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MINEDUC
ADET/TEVSA
P.O.BOX 3830 KIGALI-RWANDA



ADET/TEVSA-INTER-SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS
SECOND-TERM-2013

SUBJECT: WATER SUPPLY&SANITATION (WSS)
CLASS: 5
th
forms PUBLIC WORKS
LEVEL: PUBLIC WORKS A2
WEIGHT: 100Marks
DURATION: 3HOURS









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Attempt ALL QUESTIONS of SECTION A: 55marks
1. What are the common sources of water to be supplied to the
consumers?(4mks)
Answer
Rainwater
Surface water
Groundwater
Water from reclamation
2. What do you understand by intake structure in water treatment (4marks)
Answer
Intake are the structure used for admitting water from the surface sources
(i.e) river, reservoir or lakes and conveying it further to the treatment
plants .
3. Categorized intake structures according the to their head (10marks)
Answer







4. What do you understand by cavitations(3 marks)
Answer
Cavitations is the phenomenon of formation of vapour bubbles of flowing
liquid in a region when the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour
pressure.

5. What do you mean by the following terms used in house drainage system:
(7 marks)
a) Refuge (2mrks)
b) Sewage (1mrk)
c) Hauching (2mrks)
d) Soffit (1mrk)
e) Invert(1mrk)
Intake
Exposed
intake
Lake
intake
Reservoir
intake
Head 1
Wet intake

Dry intake

Head 2

Head 3

Submerged
intake
River
intake
canal
intake
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Answers
a) Refuge: in this term includes all the wastes or rejects left as
worthless. It may be in the solid, semi-solid or liquid form.
b) Sewage: is the liquid waste from a community include sulluge
water , water closet, urinals, hospitals and stables.
c) Hauching:it is a concrete bedding, with additional concrete at the
sides of the pipe. Its function is to keep the sewer pipe fixed at one
place.
d) Soffit: it is the highest part of the interior of a sewer or pipe drain.
e) Invert: it is the lowest point of the interior of a sewer or pipe drain

6. What are the difference between water carriage system and conservancy
system as system of sewerage?(4mrks)
Answer
Water carriage system Conservancy system
Its a system of underground
sewer by which the whole
city is carried out within the
help of water
In this system the different
types of refuses are collected
separately with the help of
manual labour.
The collected refuse is
carried in carts, trucks ,etc
out side of city and dumped
underground for disposal


7. What are the stages of sanitary project (4mrks)
Answer
Collection of sewage and refuse
Conveyance of sewage and refuse
Treatment of sewage and refuse
Disposal of effluent
8. What are the fundamental principles of sanitation? (5marks)
Answers
Collection and conveyance of sewage and refuse
Orientation of building
Dump prevention
Water supply
Water treatment
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9. With help of sketch, what do you understand by traps (6marks)
Answer
A trap is a depressed or a bent sanitary fitting which always remains full
of water.




10. Give at least three functions of a good traps (3marks)
Answer
Is to prevent the passage of foul air or gases
It allows the sewage to pass through it
It avoids the nuisance which will be developed due to the entry of
bad smell into house

11. What are requirements of a good traps, give at least five.(5marks)
Answer
It should be capable of being easily cleaned
It should be easily fixed with the drain
It should be of simple construction
It should posses self-cleansing property
The internal and external surfaces should be smooth finish.



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SECTION B: Attempt any THREE (3) questions /30mks
12. With help of neat sketch draw and denote a section of building showing
house drainage arrangement. (10mrks)
Answers








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13. What does the figure bellow represent and name its main parts(10mrks)


Answers
It represent a buth tub

14. (a)What are the two types of water closer (3mrks)
(b) Give at least seven common sanitary fittings used in house drainage
system. (7mrks)
Answers
(a) Indian type water closet
-European type water closet
(b)
Bath tubs
Drinking fountains
Flushing cisterns
Sinks
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Urinals
Wash basin
Water closets

15. (a) What are the tests employed for testing of drain and pipes (5mrks)
(c) Give the four principal systems adopted in plumbing of drainage
works of building. (5mrks)
Answers
(a)-Air test
- Coloured-water test
-hydraulic test
-smell test
-smoke test
(b)-Single stack system
-One pipe system
- One pipe system partially ventilated
-Two-pipe system
SECTION C: Compulsory question /15mks
16. With help of sketches, explain briefly the different types of traps.
(10mrks).
Answer
(i) According to the shapes
(ii) According to the use

(i) According to the shapes : there are three types:
1.P-traps : This trap
has a shape of letter
P
2.Q-traps: This trap
has a shape of letter Q

3.S-traps: This trap
has a shape of letter S


A B C

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(ii) According to the use
1.Floor traps: made
in cast-iron
2.gully trap: made of
stoneware and a cast-
iron and grating at its
top
3.intercepting trap:
Is connected to the
sewer

A B
C






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