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Building Utilities - Plumbing Basics

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1. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Main Vent
Alley
Fixture Supply
Diameter

2. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
Outside of he building - providing
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Building

3. A flow of waste - used for sizing plumbing jobs in a plumbing system - equal to one cubic foot per minute.
1 1/2'
Fixture Supply
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Fixture Vent

4. The installation of certain parts of the plumbing system that can be done before installation of the fixtures including drainage - venting - and water supply
Stack Vent
Plumbing Unit
Roughing-in
Height of Building

5. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
Alley
Armor
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building

6. The principal pipe of a system of continuous piping to which branch connections can be made.
Main
Sewerage Ejector
Ohm's Law
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

7. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
Sewerage System
Sewerage Ejector
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

8. Structure built - erected and of framed component structural parts.
Building
4'
Conduit
Fixture Supply

9. When is a circuit considered closed?
When it is complete
Conduit
Main
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)

10. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
To size the wire
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)

11. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Outside of he building - providing
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Development Length

12. 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.
Stack Vent
Plumbing System
To size the wire
Sewerage System

13. An electrically or mechanically operated device used to elevate sewage and liquid wastes from a lower level to a point of discharge.
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Sewerage Ejector
Main Vent
To achieve polarity

14. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Main Vent
Administrative Authority
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)

15. Why is a rigid steel conduit used for feeders?
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Conduit
Plumbing System

16. The principal vent pipe of a system to which vent connections can be made.
Combustible Construction
Outside of he building - providing
Main Vent
1 1/2'

17. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Horizontal Pipe
Alter or Alteration
To achieve polarity
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)

18. All water supply - drainage - and venting system and all fixtures and their traps complete with their connections.
Plumbing System
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Alley
Outside of he building - providing

19. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
To size the wire
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Development Length
Combustible Construction

20. What is the characteristic of a device?
Plumbing Unit
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Does not consume electricity (ie. switch - convenience outlet)
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch

21. Waste outlet size of a lavatory

22. The level at which water begins to overflow the top or rim of a plumbing fixture.
Ohm's Law
Flood Level
Sewerage System
Main Vent

23. An installed pipe or fitting that forms an angle of less than 45 degrees with the horizontal.
Alley
Fixture Vent
Horizontal Pipe
Development Length

24. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
To size the wire
1 1/2'

25. Pipe cleanout size requirements shall be of a size corresponding to the pipe size into which they are installed up to a diameter.

26. In a battery set-up - why are protons and electrons positioned on opposite sides?
Alter or Alteration
To achieve polarity
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Flood Level

27. How do you differentiate a panel board from a service switch?
1 1/2'
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Alter or Alteration
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch

28. 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
Main
Plumbing Unit
Building
P-Trap

29. More than 3.00m but less than 2.00m
When it is complete
The use of security personnel stationed in the entry/exit of the building
Alley
To size the wire

30. 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
Building
Armor
Height of Building

31. The total length of a pipeline measured along the center line and the fittings of the pipe.
Building
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
P-Trap
Development Length

32. A water supply source connecting the fixture and water supply pipe.
P-Trap
Fixture Supply
Sewerage System
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

33. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
To size the wire
Alter or Alteration
Stack Vent
Grounding

34. What type of ventilation is appropriate for a T&B located in a hotel accommodation unit?
Stack Vent
Plumbing Unit
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Main

35. Relationship of EMF - Current - and Resistance?

36. Structure with any part of its structural framework will ignite/burn at 750
Combustible Construction
Flood Level
Building
Flood Level

37. What makes DC fluctuate?
Alley
When it is already pulsating
High quality and specified in PEC (Philippine Electrical Code)
Development Length

38. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Roughing-in
Conduit
Combustible Construction
Sewerage System

39. What is the purpose of the sheat in a Romex Cable?
Armor
Alley
Roughing-in
Roughing-in

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
Sewerage System
To size the wire
Administrative Authority
Plumbing Unit

41. The nominal commercial designation - normally the inside diameter of the pipe.
Armor
Panel board has limited circuitry compared to a service switch
Diameter
Horizontal Pipe

42. The vertical extension of a soil - wastes - or vent system above the highest horizontal drain connected to a stack.
When it is already pulsating
Stack Vent
1 1/2'
Main

43. 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
Fixture Vent
Use of exhaust fan to control odor
Alley

44. Why is it important for you to determine the ampacity of a wire?
Alley
To size the wire
Fixture Supply
Fixture Vent

45. Vertical distance from the 'grade line' to the highest point of the coping.
Horizontal Pipe
Height of Building
Development Length
4'

46. Change - addition or modification in construction/occupancy.
To achieve polarity
Alter or Alteration
Roughing-in
To size the wire

47. Which is a better option in the ventilation of a comfort room placed in a public building?
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload
Providing natural ventilation by placing T&B on external envelope of the building
Sewerage Ejector
Armor

48. What is the purpose of a raceway?
Flood Level
Grounding
Parallel Series
Conduit

49. What are the purposes of circuit protective devices?
To achieve polarity
Diameter
Fixture Supply
1. To detect short circuit 2. To detect overload

50. Which is better option in considering the placement of building utilities of a building - given that building is with an ample size of lot?
Sewerage System
Outside of he building - providing
Main Vent
Main