QOD for 9/25/08

[Gerry Beaumont]

Hi to all,

Here's todays question

Regards

Gerry

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Pretty cooney with your poll there Coon.
Tricky!

Marcel

[Brian E. Kelly]

Pretty cooney indeed.

[Gerry Beaumont]

Originally Posted by mcyr

Pretty cooney with your poll there Coon.
Tricky!

Marcel

I'll take that to be a compliment Marcel, and I'll explain why later

Regards

Gerry

[Joseph Hagarty]

Lead Water Mains and Supply Headers to homes are quite common to this area of Chester County, PA.

[James F. McKee]

never seen a cast iron one though....

[ccurrins]

Originally Posted by jmckee

never seen a cast iron one though....

Only for hot water.

[Gerry Beaumont]

Originally Posted by jhagarty

Lead Water Mains and Supply Headers to homes are quite common to this area of Chester County, PA.

Sure they are Joe, that's why that answer is 2nd rather than last

Regards

Gerry

[Paul W. Abernathy]

In Richmond,VA nearly 80% I would venture to say have lead supply lines. We had a program in place to replace them but as with most big cities....it got gobbled up somewhere.

[Jeffrey S. Campbell]

would not or should not...

I read the question wrong at first....!

[Gerry Beaumont]

Originally Posted by jcampbell

would not or should not...

I read the question wrong at first....!

I bet quite a few did the same Jeff that was the point of the question

What I have always tried to do with the QOD is not just to let people click an answer and see how smart (or not) they are, I use the QOD to try to help those who have to pass exams NHIE, ICC, whatever it doesn't matter.

This question illustrates why you should read the whole question and all the available answers at least twice before checking an answer, good questions commonly have 2 answers that could be correct, the trick is knowing which is the BEST answer.

The correct answer to this question is D. Cast Iron, all of the others have been commonly used for potable water, Ok we now know lead isn't such a smart choice

If anyone feels cheated by this question, yes you were!! now read them fully next time

Regards

Gerry

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Originally Posted by gbeaumont

I bet quite a few did the same Jeff that was the point of the question

What I have always tried to do with the QOD is not just to let people click an answer and see how smart (or not) they are, I use the QOD to try to help those who have to pass exams NHIE, ICC, whatever it doesn't matter.

This question illustrates why you should read the whole question and all the available answers at least twice before checking an answer, good questions commonly have 2 answers that could be correct, the trick is knowing which is the BEST answer.

The correct answer to this question is D. Cast Iron, all of the others have been commonly used for potable water, Ok we now know lead isn't such a smart choice

If anyone feels cheated by this question, yes you were!! now read them fully next time

Regards

Gerry

Very coony Gerry.

Nice job.

I didn't feel cheated at all.

Taken apart all four at one point in life and know which ones are what.

That was a good QOD.

Thanks and let us see another one. ha. ha.

Marcel

[Jeffrey S. Campbell]

very crafty... I'll pay more attention on a test...

[Troy Farmer]

Many houses here have cast iron

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

I see galvanized steel but never seen galvanized iron. Where do you guys see galvanized iron pipes used as supply piping?