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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
To achieve polarity
Grounding
Combustible Construction
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
2. A designed fitting normally shaped with a U-Type part that continuously retains a liquid seal and prevents the back passage of air without affecting the flow of liquids in the system.
P-Trap
Building
Alter or Alteration
4'
3. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Diameter
Fixture Vent
When it is complete
Parallel Series
4. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
Flood Level
Parallel Series
Diameter
Alter or Alteration
5. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Flood Level
Administrative Authority
Combustible Construction
6. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
Alter or Alteration
Fixture Supply
Main Vent
When it is already pulsating
7. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Diameter
Sewerage Ejector
Main
Height of Building
8. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Sewerage System
Flood Level
When it is complete
Diameter
9. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
4'
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
When it is already pulsating
10. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Main Vent
When it is complete
Alley
Fixture Vent
11. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
Development Length
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
When it is already pulsating
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
12. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Outside of he building - providing
Diameter
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Outside of he building - providing
13. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Horizontal Pipe
Grounding
Alter or Alteration
Conduit
14. When is a circuit considered closed?
When it is complete
1 1/2'
Fixture Supply
Flood Level
15. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
When it is already pulsating
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Conduit
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
16. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Building
Parallel Series
Administrative Authority
Fixture Supply
17. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Horizontal Pipe
To achieve polarity
When it is complete
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
18. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?
19. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
P-Trap
Grounding
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Armor
20. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
Stack Vent
Flood Level
Development Length
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
21. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
1 1/2'
To achieve polarity
Plumbing Unit
Building
22. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
To achieve polarity
Roughing-in
When it is complete
Fixture Supply
23. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Armor
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Building
24. Pipe cleanout size requirements shall be of a size corresponding to the pipe size into which they are installed up to a diameter.
25. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Combustible Construction
Alley
P-Trap
Administrative Authority
26. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
Stack Vent
Sewerage Ejector
Development Length
Administrative Authority
27. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.
P-Trap
Administrative Authority
Fixture Supply
To size the wire
28. Waste outlet size of a lavatory
29. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
P-Trap
Plumbing System
Main Vent
30. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
Roughing-in
Flood Level
Fixture Vent
When it is already pulsating
31. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Main Vent
Height of Building
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Armor
32. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Roughing-in
Plumbing System
Main Vent
When it is complete
33. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Outside of he building - providing
Plumbing System
Conduit
Administrative Authority
34. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
Plumbing System
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
To size the wire
Horizontal Pipe
35. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?
Development Length
Parallel Series
Roughing-in
To size the wire
36. When is a circuit considered closed?
Plumbing Unit
When it is already pulsating
When it is complete
Grounding
37. What makes DC fluctuate?
Plumbing System
1 1/2'
Horizontal Pipe
When it is already pulsating
38. What is the characteristic of a device?
Administrative Authority
4'
P-Trap
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
39. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Combustible Construction
Main
Alley
Flood Level
40. Minimum standard quantity of plumbing fixtures that discharges wastes into a plumbing installation: 1 water meter - 1 water closet - 1 lavatory - 1 shower head and drain for a bathtub or shower stall - 1 kitchen sink - 1 laundry tray - 3 floor drains
To size the wire
Plumbing Unit
Stack Vent
Sewerage System
41. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Height of Building
Building
To achieve polarity
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
42. Minimum standard quantity of plumbing fixtures that discharges wastes into a plumbing installation: 1 water meter - 1 water closet - 1 lavatory - 1 shower head and drain for a bathtub or shower stall - 1 kitchen sink - 1 laundry tray - 3 floor drains
Plumbing Unit
When it is already pulsating
Height of Building
Main
43. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
Development Length
Flood Level
Conduit
Alter or Alteration
44. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Combustible Construction
Horizontal Pipe
Plumbing System
Grounding
45. All of the drainage piping within a building that conveys sewage - rainwater - and other liquid wastes to a legal point of disposal exclusive of public and private exterior pipe lines or systems.
Horizontal Pipe
Administrative Authority
Sewerage System
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
46. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
To size the wire
Height of Building
Fixture Vent
Sewerage Ejector
47. All of the drainage piping within a building that conveys sewage - rainwater - and other liquid wastes to a legal point of disposal exclusive of public and private exterior pipe lines or systems.
Fixture Vent
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Sewerage System
48. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Diameter
Main
When it is complete
Conduit
49. Waste outlet size of a lavatory
50. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Combustible Construction
Main Vent
Alter or Alteration
Horizontal Pipe