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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

Subjects : industries, plumbing
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 30 minutes.
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1. What is the characteristic of a device?






2. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?






3. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply






4. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.






5. What makes DC fluctuate?






6. 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






7. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.






8. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?






9. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.






10. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?






11. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m






12. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?


13. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.






14. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.






15. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.






16. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?






17. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?






18. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.






19. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?






20. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.






21. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.






22. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?






23. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?






24. What is the characteristic of a device?






25. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.






26. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.






27. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.






28. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?






29. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?






30. In building automation systems - where surveillance architecture is utilized - what is the most basic solution that should be considered?






31. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.






32. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.






33. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.






34. 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.






35. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?






36. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?






37. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.






38. Waste outlet size of a lavatory


39. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?






40. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.






41. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.






42. Individual official - board - department or agency established or authorized by the office of the president (RA1378): administer and enforce the NPCP.






43. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?






44. 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.






45. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750






46. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.






47. What is the purpose of a raceway?






48. What type of circuit is applicable to a factory?






49. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?






50. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.