The

devices may be manually adjusted or controlled by the user or

operator, or may operate automatically through one or more of the

following actions: a time cycle, a temperature range, a pressure

range, a measured volume or weight.

(36) “Plumbing apprentice” has the meaning specified under

s. 145.01 (11), Stats.

Note: Under s. 145.01 (11), Stats., “plumbing apprentice” means any person other

than a journeyman or master plumber who is engaged in learning and assisting in the

installation of plumbing and drainage.

(37) “Place of employment” has the meaning specified under

s. 101.01 (11), Stats.

Note: Under s. 101.01 (11), Stats., “place of employment” includes every place,

whether indoors or out or underground and the premises appurtenant thereto where

either temporarily or permanently any industry, trade or business is carried on, or

where any process or operation, directly or indirectly related to any industry, trade

or business, is carried on, and where any person is, directly or indirectly, employed

by another for direct or indirect gain or profit, but does not include any place where

persons are employed in private domestic service which does not involve the use of

mechanical power or in farming. “Farming” includes those activities specified in s.

102.04 (3), and also includes the transportation of farm products, supplies or equipment

directly to the farm by the operator of said farm or employees for use thereon,

if such activities are directly or indirectly for the purpose of producing commodities

for market, or as an accessory to such production. When used with relation to building

codes, “place of employment” does not include an adult family home, as defined

in s. 50.01 (1), or, except for the purposes of s. 101.11, a previously constructed building

used as a community−based residential facility, as defined in s. 50.01 (1g), which

serves 20 or fewer unrelated residents.

(38) “POWTS” means private onsite wastewater treatment

system and has the meaning specified under s. 145.01 (12), Stats.,

for “private sewage system”.

Note: Under s. 145.01 (12), Stats., “private sewage system” means a sewage treatment

and disposal system serving a single structure with a septic tank and soil absorption

field located on the same parcel as the structure. This term also means an alternative

sewage system approved by the department including a substitute for the septic

tank or soil absorption field, a holding tank, a system serving more than one structure

or a system located on a different parcel than the structure. A private sewage system

may be owned by the property owner or by a special purpose district.

(39) “Private interceptor main sewer” has the meaning specified

under s. Comm 81.01 (193).

Note: Under s. Comm 81.01 (193) “private interceptor main sewer” means a privately

owned sewer serving 2 or more buildings and not directly controlled by a public

authority.

(40) “Private water main” has the meaning specified under s.

Comm 81.01 (195).

Note: Under s. Comm 81.01 (195) “private water main” means a privately owned

water main serving 2 or more buildings and not directly controlled by a public authority.

(41) “Process piping” means that piping which is separated

from a water supply system or drain system by the appropriate

methods or means specified under ch. Comm 82 and is part of a

system used exclusively for refining, manufacturing, industrial or

shipping purposes of every character and description.

(42) “Public building” has the meaning specified under s.

101.01 (12), Stats.

Note: Under s. 101.01 (12), Stats., “public building” means any structure, including

exterior parts of such building, such as a porch, exterior platform or steps providing

means of ingress or egress, used in whole or in part as a place of resort, assemblage,

lodging, trade, traffic, occupancy, or use by the public or by 3 or more tenants.

When used in relation to building codes, “public building” does not include a previously

constructed building used as a community−based residential facility as

defined in s. 50.01 (1g) which serves 20 or fewer unrelated residents or an adult family

home, as defined in s. 50.01 (1).

(43) “Refrigeration equipment” has the meaning specified

under s. 101.177 (1) (c), Stats.

Note: Under s. 101.177 (1) (c), Stats., “refrigeration equipment” means mechanical

vapor compression refrigeration equipment except for a mobile air conditioner,

as defined in s. 100.45 (1) (b), Stats., or trailer refrigeration equipment, as defined in

s. 100.45 (1) (e), Stats.

(44) “Registered learner” has the meaning specified under s.

145.01 (13), Stats.

a restricted plumber licensee, who is learning a limited type of plumbing and is

engaged in assisting a restricted plumber licensee.

(45) “Rental unit” has the meaning specified under s. 101.122

(1) (e), Stats.

Note: Under s. 101.122 (1) (e), Stats., “rental unit” means any rented dwelling

units. “Rental unit” does not include:

1. Any building containing up to 4 dwelling units, one of which is owner−occupied.

2. Any building constructed after December 1, 1978, which contains up to 2

dwelling units and which is less than 10 years old.

3. Any building constructed after April 15, 1976, which contains more than 2

dwelling units and which is less than 10 years old.

4. Any dwelling unit not rented at any time from November 1 to March 31.

(46) ”Restricted plumber licensee” has the meaning specified

under s. 145.01 (14), Stats.

Note: Under s. 145.01 (14), Stats., “restricted plumber licensee” means any person

licensed as a master plumber (restricted) or a journeyman plumber (restricted) under

s. 145.14.

(46m) “Retail purchaser” means any purchaser not licensed

as a manufactured home dealer or a manufactured home salesperson.

(47) “Sanitary building sewer” has the meaning specified

under s. Comm 81.01 (45).

Note: Under s. Comm 81.01 (45) “sanitary building sewer” means a building

sewer which conveys wastewater consisting in part of domestic wastewater.

(47m) “Site” means any plot of land which is owned or

rented, and used or intended to be used for the accommodation of

a manufactured home for residential purposes.

(48) “Storm building sewer” has the meaning specified under

s. Comm 81.01 (46).

Note: Under s. Comm 81.01 (46) “storm building sewer” means a building sewer

which conveys storm water wastes or clear water wastes, or both.

(48m) “UDC” means chs. Comm 20 to 25, the Wisconsin uniform

dwelling code.

(48s) “Used manufactured home” has the meaning given in

s. 101.91 (12), Stats.

Note: Under s.101.91 (12), Stats., “used manufactured home” means a manufactured

home that has previously been occupied, used or sold for personal or business

use.

(49) “Utility contractor” has the meaning specified under s.

145.01 (15), Stats.

Note: Under s. 145.01 (15), Stats., “utility contractor” means a person licensed

under s. 145.07 (10).

(50) “Water service” has the meaning specified under s.

Comm 81.01 (282).

Note: Under s. Comm 81.01 (282) “water service” means that portion of a water

supply system from the water main or private water supply to the building control

valve.

(51) “Water supply system” has the meaning specified under

s. Comm 81.01 (284).

Note: Under s. Comm 81.01 (284) “water supply system” means the piping of a

private water main, water service and water distribution system, fixture supply connectors,

fittings, valves, and appurtenances through which water is conveyed to

points of usage such as plumbing fixtures, plumbing appliances, water using equipment

or other piping systems to be served.

 

 1. __________________________ means a building sewer which conveys wastewater consisting in part of domestic wastewater.

 

            a. sanitary building sewer

            b. storm building sewer

            c. water service

            d. water supply system

 

2. _______________________ means a building sewer which conveys storm water wastes or clear water wastes, or both.

           

            a. sanitary building sewer

            b. storm building sewer

            c. water service

            d. water supply system

 

3. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­__________________________ means that portion of a water supply system from the water main or private water supply to the building control valve.

 

            a. sanitary building sewer

            b. storm building sewer

            c. water service

            d. water supply system

 

4. _________________________ means the piping of a private water main, water service and water distribution system, fixture supply connectors, fittings, valves, and appurtenances through which water is conveyed to points of usage such as plumbing fixtures, plumbing appliances, water using equipment or other piping systems to be served.

 

            a. sanitary building sewer

            b. storm building sewer

            c. water service

            d. water supply system

 

5. __________________________ means a person, other than a restricted plumber licensee, who is learning a limited type of plumbing and is engaged in assisting a restricted plumber licensee.

 

            a. registered learner

            b. rental unit

c. retail purchaser

d. site

 

6. __________________________ means any rented dwelling units.

 

a. registered learner

            b. rental unit

c. retail purchaser

d. site

 

7. ____________________ means any purchaser not licensed as a manufactured home dealer or a manufactured home salesperson.

 

a. registered learner

            b. rental unit

c. retail purchaser

d. site

 

8. _________________________ means any plot of land which is owned or rented, and used or intended to be used for the accommodation of a manufactured home for residential purposes.

 

a. registered learner

            b. rental unit

c. retail purchaser

d. site

 

9. Rental unit” does include: any building containing up to 4 dwelling units, one of which is owner−occupied.

 

            a. true

            b. false

 

10. “Rental unit” does include:  any building constructed after December 1, 1978, which contains up to 2 dwelling units and which is less than 10 years old.

 

            a. true

            b. false

 

11. “Rental unit” does include: any building constructed after April 15, 1976, which contains more than 2 dwelling units and which is less than 10 years old.

 

            a. true

            b. false

 

12. “Rental unit” does include: any dwelling unit not rented at any time from November 1 to March 31.

           

            a. true

            b. false

 

13. ______________________ means any person licensed as a master plumber (restricted) or a journeyman plumber (restricted) under s. 145.14.

 

            a. restricted plumber licensee

b. Master plumber−restricted

c. plumbing apprentice

d. master plumber

 

14. ______________________ means a person licensed under s. 145.14, Stats.

 

            a. restricted plumber licensee

b. Master plumber−restricted

c. plumbing apprentice

d. master plumber

 

15. ______________________ means any person other than a journeyman or master plumber who is engaged in learning and assisting in the installation of plumbing and drainage.

 

            a. restricted plumber licensee

b. Master plumber−restricted

c. plumbing apprentice

d. master plumber

 

16. ______________________ means any person skilled in the planning, superintending and the practical installation of plumbing and familiar with the laws, rules and regulations governing the same.

 

            a. restricted plumber licensee

b. Master plumber−restricted

c. plumbing apprentice

d. master plumber

 

17. ____________________ means any structure, including exterior parts of such building, such as a porch, exterior platform or steps providing means of ingress or egress, used in whole or in part as a place of resort, assemblage, lodging, trade, traffic, occupancy, or use by the public or by 3 or more tenants.

 

            a. public building

            b. UDC

            c. POWTS

d. place of employment

 

18. ____________________ means chs. Comm 20 to 25, the Wisconsin uniform dwelling code.

 

            a. public building

            b. UDC

            c. POWTS

d. place of employment

 

19. ____________________ means private onsite wastewater treatment system and has the meaning specified under s. 145.01 (12), Stats., for “private sewage system”.

 

            a. public building

            b. UDC

            c. POWTS

d. place of employment

 

20. ____________________ place of employment” includes every place, whether indoors or out or underground and the premises appurtenant thereto where either temporarily or permanently any industry, trade or business is carried on, or where any process or operation, directly or indirectly related to any industry, trade or business, is carried on, and where any person is, directly or indirectly, employed by another for direct or indirect gain or profit, but does not include any place where persons are employed in private domestic service which does not involve the use of mechanical power or in farming.

 

            a. public building

            b. UDC

            c. POWTS

d. place of employment

 

21. “public building” means any structure, including exterior parts of such building, such as a porch, exterior platform or steps providing means of ingress or egress, used in whole or in part as a place of resort, assemblage, lodging, trade, traffic, occupancy, or use by the public or by ____ or more tenants.

 

            a. 2

            b. 3

            c. 4

            d. 20

 

22. When used in relation to building codes, “public building” does not include a previously constructed building used as a community−based residential facility as defined in s. 50.01 (1g) which serves ______ or fewer unrelated residents or an adult family

home, as defined in s. 50.01 (1).

 

            a. 2

            b. 3

            c. 4

            d. 20

 

23. “place of employment” includes every place, whether indoors or out or underground and the premises appurtenant thereto where either temporarily or permanently any industry, trade or business is carried on, or where any process or operation, directly or indirectly related to any ____________________, is carried on, and where any person is, directly or indirectly, employed by another for direct or indirect gain or profit, but does not include any place where persons are employed in private domestic service which does not involve the use of mechanical power or in farming.

 

            a. industry

            b. trade

            c. business

            d. all of the above

 

24. ________________ includes those activities specified in s. 102.04 (3), and also includes the transportation of farm products, supplies or equipment directly to the farm by the operator of said farm or employees for use thereon, if such activities are directly or indirectly for the purpose of producing commodities for market, or as an accessory to such production.

 

            a. farming

            b. place of business

            c. both a & b

            d. neither a or b

25. _________________ means a sewage treatment and disposal system serving a single structure with a septic tank and soil absorption field located on the same parcel as the structure. This term also means an alternative sewage system approved by the department including a substitute for the septic tank or soil absorption field, a holding tank, a system serving more than one structure or a system located on a different parcel than the structure. A private sewage system may be owned by the property owner or by a special purpose district.

 

            a. private sewage system

            b. Powts

            c. both a & b

            d. neither a or b

 

26. ______________________  means a privately owned water main serving 2 or more buildings and not directly controlled by a public authority.

 

            a. private water main

            b. PECFA

            c. plumbing appliance

            d. process piping

 

27. _____________________________ means petroleum environmental cleanup fund award, as established in s. 101.143, Stats.

 

            a. private water main

            b. PECFA

            c. plumbing appliance

            d. process piping

 

28. _____________________________ means any one of a class of plumbing devices which is intended to perform a special function. The operation or control of the appliance may be dependent upon one or more energized components, such as motors, controls, heating elements, or pressure or temperature sensing elements. The devices may be manually adjusted or controlled by the user or operator, or may operate automatically through one or more of the following actions: a time cycle, a temperature range, a pressure range, a measured volume or weight.

 

            a. private water main

            b. PECFA

            c. plumbing appliance

            d. process piping

 

29._____________________________ means that piping which is separated from a water supply system or drain system by the appropriate methods or means specified under ch. Comm 82 and is part of a system used exclusively for refining, manufacturing, industrial or shipping purposes of every character and description.

 

            a. private water main

            b. PECFA

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